Conference Session

FPD8 -- Introductory Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George List, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

programming skills. Other disciplines adopted such courses more slowly.Consequently, the topic of this paper is not new.As Rasdorf 1 indicates, in the late 1970’s, civil engineering programs began to embrace the ideaof including computer programming classes in their undergraduate curricula. The argument was,in part, that “students must be prepared to use computer methods and applications as a part oftheir fundamental education. It is the responsibility of colleges and universities to incorporatecontemporary computing fundamentals into their academic curriculum to improve theprofessional qualifications of their engineering graduates. These graduates will in turn be able toprovide their increasingly important expertise to both the engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joel Jackson, Georgia Tech; Jennifer Michaels, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Williams, Georgia Tech

understanding of basic principles of science and engineering, yetexperiments are generally relegated to laboratory courses conducted in centralized laboratoriescontaining expensive equipment. Another model, discussed here, is to build low-costexperiments that can be used in the classroom or at home by students. Recent advances inembedded processors and in sensor technology makes it possible to develop low-cost processor-based experiments that are portable enough for this purpose. Another source of readily availablelow-cost experiments are those sold through hobby outlets and for K-12 educational purposes,both of which could be used to demonstrate fundamental concepts in science and engineeringwhen augmented with high level explanations and projects

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Michael Robinson, Rose-Hulman Institute; Charles Glagola, University of Florida; James Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

thoughtful and careful weighing of alternatives when values conflict is crucial to the responsible conduct of engineering. Therefore, civil engineers practicing at the professional level need to demonstrate an understanding of and a commitment to practice according to the seven Fundamental Canons of Ethics and the associated Guidelines to Practice Under the Fundamental Canons of Ethics.7. An ability to communicate effectively. (ABET g) Commentary: Effective communication includes listening, observing, reading, speaking, and writing and requires understanding of the fundamentals of interacting effectively with technical and nontechnical or lay individuals and audiences in a variety of settings. Professional civil engineers

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

. One class was devoted to a guest lesson by thefine arts faculty member on fundamental elements of “visual literacy” which included what tolook for in terms of visual consistency and where and how to store, find, and maintain librariesof digital images. Simple techniques such as creating borders around images andunderstanding pixel size, density, and image aspect ratio helped to improve studentpresentations. The design of presentations and effective communication and its associatedmechanics are fundamental skills for all educated people in the 21st century, just as themechanics of writing different forms such as a memo or an internal report are an expected partand parcel of a professional engineers toolkit. Edward Tufte prominently among

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Ye Sun, West Virginia University

success in the sophomore year. Enteringsophomores are expected to have some knowledge of fundamental engineering topics in additionto the foundational math, chemistry and physics knowledge taught elsewhere in the university.This knowledge includes the engineering approach to problem-solving, the design process, basicprogramming concepts, principles of engineering drawing, ethics, estimation, and basicmathematical, probability and statistical knowledge needed to do elementary data analysis.Basic skills to be developed during the freshman year include: teamwork, organization and Page 11.219.4project management, technical report writing

Conference Session

Teaching Statics: What and How?

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Amir H. Danesh-Yazdi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Aimee Monique Cloutier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

, rather than on fundamental engineering concepts.Therefore, we believe it is beneficial to present to students a more universally applicableproblem-solving framework that is can be used for solving many different types of engineeringproblems.The systematic problem-solving approach presented in this paper is intended to free studentsfrom a reliance on limited problem-solving approaches that they may perceive as beingapplicable to only a small number of circumstances. This approach emphasizes a few basic stepswhich can be applied to a wide variety of problems in statics or in other courses.  Severaltextbooks use a systematic, structured problem-solving approach, including Sheppard andTongue [3], Plesha, Gray, and Costanzo [4], and more recently

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Joseph Michael Derrick

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

propellants for the characterization of an optimal propulsive system. The optimal system is determined by the specific impulse and propellant flow rate. The one with the highest specific impulse and the lowest flow rate is the desired propulsive system. Although my primary focus is with this, I participate in many projects related to controls and heat transfer. Aside from my research, I focus heavily on the advancement of engineering education at the collegiate level. I work on revising and updating laboratory experiments to help improve student understanding of how concepts are applied and utilized. I also spend time writing design optimization MATLAB codes for various applications. c American

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Khader

telecommunication fundamentals, networking, opticalfiber communications, wireless, are offered in the program. The specialization courses arefocused on industry practices, state of the art technologies, laboratory work, leadership as well asmanagerial skills. To keep the program focused and current, we had to balance two competing dynamics.One is how fast we need to change the curricula, and the second is making the program stable forboth faculty and students. Balancing these two forces is not always an easy task, but continuousre-evaluation seemed to give encouraging results. Re-evaluation is a continuous process of Page 3.290.2assessments and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Scott T. Huxtable, Virginia Tech; Sathyanarayanan Subramanian, Virginia Tech; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

thatsimulate their real-world counterparts, similar to a digital game.In this paper (poster), the rationale and the process involved in developing an interactive vObjectstool to solve an undergraduate thermodynamics course project is explained. Further, the contents ofthe tool and the relevant concepts are elaborated.Overview of the ProjectThe increasing demand for energy across developing countries will require construction of high-efficiency power plants. Apart from the fundamental thermodynamics concept, the task ofconstructing a power plant involves a broad knowledge from multiple disciplines. To provide anoverview of the entire process of constructing a power plant, the undergraduate courses ofThermodynamics at Virginia Tech and the University of

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Bland, John Brown University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

requirements? 3)understanding the engineering design process, 4) beginning to learn basic engineering computertools, 5) developing writing skills, and 6) establishing ethical engineering practices.The course begins with understanding what engineering is. There is the classical definition thatengineers use science to solve problems. Most programs have come to recognize that this is anoversimplification of the engineering discipline. The students are taught that engineers have toconsider many elements that go beyond the physical sciences and mathematics. There are theadditional, broader issues of economics, politics, environment, health, safety, quality, ethics,culture and other contemporary issues.Along with an understanding of general engineering

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine; Tom McGlew, MATEC

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

writing andcommunication are embedded into every job. Given the diversity of skills involved inevery electronic system application, it cannot be assumed that any communication will bechecked for technical accuracy after it leaves the originator. Therefore every employeemust meet the stand-alone capabilities for effective communication. Among therequirements identified by industry advisors are: Document results or log information. Work activities must include clearly written descriptions of how the system is supposed to work, the way it worked, and a clear summary of findings. Note taking and summaries are key components of this task. Give reports and make presentations

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University; Kundan Nepal, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

reflected signal to the ground station (amplitude scaling and timeshift, and echo), and be the total signal at the ground station (fading).Also, let us assume that 0≤t≤T+2τ where x(t) is transmitted over [0,T].The first part of this project was aimed at getting the students to apply the concepts of phasorsand Euler identities that they have studied in their previous courses in circuit theory. Usingphasors, Euler identities, and trigonometric identities as well as simulation, students were askedto derive the amplitude and phase of and envelope of as varies. The intent herewas to help the students see the different fundamental techniques that they can apply to come tothe same solution. Also, students were

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Laura-Ann S. Chin; Kenneth A. Kroos; Justinus A. Satrio

      1. Objectives:   Villanova   University’s   (VU)   College   of   Engineering   has   taken   a   fresh   toll   on   how   freshmen   can   be   more   integrated   into   exploring   the   various   disciplines   in  engineering   through   engagement   in   hands-­‐on   –   or   what   we  call  experiential  -­‐  engineering  projects.  The  two-­‐semester  program  is  structured  to  provide  freshmen  with   the  basic  fundamentals  in  engineering  while  incorporating  micro-­‐projects  outside  the  classroom  followed  by

Collection

2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Laura-Ann S. Chin; Kenneth A. Kroos; Justinus A. Satrio

      1. Objectives:   Villanova   University’s   (VU)   College   of   Engineering   has   taken   a   fresh   toll   on   how   freshmen   can   be   more   integrated   into   exploring   the   various   disciplines   in  engineering   through   engagement   in   hands-­‐on   –   or   what   we  call  experiential  -­‐  engineering  projects.  The  two-­‐semester  program  is  structured  to  provide  freshmen  with   the  basic  fundamentals  in  engineering  while  incorporating  micro-­‐projects  outside  the  classroom  followed  by

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah E. Irvine; Teresa L. Hein

understand the entire collision process. This processinvolves a fundamental understanding of the force and time involved for each collision. Theproduct of the force and collision time yields a quantity called impulse. Impulse, by definition,is equal to change in momentum. In addition to understanding the concept of momentumconservation, students are also challenged to demonstrate their understanding of impulse in acollision. The concept of impulse is one that tends to be problematic for many students.IV. Learning Style DescribedSeveral definitions of learning style exist. Sternburg 16 defines style as a preferred way of usingone’s abilities. Dunn 17 has described learning style as “... the way each learner begins toconcentrate, process, and retain

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Reagan; Aldo Morales; Sedig Agili

taken is to fix N at 1024 and attempt the design with asampling rate of 2000 Hz, which will yield Δf = 2000/1024 = 1.95 Hz, which is the bestobtainable resolution in this design. The input signal size acquired is programmable todetermine if an input frame of 1024 is too slow. Zero-padding is used to assure the signalis a power of 2, as required for the FFT. Table 3 summarizes these parameters. Analog Bandwidth ~660- Hz fundamental Input Size x 128-1024 variable FFT Size N 1024 fixed Sampling Rate 2000-8000 Hz Δf 1.95 Hz min- 9.80 Hz max Table 3 Guitar Tuning SpecificationsAs shown in Table3

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Mapped I/O. Laboratory #6: The purpose is to introduce an assembly program that can do a simple task using an ARM Cortex M4F board. Laboratory #7: The purpose is to introduce an assembly program to perform simple S/W button tasks. Laboratory #8: The purpose is to introduce an assembly program to control a bar LED and S/W buttons. Laboratory #9: The purpose is to introduce simple parallel communication between the FPGA board and TM4C123G Launchpad. Laboratory (Extra): The purpose is to write an assembly program and FPGA implementation that can generate a hamming code. Term project: This term project is an extended lab of two weeks. For the term project, students will create a

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

, we watch them present 13 talks overthe course of the term. It is not hard to see how much better they become. But it is critical thatwe attempt to measure this improvement.Recently, an assessment program was added to EG 1004 to measure the progress our studentsmake in their technical writing skills. In the future, we plan to modify the survey we use in thisprogram to quantify their improvement in designing and delivering presentations.To do this, we plan to prepare questions that will be added to our Entry Skills Survey that areintended to determine our student's familiarity with the fundamentals of an effective technicalpresentation. After establishing a baseline, our Midterm and Final Surveys can be modified inorder to gauge what our

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Riley

Session # 2408 New designs on teaching biological engineering Mark R. Riley Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona Tucson AZ, 85721, riley@ag.Arizona.eduAbstractThe field of biological engineering has evolved tremendously in recent years due to advances inboth fundamental understanding of biological systems and in application of engineering methodsto utilize this information. To be competitive in the field, graduates of biological engineeringprograms must have a diverse background which not only is grounded in

Conference Session

Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joanne Dera, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Davida Scharf, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

the ability to generate questions isfundamental to all engineering problem-solving. The ability to develop a research question isalso an essential information literacy skill that provides focus, strategy, and structure to aresearch paper. Critical thinking, writing and research skills, are important course componentsthat students will continue to develop throughout their academic and professional careers.At New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a mid-size technology university, the instructorsand university reference librarians collaborated to create a research assignment [1]. Thisassignment was given to students in a First-Year Engineering Course, Fundamentals ofEngineering Design (FED101) starting in the fall semester of 2017. This

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

writing, no matter what the course content: • Confused expectations about the group’s purpose and the individual’s role in it; • Inability to read group members’ texts analytically; • Misperceptions about the nature of revision and of writing as a process; • Failure to work collaboratively with group members; • Failure to monitor and maintain group activities (pp. 17-18)In addition to this question of student competency, other frequently heard detractors includeamount of class time consumed by the process, low student motivation translating into aninability to stay on task, and difficulties in capturing learning outcomes for a process that may beconceptualized as highly subjective and basically open-ended.3.0 What is

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Genik, Wayne State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

anymisrepresentation of information and to supervise the students as they conduct the experiment.This also allows for active learning by the students, as they are required to present to the classand answer questions. At the beginning of the next laboratory session a post-lab presentation isdone discussing the results. A laboratory write up is required of all students for each experiment.A suggestion to provide some relief to the faculty member is to hire a senior-level student toassist in the lab; however, if the laboratory is a senior level course this option is not practical. Page 11.1213.3At research institutions, graduate assistants are used to staff the

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Kosky, Union College; William Keat, Union College; George Wise, Union College; Robert Balmer, Union College

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

and W.D. Reece, McGraw Hill, 2005 (ISBN: 0-07-282199-X). f) Introduction to Engineering, P. Wright, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd edn., 1994, (ISBN: 0- 471-57930-0) g) Engineering Fundamentals, S. Moaveni, Brooks/Cole, 2002 (ISBN: 0-534-38116-2).Team Approach in Teaching and Writing We have rediscovered at least two very important lessons in developing a freshmantextbook. The first is that one person alone cannot write a broad interdisciplinary text, so acreative interdisciplinary faculty team effort is required, and second you cannot publish atextbook appropriate to its intended audience unless you test it in the classroom first. The firststep is the task of assembling a suitably motivated interdepartmental group of

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

addition, during intense, annual multi-day retreatsat Cornell University (winter) and Norfolk State University (summer), trainees come together forfurther technical training, professional development, program self-reflection and redesign.Most of the education and training part of the program is delivered in four courses: (1) Technicaland Professional Writing (6 weeks); (2) Training in Independent Research (12 weeks); (3) BestPractices in Teaching and Learning (8 weeks); and (4) Ethics and Intellectual Property (4weeks). The sequence of short, focused modular courses provides a framework conducive to thecycle of (re-)design, enactment, and study of the proposed graduate training activities. It allowsfor students to learn and practice in the same

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tarnowski; Sara Wadia-Fascetti

student work. Within each module students are required to,in addition to observing physical behavior, verify the results with both theory and computerapplications. Each laboratory activity is to be summarized in a concise technical memo.Students are graded on the quality of the technical work and the written communication. Toreinforce writing skills students are encouraged to rewrite the technical memo to improve theirgrade.COURSE DESCRIPTIONThe syllabus for the revised laboratory course is shown in Figure 1. The re-designed laboratorycurricula combine modeling and experimental activities with computer analysis and supportingtheory into a global perspective for solving structural analysis problems. Through these effortsstudent benefit is

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

research lab and get aresearch group started. Keeping abreast of the literature sometimes falls by the wayside in-between preparing for classes, ordering equipment, teaching laboratory procedures to students,grading, scholarly writing, writing proposals, etc. As many of us know, familiarity with currentliterature is crucial to conducting sound research. While the new faculty member may haveperiodic cramming sessions with the literature prior to submitting a proposal or other scholarlywriting, their researchers in the lab can overlook this important component of conducting soundresearch.Regular, organized meetings focused only on reading and discussing articles in the literature canhelp overcome this literature lethargy, strengthen the education of

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Kimberly Riegel; George Tremberger; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

is fundamentally responsible for the observed deficiency in mathematicalvisualization among the academically weaker students would deserve more investigation; not tomention that critical thinking would depend on fundamental thinking process which is an activeresearch topic in brain scan studies 16.Writing with good reasoning is expected of a critical thinker-student. Critical thinking had beendescribed as “tends to be open ended and unpredictable, dialectical, and influenced by pragmaticand contextual considerations which are not easily assessed using the standard means of largescale testing, i.e., multiple choice tests; instruments like the California Critical Thinking Testhave therefore been criticized” in the field of informal logic 17

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell J. Deaton; Michael J. Bartz

hours. Every Honors student in the department is required to successfully complete the two courses listed below. (a) ELEC 4998 (Honors Research Studies) In order to do scholarly work in engineering, at least a year is required to identify a topic, do background research, do experiments or research, and write a thesis. This course will immediately precede the ELEC 4999 (Honors Thesis). The student will work with his Honors Thesis advisor to identify and do background work on their topic. A formal write-up on background and preliminary work is required as a lead-in to the formal thesis. (b) ELEC 4999 (Honors Thesis) Under the direction of a faculty member, a student writes a thesis

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordy Skattum; Clifford Mirman

Technical Writing 17 Math, Science, Statistics, and Accounting 10 Technology Fundamentals 72 Total HoursThe remaining hours include the following management/supervisory technology based courses, Tech 395 - p:Math155 Tech 434 Tech 442 Ind Data Processing - (f,s) Hum Fact in Ind Acc Prv - (f,s) Work Simplification - (s) Tech 402 Tech 429 Tech 391 - p:STAT 208 Ind Training and Eval - (s) Plt Layout and Mats Hndl - (f) Ind Qual Cont - (f) Tech 404

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucian P. Fabiano

, they receive instruction on design reviews and on calling and conducting meetings. This includes instruction on developing and writing an agenda, methodologies on facilitating meetings, identifying problems and action items, and on taking and documenting the meeting minutes. All of these activities are highlighted as critical aspects of successful project management. THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TRIANGLE In order for students to develop project management skills they must first understand the basic parameters by which a project can be developed. Emphasis is put on development of a project with regard to three basic project parameters: 1