Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

aspect of this processis that the student directly sees how the classroom theory is used to bring their robot creations tolife using the widely accessible and computationally intuitive programming MATLAB language.Many robotic toolboxes available which help with the visualization and manipulation of robotsoften obscure the underlying robotics theory with abstract black boxes or layers of programmingabstraction that make the toolboxes more robust, efficient, and more general purpose. These robottoolboxes are often more beneficial to those with programming experience, who have somebackground in robotics and are not concerned with the underlying theory. One goal of this work isto make teaching the fundamentals of robotic theory more accessible to

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education-HDL

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

computer architecture course I wrote a hypothetical microprocessor architecturecalled nod1, which was simply meant to serve as an example. To my surprise I discovered itsvalue in teaching. I found the instruction set and encoding worthy of discussion, serving tocontrast with text-book examples. The assembly language and addressing modes are educationalwithout being a burden. Such an example is a benefit in its own right and for this I produced animproved version called nod2 which I used the second and third time I taught the course.With nod1 and in later semesters with nod2, students had a project to write a simulator programto model the architecture behavior. In reviewing feedback, the students felt that while thearchitecture itself was useful

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Hassall; Jose Arquero; John Joyce; Ian Robinson; Michael Bramhall

more participative process of change, through joint discussions of their work and its impact and effects at many levels...This wider role will require that engineers develop appropriate skills in the following areas: • the ability to express and communicate both verbally and in writing • managing and participating in meetings • mastery of cost and budget information”The UK Engineering Council is committed to regularly reviewing and updating its regulationsfor the accreditation of undergraduate courses. The engineer in industry must be "an authority ontechnology, a leader of others, a communicator" 4. In the early 1990s the Council embarked upona fundamental review of the role and formation of professional

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Derossett; Steven Nesbit; Scott Hummel

believes thestudents have sufficient background to handle a major cross-course project with analysis, design,and manufacturing content. Also, it is believed that it is still early enough in the curriculum tohelp minimize future course and subject compartmentalization. The multi-course project is the design, analysis, manufacture, and evaluation of a load cell.The project was created to pull together diverse subject matter both directly and indirectly fromseveral past and concurrent courses. It involves the fundamental engineering functions ofanalysis, design, and manufacture. It also couples traditional design and analysis techniques withmodern software, manufacturing, and data acquisition tools

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Beckry Abdel-Magid; Yunsheng Xu

as the scientific or scholarly inquiry or investigation, and theproper communication of the findings; or as the use of resources to expand theknowledge base, or to solve a particular problem and develop a new product,methodology, and to uncover previously unknown facts or principles [6]. Themajor role of research in undergraduate education is to provide students with anunderstanding of the fundamental principles, and the use of these principles in ascientific process to expand the state of knowledge in a specific area in thediscipline. This scientific process consists of four major steps, namely,observation, hypothesis, experimentation, and induction.Scientific observation is crucial both to define a problem and to collect data orrecognize

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Dava J. Newman; Amir R. Amir

. It was found that the best utilization of the computer classroomwas to present the history lecture based on mostly pictorial information and the human poweredflight aircraft lecture that included photographs and models of aircraft. This lecture was presentedin a slide format on the computer so that students could proceed at their own pace. The computerclassroom was also used for Web tutorials. Note-taking for students in the electronic classrooms proves to be difficult. Since most of thedesk space is taken up by the computer and the area for the mouse, writing on paper was some-what cumbersome. Current Web browsers do not offer a solution for taking notes by hand in addi-tion to interacting with the computer. Simultaneous use of a text

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracey Windley, University of Idaho; Jasper Nance, University of Idaho; Kevin Buck, University of Idaho; Herbert Hess, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

States Military Academy from 1983-1988. In 1993, he joined the University of Idaho, where he is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. He received the Best Paper Overall Award for the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference. His interests are in device and circuit aspects of power electronic energy converters. Page 11.773.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Instant Data Gathering, Processing, and Display for Industry Sponsor Using Interfaced Software Packages For several decades, a fundamental skill of the engineer has been the ability to program acomputer. As software

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2011-66: INVESTIGATING THE VALIDITY OF STUDENTS’ SELF-ASSESSMENTS OF THEIR ABILITY IN STATICSJeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University Jeffrey L. Newcomer is a Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Western Washington University. He received B.S. (1988) and M.Eng. (1989) degreesin Aeronautical Engineering, a M.S. in Science and Technology Studies (1993), and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1994) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is engaged in research to improve instruction and assessment in engineering, with an emphasis on engineering fundamentals such as mechanics Page

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Elizabeth Roberts-Kirchhoff, University of Detroit Mercy; Pamela Zarkowski, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Responsibility.” (Similar substitutions exist for thebusiness, nursing and dental hygiene programs because of packed curricula.)Even though the first-year course is a course in the College of Engineering and Science, theinstructors for the last 30 years have been assigned from the College of Liberal Arts andEducation (CLAE), primarily from either the history or philosophy departments. In recent years,the course has been staffed by a succession of adjunct instructors, with mixed results, and asituation made more difficult because these adjuncts report to the Dean of CLAE, not the Dean ofthe College of Engineering and Science.Engineering students enroll in the same “Academic Writing” and “Fundamentals of SpeechCommunication” courses as are required of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C. Morales P.E., Universidad del Turabo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

students to pass the Fundamentals of Engineering(FE) Exam. Passing the FE Exam is one of the requirements for professional licensure inengineering. The experiment took place in a required training course that is part of themechanical engineering curriculum at a private university in Puerto Rico where the studentpopulation is essentially 100% Hispanic, i.e., Spanish is their first language. The primaryobjective of the experiment was to differentiate between language difficulties (the FE Exam is inEnglish) versus weaknesses in formulating a problem. The motivation for the experimentstemmed from the fact that the passing rates in the FE Exam in Puerto Rico are approximatelyhalf than the national average reported by NCEES, which typically reports a

Conference Session

Educating for Results: Tools used in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Steffen, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

combine previously learned principles, procedures, declarativeknowledge, and cognitive strategies in a unique way within a domain of content to solvepreviously un-encountered problems. From a problem-based approach, a professional preparationof curriculum is organized around fundamental or critical problems encountered in professionalpractice. [3][4]The problem-based approach has been a long standing practice in the instruction of engineering.A fundamental part of the problem solving process is the ability to identify errors within thesequence of the perceived solution. Discovery of mistakes can be a valuable learning tool thatcan leave a lasting impression. A primary benefit that can be expected from well-conceived andproblem-based learning is

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Krygowski

style when writing experiment instructions. ThePhysical Measurements lab handouts are written to explain many of the fundamentals of thesensors or sensor systems. Thus, much learning of these fundamentals takes place during labpreparation time and actual lab time, rather than during the lecture.Students are urged to study the appropriate portions of the lab handouts before the lab period(and in some cases, given pre-tests on the reading material as added incentive). Furthermore,lab directions require that students make observations and answer brief questions as the labprogresses. This process is part of the learning experience, and these answers become part ofpart of the students’ final lab report.As stated, the Physical Measurements course is

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University; Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

beneficiary. • It helps to see what is actually happening instead of visualizing the process in your head. It definitely helps with the lecture in understanding how to apply the equations, but it is equally helpful in solving the problems. • Visualization gives a better picture and is a lot easier to explain for the teacher. It also gives the teacher more room to write on the board when trying to explain. • It is just that – visualization. If you can see what is going on in the problem you learn better for both lecture and problem solving. • The visualization gives students a realization of the 3D situation in a 3D order. Lecture part is where the 3D visualization would be more

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

one “course” per semester, and they have daily contact with their problem group and afaculty member or guide. Since the early 1970’s, this PBL approach has been successful inmedical education at many institutions. There are very few engineering programs that have fullyimplemented a similar model. Are we hampered from adopting more PBL teaching models inEngineering programs because of our fundamental conceptual model of what is an engineeringeducation, and, ultimately, what is an engineer? The System ParadigmWithin the existing structure at most engineering schools, students recognize that each coursecarries equal weight towards their degree, and each course gives them an independent grade thatis equal in value towards their degree and for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Bazzoli; Blair Rowley

homework andlaboratory reports there are three teaming events. The first one occurs during the first week andhas teams of four students building a bridge using K’Nex pieces. The bridges are then tested todestruction. There are no labs the first week. The second event involves construction and flyingof the airplane mentioned in the introduction. The third event requires designing, building andpresenting a device using the knowledge they gained from the electrical portion of the course.The course was also qualified as the college’s writing intensive course to meet the university’swriting across the curriculum requirement 2. The course outline for winter ‘05 is presentedbelow. EGR 190 Course Outline Winter Quarter 2005Week

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Nocera; Martha Cyr; John McDonald; Chris Rogers

labs (see figure 1). We began each of the classes with a ten minuteintroduction to the fundamental science and then let the students learn through performing theexperiments in the remaining 80 minutes. For most of the experiments, they had a number ofchoices in how to design, build, and execute the experiment. At the beginning of the followingclass period, they were required to hand in a 2 page lab report that answered a number ofquestions we gave them as well as described how they had executed the experiment. This write-up served two purposes: first to give them some practice in writing up what they saw andthought, and second to make sure that every student thought about the questions we asked. 1. How loud is noise

Collection

2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Douglas R. Carroll, University of Missouri - Rolla

discarded them andreturned to the traditional chalk and talk lecture process. In this paper I am documenting aprocess that has worked very well for me, and which has been very well received by the students. The chalk board (or marker board) is a very powerful tool for teaching basic engineeringmechanics courses. Students can watch the derivations and example problems evolve anddevelop on the board in a logical sequence. They can copy the figures and text as notes, usingthe "see it, hear it, write it down" method of learning. The strengths of the chalk board are that itis a very versatile tool, it is very reliable, it is inexpensive, and it doesn't require the facultymember to learn a complex software package. The disadvantage of the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Davalos

thecharacteristics of active learning as: “students are involved in more than listening; less emphasisis placed on transmitting information and more on developing students’ skills; students areinvolved in higher-order thinking (analysis, synthesis, evaluation), and students are engaged inactivities (e.g., reading, discussing, writing).” Thus, greater emphasis is placed on students’exploration of their own attitudes and values. They further state, “…in the context of the collegeclassroom, active learning can be defined as anything that involves students in doing things andthinking about the things they are doing.”1Our motivation for implementing an active learning approach was to promote in students: higherinvolvement, better retention of fundamental

Conference Session

Panel Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

ContextBeginning in the Fall of 2014 we instituted a major curriculum update in Electrical andComputer Engineering at the University of Virginia. Our basic three-course sequence of"Circuits," "Electronics," and "Signals and Systems" was replaced by a new sequence,"Fundamentals 1,2, and 3". Our approach focuses on a learning studio technique with highlyintegrated laboratory and lecture components [3],[4]. In each successive course, many of thesame topics are covered, and at an increasing depth of understanding. This approach has beenshown to increase learning of complex topics while minimizing the cognitive load at each phase[5].A substantial portion of this approach is a tightly integrated lecture-laboratory approach, i.e., alearning studio; our

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Dunn; John Brauer

taught in an elective two coursesequence to all disciplines of undergraduate engineers. The objective of the curriculum is toenhance the effectiveness of the engineering graduates through an understanding of the dynamicsof corporate processes.The first course in the sequence, Fundamentals of Integrated Engineering & Business, introducesthe students to corporate financial reporting including balance sheets, income and expense andcash flows. Human resources processes, management fundamentals, project management, stage-gate development processes, supply chain management and quality topics are also covered. Thecourse incorporates at least four guest speakers to close out the major topics and a breakfastopportunity with a corporate

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shehu Farinwata

a lasting grasp of engineering fundamentals. This paper is acall to engineering educators to be aware of this trend and its potential for adverselyaffecting, particularly new engineering programs. It is assumed here that engineeringprograms at older more established institutions “had paid their dues” and therefore “hadknown better” not to let their guards down to be consumed by this trend. However,newer programs all of which undoubtedly subscribe to academic excellence and oftenlook towards the numerous successful model institutions as a tracking reference may stillnot be immuned to this pervasive trend, and for these, the stakes could be higher. Theaforementioned subsets of available engineering software packages if used effectively –in

Collection

ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

Authors

Raymond K.F. Lam, The City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College; Merlinda Drini; Guozhen Tony An, CUNY Queensborough Community College

, criticalthinking, time management skills, resilience, etc., especially from just graduated young entry-level employees.Project-Based Learning in Electrical Engineering CourseOne of the courses that PBL has applied to enhance soft skills was Computer Aided Analysis forElectrical Engineers (EE-103). This course provides an introduction level to MATLAB©computer programming with analysis techniques that are fundamental for most engineeringdisciplines. In the class, students were given a project to fabricate an optimal solution forengineering system design. The project is to design a solar- powered vehicle that has multipleconstraints such as limited budget, limited physical areas, and required minimum electricalpower. The problem was given to the students

Conference Session

Developments in the Energy Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ke Chen, Cleveland State University; Ana Stankovic, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

evaluates writing skills. The form that has been used for laboratoryreport evaluation is shown on TABLE IV. TABLE IV. Laboratory Report Evaluation Form Page 12.329.8In addition, students take a mid-term and final bench exam. All bench exams have been video-taped. During the mid-term and final bench exam, demonstrations evaluation form, as shown inTable V, has been used to assess students’ performance. It has been shown that the form wasextremely useful and easy to use. Instructor can easily grade a bench exam by simply deductingpoints from each category such as: knowledge of fundamentals, use of bench equipment etc

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhihua Xu, University of Minesota Duluth; Victor Lai, University of Minnesota - Duluth; Ping Zhao, University of Minnesota Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Materials

deadlines staggered throughout the semester, correspondingto the lecture material. For example, after concepts on Structure has been covered, students aregiven a week to complete their section of the report on the structure of their material. In addition,to ensure equal contribution to the research report among group members, each member isresponsible for researching and writing one specific section, with mandatory draft submissions tothe other group members for comments and edits. The final section of the report involves readingand summarizing a recent journal article (< 5 years) related to their material of choice. A finalcomprehensive report of the entire research is turned in at the end of the semester, incorporatingthe instructor’s comments

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos-Salas P.E., University of Texas, Pan American; Jesus Alejandro Valladares, The University of Texas Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Instrumentation Data Center [7], for later use. The instrument takes measurements every second, writes 1-minutes averages into the database. The time stamp is Standard Central Time. It is also possible to download selected hourly data from MIDC 2. A calculated time-series Clear sky Global Horizontal Irradiance GHICLEAR-SKY[k], in synchronism with the measured GHIMEAS[k] time series. The former is calculated in solar time; the latter are obtained in standard time. Reference [8] offers a variety of methods to calculate the clear-sky irradiance. We have chosen one due to B. Harwitz, due to its simplicity. ∑ [ ] =∑ (1

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny, University of Utah; Stephanie Richardson, University of Utah; Rohit Verma, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Bryan Stenquist, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

at the University of Utah. Current research interests include communication in nonprofit organizations, social support, communication across the curriculum, speaking and writing in the disciplines, and interdisciplinary collaboration.Bryan Stenquist, University of Utah Bryan Stenquist received his BSEE degree from the university of Utah in 2005 and is currently a Research Engineer at the University of Utah in charge of implementing hands-on project-based laboratories across the ECE curriculum. Page 11.777.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Integrated System-Level Design

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

diamonds to name but a few. The fundamental concept of the general control volume is that it describes the accumulation, or lack thereof, of our property B. Using, for example, money as the property B of interest we can consider figure 1 as our control volume (e.g. An imaginary federal mint). We will now consider how money gets into and out of the control volume as a means to generate the Reynolds transport equation. Let us imagine that money gets into the building directly by being mailed in and out (Bin and Bout). Money can also be “convected” in by trucks (m) which carry an average amount of coins (b) each. Finally money is spontaneously created

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Maker Spaces in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

an introductory course in engineering fundamentals atthe J. B. Speed School of Engineering (SSoE) at the University of Louisville (UofL). The course,titled Engineering Methods, Tools, and Practice II (ENGR 111), is the second component of atwo-course sequence and is primarily focused on application and integration of fundamentalengineering skills introduced and practiced in the first component of the sequence (ENGR 110).Fundamental skills integrated within ENGR 111 include 3D printing, basic research fundamentals,circuitry, communication, critical thinking, design, engineering ethics, hand tool usage, problemsolving, programming, project management, teamwork, and technical writing. The course isrequired for all first-year SSoE students (no

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Beaufait

- Anonymous Engineering is a bridge between fundamental research laboratories and manufacturingindustries. Undergraduate students need research experience to be introduced to theinterdisciplinary nature of product development and manufacturing. Research experiencecomplements the undergraduate education that is concerned with the basic concepts of scienceand engineering. The author, in the last three years, has involved five undergraduates through testing newideas to develop material processing and manufacturing technologies. These idea-based projectsare termed by the author as "creative projects". Each creative project is completed in twosemesters. Due to the exposure to novel ideas, state-of-the-art technologies and major

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Dick Blandford, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

considerable effort is made to ensure that all of the studentsmeet the faculty on an informal basis. Students are encouraged by faculty to "drop by" the officeand talk about the types of work done by professionals in the major to get a better feel for whatthe major is about.Computer science section Page 23.617.3The computer science section uses C# to teach the fundamentals of program structure. In thefour-week short class students typically write a program which has loop and if structures and anintroduction to graphics. The class typically writes a game or animation program for a project.At the end of this session students are expected to understand