Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University; George Rouskas, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

century engineer will look very different than their 20th centurycounterparts 2. While these changes can be seen as a real threat to the engineering jobmarket, engineers who have learned how to harness computational capabilities for Page 14.356.2advanced analysis and problem-solving will continue to be in great demand for decades tocome.Therefore, our multidisciplinary National Science Foundation project has a twofold goalto (1) develop a computational thinking thread that spans beyond the freshman year’scomputing course to all levels of the engineering curricula, and (2) increase students’computational competency in applying appropriate computing

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles H. Forsberg, Hofstra University

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Computers in Education

CourseAbstractThe author teaches the Computer Programming for Engineers course at Hofstra University. Thiscourse is a required course for all engineering freshmen in all disciplines. We have a variety ofstudents. Some are eager to learn and highly motivated. Others are much less enthusiastic. Tomake the course interesting and relevant, we use problems from science and engineering as muchas possible. Special emphasis is given to choosing problems that are of general interest to all thestudents, regardless of engineering discipline. Through outcome assessments, we have foundthat students have particular difficulty with problems involving simultaneous equations andproblems involving curve fitting; i. e., determining functions to model experimental data

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Horton

screens and via an LCD projector to ascreen.After lunch campers participated in Maine Bound Program activities. “The University ofMaine's Recreation Program, Maine Bound Program is an outdoor adventure education programthat takes learning out of the classroom and into the natural, elemental setting of rivers,mountains, and forests.” 1 The Maine Bound activities took place on the low and high elementscourses in the University Forest adjacent to campus, at the Maine Bound Adventure CenterClimbing Gym, in canoes on the Stillwater River adjacent to campus, on sports fields, and inopen areas adjacent to the Stillwater River.After dinner campers had a choice of returning to the computer laboratory for supervised opencomputer time, or participating in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruno Ramond; Abir Z. Qamhiyah

is 16 weeks. Students have a four hours computer laboratory each week with theexception of the first week. Seven computer laboratories run during the week to accommodatethe 126 students in seven groups of 18 students. Dr. Ramond is the course instructor for the fullgroup of students registered for the course and he is the supervisor for one of the seven computerlaboratory groups. Four other professors supervise the remaining six computer laboratory groupsfor the course.In the CAD courses at both ISU and UTC students are asked to work in teams on a multi-disciplinary design project. For this collaborative learning experiment, the one computerlaboratory group working under the supervision of Dr. Ramond worked with the group of 25students

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

time on course preparation, faculty and students will be able to spend more timeworking with each other, to the benefit of both.AcknowledgmentsThe assistance of the following NCSU students with this project is gratefully acknowledged: Xiaokang Sang, AnaGoulart, Chenhao Geng, Zhiling Zheng, Sonali Aditya, and David Steffy.Bibliography1. Gehringer, Edward F., "A database of course materials in computer architecture," Proceedings of the FirstWorkshop on Undergraduate Computer Architecture Education, Santa Margherita Ligure Italy, 19 June 1995.Available on the Web at http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/e/efg/archdb/public/full-paper.html.2. Lozada, Marlene, "Look out for distance learning," Techniques: Making Education and Career Connections72:7

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paris von Lockette, Rowan University

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Mechanical Engineering

teaching. In the 2001 teaching formal, graded emphasis was not placed on thinking through complex algorithms before attempting to generate code whereas 2003 included this at several stages. o Response to the tutorial was exceptional. Several students commented that they wished they had learned Matlab in this fashion earlier in their college careers. o Two-thirds of students engaged in self-guided learning of programming language as evidence by a special challenge assignment. Students where challenged with generating Matlab code to perform the computational simulation of polymer formation in as few commands as possible. Two thirds of students developed functioning programs utilizing fewer commands than the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecil Beeson; William Gay

Session 3248 21st Century Skills Training: Computer Systems Support Cecil Beeson, William Gay University of Cincinnati Clermont CollegeI. IntroductionThis paper describes how a two-year access college determined the demand for education andtraining in a particular technology, computer support technology, and how it met and continuesto meet that demand. Most institutions of higher education devote part of their efforts towarddetermining educational program needs of their respective service areas. When such need isdiscovered, the institution must then decide whether or not it is capable

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

design and of various methodologies associated with data mining and machine learning. Applications made to healthcare organization. Page 11.805.4Clinical Database ManagementUnderstanding the clinical workflow of a typical hospital information system is alsocrucial for the design of electronic medical record applications and hospital networktopology. Electronic Medical Record (EMR), also termed computerized patient record(CPR) and patient health record (PHR), is a term used to describe computer-based patientmedical record that mimics the structure of the traditional paper medical record such ascharting, transcription, and even medical images

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang; Linda Head

of Engineering at Rowan University was initiated as a result of a $100million donation in 1992 from the Rowan Foundation [5]. The college has fourengineering programs of Chemical, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer,and Mechanical Engineering. The engineering faculty use innovative methods of teachingand learning to better prepare students for entry into a rapidly changing and highlycompetitive marketplace. Compared to other engineering programs at Rowan University,Electrical and Computer Engineering department also faces the challenge to enhancewomen representation in the student body. As shown in Fig. 2, the disparity of ECE Page

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Clark, USAF Academy, CO; Brian Peterson, United States Air Force Academy

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Computers in Education

built withsmall-scale-integration (SSI) and medium-scale-integration (MSI) components which thestudents have already learned in our course; (2) the status of the registers, signals, and busses aredisplayed directly on seven-segment displays; and (3) the students manually build and test eachsubsystem before integrating them into the final PRISM core to observe how each one works.After understanding the basics of the computer subsystems, the students then write their ownassembly programs and translate them into machine code. They can then simulate their programrunning ahead of time or implement and run their programs in real time.This paper will discuss the features of PRISM and how it is used in the classroom.IntroductionMany years ago, the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

Session 2793 Integration of Computational Tools in Engineering Thermodynamics Curriculum Kyaw Aung Department of Mechanical Engineering Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710 Abstract Computational tools have become readily available to assist in solving many engineeringproblems. Thus, it is important for engineering educators to incorporate computational tools intheir curriculum so that students will have first-hand knowledge and hands-on experience

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

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Information Systems

Officeproductivity tools, and because it was likely they would have access to these same productivitytools at home or at work, another goal was for students to know how to store or revise Word,Excel, and PowerPoint documents, specifically. Microsoft OfficeLive (MOL) was chosen as theplatform to provide such experience. Through the experience students would learn howdocuments are made available to team members or the instructor through MOL, and they wouldlearn how to communicate with the instructor and team members about individual or teamassignments using MOL. The experiences would also provide opportunity to introducevocabulary and concepts about cloud computing, which was appropriate for the sophomore-levelinformation systems database course in which the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University; Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University; Dawn Laux, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Women in Engineering

celebration events at the regional level.The Indiana Celebration of Women in Computing (InWIC) began in 2004 as a way of offeringthe Grace Hopper Conference experience without impeding on students’ desire to attend classesand reducing costs to make it affordable to larger groups of students. In the past, the venue forthis event, which occurred every two years, was an inn at a state park, which provided a quietand relaxing setting for networking, mentoring, learning, presenting, and having fun. Beginningwith 2015, this regional conference will become an annual event in a more central location that iscloser to an international airport to be more accessible to more students in the region as well asbe more conveniently located for industry sponsors who

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

resonanceimaging, and ultrasound imaging), and clinical imaging practices (e.g. image analysis,visualization, instrumentation, and radiological protection)1,2. Although it has been a typically agraduate level course in most of the radiology, medical physics, biomedical engineering, andcomputer engineering programs3, it has also been frequently offered to undergraduate students asa required or elective course.In order to offer this as an introductory undergraduate course, it is necessary to emphasizeconceptual learning through lab exercises4,5. In this paper we present a series of computer labexercises based on a newly developed computer simulation software – SimuRad6, which can helpstudents better understand the underlying science and engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

mathematics, high performance parallel and scalable computing, scientific modeling andsimulation, data visualization, and domain areas such as physical science and engineering, lifesciences, agricultural and environmental sciences, technology and business. The aim of thisprogram is to provide students with an opportunity to (a) master high performance computerprogramming tools as well as data acquisition and processing techniques; (b) acquirecomputational modeling, simulation and visualization skills; (c) relate acquired computationalscience and engineering knowledge and skills to specific application fields of science,engineering, technology and business; and (d) learn to develop novel and robust computationaltools and methods to solve scientific

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Fernandez

community-based HCI education. The variousclient applications provide a plethora of learning scenarios that don’t fit into the softwareengineering paradigm. The process, experience, and results of HCI education that closes the gapare presented in this paper.IntroductionThere is growing interest in exploring the benefits of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) designin computer science education programs. The prominence of the Internet and associated Webapplications has propelled HCI issues to the forefront of the discussion on software development.Since software engineering is geared more towards the development of large-scale systems, thereis an education gap in many computer science programs that don’t include a design andimplementation course for

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2012-3381: A COMPUTER SIMULATION PROJECT ON UNDERGROUNDHEAT PUMPSDr. Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University Page 25.31.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Computer Simulation Project on Underground Heat PumpsIntroductionGeothermal energy may be the most visibly striking of all the alternative energy sources. Theidea of capturing the energy from a geyser or even from the flowing lava of an erupting volcanois very exciting to students. However, the truth is that in the United States there is very limitedaccess to hot geothermal sources. On the other hand, the possibility exists throughout the

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ahmed Azam

presumably increased the numberof students as well as DeVry faculty and staff. Each student, instructor, manager, andstaff member is different, yet each is striving towards the same goal: success. It isimportant to create a unique learning environment regardless of the culture or language.Technology plays a key role in this objective, and with the advancements in technology,it is important for our university to aim to use the newest and most efficient technology inorder to encourage collaboration between learners, instructors and others in the academiccommunity. Being more efficient is important, but being cost effective is equallyimportant.Cloud computing is a technology that can be used to streamline the learning process andinfrastructure, making

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Ruşen Argun, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Andre Schleife; Cecilia Leal; Dallas R. Trinkle, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Nicola H. Perry, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew D. Goodman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Antonia Statt; Marie Agathe Charpagne

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Materials Division (MATS)

10%of the alumni in industry think that there should be less computational material in the curriculum,as highlighted in Figure 5a. One possible interpretation of this apparent contradiction is that theutility in industry is not the only reason for the demand of computational modules. Tools like MDand DFT can provide a wider perspective on how to approach problems in MSE, they can helpwith understanding other theoretical concepts of the class content [4], or may simply be aninteresting and engaging additional learning tool to the classical way the class content is covered.The question about the amount of computational content in the curriculum bundles the threegroups of computational skills together. An alternative explanation is that

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt; Daniel Knight; Christopher Swan; Nathan Canney

2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Macroethics Education in Engineering and Computing Courses Angela R. Bielefeldt1, Daniel Knight1, Christopher Swan2, Nathan Canney3 1 University of Colorado Boulder, 2Tufts University, 3Seattle UniversityAbstractFor engineering to reach its full potential to benefit society, students must be prepared to engagein broad considerations of macroethical issues, including the collective responsibility of theprofession toward issues such as sustainability, poverty, and bioethics. This research exploredthe extent to which faculty report educating engineering and computing students to considermacroethical issues in their

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Faye; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

that must be done some other time. Informal tutoring costs were based on a yearly estimate of the time spent in this wayThe costs of developing the computer package used in the obtained from each tutor.computer-based tutorials are the only start-up costs involved Computer-based tutorials have reduced tutor costs but there isin the introducing these tutorials into learning institutions.No such costs are associated with traditional tutorials. an additional cost of

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mileta M. Tomovic

Session1620 Application of Computer Simulation in Metalcasting Course Mileta M. Tomovic Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana AbstractModern developments in computer technology and computer software have allowed simulationof very complex physical phenomena, which was almost impossible or prohibitively expensiveeven several years ago. One such area is fluid flow involving heat transfer and coupled withphase transformation. The problem is very difficult

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Hager, United States Air Force Academy; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

1993. As a faculty member at the University of Wyoming since 1993, Jerry has pursued research interests in applied robotics and control, signal processing, and higher education teaching and learning. He directed the University of Wyoming Hewlett Foundation Engineering Schools of the West Initiative until 2008, which is focused upon enhancing the recruitment, retention and quality of undergraduate engineering students. He now serves as Head, Department of Computer Science. Page 15.639.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 HDL Based Design Problems For Computer

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Krogh, Carnegie Mellon University; Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah Schlesinger, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

computer I/O and systems X Page 13.477.7Giving Students GuidanceOver the years we learned from our students and alumni that students need guidance to take fulladvantage of an ECE curriculum. In contrast to a more tightly prescribed curriculum in a narrowdomain, such as a CE or EE curriculum, students in our ECE curriculum are faced with a numberof choices as early as the spring semester of their sophomore year. We have instituted severalthings to help them identify their specific interests and select courses that will prepare them fortheir futures. All ECE sophomores register for a 1-unit seminar

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Stan Mitchell, LogicForce Consulting, LLC; Hugh Berryman, Middle Tennessee State University

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Instrumentation

AC 2009-1123: COMPUTER FORENSICS: SEIZING AND SECURING DIGITALEVIDENCESaleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saleh M. Sbenaty is a professor of Computer Engineering Technology, earned his Ph.D. and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Tennessee Technological University and his BS degree in electrical engineering from Damascus University. Dr. Sbenaty joined MTSU in 1993 and has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in electronics and computer harware. He is actively engaged in curriculum development and assessments for technological education. He has authored and co-authored several industry-based case studies and participated in three major NSF-funded

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Tackett; Greg Walker

participants to a cluster facility. 2. CPU speed and associated bottlenecks to fast computations. 3. Essential elements and tools used for parallelization of codes. The first component is crucial to allow students access to the instructional HPC facilities.While progress in architectures of HPC facilities is migrating away from proprietary systems,rapid changes in technology and unique requirements mean that each system has particularmodes of operation. Size, design and intended use also determine how people interface withthe hardware. Therefore, a user must become acclimated to a particular system, and thisfirst initiation into high-performance computing facilitates this learning curve. Fortunately,the primary components of different systems are

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

Session #2793 Use of Computers in Undergraduate HVAC Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractA senior capstone design course in Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), withemphasis on the use of computers, has been given at Hofstra University for the past severalyears. After learning the fundamentals of psychrometrics and HVAC processes, students areassigned the task of designing an air conditioning system for a commercial or institutionalfacility. Past projects have included university buildings, retail stores, and

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention, and Diversity in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet ; Chandra R. Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet, Department of Technology; Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University, Calumet; Hassan Moghbelli, Isfahan University of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics

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Engineering Technology

programming languages currently used in industry. Theproposed curriculum would allow the students to draw courses from the areas like Algorithms,Image Processing, Distributed Systems, Automata and Computability, Database systems,Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence and Numerical Analysis. Students learn industrystandard approaches to application software development as well as state-of-the-art problemsolving techniques.The hardware focus of the proposed curriculum would draw its resources from the Electrical andComputer Engineering Technology curriculum. The curriculum provides a fresh look atElectrical Engineering Technology curriculum from the perspective of System Design. Itexamines the subject areas that prepares the student to pursue the

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jia Zhu, Florida International University; Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

education has been justified from multiple perspectives, including: 1) the need tomaintain a sustainable labor market; 2) the rationale for computational thinking for solvingeveryday problems; 3) the computational literacy value of generating new ways of expression,thinking, and learning; and 4) the need for equity in participation [16]. These differing viewpointsare the impetus behind how lessons and curricula are established and implemented and have thepotential to shape the training of the future workforce. Developments in coursework, non-profits,organizations, informal programs, and research work to ensure that all students receivehigh-quality CS education but also that learners are supported and empowered [17]. However, thefirst step in such

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Amy Craig, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

computerprogramming course. The skills learned in such freshman level courses are being iterated andexpanded on in subsequent courses in these curricula in order to create a ‘computational thinkingthread’. One unforeseen consequence of the computer based modeling course was an increase inthe student’s problem solving ability. This study explores the role that computing has onstudent’s problem solving abilities and tries to quantify its impact. Students in several freshmanand senior level engineering courses across different disciplines were asked to solve a commonproblem solving task as well as reflect on the process they used to solve the problem. Thestudent’s solutions were scored using a protocol based on Wolcott’s ‘Steps for better thinkingrubric’ The