Conference Session

Engineering Communication I: History and Praxis

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication.Specifically, we conducted a title search for “communication or writing or speaking orpresentations” and then examined the papers individually to determine whether they serve one ormore of four functions: (1) develop or assess the communication abilities of engineering students, (2) assess student attitudes and experiences in communication courses, (3) analyze pedagogical strategies or curriculum design processes for teaching engineering students to communicate, or (4) provide fundamental understanding of engineering writing and speaking. The search function in PEER makes it possible to identify trends across the divisions ofASEE and over time, but this function is far from perfect. A strategy like the title search

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno

microelectronics module where students learnabout the fundamentals of electronic and magnetic properties. The teaching of thesefundamentals is done within the scope of learning about options for non-volatile memory (suchas Flash and M-RAM). There is a module focusing on alternative energy where students studysolid oxide fuel cells and the ceramic nanomaterials used to fabricate them. While exploring thisemerging application, students learn the basics of ceramics, defects, and phase diagrams.Structure, processing, and mechanical properties of polymers and composites are taught in amodule on fiber reinforced plastics used for civil infrastructures. A biomaterials module onstents teaches students about crystallography, mechanical properties and

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chanley; Michael Pelletier

Digital Design in Community College Courses Michael E. Pelletier, Paul J. Chanley Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MassachusettsBackgroundNorthern Essex Community College offers three courses in digital circuits: Fundamentals ofDigital Logic (a 3-credit course which meets for 3 hours per week for 15 weeks) and itsaccompanying Digital Logic Lab (a 1-credit lab course which meets once a week for 3 hours for15 weeks) are taken in the first semester at NECC. The third course, Digital Electronics (a 4-credit course which meets for 3 hours of lecture/recitation per week and one 3-hour lab per weekfor 15 weeks), is taken in the sophomore year. These courses are required

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; David Adams, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, while very challenging, is fun!At Grove City College (GCC), we have developed a comprehensive three-semester sequence incomputer-game development. The sequence is designed to take students from interactive fictionand 2D arcade-style games to sophisticated console game development. The first two courses inour three course sequence stress computer gaming fundamentals in 2D (the first term) and then3D (the second term). In these courses, we cover a wide range of topics from softwarearchitectures for game design to fundamentals of game development including algorithms, datastructures, graphics (including OpenGL and DirectX) and techniques for good game play. Wehave offered the first class twice and we will offer the second course during the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Adrezin; Michael Nowak; Donald Leone

advisor, each student sought a laboratory in his/her area ofinterest. The research is structured as two course equivalents (100 hours each). “BiomedicalEngineering Capstone Research I” was designed to immerse the student in a wide range oflaboratory functions. “Biomedical Engineering Capstone Research II” is designed to give thestudent in-depth experience by functioning as an engineer on a project, either ongoing in thelaboratory or being developed.Grading of each course is via written and oral reports, as well as laboratory supervisor input.The first course requires the writing of a report on the experience, while the second requires aformal research paper in the style of journal articles.The experience from these courses has been excellent for

Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Eric S. Musselman; Andrea J. Schokker

to the scaling back of laboratory and hands on courses and components [1].Within the development of the curriculum at UMD it was decided early on that there was a needfor a program that emphasized practical, hands on learning while still including the technical 2010 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conferenceskills and fundamental knowledge that is required to be a successful engineer. In addition tothere being a need for this type of program, it was thought that having an intensive hands-onprogram would result in graduates who are better prepared to enter the workforce. Thejustification being that even if you are employed as a design engineer, the more practicalknowledge you have about what you are designing or where

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

address these issues. TheWPI ECE Department instituted a sophomore-level course entitled “ECE Design” with thespecific intent of better preparing students for their senior capstone design projects, both byreinforcing fundamental concepts and by leading the students through a formal design processwith emphasis on the process itself. The course is run as a simulated business, with facultyserving as “Engineering Managers” who teach the process of design and manage the learningexperience. The students are placed in 3-person design teams reporting to undergraduate “SeniorEngineers”, who help guide them through an open-ended design of a useful product, from marketresearch to demonstration of a working prototype. The students are given a working budget

Conference Session

They need more than technical skills!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

cool meditation becomes rudely punctuated by the staccato press of this unforgiving tactile input required by an unyielding system. Twenty seconds is mercilessly shorter than nine months. It goes against nature. It is an abomination. An aberration. Vile and unholy. Still, the German people make these kinds of sacrifices daily in an attempt to better care for the environment. It is a conscious choice that fundamentally affects the form of their personal lives and infrastructure. Convenience and comfort are valued less than conservation and efficiency.This passage mixes philosophical musing and descriptive writing with engineeringterminology in unexpected ways. Interpreting bathing as metaphor for birth

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jenkins; John Kramlich

for determining how well a program is achieving its stated learning outcomes andgoals. An obvious assessment method is to simply ask the constituents of a program (who mustbe identified and targeted a priori!!) questions about the program (e.g., questionnaires, surveys,course evaluations). Another obvious assessment method is to use an existing scheme such asthe distribution of grades already assigned to various types of course work (e.g., homework, labreports, design presentations). Less obvious assessment methods might be interpreting results ofstandardized national exams (e.g., Fundamentals in Engineering), self-assessment of individualcourses by instructors, or even employing rubrics for students and instructors to categoricallyrank how

Conference Session

Circuits & Systems Education I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Talarico, Gonzaga University; George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University; Rick M. Cox, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

complexproblems normally onerous to the apprentice electrical engineer. More advanced concepts suchas switched capacitors circuits and broadband amplifiers are also covered. Finally, the entirety ofthis material is compiled for dissemination on a web page for the community at large.1. IntroductionWhen one compares today’s students to those of earlier generations, the differences are striking.Yet the way most faculties teach electric circuits is essentially unchanged since the middle of thelast century [1]. Electric circuits courses are mostly taught through “analysis”. Too often, thefocus lies on writing and solving sets of simultaneous equations based on Kirchhoff’s voltageand current laws (KVL and KCL). In practice, this leads to a circuit methodology

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

understanding ofelectromagnetic phenomena involves visualization in time and space, and c) solving theelectromagnetic problems requires advanced calculus tools, which are handled poorly bymany students. Consequently, the degree of undergraduate student motivation to learn thesubject matter is one of the lowest in the areas of electrical and power engineering, inspite of the fundamental importance of field theory. The use of simulation software,multimedia, visualization and graphic representations and computer algebra systems aspart of engineering education became more and more a common practice in the last twodecades, and their advantages are well known and accepted. Simulation software andcomputer algebras allow students to experiment with phenomena

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James West, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) based upon provenpedagogical methods. The two course sequence is named VECTOR (Vitalizing ElectromagneticConcepts To Obtain Relevancy) and adapts existing teaching techniques and laboratories toaddress three inter-related objectives: A) Create an undergraduate curriculum in electromagnetics which is relevant to students and shows the impact of this field on emerging knowledge and technologies. B) Employ modern tools, skills, and techniques to emphasize fundamental concepts rather than teach legacy materials emphasizing rote, analytical solutions. C) Create an effective introductory EM course which will pipeline students into the electromagnetics-photonics curriculum at OSU, including graduate programs.These goals, described in

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Postcard Session (Best of WIPs)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Gordon Browne, The University of Illinois Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, The University of Illinois Chicago; Adrian P. Defante

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Harding and McPherson suggested that over 80 percent ofemployers desire an applicant pool of engineers with fundamental knowledge of finding,applying, and developing standards [2].Our study design is functionally an approach to apply principles of Bloom’s Taxonomy to theeducation of consensus standards. All current standards curricula at the UIC, and most of thatidentified in biomedical engineering education literature [3, 4, 5] focuses on recognition andunderstanding (i.e., the lowest levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy). Capstone design courses mayrequire the incorporation of standards during the design process or verification testing butapproach and standard rigor can be widely varied. Recognition of appropriate standards is quitevaluable for engineers

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Daniel Crowl, Michigan Technological University; David Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University; Dennis Meng, Michigan Technological University; Jeff Naber, Michigan Technological University; Abhijit Mukherjee, Michigan Technological University; John Lukowski, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Barry Solomon, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

traditional and alternative energy sources, with an added emphasis on generation of hydrogen for use in fuel cell applications. Hydrogen policy issues will also be addressed. o Hydrogen Laboratory: This is a laboratory course with hydrogen safety training, hydrogen measurements, fuel cell operation and analysis, and investigation of other hydrogen-related technologies. o Fuel Cells: There are two courses in this topic area [CM 3974 Fuel Cell Fundamentals (1 credit) and MEEM 4990/5990 Fuel Cell Technology (3 credits)] which introduce the basics of fuel cells and calculation of important parameters for fuel cell operation

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

sections.IllustrationsIntegrating Writing Assignments“CE 356 - Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering” is a junior course taught in the CivilEngineering department. General course objectives were to learn and apply the engineeringdesign process and develop and apply skills used by successful practicing professional engineers,including critical (reflective) thinking, communication, and documentation. This course taughtthe fundamental civil-environmental engineering principles for design of conventional domesticwater treatment and wastewater treatment systems. One of the primary learning objectives of thecourse was for the students to be able to apply fundamental civil-environmental engineeringprinciples and perform simple calculations to design water treatment (physical

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi

Session 1531MIXING EXAM FORMATS TO ENHANCE EXAMINATION LEARNING AND TEST TAKING SKILLS Maher M. Murad, Robert Martinazzi University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThe concept of Mixing Exam Formats (MEF) was developed to enhance student learningbeyond the exam and to train students to become more familiar with the Fundamental ofEngineering (FE) and the Civil Engineering Professional Exam (PE) multiple-choice examformats. Under this concept, the exam is graded such that each student gets two scores: the firstis called “Objective Score” which is based only on grading the

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Milica Markovic

currently taught with transmission-lines theory first, and the textbook is AppliedElectromagnetics by Ulaby3 et. al. Typical student at the beginning of this class does not have anyMatlab experience, has some understanding of vectors, very basic programming knowledge andalgorithms, some basic understanding of fundamental electromagnetic from a physics class andsome experience in linear algebra.During the course of the semester, students write their own Matlab codes to visualize static electricand magnetic fields, potential distributions and equipotential surfaces due to various line, surface,volume charge and current distributions using Green’s function integrals23. Wave propagation isintroduced through Matlab-based Graphical User Interface (GUI

Conference Session

Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa J. Ryan, East Carolina University ; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University; William E. Howard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

resonator arrays.Dr. Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University Dr. Colleen Janeiro teaches engineering fundamentals such as Introduction to Engineering, Materials and Processes, and Statics. Her teaching interests include development of solid communication skills and enhancing laboratory skills.Dr. William E. Howard, East Carolina University William E (Ed) Howard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. He was previously a faculty member at Milwaukee School of Engineering, following a 14- year career as a design and project engineer with Thiokol Corporation, Spaulding Composites Company, and Sta-Rite Industries. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Jay Martin

student response (in class, viadiscussion, and survey), numerous changes have been made to this format. Now, studentsattend one large group meeting per week where active learning is used in all the activities.Faculty share an example that demonstrates the desired educational concept, and then askstudents to apply the concept with their peers to something of specific interest to them.The second lecture each week is now a small group meeting where the content isdetermined “just-in-time,” as the result of a formal method for determining what thestudents are most interested in learning to best complete their project. Other changes include • Incorporation of writing into all aspects of the course • Recognition that the design process is

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter T. Cummings; Hank D. Cochran; Juan J. dePablo; Denis J. Evans; Peter A. Koen; Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos; Richard L. Rowley

level they need to be educated in the fundamental principlesunderlying them, and the limitations and reliability of the of the techniques used. At the graduatelevel, more detailed instruction is appropriate: students should be able to modify existing codesand develop their own codes based on code elements provided to them, for application to theirown area of research.Molecular modeling methods can and will appear in undergraduate curricula in several ways: assegments of existing core undergraduate courses (for example, Thermodynamics; Kinetics;Transport; Design, in the latter case as molecular product design); within elective courses (e.g.,Biochemical Engineering; Materials Science); and as dedicated courses. To ensure that molecularmodeling

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University; John Aaron Louis Grimes, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Shelly Sanders, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

Paper ID #40462Resources and Exercises for STEM Educators and Students Navigating the”Misinformation Age”Ms. Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University Alexis is currently an instructor in the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in Mississippi State University’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. She has taught technical writing and various other writing- and communication-based courses at MSU since 2004. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Mississippi State University and Louisiana State University and is certified as a Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).Mr

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs I (aka ChE Potpourri)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; H. Scott Fogler, University of Michigan; Valarie Thomas, University of Michigan; Don Chmielewski, Illinois Institute of Technology; Michael Gross, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Fuels Group Enterprise – this introduces students to alternative energy technology through project work. Projects have been sponsored by the United States Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) and Army Research Laboratory (ARL), and have focused on integration of commercially available fuel cells into small and large vehicles. More information on this curriculum is available elsewhere3-5. Page 13.271.3 • Fuel Cell Fundamentals Course – this is a 1 credit elective course introducing fuel cell technology to chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineering students. More

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

USNA, studentsare introduced to the fundamental methods and tools for ongoing evaluation of new, potentiallydisruptive technologies. Students use the tools of socio-technological analysis to carry outprojection (determining what is possible, based on currently understood science), prediction(analyzing what is likely to be achievable under the limitations of current understanding, existingcapabilities, and the economic, political and social realities of the day) and valuation(determining what is valuable, based on risk and reward, ethics, etc.).The described course has as its main outcome a skill set that supports life-long learning andfosters an understanding of the factors that affect and effect technological change. Students whotake the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy

-source versioning applications such as Subversion or CVS, wikis, and free web-basedservices such as Google Docs & Spreadsheets (formerly Writely). This paper explores thesealternatives and then focuses on a versioning system-based solution as the approach judged mostappropriate for our requirements.2 Introduction and BackgroundMost engineering and technology programs place a high value on team-based assignments andprojects. At the University of Detroit Mercy, a written project report is often one of the requireddeliverables from each team. When the size of the team exceeds two or three, collaborative reportwriting becomes problematic. Ad hoc processes aimed to keep track of who is working on what,and which version is actually the correct

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Egelhoff, Montana Tech of the University of Montana; Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

the Machine Design textbooks and found they all provide the following: areview of free body diagrams, statics, and determination of reactions for simple beam-loadconfigurations, a section on the use of singularity functions, writing shear and moment equations,and strain energy methods. Finally, we also assume students have access to an equation solver.The authors use TK Solver™ and EES© but our students and colleagues have produced solutionsusing Mathematica, Matlab and MathCad. In deference to the faculty who might beinterested in this method, we selected a very complex shaft geometry and loading. Additionally,our complete solution provided in this paper may be more than is needed in a shaft designproblem. The typical textbook problem

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Duda

objectives can be accomplished by developing a curriculum for engineering and science atthe university. The proposed draft for the curriculum is found below. An important part of theprogram will give the students the opportunity to do field work. While important in anycurriculum, the field work is particularly encouraged by national leaders and technical leaders inUganda10, 11. First Year Fundamentals of Engineering/Scientific Mathematics First Semester Technical Writing for Engineering and Science Introduction to Chemistry First Year Second Geometry I Semester Organic Chemistry I Historical

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 8: Modulus Topics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

matrix, K1, possesses all the properties that make it an unconstrainedstructure. Stiffness matrices that are extracted from commercial packages may also be used andthis can be done in the future (please see summary section). The logic to identify these wouldremain the same. At the time of writing of this work-in-progress paper, a fundamental,one-dimensional spring element problem is used to provide a stiffness matrix.nSize =34;K1 = r e p m a t (K, n S i z e ) ;The second matrix (K2) is K1 with it’s non-zero elements replaced by -rand*rand. This is not astiffness matrix as it lacks the property of being symmetric and having non-zero, positive diagonalelements.K2 = K1 ;K2 ( any ( K2 ( : ) ) ) = −r a n d . ∗ r a n d ;The third matrix (K3) is a

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Fairley, Georgia Institute of Tehnology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adrianne Prysock, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

students in undergraduate research programs. Detailed information on themodules utilized in the SURE program to teach research skills to SURE studentparticipants are presented in the section entitled Seminar Series. The effectiveness ofteaching student participants research skills in the SURE program is presented in thesection entitled Assessment and Evaluation. Final thoughts and suggested improvmentson the work presented in this study are included in the section entitled Conclusions andRecommendations.Motivation High-quality research skills are an essential component in successfully navigating thegraduate school process. The need for high-quality research skills were expressed byLilja[3] as fundamental components in becoming a successful

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2009-1610: COMMUNICATION PEDAGOGY IN THE ENGINEERINGCLASSROOM: A REPORT ON FACULTY PRACTICES AND PERCEPTIONSJulia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana. Her articles on writing assessment, electronic portfolios, ABET, and tablet PCs have appeared in the Technical Communication Quarterly, Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, The International Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, and The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James P. Solti; James M., Jr. Greer

Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills Through the Incorporation of an Open-Ended and Ill-Defined Project in a Technical Core Course James P. Solti and James M. Greer, Jr. Department of Engineering Mechanics United States Air Force AcademyIntroductionEngineering Mechanics 200 (EM 200) - Fundamentals of Mechanics is an introductory“core” course which all students are required to complete prior to the start of their fifthsemester at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA). This course offers an integratedintroduction to the Mechanics of Materials and to Statics. The course is not a preparatorycourse for engineers in which students are asked to learn