Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker

A Forward Looking Digital Curriculum In Electrical Engineering Joerg Mossbrucker Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WIAbstractThis paper describes the new digital track in the Electrical Engineering program atthe Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). It uses a combined top-downbottom-up approach. Students are exposed to a number of programminglanguages on embedded systems in three courses starting in the Freshmen year.Digital logic design ranging from simple gate logic to complex programmablelogic devices is covered in two courses. In addition, a sixth

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Hoff; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Session 1532 Use of AutoCAD in An Electrical Engineering Curriculum Lisa Anneberg and Craig Hoff Ece Yaprak Departments of Electrical and Division of Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering Wayne State University Lawrence Technological University Detroit, MI 48202 Southfield, MI 48075 (313) 577-8075 (810) 204-2539 FAX: (313) 577-1781 e-mail: anneberg@ltu.edu e-mail: yaprak@et1.eng.wayne.edu and hoff@ltu.eduThis paper was initiated at an Undergraduate Faculty

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning in ET II

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Rockwell Automation products. The trainerchassis contains a ControlLogix 5570 controller with analog, digital, and relay input/outputmodules, a CompactLogix controller, EtherNet/IP-based local area network, variable frequencydrives (VFD) and induction motors, servo drives and motors, and a 10.4” HMI. Rockwell’sStudio 5000 software is used for programming; at present the curriculum covers ladder logic andstructured text. FactoryTalk View Studio facilitates the development of the HMI.Summary of the ExercisesNine to ten laboratory exercises (labs) are assigned each semester, exclusive of a midterm andfinal project. The student will become This paper describes four exercises concerning PackML.The labs are organized to introduce and gradually develop

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

George D. Gray

Advancing Composites Education and Training through Curriculum Design George D. Gray Applied and Engineering Technologies Division Wichita Area Technical CollegeAbstractThis paper will outline the increasing occurrence of polymer composite material applicationswithin industry and the challenges facing post-secondary educational institutions to adequatelyprepare engineers and engineering technologists/technicians. It will also address the many facetsof composites and how to develop coursework to meet both the fundamental concepts ofcomposites along with addressing specific hands-on fabrication

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

engineering program, this case study does provideexcellent examples of methods and techniques that can be used by engineering faculty asthey strive to comply with the new ABET standard by which they will eventually beevaluated. Character without knowledge is weak and feeble, but knowledge without character is dangerous and a potential menace to society. Character and knowledge together are the twin goals of true education. Boston Latin Grammar School, 17th centuryIntroductionPresent society places many demands upon classroom teachers. They are expected todeliver all areas of curriculum with mastery and ease. They are forever being called uponto incorporate one more essential piece needed for full student development

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Session 1309 A New BME Curriculum for the 21st Century Richard Jendrucko, Jack Wasserman The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleAbstractThis paper describes the design and content of a new undergraduate degree program inbiomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Program enhancement withthe use of advanced teaching tools and the Internet is discussed.I. IntroductionThe field of biomedical engineering (BME), defined as a new engineering discipline in the mid-twentieth century has been the focus for the development of new degree programs at

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

Session 2561 Training Faculty for Ethics Across the Curriculum Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of TechnologyIntroductionEthics has been an important topic for a number of years in many disciplines. With blatantlyunethical and highly publicized situations occurring in major companies, it behooves us morethan ever, as instructors, to make a conscious effort to integrate ethics into all of our courses,regardless of academic area or students’ level of achievement. Some instructors, however, mayfeel that they are not knowledgeable enough in the field of ethics to broach the

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Abdelrahman M Rabie; Rahman Haleem

, Arabic is introduced at two levels; in the general education curriculum (Colloquy on IntegratedLearning) and in the colleges. The COL sequence is aimed at developing the students’ language skillsover three semesters. The first course in the sequence focuses on language receptive (listening andreading) as well as productive (speaking and writing) skills. It also attempts to modernize the teaching ofArabic, by using text related to the Majors rather than traditional literature. In doing so, students get theadded benefit of learning about the Majors before making their choices late in the semester.The outcomes for this sequence are designed to prepare the students for the following phase, which isArabic in the discipline, i.e Functional Arabic

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Abdelrahman M. Rabie; Rahman Haleem

, Arabic is introduced at two levels; in the general education curriculum (Colloquy on IntegratedLearning) and in the colleges. The COL sequence is aimed at developing the students’ language skillsover three semesters. The first course in the sequence focuses on language receptive (listening andreading) as well as productive (speaking and writing) skills. It also attempts to modernize the teaching ofArabic, by using text related to the Majors rather than traditional literature. In doing so, students get theadded benefit of learning about the Majors before making their choices late in the semester.The outcomes for this sequence are designed to prepare the students for the following phase, which isArabic in the discipline, i.e Functional Arabic

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Abdelrahman M. Rabie; Rahman Haleem

, Arabic is introduced at two levels; in the general education curriculum (Colloquy on IntegratedLearning) and in the colleges. The COL sequence is aimed at developing the students’ language skillsover three semesters. The first course in the sequence focuses on language receptive (listening andreading) as well as productive (speaking and writing) skills. It also attempts to modernize the teaching ofArabic, by using text related to the Majors rather than traditional literature. In doing so, students get theadded benefit of learning about the Majors before making their choices late in the semester.The outcomes for this sequence are designed to prepare the students for the following phase, which isArabic in the discipline, i.e Functional Arabic

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Dossick, University of Washington; Kirk Hochstatter, University of Washington; Alireza Borhani, University of Washington; Lucky Pratama, University of Washington; Bijesh Gautam, University of Washington; Ahmed Abdel Aziz; Hyun Woo Lee, University of Washington; Sanaz Saeidi

, WAAbstractTeaching technology in construction engineering and management curriculum has been a topic ofeducation research for some time. The influx of Building Information Modeling has dominatedthe literature in recent years, while data analytics and visualization have increased importance inthe field. Many programs continue to grapple with teaching technology alongside thefundamental concepts of the discipline. To address these challenges, the ConstructionManagement Department at the University of Washington has conducted a holistic review oftechnology across the curriculum for our undergraduate program. In recent years, we developed anew prerequisite class to better prepare students for learning the technologies across estimating,scheduling, and building

Conference Session

Professional and Regulatory Issues in Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University; Krishna Kumar V Nedunuri, International Center for Water Resources; Ning Zhang, Central State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

moral character and ethical integrity. This professionalrequirement also calls on the engineering educators to develop the engineering curriculumenriched with ethics and professionalism.An engineering undergraduate can passively learn professionalism and ethics through seniorcapstone design, summer internships and undergraduate research. However, these opportunitieshave limitations. Hence, as the instructors in an engineering program, the authors felt more onthe formal teaching and practice on ethics and professional conduct needed to raise theawareness in accordance with ABET Student Outcomes-f and i, and the professional bodyexpectations. Environmental engineering curriculum in the authors’ institution introduces ethicsand professionalism to

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gearold Johnson; Thomas Siller

, the ability ofengineering graduates to conduct design and development of open ended problems. This wasreflected in the growth of the many national design competitions that currently exist, e.g.concrete canoes, human powered vehicles, walking machines, chemical powered vehicles, etc.This became a time of shifting the boundary in the curriculum to include more synthesis-basedknowledge.With this new emphasis on synthesis came a concomitant call for greater social skills. A keycomponent to good design is an ability to communicate the rationale for design decisions, inaddition to the technical aspects of the design. So a current push in engineering education is tomove the social skills boundary to include a greater proportion of social skills in

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

forcurriculum guidance while gathering material on other software engineering programs currentlyoffered, especially those few that obtained accreditation. Through studying the softwareengineering education literature, we found various points in the evolution of SE curriculum thatshaped the foundations of what educators viewed as relevant and current at the time. For thepurposes of this paper, we are calling these points the cornerstones in the evolution of SEcurriculum. These cornerstones form a continuum of progress extending over more than threedecades that parallels the development of software engineering itself.22 One of the cornerstones that are of particular relevance today is the work done by theSoftware Engineering Coordinating Committee

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lamancusa; Laura L. Pauley; Thomas Litzinger

Paper 2005-1462 Session 3266 Using the Design Process for Curriculum Improvement Laura L. Pauley, John S. Lamancusa, Thomas A. Litzinger Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Penn State UniversityAbstract This paper describes the process that was used to review and improve the MechanicalEngineering curriculum at Penn State University. The improvement process applied designmethodology to review the present curriculum, develop alternate curriculum models, andevaluate those

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Roemer, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah

College of Humanities and College of Engineering. The program was developed in 2003 through a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, with the goal of integrating communication (speaking and writing), teamwork, and ethics into the curriculum of every department in the College of Engineering. Dr. Kedrowicz has been the director of the program since its inception and has developed a situated, incremental curriculum plan in all seven departments in the college. Her responsibilities include faculty development (she has facilitated numerous college-wide workshops), TA training (approximately 15 graduate students from the Humanities work with CLEAR to develop the communication

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel

a Strand Model GeneralEducation program and revised its general education outcomes to match the AACU learningoutcomes. A new strands-model General Education curriculum is now required for all studentsbeginning in the fall of 2019.The Citadel’s new Strands-Model General Education purpose is twofold:• Promoting our students’ intellectual development by affording them course-work in the fundamental academic disciplines of mathematics, natural science, literature, history, and social science; and• Developing our students’ skills and dispositions in six essential areas so that, upon successfully completing the curriculum, graduates ought to be able: 1. To use quantitative reasoning skills to make calculations, interpret data

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Mingli He; Debora Gilliard; Rebecca Trammell

would be at least somewhat likely topursue the degree while 49% were very or extremely likely to pursue the CPM degree, as shownin Figure 3.The survey results indicated a good opportunity for development of such a degreed program. Inorder to produce a curriculum with required elements from the industry. A questionnaire wassent to employers who are interested such program to collect ideas and contents should beincluded in the curriculum. Based upon the responses, the last survey was created and sent toemployers to identify the importance of each topic in the perspective curriculum. Table 1 showsthe rank of topics that are considered as required for managerial (or higher) positions that requirea 4-year degree. Only the topics supported by at

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kari Clase

Curriculum Implementation of Biotechnology Minor in Industrial Technology Kari Clase Purdue University Abstract- Indiana’s health industry is an extremely important and growingeconomic engine1. Tremendous advances are being made in pharmaceutical andbiotechnology discoveries and their applications (including manufacturing), as well as inhealth care services. As a result, there is an increasing sophistication of the productsand services available and being developed, with an ever-widening scale of applicationsand marketing. The growth of biotechnology results in ever-expanding needs for collegegraduates who have knowledge of

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

well as fabrication. Each individual student is also required to prepare a written technicalreport documenting the final design and any relevant fabrication issues. After the first cohort ofstudents has passed through the new course sequence, the capstone course will be assessed andan implementation plan developed to address any issues that arise with respect to machining andtolerancing.5. Summary and Conclusion It was determined that it would improve the Mechanical Engineering Program at YorkCollege of Pennsylvania to include machining, drawing detailing, and tolerancing moreexplicitly in the curriculum. The inclusion of the new emphasis concentrated on three courses: afreshman introductory course, a junior level machine design course

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Xingguo Xiong; Linfeng Zhang; Lawrence V. Hmurcik P.E.

rapidly each year. To meet the strong market demands on MEMS engineers andresearchers, we developed MEMS curriculum in our master program in School ofEngineering since Fall 2005. In this paper, we shared our experience in teaching theMEMS curriculum in master program of Electrical Engineering department. Three corecourses have been developed for MEMS curriculum. The course description, goals,prerequisites, as well as the topics covered in these courses are discussed. Multimediatechnology is used in the teaching to enhance the teaching results. Several MEMS courseprojects using ANSYS simulation are designed to help student accumulate experience inMEMS device design and simulation. Students are fascinated by the MEMS field andcontinue their master

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernd S. W. Schroeder; Jenna Carpenter

to develop can become too large), while still achieving our goal of contentintegration. With the calculus sequence itself being very canonical, the idea was to shift a fewkey topics into the sequence, while developing calculus with a standard text ([St] at LouisianaTech University). Thus “advanced topics” translated into “non calculus sequence topics”. Incases where it was not possible to provide the mathematical background for an engineering orscience class, the engineering/science class was moved in the curriculum. The sequenceultimately conceived for students ready for precalculus or calculus is as follows Page 4.377.3

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Richardson

Session Number 1896 A Simple and Effective Curriculum Assessment Procedure Jim Richardson Civil Engineering Dept., University of AlabamaAbstract This paper describes a curriculum assessment procedure that is easy to use and providesmeaningful results. The core of the procedure is a review by a department committee of studentwork from each civil engineering course. The author proposed the idea of a peer-reviewassessment procedure to the faculty during a departmental retreat and the faculty developed theimplementation plan. Our department has completed two cycles of the assessment

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kamesh Namuduri; Ravi Pendse

experiences in enhancing the ECE curriculum at Wichita State University,our efforts in getting the curriculum certified by the Committee on National Security, andour collaborations with the neighboring universities and community colleges to bringawareness of information security in the community. 1. Introduction This paper discusses our experiences in introducing information assurance andsecurity (IAS) curriculum in the ECE department at Wichita State University. Whileproviding specific details of implementation at WSU, this paper also provides a generalstrategy and outlines the steps that one can follow to develop such degree or certificateprograms. It discusses the steps involved in introducing IAS

Conference Session

Pre-College: Engineering Undergraduates as Teachers

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ulan Dakeev, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Shah Alam P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

student engagement may not be enhanced ifthere is no student motivation, as important informal learning aspects were discussed and weresaid to be associated with skill developments in urban planners and architects (Gray, Nicosia &Jordan, 2012). It has been observed that high school student experiences on the college educationprepares the students for a professional career environment and for following their potential rolemodels in STEM fields (Dakeev, Heidari &, Elukurthi, 2016). Moreover, knowledge is oftenacquired via collaboration, and people become learners and teachers alike (Banks, Au, Ball, Bell,Gordon, Gutierrez & Heath, 2007), indicating another appeal for a curriculum service learningtype activity that is efficient for both

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Biezad, California Polytechnic State University; Joon Kim, Lockheed Aircraft Co

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

CurriculumAbstractThe Aerospace Engineering Department at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, is inthe later phase of a dynamic experiment to revitalize its “hands on” approach toundergraduate engineering education and bring it better in line with evolving accreditationstandards. Part of this plan is to introduce commercially available aircraft manufacturing andfabrication “kits” into its laboratory curriculum. This has been largely accomplished, and thechallenges of the initial phases of this task were presented in a previous publication. Thispaper presents how the lessons learned and resulting innovative learning experiences arebeing integrated throughout the aerospace curriculum with a critical eye towards meetingaccreditation standards. These

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Partha P. Sarkar; Kishor C. Mehta; James R. McDonald; Ernst W. Kiesling

Session 1626 Integrating Wind Engineering Research to Curriculum Through Multimedia Partha P. Sarkar, Kishor C. Mehta, James R. McDonald, Ernst W. Kiesling Texas Tech University ABSTRACTA courseware development project, which aims to transfer the research results to curriculum through themultimedia technology in the multi-disciplinary area of wind cngineenng, is discussed in this article. Thiscourseware, containing four modules, is designed to supplement certain senior

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Nabil Kallas; Dhushy Sathianathan; Renata Engel

Session 2553 Teaching Design Skills in the Freshman Engineering Curriculum M. Nabil Kallas, Renata Engel, and Dhushy Sathianathan Division of Engineering Design and Graphics The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 With the mission of introducing engineering early in the undergraduate curriculum, the freshmanengineering course has developed the following goals: (1) Introduce an engineering approach for problem-solving through team projects; (2) Demonstrate the importance of graphical, oral, and written

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

level course is currently being developed to give students an evenearlier exposure to eco-friendly materials selection and is entitled “Materials Selection for theLife Cycle.” Several other software programs, such as Eco-It25 and SimaPro26, are beingconsidered. In this new course, the role of materials in product design is highlighted, and the 12principles of green engineering27 is introduced. Case studies of sustainable design28 are covered,as companies that have adopted sustainable engineering approaches are investigated.CONCLUSIONSIn our efforts to train effective engineers for a complex, global world, we are currently infusingthe materials engineering curriculum at Cal Poly with sustainability principles. We have foundthat presenting

Conference Session

A Serving Profession: Service Learning in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Cambell, Western Kentucky University; Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University; Greg Mills, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 11.1157.10management tools and plans should be developed by students and approved by the instructor. Ifthe class is centered on the project, for some classes it may be best to let the students assumesome responsibility for determining the content of classroom lectures. That is, discuss with thempieces of the watershed modeling puzzle that are missing for them and adjust lecturesaccordingly. The crest gage project for a freshman experience class and the elevation certificate surveyfor elementary surveying classes are highly recommended. These provided practical experiencefor students very early in the engineering curriculum. Universities that require civil engineering students to take a GIS class will have anadvantage in