Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Cutler, Northern Arizona University; Perry Wood P.E., Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

’ ability tounderstand tolerancing theory and implement tolerances into engineering drawings. Students areintroduced to parametric modeling and the ASME Y14.5-1994 dimension and tolerance standardin upper division classes of the college curriculum. Tolerancing concepts are applied in lowerdivision classes of the engineering curriculum without the students having a basic understandingof the fundamentals. It is important for students to have a fundamental understanding oftolerances before proceeding to advance courses. The goal of this project is to evaluate astudent’s ability to properly tolerance using Clearance, Transition, and Interference Fits throughdesigning an assembly to be rapid prototyped, where they then can physically perceive the

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

achieve specific goals. The main interacting elementsof the curriculum are objectives, content, instruction techniques and evaluation methods.Objectives of the curriculum are derived from the goals of engineering education. Thinking of theend product of engineering education is an essential step to design the engineering curriculum.Goals as expressed in form of skills, thinking habits and knowledge are cultivated in the labs andclassrooms. Specific skills include mathematics skills, physics skills, computer skills, calculationskills, design skills, scientific method skills and communication skills. Communication skills dealwith the speaking, technical writing, reading, and small group communication to solve problems.Engineering knowledge is

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Sami Tannous

the questions as a study guide when I am reading the chapter11 = I use them to formulate questions to ask in class17 = I correct my written answers while we review in class9 = I talk to other students in the class about my answers7 = I write directly on the outlines before coming to class.The next set of questions was designed to capture aspects of the JiTT techniques.Students were asked to what extent they agree (5) or disagree (1) with thefollowing statements. Answers are reported as a mean. 1. The JiTT assignment/questions increase my interest in the class discussion = 4.00 2. The JiTT assignment/questions seem to structure the classroom discussion = 3.87 3. It is easier to study for the exams when the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mauricio A. Colombo; Maria R Hernández; Jorge E. Gatica

requiring students to develop their own solvers, whenlearning fundamental engineering principles, is typically an overwhelming and frustrating practice.Indeed, besides a solid understanding of the principles being demonstrated, developing a solverrequires mastering programming and numerical analysis skills. The most common route to overcomethese roadblocks, is to train students to use pre-packaged commercial, instructor-developed solvers,or some combination of both. The shortcoming to this approach is that students use these programsas "black boxes" that implement some "esoteric" algorithm or numerical method. Moreover, the lackof motivation to understand the software, typically results in students losing interest in understandingwhat happens

Conference Session

Computer Tutors, Simulation, and Videos

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Emmanuel Francisco Oquendo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; David Candelario Suarez; Christian Gabriel Hernandez-Negron, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Manuel Jose Perez-Vargas, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

? 2e*. Is zero weight assumption 4/8 (50%) 6/13 (46%) for members of a truss valid?Considering first the Basic Questions, the results are mixed. However of note is that for qQuestions1b, 2a, and 2c, students in the control group generally outperformed the students in the experimentalgroup. This raises the troubling possibility that students in the experimental group may not bemissing some of the fundamentals, possibly due to being distracted by use of the spreadsheet as atechnique. This question will be examined further in the detailed analysis of the interviewtranscripts. We note that common errors were (i) forgetting to write the moment balance equationin Question 1b and (ii) drawing the joints at

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 2: Program Design

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

) share some of the best practicesadopted by the instructors to ensure rigor and consistency of the coursework at the regionalcampus.The curriculum for the two courses covers the fundamental concepts and provides an opportunityfor students to explore the applications of circuits in the real world. In a normal learningenvironment, these courses tend to be difficult due to higher expectations for problem-solving,math, and scientific concepts, and adding external factors such as the pandemic adds morecomplications. The focus of this research work is to study the first- and second-year engineeringcourses and present the challenges associated with the delivery of the course content, teachingengineering concepts and applications and laboratory

Conference Session

Technical Session M5A

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Sean P Brophy, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); John H Cole, Purdue University; Srinivas Mohan Dustker, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Full Papers

, range ofapplication, flexibility, large open source community and it is free [7][8]. This paper describeshow a team of faculty designed and implemented a first-year computing learning experience thatexpose students to multiple languages and tools while teaching the fundamentals of computing.The intent is to provide a learning trajectory for computational thinking [9] that help studentslearn how to adapt to new computer tools that automate the computational tasks. The semesterstarts with a short Excel experience and moves to Python and then to MATLAB. The approachuses a spiraled scaffolding instructional approach through the semester. That is, the sequence oflearning experiences iteratively refines students’ conception of how to design a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Wankat, Purdue University; Kamyar Haghighi, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

14.893.2accredited program. (Until 2006 IDES had a waiver from the Indiana State Board that allowedseniors in IDES to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam.) It was clear that students whoplanned to practice engineering would be better served if an ABET accredited program wereavailable.Remaking a non-accredited program into an accredited program is a nontrivial undertaking. Onemajor difficulty was that the Division of Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies consisted of ½ ofone professor (the Head) plus an administrative assistant and did not teach any credit grantingcourses. All engineering courses were taken from the various Schools of Engineering. In effect,IDES was an advising shop. The way around the lack of faculty became clear in 2003 when

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Daniel Schmalzel

education in a structured classroomenvironment learning the fundamentals of their discipline. Once a solid medical, or in this caseengineering, foundation has been laid students are ready to put their knowledge to use. Theconcept of applying knowledge learned in the classroom is by no means unique, but RowanUniversity’s uniqueness is the stage at which these applications of engineering fundamentals areapplied. Many engineering curricula culminate in a Senior Design during the final semester, orpossibly beginning in the fall of the senior year, and ending in the spring with the final report. Bythe final year of a student’s education only a fraction of the many lessons possibly gained from sucha project are achieved. By this time a student has taken

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mott, California Polytechnic State University; Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

courses include twofundamental courses–Thermodynamics I and Heat Transfer–and two technical electives–Fundamentals of HVAC Systems, and Introduction to Refrigeration Principles.To assess the success of using Team-Based Learning, the Team-Based Learning StudentAssessment Instrument (TBL-SAI), was administered at the end of each course7. The TBL-SAIhas 33 questions, asked on a five level agree/disagree Likert scale, and is validated to measure(1) student accountability, (2) TBL vs. lecture preference, and (3) student satisfaction7,8. Student Page 26.1686.4comments and faculty observations are used to qualitatively evaluate the success of the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Design and Evaluation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christopher Theriault, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Charles Duba, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Lukas P van Ginneken, Digipen Institute of Technology; Nicholas James Rivera; Brian Michael Tugade, DigiPen Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

fundamentals, but often needed additional training prior to employment or on-the-job training. The retention rates were noticeably different. Aalborg’s overall retention rate was75-80%, whereas Denmark Technical University was about 60%.Conclusion from Mills and Treagust2In their study of project-based learning, Mills and Treagust2 conclude by recommending mixed-mode curricula that include both project and traditional coursework. They suggest that this is thebest way to satisfy the needs of industry and also retain the engineering fundamentals. Theyemphasize that this approach must start in the early years of the program, with the project-basedcomponents growing in extent, complexity and autonomy as the students move through theprogram.Other computer

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Grover; Terry Parker; Robert King; Joan Gosink

research in engineering systems. The Gourman Report ranks the CSMEngineering Division fifth among general engineering programs2. Primary goals of the programare to provide students with a solid foundation in engineering fundamentals, the skills to adapt torapidly changing and advanced technologies, and an aptitude for life-long learning. Uniquenessof the program is particularly evident with respect to its multidisciplinary span, heavyexperimental component, large credit-hour requirement, and use of advanced technologies.We recently replaced three traditional, closed, theory-verification laboratory courses in electricalcircuits, fluid mechanics, and stress analysis with the Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory(MEL) course sequence3. Two key

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

distribution*, “for no obvious reason atthis time, we call the parameter r the number of degrees of freedom,” and then uses the term“degrees of freedom” subsequently without ever offering a definition. Such, further confusesand confounds the problem of teaching students about “degrees of freedom” In the chemicalengineering context.Particularly in upper division courses that involve a higher level of synthesis, students arefrequently perplexed about where to begin and what equations to write. Rather than use adegrees of freedom formalism, they typically revert to a schema that involves identifying whattype of phenomena is involved, e.g. heat transfer, chemical reaction, mass balance, etc., andproceed with writing of equations by inspection, mostly

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Amber M. Henslee, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Douglas K. Ludlow, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

complete thetutorial). In an extension5 of Belter and duPre’s research, a comparison between a generic, pre-recorded lecture and a more specific, online tutorial regarding plagiarism indicated no significantdifferences between groups with regard to incidents of plagiarism among psychology students.These results suggest that the online tutorial may be an equally effective instructional methodcompared to a pre-recorded lecture.Academic dishonesty is a concern across the nation. The engineering profession expects ethicalbehavior. Most, if not all, engineering professional societies have a code of ethics for theirmembers. Ethics is a knowledge area tested on the fundaments of engineering (FE) andprofessional engineering (PE) exams. Unethical behavior

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Elaine Seat; Fred Weber; Daniel C. Yoder; Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

Session 1368 Integration of Statics and Particle Dynamics in a Hands-On Project-Oriented Environment Christopher D. Pionke, J. Roger Parsons, J. Elaine Seat, Fred E. Weber, Daniel C. Yoder The Engineering Fundamentals Division engage Program The University of TennesseeAbstractTwo new courses have been developed at the University of Tennessee (UT) as part of theEngineering Fundamentals Division engage program. Each course is 6 semester hours and theyare entitled EF 101 - Engineering Approaches to Physical Phenomena and EF 102

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junkun Ma, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

course whichintroduces students to commonly used manufacturing processes in the industry formanufacturing of a variety of products using different materials. The primary goal of thiscourse is to provide a broad overview of fundamental concepts, tools, methods, andequipment that are used in the manufacturing industry. This course is based on aneducational Mobile Inverted Pendulum (MIP) robot. As a follow-up, the MachiningTechnology course focuses on CNC machining. Fundamentals of both turning andmilling operations and associated accessories and tools are introduced. A single cylinderhorizontal Stirling engine kit is used as the platform in this course. Feedbacks from thefirst cohort of students completed the Design and Prototype course are also

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

William Peterson

course was taught by the author (using [2]) to a small class of ten students -nine industrial engineering juniors and seniors and one business student. While the course's objective was todevelop competency in the fundamentals of industrial marketing, the course was easily presented in such amanner as to address the benefits listed in the previous paragraph. A third option is to present the marketingmaterial in an abreviated form in a project management course. While this option provides the least exposure,it is probably the most readily useable method given the credit crunch seen in most programs today. Thisauthor covers the basic maketing theory and its uses in selling the solution in four seventyfive-minute blockswhich are divided equally

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Within the BioE program, theseskills are developed through a variety of self-directed, team-based projects which includeliterature reviews, modelling and simulation, research proposals, and lab work. Lab experiencesare not ‘canned’; rather, students typically have a great deal of autonomy in proposing projectsand designing experiments. This self-directed approach to lab work helps students move towardsbeing independent researchers while providing them with scaffolded educational environment inwhich to learn the fundamentals of experimental design, how to choose analysis techniques, andhow to analyze data.Another theme throughout our courses is the development of life-long learning skills, whichlargely manifests through the reading of primary

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Knight

, fundamental experimentation, and report writing are integratedinto each lab.Refrigeration TrainerThe objectives of the lab are to complete overall energy and mass balances for the heat pump-airconditioning system, to utilize many forms of electronic instrumentation, to introduce LabVIEWdata acquisition, analysis, presentation, and to develop spreadsheet analysis skills.A Model 900 Heat Pump-Air Conditioning Trainer manufactured by Lab Science is used in theexperiment. The system as purchased had six Bourdon pressure gages and six type K Page 6.350.5thermocouples that were used to obtain pressures and temperatures at the discharge of the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andre Butler, Mercer University; William Moses, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

objectivesspecifically directed at each sub-task. What does emerge anecdotally from this assessmentscheme when evaluated by the laboratory course instructors is a common sense that most of thedeficiencies noted lie in the poor quality of the written report rather than in the overt omission ofexpected outcomes. Generally speaking, in designing an experiment, most student groups areobserved to identify applicable theory, operate relative to a reasonable problem statement they Page 14.52.5have defined, evaluate a range of variables, appropriately define a repeatable and effectiveprocedure, etc., but they seem to be unable to consistently write a technical

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Davis; Craig Hoff

is a fundamental disconnect between how engineeringprofessionals operate and how engineering students are taught. This paper describes atechnical elective course, Introduction to Automotive Powertrains, which is designed tobridge the gap between ‘engineering student’ and ‘engineering professional.’Furthermore, it is shown that the professionally-oriented approach that was used todevelop this course is an excellent approach for addressing many of the programoutcomes specified by ABET Criterion 3.IntroductionStarting in the early 1960s, engineering education shifted away from engineering practiceand more towards engineering science. Before this, engineering programs typically werefive year programs with a focus on applications and applied

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Cem Karacal; John A. Barker; Jacob Van Roekel

perceived problem in a given situation. The reasoning skills alsoenhanced their technical report writing skills. When students were asked to recall some of thecategorical and propositional argument structures that they dealt with earlier, reports becamemore precise and the design concepts were more effectively expressed. Certain key words Page 3.278.4learned in argument evaluation were used appropriately to give precise meanings to sentences.Although it is difficult to assess, we think that the reasoning skills also helped students organizetheir thoughts more effectively and evaluate situations more accurately during the problem-solving

Conference Session

Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicolas Hudon, Queen's University; Louise Meunier P.Eng., Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #29239Aligning the chemical engineering curriculum to a common problem-solvingstrategyProf. Nicolas Hudon, Queen’s University Dr Nicolas Hudon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s Uni- versity (Canada) since 2016. His teaching activities are mainly concerned with second-year fundamental courses. He is the recipient of the 2019 Carolyn Small Award for teaching innovation from the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering at Queen’s University.Dr. Louise Meunier P.Eng., Queen’s University Dr. Meunier studied mechanical engineering and worked for twenty years as an

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Sellers, Mississippi State University; Tingjun Lei, Mississippi State University; Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University; Gene Eu Jan; Zhuming Bi, Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

that these well-prepared on-going assignments, in-class activities and practicequestions improve student attitudes and encourage more active and meaningful studentparticipation in their own learning. Results of self-assessment, course evaluation, ABET-enabledassessment, and exams validate that this integrated pedagogy can promote motivation of studentsand improve capability to learn computer architecture with satisfactory results for both instructorand students.2 TOPICAL GUIDE OBJECTIVE PEDAGOGY FUSED WITH ON-GOING ASSIGN- MENT LEARNINGNearly all electrical and computer engineers, regardless of sub-specialty, utilize programming inthe course of their job. It is challenging for them to write high performance computer programs,as it

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erwin D'Souza; Mehmet Ozturk

instruments it may connect to. Hence, to create a new applet, all that isrequired from the programmer is to write the code for the SUT and connect the virtualinstruments. An applet begins by initializing the required instruments, positioning them on the screenand connecting them as desired. Each instrument may have signals incoming, outgoing or both.The signal flow in the amplifier example is shown in Figure 6. In this applet, the functiongenerator generates a signal, which is received by the amplifier and by the first oscilloscopechannel for display. The amplifier generates, based on this input signal, a new amplified signalfor output. This output signal is received by the second oscilloscope channel, which displays iton the screen. The

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Ho; Jack Hopper; David Cocke; Daniel Chen; Carl Yaws; Kuyen Li; John Gossage

provides tools to help students conceptualizedproblems, explore the influence of relevant parameters, and test fundamental engineeringprinciples. The aim of our Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement project is to meldthe problem-based learning pedagogy with CAMS to produce students with an in-depthunderstanding of the fundamentals of chemical engineering as well as the ability to use computersimulation packages effectively in the workplace. The approach used here is to integrate the useof CAMS throughout the entire chemical engineering curriculum. The Accreditation Board ofEngineering and Technology’s Engineering Criteria 2000 framework will be followed to evaluatethe outcome of this project. This reform process will beneficially affect

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

AC 2010-201: STRENGTHENING THE U.S. ENGINEERING WORKFORCE FORINNOVATION: IMPLEMENTING THE POSTGRADUATE PROFESSIONALMASTER OF ENGINEERING CONCEPT AT NJITStephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology Page 15.1107.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Strengthening the U.S. Engineering Workforce for Innovation: Implementing the Postgraduate Professional Master of Engineering Concept at NJITAbstract This is the fourth of four invited papers prepared specifically for the NationalCollaborative panel session concerning the advancement of postgraduate professionalengineering education relevant to

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Siegfried M. Holzer; Raul H. Andruet

, learning skills, interpersonal skills, and self-esteem, and it creates alearning community (Gardiner, 1996). Moreover, "Team learning is vital because teams, notindividuals, are the fundamental learning unit in modern organizations" (Senge, 1990).Experiential learning has its roots in the works of Dewey, Lewin, and Piaget [Kolb, 1984]. Itfocuses on the central role that experience plays in the learning process, where "concepts arederived and continuously modified by experience. No two thoughts are ever the same, sinceexperience always intervenes" (Kolb, 1984, p. 26). Kolb (1984, p. 21) defines experientiallearning as "a holistic integrative perspective on learning that combines experience, perception,cognition, and behavior." This

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Folz, Virginia Tech; Christine Burgoyne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Materials

characterization lab toa new instructor in spring 2008. The communications instructor remained the same in bothinstances.In this paper, a comparison will be made between the course as it existed before and after thecurriculum change.ObjectivesThe primary objective of this course restructure is to broaden the materials processing experienceof materials science and engineering students at Virginia Tech and to better prepare them todesign their senior capstone projects. This paper will outline changes made to the processingcourse and the motivations behind those changes. A detailed discussion of the course structureand assignments will illustrate fundamental differences in the approach as of fall 2008.Approach and MethodologyIn the original physical ceramics

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Archibald; Michelle Clauss; James Dupree

engineering students and one or two businessstudents. They work together on the project during both the fall and spring semesters. Aformal business plan is developed and submitted to the Annual Business PlanCompetition near the middle of the spring semester. The plan is presented to judges frombusinesses near the end of the semester. Entrepreneurial topics are taught in requiredcoursework, including the fall and spring semester Capstone Design courses andEngineering Economy. Topics specific to writing a business plan are included in thelatter course. Many students also take a one-credit course on writing business planswhich is offered by the Business Department. Results of the competition indicate thesuccess of the program. In 2004, mechanical