Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

became a business leader for specialty products (lube oils, asphalts, waxes, cokes) at Petroleos de Venezuela, PDVSA (1983-1998). He is a founding member of Universidad Monteavila (Caracas, Venezuela) (1998—2018) and became the Chancellor of this university (2005-2015), and the President of the Center for Higher Studies (2015-2018), including teaching in the Humanities. After rejoining the University of Pittsburgh, he has been teaching Pillar courses on Reactive Process Engineering, Process Control, Process Control Lab, and Process Design. In addition to technical courses, his service extends over curriculum development, outreach programs, alumni network, team and leadership skills development, global awareness

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Denise H. Bauer, Methodist University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. One such initiative is that at leastone course in each major is considered a writing enrichment course where a significant portionof the course assessment is based on some form of writing. For most majors, this means a coursein the third or fourth year of the program where students write a research paper related to themajor. In the Engineering Program, we have expanded upon this concept by integrating writingin at least one engineering course every semester. However, we do have two designated writingenrichment courses: one in the third year and one in the fourth year.In addition to the concept of Writing Across the Curriculum, the University provides severalworkshops and opportunities for professional development in writing, creating

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ihab Mohammad Hamdi Saad P.E., Northern Kentucky University

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Construction Engineering

the industry is looking for inconstruction graduates and the role of cooperative education in developing these skills.For a curriculum to excel, it has to display a combined quality in all aspects of CPAE. Thispaper addresses the first element of CPAE; the curriculum, including suggested changes, thechange process, and obstacles to the change including some suggested remedies. •What are the •What will be required taught? resources? What did the students experience? Environment Curriculum

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

allengineering majors; chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering here atYSU. Courses were given up by all the majors in order to get the required space in thecurriculum. Three courses were developed, one for each quarter, and each course was worth 3quarter hours and included a laboratory component. The courses were designed to incorporatefeatures that would maintain students’ interest in engineering and develop useful skills for laterparts of the engineering curriculum. Faculty resources would need to be about the same asrequired for the courses replaced so that the program could be instituted without requiring theaddition of new faculty.The factors determined as fundamental to a successful freshman engineering program

Conference Session

COED: Cybersecurity Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fitratullah Khan, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Ala Qubbaj, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Laura Saenz; Liyu Zhang, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

programs targeted for curriculum overhaul were Bachelor of Science in CyberSecurity (BSCS) at the undergraduate level and Master of Science in Informatics (MSIN) at thegraduate level. The core idea was to make accelerated credentials available to students,completing which will stack towards earning a college degree. If a student earns an acceleratedcredential, say embedded in the BSCS degree, it immediately provides the student with an edge inthe job market while stacking up credit towards earning a college degree. As part of the THECBgrant, the following credentials were developed: • Three embedded stackable accelerated credentials within BSCS degree • Two embedded stackable accelerated credentials within MSIN degree

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara MacAlpine, Trinity University; Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University

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Engineering Libraries

strengthen the assessment component of the university’sinformation literacy program, we hope to develop a formal mechanism by which faculty canmeasure the quality of resources used in student project reports and papers.Trinity University has embarked on a five-year program to integrate information literacy into allaspects of academic life. It is hoped that many, if not all departments will eventually haveinformation literacy components across their curriculum. At this early stage the EngineeringScience Department is leading the charge and already close to achieving that goal, thanks inlarge part to faculty members who saw positive changes in one or two classes and decided tobuild on that success for all their students.1. Williams, B., Blowers, P

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha L McCarthy, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Reed T. Bjork, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Tasnia Tabassum, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John P Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Diversity

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Biomedical

with design at the heart of the curriculum. We developed a rigoroussix-semester, team-based design sequence for our undergraduates to solve real-world, client-based design problems that result in physical prototypes at the end of each semester. Studentsbegin this sequence as first semester sophomores. Sophomores are teamed with juniors for theirfirst semester of design. This breaks down class boundaries and forms mentored relationshipsbetween sophomores and juniors in the department. For the second design semester in thesequence, sophomores engage in a guided design fundamentals course12 followed by mentoringsophomores in the third semester. The fourth, fifth and sixth semesters in the design sequenceinvolve students working with peers of the

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wilson; Kim Needy; Karen Bursic

discipline would be faced with an economic decision.To facilitate the collection of this data, a structured interview guide was developed. This guidecontained a summary of the entire project, and then discussed specific objectives for the firstphase of the project. A series of questions were asked, broken down into six major categories: 1. Requirement – Is the engineering economic analysis course required? 2. Current coverage in your curriculum – Is there any engineering economic analysis material currently taught in any of your courses, and if so the details? 3. Relevance of the engineering economic analysis course – What material is relevant, what material should be added or subtracted? 4. Integration – Should the

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

knowledge of both hardware and software. Thereis a shortage of individuals who could implement hardware-software integration in design anddevelopment. The proposed degree curriculum plan will bridge the gap between these twodisciplines, and will provide the students a solid foundation in each. The proposed curriculumwill integrate the knowledge in the areas of electronics, computer and software with intensiveclassroom and laboratory experiences.From a software perspective, the proposed curriculum would draw its resources and wouldinclude most of the existing courses from the Computer Science curriculum within thedepartment of Mathematics, Computer Science, & Statistics . Students will gain proficiency insoftware design and development using

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip J. Cornwell

of the subjects students are to learn in the curriculum and Fig. 3presents the specific structure (i.e. sequence of courses) that has been designed to cover this material. Concept maps within a course In addition to illustrating the structure of an entire curriculum and helping students understand therelationships between sequences of courses, concept maps can be used within a single course to help studentsunderstand the purpose and goals for a course as well as to understand the specific technical content of a course.As an example of concept maps used in a specific course, several concept maps developed for a sophomoredynamics course will be presented. Figure 4 is a concept map to be used the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; John E. Gastineau; Ernest E. Burniston

and skills associated with a variety of engineering, mathematics, andphysical science courses. When students do not understand the interrelations between different subjects,they tend to be less motivated to learn new subject matter and consequently less able to solve realisticproblems. Recognizing this problem, several universities have recently developed first-year engineeringcurricula that include multidisciplinary integration. This paper reports on one such effort currently underway at North Carolina State University sponsored by the National Science Foundation SUCCEED Coalition.In the new curriculum, designated as IMPEC (Integrated Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, andChemistry), elements of engineering design and operations are

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

, telecommunications as well as other fields. Because of the rich anddiverse nature of medical information, it has created a fertile ground for innovations andapplied research particularly from the prospective of computer science and informationtechnology. Although medical informatics has been recognized as a standalone science,few colleges and universities with computer science programs have acknowledgedmedical informatics as a viable application and have recognized the importance ofincorporating medical informatics courses into their curriculum. Also, there has been nounified approach as to how topics in medical informatics should be integrated into thecurriculum. In this paper, we address the need to have a structured paradigm forembedding medical

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ali Moazed; Richard L Roberts; Xiaobin Le P.E.; Anthony William Duva P.E.

Teaching Finite Element Analysis in Undergraduate Technology Curriculum Ali R. Moazed, Richard Roberts, Xiaobin Le, Anthony Duva Session: Tools, techniques, and best practices of engineering education for the digital generationI. AbstractTypically, FEA courses are offered at a graduate level, covering the theoretical basis with littleor no effort to apply this technology to real problems. In some institutions, this course is offeredto seniors, but the content is also mostly theoretical. At Wentworth, we have designed an FEAcourse based on our industrial experience which could be labeled “Applied Finite ElementAnalysis”. This paper describes the methodology followed in the development of this course,along

Conference Session

Big Picture Questions in BME

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Delaware; Jeannie S. Stephens-Epps, Terumo Medical Corporation

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Biomedical Engineering

infants with moderate to severe osteogenesis imperfecta that promotes environmental interaction and minimizes risk of skeletal injury.In addition to their design project, students complete a series of hands-on projects to introducecomputer-aided design, hand tools and machine shop skills, and Arduino. When the newcurriculum was launched, this course was developed with the intention of better preparingstudents for senior design.Cell & Tissue LaboratoryWith the implementation of the new curriculum, we developed a new Cell & Tissue Laboratorycourse. In this required lab/lecture course, sophomore BME students are introduced tobiomaterials and medical devices. They begin by learning basic lab skills like pipetting andprogress to learning

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University

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Mechanical Engineering

acomputer would be an impossible task. In select MET curriculum, using a computer to helpsolve various engineering problems is implemented to achieve the following two educationalgoals:First, students develop a better understanding of the fundamental science and mathematics of aparticular problem, as they are required to construct a computational model.Second, students gain a basic understanding of a specific software tool which is portable toindustry, thus making them more marketable and prepared to enter the work force.For classes where computer software is employed, it is typical to use the customary commercialcodes that are available. Basic instruction into the operation of this software is presented as part

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David H Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

shift that is already occurring and that promises totransform the microelectronics field in the near future. Page 23.821.2Several studies have looked at introducing nanotechnology as entry-level classes in theengineering curriculum. For example, Mendelson et al. discuss the development of a sophomore-level course “Introduction to Nanotechnology” that focused on three applications from abiological perspective: micro-arrays, micro-fluidics and nanostructures.2 Another paper reportson the integration of nano-learning modules into a couple of materials science classes at thesophomore-level.3 Some institutions have discussed the implementation of

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

Session 2566 Introducing Emerging Technology into the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Gangbing Song, Jafet Lopez, Kairy Otero, Jason Ruby, Adam Shepherd, Jacob Salinas, Ross Kastor, and Richard Bannerot Department of Mechanical Engineering Josh Blankenship, Akbar Ng, Ben Stembridge and Paul Ruchhoeft Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Houston AbstractIn the one semester, three engineering department, capstone design course taught in theCullen College of Engineering at the

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Frame

diverse businesses participate in the supplychain. Companies in the US must implement these methods to remain competitive.Universities need to integrate PLM methods into their curricula to supply graduates withrelevant skills. Universities will face challenges implementing PLM into their curricula. SincePLM is a rapidly emerging technology, traditional academic materials do not exist.Assessment of the skills gained by students will be difficult since PLM is a designmethodology, not a specific skill. Finally, PLM methods must span the entirecurriculum, not be the subject of discrete classes. WSU is currently developing a testcurriculum with a select group of students. Future curriculum modification will utilizeinformation from this group

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Rebecca Book

ETD 445 Resources and Methods to Incorporate Ethics into Curriculum Rebeca G. Book Pittsburg State UniversityAbstractWhat is ethics? Can students be indoctrinated? How can we incorporate information and getstudents to engage and critically think about ethics? Academia, industry, and communities desireethical behavior, but how do we teach it?Non-traditional methods such as card games and an OER textbook will be presented along withmore traditional methods of papers, professional society codes of ethics, and applications ofethics in group projects.This paper

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Eric Marsh, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #32901Augmenting Traditional ME Curriculum with Digital Badge Microcreden-tialsDr. Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Gregg is the Director of Online Pedagogy and an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Penn State Me- chanical Engineering department. She facilitates faculty development to maximize teaching and learning efficacy throughout the ME curriculum, with a primary focus on online learning. She is also respon- sible for leading quality instructional design for residential and online offerings; facilitating an activity community of practice for Mechanical Engineering faculty dedicated to

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

softwareGrove City College has a 1:1 mobile computing program, now in its second decade, where eachstudent receives at the start of his or her freshman year a computer. For the past four years, thecomputer has been a Hewlett-Packard Tablet PC. Currently, there are about 2500 Tablet PCsused by students and about 120 used by faculty. Page 13.144.2Complementing the hardware program, the college provides software to support the entire CSand engineering curriculum from integrated development environments (IDEs) to applicationssuch as MatLab and Maya. Moreover, the Tablet PC has a variety of software applications thatare pen-aware, such as Microsoft® Word and

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie Pisano, University of Virginia; Hui Ma, University of Virginia; Bernard Fulgham, University of Virginia; Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia; Diana D Morris, University of Virginia; Monika Abramenko, University of Virginia

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Mathematics

Paper ID #23750Redesigning the Calculus Curriculum for Engineering StudentsStacie Pisano, University of Virginia After receiving a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Stacie Pisano worked as an Electrical Engineer and Technical Manager at AT&T and Lucent Technologies Bell Labo- ratories for 16 years, designing and developing telecommunications equipment for the business market. After moving to Charlottesville, VA, she had the opportunity to teach Multivariable Calculus for UVA SEAS, and she was hooked. She has been teaching Applied Math from that point on and enjoying every

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebil Buyurgan, Missouri State University; Martin P. Jones, Missouri State University; Kevin M. Hubbard Ph.D., Missouri State University

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Educational Research and Methods

@MissouriState.edu c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Systematic Weighted Factor Approach for Curriculum DesignAbstractCurriculum revision and course design efforts are typically started partly as a result ofconstituent input, such as that from industrial advisory boards, potential employers of graduates,recent employers of graduates, and alumni. This process is often performed on an ad-hoc basiswith various constituents who express conflicting opinions. This study offers a more formalizedapproach to the decision making process applied to curriculum revision by using a weightedfactor index method to remove much of the subjectivity. Starting with an existing program, anew program is developed and the

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Ball State University

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Design in Engineering Education

aided design which is primarily geared todrafting; this is supplemented further by courses in automation and computer integratedmanufacturing. As a part of the curriculum, there are courses on mechanics of materialsand engineering materials (metals and plastics), and also on electronics andinstrumentation. There is some emphasis on design for quality through courses in qualitycontrol and design of experiments. The capstone projects do however, focus on variousaspects of design, namely design for manufacturability as well as design for assembly.However, the perspectives of design, as such are not uniformly and strictly emphasized ina traditional manufacturing engineering technology curriculum. Furthermore, in theprogram at the author’s

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

new feelings: First that they are getting relevant and up-to-date practical information, and secondly that if someone from industry is coming to talk just tothem, then they and the curriculum must be important.Feedback to the industrial teachers and coaches is important to everyone. Results of courseevaluations as well as of annual curriculum evaluations are routinely solicited from courseparticipants and provided to relevant teachers.Curriculum cooperation is a win situation for the industries involved for the following reasons:• It brings them in closer contact with the relevant university staff and on-going developments.• The closer contact makes it easier to judge the quality of curriculum as a whole and to form a better opinion about

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Architectural

AC 2011-2611: ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM ANDHVAC SYSTEMS CAPSTONE DESIGNAhmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, associate professor of architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming (UW), teaches several HVAC and energy courses. Dr. Megri is also teaching a course titled ”Compre- hensive Performance of Building Envelope and HVAC Systems” for Summer School at UW, and ”Smoke and Fire Dynamics” during summer session at Concordia University, Canada. His research areas include airflow modeling, zonal modeling, energy modeling, and artificial intelligence modeling using the support vector machine learning approach. Prior to his actual position at UW, he was an assistant

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Ledlie Klosky; Allen Estes

Session 2526 Designing Experiments in a Civil Engineering Curriculum Allen C. Estes and J. Ledlie Klosky United States Military AcademyIntroductionAs all ABET-accredited institutions become more familiar with the Engineering Criteria(EC) 20001 on which their accreditations depend, it is important for various institutions toshare information on how they are meeting these new requirements. The newaccreditation philosophy requires institutions to define their own missions and objectivesand to develop a process of assessment and continued improvement. The emphasis is ondemonstrating how the

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

S.P.K. Sternberg; G.G. Botte

, powering laptopsand palm pilots hours longer than batteries. Other applications for micro fuel cells includepagers, video recorders, portable power tools, and low power remote devices such ashearing aids, smoke detectors, burglar alarms, hotel locks, and meter readers. Theseminiature fuel cells generally run on methanol, an inexpensive wood alcohol.HISTORYFuel cells have been known to science for more than 160 years. Though generallyconsidered a laboratory curiosity in the 1800s, fuel cells have become the subject ofintense research and development, with several companies currently trying to make thema commercial success.The first working fuel cells were called gas batteries, and were built in the earlynineteenth century. Christian Freidrich

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder/Denver

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #25126Mapping & Strengthening Curriculum-Based Industry/Academia Intersec-tionsKatherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder/Denver Katherine McConnell is a Senior Professional Development Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is currently a student at the University of Col- orado Denver pursuing an EdD in Leadership for Educational Equity with a concentration in Professional Learning and Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Mapping & Strengthening Curriculum-Based

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

) degree from Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris VI, Sorbonne Universities (2011) in the area of Engineering Sciences. Prior to his actual position, he was an Associate Professor at University of Wyoming (UW) and prior to that he was an Assistant Professor and the Director of the AE Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He participated significantly to the development of the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at IIT. During his stay at IIT, he taught thermal and fluids engineering (thermody- namics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics), building sciences, physical performance of buildings, building enclosure, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing