Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Ball, Virginia Tech; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Through this work, the teamhas identified the need to create experiences for students to both strengthen their professionalskills and more meaningfully engage in the content throughout and beyond their coursework. Forsome instances, faculty are working on ways to develop cross-course, active learningopportunities for students in order to strengthen the connection between theory and practice tobroaden their understanding of a professional experience.Now in year three of the grant, we are building on the work of the previous two years (asdescribed in [5]) and are preparing for the multi-stage roll-out of the new sophomore levelcurriculum (see Fig. 1), beginning with the introduction course offered to second-semesterfreshman. The work presented in

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

of knowledge of operational expectations of faculty in the classroom• Lack of knowledge of operational expectations of faculty in the laboratory• Lack of academic knowledge in a new area of graduate academic courseworkBy using proven industrial team-building techniques, students are brought together first as a newCohort and given an opportunity to know each other. The new Cohort’s members are thenbrought together with the rest of the microEP community of students in a way that they are ableto learn individuals from all other Cohorts. Part of these activities includes utilization ofcompetitive events between cohorts in creativity exercises.The primary outcome of all community-building activities is to build a common culture andexpectation

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Gralinski; Janis Terpenny

Regional High School (ARHS) with faculty atthe University of Massachusetts and Hampshire College in addressing issues impinging thesuccess of engineering and technology curricula. More specifically, this collaboration hasfocused on: reviewing and enhancing high school teacher’s core knowledge of engineeringdesign, the curricular changes made based on this study/research, and research of gender equityissues in engineering and technology curricula. Plans to recruit and retain female students in thetechnology/engineering area at both secondary and university levels are described; including,cross-institutional projects with an emphasis on assistive technologies and universal design, anda variety of outreach activities between institutions. A structure

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audrey Lynn LaVallie, Turtle Mountain Community College; Eric Asa, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan P.E., North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

; a lack of research experience can negativelyimpact applicant success5.Most of the high school students on the North Dakota Reservations aspiring to pursue careers inSTEM areas are likely to enroll in the Tribally Controlled Colleges (TCCs) first and then moveon to four-year universities. The TCCs continue to make great strides toward improving the livesof their members on the Reservation by creating culturally sensitive educational opportunities.However, there was concern with the low enrolment in STEM courses and programs. In order forthis situation to improve, programs had to be developed which not only motivate students topursue college education in STEM, but also help guide them through graduation. A core groupof faculty from the two

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

employee,young graduates are expected to operate effectively as a member of a project team and even tomanage a small team. However, “traditional” baccalaureate engineering management coursesfocus on general management principles and practices more relevant to larger organizations thanto project teams and are concerned with issues more applicable to engineers in mid-career. It isnot surprising therefore that students often struggle to see the relevance of much of this material.This question of relevance for students is compounded by the quite different epistemology ofengineering management courses and the reaction to it by students conditioned bymathematically based engineering science courses.Simultaneously there are pressures to provide more

Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Making Statics a Friend for LifeOverviewThis paper presents an alternative way to teach entry-level engineering principles, in this casestatics and strength of materials. The material presented focuses on engaging students throughthe use of hands-on model building activities, the re-packaging of engineering topics, and theimpact student contact time has on the success of a program. An emeritus faculty membercoined the phrase noted above and this paper outlines how this new course sequence has givennew life to both students and faculty at our institution in hopes of making statics a friend for life.HistoricalFive years ago a charge was made by the Cal Poly Architectural

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gymama Slaughter, Virginia State University; Toni Harris, Virginia State University; Kabongo Ngandu, Virginia State University; Keith Williamson, Virginia State University; Kwame Adom, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the subjectmatter in their paid undergraduate research experience in the CBE.CBE Undergraduate Research ExperienceThe CBE committee consists of faculty, research faculty, industrial representatives, and graduatestudents. The committee is committed to retaining students to ensure that there is qualityleadership among VSU’s next generation of students. Hence, with low retention rates inengineering, faculty and advisors need to give current students an incentive to want to stay in thediscipline. The CBE took the opportunity to develop new relationships with the students whowere at risk of leaving the engineering program prior to their sophomore year by engaging themin structured paid engineering research programs. Students with a cumulative GPA

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Jones, Purdue University; Peter Meckl, Purdue University; Michael Harris, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Martin Okos, Purdue University; Osvaldo Campanella, Purdue University; Neal Houze, Purdue University; James Litster, Purdue University; Nathan Mosier; Bernard Tao, Purdue University; Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University; David Radcliffe, Purdue University; Kathleen Howell, Purdue University; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Amy Penner, Purdue University; Alice Wilson, Purdue University; Leah Jamieson, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

encourage our faculty to considerwhat are the critical skills and abilities our graduates are going to need in this new century. Theinitiative began in 2004 after the release of the NAE publication The Engineer of 2020: Visionsof Engineering in the New Century. Our previous ABET review had already established thatcompanies are seeking an increasingly broader set of skills in graduates, what we have termed“renaissance engineers.” These are engineering graduates that are technically competent, butalso broadly knowledgeable about many other areas of both a technical and non-technicalnature. But how do you adapt an engineering program to meet the changing needs of graduatesof the 21st century? Our first step was to engage our faculty and other

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

’ preparedness for global engineeringworkforces. Traditionally, engineering education involves deductive instruction and associatedassessment in which the faculty lecture on general principles with limited application of theprinciples to real life engineering situations and simulations and simply test students on theirlecture materials. Deductive instructional approaches and static assessment have significantlimits in preparing engineers for a changing global society and measuring this preparedness asrequired by National Academy of Engineering (NAE).2,4 The necessity for engineering educationreform requires radically new, innovative and closely aligned curricular and assessmentapproaches. Such approaches must solve important engineering problems5

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

between E and ET Students in IndustryWhile the survey was a useful exercise to gain some industry perspective on the issue of acommon curriculum, the small number of participants limits the usefulness of the responses. Thenext step is to implement a more rigorous survey methodology to collect data from facultyaround this topic. Toward this goal, we are working with the Director of Assessments andAccreditation Services (DAAS) for the College of Technology to construct a survey andsampling frame that will provide faculty insights regarding the common curriculum conceptpresented here.The initial population for the survey has been defined as those schools that are included as partof the ASEE Engineering and Engineering Technology College Profiles for

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

definition of what cheating is; theprofessor’s stated policy on cheating is not as important. This conclusion has significant bearingon the sufficiency of ethical codes of conduct.IntroductionCheating in the engineering class room is not a new phenomenon. The difficulty is in how tocombat it. As engineering educators we have the responsibility to promote the competent andethical practice of engineering by our students as they enter the workplace. To effectively do Page 11.562.2this, we need to understand their perspective on ethical issues. In this paper we report on ourstudents’ attitudes concerning several cheating related issues. We surveyed

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Kumar Manoharan, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

experimental and controlgroups were to work effectively in teams, communicate engineering concepts succinctly andclearly, improve engineering design skills, use safety and standards concerns in engineering Page 15.1307.10design, be aware of business issues in designing products and systems, and integrate math andscience principles in solving engineering problems. In both sections, lectures and a designproject were used. In addition, in the experimental section, three case studies, Della Steam Plant,Challenger STS 51-L, and Lorn Manufacturing, were used. A summary of these case studies isgiven in the Experimental Design section above. Lab sessions were

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Nate Evans, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

created acourse on information warfare in 19961. In addition to formal course work and faculty researchprojects we saw a need to develop opportunities to allow students to become involved incomputer security. This led to the development of the Information Assurance Student Groupwhich provides students an opportunity to meet and discuss security issues. The group alsoprovides hands-on experiences for students where they learn how to secure wireless networks,install firewalls, and work with other tools. The students were looking for opportunities to trydifferent security methods and to get experience with real attacks.In February 2004 the National Science Foundation sponsored the Cyber Security ExerciseWorkshop2 in San Antonio Texas. This workshop

Conference Session

New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Minha R. Ha, York University; Joshua Racette, McMaster University; Shinya Nagasaki, McMaster University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

: 13 “[…] The independent learning group work throughout the term required us to research how our technology choice influenced society. We were able to identify many different stakeholders in the proposal to implement SMRs in Canada. Through research we were able to address any concerns these stakeholders would have with the project, and we were able to develop ways to mitigate these concerns. I am confident I will be able to translate this experience to future engineering analyses. The IL study showed how many 'roadblocks' there are to building new nuclear technology. It has changed my perspective on how capital projects are initiated and carried out.” (804P)We reflect on the design IL

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson; Mary Vollaro

Session 1464 Materials Education 2004 Topical Trends and Outreach Efforts Mary B. Vollaro, Craig Johnson Western New England College / Central Washington UniversityAbstractThis research explores the history of topical trends in the ASEE Materials Division. This historywill be compared with national trends. It is observed that creative materials education efforts innon-major curricula are highly sought, following national trends of higher contact numbers ofstudents in related engineering programs versus relatively small numbers of students in materialsprograms. Issues of implementing laboratory

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Kara Santelli, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

basis for sampling and hypothesistesting. A company that makes implantable defibrillators is concerned about defective leads.Student teams must propose a minimum size sample that should be tested to determine if a batchof leads meets specification with a given precision level. The ethical issue involves when torecall already implanted defibrillators if there is concern about the quality of the leads. B. Engineering Economic Analysis MEAsCampus Lighting. Students are asked to determine which lighting proposal for a college campusis the least costly while addressing the campus community’s safety concerns. Students are giveninformation about the current lighting system on campus: types of bulbs, their cost and amountof light produced

Conference Session

New Directions for Engineering Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Osazuwa John Okundaye Jr., Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Francis Quek, Texas A&M University; Sharon Lynn Chu, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

-CAMin a multi-disciplinary environment, such as the case of M3 , reflects a wider need for the toolitself to support the design and implementation of products in industry [5, 6]. Owing to theubiquity that CAD-CAM offers to industry, one should take consideration to its use as an elementin engineering pedagogy in relation to ABET Student Outcomes [7]. Criterion 3 of studentoutcomes is concerned with the issues of how students apply engineering knowledge, identifyproblems, and communicate with various audiences, a function to which CAD-CAM can serve asa medium for the ideation of design concepts, prototyping for design exploration, and productionat various stages to communicate iterative changes across stakeholders. CAD-CAM should alsobe

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ishbah Cox, Purdue University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

(ASCAP), Kappa Kappa Psi, and the Collegiate Band Directors National Association (CBDNA). He holds Honorary Memberships with both the Gamma Pi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and Beta Sigma Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma (TBS) at Purdue University. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Lafayette Citizens Band, as faculty advisor of the Gamma Pi Purdue University Kappa Kappa Psi chapter, and as a member of the Committee on Ethnicity and Gender Issues with the CBDNA.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Monica F. Cox is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and is the Inaugural Director of the Engineering Leadership Minor. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

satisfy program outcomes. In addition to providing sample course outcomesand instructional methods for addressing EC 2000 criterion 3 outcomes (a) through (k), theyprovide helpful examples of matrices linking course and program outcomes. Soundarajan3describes an assessment process in computer and information science at Ohio State Universitythat relies on a mechanism called the Course Group Report. The curriculum is divided intogroups of related courses. Faculty members responsible for those courses produce a report everytwo years that addresses, among other issues, how effectively the group of courses is contributingto the relevant program outcomes. Pape and Eddy4 describe an assessment methodology inwhich course assignments and exam problems are

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Doherty; Gerald Gannod

. That is, there was a strong desire to reuse the hard-ware acquired to support the course. Furthermore, variability analysis allowed us to identify the Page 8.1237.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition ­ Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 1. To be able to understand and address (within a software architecture) the critical issues most often associated with embedded software including high availability, survivability, reliability, and safety (a) The student can identify high-integrity concerns

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Riley

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2692 This paper seeks to answer previous work that calls on engineering educators to applyprinciples from women’s and ethnic studies.2,3 In answering this call, I also hope to take this workone step further, by suggesting a new goal for curricular reform efforts: specifically, I challengeour community to consider seriously the goal of liberation, rather than equity. Adopting liberationas a goal means making a commitment to work to end oppression based on race, class, andgender, and to seek justice, not

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krohn

viewpoint of the engineering programs, the creation and offering of “Energy and theEnvironment” has been very successful. It has served as an initial foray into graduate offerings,has fulfilled portions of the summer course load for two faculty members, and has served tofurther advertise the engineering programs to potential students through their high school scienceteachers.More important, however, we believe the course has fulfilled its goals of providing classroomscience teachers at the secondary level with knowledge and tools to address an issue of vitalimportance to the future of our country. While the level and amount of knowledge taken tojunior and senior high schools by these teachers is not extremely high, they will present to

Conference Session

New EET Course Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

and satellite communicationservices, few Engineering Technology (ET) programs incorporate these teachings in theircurricula. This is a concerning issue as we need to produce professionals from our ET schoolswho will be able to work with the current and future technologies with minimal additionaltraining. We can think of several reasons to explain the absence of these subjects in ourclassrooms. First, because these are relatively new services and technologies not all programdirectors or instructors may be familiar with them, especially given the complexity of systemsoperating at microwave frequencies. In second place, it may not be very clear in which ETprograms these topics should be taught. Most of the current Electrical Engineering

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Stiegler; Ernest McDuffie; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

endorsed by the collaborating Navy center. Thegoal of the program is to create a collaborative DoN/university educational and researchenvironment where university faculty members and students work together on cutting edgeproblems supported by the NWCs’ world-class experts and facilities. This environment will helpgrow the pipeline of new talent that will positively effect the overall revitalization of the NavyS&T workforce.Phase I of the NNCS program, a $1M pilot program funded equally by NSF and the DoN, wasbegun in early 2004 and was focused on nanotechnology as the area of interest. The participantswere chosen from proposals submitted by PIs currently supported by NSF’s NanoscaleInterdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) and Nanoscale Science

Conference Session

New Directions for Engineering Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shaoping Qiu, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Elizabeth A. Roumell, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, digital value chains and automation bring about a thriving marketplace, but may alsogenerate cyber-attacks and manipulations, raising cyber-security issues. Moreover, as the futureof work is creating a shift to new organizational structures and workers’ roles, workforcedevelopment should be centered because human resources are the leading component for thisrevolutionary change [17]. Worker selection and continuous skill development are thereforebecoming essential functions for industries to conduct workplace design, equipmentmaintenance, process improvement, mistake proofing, and process reconfiguration for newproducts [18]. This section will review the literature focusing on examining the challenges thecurrent workforce faces and competencies

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina

cases, there is a list ofrequired student outcomes, the so-called “a’ through “k” lists. Although they are different for the twocommissions, there are many similarities, particularly in what are commonly referred to as the “softskills.” These include teamwork, communications skills, global perspectives, ethics, life-long learning,and contemporary issues. Often the faculty would like to leave many of these to the students’humanities and social science courses. However, at many schools there is a wide variety of electivesfor students in those areas and it is impossible to guarantee that they will receive exposure to all of the ato k items. Thus, it is the author’s contention that the technical courses must cover these topics.The author teaches a

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esat Alpay, Imperial College London; Peter Cutler, Imperial College London; Susan Eisenbach, Imperial College London; Anthony Field, Imperial College London

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

barriers." 1 Page 14.316.11 "The meetings are fun and it is good talking with the students and getting them involved in the subject"However, some of the academic tutors and UTAs felt that there was an issue with theauthority of the UTA especially when they were both present at the tutorial. One UTAnoted: "I don't think the [academic] should be present; this undermines the UTA's authority"Whilst one of the academics expressed the view that: "UTAs lack some authority: the [academic] should attend the meetings."Concerns about the UTA's authority were not apparent from the student

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zvi S. Roth, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

understood even two decades earlier than 2010. The FloridaAtlantic University (FAU) freshmen-level Fundamentals of Engineering course, for instance, wasdeveloped in 1998, and around that time we believe that most engineering programs around thenation were experimenting with more or less the same issues. There were obvious goals forcreating such a freshmen-level engineering presence: direct contact between engineering studentsand engineering faculty from Day One, introduction and exposure to the various engineeringdisciplines, and lot of interdisciplinary fun indoors and outdoors design activities. Yet, retentionremained low.It was pointed out that the weakest link of the engineering education experience may lie in thesophomore and junior years [3

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Kristin Bryant, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

degree in liberal arts and mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and graduate degrees in both Business and Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. For 20+ years he led consulting businesses specializing in financial and information system process design and improvement, professional training/education for industry, market research and professional publications. He has been instrumental in designing and implementing many new and innovative financial and assessment processes including the General Motors electronic supplier payment system and in implementing an EPICS Service Learning Pathway at IIT supported by an NSF grant

Conference Session

New and Innovative Ideas

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

RespondentsJuggling teaching and handling the camera 30.6% (12)Technical issues 19.4% (7)Student silliness, distraction 16.7% (6)None (no challenges anticipated) 13.9% (5)Remembering to use it while teaching 11.1% (4)Time to use it 11.1% (4)School infrastructure and support for technology 8.3% (3)Capturing the right moments with the cameras 5.6% (2) A range of technical concerns regarding how to