Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ethan Brue

public. All social activity requires a person to have asense of cultural development. Language itself necessitates an understanding of history for fullcomprehension. Historical study for engineers is not simply a nicety, it is a necessity. History isan essential for good design.Approaches to Teaching History in the Engineering CurriculumThe teaching of history in the engineering curriculum is not new. Over the last fifty years therehave been a variety of approaches used to introduce history in the engineering curriculum5.A common approach at many technical universities is simply to outsource their humanitiescourses. An engineering student is provided a block of optional courses offered on the other sideof campus from which to choose from. In

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Tekippe; Krishna Atherya; Mani Mina; Ryan Legg

profoundsocial impacts.The overachieving goal of any engineering solution is the improvement of quality of life.Alleviating technical problems at the cost of creating new social problems does not constitutegood engineering. A sustainable design approach must focus on minimizing negative socialimpacts to allow a solution to be effective throughout its useful life. Engineers trained with anemphasis on sustainability in design will approach problem solving with non-technicalconstraints, like social engineering at the forefront of their design.Integrating sustainable design concepts into engineering education allows engineering students todevelop skills that extend beyond the scope of a traditional engineering curriculum by adding aglobal perspective. Using

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Ted Lee, University of Southern California

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Chemical Engineering

engineeringefficacy scale, and a chemical engineering multidisciplinary scale. This allows robust evaluationof how the merger of traditional chemical engineering subjects with advanced nanotechnologyand biotechnology topics using a degree-project approach may better prepare students for today’sincreasingly molecular-oriented workplace.Introduction Education in Chemical Engineering (ChE) education is currently facing a crossroads.There is a disconnect between the curriculum (which is largely focused on unit operations, e.g.,heat exchangers, distillation columns, etc., and heavily geared towards commodity chemicals)and faculty research (which has recently emphasized nano- and bio-technology). Furthermore,there is a disparity between the courses

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Exploring Approaches to Professional Development of Engineering Educators in the Arab Gulf RegionAbstract: The increased mobility of engineers worldwide poses new and difficultchallenges to country and/or region–based systems of engineering education, whoseadvocates now face the possibility that their graduates may not possess the skillsrecognized as valuable in other countries or by international employers operatingwithin their own country or region. One of the world’s regions where engineeringeducation is rapidly evolving, and becoming increasingly international is: the ArabGulf Region ((Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, andOman), which faces significant challenges as it seeks to meet the demands

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Tonya Emerson

Students Are Leaving Engineering Curriculums; Can Our Educational Approach Stop This? Tonya Emerson, Michael Ward College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management California State University, ChicoAbstractRetention rates in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors have been aserious concern nationwide for many years. The Consortium for Student Retention DataExchange’s 2002-2003 STEM Retention Report provides sobering data on our national retentionrates. The report shows that retention rates at Carnegie-Masters type institutions for incomingfirst-year students in STEM majors that continue and

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

Session 2557 A “Portfolio” Approach to Assessing the Industrial Engineering Curriculum at WPI Sharon A. Johnson, Arthur Gerstenfeld, and Amy Z. Zeng Worcester Polytechnic InstituteIntroductionOne challenge in assessing the outcomes of engineering programs is to develop mechanisms thatprovide effective measurement and feedback, with reasonable effort. We describe a frameworkthat we are piloting in the Industrial Engineering (IE) program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) to evaluate student proficiency with respect to all of our program outcomes.A number of

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-1545: A NEW APPROACH: USING ELECTRONICS LABORATORYMORE EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELYFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University Page 15.63.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A New Approach: Using the Electronics Laboratory More Efficiently and SafelyAbstractUse and administration of the electronics laboratories are very important due to safety concernsand variety of parts and equipment. There are a variety of components and devices which need tobe organized and monitored for different lab experiments. Electronics laboratories serve a varietyof students with different knowledge levels for their lab classes and various projects

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop

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Industrial Engineering

. Page 12.325.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Bringing New Topics into the IE CurriculumAbstractThe need to focus efforts on environmental concerns rings important to young people aswell as to the National Academy of Engineers. The need to raise awareness about theenvironmental impact of decisions in manufacturing and product design should be at theforefront of curriculum enhancement efforts. Industrial Engineers are typically viewed as“systems thinkers” and need to analyze the larger eco-system when new designs are putin place. Thus, the systems-approach to environmentally responsible design andmanufacturing has a natural place in the Industrial Engineering curriculum.The challenge to engineering faculty may

Conference Session

Engineering Economics New Frontiers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University; Joseph Wilck, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

presented in hourly, weekly, month and yearlyamounts. The winning team proposed a new machine design to make wooden pallet sorting andrecycling easier. The team also suggested design changes to pallet handling carts and proposedoverall recycling process changes. The team assumed a company MARR value of 13% per yearand carried out a discounted payback analysis for their proposed changes.Surveys Page 26.191.7Three separate surveys were carried out during fall 2014 as part of the ongoing curriculum andinstructional changes being made in the engineering economy course. All three surveys wereadministered during the final week of the course. The first

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael A. Kriss

Session 1526 Bridging Departmental Barriers in Search of a New Electronic Imaging Curriculum Michael A. Kriss Center for Electronic Imaging Systems University of RochesterAbstractIn the winter of 1998 six University of Rochester faculty members came together to develop anew, comprehensive undergraduate and first year graduate curriculum in Electronic Imaging.The faculty represented three autonomous departments: The Institute of Optics, the Electricaland Computer Engineering Department, and the Computer Science

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Nicholas II, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

instructional toolthat utilizes a “real world” project that engages two or more courses in a curriculum. The projectis selected based on its ability to simulate industry team relationships as well as reinforcingcourse learning objectives. With MULC projects, students from each course rely on one anotherfor project deliverables, such as a highway design engineer would rely on a surveyor for landdata.The MULC project that was implemented utilized two courses: ETCE 2112 ConstructionSurveying and ETCE 4251 Highway Design and Construction. In this structure, the instructordriven project was replaced with a student driven model that simulates industry relationships.The project consisted of the design and layout of an access road for a new traffic pattern

Conference Session

Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devdas Shetty, University of District of Columbia, DC; Arunkumar Chandrashekarappa Giriyapur, B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #7100A new approach in Mechatronics Education through Project Based Learningby International CollaborationDr. Devdas Shetty, University of District of Columbia, DC Dr. Shetty is the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of DC. Previously he held academic and administrative positions at the University of Hartford, CT, Lawrence Technological University, MI and the Cooper Union New York. He is the author of 3 text books and more than 200 publications. Dr. Arunkumar Giriyapur is a Professor at the BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, Karnataka Stae, India. He is also the

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Law; Brian Johnson; Herbert Hess

Session 2533 New Three-Level Undergraduate Curriculum for Teaching Electrical Energy Subjects Herbert L. Hess, Joseph D. Law, Brian K. Johnson University of IdahoAbstractA new approach to an electric power and energy curriculum is presented. Student interestsappear in three categories: those who take only one introductory course for breadth, those whowant the greatest available depth of study in power and energy topics, and those who will studyanother area of electrical engineering in depth but find understanding power and energy topicshelpful to their anticipated

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan; Vedaraman Sriraman

Session 1526 Digital and Control Labs for a New Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum Karl D. Stephan and Vedaraman Sriraman Department of Technology Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666 Abstract: We present work in progress which describes the development or redesign oftwo courses in the manufacturing engineering curriculum which was founded at Southwest TexasState University in the fall of 2000. Digital electronics

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #11272Conforming a New Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum to the SME FourPillarsDr. Derek M Yip-Hoi, Western Washington UniversityDr. Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University Dr. Jeffrey L. Newcomer is a Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Chair of the Engineering and Design Department at Western Washington University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Page 26.393.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

J. M. Mendel; H. H. Kuehl

years to a thorough review and a substantial revision of the undergraduate curriculum. Thispaper describes the resulting new curriculum, which became effective in the fall of 1996. Duringthe creation of the new curriculum, the task force was guided by several broad principles anddesired objectives which the members believed were of major importance to a superior andrelevant undergraduate curriculum. These included: A. FundamentalsThe undergraduate curriculum must provide a basic grounding in the fundamentals ofmathematics, basic sciences, engineering, as well as appreciable content in humanities and socialsciences. B. FlexibilityA greater opportunity for choice is appropriate, including a wider variety of up-to

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

Session 1566 Implementing a New Mechanical Engineering Curriculum to Improve Student Retention Amir Karimi The University of Texas at San AntonioAbstractThe mechanical engineering curriculum at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) wasrecently revised. The new curriculum is being implemented in the 2000-01 academic year. Themain motivations for curriculum revision were enhancement of engineering education quality,increased student retention, and reduced total degree requirement semester hours.This paper provides tracking data on student

Conference Session

Broader Approaches to Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Markus D. Ong, Whitworth University; Kamesh Sankaran, Whitworth University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

approach is often developed as either engineering faculty andstudents participating in an interdisciplinary effort or engineering departments implementingethics education across multiple engineering classes. Most of the literature studying ethics acrossthe curriculum focuses on institutions which do either the former or the latter, but not bothsimultaneously. However, assessment of student learning outcomes showed that if bothapproaches are used simultaneously and are purposefully connected with each other, the capacityof students to identify ethical systems and practical foundations for making judgments isimproved, and students are better able to apply an ethical system to value judgments.As part of an intermediate engineering design class

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Prashant N. Kumta, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey S. Borovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Sarah K. Pixley, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine; Partha Roy, University of Pittsburgh; Jangannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

Bootstrapping a New Graduate Curriculum through an Engineering Research CenterAbstract NSF Generation-3 Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) are charged both withadvancing the state-of-the-art in terms of engineering and scientific research as well as training awell-qualified workforce in the domain of expertise. Such an ERC was awarded in 2008 to NorthCarolina A&T State University (NCAT), with the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and theUniversity of Cincinnati (UC) as the core US research partner institutions. The focus of thisERC, the ERC for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials (RMB) is the development of advancedmaterials and processes targeted at the biomedical implant and device industry. NCAT has strongresearch

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

M. R. Foster; H. Öz

experience, once the necessary resources are secured.Allowing students to choose three 3-hour technical electives in the senior year creates anopportunity for specialization that was not available in our previous curriculum, which permittedonly one technical elective. The three electives may be chosen from a number taught in thedepartment, in advanced aerodynamics, rocket propulsion, control theory, orbital mechanics,structural dynamics, or from suitable courses in other departments. This approach enablesstudents to broaden their education by selecting some courses that are not “technical” in thetraditional sense, but are still relevant for engineering. Such courses could be in areas like hu-man factors or cognitive science. This feature of the new

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis D. McVey; James D. Lang

Session 1202 Industry Expectations of New Engineers – A Survey to Assist Curriculum Designers James D. Lang and Francis D. McVey The Boeing CompanyAbstractThe ABET Criteria 2000 approach creates opportunities for universities to work closely withtheir key constituencies; such as industry, state regulatory agencies, parents, and students todefine general and specific goals and objectives for their university - unique education programs.For example, while Criteria 2000 lists eleven student educational outcome categories, it requireseach accredited

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald E. Richards

x Thermodynamics xters. This has the advantage of freeing up Fluid Mechanics xspace in the early quarters for discipline- Circuits xspecific courses. If, however, you believe thatthere is an engineering science and mathemat- Figure 3- Discipline-Directed Approachics core that all students should know beforebeginning upper-division courses, this ap-proach is flawed. The new RH/FC Sophomore Engineering Curriculum consists of eight courses (30

Conference Session

Technology Integration in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Ekong, Western New England University; Vedang Chauhan, Western New England University; Janose Osedeme; Seyed Niknam, Western New England University; Richard nguyen

Paper ID #36726A framework for Industry 4.0 workforce training throughproject-based and experiential learning approachesJoseph Ekong Dr. Joseph Ekong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at Western New England University. Previously, he served on the faculty at Ohio Northern University. Dr. Ekong received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Uyo, Nigeria in 2005 and Master of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009. He also received a Ph.D

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A New Assessment Method to Easily Identify Areas Needing Improvement in Course-level Learning OutcomesIntroductionAssessment of student proficiency in expected outcomes, whether on the course or programlevel, is an important aspect of curriculum development in engineering programs. The reasonsfor such assessment range from desires to improve student learning to fulfilling requirements ofvarious accreditation bodies. But regardless of the reasons, the challenge is to develop suitablemetrics that can clearly identify areas that need improvement.In order to assess student learning, the Department of Chemical Engineering at Brigham YoungUniversity has outlined multiple

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenya Z Mejia, University of Washington; Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

change anapproach is identified.Here we present the narrative of an educator implementing a weekly reflection activity, theInclusivity Meter (IM), that allows students in a senior capstone course to communicate howincluded they felt in their teams or in the overall class that week. Through the narrative, wehighlight the conversations that happened as the educator reflected on the work in her classroomwith the two other authors. The conversation themes highlighted include the motivation fortrying this new activity, concerns throughout the quarter about student response rates, and twocases that surfaced issues of inclusion, prompting further discussion.After recounting this narrative, we dive into a discussion on how the engineering

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., University of Texas, El Paso; Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso; Jessica Townsend, Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

create for students,Olin creates with students. These tenets appealed to the founding faculty of the E-Lead Programand several approaches were taken to intentionally embed a similar culture that fit UTEP.First, UTEP involved students in the earliest workshops focused on the development of programand curriculum. This created an early sense of student ownership and involvement. Clearevidence for creation of this culture of student partnership and ownership was seen when the firstcohort of E-Lead students proposed that they design and implement the Introduction toEngineering Leadership class that all new students take in their first semester. This class is thefirst interaction new students have with the program, and creating activities and

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Stephanie Jorgensen; Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

implementationof these ventures to advance engineering education are featured and further explored through theschema. This approach is expected to be of value to new and experienced faculty and administrativepersonnel interested in developing the communication skills and collaborations critically importantfor forming effective, equitable team-based funding structures.IntroductionThe identification of funding opportunities and associated proposal development activities areinterconnected items, but the process of writing for grant and proposal opportunities is notnecessarily linear. In actuality, the process is often highly iterative, moving in different directionsby way of the communication and interpretation of those working in the team to develop

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Valeriya Yudina, Higher School of Economics; Yulia Skrupskaya, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Victor Taratukhin, SAP Silicon Valley and University of Muenster; Elvira Kozlova; Natalia Pulyavina, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

in an era of digital transformation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Bringing together engineering and management students for project-based Globalldeathon. Towards to Next-Gen Design Thinking methodology.IntroductionNowadays, we face a remarkable number of issues to be resolved as the world changestowards a post-COVID-19 future and an important range of opportunities to developnew approaches, expand new industries, and establish new realities. Seeking toaddress the issue of the changing post- COVID world disasters with very seriousconsequences, world-leading German academic institution, together with the marketleader in enterprise application software and

Conference Session

Approaches to Curriculum and Policy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rebecca Segal, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Alen Docef, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Educational Research and Methods

qualitative process or list of best practices for setting upsimilar collaborations in diverse settings. The purpose of the specific collaboration betweenEngineering and Mathematics at our institution is to: 1. Investigate pre-existing faculty biases on why students found it difficult to transfer knowledge between different fields; 2. Develop a systematic approach to collaboration between the two departments that will lead to a better understanding of the difficulties faced by our students and thus to continuous improvement of both the Engineering and the Differential Equations courses; 3. Provide a “roadmap” that will enable other disciplines within VCU and other universities to develop similar collaborations between their

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Dipendra Wagle

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

interdisciplinary scholar and educational evaluator whose research centers on culturalDipendra Wagle ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Centered Courses Guided by the Renaissance Foundry Model of Learning Dipendra Wagle1, Andrea Arce-Trigatti2, Pedro E. Arce1, and J. Robby Sanders1 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 2 Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TNAbstractIn this contribution, we outline efforts to magnify the focus on sustainability in the