Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

H. R. Myler

Southern Methodist University (SMU), but discovered that the programwas skewed towards digital signal processing. Our new program complements and subsidizes theInfinity curriculum with laboratory exercises using the National Instruments ELVIS system thatintroduce the student to four fundamental areas of Electrical Engineering: logic, RLC networks,amplification and electromagnetics. The purpose of this course is to effect early engagement ofstudents into the field to enhance both recruitment and retention. Results of student satisfactionsurveys as well as faculty and lab assistant experience are reported. IntroductionThe State of Texas commissioned a statewide study for higher education, public colleges

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; John Lloyd, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

International

courses. That is, the need toevolve traditional classroom courses into dispersed virtual learning experiences.Much of the motivation for writing such a report hinges on globalization. Without the currentstatus of globalization, the report would not have been written. The process of globalization hascreated an environment where we must do more for engineering education to influence the USeconomy such that the United States is able to retain its leadership position.Globalization will drive more uniformity in the educational systems between that of the UnitedStates and those around the world. We will require additional knowledge to remain globallycompetitive and maintain that global leadership.Globalization also levels the playing field for

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Brizendine

experiencesin various technical courses to enhance the overall technical and computerprowess of the graduate as outlined by TAC of ABET9. However, from informaldiscussions with other faculty and his own experiences, the author recognizessome of the inherent difficulties of introducing software into traditional lecturecourses. Students, and maybe even some faculty from time to time, need to be Page 4.71.2reminded that software is not an end-all but simply a tool, much as a slide rule orcalculator, that assists us in the performance of our work. As such, software mustnot be taught at the expense of fundamental concepts or in lieu of basic analysisand design procedures

Conference Session

Wider Contexts of Ethics for Engineers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Sinha

engineers to design systems for execution of the construction process. Societydemands high standards of construction professional competence and performance. Constructionengineers must be aware of social responsibilities and prepare themselves to reflect critically onthe moral dilemmas they may confront. In this paper the authors suggest a strategy in which anethical framework is fundamental to the development of competent construction professionals.By presenting this topic in a holistic and robust way, ethics enhances technical expertise and Page 10.788.1provides a deeper educational experience for construction engineering students

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chia-Jeng Tseng

CK QN Write Enable CLK Figure 2: A Shift-Register Page 10.517.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”2.2 Output PresentationWhen the circuit is set to the output mode, a push-button is used to initiate the output display. Ifa binary format is used, an output vector can be displayed using bar-graph LEDs. If the BCDformat, which is more user-friendly, is preferred, the output data should be converted into a BCDrepresentation. Starting

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joakim Sigurd Wren, Linköping University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, its relevance in engineering and engineeringeducation cannot be underestimated, especially when having today´s energy andenvironmental concerns in mind.Despite the importance of the subject, it has been considered as “dry and abstract” bystudents 1. One reason might be that the subject has become more and more difficult to relateto its applications –the fundamentals principles are the same as for 150 years ago, but theapplications become more and more refined due to technological developments andinnovations. If so, it is altogether not surprising that students find engineeringthermodynamics abstract, being separated from its applications – this might be devastating forthe students’ interest and possibility to learn.An increase in student

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 12: Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Teri Kristine Reed, University of Oklahoma; Angela E. Arndt

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

fundamental mathematics and science coursesthat are often taught outside the major of the student and without engineering context. At thesame time, graduating engineers are moving into an increasingly interdisciplinary workplace thatvalues the ability to work broadly across a range of contexts. More work is needed to betterprepare students to adapt their knowledge and skills to new situations and to demonstrate howthe various courses and concepts within their curricula relate.In this study, we ask students, teaching assistants and faculty to “think aloud” through theirsolution to an engineering statics problem that requires mathematical knowledge to betransferred in order to be solved. Two faculty, two teaching assistants and seven

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 4: Projects

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Daniel Winfrey, Middle Tennessee State University; Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

reinforcement learning.Dr. Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Utilizing MATLAB in Combination with Lego Mindstorm EV3 Kits for a First-year Engineering CourseAbstractThis Work in Progress paper will describe attempts at revitalizing a first-year engineering course.Engineering Fundamentals is a freshman course offered for both engineering technology andengineering students at Middle Tennessee State University. Traditionally, this course covers unitconversion, engineering ethics, basic math skills and their applications in various engineeringdisciplines, and so on without many hands-on activities. This paper discusses the revitalization

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Paper ID #40405Creativity and the Engineering StudentProf. Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University Craig Gunn is the Director of the Communication Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineer- ing at Michigan State University. He integrates communication skill activity into all courses within the mechanical Engineering program. He has co-authored number of writing textbooks, along with books of poetry. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Spicing up the Engineering ClassroomTrying to influence engineers to investigate something different, especially outside

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Paper ID #40406Spicing Up the Engineering ClassroomProf. Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University Craig Gunn is the Director of the Communication Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineer- ing at Michigan State University. He integrates communication skill activity into all courses within the mechanical Engineering program. He has co-authored a number of writing textbooks and poetry books. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Spicing up the Engineering ClassroomTrying to influence engineers to investigate something different, especially outside the confinesof

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ronald P. Uhlig

place in collaboration with others, using group processes.PEO #3 is about being effective communicators and team members. This concept is contained ineach of Institutional Learning Outcomes 2, 4 and 7. ILO #2 states that our graduates will be ableto “communicate effectively orally and in writing and through other appropriate modes.”ILO #4 adds to this the ability to “demonstrate cultural and global awareness to be responsiblecitizens in a diverse society,” while ILO #7 states that our graduates will “use collaboration andgroup processes to achieve a common goal.” PEO #3 summarizes these three ILOs into a singlestatement.PEO #4 says program graduates will be active contributors. Active contributors at every levelmust be able to communicate

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Goldsmith P.Eng., University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

ua(D) = yb(D), (1)where u ∈ C∞ is the input signal, y ∈ C∞ is the output signal, a, b ∈ R[x] are real polynomials withb = 0, and D is the differential operator, applied in postfix notation. This defines a binary(input-output) relation R between u and y, and so we write it as uRy. This relation is obtainedfrom (1) as R = a(D)b(D)−1 , which is the (postfix) composition of two relations: the operatora(D) and the converse relation b(D)−1 . This rational relation 8 , also written as R = a(D)/b(D),represents the set of all (u, y) ∈ C∞2 satisfying (1).Like transfer functions, rational relations may be added, composed, and inverted (via theconverse) to model parallel, series, and feedback interconnections of

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Sunil Dehipawala; Guozhen An; Arkadiy Portnoy; Tak Cheung

in preparing undergraduate students to conduct research, in-conversion for deployment to fulfill the first-year experience person as well as online when necessary, starting in the Excelcriterion was challenging given the setting of open admissions, environment with a gradual transformation to the standardthe newly graduated high school students with strong intentions Python framework. The Excel with Python by Microsoftin the programming career were found to be successful in thelearning of Python fundamentals. The recent Microsoft Office without third vendor subscription fee is only available to365

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Brocato, Mississippi State University; Amy Barton, Mississippi State University; Kelly Agee, Mississippi State University; Ed Dechert, Mississippi State University; Greg Carlisle, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #11936Improving Engineering-Student Presentation Abilities with Theatre ExercisesMr. John W. Brocato, Mississippi State University John Brocato is the coordinator of the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in the Bagley Col- lege of Engineering at Mississippi State University, where he teaches technical communication and pro- vides writing/presenting-related support to the entire college. He is the LEES Division Program Chair- Elect as well as the Campus Representative Coordinator for ASEE’s Southeastern Section.Mrs. Amy Barton, Mississippi State University Amy Barton (M.A. in English from Mississippi State

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

L. Davis Clements; John S. Cundiff; Dennis Schulte; George Meyer

.) Material from chemical engineering and mechanical engineering thermodynamics dealing with higher temperatures and pressures can be abbreviated.2. Material on cycles is needed, but the application depth found in a mechanical engineering thermodynamics course is not needed. The level of treatment in chemical engineering thermodynamics is about right.3. Psychrometrics is central to most biological systems engineering problems. A fundamental goal of the course is to develop competency in the application of psychrometrics. This competency is not adequately developed in chemical engineering or a first course in mechanical engineering thermodynamics.4. Gibbs energy must be introduced with several

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Zecher, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

element models rather than being theoretically based.The course begins by introducing basic FEA terminology and then covers the basic stiffnessmatrix approach using one-dimensional spring elements. The objective of this portion of thecourse is to give students a fundamental understanding of how FEA numerical computations aredone. However, within the course, this is the only coverage of developing stiffness matrices. Page 13.419.2  k1 − k1 0  u1   F 1  − k 1 k 1 + k 2 − k 2  u2  =  F 2        0

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Barrett Crittenden

digits in the final answer of an engineering problem. Thispaper does not argue the importance of reading scaling devices appropriately, but does questionthe necessity of teaching the rules given to account for significant digits in the elementaryarithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.The purpose of introducing students to the concept of significant digit accountability whensolving an engineering problem is to ensure that they display a meaningful final answer whenusing a hand-held calculator or other computing device for solving a problem. Often newengineering students will write the eight or ten digit calculator or computer display whenindicating the answer to an assigned problem. Instructors thus feel

Conference Session

Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald P.E., Lake Superior State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

electrical machinery fundamentals. The course also includescomputer simulation of energy systems via use of MATLAB-Simulink SimPowerSystemsmodeling, and the simulation of vehicle applications using Vector CANoe vehicle software.The laboratory component uses several major resources. An electrical machinery laboratorysupports electrical machinery testing, single and three phase systems, and energy transfer. Aneddy-current vehicle chassis dynamometer and access to a test vehicle also enhance the vehicletesting instruction. The dynamometer controller is an industry standard control system withLabVIEW Real Time data acquisition and control software and hardware. Performanceindicators can be acquired via the dynamometer instrumentation, additional

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

may not include anyprovision that might be interpreted as additional evaluation criteria. To emphasize its unofficialstatus, the ASCE Commentary is now, and will continue to be identified as, a draft document.The second major limitation on the use of ABET criteria as a mechanism for BOKimplementation lies in a fundamental difference between the nature of the BOK and the nature ofaccreditation criteria. Although it was not intended as such, the BOK has many characteristics ofa strategic vision. It represents, by its very nature, an ambitious, comprehensive, future-orientedgoal—one that all civil engineering programs should aspire to, but one that few programs willever achieve in all of its aspects. Conversely, accreditation criteria represent

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew O'Fallon, Washington State University; Jack R Hagemeister, Washington State University; Clint Cole, Washington State University, Pullman; Joseph Harris, Digilent Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

handling library functions, and to physically manipulate the data segment and the stack. Building a Simulator The fourth project emphasizes the fetch/decode/execute 2 weeks for a Robotics Machine instruction cycle, data and program addressing modes, and Language machine operation codes. Students write a simulator that is capable of executing a robotics machine language called ROBO- Page 13.738.9 MAL. ROBOT-MAL instructions include READ, WRITE, LOAD, STORE, ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, BRANCH

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

learn instrumentationand data acquisition principles that can be applied to systems that use hardware and softwarefrom other sources. The intent of the course and lab is to teach fundamentals and applicationsrelating to measurement and instrumentation and not the mastery of a particular tool. However,the opportunity to learn more in-depth LabVIEW programming skills and practices is availableto interested students.1 Note: the authors of this paper have no relationship with National Instruments other than customer - supplier andreceive no special financial considerations other than the academic discount available to all institutions of higherlearning. Figure 4 Simple data acquisition task in NI LabVIEW using the DAQmx architectureData

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Haering

Technical Engineering Research, Publication and Pedagogical Scholarship in a Teaching Oriented Small Campus Environment William Haering - Asst. Prof. of Engineering The Pennsylvania State University – DuBois CampusAbstractThe experience of conducting technical research and publishing technical research andpedagogical papers at a small campus location is fundamentally different from that of mostfaculty in a major research university environment. At the same time, this campus experiencehas many similarities with graduate student research at a major research university. Thisinformation may be useful to potential tenure-track faculty members as they make decisionsabout positions and to new

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Stephen Roberts, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

industry and faculty colleagues.This course was not intended to duplicate the traditional computer science method of presentingprogramming. Our goal was to educate students to model problems relevant to our disciplines,solve these problems using modeling tools, and then analyze these solutions through decisionsupport (i.e., become “power users” and not programmers). This paper will address the criticaldevelopment of a series of “InClassLabs” and their impact on student learning and our twocurricula. Many of our homework and cases studies come from industrial sponsor data andrepresent real cases. The paper will discuss the fundamental issues that lead the two authors todevelop this computer-intensive course. Of special interest is the classroom

Conference Session

Engineering Futures: Navigating the Pathways of Education, Inclusion, and Professional Growth

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Zaccheus Sikazwe, University of the Incarnate Word; Stephanie Gray; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

) program he was the instructor of Coding Academy in which he was able to teach Python to high school students from various backgrounds.Stephanie Weiss-Lopez Stephanie Weiss-Lopez has overseen GEMS since 2020 as a Project Manager and Coordinator. Ms. Weiss-Lopez is a UIW alum with a degree in Meteorology, currently the AVS Laboratories Project Manager, and an MBA student at UIW. She has over 18 years of management and leadership experience and has been a member of the AVS labs since 2018. Ms. Weiss-Lopez has experience in personnel development, scientific research, and grant writing. During Ms. Weiss-Lopez’s leadership GEMS implemented and distributed over 450 free STEAM kits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Weiss

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Miller; Stephen Lombardo; Christa Weisbrook; Patrick Tebbe

problems and projects. Design projects offer advantages inaddressing many learning styles and promoting development of cognitive thought processes. At the time of this writing work was still progressing in each of these areas. The softwaredeveloped to date is still be tested in classroom settings. In addition, a variant of the software isbeing proposed for engineering open house purposes. Efforts are underway in preparation for a Page 6.380.4NSF CCLI Full Development proposal to continue development of this educational software. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Adeeb Rahman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Josh Bostwick, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

, and their ability to independently solve problems.Finally, while we have focused here on improving analytical technique and developing habits ofmind, other teaching strategies, such as writing exercises, assignments with structured iterationsfor feedback and revision, and design projects, will also help students to cultivate their criticalthinking abilities. We hope that our contribution complements these other activities.In the end, merely presenting the fundamentals of mechanics, even if done with precision, will beof little use without engaged instruction. For what good will result, from, say, sketchingcoordinates with single-headed arrows, without an engaged discussion of why this is done? Ourreal point is not simply to call for

Conference Session

Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

content, students are expected to write learningobjectives that explain what they will learn, to what level they will learn it, and how they willdemonstrate it. By writing learning objectives, students are taking part in the process ofmetacognition, which helps solidify both content and skills [16]. To give students ideas forobjectives, categories are given to the students from which they can choose. These categories areshown in Appendix A and range from literature review to data collection to conferencepresentations to business models.Bloom’s TaxonomyBecause of the large amount of freedom when writing objectives, Bloom’s 3D Taxonomy ofLearning [17] is used to help provide students with scaffolding. In the first week of class, studentsare taught

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Education, 2007 A New Paradigm to Improve Computer Education for Engineering Students: Applying Industry-based Software Development Cycle into Programming Practices Abstract Computer Programming for Engineers (or Introductory Computer Education for Engineering Students) is a fundamental engineering course in many universities. However, in the public domain, there has not been enough research on how to improve programming practices (programming labs and homework assignments) of the students. What paradigm should be followed when the students are programming? How is this paradigm helpful for students’ learning? These questions are yet to be answered. In this

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

mentorrelationship with an experienced faculty member. The best situation is the development of arelationship that is spontaneous, one where the mentor volunteers to work with the new facultymember. Assignment of a mentor by the responsible administrator can work if the mentor beingassigned agrees to work with the new faculty member. In either case, the availability of a mentorcan be very useful in the area of professional development.Learning to teach is a separate issue that can be a more difficult process. The best avenue tosuccessful teaching is to attend a workshop, or several workshops, that discuss teaching methods,from fundamentals to advanced techniques. Becoming a better teacher will increase efficiency,assist with student evaluations, and remove

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

X. Chang Li, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Xuejun Fan, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

been used for many years and were approved effective. The firstproject was to ask each student review a technical paper in writing and give an oral presentationin class; the second one was a team project for Advanced Thermodynamics, and each team wasrequired to create and present a fifteen- to thirty- minute presentation/demonstration for a non-technical audience of their choice. More details about the projects feedback and assessmentresults were included in the paper.Based on the literature review above, although not a complete one, it is observed that many ofthe papers are for the introductory thermodynamics. In addition, only few topics on how toimprove instructional teaching are discussed. However, it is believed that the