Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ruane

intuitive user interface. Finally students mustdevise a control plan to navigate a rally course in the lobby of the engineering building. The"final exam" is their rally performance.IntroductionHelping freshman engineering students become familiar with the “real world” practice ofengineering while meeting heavy first-year curriculum requirements has been a continuingchallenge1,2. At Boston University this problem is addressed with a required 4 credit course,"Introduction to Engineering", organized as two half-semester modules. The course is offeredeach semester to half of the freshmen class. The other half takes a required course onengineering computation. Typically 8-12 faculty from the College's four departments offermodules. Other recent modules

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra K. Varma

Session 1148 Applying the Rigors of Internship Principles to a Successful Co-Op Design Virendra K. Varma, Ph.D., P.E. Missouri Western State CollegeAbstract: The major purpose of an internship is to develop an individual’s occupationalcompetence by application of theoretical knowledge attained through successful completion ofcourse work which is related to the individual’s profession. An internship provides a linkbetween theory and practice, and gives an individual a first-hand experience of involvement inreal jobs. Problem-solving skills are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting; Tom Weller, University of South Florida

Characterization (see Table2), which required students to combine skill sets in new ways. It involved a procedure thatrequired planning the experiment, programming the wireless nodes to establish a wireless linkand exchange packets, gathering the RSSI data using two wireless transceivers, transmitting thedata to a PC via serial communication, importing, analyzing, visualizing, and interpreting the(noisy) data, and inferring a parameter (the channel propagation loss exponent) using statisticaltools. There was no “correct” answer, and the datasets were sometimes unpredictable, confusingor incomplete. Most of the experiments proved to be “messy” in this way; we contend this isgood, since students learn how design and test work in real-world

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University; David Shernoff, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

/motorcycle model to the game. We have built our video game on top of an existing open-source game called Torcs (www.torcs.org). Torcs provides the game framework and graphicsengine for our game. It synchronizes our simulations so that they run in real time, and it givesEduTorcs the look and feel of commercial video games similar to Need for Speed or GranTurismo. See Figure 1 for screen shots of the game.   Figure 1: Screen shots from the game EduTorcs. Even with all its similarities, students normally do not “play” EduTorcs like a traditional videogame. They primarily interact with the game through a software interface that we have

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Pedro Cordeiro Povoa Cupertino, Wichita State University; Adam Carlton Lynch, Wichita State University

its programsremain confidential. This confidentiality makes it more difficult for industry stakeholders toidentify key challenges and align their efforts with defense needs.Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)Cyber-Physical Systems combine computing, communication, and physical processes tomonitor and control real-world environments9, as represented in Figure 2. In this context, CPS Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Copyright  2025, American Society for Engineering Education 3may face different challenges such as

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Craig Stringer

application of what we learned in class lectures helped to understand how the ideas are used in the real world. I think it is great when personal experiences can be incorporated with the lectures or projects so that we have an idea of what to expect and how to use what we learned later in our lives.  The lectures incorporated with hands on engineering proved to be very informative and interesting.  I think that the design projects (toys) and Solid Works classes helped a lot. It gave me a better feel for what engineers might have to go through. The lectures, although long, they really helped too. You had the experience and you know what’s going on, which i

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Yakov Cherner; Gary Mullett

with partial support from the National Science Foundation.Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLCYAKOV E. CHERNER, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of ATEL, LLC. He combines over 25 years of teachingexperience with extensive experience in writing curricula and developing educational software and efficientinstructional strategies. Dr. Cherner develops new concepts and simulation-based e-learning tools for STEMeducation that use real-world objects, processes and learning situations as the context for science, engineering andtechnology investigations. He also proposed and implemented the pioneering concept of integrated adjustable virtuallaboratories and designed easy-to-use authoring tools to create such labs. Dr. Cherner holds an MS in

Collection

2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Cristinel Ababei; Anca M. Miron

engineer) interviews. These interviews play the role ofperformance reviews, similarly, to how such reviews are conducted in real world companies.Their objective is to privately provide each student feedback about their performance andrecommendations on how to improve their performance. The individual performance reviewswere conducted approximately in the middle of the semester, upon the completion of the firstproject.When designing the idea of the company-like teaching approach presented in this paper, wefocused on capitalizing on three behavioral and psychological processes: 1) fostering self-learning, 2) engaging students more and enabling them to be pro-active and competition-aware,and 3) enabling a smoother transition from full-time student to

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Jeff Ashworth; Will Quinn

ofthe boundary conditions or required assumptions, the student will not fully comprehend or be able toapply the technique to real world problems after graduation. Many of the major university engineeringprograms familiar to the authors have reduced the student design experience from an entire vehicle toonly designing a small component of the overall product. The students may then use one solutionroutine for the component without having knowledge of the “best” solution for the entire product.Without being exposed to a variety of solution techniques and product integration, the student may notchoose an appropriate solution. Instructors in these programs are giving the students the how, withoutinstilling the knowledge of what or why.To connect the

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Amanda Zielkowski; Melody Baglione; David Wootton

students connect course theory to real-world systems. energy considerations and head loss calculations. Faculty andThe time constant of a fluid system consisting of a tank, inlet undergraduate research assistants are redesigning theflow, and outlet flow through a valve is determined by the Feedback Control Systems course to include a significantresistance and tank area. The valve resistance is non-linear and laboratory component.depends on the flow rate and tank level. Both the time constantaround an operational point and the average time constant This project is part of a larger initiative that

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Kidd, State University of New York Maritime College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

these communities or written about thesecommunities to gain a deeper understanding of the impacts. The goal of this course will be forstudents to see their future engineering work in a broader societal context.The Sustainable Ethics by Design course will be offered during the sophomore year to satisfy aHumanities general education requirement. It will introduce philosophical lenses and theirapplication to real-world scenarios. Case-study evaluations of engineering choices will beutilized to discuss situations where solutions are ambiguous. An example would be discussingthe use of male-representing and female-representing crash test dummies. In short, femaledrivers are more 73% more likely to be injured and 17% more likely to be killed in an

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 1: Integrating AI, VR, and MR in Engineering Lab Experiences

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Yitong Zhao, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Juliana Lynn Fuqua, Cal Poly Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and acts as anon-player character (NPC) in Unity. The AI provides personalized guidance, answers students’questions, and makes course faculty aware of specific skill and knowledge gaps. This pilot studyaims to evaluate the effectiveness of the AI-assisted VR lab in improving students' experience,understandings, and performance in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics courses, as well asbridging the equity gap between underrepresented minority (URM) and non-URM students.Below in Picture 3, the real-world lab space is shown next to the virtual lab space. Picture 3 the actual and virtual lab spacesEvaluationTo evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the proposed technology, a mixed methods approachcombining

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deng Cao, Central State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

toolkit that can create various signal processing blocks and can be combinedwith external RF frontend to create SDR, or work alone in a simulation-like environment.Due to the high flexibility of GNU Radio, it is widely used in academic and commercialenvironments to support wireless communication research and real world radio systems.Thus, using USRP and GNU Radio, SDR based laboratory modules can be created in amore affordable and evolvable manner.2. Laboratory EstablishmentIn 2013, Central State University were funded by a collaborative NSF TUES type IIproject. The major goal of the project is to develop a suite of evolvable SDR basedexperiments and laboratories, and demonstrate its capability and adaptability in threeinstitutions: Wright State

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

a week earlier). Both the PRB and the industry mentor providesuggestions to improve the quality of the design proposals.In the second senior design course, student teams continue in the implementation phase, workingclosely with their advisors on their design project while employing all steps in the engineeringdesign process in the production of a working prototype. Teams are required to submit a writtenprogress report and give an oral presentation to the members of the PRB at the middle of thesemester. This way, the department insures that there is sufficient time in the process forrevisions to be made, thereby supporting the iterative nature of real-world design and make

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

with the home, it uses machine-learning algorithms and remote responses to achieve autonomous control. ILA consists ofmultiple remote modules with unique network identifiers installed throughout the home. Theseremote modules communicate with a single centrally located base station.The base station, in turn will communicate with the home computer, tablet, or other Internet-connected devices. Communication between ILA’s base station and remote modules present real-time statistics at the fingertips of the user enabling them to track and control energy usage. Thetracking and statistics could be accessed either with the home computer or across the Internetwith an application-based program on any smart device. The user also has the ability to set up

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd R. Hamrick, West Virginia University; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Kristin Brewster, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

academia after a 22-year engineering career in industry. During his career, Dr. Hamrick served in a broad range of positions in- cluding design, product development, tool and die, manufacturing, sales, and management. His teaching style brings practical, innovative, experience-based learning to the classroom, where hands-on projects that reflect real-world applications are valued by students. His teaching interests include active learning, robotics, and study abroad.Dr. Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University Lizzie Y. Santiago, Ph.D., is a teaching assistant professor for the freshman engineering program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a Ph.D. in chemical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Festus Ogbaisi, Jacksonville University; Martins Slaboh, Jacksonville University; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Maria Javaid, Jacksonville University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

show that 77% of students got 70% of the scores or above which is a common standard of the ABET accreditation; 4. The field trip is a direct way for students to interact with the real world [10-11]. We always heard the good feedback from students during the past years; 5. To our knowledge, the career track piece is unique in this introductory course. Students showed their interests in this Woofound survey and qualitatively provided positive feedback about the results of the survey.A couple of students’ comments about the teamwork they learnt from this course are cited asfollows:Student A comments: “The materials provided by the instructor was helpful. The materialsprovided helped me understand the nature of job I was

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Technology and Society,3. Understanding of Design,4. Abilities for a Technological World, and5. Understanding of the Designed World.From the beginning, our MESA center developed multiple activities inspired by these standardsto expand students’ technical literacy and increase their awareness of various engineering andtechnical careers. Over the years, the MESA program membership and student participationhave grown steadily. Our students have developed extended social support networks through theSTEM-focused clubs like Mexican American Engineers and Scientists-Latinos in Science andEngineering (MAES), Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans inScience (SACNAS), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and Society of Physics

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dennis O'Connor, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

benefit to practicing the engineering design process in a real-world setting. Asstudents learn the curriculum to design engineering solutions, tangible assignments such asproduct emulation [5] may bridge the connections between theory and application. Otherexamples include a vending machine [6] and water turbine [7]. Furthermore, software and itspractice [8], [9], [10] play a critical role is supporting the engineering analysis due to the level ofcomplexity often reached in analysis. Lastly, there is perhaps no better teaching moment thanwhen a student attempts to make/machine the very thing that they designed. That is supportingstudents for machining experience [11] undoubtedly improves their engineering design skills.II. AssignmentFor the Fall

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shreya Gupta, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis; Dong Gyun Kim, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis; Victoria Kang Li Xu, Bit Project, College of Engineering, UC Davis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

classroom. Forundergraduate engineering students, working with and mentoring younger students is a way todevelop strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills. Bit Project consolidateslogistics for outreach into one organization and gives students a chance to apply undergraduateengineering education into real-life scenarios. The various outreach events create a platform forstudents who want to take time to connect with their communities. Promoting undergraduatestudents’ involvement in primary education encourages students to pursue professional educationdegrees and provides prospective educators with classroom experience.Due to the rise of technical careers and increasing demand for job applicants with strong STEMbackgrounds

Collection

2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Penn State Harrisburg; Anilchandra Attaluri, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Ma'moun Abu-Ayyad

encourage students to become partof multidisciplinary teams that work on such projects. The paper also summarizes challenges andshares relevant information about the supervision and evaluation of team members and their finalpresentation and report.IntroductionThe most recent ABET general criteria states that engineering curricula must include aculminating major engineering design experience that incorporates appropriate engineeringstandards and multiple constraints [1]. The criteria also define a team as one that is workingtoward a common goal and should include individuals of diverse backgrounds, skills, orperspectives. As a result, multidisciplinary teams that address real-world complex problems areincreasingly emphasized in capstone engineering

Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair Rowley, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Thomas Bazzoli, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

disciplines. One of these has to be engineering, as engineers are trained in thepractical application of science and technology to meet human needs. This paper presents part ofour efforts to enlighten our freshman engineering students on these problems. Modifications toan existing freshman course are briefly described that involve global warming issues, with theprimary focus of the paper being on the students’ perceptions. A pre-course instrument with 20 questions was used to obtain students’ perceptions on theimportance of global warming as a problem, if they can have an impact, and if anything canreally be done about it. The same instrument was given at the end of the course to help measurethe impact of the course content that focused on global

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Schaffer, Purdue University; Kimfong Lei, Purdue University; Lisette Reyes, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University

includingquestionnaires, interviews, and focus groups. First, a comparative, multiple case study designwas used to select 2 teams from 35 teams in a university community engagement program.This program is designed to give teams of undergraduate students with active learningexperiences within real world contexts. Student teams work with advisors and clients to defineproject scope, create alternative designs, and develop, test, and implement solutions. Themultiple cases were analyzed for the purpose of theoretical replication, which either (a)predicts similar results or (b) produces contrasting results but for predictable reasons. Thedevelopment of a rich, theoretical framework is an important step in all of these replicationprocedures21. Multiple cases were

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; James Kamman, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Mohammed Elsamawal, Western Michigan University; Michael Desjardins, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

likely to face in successful completion of these projects.IntroductionCapstone design faculty increasingly seeks corporate sponsorship and involvement in seniorprojects, recognizing the value for students in responding to “real-world” needs, expectations,and constraints1. Motivation for students is enhanced when they see themselves solving agenuine problem for a real client2, 3, and interaction with sponsors exposes students to demandsand requirements not typically encountered in usual lab settings. Both this motivation and therigor of project requirements can be heightened when the industry-based senior project is part ofa larger competition4 . This paper discusses one such project, undertaken for Parker HannifinCorporation’s national

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Haman, University of Detroit Mercy; Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy; Will Wittig, University of Detroit Mercy; David Chew, University of Detroit Mercy; Krysten Dzwigalski, University of Detroit Mercy; Chris Keimig; Meghann Mouyianis, University of Detroit Mercy; Tim Rourke, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, Terence, and Swenson, Ron, “A ‘Real-World’ Examination of PV Systems Design and Performance,” presented at the 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference and Exhibition, 2005.2. Duffie, John A. and Beckman, William A., Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, John Wiley & Sons, 1980. Page 12.122.17

Conference Session

Integration of Manufacturing and Society

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Dunston, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Garth V Crosby, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

involved in discussions; voice recordings of lectures, problem-solving examples, etc.; providing timely feedback on assignments; and opening the course with an ice-breaker. • Try to relate material in the course, as much as possible, to real-world experiences and examples. A significant number of graduate students taking online courses have work experience or are currently working and value content that is directly applicable to their jobs. • Set clear guidelines for discussion questions and interact regularly so that students don’t get “off topic”, which creates a rapport among students but does not contribute to the intellectual nature of the assignment. • Utilize case studies that

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

and learn when you read the sources.  Most were very high level or specific to a particular company.  Shorter than a full research paper is good.  IMO smaller papers are easier to write and between all of them contain a variety of topics.  I would choose to agree with this since I don't read about security often.  I really liked these. They really showed how the topics related to the real world.  The smaller reviews helped give a broader view of security as a whole.  A research paper would have been more effective in my opinion.  Article review assignments allowed me to read about a broader range of topics.  IEEE articles were too long and tough to read, felt

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Smith; Wayne Walter

objectives:• Support the overall goals of the Honors Program at the Institute: to provide specially- designed experiential activities to meet the educational, career, and personal objectives of RIT’s most talented students.• Support the primary theme of the honors program in the College of Engineering: multidisciplinary design in a global environment.• Better prepare students for careers as product development engineers: interaction with customers, discovery (identification of needs and opportunities), multidisciplinary teams and organizational dynamics, systems thinking, application of tools and principles to real design problems, and appreciation for the product development process.• Do feasibility testing, as a precursor to

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

of chaos and risk leavestudents frustrated by what they see as the lack of structure of a real-world project. They areunsure how to cope in situations where clear instructions and step-by-step procedures have beenreplaced by multi-tasking, frequent shifts in direction, uncertain timelines, and inconsistentexpectations. They may become impatient with learning patterns exhibited by team members thatconflict with their own. The situation is further compounded by the high technical preference thatmany of them have, which in addition to the hands-on, problem-solving aptitudes listed above, hasother significant hallmarks. Although the technical learner is distinguished by a love of challenges,which serves the Junior/Senior Clinic student well, he

Conference Session

Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Haishan Zheng; Jason Keith

conduction in slabs, cylinders and spheres, Heislercharts for unsteady state heat transfer, and reaction and diffusion in porous catalyticsubstrates. They provide students with a dynamic observation of heat and masstransfer process unavailable in traditional textbooks. Educators and instructors can usethese tools to enhance students understanding of the concepts of heat and masstransfer.IntroductionAs many efforts are being applied to the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW)in the chemical engineering curriculum, WWW shows a growing significance in theengineering classroom, especially with the advent of web-based instructional tools.These web-based instructional tools are JAVA applet programs that are run by theJAVA Virtual Machine that is