Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

the research results in the literature and applying them to the five unitoperations discussed above to make them accessible to undergraduate chemical engineers while,at the same time, reinforcing the fundamental engineering science taught in the curriculum. Toaccomplish this objective, we are developing both lab based and class room based instruction.Integration into the lab occurs through the two required Unit Operations Laboratories (ChE 414and 415) as well as a ChE elective, Thin Film Materials Processing (ChE 444). The first quarterof the two-quarter senior lab sequence (ChE 414) is highly structured and focuses on the studentscompleting 3 unit operation experiments. We intend to have each student complete at least 1microelectronics unit

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary H. McDonald; Charles V. Knight

purchase whileUTC has spent less than $120,000 in developing the lab, with only about $60,000 being newmoney spent solely for computer software-hardware and various other types of instrumentationand sensors. The most important advantage to retrofitting is that the faculty member is involvedin developing and operating the new system. The commitment to developing the specificationsfor selecting the new instrumentation and writing the computer data acquisition applicationsoffers a rewarding learning experience. The faculty members have a greater understanding of thecomplexities and day-to-day problems that will be faced during the operation of the lab if theyhave been responsible for developing each component.The faculty members who were responsible

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Sheila Vaidya, Drexel University; Stacey Ake, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

indicated they had never encountered any ethical issues at all.When questioned further, it was clear that they considered ethics merely a “set of rules” –do’s and don’ts for specific situations. If they encounter no situation precisely described bythese rules, then no ethical issue existed.Ethics, however, is not a “set of rules”. Ethics is an inquiry into how to create a good life.Thus, ethics is a necessary part of every human decision.How can we convey the importance of ethics to our students?Our approach is based upon a problem involving communication skills. The ability tocommunicate effectively is fundamental and has also been deteriorating amongundergraduates. In response, Drexel University instituted a Writing Intensive (WI)program, by

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

David E. Clough

feasibility.Motivation for the Fluid-flow ModuleIn his established text, Process Modeling, Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers, BillLuyben describes a reservoir and exit pipe system shown in the diagram below. Page 2.31.2By writing dynamic differential equations for the volume balance in the reservoir and for themechanical energy balance in the pipe, he shows that, for a given set of design and operatingparameters, this system behaves in an underdamped manner with natural oscillations. It is easyto show that for other parameter sets, it does not, but rather behaves with overdampedcharacteristics. This simple system, with intriguing fluid dynamics

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jolly Lesley; David Radcliffe

processes and outcomes by thevarious stakeholders, are powerful drivers for more fundamental research in engineeringeducation. The two are interconnected and both embed the idea of the need to know what worksand why and how practices can be continuously improved. While the obvious focus might be inmeasuring the implementation of new practices and systems, there is an underlying expectationthat fundamental and applied research will guide these reforms. The NSF Strategic Plan in 1995identified the integration of research and education as a core strategy and Fortenberry 7foreshadowed new programs from the NSF to support educational research in Science,Mathematics, Engineering and Technology disciplines, ranging from fundamental research, toapplied

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Chin; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

today′sstudents. The main focus is to first write a laboratory manual which describes theinterdisciplinary laboratory experiences and includes the relevant theory and conceptualrelationships linking COMM, DSP and VLSI. A long term goal is to use the laboratory manual towrite a laboratory oriented textbook. Examples of laboratory based textbooks in the DSP areainclude those involving experiments with hardware boards [6][7]. However, the theoreticalbackground is rather brief in stressing the conceptual issues that tie DSP with COMM and VLSI.There is one textbook that shows concepts linking DSP and COMM [8]. It is a traditional bookdescribing the fundamentals, mathematical background and applications but which has nolaboratory component. Here is a

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University; Richard W. Moodey, Gannon University; David Arthur Nordquest, Gannon University; Krishnakishore Pilla P.E., Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

describes covert actions to includeoperations such as sensing, perceiving, imagining, understanding, judging, and deciding. Theovert actions include operations such as speaking, writing, drawing, calculating, grasping,shaping materials, and using tools. (6)Individual knowing is a precursor to the community endorsement necessary for knowledge andjustified belief to become part of the body of accepted knowledge. Both covert and overt actionshave an internal structure that Polanyi calls a from-to relation. A skillful achievement, whetherpractical or theoretical, is the to- term of this relation, and the subordinated particulars constitutethe from term. He suggests a movement metaphor for this relation when, in discussing the from-to relation in acts

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph A. Dusseau; Kauser Jahan

engineering clinic class. This class is a major hallmark ofthe Rowan engineering program. The theme of the Freshman Clinic class in the spring semester is reverseengineering of commercial products. Students in teams of four or five spend an entire semester learning aboutengineering fundamentals such as fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics and engineering materials.They are also exposed to intellectual property rights, safety and ethics, ergonomics and environmentalconsiderations in engineering design.IntroductionThe college of engineering at the Rowan University was created through a $100 million gift from Henry andBetty Rowan in 1992 to the then former Glassboro State College (1). This newly constructed state-of-the-art$28M Henry M

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Robinson; James Lewis, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter; Fei Bi Chan

Paper ID #37159Converting a First-Year Engineering, Makerspace Courseinto COVID-Necessitated Fully-Online Synchronous Deliveryand Related Student PerceptionsFei Bi ChanNicholas Hawkins (Assistant Professor)James E. Lewis (Associate Professor) James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals in the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. His research interests include parallel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology (Tablet PCs) used in the classroom.Thomas Tretter

Conference Session

Teams, Capstone Courses, and Project Based-Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Schmidt, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

basis to effectivelydevelop within a higher cognitive domain.In support of our students’ development of the strategy knowledge needed for open-endedproblem solving in a team environment, we recently introduced a new one-credit elective course(MEMS-1038) to our mechanical engineering and materials science curriculum entitled“Fundamentals of Engineering Projects” that provides a foundation for our new capstoneprogram. This elective course, open to sophomore and junior students, is focused on exposingstudents to professional and practical skills relevant to their senior capstone projects. This newcourse provides an opportunity for students to explore and evolve their professional skillsthrough a series of team-based activities tied to the capstone

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Paul Yanik, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

link reliability would be a natural progression. Still higher functions mightinclude the addition of a packetizing protocol and a form of forward error correctiondepending on predicted signal-to-noise ratios.Application in a DSP CourseThe hardware developed in our senior project can be used to address signal processing aspectsof a communications system in a digital signal processing course. The fundamentals ofsampling, A/D and D/A conversion, as well as software generation of a BPSK or QPSK signalare applicable topics to address in a DSP course.Analog-to-digital conversion can be presented to students in terms of a three-step process:sample-and-hold, quantization, and binary encoding. This process is illustrated using theexample shown in

Collection

2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Genevieve Gagnon Ph.D.

forstudents of the 21st century. There are skills we expect students to have such as writing agood report, knowing how to use Excel for graph and charts for example. We are not sureif these were taught as time is restricted and materials increased in programs. We witnesssome gaps in our students’ performances across different disciplines. Some are lackingsome basic skills and maturity.Four main issues are prevalent in the new learners of today:First, today’s generation are inundated with a never-ending stream of informationthroughout their lives. However, they receive this information in non-contiguous bits ofvisual images– often with no context or reference. Consequently they desire extensivesensory excitement, need to be entertained.Second, many

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Kaye Jones, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

propose a Fundamental Learning Integration Platform (FLIP) which creates aphysical connection between the conceptual and practical engineering concepts throughout anentire 4-year Mechanical Engineering curriculum [10]. Students were made explicitly aware ofhow each concept from their courses fits into the bigger picture through an end of semesterproject that revolved around a specific aspect of the steam engine. This concept is difficult toapply to Electrical Engineering because of the wide variety of specializations offered within themajor. While connections between areas are plentiful, creating a singular project that faculty ofall specializations will deem sufficiently applicable would be nigh impossible.Alnajjar proposes “Integrative Learning

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul D. Schreuders; Arthur T. Johnson

to be performed in a short period oftime, just prior to the due date.An alternate strategy is to assign a number of short projects throughout the semester. In thisapproach, three high intensity, short duration projects are assigned. The students must buildexpertise in an area in a matter of only a few days, requiring them to develop both research andtime management skills. In addition, because multiple projects are assigned, projects may beassigned in different disciplines and the students have several opportunities to correct theirmistakes and polish their report writing skills. However, because of their short duration theprojects must be somewhat limited in scope. Furthermore, because of the short duration of theprojects, the students

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael R. Gardner; Nina K. Telang

quizzes more quickly, writing/drawing concepts presented in class. Furthermore, theenjoyed recitation more, and had a higher perceived value of computing student should also develop oral skills, able tothe class when compared with students taught with non-SLA communicate and receive computing concepts verbally.techniques. 2.2 Language Components1. Introduction Lexis is one of a few major components in SLA. Lexis includes vocabulary (single words), collocations (e.g. busIntroduction to Computing is a course offered at the

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Yaw Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 13.347.3growth within energy-related industries, government agencies, and academia. The courses are structured to enable students to understand engineering fundamentals andapply the knowledge to solve problems in the production, processing, storage, distribution, andutilization of energy using multiple techniques as synthesis, analysis, design and case studies.Inquiry-based teaching methods and lab experiences are emphasized. The faculty research andscholarly activities are integrated into the curriculum. The program is designed to train studentsto be lifelong learners, problem solvers, and energy industry leaders. The educationalopportunities are sufficiently flexible, broad, and diverse to enable students to tailor

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahra Pournorouz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

the first attempt and a core step to encourage and motivatestudents to understand why they need to learn what they are learning. The new generation ismore adventurous and curious and can’t be forced into learning a concept or fundamental theory.Knowing the reason behind the specific education helps with their willingness and excitementtoward learning new materials. These are mini-projects because students don’t need to write afull report or essay. Instead, they must present their findings to the class in 3 – 5 minutes. Theypractice being concise and efficient.The second project involved more Thermodynamics concepts incorporated into their major ofstudy. Again, the student groups consist of different disciplines. For example, a

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Bertram Pariser

and published by Prentice Hall. Students are required to write acomposition about the current chapter each week. The students produce the compositionusing Microsoft Word. Each composition must have a header that lists the student’sname, ID number, date, title of the composition, email address, and page number (page xof y). This is necessary because when printing the compositions they can be kept inorder. Students save the first composition with a file name using their last name and thenumber of the composition (Cruz1.doc) and submit the composition by email as anattachment. It was a challenge to keep track of all the compositions. To help manage thechallenge of keeping track of ten compositions and two laboratory experiments for everystudents

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

)In academic writing and most other non-fiction genres, an abbreviated version of the problemframe serves as the introduction to the work in question. The example below is drawn from thesummary that appears at the end of the introductory chapter of Peter G. Northouse’s Leadership:Theory and Practice (2004).10 Like many textbooks, this book assumes that the readerunderstands the importance of the subject, so there is minimal treatment of the costs andconsequences associated with the destabilizing condition. The discussion does, however, definethe problem Northouse purports that his book will solve.Common Ground (relevant and established facts; assertions that audience is likely to accept;put problem in a recognizable context)In the six years

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Olubunmi Gregory Adekanmbi, Prairie View A&M University

libraries of focus: Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering Education 22.1 TaichiTaichi is a high-performance programming language embedded in Python for computer graphicsapplications. The design goals are:● Productivity and portability: easy to learn, to write, and to share● Performance: data-oriented, parallel, mega-kernels● Spatially sparse programming: save computation and storage on empty regions● Decouple data structures from

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Ahmed Abdul-Rahman, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Emmanuel Nutsuklo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Michael Brenu Osae, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

guidelines.Title Page: Title of experiment, name of author and date experiment was performed.Introduction: The introduction should contain a description of the technology on which the experiment is based. Also state some practical applications of it.Equipment: List the components/equipment used in the experiment.Procedure: Briefly describe the procedure used.Results: Provide results of the experiment.Conclusion: Write a conclusion for your work, discussing the results obtained. Include any observations made during the experiment.References: List references used where applicable.The report should be written in narrative form, and in the third person.The sample of student project shown above

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Nasser Ghariban, Virginia State University; Fedra Adnani

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, Virginia State University (VSU). There are severalfundamental issues, and we provide some solutions to these fundamental issues by reforming theIntroduction to Engineering course.The first fundamental issue is the open admission to the general population of students withdifferent mathematical skills. The curriculum of the engineering programs is much morerigorous than the other majors at VSU. Specifically, all of the engineering programs at VSU areaccredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). To maintain theaccreditation, the engineering programs are required to follow a very vigorous curriculum.Therefore, the students with weak mathematical background have difficulty to satisfy therequirements and change their major

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students per group). They had to build a night lamp given somespecifications, write a report, and give a 5-10 minute Powerpoint presentation. This exercisefostered a collaborative learning environment that facilitated student engagement where learningis active and interactive amongst themselves, their peers, and their professors inside and outsideof the classroom.PSpice, Personal Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis, is a general purposeanalog circuit and digital logic simulation software used to check the reliability of circuit designsand to predict circuit behavior. SPICE4 was originally developed at the Electronics ResearchLaboratory of the University of California at Berkeley. PSpice is a commercial version of SPICEand is now

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew J. Cline; Gary J. Powers

strong problem-solving skills, have the ability to design systemsand experiments to meet given needs, and should understand the context in which theirwork will be practiced. One question that arises from these desired outcomes is “Howwill all of this be accomplished most effectively?” Moreover, concern existed overwhether explicitly teaching these skills would come at the cost of sacrificing technicalmaterial. One step we have taken toward achieving these outcomes was to amend theeducational philosophy, objectives, and pedagogy of the lab courses. The goal is now forstudents to develop desired skills while reinforcing fundamental knowledge. Specifically,we have implemented Problem-Based Learning in order to foster specific behaviors.Students

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Ronald Lessard, Norwich University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

common program, to be reintegrated by a series of lectures tointroduce concepts and explain how to produce SE-appropriate deliverables.The framework for presenting SE content in the capstone course for non-SE majors is to presentmodules as required1 beginning in a single weekly lecture that decreased in frequency as theprojects transitioned from intensive up-front planning to longer execution tasks. The SE processoutlined in the Systems Engineering Fundamentals (SEF) guide2 was initially adopted, and isoutlined in Table 1 with an approximate correspondence to the steps in the EDP. Supplementalmaterial was also drawn from Systems Engineering Handbook,3 as well as other sources

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bin Cong, California State University at Fullerton; Christopher Ryu, California State University at Fullerton; Raman Menon Unnikrishnan, California State University at Fullerton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

requirements statement and develop specifications for a software system based on requirements. (Requirements and Specifications) CODE Write syntactically-correct source code, making appropriate use of fundamental constructs such as variables, branches, loops, and functions that solves a well-posed computational problem. Understand how computers process data, how to model domain concepts and procedures as data types and code, and how to formulate a human problem as an abstract computation. (Write codes) DESC Design software exhibiting design best practices, such as clarity, structured programming, separation of concerns, and/or design principles and patterns, and describe it clearly using

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics: Modes and Methods

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

, culminating in a recent fundamental change (Fall 2022) to teach statics in a “Studioformat” characterized by cooperative and experiential learning. My account will provide bothqualitative and quantitative data to indicate that the Studio format is effective and worthy ofcontinued use and refinement.1. Background Narrative.My first era of teaching, starting midway through my graduate studies in Theoretical and AppliedMechanics (T&AM) at Cornell University in 1997-2000, and continuing from 2001-08 in theDepartment of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, wascharacterized primarily by direct lecturing in front of a board. Indeed, with little formal training,my teaching modeled how I was taught (Felder & Brent

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishnan K. Chittur

2 hours per class wassimply too short a time for anything but a very superficial overview of process simulationtools. A fairly significant fraction of the short time we did have was spent on dealingwith some issues related to the Unix operating system.Increasing the number of hours of tutorial sessions for Aspenplus alone at junior andsophomore level classes is impractical for two reasons: a) it will take contact time wayfrom regular classes where students are taught the fundamental concepts and b) thedifficulty of running such tutorial sessions on top of other teaching responsibilities duringregular semesters.Our objectives are to help develop in students the discipline of critical thinking and theability to solve problems. The computer

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Brian Savilonis; Kent Rissmiller

, and evidence-based writing, and 3. Devote time and attention to nurture the development of professional skills including effective teamwork, time management, organization, and personal responsibility.While not explicitly patterned after ABET student outcomes [1], GPS shares similar goals, especially in ABETCriteria 3d- through 3j, e.g. the ability to function in multidisciplinary teams and to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global context.Our seminars are therefore defined by problems, not by discipline. They are interdisciplinary, not multidisciplinary.The seminar is neither a survey of engineering nor social science fundamentals. Great Problems cannot beadequately framed within a single discipline

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sergy Lyshevski; Akhouri S. C. Sinha; Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto; Mohamed El-sharkawy; Richard Pfile

is an application (electric vehiclesin this case) while different theories are covered to support this application. II. Approach2.1 Why the Electric Vehicle Platform was Selected for EE and EET Majors?In order to incorporate un-related areas such as digital signal processing (DSP), electromagnetics,energies and batteries, power electronics, fuzzy logic, and solid state devices, the electric vehicleplatform was selected. Because of the common interests between EE and EET students related tothese topics, we emphasized technical aspects of the course to be electronics fundamentals of thisapplication. In addition to being suitable for integrating the knowledge, the timeliness of thisapplication is