Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ross Staffeldt

a seemingly standard problem. Moreover, both authors are interested in results,so they also describe situations where the program fails to produce a useful result and whatrescue attempts you might make. In other words, they are oriented toward the real world, wherenot everything works all the time, and where sometimes you just have to make the best of it.Although some points are probably obvious, it won’t hurt to mention them. First, adequate helpfor students is necessary, and this includes showing the students the program in use in theclassroom frequently. Second, one should realize at the outset that use of Maple will makecomputation less tedious for all the students, while simultaneously making mathematics “harder”for many students. In

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

Building were relocated within the building.3. The faculty began to develop greater interactions with the employers of CpE graduates. An Employer Stakeholder Focus Group was formed. Formal methods were developed to solicit feedback from employers.4. This feedback led to revising the CpE curriculum. Academic program objectives were developed, and the program took on a very distinctive nature. It focused on embedded systems for control applications—i.e., both automatic control and process control. Because of the importance of communications, the program was identified as having three thrusts: computers (hardware and software), communications, and control.5. Each of the principal courses in the academic program was reviewed

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

ofComputing in Higher Education. 7(1). 3-32, 1995.9. Heyward, J. Assessment in Higher Education. 2ed. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. 222- 225, 1989.10. Keitel, C. Is there a real Chance for “Mathematics and Science for All Americans”? Proceedings of theUniversity of Chicago School Mathematics Project International Conference on Mathematics Education.National Council of teachers of Mathematics. USA. 35-48, 1992.11. Kohli, G. Maj S.P. & Veal, D. Multi-media technology – an opportunity for modern engineering education.ASEE Conference. St. Louis, MO. USA. 2000.12. Kumar, S. & Jalkio J. Teaching Mathematics from an Applications Perspective. Proceedings of the 1998conference American Society for Engineering Education. Seattle, Washington, USA

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Orthlieb

conferences and by participation on technical committees that develop application codesor material and process standards - an important activity in our market-driven economy. These organizationsusually have very strong industrial bases that employ many engineers, and several sponsor annual undergraduatestudent design competitions that can serve as excellent vehicles for team and/or capstone design projects thataddress challenging problems under real constraints of time and budget. A number of industry-based multidsciplinary groups that are organized around a particular class ofindustrial material or process also advertise grants to faculty for research that addresses topics of continuingconcern or that holds promise of expansion into new

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin H. Lovgren; Michael J. Racer; Anna P. Phillips

effort. In the last section, we provide someconclusions and identify our directions for the future.II. INSE - A Historical PerspectiveThis section discusses the evolution of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (INSE) Programat The University of Memphis from a graduate program to a combined undergraduate/graduateprogram. INSE began as a graduate program. In the early 1970’s, a group of industryrepresentatives approached the university expressing the need for a program to teach systemsengineering skills to people in industry who possessed technical knowledge in other areas.These local industries provided the first students as well as the adjunct faculty to teach thecourses. Thus, the connection to the "real world" was established at INSE’s

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivek Badami; Mike Allen; Johnny Graham; Howard Phillips; David Schmidt; Curtis Ensley; Art Edwards; Silvia G. Middleton; Kimberly A. Buch; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley

course culminates in team presentations which are evaluated and scored by facultyfrom participating departments. Extensive evaluation of the course by students and faculty haveled to improvements such as decreasing the number of assignments, coordinating assignmentsamong participating faculty, and linking the assignments more closely to the semester project. ENGR 1202 continues the emphasis on team skills and incorporates a discipline-specificlaboratory component. Students choose laboratory sections corresponding to their majors and areassigned to teams which carry over to the common classroom sessions. In the disciplinary labsstudents are given instruction in the application of an introductory topic (such as engineeringgraphics or a

Conference Session

Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

, this pedagogy often takes a form illustrated by a Modelof Project-Based Community Engagement [4] and has been growing in popularity for capstonedesign courses and other applications [5,6]. Previous findings have shown significant benefits fromcommunity-engaged learning experiences in developing a broad range of skills that are critical forengineers [7], including teamwork and communication [8], becoming self-directed and life-longlearners [9], and developing design skills [10]. However, there have also been calls for additionalresearch on the perspectives of community partners as well as holistic assessments of programs[11].Within this space, Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) is one of the largest players, with5,600 student participants

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 3 - Diversity

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

get us Arduinos, he also got us $100 budgets for our project. The teaching style was excellent and the grading was clear and fair with some extra credit offered.” (2) “I loved the project that we were assigned to do. I think it was a great way to have the students apply their knowledge of digital circuits to a real-life application.” (3) “The course was fun, extremely relevant to real world applications” (4) “I think the labs and project was the strength of this course. I learned the most from these aspects as they were a good challenge to the group.” (5) “Have a more in-depth lecture over the coding of an Arduino as it’s very contingent on the success of the class as it’s part of the final

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

how to explain my decisions.As shown in Table 1, there were separate set of self-efficacy questions for freshmen and seniorsbecause their levels of exposure to research and education in engineering ethics are likely to bedifferent. In other words, seniors would have more education and experience in ethics comparedto freshmen due to additional coursework and industry internships. Seniors will soon have toface the real-world where they may be presented with ethically challenging decisions whereasthe freshmen have just entered college without any real exposure to engineering ethics education.However, the high school experience and demographic questions were the same for all students.The following sections present the analysis results related to

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

non-EE students who wish to learn more about electronics without having to digest extensive theory and math. • Gets students building circuits from the start, with little theoretical introduction. • Lets students experience early in their careers the non-idealities of real-world engineering, and demonstrates the utility of simple rule-of-thumb design. • Appears to have students complete the subject with a positive impression of engineering as a field of study. • Can be readily taught by a graduate student or an advanced undergraduate, enabling large numbers of students to take the subject without taxing a limited (and over-worked) faculty and staff.Its weaknesses include that it: • Is somewhat more

Conference Session

Modeling and Problem-Solving

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

; teachers are facilitators or guides; problems are the organizing focus andstimulus for learning; problems are the vehicle for the development of clinical problem-solvingskills; and new information is acquired through self-directed learning.While these inductive instructional methods lead to positive educational gains, confusion existsin interpreting their names and terms. For example, problem-based learning usually refers to ill-structured real-world problems. This may be confused with open-ended in-class academicproblems. The same difficulty applies to case studies that commonly utilize real-life situationsand cases. The author uses the term “active learning project” instead of using PBL to avoid suchconfusion with the established literature

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Penny Hirsch; Ann McKenna

’ confidence levels change during our freshman engineeringdesign program. Results from our study provide valuable information about our students, andone perspective for evaluating the effectiveness of our freshman program, EDC.Background on Engineering Design and CommunicationEngineering Design and Communication (EDC) is a required course for all engineering studentsat Northwestern. EDC is designed and taught by faculty from both the engineering school andthe university's Writing Program. In EDC, students work in small teams to tackle real-worlddesign problems brought to them by individuals, not-for-profit organizations, entrepreneurs andindustry. Students learn about the design process, about written, spoken, and graphicalcommunication, and about

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan

customized survey. Results of the survey for the Fall 2002offering will be presented later in comparison with results from an identical survey administeredduring the Fall 2003 offering. The evaluations were generally positive for the initial (2002)offering, especially with regard to learning how to work in project teams. But the instructor feltthat the conventional approach he followed during this initial offering allowed little opportunityfor the students to integrate their knowledge and apply it to a real-world project related to thestudents' majors. The revised course offering in Fall 2003 addressed this problem.Revised Offering, Fall 2003 Over the summer and fall of 2003, we used CCLI project funds to develop and buildhardware and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri

broad acceptance of RE in the software industry today isthe widespread belief that major effort in software development lies in programming and testing.Our students have similar perceptions and beliefs and like some seasoned practitioners, aremore interested in “how” to solve problems instead of discovering “what” to solve, i.e.gathering the requirements. This paper details how working on “real” industrial projects withexternal clients for the first time in unfamiliar domains, spending an entire term writingdocuments (instead of programming), being cognizant of ethical issues, and having to deal withambiguous and conflicting customer requirements made this course very different andchallenging for students. The challenges faced by the instructor

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Cook, Northern Arizona University; Perry G. Wood, Northern Arizona University; Theodore A. Uyeno, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

biology/engineering problem not onlygives undergraduate engineering students expertise in communicating with non-engineers, butalso real-world experience in the use of skills learned in introductory design courses. The designcourses that were completed by our sophomore mechanical engineering student provided amplebackground to successfully perform almost all the design process skills that we evaluated.Outside of these design courses, only an introductory series of tutorials in biological theory andmedical imaging was required to brainstorm and select a viable design concept. As such, we feelthat interdisciplinary projects are quite feasible at the sophomore level and could be implementedon a larger scale. Thus, based on our experience, we

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University; Joe Orczyk, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

delivery including self-paced independent study, asynchronous interactive Page 22.1134.3learning, synchronous learning, and a combination of online and in-person delivery. Evidencesupporting the advantages of interaction between learners8 and synchronous interaction betweenstudents and faculty9 guided the faculty to select real-time class delivery. The synchronouslydelivered classes meet two evenings each week in 3 hour time blocks.The synchronous delivery platform is Adobe Connect (previously known as MacromediaBreeze). Connect is an Internet based real-time videoconferencing system utilizing Flashtechnology to integrate audio, video, text based

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

accomplished within a class period. Testing will involvesampling each basin and measuring turbidity. Based upon the measured turbidity, the coagulantdose, and the basin size, design entries will earn a project profit. A spreadsheet will be used tosummarize the results of the in-class testing once all the measurements are taken.Summary and Conclusions Our second semester freshmen engineering course has since 2002 included design,engineering analysis, and computer programming components. The culminating design projectattaches the engineering analysis and programming to a hands-on, real-world design project.Based on our experience and assessment, the existing project has many desirable characteristics.Beginning in the current semester, we will

Conference Session

FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Husted, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Judith Virginia Gutierrez; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Page 24.922.6  Creativity is an integral part of the studied course; CE, FE, and EE students are exposed to awide number of ideas to develop their creativity while enhancing their problem solving abilities.The use of real-world examples and two major projects allow students to directly apply thesuggested problem solving heuristic, which is the backbone of one of the textbooks for thecourse (Strategies for Creative Problem Solving by Fogler, LeBlanc, and Rizzo20). Figure 3. Introduction to Chemical, Food, and Environmental Engineering Design concepts session didactical structure as well as teaching and learning strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Levert; Andy Grosso

, which included several key elements that are vital to any successful design. Students worked directly with their customers who were not engineers. This enabled the students to hone their communications skills in a diverse human environment. The students’ design challenge was real and practical without an obvious solution. This open-ended designFig

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ronald P. Uhlig

rolled out tousers or customers. To remain viable, businesses need to deliver real working systems, processes,components or programs and associated updates. To remain employed or to successfully continue theireducation, graduates need to know how the implementation process works and to both do it themselvesand work with those who are doing it. Therefore, SO #3 is a primary contributor to PEO #1.New ideas and new technologies can dramatically influence the implementation process. As graduatesgrow their abilities, they also grow their ability to participate successfully in continuing education as theyrecognize what new ideas and technologies can be used to improve implementation processes, to makethem faster, less expensive, or closer to meeting

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siddharthsinh B Jadeja, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Corey T Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; A Lynn Stephens

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

present, technology interventions have spread inmost domains, including education. While AI experts are involved in designing intelligent systemsfor education and knowledge, learning scientists are interested in learning in real-worldenvironments [1] proposed a complex system at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) andLearning Sciences (LS) which sheds light on how to design software that can address the learner'sneeds to interact with that environment [2]. The complex system in [2] illustrates the advantage ofsimulation, but in real-world situations such a system faces challenges. In early literature,Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) were used to create a learning environment, give support,provide feedback on requests, and evaluate

Conference Session

Capstone Design in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, Erebus Labs; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

offuture ECE and CS students and professionals, we as a community need to develop pathways thatgo beyond traditional robotics and gaming-centric. We need to continue to develop interest in thefield by exposing students of all ages to the real world applications and societal impacts ofcomputing, and we need to build their confidence and foundational skills without requiringfoundations in high-level abstract thinking skills to get started. We need to engage our students inthe possibilities of computing not just in K-12, but into college as well.Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the members of the “A Block of Code” capstone team: Nathan Bryant,Daniel Frister, Tyler Hart, Jacob Mickiewicz, and Greg Stromire; their ECE faculty advisor

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katharina Schuster, RWTH Aachen University; Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

professionalenvironment. A proper knowledge transfer is an important precondition for engineers to actcompetently and to solve different kinds of problems. However, due to the increasing numberof study paths as well as the specialization of particularly technical oriented classes, there is aneed for the integration of new media into the curriculum of most students [1]. Thus, thevisualization of educational content in order to explain theory more concrete and tangible hasgained importance. To prepare students adequately for new situations in their work life,virtual reality (VR) can be an effective instrument for learning and teaching processes. Byimitating real-world processes, professional skills can be developed, increased or maintained.Especially if the

Conference Session

Mechanics Classroom Demonstrations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Steven David Wood, Utah State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

; funds of knowledge; physical and digital manipulatives and their application in engineering courses; engineering identity; cultures of engineering; retention, recruitment, and outreach for underrepresented minorities in STEM; and engineering discursive practices.Dr. Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University Wade Goodridge, Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University, has taught Solid Modeling, CAD, Introductory Electronics, Surveying, Statics, teaching and Learning, Assessment and Evaluation, and Introductory Engineering courses at Utah State University. Goodridge has been teaching for the Utah State College of Engineering for more than 15 years. He holds dual

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Programs for the Future

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anuj Mittal, Iowa State University; Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University; Caroline C. Krejci, University of Texas at Arlington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

five simulated weeks. The net profit at the end of week fivewas calculated using the profit equation shown in Figure 9.After each team calculated its net profit, the students were asked why they thought they madeloss or profit and what strategy they could have adopted to increase their profit. The activity wasthen repeated, giving the students a chance to improve their performance. At the end of theactivity, a real-world example was discussed with the students to explain how industrialengineers help stores to maximize their profits by forecasting demand for millions of items andcalculating appropriate inventory levels. Figure 10 shows a snapshot of a student team thatparticipated in the activity. Figure 10: Middle school students

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech; Seungmo Kim, Georgia Southern University; Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech; Carl B. Dietrich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

results and industry practices into the classroom as well as using research results to inform engineering practice.Dr. Seungmo Kim, Georgia Southern UniversityDr. Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech Vuk Marojevic received his M.S. from the University of Hannover, Germany, and his Ph.D. from the Universidad Polit`ecnica de Catalunya—Barcelona Tech, Spain, both in electrical engineering. He joined Wireless@Virginia Tech in 2013, where he is currently a Research Assistant Professor. His research interests are in software-defined radio, spectrum sharing, 4G/5G cellular technology, wireless testbeds and testing, resource management, wireless security, and engineering education with application to mission- critical networks

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; William F. Resh, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

and more critically on what issues could arise later on in the project and how to approach them if they do arise. I believe my experience in the ISD project has helped me realize the importance of testing. In my MSE250 course, the final lab was about using various tests learned throughout the course to determine what kind of metal it was. The ISD project testing was similar in order to determine the capacity of the electric bike. Yes, dynamics. It was cool to see how course work can be used in real-world applications. Yes, it helped me understand all the steps and how much teamwork really has to go into the idea and designs of a project. I also feel like it helped to understand what

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Oudshoorn, High Point University; Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., High Point University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

program at High Point University. As the math-ematics department is essentially focused on pure, theoretical mathematics, working with math-ematics faculty to streamline some purely theoretical topics and add practical applications of thenecessary mathematics to real-world, engineering problems presents a challenge.3 BenefitsDelivering an engineering program within the context of a liberal arts education has some signifi-cant benefits. These are addressed below.3.1 Professional SkillsThere are many skills that are inherent within a liberal arts education which provide significantvalue to a graduate of a professional degree. These “professional” skills include: • Oral and Written Communication • Critical Thinking • Information Gathering and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the Philadelphia area. In allcases the “language of engineering” for each discipline is introduced. The case study culminatedin a visit to the construction site guided by the project’s construction managers. Studentsascended the 11 story building to inspect the structural, mechanical and electrical systems. Atthe time of the visit the building was enclosed; however, key building systems were still visible.Assignments • Drawing – use “Sketch-up” to construct a building with given dimensions on a site. Construct perspective and orthometric views with floor plans and sections. Move the building onto a real site using Google Earth. • Site Conditions – use building layout to determine fraction of site covered by building’s

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Perry Parendo, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Thiscompressed academic schedule can result in compressed learning opportunities5.Our Solution to the ChallengesSeveral of our program characteristics address these issues to build a capstone class whichbridges to industry. After several years of experimentation, the University of St Thomas hasconverged on a model of using multidisciplinary student teams working on industrial projectswith faculty advisor/ consultants and a non-faculty industry coordinator acting as director ofengineering. The industry coordinator is seen as a credible authority to the students with respectto real world employer expectations. The industry coordinator provides outside mediation offaculty differences, assignment of resources and a normalizing factor for lectures and