Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

diagnostics & dielectrophoresis.Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University Dr. Keisha Walters earned her PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2005 from Clemson University. She also holds an MS degree in Chemical Engineering and a BS degree in Biological Sciences from Clemson. Her work involves the surface modification of materials and the development of both stimuli-responsive and biomass-based polymeric materials. Central to her research in polymer and surface engineering is the design and synthesis of molecules with well-defined chemical functionality and molecular architecture. Fundamental research activities of her group include polymer synthesis, surface modification, grafting chemistries, and

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 4: Innovation in Engineering Education Methods

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

the classwork Student 4: I usually look over class notes and lectures, if recorded (because some professors don’t record), and go through chapter-by-chapter and write down any equations we used in class or in problems. Then I go through and add anything I feel I will forget because of the stress of the exam. Student 5: I start by reviewing notes, highlighting key equations and points. I then work through example problems to ensure that the equation sheet is adequate, and to verfiy (sic) that no other material needs to be added. Student 6: I look through lecture notes and pull the key concepts from each class period. Student 7: I go through the notes and practice problems and write down what looks/is

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Cox, The University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, The University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

impact of library services.Mission, Objective, and IndicatorsThe literature [1], [4], [7] makes the argument that data collected must have a use and an endgoal in mind; not just collected for the sake of collection. Markless and Streatfield [9] go intodetail for a framework to begin to think about data collection purposefully. Their approach hasthree steps – having or writing a mission, developing objectives, and determining indicators.Step one is having or writing a mission statement [9]. Library systems, colleges, and universitieshave different and unique mission statements. For this step it is not necessary to create somethingnew just using what exists as a place to begin. The mission statement(s) should act as a focusarea for where the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Therese A. Mylan; Ravi K. Ghai; Kim LaScola Needy; Gary E. Rafe; Bopaya Bidanda

a case-study deployment of the distributed virtual laboratory in the context ofcontinuing education and training. The objective of this case-study deployment will be to assessthe DVL’s effectiveness in this setting. The industrial engineering management consulting firmH.B. Maynard and Company offers the week-long Fundamentals of Work Measurement course14at its Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, training center approximately once per month throughout theyear. The maximum enrollment for this course is 10. When sufficient demand exists, multiplesessions of the course may be offered, though not concurrently. Participants in this course comefrom various industry segments. Thus, we expect ample opportunity to study the DVL with adiverse subject

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Doyle St.John

rather what not to cover.3. A Laboratory Course in SensorsThis is a senior level, undergraduate, 2-credit laboratory course about sensors and sensorsystems. There are a number of experiments involving prototyping electronic circuits, using avariety of electronic instrumentation, writing computer code in Visual Basic (VB), datacollection, graphing, analysis, and report writing. In addition to the experiments a term projectis required which will include a written report and oral presentation. The course has beenoffered three times and while the scope of the course has not wandered it has evolved in termsof the balance amongst the time dedicated to the physics of sensors, experimental techniques,signal conditioning electronics, computer interfacing

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darren K Maczka, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

questionable use of class time: the language and paradigm students are taughtwill likely not be the same they are asked to use in their first job post-graduation. However, if weacknowledge that learning to program is more than simply learning to write code, and inparticular, if we draw on work from the early era of computing which closely linkedprogramming to problem solving and cognitive skills, we can argue that regardless of language orparadigm, learning to program may actually be a way to learn to problem solve, organizeknowledge, and reason about processes.At the dawn of the computing revolution, visionaries predicted that computers had the potential to“augment the human intellect”,8 a much more expansive view than simply becoming tools

Conference Session

Simulations and Visualizations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

transport, deposition and removal. • Experimental study of particle transport, deposition and removal. • Industrial applications of particle transport, deposition and removal.The front page of the course web is shown in Figure 1. The lecture notes and thecalculations models are uploaded into the course web and are available in both pdf formas well as html form.Module I: Fundamental concepts: In Module I, the descriptions of fundamental theory of aerosols includinghydrodynamic forces (drag, lift), and adhesion forces are described. The nature ofparticle adhesion and removal are also discussed. This module also contains thedescription of particle interaction with laminar flow, Brownian motion process, andparticle deposition by

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Thermodynamics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheldon Jeter, Georgia Institute of Technology

and entropy laws andmass conservation are introduced, and the resulting equation simplified. Undergraduates cansurely appreciate and benefit from this approach. Indeed, their approach is almost purelymathematical and results in an unambiguous exergy equation with no additional physicalarguments. However, an even simpler approach is possible as outlined in an upcoming sectionfollowing a quick review of the concept of a “dead state” and the related “medium” or inertambient surrounds of the system. Both of these concepts are fundamentally important in exergytheory and application.Given the basic preparation needed to understand and appreciate the FEE, at least threeapproaches to its derivation are feasible (1) the typical textbook presentation

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

. The use of the developed system has also been demonstrated through a casestudy. This environment has proven to be a valuable educational tool for understanding theeffect of various modulation parameters for different digital modulation techniques. In thismanner, the package can easily be used as a computer-aided teaching facility in a digital and datacommunication course, where the visual stimulus is important in grasping the underlyingprinciples and concepts. This environment can also be used in conjunction with handouts andPowerPoint presentations to make the ideas and fundamental concepts more clear. It alsoremoves the need for a technology student to write software code to implement the modulationtechniques, which are sometimes difficult

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James A. Ejiwale

9Roebuck, Brock, & Douglas (2004) in their study titled “Using a Simulation to Explore theChallenges of Communicating” asked participants of the study to write collaboratively a two- tothree-page memo reflecting on the team’s communication process. Within the memo, the teamsdiscussed what they did well, what they could improve, and what they would do differently ifgiven another opportunity to work virtually. From this study, some of the lessons learned thatwere recorded are: • We learned that effective communication is the key for achieving team objectives and success. A common understanding is necessary. We learned that distance is not important as long as you have an effective way of communicating between virtual team members

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Paul B. Crilly; Richard Hartnett

-speakers separated bysome wavelength such when a student walks around the array, the student experiences the nullpoints as well as major and minor lobes of sound intensity. It is extremely profound to the student toexperience the relatively loud tone, and then by moving just a few inches, the student observes thecomplete absence of the tone. Thus this experiment provides a sensory experience of the beamforming equation (i.e. sinc(x) function). The apparatus is relatively easy to construct and implementand the concepts learned can be applied to other areas of engineering such as beamforming, acousticsand other signal processing applications. I. INTRODUCTION The fundamentals of phased array systems

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; Dakota Ryan Edmonds, University of Colorado, Denver

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

application of those fundamentals in solving engineering problems. Thus, wehave created a first-year learning community as a solution to low retention rates in engineering.In this learning community, the first-year students take the following courses together: ● An interdisciplinary freshman experiences course, in which we teach the concept of "Design-Build-Test-Improve-Collaborate" to the students. The students take the ownership of their group projects, while working together and building friendships that last. ● An appropriate Math course (Calculus or Pre-Calculus), which is specifically designed to address the applications of math in engineering. ● An English composition class, which focuses on "Writing

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Educational outcome determined, the way is now clear. As is true in all good designprojects, let us first check the relevant theory.3. The theory: behavioral model, theory of engineering, and technical digressionThis article depends on two fundamental choices: a theory for how students learn and a theory forthe appropriate standard to use to judge ethical engineering behavior. This section outlines,justifies, and gives references for further study for the choices made in these two areas. Then itdifferentiates between the strategy proposed here and the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Schottler; Kamal B. Rojiani

long as the client machine has a Java enabled browser. With Java it is nowpossible to write highly interactive graphical applications that are platform independent and aredelivered over the web.The Java language is an object-oriented language developed by Sun Microsystems and is modeledafter the popular C++ programming language. Some of the features of the Java language includethe following:Object-Oriented: Java is an object-oriented language and has all the benefits of other object-oriented programming languages such as reusability of code, extensibility, encapsulation andinheritance. Most of Java’s object-oriented features are inherited from C++. Although the syntaxand structure of Java is similar to C++, many of the complex elements of C

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel S. Lee; R. Narasimhan; M. Lewis Temares

and teaching schedules were closelycoordinated to ensure that students were provided with proper mathematics background for physics lectures. Totrain students to work in teams and to enhance leadership, homework assignments were worked out by studentsin groups of four and students took turns serving as leader. Each leader met weekly with the instructor andwould convey the results of this discussion to team members.3) Technical Writing/ English In the first semester, this course reviews the fundamentals of English grammar and composition, with anemphasis on analysis of text, basic scientific research, and the evaluation and presentation of argument andevidence. Recognizing the intimate connection between distinguished academic writing

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Graciela Munoz Padilla; Francisco J. Gonzalez

and social judgment is made.Piaget5, considers that so much one as the other must be taught at the same time. Even so,Kohlberg6, on the other hand, considers that in our societies there is a displacement betweenintellectual and moral developments, meaning that in education this is fundamental, even inhigher education.III.4 Module IVIn this module, the problem the participating teachers want to tackle, under their own initiativeand personal situation, is born or initiated, based on ethnographic methods emerged from directobservation.The investigation becomes a personal challenge for each participant, since the problematicinvolved is different for each one. This new role makes them perceive the problem in its wholemagnitude, detecting their

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Waters

evolutionary perspective or system developed byKenneth Boulding. The second section, based on the first section, draws implications formanagement. His perspective is most fully described and supported in his major workEcodynamics. 1 However, it is the basis for a number of his other writings. 2 Also, Robert Solo hasprovided an excellent retrospective of Boulding’s work. 3 The evolutionary perspective isbasically a biological model that Boulding applies to physical, biological and socialdevelopment. However, in this review, only the managerial implications of biological andsocietal evolution have been examined.BOULDING’S EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVEBoulding’s original field was economics, but he possessed an extraordinarily broad-rangingcuriosity. He read

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

a Photovoltaic cell manufacturer • Energy consultant of a center focused on sustainable energy practicesIt is clear that to achieve the above mentioned PLOs, the curricula should be trans-disciplinary. It can be achieved through the integration of basic fundamental conceptsalong with application concepts. It was felt that such an appropriate mix of trans-disciplinary content can be accomplished by bringing together viewpoints fromexperienced academics and also from expert practitioners from outside academia. Thetrans-disciplinary result is reflected in the nature of the program courses listed below.SEM 601. Introduction to SustainabilitySEM 602. Enterprise ExcellenceSEM 603. Sustainable InnovationSEM 604. Life Cycle and Risk

Conference Session

Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

 Engineering program at Grand Valley State University is four years in length with an integrated cooperative education experience. The courses that directly address the Six Sigma criteria are required for all students. Each course is listed with course descriptions. The sequence of courses listed matches the order in the curriculum.   EGR 106 ­ Introduction to Engineering Design I ­ A first course in the principles and practice of  multi­disciplinary engineering analysis, design, construction, and evaluation. Topics include graphical  communication, solid modeling, computer­aided manufacturing, computer programming fundamentals,  structured programming, and principles of digital and analog electronics. Professional skills such

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

/her academic field of study and ismade up of the following courses: Fundamentals of Biology, Molecular Biology andGenetics, Cell Biology, Biotechnology Laboratory courses, Compliance, Process QualityControl, and Bioinformatics Technology. The minor is available to any ---- Universitystudent majoring in any four-year degree baccalaureate degree program, i.e., science,technology, agriculture, pharmacy. The purpose of the minor is to offer the graduates ofthese four-year programs the basic knowledge and understanding of life-science basedproducts, processes, and product quality to seek employment opportunities in the area ofbiotechnology and biotech-manufacturing. The biotechnology minor aims to provide aUniversity-wide opportunity for

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Institute of Technology, currently serves as Technical Communication Course Coordinator. She teaches writing, public speaking, and humanities elective courses to engineering and science students. Her graduate work in rhetoric and literature was completed at Penn State, and her recent research often focuses on engineering and workplace communication.Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Julia M. Williams is the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her articles on writing assessment, electronic portfolios, and ABET have appeared in the IEEE Transactions on

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kris G. Mattila

method that assists peopleto remember names: name association. In that method the person employing it usessome characteristic or distinctive feature of the individual to assist them in rememberingthe name. In the technique presented in this paper, used to remember constructionterminology, it can be the individual who defines that term, the definition that waspresented by the individual or the relationship to other terms that assists in rememberingthe term. Results of using this technique are compared to a traditional lecture methodusing the same terms. Discussion of the technique, an alternative to traditional lecture, ispresented.Course BackgroundCE3332, Fundamentals of Construction Engineering, is a three credit class open to sophomoresthat is

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Kulonda

2002-146 Graduate Engineering Economics for Engineering Managers Dennis J. Kulonda University of Central Florida Page 7.591.1Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Graduate Engineering Economics for Engineering ManagersThe purpose of this paper is to propose a new agenda for developing skills in engineeringeconomics

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2020 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Jeremy David Paquin, United States Military Academy; Matthew Louis Miller, United States Military Academy; Jes Barron, U.S. Military Academy

access and use that knowledge” [9,15] Theresearch seems to suggest a trade-off or some balance that exists between memorization, course-provided references, and the goal of expertise. However, the argument against using course-provided references seems to go at oddswith what students will experience in engineering practice once they graduate. As Raadtacknowledges, “[w]hile expert programmers possess a wealth of tacit solutions to problems(Soloway, 1986), they are not expected to memorize specific information, so it is unrealistic toexpect students to do so for an examination” [4]. However, engineers are also not generallyexpected to write their own reference manuals, so student-provided note sheet pedagogy seemsto fail this test as

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Robert M. Nelson; Benjamin D. Braaten

with a wide range of interests have foundthe course helpful, including those interested in electronics and high-speed circuit design, bio-medicalengineering, antenna theory, microwave engineering and electromagnetic interference/compatibility.The course typically begins with a review of fundamental concepts in electromagnetics, and thenvarious analytical solution methods are examined. The majority of the semester is then devoted toexamining various computational methods, including both frequency- and time-domain methods. Amajor revision of the course is presently underway, which will include expansion into a two-semestersequence. Selected details of the current course offering are described below, and plans for the newtwo-semester course

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim McLernon; David Hughes

learning achievements and thus our own learning needs. The rôle of the teacher in this process is to assist in the acquisition of that facility.’There is a fundamental question of whether we need to assess student learning at all in highereducation. We have developed a culture of assessing learning at all levels of education but thereasons for doing so are not always clear. If higher education is concerned with the acquisitionand advancement of knowledge, then there should be clear evidence that the processes andmethods used for the assessment of student learning and the outcomes of that assessment play akey role in this concern. Heywood (2000, P9) informs us that “during the last 15 years, there hasbeen an enormous increase in interest in

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Outside Class

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

next 10 or 20 minutes of lecture. ‚" Be creative – students like creativity from a professor instead of boring “textbook” problems. A month long project is part of the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer course that I teach. I try to come up with a silly name for the chemical they are making. Since the Detroit Red Wings are the favorite sports teams of students attending my university, they work for the Steve Yzerman Chemical Company. (Steve Yzerman is the team captain and one of the most loved players on the team.) They have an assignment to produce Di-Red Wing Ether, Red Wing Acetate, or a drug patch to cure Avalanche-itis (the Avalanche are a big rival of the Red Wings). Students love it and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guido W. Lopez, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

solve equations and evaluate properties inThermodynamics and Heat Transfer has been implemented at Old Dominion University forsynchronous teaching of local and distance students. Detailed characteristics of the method, andthe advantages found over other available techniques to deliver the course are explained in thispaper. The method is simple to use and allows the instructor to quickly solve illustrationproblems using the computer while broadcasting the lecture, in spite of complications that maybe involved in writing equations while explaining solutions to problems or conveying concepts.Some examples will be used to illustrate the simplicity and suitability of the method for teachingThermodynamics and Heat Transfer courses, both frequently

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges I: Novel Approaches to Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Thus one experiment will require multiple SOPs. Examples of SOP, batch records and Form483 were provided to students. Form 483 was developed after the mock site inspection. Theimportance of understanding the purpose and audience when writing RC documents wasemphasized – SOPs and batch records are internal documents that are subject to federal scrutinywhile Form 483 is a publicly disclosed document. SOPs and batch records serve the purpose ofdemonstrating regulatory compliance, while Form 483 is in many cases a citation fornoncompliance. Thus writing styles and format vary largely between these documents. Studentswere trained to write RC documents with highest attention to purpose and audience. Services ofour university’s writing help desk were

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Bruce D. Oestreich, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

presentations in global engineering ed- ucation at several national conferences. Scott is an active member in the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) both locally and nationally, as well as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has pub- lished two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance.” He has also published