Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

offer a part time evening program in all of New England, and in addition has a veryactive co-operative education program. A typical graduating class is on the order of 15 students,with most students going directly into industry.In 2004 the department was approached by an Alumnus who is a retired CEO in the bar-codingand RFID industry, who was very ardent about bringing RFID to Merrimack College. While thisimmediately was recognized by the department as a major educational opportunity for ourstudents, it was not clear how to staff the course and find a spot in a very tight curriculum for anRFID course. The decision was made to host a three part seminar series delivered by industryexperts, including the topics: “RFID: Past Present and Future

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8052Designing STEM Curriculum for K12 StudentsDr. MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi Dr. Sarder is an associate professor and program coordinator of the industrial engineering technology program at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). He is also an assistant director of the center for logistics, trade and transportation. At the USM, he revamped his program by developing as many as fourteen new courses, implementing hands on experience in courses, and delivering online courses for distant students. Dr. Sarder is very active in engineering and technology education research. He has

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vivian Liang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Zach Jasensky, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Melvin Moore III; Jake Francis Rogers; Geoff Pfeifer, Worcester Polytechic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

students and professors. However, to integrate ethicsmodules more thoroughly across the engineering curriculum a systematic approach is requiredwith proper accounting of teaching load for ethics/philosophy faculty who lecture in multiplecourses. For efficiency, an ethics case-study database with assignment and discussion questionsshould be maintained, and an online module could be explored with in-class facilitateddiscussion.Introduction With the rapid advancement of technology and integration within all aspects of our society,the ethical implications of our engineering decisions are growing in importance. Engineeringprofessionals have a duty to design and manufacture products that are used to improve the livesof others. In the workplace

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Anders Sonnenburg, Xcel Energy; Munira Masoud, Xcel Energy; Meron Demissie, Mortenson Construction

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

from the University of Minnesota’s Electrical Engineering program. He works for Xcel Energy in their Strategic Technology Department, investigating renewable energy generation, storage and transmission technologies for Xcel. He was involved in the deployment of Xcel Energy’s “Smart Grid City” project in Boulder, Colorado. As an EE student, he helped develop curriculum and projects, as well as source materials required for BRIDGE’s outreach work. Mr. Sonnenburg became a member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) student organization, and continues to volunteer time with the student organizations.Munira Masoud, Xcel Energy Munira Masoud is currently

Conference Session

Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicolas Hudon, Queen's University; Louise Meunier P.Eng., Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

materials, this research informs the design of new processes and products, with the goals of protecting human and environmental health. Dr. Meunier works in collaboration industrial and academic experts involved in various aspects of inter- disciplinary environmental engineering research. Dr. Meunier is also involved in engineering education research; her interests include improving problem-solving and resilience abilities in engineering students, and incorporating innovative teaching approaches in the engineering curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Aligning the chemical engineering curriculum to a common problem-solving strategy

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

highlight how these principles relate to the types of engineeringproblems that are encountered in practice. Such tools will provide professors with additionalcurricular tools to migrate their classroom discussion from an authoritarian model of instructionto a more student-centered approach with the goal of developing higher-level thinking andengineering skills within the undergraduate curriculum.Incorporation of the modules within the Mechanical Engineering curriculumA distinguishing characteristic of the curriculum at Stevens Institute of Technology is itsextensive “core curriculum,” a tradition since its founding in 1871. At the heart of the corecurriculum is an eight-semester design sequence known as the “Design Spine.” As illustrated inTable 1

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

market (or promote) the program. This paper takes a critical look at anumber of studies on curriculum development and learning in higher education. It examines therole that should be given to students’ conception about learning, instructors’ experience andteaching philosophies, and the impact of curriculum organization on students’ performance in thedesign and implementation of educational innovations. The best aspects of the new innovationsin power engineering curriculum are then combined with other components that are deemednecessary to come up with what a model power engineering program should look like.IntroductionCurrent SituationThe steady decline in enrollment and interests in power engineering area has been noticed for awhile, and has

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald J., Jr. Fournier; Cyndi Gaudet

an importantmethod of informing them about these programs. Second, engineering technology, as an applieddegree, supports practical work experience and work-based learning projects. This goal is Page 4.149.2accomplished through the required internship, projects with industry partners, and field trips tolocal facilities. Finally, WTD is a new program designed to meet regional needs. Advice fromparticipating industry representatives helps insure relevant technical content.4-Step ApproachThe authors adopted a four-step approach designed to involve business and industry in theprocess of program development. The first step was to define the role

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre; Francois Sekyere, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; James Oppong, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

AC 2010-1303: ADAPTING A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM TO THEENVIRONMENT OF AN AFRICAN NATIONWillie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre WILLIE K. OFOSU is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Dr. Ofosu has over 25 years of experience as an engineer and an educator. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, IET (England) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) of England.Francois Sekyere, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology FRANCOIS SEKYERE received BSc in electrical engineering in 1995 from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He is currently pursuing MSc in telecommunication with a thesis topic on power line

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Alexandre Yokochi, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

allow students both to develop an in-depth understanding of how thecore skills of the ChE discipline can be applied towards manufacturing of nanotechnology basedproducts as well as to provide them with multidisciplinary experiences.The Nanotechnology Processes Option contains six courses, five required courses and anelective. Two entirely new sophomore level courses have been developed. The Science,Engineering and Social Impact of Nanotechnology (ENGR 221) is a general engineering surveycourse so that students from Biological, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, Manufacturing andMechanical Engineering will also be exposed to the field of nanotechnology. Thus, there willinherently be a multidisciplinary approach. This course includes several

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quintin S. Hughes, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

performance and preparation.However, given the understood K-12 achievement gap, as well as the tendency for minoritystudents to arrive at PWI’s over confident and under-prepared, perhaps performance goals arefools gold for these students and mastery goals should be more pronounced as a goal orientation Page 22.1722.9style and in undergraduate engineering curriculum. While some understanding was gleaned fromhow these students defined success for themselves, more knowledge of upbringing, classroomenvironment, and peer interaction could lead to a greater understanding of goal orientation, goaltypes, and socio-cognitive influences on success of African

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

philosophicalperspective, and Bucciarelli philosophizing from an engineering standpoint lead us to theunderstanding that engineering is a community (social) activity. What is required of a universityis that the challenge presented through instruction is such that they take it with them to theircommunities for discussion.DiscussionIn recent years engineering educators have begun to discuss the relevance of the philosophy ofeducation to engineering education. Its value in the determination of aims of education throughthe activity of screening has been demonstrated. In this paper it is argued that when the aims ofeducation are discussed as a prerequisite of the higher education curriculum that, irrespective ofsubject, a new approach is required to the formation of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard N. Smith; Michael K. Jensen; Deborah A. Kaminski; Amir Hirsa

Session 1566 Development of an Integrated Thermal-Fluids Engineering Curriculum Richard N. Smith, Deborah A. Kaminski, Michael K. Jensen, and Amir Hirsa Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, and Mechanics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180-3590AbstractWe present a new approach to teaching the core thermal/fluids curriculum for undergraduateprograms in engineering. Traditional introductory thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heattransfer classes are being replaced with two

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Christopher Dawson, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

of new ideas and new Page 22.1357.2applications. However, one individual is sometimes overshadowed or excluded from the group.What can a whole team of individuals from diverse backgrounds accomplish? First steps first;for there to be a team, there needs to be diversity among available engineers. This is whereeducators come in; educators can strive to develop diverse individuals, not mold every studentinto a clone engineer.Progress and Resources to Learn About Current Diversity IssuesA number of excellent articles have been published on promoting diversity and measuringprogress towards this goal. One comprehensive study is Gary May’s

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mel Mendelson

ethicalimplications are discussed. In addition, the students have a class project to design, fabricate andtest a micro−fluidic biosensor to detect the presence of a liquid protein. Page 9.1162.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringIII. Teaching StrategiesThe purpose of our strategies was to promote effective learning in a course that is team-taught byseven different disciplines. Since our new course involved breaking new territory, our teachingstrategies comprised five different approaches, which will

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansour Rahimi, University of Southern California; Alex John, USC

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-785: KEY EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE WATERDISTRIBUTION AND FILTRATION PROJECT IN RURAL HONDURAS: A NEWPARADIGM IN “SERVICE LEARNING”Mansour Rahimi, University of Southern California Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of EngineeringAlex John, USC Page 13.826.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Key Experiences in Developing a Sustainable Water Distribution and Filtration Project in Rural Honduras: A New Paradigm in “Service Learning”Abstract The University of Southern California chapter of “Engineers Without Borders

Conference Session

Projects in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Shraman Kadapa, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

opportunities for teaching fundamental concepts of measurements andmetrology to students. We have described and validated a suite of laboratory modules which can be selected andutilized for educational purposes in a wide range of engineering courses. The modules givestudents hands on experience with simple and more sophisticated instrumentation for optical,mechanical, and chemical characterization of surfaces. Future work will expand the range ofmaterials, include white light interferometry, continue robotics implementation for more of themethods, and include adding sandblasting, coatings, and solvent treatments to evaluate methodsof improving surface characteristics. We are investigating the application of new nanomaterialhydrophobic coatings

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 5 Other Topics in K-12 Engineering Education.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cozzens, Southern Utah University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

course as being extremely beneficial toevery engineering and technology program in the state. From the students surveyed, 94.55 %of the students would recommend the course to fellow students. All of the students agreedthat the time spent on the curriculum was worth their time.The USOE awarded the same curriculum development team another grant to develop aResidential Architecture course which is in the pilot stage this Spring Semester. The teamwill be applying the lessons learned to a new Engineering in the 21st Century course thissemester.The data collected this past Fall 2014 Semester will be analyzed to see if the same issues areaddressed. As stated earlier, this is not meant to be a rigorous review of the curriculum, butmore of a cursory

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Forouzan Golshani, Wright State University; Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Mary Ellen Bargerhuff, Wright State University; John Flach, Wright State University; Jeffrey Vernooy, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

cohort of graduate students capable of bridging the gaps between three main areas:a) biology of disability, b) assistive technology, and c) the pedagogy of individualized learning.Currently the program is offered as an interdisciplinary concentration within four of WSU’sexisting doctoral programs including Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering,Biomedical Sciences, and Human Factors/Industrial Organizational Psychology. The ultimateaim of the new LWD doctoral concentration is to educate professionals who can developintegrated approaches to problems that impact the lives and education of individuals withdisabilities over multiple environments including home, school, work, and community.IntroductionWSU is nationally recognized for serving

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Louisiana Community and Technical College System-MEPOL

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

University of Central Florida. Dr. Ahmad has diverse expertise in human-computer interaction, quality engineering, and simulating man- ufacturing systems. Ali worked on projects related to transfer of training, user-centered design, process improvement, and virtual environments. Dr. Ahmad is a Certified Simulation Analyst and a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Use of Minitab Statistical Analysis Software in Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe Engineering Technology curriculum provides wide spread knowledge in problem solving,management of resources, and process planning. Statistical decision-making is a key skillrequired by Engineering Technologists, and

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Smith, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

of high importance. All of our respondents emphasizedwhat an important tool and concept this is, and noted that it should integrated across thecurriculum if possible. It was suggested that the topic be introduced as a concept, used on anindividual basis later, and finally used in a team setting (either on new large code base or toaccess an existing code base). This topic was not covered in our curriculum except in the CScourse “Software Tools”, which our engineering students cannot typically fit into their schedule.Working with existing codeWhile it is a challenge to approach this in a class setting, the results indicate that it would behelpful if students could gain experience at working with code they didn’t develop, and withbodies of code

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renat Letfullin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

generation of scientists and clinicians in this field, we must re-engineer our educational approach. We are striving to enrich the science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) education of undergraduate students by developing a MPprogram in engineering college like a Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT). Thisinnovative program will offer to undergraduate students both course work and intensive research Page 22.1058.4experiences to better prepare them to lead the discovery of superior diagnostic techniques and 3treatments of diseases. In this paper, we discuss the new curriculum and

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

tointegrate disparate learning throughout their entire university experience as they progressthrough the program. This leverages the strengths of traditional courses in existing programswhile making the connections between courses explicit in this curricular innovation.The implementation of this approach to a continuously integrated curriculum at the University ofGeorgia (UGA) involves the design and implementation of the Synthesis and Design StudioSeries in an Environmental Engineering program;13 the first iteration of this new course havingbeen completed in the Fall of 2009. The following describes both the theoretical curriculummodel and the pedagogical characteristics to achieve curriculum integration and subsequentlyexplores how these were

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William M. Clark; Anthony G. Dixon; David DiBiasio

simply passing a series of tests on related butcompartmentalized subjects in a lecture-based four course sequence. In this paper wedescribe the new project-based, spiral curriculum, discuss our implementation andassessment procedures, and present some preliminary results from our initialimplementation. We anticipate that the new curriculum will be transferable to othersettings and other timetables and that our approach can serve as a model for otherengineering disciplines. Developing The Spiral CurriculumAt WPI, the academic year is divided into four terms of seven weeks each. The coursesequence for typical chemical engineering sophomores is shown in Figure 1. In the firstcourse, students learn material and energy

Collection

2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jing Zhang; Mengjun Xie

New Resources for Undergraduate Power Systems Laboratory Jing Zhang Mengjun Xie Department of Systems Engineering Department of Computer Science University of Arkansas at Little Rock University of Arkansas at Little Rock Email: jxzhang1@ualr.edu Email: mxxie@ualr.eduAbstractDevelopment of the smart grid and renewable energy generation has been substantially changingthe undergraduate education in fundamental power systems. Many new programs in powersystems engineering are focused on cross-disciplinary for students not only in traditionalelectrical engineering, but also in non-electrical engineering, such as computer and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Matusiak; David Andruczyk; D. Steven Barker; Stephanie Goldberg; Ilya Grinberg

Session 3233 Stepper Motor Applications Across Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum Ilya Grinberg, D. Steven Barker, Stephanie Goldberg, Ronald Matusiak, David Andruczyk State University of New York College at Buffalo1. IntroductionIndustrial, commercial and institutional facilities have grown significantly more complex in thelast decade. The rising level of technologies and equipment utilized in these facilities hascomplicated the elements of their engineering maintenance and operation. As an example of suchtechnologies, consider robotics

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

Tagged Divisions

International

, FIE’2006, FIE’2007, FIE’2008 and FIE’2009. Page 13.1230.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Formation of Contemporary Engineer Claudio da Rocha Brito COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and Sciences Melany M. Ciampi OPASS –Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and SafetyAbstractEngineers are among the main agents of promotion of development in the world and theformation of a new kind of engineer is the priority to face the future economical and politicalmarket. Nations are

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittney Hope Jimerson, North Carolina A&T State University ; Eui Hyun Park, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech; Steven M. Culver, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

State University program outcomes areachieved by exposing students to a variety of subject material across the undergraduatecurriculum and effectively teaching students across these courses how to preserve and enhancethe engineering profession including ethical and legal practices. The Department of Industrialand Systems Engineering of NC A&T engineering courses that specifically address ethics intheir objectives is GEEN 100- Engineering Design and Ethics, INE 289- Engineering Teams andLeadership, INE 389- Systems Approaches for Industrial and Systems Engineers, and INE 489-Professionalism and Ethics for Industrial and Systems Engineers. In order to effectively enhancethe engineering ethics curriculum and to assess and document the current

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

anticipate that by asking educators about their teaching decisions, wemay trigger reflection, which in and of itself may lead to improvements in teaching practice.By exploring the processes through which engineering educators make teaching decisions andthe factors they consider, we can use decision making as a lens to understand their teachingpractices and gain a better understanding of how to help engineering educators make moreeffective decisions about their teaching. We believe that this approach is particularly appropriatebecause it is a framework used extensively in the field of engineering (i.e., design decision-making) and thus may be a more familiar framework to discuss their teaching practices.We chose to emphasize teaching decision-making

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

inscience, technology and engineering using the Sally Ride Science Curriculum. Entering 11th and12th graders can earn college credit and be introduced to the university experience through avariety of special programs. Educational Unlimited21 and Berkeley offer Summer Focus atUniversity of California - Berkeley 6-week summer academic enrichment program.The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp (EMBHSSC)26 is a free, academicprogram run by The Harris Foundation (http://www.theharrisfoundation.org), for students ingrades 6-8, which takes place in the fall. It promotes science, technology, engineering andmathematics for underrepresented students in middle school. It originally developed as acollaborative effort of the Harris Foundation, the