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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa S. Tooley

Session 2360 The WIN Program - A Mentoring Program for Women in Engineering at the University of Arkansas Melissa S. Tooley, P. E. University of ArkansasABSTRACTEngineering has traditionally been a male-dominated profession. While progress has been madein opening up technical fields to women and minorities, there is room for improvement.Nationwide, 18% of undergraduate engineering students are female, whereas the percentage is15% at the University of Arkansas. At the University of Arkansas, the College of Engineering islosing a disproportionate number of

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hanson; Julia Williams

keeping the evaluation load reasonable while giving students anactivity that would be totally integrated with their technical work. For these reasons, the authorsconsidered the homework problem context and decided that was the best area for development.Using writing in the engineering classroom can help students discover what they do and do notknow, help them visualize the problems on which they are working, and generally assist them inreflecting on their work in the classroom.The course selected for assignment development is Engineering Statics. The students enrolled inthe course are predominantly civil, mechanical and biomedical engineering majors in thefreshman or sophomore year. The course lasts ten weeks and is an introductory

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Shane Henderson; Leslie A. Olsen; John Birge

Page 2.228.1writing skills. 1 Outline of CourseIn teaching the course, we attempted to provide students with a feel for the sort of problemsencountered, and the technical and communication skills required of an industrial engineer.Rather than provide a synopsis of the entire IOE curriculum, we decided to instead provide asample of the types of problems industrial engineers face, and the techniques they use to solvethem.To this end, the course was organized into two distinct sections. In the first section, we took atraditional lecture/homework approach, teaching the fundamentals of engineering economics, anarea that we believe all engineers should have an

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Claudia M Fajardo, Western Michigan University; Ghazal Rajabikhorasani, Western Michigan University

strong foundation in thermal-fluid disciplines.Table 1: Sample laboratory sequence for the Internal Combustion Engine course offered atWMU as part of the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. CFR: collaborative fuel research. Lab Title Topics Hardware Technical writing, report structure, Laboratory Safety and Report 0 data processing and visualization Preparation Instructions techniques Analysis of Brake Performance Torque-work-power relationships Chassis 1 Parameters Friction and

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Varun Kumar Karingula, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Hatem M Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Jeanne Michele Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

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Engineering Physics & Physics

analyzed to assess the effectiveness of the VPL. In general, a consistent improvement due to the training and practice in the virtual lab is observed. The VPL presents itself as a viable tool for high school students to better prepare for college physics in cost-effective, easily accessible, and effective way.     Introduction  Having grown with different kinds of digital technology, today’s student is aware of most technologies; as a result, he/she is being referred to as the ‘Digital student’ or part of the ‘Net Generation’ 1 , 2 . Information technology has brought unique capabilities to learning spaces, whether stimulating greater interaction through the use of collaborative tools, videoconferencing with

Conference Session

ECE Program Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Timothy Holman, Vanderbilt University; Brian David Sierawski, Vanderbilt University; Robert Reed, Vanderbilt University; Robert A. Weller, Vanderbilt University; Andrew L. Sternberg, Vanderbilt University; Rebekah Austin, Vanderbilt University; Daniel M. Fleetwood, Vanderbilt University

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Electrical and Computer

Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. He participated in development of MIL-STD-883, ` Test Method 1019 (Ionizing radiation (total dose) test procedure), development of the CREME-MC code that is commonly used by the satellite community, and other test guidelines used by DoD and NASA. He is very active in the radiation effects community, having served as General and Technical Chair of the IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference and as a voting member of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Advisory Committee. He has own numerous awards for his work on spacecraft survivability and

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Simmons, University of Utah; Susan Sample, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education

student teams. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 16(1), 33-68.13. Kirschman, J. S., & Greenstein, J. S. (2002). The use of groupware for collaboration in distributed studentengineering design teams. Journal of Engineering Education, 91(4), 403-407.14. Hadjileontiadou, S. J., Sakonidis, H. N., & Balafoutas, G. J. (2003). Lin2k: A novel web-based collaborativeapplication to engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(4), 313-324.15. Edmonson, C. P., & Summers, D. C. S. (2005). Structuring a project management course to develop team skills.ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, session 3549.16. Brickell. J. L., Poter, D. B., Reynolds, M. F., & R. D. Cosgrove. (1994). Assigning students to groups for

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulo Blikstein, Northwestern University; Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University

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Materials

sessions. The first, 75 minuteslong, was comprised of the following parts: ̇ Short Likert-scale/open-ended pre-survey to assess students’ familiarity with computers and their views on the course. ̇ Pre-interview about grain growth and related phenomena, in which students were asked the following questions: 1. What is a grain? 2. What is a grain boundary? 3. What is grain growth? 4. What is the driving force for grain growth? 5. What is the driving force for recrystallization? 6. What is the effect on grain growth of dispersed precipitates? Why? 7. In grain

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jordan Rosenthal; James McClellan

traces out the unit circle andthe frequency response gets drawn in the inset axes. The movie in Fig. 7(c) shows the connectionbetween the time domain, frequency domain and transform domain for digital filters, while theanimation in Fig. 7(d) illustrates the reconstruction process of the sampling theorem. Theseanimations which are typical of the kinds one needs to create for an engineering class would havebeen nearly impossible to create without the extensive numerical engine in MATLAB to do thecomplex calculations and generate the plots.The animations shown in Fig. 7 were created using MATLAB scripts that generated the movieframes and wrote them out in the QuickTime format [1]. When these animations were first created,MATLAB did not natively

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

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

HTML code to describe an initially-emptyembedded VRML scene, an associated controlling Java applet, and an embedded HTML FORMcontrol to close the virtual laboratory window (Figure 3). 1 2 3 Virtual Industrial Engineering Laboratory 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 22 23 24 Figure 3 Java servlet-generated HTML codePrior to the delivery of the HTML code to the client browser, the servlet

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Ernst Eder

things may occur ... Itis not a matter of merely setting forth in a new form and order that which is already known ...On the contrary, if the new theory is to lay claim to general interest, it must be capable ofproducing something new; it must make problems solvable which before could not be solved in asystematic way." [1] Page 3.234.1"Before examining the contribution of theory, I want to say a few words about the unsound andunworkable distinction often made between 'theorists' and 'practitioners.' The musings ofeducational theorists are often contrasted with the practicalities of teaching, theory and practicebeing viewed as existing on either

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Field; Brian Jenkins; Deborah M. Mechtel

useful in electrodynamics since keyelectromagnetic concepts involve time dependent multidimensional problems.1 As an additionalbenefit, modeling this type of problem helps students improve their computer skills. The extensivestudent use of computers and industry standard software as engineering tools is a USNA electricalengineering department goal.MATLAB, a popular technical programming tool with inherent graphical analysis features, is usedthroughout the electrical engineering curriculum at the USNA to (1) develop student proficiency inprogramming, (2) enhance the students’ numerical modeling expertise, and (3) improve the students’comprehension of core subject matter. For the introductory electrodynamics class, a key to achievinga more rapid

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

Session 1309 Biomedical Engineering Redux: Emerging Career Opportunities and Their Implications for Educational Programs Gordon Silverman, Professor and Chair Electrical and Computer Engineering, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York, U.S.A.I. Background.Biomedical engineering combines engineering expertise with the needs of the medicalcommunity for the enhancement of health care. (1) (2) Working cooperatively with scientists,chemists, and medical professionals, biomedical engineers design and develop devices associatedwith the biological systems of

Conference Session

Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

students’ perceptions of ways of thinking in engineering student and practice. 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference. Oct. 28-31, San Diego, CA. S2G, 1-6.11. Besterfield-Sacre, M., M. Moreno, L.J. Shuman, C.J. Atman. 1999. Comparing Entering Freshman Engineers: Institutional Differences in Student Attitudes. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, South Carolina. Session 1430.12. Fuertes, J.N, M.L. Miville, J.J. Mohr, W.E. Sedlacek, D. Gretchen. 2000. Factor structure and short form of the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale. Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling and Development. 33(3), 157-170.13. Miville, M.L., P. Holloway, C. Gelso, R. Pannu, W. Liu, P. Touradji

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Reynolds; Macy Reynolds

that documented the results of usingjournals in engineering classes. The premise of this paper is that journals should be more widelyused in quantitative classes, including engineering, as a way to help students learn importantconcepts more thoroughly. According to ABET standards, “Technically trained individualsshould not be considered educated regardless of the depth of their technical capability if theycannot communicate, both orally and in writing, their technical findings, thoughts, and philosophyto others around them.”1 Writing about learning in core classes provides practice for futureengineers for communicating engineering concepts. The authors surmised that verbalizing the

Conference Session

Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Anita H. Ens, University of Manitoba; Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

assigned Page 22.132.11 me a mentor. He was extremely helpful, extremely, yeah really extremely helpful. He helped me a lot, and he was a very very good reference for me, even for my job now. He was an excellent reference. So he helped me in the technical side. Like he really opened my eyes, and that helped or his assistance helped me to take personal decision[s] in my professional life...I had with [him] one session each month, and that was very, very helpful.Samir’s recent experience with mentorship in Canada contrasts sharply with how mentorshipplays out

Conference Session

Bringing Engineering Leadership Pedagogy to Life!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivier de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Feiler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kyra Tan-Tiongco, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Reza Rahaman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Christian de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

would count on these beds when planning its emergency response. This maps to capabilities such as “Awareness of the Needs of the Customer or Beneficiary” (see Fig. 1).● An optional seed design would be provided following the typical U.S. Army mobile field camps and emergency shelter designs (Fig. 6). This Rapid Deployment Shelter System (RDSS) was patterned after typical military facilities. Fig. 6: (left) U.S. Army camp using standard design, (right) virtual RDSS in Minecraft ● Attention to detail would be important in the virtual world as well, not just in the physical world, as violations of requirements would be penalized ● Team mentors would be able to virtually attend their team’s design and build session in ePB (see

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Ann Thompson, Purdue University Fort Wayne

computer (PIC) microcontroller and H-bridge to design a controlsystem for DC machines to simulate a practical application such as, a washing machine, an electriclift, or a tram or robot. The power source and the control signals were all below 20 V. The projectwas accomplished in groups of 4 – 6 students, over the course of six weeks and commenced aftercompletion of four more traditional laboratory sessions involving DC generator and motor, three-phase rectifier, DC boost converter, and 4-quadrant DC machine control.3 MethodsThe introductory Power Electronics course, ECE 460, at Purdue University Fort Wayne, is a 4-credit hour course. It has been taught once a year since Spring Semester 2008. The courseprerequisites are ECE 202, Linear Circuit

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

academicmodel.The university requires all of its students to own a laptop computer and all classrooms are wiredto allow up to twenty network connections. At about a10-1 student-teacher ratio, the class size isquite small at Zayed University and allows instructors to dedicate more time for each student.Furthermore, instructional technology is widely used in the university and students use theelectronic mail and the Internet on a daily basis. All of the above components offer the optimalconditions to generate an atmosphere to facilitate student learning.The new Learning Outcome Academic model was developed to focus on the process of learningand was designed to help students develop critical intellectual capacities and skills. This academicmodel is a hybrid

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

Session 2255 Re-Engineering Higher Education for Responsive Engineering and Technology Leadership D. D. Dunlap, 1 M. J. Aherne, 2 D. A. Keating, 3 T. G. Stanford, 3 M. I. Mendelson 4 Purdue University 1/ University of Alberta 2 / University of South Carolina 3 Loyola Marymount University 4AbstractToday, global economic competitiveness and public policy responsiveness are primary drivingforces for continuous technological development and innovation in engineering and technologyprofessional practice. A new model of purposeful, systematic technology innovation has evolvedand

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

schools, which entitles students to ‘feel good’ about their effort,about the value of personal achievement and learning in general, is the breeding ground for suchbehaviors [12]. Some media reports indicate a growing moral acceptance of cheating among highschool students. These unacceptable ethical behaviors of a student can be easily transferred into aworkplace. The importance of professional ethics has been highlighted in the results of a studyrecently conducted by ASME among senior-level technical managers from US industry [13]. Theresults show that 85% of respondents placed professional ethics among the top 20 skills required fromengineering graduates, 5th place overall among the top 20 skills. Skills that scored higher thanprofessional

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

Session 1355 An Innovative Strategy to Integrate Relevant Graduate Professional Education for Engineers in Industry with Continual Technological Innovation D. A. Keating and T. G. Stanford University of South Carolina 1. INTRODUCTION As we approach the 21st century, the leadership of technology development and the graduate professional educationof the nation’s engineers in industry who create technology will become increasingly critical components of theU.S

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

T. Taylor; T. Egolf; R. Klenke; M. Salinas; J. Stinson; H. Carter; Vijay K. Madisetti; James H. Aylor; Anthony J. Gadient

program into academia and industry.2. A Need for ChangeScience is generally based on experimental methods that allow the formulation of generaltheoretical constructs. Applied sciences focus scientific theory to purposeful activity.Technology and engineering, on the other hand, put applied science to work efficiently in aprocess context. While science seeks basic understanding, technology and engineering areprimarily goal-oriented activities in response to societal needs [4,5].Technical and engineering knowledge can take three forms. Descriptive knowledge describesthings as they are, usually rules, general concepts, and principles in a narrative manner.Prescriptive knowledge is the technical know-how gained from repeated application ofdescriptive

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Misconceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Carla Firetto, Pennsylvania State University; Lucas Passmore, Pennsylvania State University; Peggy Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University; Kelli Higley, Pennsylvania State University; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Gary L. Gray; Stephen Turns, Pennsylvania State University; Jonna Kulikowich

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Educational Research and Methods

wascomplete. At the conclusion of the intervention, a post-test was delivered. Once all students werefinished with the post-test, students were asked to offer their opinions of the session.Recommendations made by students addressed the instructions of the problems, organization ofthe session, benefits of the session, and the problem types given in the session. Table 1. Sequence of design experiments Design Exp I Design Exp II Design Exp III Group size 3 to 5 15 to 30 15 to 30 Location Conference room Computer lab Testing center Pre-test Paper Computer-based Computer

Conference Session

Adaptation of Laboratory-based Courses During a Pandemic: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University; Chris Venters, East Carolina University; Nic Herndon; Melinda T. Doty, East Carolina University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

all of the other sessions. Table I Summary of the Faculty-Connection-Hour Series in Summer 2020 Date Attendance Topic June 9 Core group Planning meeting June 17 32 General discussion (concerns, challenges) June 24 35 Lab courses July 1 33 Efficiently use DE time in a hybrid model July 8 38 Literature-guided DE/online teaching July 15 23 Remote exams and tests July 22 77 Dean’s town hall meeting July

Conference Session

Accreditation and the BOK

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Tara Hornor, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

and referencedASME’s Vision 203010 which stated, “Our students will need to lead not only technically butalso socially, politically and ethically.” Additional recommendations included ethics andprofessionalism integrated into the curriculum. The ME profession clearly wanted ethicseducation in the curriculum and assimilated in different formats and levels. Additionally, ABETrequires students to “demonstrate an ability to design a system, component, or process to meetdesired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.”11 The MECH programdeveloped a multilevel approach to meet the requirements of the QEP: 1. Freshmen - exposed to the

Conference Session

Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randy R. Rapp, Purdue Building Construction Management Dept.

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Graduate Studies

Diamantes, J. (1997). The Canary in the Mine Shaft: A writing-across-the-curriculumexperience in the construction science department. ASC Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference. University ofWashington - Seattle, Washington, April 1997, 1 – 6.12. Ray, C.S., and Stiltner, B. (2000). Documentation: A building construction management model for teachingwriting in the discipline (WID). ASC Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference. Purdue University - WestLafayette, Indiana, March 29 - April 1, 2000, 67 – 76.13. Choudhury, I., Rocha, R.E., and Burt, R. (2003). Technical Writing for Construction Science Graduates. ASCProceedings of the 39th Annual Conference. Clemson University - Clemson, South Carolina, April 2003, 135-142.14. Dunn, P.A. (2007

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci

Laboratory VirtualInstrumentation Suite) workstations seen in Figure.1 to be utilized in both courses for amaximum number of 18-student laboratory sessions. Each workstation has a prototype board,variable power supply, function generator, physical digital multi-meter (DMM) andoscilloscope interface, and communicates with a PC through a data acquisition board (PCIcard). The power supply and function generator can be controlled manually or bycorresponding virtual (software) instruments in PC environment. Other virtual instrumentsavailable include DMM, oscilloscope (shown in Figure.2), Bode analyzer, dynamic signalanalyzer, arbitrary waveform generator, digital bus reader and writer, impedance analyzer,and two- and three-wire current-voltage analyzers

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahman Motlagh; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

laboratory is to illustrate and give students hands- “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”on experience to real world control systems, the SFT154 position and speed control system is thebest candidate for this purpose.2. Overview of Current Laboratory ExperimentsCurrently, the control feedback systems for EET4732 include the following experiments, usingboth hardware and software (104 page-laboratory manual): 1) General System Information and Introduction ( how to use the software package) 2) Laboratory Report Format 3) Experiment #1- A/D and D/A Conversion Concepts 4) Experiment #2- Motor

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

, Industrial & Manufacturingengineering. It also offers bachelors degrees in Computer Science & InformationTechnology.Department of Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringThe IME department is the first and the only department in this discipline in Pakistan.The IME department is located in the city of Karachi, the industrial and manufacturinghub of Pakistan. The department offers a four-year degree course based on instructionaleducation leading to a B.E. in IME. University Grant Commission of Pakistan and thePakistan Engineering Council, the elite governing bodies of Pakistan’s engineeringeducational sector, accredits the program (1).The first and second year curriculum broadly covers general and basic engineeringintroductory courses, those