Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael J Batchelder; Iyer L. Srinivasa; Daniel F. Dolan

also part ofCAMP. Projects appropriate to the academic calendar and student abilities provide experience forCAMP students and an aid to industry. The three faculty co-directors work with six graduate studentsand a dozen undergraduates who are managers and mentors for 33 CAMP student leaders who in turnlead multidisciplinary projects which involve approximately 100 students. Since many of these projectsare connected with courses, approximately 400 students are indirectly affected.IntroductionThe role of engineers has changed in recent years from solitary designers in the laboratory tomembers of teams that have to sell their ideas and work with customers. Engineering educationis changing to meet these changed needs; however, teaching effective

Conference Session

Curricular Transformation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Steven Joseph Abramsky, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

McKIlligan, Iowa State University Dr. McKilligan’s research focuses on approaches in the design innovation process, ideation flexibility, investigations of problem-solution spaces, and concept generation and development practices of novices through practitioners. She produces theory, design principles and systems to support design, engineering and educational innovation processes, through studying experiences of individuals and teams that lead to innovative thinking and through integrating that knowledge into organizational change.Mr. Steven Joseph Abramsky, Iowa State University Undergraduate Research Assistant in Industrial Design passionate for education and how the simplest decisions can have the most influential

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kenney; Thomas Jewell

geothermal fields, along endless beaches, and around pristinemountain lakes, glaciers, and volcanoes. Such first-hand experiences provide students with amuch greater appreciation of the value New Zealanders attach to preserving the country’s naturalenvironment and cultural heritage. It is an essential component of a truly global experience.Course AssessmentStudent and faculty feedback indicate that interdisciplinary courses such as Electric PowerDevelopment in New Zealand give engineering students a real appreciation for the significance ofthe socioeconomic and cultural context in which global technology decisions are made. In thisparticular course they have the opportunity to observe first-hand the complexity of designing andmanaging electricity

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Merrill, Illinois State University; Vincent Childress, North Carolina A&T; Rodney Custer, Illinois State University; Craig Rhodes, North Carolina A&T

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mechanisms laboratory • Electronics and sensors • Circuit lab.The Bridges project succeeded in getting the technology education teachers to infuse engineeringconcepts and design into their curricula. Mathematics and science teachers have alsoimplemented some of what they learned. However, their main concern with full implementationis the amount of time that it takes from the standard mathematics and science curricula.Generally, participants wanted more laboratory time and fewer lectures, and it is clear thathands-on engineering design experience was the preference of most participants. Participantswanted more interaction time and time to discuss important and creative engineering ideas.Across all of these projects and others, findings were similar

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Nripendra N. Sarker; Mohan A. Ketkar

connecting wires leading to power and ground connections of the board. When inputsand outputs are connected together with the chips themselves being connected to implement acircuit, it becomes a nightmare to debug any single bug in the circuit. The bugs could beanywhere, from wrong circuit design, to wrong connections, loose pins or the board itself being aproblem. It does not need to wait long to see students getting frustrated with the lab.Considering all these practical problems faced in the laboratory, we decided to upgrade the labwith three objectives 1. Make the lab hour an enthusiastic period of learning by removing all unnecessary hurdles in completing each lab with satisfaction 2. Complete the lab syllabus on time

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andy Blauch; Hugh Jack

since it was originally offered, with the goal of producing graduates who are capable ofsuccessfully implementing control systems. Towards this goal, the laboratory component of thecourse is very important. Originally the laboratories were based on experiments with discretemechanical components and data acquisition to allow analysis of the results. While this was veryeffective in improving laboratory skills, it did not help prepare the students to implement actualcontrol systems.Previously the laboratory made extensive use of Labview for data acquisition and control. Thisdid allow students to quickly build systems, but students rarely saw beyond the graphical inter-face. The laboratory component of EGR 345 was revised to build upon two previous

Conference Session

Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunil Mehendale, Michigan Technological University; John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Robert A. Marlor, Northern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Transfer. Engineering programs often focus on theory andconceptual design, while ET programs emphasize the applications of these principles. However,in Engineering and ET, successful learning of Dynamics demands several interrelated skills onthe part of students, beginning with spatial visualization, a clear grasp and application of physicalconcepts in various settings, followed by mathematical skills. These skills, if developedharmoniously, should lead to the successful development of problem-solving skills in Dynamics.However, in our consistent experience, students struggle with spatial visualization as well asphysical concepts, which blocks further progress in their learning. At two engineeringuniversities, Michigan Technological University and

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Antonella Sciortino; Lisa Star; Tesfai Goitom

/sophomores students in engineering introductory courses to work onprojects designed to increase student awareness of the global impact of engineering solutions andthey could also provide counseling on academic life. Graduate students are typically youngprofessionals who have successfully overcome the obstacles encountered by most studentsduring their academic career, have already acquired enough design experience in senior andgraduate courses, and have been exposed to the day-to-day challenges of the engineeringprofession through their work experience in engineering companies. Many graduate students arealso international students who can provide an invaluable foreign perspective on the engineeringprofession. Yet, because of their student status

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

Virginia University, an MBA from Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD in Kinesiology with a focus on Biomechanics from Penn State University. Dr. Lang’s previous professional experiences and research interests range from mechanical engineering facilities design to research that applied engineering and molecular biology approaches to the study of the skeletal response to mechanical loading. As a Mechanical Engineer, she worked on facil- ity design projects involving mechanical systems that included heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and energy conservation systems, as well as R&D of air conditioning equipment for Navy ships. Additional research interests have included the investigation of relationships among

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Ryan Howe; Stanley Rader; Matthew Snyder

bridge during a three-week summer period. This unique“theory to practice” opportunity provided invaluable engineering experience and prepared theteam to handle complex challenges facing them as soon-to-be officers and engineers in theUnited States Air Force. This project also presented an exceptional learning perspective duringthe construction segment that is often missed in the classroom setting. The paper andpresentation will describe the lessons learned and unique perspective of an undergraduatemechanical engineering major throwing himself wholeheartedly into a comprehensive civilengineering experience.Background An innovative trail bridge design and construction project was developed by Dr. StanRader (USAFA Class of ’76) and Col Greg

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Chouzal. 12, s.l. : IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2009, Vol. 56.5. M. Bowe, D. Jensen, J. Feland, B. Self. When Multimedia Doesn't Work: An Assessment of Visualization Modules for Learning Enhancement in Mechanics. s.l. : IITA Research Publication 3, Education Series, 2000.6. A combined stress experiment using a hacksaw. M. Coyle, C. Keel. s.l. : ASEE Annual Conference, 2001.7. Laboratory Exercises for Statics and Mechanics of Materials on a Shoestring. D. Hall, P. Hadala, F. Roberts. s.l. : ASEE Annual Conference, 2000.8. Visualizing structural behavior: using physical models in structural engineering education. K.F. Meyer, S.J. Ressler, T.A. Lenox. s.l. : ASEE Annual Conference, 1996.9. Design and application of a beam

Conference Session

FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Burford J. Furman, San Jose State University; Ping Hsu, San Jose State University; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

university experience. Thisstudy attempts to look at one element of the freshman engineering experience and betterunderstand its influence on student attitudes about engineering and retention.The College of Engineering has offered the required freshman introduction to engineering course(ENGR 10) since 1992. The course enrolls approximately 700 students per year from all of theengineering disciplines in a lecture/laboratory format. The course meets twice per week for 50minutes in a large lecture (about 175 students) to teach some basics of engineering principles andethics. Students also attend a three-hour lab once a week, where they design, build, and testsolutions to engineering problems in a series of projects. The labs are limited to 24 students

Conference Session

TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ben Rogers

disciplines take a departure course in which theseblocks are introduced. They continue working toward majors in their own departments beforereturning for a design and synthesis course at the senior and graduate student levels. This course,developed at the University of Nevada, Reno, is entitled “Nanotechnology System Design andSynthesis.” It is an integrated microtechnology/ nanotechnology course in which the five blocksare reinforced and expanded upon, drawing on students’ new knowledge in their respectivedisciplines, while at the same time challenging them to apply their knowledge to a real-worldnanotechnology system design. The senior-level course serves as the capstone experience coursefor a newly created nanotechnology minor, and a graduate

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-148: PROGRAM FOR STUDENT RETENTION AND SUCCESSIN ENGINEERINGRafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University Dr. Bachnak is a Professor at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical from Ohio University in 1983, 1984, and 1989, respectively. Prior to joining TAMIU in 2007, Dr. Bachnak was on the faculty of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Northwestern State University, and Franklin University. His experience includes several fellowships with NASA and the US Navy Laboratories and employment with Koch Industries. Dr. Bachnak is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, a senior member of IEEE and ISA, and a member of ASEE

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Joseph Hoffman; Gary Pertmer; Chandra Thamire

year. The final year is devoted to a significant design experience and anumber of technical electives that can be arranged to permit the students to shape their educationso as to provide an entry to a number of different career opportunities.The curriculum consists of the following curricular areas (Fig. 1): Page 9.83.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationA.1. Basic SciencesThis component primarily consists of 15 credit hours of mathematics (three calculus courses andone differential

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson; Mary Vollaro

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”At first glance, a number of statistics may be of use for planning purposes. The topicsthemselves are of interest, as well as how many abstracts were submitted. Attendance figures aswell as background and interests of our audience, has not yet been acquired. In the latter,planning and assessment may be improved by surveying our audience with respect to their role attheir academic institution, e.g., primarily teaching or research, majors or non-majors,undergraduate and/or graduate program, etc. Specific qualitative observations based on thisinformation have been summarized below:Activities, laboratories and experiments of

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

ASM Delowar Hossain; Zory Marantz; Djafar Mynbaev

students experience no specialization unless or until they move into four-year (Bachelor of Technology) programs, the step that is always encouraged in the programdescription. There are exceptions to this rule where some programs offer one specific course ineither power, IC manufacturing, or computers. In fact, all of the programs have as one of theprogram goals the pursuit to lifelong learning and the programs are designed just so to givestudents the opportunity to transfer their credits to a four-year technology program.Despite what appears to be an obvious oversight by the schools in following the ‘old ways’, eachschool that is ABET accredited has an industrial advisory commission that is referred to forupdating and developing their program

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence E. Dwan; E. Eugene Mitchell; George E. Piper; Carl E. Wick

environmental engineering course in the Systems EngineeringDepartment at the U.S. Naval Academy has been a complete success as evidence by instructors Page 3.531.4comments and students course critiques. Students have demonstrated a good level of mastery ofthe course material and have received significant design experience. The students enjoyed thehands-on labs, research projects, and giving presentations. Much of the laboratory experiencethey received in this course can be of immediate use for their project in their senior capstonedesign course.7. REFERENCES[1] Turmel, V.J., Jones, K.O., Williams, D., "Comparison of Different Control Methods for

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University; Robert Todd, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

. Page 13.648.4Preparing engineering graduates to contribute within the context of a global workplace is nosmall task given that engineering programs are already overloaded with credits, content, andother demands. The design and applied learning experiences in most capstone courses areintended to foster cohesion and synergy between the various aspects of the engineeringcurriculum including the engineering sciences, modeling, mathematics, technology,manufacturing, design and business. The nature of capstone courses potentially provides anopportunity to achieve globally-oriented educational outcomes within existing curriculums.This paper will discuss the reality of globalization and the need to prepare students to contributein the global workplace

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor

digital counter laboratory resulted in a(college) freshmen design project. In this case, two high school teachers played the role of “customer” inmaking the design specifications. Without performing a longitudinal study assessing the results of this program, is difficult. However,several of the teachers involved have performed pre- and post-testing of the students with positive results.Future Plans We feel the project is well developed after this second successful year. The primary concern iscontinuing to fund VISION. It is anticipated that the Eisenhower grant obtained for VISION 95 will not berenewed since it was previously funded. Current plans are to solicit funds from businesses who do not wish tobe hosts. At present, the plan

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

study scientific or engineering problems.CSE has emerged as a powerful and indispensable method to analyze a variety of problems inresearch, production and process development, and manufacturing. Computational modeling andsimulation is being accepted as a third methodology in scientific discovery processing andengineering design, complementing the traditional approaches of theory and experiment. Manyexperiments and investigations that have traditionally been performed in a laboratory or the fieldare being augmented or replaced by computational modeling and simulation. Examples includeweather and climate modeling 1, fossil fuel combustion simulation 2, engine and vehicle design 3,materials development 4, aircraft design 5, electronic design

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cliff R. Mirman, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

apply current knowledge and Project allows students to use learned course B adapt to emerging applications of techniques in research and lab setting – data mathematics, science, and technology. analysis requires technical and statistic analysis An ability to conduct, analyze and interpret Projects requires students to develop laboratory C experiments and apply experimental experiments or perform numerical analysis and then results to improve processes. data reduction. An ability to apply creativity in the design Project requires students to design components and D of systems, components or

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter C.M. Burton; Fred Payne; Dinesh Kant

environment.Practical work is designed to reinforce the material that is covered in the lectures and eachcourse has an associated laboratory1. The Department also has a strong enterprise engineeringfocus which integrates business and personal skills development with the technical aspects of the Page 3.427.1program2.In 1997 the Department introduced a graduate course work program in electronics that wouldcomplement the undergraduate program and lead to the Master’s degree. The same practicallyfocused philosophy is still maintained, with each course having a corresponding laboratory. Theaim is to provide professional development opportunities for practising

Conference Session

Innovations in Solid Mechanics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

of the impact. A toy doll was used in the placeof a crash test dummy to visualize the motion of the passenger during the crash. Figure 4. Photo of crash test vehicle and dummy on track at impact barrier (left) and student setting up experiment (right) Page 25.1419.7Figure 5. Time elapse images of barrier impact from high speed video showing bumper crush and dummy motionWeek 6- Test Results Analysis ReportStudents were asked to analyze the test results and compute several measures of the severity ofthe crash test to determine the effectiveness of their bumper design. From the

Collection

2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Niklas Cyril Bitters, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

for student research in the design andoperation of intelligent and autonomous vehicles, project activities on this platform will enablestudents to gain valuable laboratory and project experiences. This can be accomplished throughthe inclusion of exercises on this platform in graduate and undergraduate courses offered as partof the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) curriculum. Graduate ECE courses, such asimage processing, neural networks, and embedded system design would be choices for projectactivities on this platform. Typical courses in the undergraduate ECE program are digital logicdesign and programming in C/C++/Python. The platform will promote student participationacross the ECE program in competitive design events for the next

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Mechtel, U.S. Naval Academy; Andrew McCue, U.S. Naval Academy; Keith Kintzley, U.S. Naval Academy; Robert Voigt, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

andobserve actual diesel generator operations. The students also answer questions that rangefrom how generators are put in parallel to how the anchor windlass motor works. This isa very satisfying experience for students that rarely know what a transformer is at thebeginning of the semester. Page 13.266.5 Figure 3: USNA Yard Patrol CraftThis circuits and power course is a prerequisite for the second course on communicationsystems, digital logic and computer networks. Simple filter design and the concepts ofgain, attenuation, noise and frequency spectrum prepare students to study AmplitudeModulation (AM) and Frequency

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Broussard; Jenelle Piepmeier

, but their overarching role is to build higher-levelfunctionality from those components.The curriculum is designed to first teach the students the design and functionality ofvarious computer vision tools. As each tool is learned, an experiment is performed todemonstrate the tool’s capabilities and limitations. The topics are presented in an orderthat allows several tools to be grouped together to form a higher-level experiment on realworld images. An example of this would be to group edge detection, automaticthresholding, and Hough transforms to build a road detection system that could be usedfor vehicle navigation.A broad range of topics are covered within the course. The image processing portioncovers the following topics: Image formats

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Alicia L. Lyman-Holt, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

houses large-scale testing equipment, sensors, and support staff;researchers from around the US go to the sites to conduct their work, thus creating a network ofshared use laboratories. NEES allows for the concentration of large and expensive equipmentand experienced researchers and has served as a model for other earthquake engineering“collaboratories” in Japan, Europe, Taiwan, and New Zealand[1].The NEES research experience for undergraduates (REU) program leverages this concentrationof special equipment and researchers to create a unique research experience for participants.Since 2006 the NEES REU program has hosted more than 140 students, distributed to as manyas seven different NEES sites during a summer. On average, the program hosts 20

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

, desire to reach 4 1students that have alternate learning styles ’ 1, to provide experience based education and to augment .traditional laboratory facilities that are being stretched increasingly thin with growing enrollments Computersimulations also provide students with access to environments that would not otherwise be available to them. Virtual reality, VR, is an emerging technology that strives to greatly increase the realism of simulationsby immersing users deeply within interactive three dimensional computer generated environments. This addedrealism has great potential to increase the

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division: Curriculum Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Paz Munoz, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

, facilitatingconflict resolution and team cohesion.Teamwork has been widely recognized as a cornerstone for academic and professionalsuccess in engineering and science education. Wilson et al. [12] highlighted thetransformative potential of teamwork assessments, which provide a more comprehensiveeducational experience by fostering a diverse range of skills. Despite this, students frequentlyreported challenges, such as unequal workload distribution within groups, and preferredpractical or informal collaborative settings, like laboratory experiences, over formalassessment environments.The evaluation of teamwork quality has been explored extensively. Herrera et al. [13]identified six key dimensions for assessing teamwork among engineering students:collaboration