Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid K. Naji; Fazil Najafi

the same virtual environment was tested on a standard Pentium PC with standard SVGA graphicsboard. The same virtual environment was experienced using the latest Intel’s 180 MHZ Pentium Pro (P6) with a32 MB of RAM, and the Sapphire 2SX graphics board installed in the system. Real time rendering performancewhich was measured by navigating through the generated virtual environment was extremely fast even whencomplex terrain texture was applied to the environment. Table 1 presents the cost of the hardware system whichwas used in this example. Table 1. Hardware Cost of PC-based VR System Device cost 180 MHZ P6

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Alfrey, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in “Applying Method to Generate Results”; this is tobe expected, based on the emphasis placed in many lower level courses in step-by-stepproblem “solving”. (“Just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it!”) Students had moredifficulty in “Defining the Problem” and “Selecting the Most Appropriate Method.” Theworst performance was in “Proposing Multiple Methods of Solution” due to manystudents presenting only one solution – the solution that was implemented. Theimplications of these results will have to be decided by faculty. Page 14.444.7 Figure 1: Rubric Results from Instrumentation Project ReflectionsAs a first step toward validating

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Egbert, Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

General Chemistry I. The General Chemistry IIcourse and the extra 1 credit of Chemistry laboratory count as free electives in the collaborativeengineering program.Finally, Physics I and II at Missouri S&T are 4 credit hours each, including a laboratory session,while Physics I and II at MSU are 5 credit hours each including a laboratory. This added 2 Page 14.1072.5additional credits hours to the collaborative engineering program.Overall, the effect of these credit hour differences was that the Missouri S&T ElectricalEngineering program as offered at MSU required a minimum of approximately 131 hours forgraduation as opposed to the 128

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Abdulbaset Abdulaziz Gaddah A.G., University of Umm Al-Qura; Shakil Akhtar, Clayton State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

results are presented in form of tables and graphs. The graphs indicatethe learning gains in general with overall STEM focus. There were 29 questions in the surveyranging from questions on scientific understanding to various types of research abilities. Wepresent here the results in four groups. The survey questions are included in the Appendix. Pre andpost SALG surveys graphs are shown in Figures 1-4. Figure 1: Some Gains in Thinking Like a Scientist 100 Percentage of Students 80 60 40 20

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jefferey Froyd; Don Maxwell; Debra Fowler; Jim Morgan

the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationpage. For example, a student can only open the Student Menu; the administrator can open allmenu links. Clicking on the Student Menu and then the Browse Weeks links leads to the pageshown below. The schedule detail is generated from text information stored in tables and thehandout list is generated from the files posted for Week 1 (see Figure 4). Figure 4. CE Notes Course Week ScheduleThe chart shown in Figure 5 summarizes the operation of the Web application from the student’s Figure 5. CE Notes Functionality from Student Perspective

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahador Ghahramani

and publicity -- they are becoming more vigilant in addressing thishighly sensitive issue. The issue at hand is the proper disposal of solid waste and themaximization of recycling to reduce the consumption rate of the world’s natural resources.INTRODUCTION Municipal solid waste (MSW) is defined as waste from residential, commercial,institutional, and some industrial sources. While our population continues to grow, so does thetotal amount of MSW that we generate each year. In fact, the total MSW increased upwards of250 percent in the past 35 years, from 88 million tons 1960 to over 210 million tons in 1995 thatis discussed in Figure 1

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Odom, University of Idaho; Russ Porter, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Adrian Gomez, University of Idaho; Lloyd Gallup, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

textbooks8,9,10,11. Our local implement-tation has evolved over the last ten years to align better with our design infrastructure and ABETlearning outcomes12. A unique feature of our program is the team of graduate student mentorsknown as the Idaho Engineering Works (IEW) that fosters professional and technical excellenceby mentoring undergraduate design teams13. This is facilitated by the layout of a 5000 ft2 designsuite that includes a CNC equipped machine shop, project assembly area, CAD laboratory,conference/study area, and graduate student offices. As shown in Figure 1, we take pride in ourshop and strive to maintain high levels of organization and cleanliness. The shop is on displayfor all to see through windows at the end of the building

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Charles Winton

Botball Challenge, and how it can be used as a class project.1 IntroductionIntroductory engineering courses are used to teach general principles while introducing thestudents to all of the engineering disciplines. Robotics, as a multi-disciplinary application can bean ideal subject for projects that stress the different engineering fields. A major consideration inestablishing a robotics course emphasizing mobile robots is the type of hands-on laboratoryexperience that will be incorporated into the course of instruction. Most electrical engineeringschools lack the machine shops and expertise needed to create the mechanical aspects of a robotsystem. Most mechanical engineering schools lack the electronics labs and expertise needed forthe

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

Session 1455 Enabling the U.S. Engineering Workforce to Perform: Building a Culture for Technological Innovation and Leadership in Professional Graduate Engineering Education D. A. Keating,1 T. G. Stanford, 1 J. M. Snellenberger,2 D. H. Quick,2 I. T. Davis,3 J. P. Tidwell,4 D. R. Depew,5 A. L. McHenry,6 S. J. Tricamo,7 D. D. Dunlap,8 University of South Carolina 1 / Rolls-Royce Corporation 2 / Raytheon Missile Systems 3 The Boeing Company 4/Purdue University 5 / Arizona State University East 6 New Jersey

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lucas; Catherine Latterell; Andrew Vavreck

experience ofengineering technology students as it relates to the project. To provide students with coursecredit for the amount of writing required for the competition, a 1-credit English course calledEngineering Documentation (English 397A) was established and taught by a member of theEnglish faculty with a background in technical communication. The goal of this course is to helpstudents integrate writing and rhetorical strategies into the heart of their engineering education.One of the most basic concepts of rhetorical theory and writing pedagogy is that success in thewriting classroom depends upon the instructor's ability to reproduce for students how writerswork in workplace and other settings. To that end, writing courses focus on audience

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew S. Lau

elements of guided design. These group papers also formed the basis forentire class discussions. Sometimes, groups would report their results orally.By far the most significant effort was the group term project. Several exercises were used to aidthe students in selecting a project, and the general project goals were: • Applies much of what we have learned in this class. • Applies additional technical skills from other classes or experience. • Results in a working, full-scale prototype utilizing readily available, low-cost materials. • Challenges the group’s abilities and requires library research. • Designed for a group that has traditionally been neglected by the design community.The seven groups

Conference Session

ETD Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Farhad Ameri, Texas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Figure 1.The design teams developed two different wrist devices while working independently. Concept 1: Total hand strap support Concept 2: Roped strap hand support Figure 1: The sketches of two of the wrist device conceptsFor prototyping, the design teams used the maker space. Neoprene and Velcro were the mainmaterials used for prototyping. After generating the 2D CAD model of various pieces of thebrace they were cut using VLS 3.60 laser cutter and then assembled together through stitchingand sewing using Bernina B580 sewing machine as can be seen in Figure 3. Simple hand toolswere used for final cleaning. Since sufficient instructions were provided for operating themachines available in the maker

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel S. Hirschhorn

1 Session 3251 SHOULD ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS TRUST RISK ASSESSMENTS? Joel S. Hirschhorn Hirschhorn & AssociatesRisk assessment is no panacea for making ditllcuk decisions about the priority, extent, and objectives of cleanups -of hazardous waste sites. Whenever critics of cleanup programs, such as the

Conference Session

BME Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

Session 1309 Development of the Textbook, Conservation Principles in Bioengineering Ann Saterbak,1 Ka-Yiu San,1 Larry V. McIntire2 1 Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston TX 77005 2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332SummaryThe textbook, Conservation Principles in Bioengineering, which covers the conservation lawswith applications in biological and medical systems, has been written. Its publication by PrenticeHall is expected in 2005. The conservation laws of mass, energy, charge and momentum

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

, thequestionnaire listed various ABET civil engineering program requirements and requestedrespondents to indicate at which level – high, average, low, or unsure/none – each is believed tobe enhanced by students involved in the design and construction of the steel bridge and concretecanoe projects. The subject areas chosen, shown in Table 1, are among those included in arecently adopted set of criteria for accrediting engineering programs, Engineering Criteria20003, and listed in the Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programsand the General Criteria (Professional Component).Specifically, the findings suggest that the student perceive their understanding of many of thesubject areas have been enhanced at a high level. For example

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek

4.1 3.8 0.3 Design 3.9 3.7 0.2 Modern tools 3.9 3.8 0.1 Contemporary issues 3.6 3.2 0.4 Experimental methods 3.5 3.7 -0.2 Social, environmental, 3.3 3.0 0.3 economic impactScale: 1=never used, 2=rarely used, 3=useful, 4=often useful, 5=always necessaryInterestingly enough three of the four top issues (communication, teamwork and ethics) notdirectly related to technical skills play key roles in any organizational settings. Thus it isessential to provide engineering graduates

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Wentzheimer; Jeremy G. VanAntwerp; Douglas A. Vander Griend; Jennifer VanAntwerp

Session 1171 Chemistry and Materials Science for All Engineering Disciplines: A Novel Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching Approach Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Jeremy G. VanAntwerp, Douglas A. Vander Griend, W. Wayne Wentzheimer Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan1 AbstractA novel first-year course (Engineering Chemistry and Materials Science) was created to broadenthe technical foundation in the BSE program at Calvin College. The content of the new coursewas drawn from two established courses – an engineering course in materials science (which wassubsequently

Conference Session

Issues in Physics and Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen

Session 1380 Metamorphysics: Changing to EP at UW-Platteville Harold T. Evensen University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleAbstractIn 1996 the Physics program at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville became an EngineeringPhysics program, which achieved ABET accreditation in Fall 2001. While many features of agood physics program are also those of a good engineering program, ABET accreditationrequires explicit coverage of outcomes such as engineering design, communication skills, andinterdisciplinary work, which are not always part of a “traditional” physics program

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Steele

Session 2793 Assessment of the Student’s Design & Problem Solving Experience Utilizing Notebook Computers and a Wireless Environment Stuart Steele Polytechnic University Brooklyn, NYAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to discuss how students utilizing notebook computers and a wirelessenvironment can improve their design experience in engineering and technology based coursesincluding computer science and project courses. Issues affecting both notebook use and wirelessoperation will be presented. Teaching models

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard B. Englund

four semesters in preparation for engineering courses. Themovement to first-year experiences in engineering is intended to introduce them to thetechniques of the profession early in their program of study, and to motivate the students to studyin the support courses. Often the students have no knowledge or experience to use as a base forsuch an introduction. Technical content of case studies for first-year must be (1) limited to thatwhich can be explained in the case study, or (2) is generic enough that all students can be Page 5.138.1expected to have some experience with the device or subject. In an introductory seminar, thecase study must

Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Emilia Mediavilla, Western Washington University ; Asaki Nelson, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Paper ID #35496Cultivating community for first year students: Experiences in adapting apeer mentoring program to remote format.Prof. Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University Jill Davishahl is Assistant Professor and First Year Programs Director in the Engineering + Design depart- ment at Western Washington University. Jill’s teaching, service, and research activities focus on enhanc- ing the engineering and design first year student experience by providing the foundational technical skills, student engagement opportunities, and professional skill development necessary to improve success in the major, with emphasis

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vy-Linh Gale, New York University; Victoria Bill, New York University; Jessica Si

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Over thepast two semesters, the communication system has been developed between the students,the faculty member, and OTs.Goldberg and Pearlman identified eight best practices for assistive technology-focused project-based courses. Currently, the course has successfully implemented four of these eight. There is areliable client base through the medical team (1), with a transparent line of communicationbetween all of the stakeholders involved in the project (2). A multidisciplinary team has beenformed (3) that has frequent client interaction (5) through patient fittings and therapy sessions, aswell as feedback from the medical team. Over the Fall 2018 semester, Google Drive was betterutilized for feedback from patient fittings. The Google Drive

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Neville Parker, The City College of The City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

– July 16, 2005) Morning Session (MS): 9:00-12:00 Lunch 12:00 Afternoon Session (AS): 1:30-4:30 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 4 5 6 7 8 Holiday MS: MS: MS: MS: • Opening Day • Cluster Activities • Field Trip-New York • Cluster InteractionCollege Closed • Anatomy of a Trip Transit Museum • Field Trip – Tour

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University; Nannette D'Imperio, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

in thepaper.IntroductionThe usual approach to teaching a computer programming course is to have a classroom lecturecomponent and a supervised laboratory module, where students write simple programs reflectiveof the subjects that they have learned during the lectures. For smaller class sizes, an alternativeapproach, which consists of conducting the entire course in a laboratory setting, has also beenimplemented. An improvement to this approach involves making the lectures more interactive,transforming them using a multimedia package, and conducting class sessions in a "technology-ready classroom" 1. This requires a larger investment, and more time and money, on the parts ofthe institutions and instructors. Justification for this type of

Conference Session

Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Hannah Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; A. Mattox Beckman Jr., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lucas Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew D. Goodman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois; Nicole Johnson-Glauch

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

campus, designed a new teaching and leadership program and successfully offered it as apilot course for three semesters. Desiring to prepare graduate students for careers in bothacademia and industry, this program aims to enhance the teaching skills of graduate teachingassistants (GTAs) while simultaneously augmenting their professional skills. The goal is to trainthe next generation of leaders who will possess technical and academic expertise as well ascritical skills such as communication, organization, and relationship building. The team used anintegrative approach to design and later modify the course. This paper describes this approach, aswell as the results of an investigation into whether the course impacted GTA perceptions ofteaching

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of FrEP 8:30 – 9:30 Team Building/Creative Problem Solving 9:30 – 11:00 College Algebra with Engineering/Science Applications 11:00 – 12:00 Enrichment Topics 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 2:30 Optional General Education Course 3:30 – 5:00 Study Sessions with Mentor Tutoring 6:30 – until Evening Study Sessions Page 12.1004.9Each section of college algebra will be supported by two student mentors. One of theresponsibilities of these mentors will be to conduct daily study sessions adapting theSupplemental Instruction (SI) model. SI is

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

take a bigger role in the learningprocess.BackgroundProblem-based learning (PBL) has been a subject of interest in recent years1-3. In anattempt to facilitate learning in a time demanding environment, educators have proposed,devised, incorporated and structured PBL into technical courses in the medical field4-5 aswell as in engineering courses6-8. Cawley9 detailed the use of PBL in the developmentand delivery of a mechanical engineering course. Nasr, et al.10 used PBL in a particularthermodynamic course which made use of learning modules and real-life applications.Even more recently, Nasr and Ramadan11 used PBL in an engineering thermodynamicscourse and introduced an evaluation tool to determine the effectiveness of PBL in thatparticular case

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ristroph

Session 1139 Coach: A New System for Interactive Learning John H. Ristroph University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractCoach is an interactive learning system originally designed for engineering economics, and thenextended to be useful to other disciplines. It provides professors with a comparatively easy wayto implement computer-based tutorials, examples, or problem solving sessions. IntroductionInteractive learning systems encourage active learning, but they have proven

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay P. Ahuja

connecting a router to theWAN is studied. Students had to make the determination whether improved performance achievedby upgrading the LANs to Fast Ethernet’s or the access link (from 56 Kbps to T1) to the WANjustified the upgrade. It is not intuitively obvious which upgrade (if any) is required. A simulationstudy is very helpful in arriving at an informed decision.Lab 6The topology used in this lab exercise is the same as in lab 5. The TCP and UDP transport protocolperformance is studied. The efficiency of the transport protocol used and form of flow control(sliding window size is varied from 1, 7, to 127) used are evaluated based on the averagemessage delays to send a file, the average message delay to setup the ftp sessions, and the

Collection

2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

and other topics, engage students in high levelthinking and to show real applications to academic topics. Too often design is looked at as acomplex, expensive and technology-focused effort. This workshop introduces an easy andaffordable approach using materials found in every classroom. Human-Centered Design places afocus on people and how to get information from users. This interactive session will engageparticipants in activities used to teach human-centered design.The learning objectives are: 1: Describe Human-Centered Design 2: List at least 3 potential activities for Human-Centered Design in your classroom 3: Identify at least 3 ways students can learn how to design for usersWorkshop Description- Please provide a