Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tarnowski; Sara Wadia-Fascetti

student work. Within each module students are required to,in addition to observing physical behavior, verify the results with both theory and computerapplications. Each laboratory activity is to be summarized in a concise technical memo.Students are graded on the quality of the technical work and the written communication. Toreinforce writing skills students are encouraged to rewrite the technical memo to improve theirgrade.COURSE DESCRIPTIONThe syllabus for the revised laboratory course is shown in Figure 1. The re-designed laboratorycurricula combine modeling and experimental activities with computer analysis and supportingtheory into a global perspective for solving structural analysis problems. Through these effortsstudent benefit is

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Leduc

understanding of the relationship of design,manufacturing, and inspection, our students will better understand the importance ofcommunicating design (manufacturing) intent and a consistent interpretation through out thedesign/manufacturing cycle.1. Clark, Aaron C. & Alice Scales, A Study of Current Trends and Issues Related to Technical/Engineering Design Graphics, The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, Volume 64, Number 1, Winter 2000.2. Connolly, Patrick E., CAD Software Industry Trends and Directions, The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, Volume 63, Number 1, Winter 1999.3. Buchal, Ralph O., Incorporating Solid Modeling and Team-Based Design into Freshman Engineering Graphics, The Engineering Design Graphics Journal

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

A. Eberlein; M. R. Smith

1. Curriculum details for the introductory and technical course components associated with the 4th year Team Design Project CourseRather than having a fixed project for all students, the department decided to spread theworkload, with small groups of professors being responsible for several different project teams.This approach provides a choice of project areas and justification to use the project course toreplace two technical electives. Team Design Projects rather than a Group Design Project wereused A group project involves a number of individuals producing several related items thattogether constitute a final product. A team project involves more collective decisions, actionsand sharing of knowledge.Project management

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Marie Olaskowitz; Shane T.J. Kemper

shortened laboratory implementation requirement, while providingstudents with a hands-on educational experience.This paper presents general guidelines for designing a modular laboratory experimentalenvironment. The laboratory designer, reader, will be provided with a methodology toachieve a laboratory environment covering a breadth of electromechanical applications.Industrial and scholastic benchmarking are a few tools used in identifying the goals ofthe laboratory experiments. Additional goals of increasing student involvement, studentcommunication and technical skills are also defined. The paper will address methods ofinvolving the students during the construction process. It offers ways to involve thestudents to work together in multi

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhidipta Mallik, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM education of over 1,000 students annually. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Fundamental: Analyzing the Effects of a Robotics Training Workshop on the Self-Efficacy of High School Teachers1. IntroductionThe Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are national standards developed by educators,teachers, and scientists across the nation to address and enhance science, technology, engineering,and math (STEM) education [1]. Its 3D model includes Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs),Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs), and Cross Cutting Concepts (CC’s), which gives teachersguidelines on how to address natural phenomena across all science

Conference Session

Strategies for Effective Education in Manufacturing

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.) (MERGED); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Carlos Michael Ruiz, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

they might become responsive characters that engagepeople and interact with the academic environment in new ways. We seek to address the issuessurrounding the integration of emerging technologies with the highly varied assemblies ofintelligent emerging technologies that perhaps exist already or will be deployed in them in the nearfuture. The key components of emerging technologies were found in a variety of loosely-relatedcurrent research areas in the workshop. As shown in Figure 2, a series of technical presentationswere implemented to cultivate skills and knowledge of engineering students by exposing advancedmanufacturing technologies. Figure 2. Discussion sessions during the presentationsThe following displays the

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

Session 2463 Innovation in Manufacturing Education and Workforce Development – The PRIME Coalition Winston F. Erevelles – Robert Morris University Karen Harris– Penn State New Kensington Pearley Cunningham – Community College of Allegheny County Sunday Faseyitan - Butler County Community College Robert Myers – Westmoreland County Community CollegeI. IntroductionThe manufacturing base of Southwestern Pennsylvania is the key to a healthy regional economy.Manufacturing is the second largest private sector

Conference Session

Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AJ Almaguer, University of California, Berkeley; Roy Tangsombatvisit, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew Ford, University of California, Berkeley; Susan Yushan Chen, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Engineers and Mentors; Lisa A. Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley; Neil Ray, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

opportunities for outreach or did not find a right match with theorganizations that provided such opportunities; (2) outreach was considered insignificantcompared to their coursework. There was a general attitude that outreach was not “technicalenough” for engineers and the benefits of community service were not apparent enough tostudents; (3) it was hard to train mentors that were capable of teaching science and engineeringconcepts to a younger audience.We believe that community service builds strong, empathetic leaders. With this in mind, wetackled this design problem like engineers would and specified the user needs of students likeourselves, our k-12 mentees, and the university—our primary stakeholders. After manybrainstorming sessions, we

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Emmanuel Gurrola

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

science is paramount. According to the Bureau ofLabor Statistics, jobs requiring science, engineering or technical training will increase by morethan 24 percent by 2014 to 6.3 million [1]. U.S. manufacturing will no longer employ millions inlowskilled jobs. Tomorrow’s jobs will go to those with education in science, engineering, andmathematics and to high-skilled technical workers. Such a workforce is an important key tofuture growth, productivity, and competitiveness [2].The identification and development of science minority talent is important for the future vitalityof scientific research. This development is essential because demographic trends show that in thenext 20 years minorities will constitute an increasing portion of the US population

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory L. Wiles P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Reid Ball, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

period studentswere asked to decide between traditional (2 special purpose and capstone classes), hybrid (28technical classes and labs), and online classes (30 technical classes and labs) each denoted by adifferent section number. Many of these classes among the three modalities were being taughtby the same instructor, so it soon became apparent after a constant feeling of redundancy someof these classes can be converged. In 2011 we began combining the hybrid and online classes atthe same time and thus the converged classroom was born. Students now review the Schedule ofClasses from the school website and discover, for instance, course IET3424-850 offered nextsemester on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm with a section designation of -850 meaning this is a

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Eric Nauman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

24.1241.8conjunction with Tables 1-3, highlights these statistics for a recent section (Fall 2013) of BasicMechanics II, which had 138 enrolled students. As these statistics reveal, the average student inthis section utilized the blog to watch 258 minutes of instructor- or student-produced onlinevideos – the equivalent of 5.16 class periods! As evident from Figure 4, this student viewershipwas strongly tied to exam preparation, which is expected given the videos’ recall and reinforcefunctionality, and weakly tied to homework submission. In addition, and as expected, studentsrarely watch a complete video, choosing instead to focus on those segments of the movie whichaddressed gaps in their own technical understanding. Interestingly, but perhaps not

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Scarlett Rae Miller P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Samuel Todd Hunter

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

in the SLA. In addition, a within-subjects study ofthe use of product dissection to aid in creative idea generation, students generated ideas, thendissected a product, and then generated more ideas. The results from this study found thatstudents expanded the solution space they explored after dissecting [33], which led to the use oftwo idea generation sessions in the dissection lesson module.Using these findings to develop educational interventions Figure 1 presents a flowchart overview of when different types of dissection activities areappropriate for learning and creativity in the classroom based on the results from this prior work.Specifically, the flowchart shows that it does not matter what product students dissect if

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

increasinglysophisticated levels of engineering exploration as the student matures.COSMM Laboratory EquipmentFigure 1 illustrates the integration of various pieces of advanced manufacturing technology intothe COSMM laboratory. Geometric and mechanical property data are imported from existingbiological structures into a virtual environment where they can be analyzed, modified and outputusing layerwise manufacturing techniques. Building a laboratory such as this at a StateUniversity is generally an expensive and daunting experience, but COSMM has beensuccessfully assembled through a combination of equipment purchased to support sponsoredresearch, creative arrangements with vendors, cooperation between engineering departments topurchase shared resources, and

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Om Prakash Jain, Independent Consultant

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development Constituency Committee

institutions is a big challenge, in general, and so is formost of the potential leaders. The framework provides opportunities to walk the above path torealize visions and missions and develops potential leaders. The leaders may have expertise andinterest in different areas such as industry interface, admissions, research, pedagogy. Theframework provides opportunities to potential leaders to work in their expertise and interestareas, which increases the chances of success in their chosen projects.Figure 1: Schematic of the CCAARR (Choosing, Conditioning, Assessing, Allocating, Realizing, Recognizing) FrameworkChoosing This phase refers to choosing potential faculty leaders, who can contribute to

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

. Page 10.125.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2005, American Society for Engineering Education” FIGURE 1 STEPS STUDENTS PREPARE POSTERS FOR THE MINIATURE SOLAR RACE CAR COMPETITION AT THE PETROLEUM INSTITUTEINTRODUCTIONThe translation of an engineering design program to a foreign culture offers many challenges,including overcoming the broad barriers of language, religion, values, manners, and ethnocentrism.In addition, the unique aspects of engineering design – problem solving, decision-making,teamwork, and communication skills are put to the test when transferred to a new

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano; Margaret Weeks

activities.Saturday, September 8. § An overview that outlined the goals of the workshop and provided a summary of CQI. § An introductory exercise for participants to ponder and discuss program educational objectives and outcomes. The exercise centered on a fictitious case study of a community college. Program objectives and outcomes were critiqued, and then participants were asked to generate a list of attributes of effective program objectives and outcomes. This activity was conducted in small group settings, with each workshop facilitator overseeing two of the ten groups. A few of the groups then reported their findings to the entire group in a plenary session. § An overview of assessment tools. § A follow-up

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Janet Davis, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

receive her Ph.D. from the University of Washington in June 2006. Page 11.1307.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Journey to a Teaching-Oriented Faculty Position: A Handbook of Advice for Graduate StudentsAbstractA graduate education usually trains students as researchers and scholars in their fields. Curriculaof computer science and engineering graduate programs generally include courses in researchmethods and provide ample opportunities for students to work as research assistants. Recentresearch has shown, however, that graduate students are not necessarily prepared for

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

comments were then grouped by question. By grouping the responses, generalthemes emerged from student responses. If the theme needed further probing, then the questionand generalized responses were added to the list of questions for the focus groups. This allowedstudents to elaborate and discuss their responses in a group setting.Focus group sessions were held during the Spring 2003 Semester as a follow-up to the surveys.These sessions gave students the opportunity to validate and comment on the general attitudestowards the learning community. These sessions also gave the researcher an opportunity toprobe deeper into answering the questions regarding the performance of the learning community.The Learning Community Coordinator Survey was given to

Conference Session

Learning about Electric Energy Conversion

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; Ramesh Chawla, Howard University; Joseph Cannon

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

-C Fig. 1 Bang-bang controllerThe bang-bang algorithm is generally described as: uc(k) = 0 for | error | < D uc(k) = - C for error < -D uc(k) = + C for error > Dwhere uc (k) is the output of the controller, D is half the width of the controller dead-band region,the error is the difference between the set-point value and the motor position, and C is themagnitude of the output of the controller when the error lies outside of the dead-band range. Theerror (set-point – motor position) is the only factor that the controller uses to determine thecontroller output. If the error lies outside the dead-band region and is positive, then thecontroller

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Abraham Michelen

t = -10:0.05:10; plot(t, sin(t)./t) grid on;MATLAB will respond by generating the plot shown in Fig. 1. Page 6.348.1Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering 1 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: Plot of sin(t)/tIf, however, we need to generate a new plot by changing the interval or any otherparameter of the plot we would have to type again the same command lines withdifferent values. In our case this

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sridhar Condoor; Richard Weber

. Abstraction CONCEPT CONFIGURATION SPACE SPACE Realization Fig.1. Concept-Configuration Space Model (3).The process of moving from configuration space to concept space can be thought of asabstraction. It is a generalization process by which the real need is distilled or fundamentalgoverning concept is discovered. Movement from concept space to configuration space can bethought of as realization or particularization—bringing to reality, in particular physical form.2.2. AbstractionAbstraction is essential in open-ended problem formulation because it requires the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gwan-Ywan Lai

Session 1526 Integration of Enhanced Coordinate Measuring Machine Systems with Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories and Curriculum at Kettering University Gwan-Ywan Lai Kettering UniversityI. IntroductionCoordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) are one of the most powerful and widely usedmetrological instruments in the manufacturing industry. There is virtually no workpiece whosedimensions cannot be measured with a properly equipped CMM system [1-6]. This NationalScience Foundation funded project (NSF-ILI: DUE-9851082) is to enhance two existing CMMsin

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley E. Bishop

Session 2220 Design of a Cooperative Autonomous Mobile Robot System at the Undergraduate Level Bradley E. Bishop Weapons and Systems Engineering, United States Naval AcademyAbstractThis paper describes an undergraduate-level design project in a course on autonomous mobilerobot systems. The project is intended to allow a great deal of latitude in implementation and topromote teamwork and integrated design methodologies in a framework that is bothinstructional and interesting. The technical challenges of the project include limited bandwidthcommunications, cooperative multi-agent

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rippy; Jason Dutcher; Jang Yi; Baber Raza; Herbert Hess

Session 3226 Using Automated Instrumentation and Available Software to Provide Interactive Laboratory Instruction to Distance Education Students on the Internet Jason Dutcher, Baber Raza, Robert Rippy, Jang Yi, Herbert Hess Department of Electrical Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, IDAbstract Technical aspects for developing a Remote Laboratory Data Gathering System for theUniversity of Idaho Electrical Power Laboratory are presented. The proposed system is a proof-of-concept to

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Reed, Purdue University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Page 22.163.94 Sternberg, R.J. (2005). The domain generality versus specificity debate: How should it be posed? In Kaufman, J. C. & Baer, J. Creativity Across Domains: Faces of the Muse. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, NJ.5 Kaufman, J. C. & Baer, J., (2005). Management: Synchronizing Different Kinds of Creativity. In Kaufman, J. C. & Baer, J. Creativity across Domains: Faces of the Muse. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, NJ.6 Pearson, G. And Young, T. (Eds.). (2002). Technically speaking: Why all Americans need to know more about technology. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.7 McCormick, R. & Davidson, M. (1996). “Problem Solving and the Tyranny of Product

Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; William Bender, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2010-238: EDUCATIONAL OPERATIONS FOUR DAYS A WEEKCharles Pringle, Central Washington UniversityWilliam Bender, Central Washington University Page 15.438.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Educational Operations Four Days a WeekAbstractFour day work weeks have been employed by industry, state agencies, and recently by highereducation. The generally perceived benefit of the four day work week is reduced energy costs.These costs savings include more efficient building operations and less energy consumptiondriving to a facility. The generally perceived negative impact of four day operations, particularlyof state agencies, is a decreased level of

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey W. Fergus, Auburn University; Shirley A Scott-Harris, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

23.374.3students while in school, as well as after graduation.Students are also encouraged to participate in Collaborative Learning Groups, designed to fostercollaborative and peer learning in key mathematics, science, and computer programmingcourses. A collaborative group enables students to develop a small supportive community ofpeers, that helps bond them to the broader social communities of the college while engagingthem more fully in the academic life of the institute4. Freshman engineering students areorganized into study groups based on common technical courses. Each group is facilitated byupper-class students proficient in the subject matter, who provide structure to the session andensure that problem solving progresses at a reasonable pace

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

are equivalent. The written final exam is based upon the laboratoryinstructional objectives provided at the beginning of each lab session for both the on-site anddistant delivery methods.TABLE 1 CET 345 Testing and Inspection of Construction Materials – Grade assessment criteria prior to fall 2000 Item On-site delivery Distant delivery Preparatory Assignment or Quiz 10% 0% Lab Reports 90% 100% Final Exam 0% 0%TABLE 2 CET 345 Testing and Inspection of Construction Materials – Current grade assessment criteria fall 2000 and beyond Item On-site delivery Distant delivery Preparatory

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

fastest growing population in the State. They represent about 5% of thetotal population of North Dakota. Each Reservation is served by a tribally controlled college(TCC): Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC), Fort Berthold Community College(FBCC), Sitting Bull Community College (SBC), and Turtle Mountain Community College(TMCC). One other TCC, United Tribe Technical College (UTTC) is not located on aReservation. These TCCs are vital links for higher education on Reservations. Most of the highschool students on the Reservations aspiring to pursue careers in STEM areas are likely to enrollin the TCCs first and then move on to four-year universities. The TCCs continue to make greatstrides toward improving the lives of their members on the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anderson Prewitt, University of Florida; Wanda Eugene, Auburn University; Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

an international headquarters located inAlexandria, Virginia and is comprised of more than 270 chapters on college and universitycampuses, 75 Alumni Extension chapters, and 75 Pre-College chapters nationwide. Although theheadquarters is not entirely comprised of students, its function is to support, rather than dictate,the daily functions of the organization.Its mission in action takes the form of tutorial programs, group study sessions, communityoutreach programs, chapter, regional, and national conferences, technical seminars andworkshops, career fairs, mentoring activities, and many other programs. These activities havebeen developed to stimulate as well as develop interest in engineering, encourage members toseek advanced degrees and