Conference Session

Computer Applications in Energy Conversion

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Ayhan Zora, Deere and Company

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

acquisition and process control. Forthe demonstration purposes high level graphical user interface is required for providing efficientcommunications. The virtual applications may enhance both theoretical and hands-on experienceof engineering technology students by supporting laboratory experiments as well.MSC.Easy5 and LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim are some of the well known system modeling,analysis and simulation software tools that offer solutions to many problems in mechanical,thermal, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical, control etc. areas. These practical software tools alsohelp to improve learning speed and knowledge level of students in many engineering andtechnology subjects.It is very helpful to use LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim and MSC.Easy5 one

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

member are presented. The impact of undergraduateresearch on ET education and future challenges are discussed.1. Introduction Research experience for undergraduates is of great importance not only for conductingresearch on a topic that has impact on a current research activity, but also as a tool to enhanceundergraduate education1-3. For the engineering technology students, research experiences allowthem to carry out in-depth study of engineering concepts, while emphasizing hands-onexperiences and practical applications. Participating in funded research projects strengthens thestudent’s resume, and fulfills the requirements of present day employers, who demand soundengineering skills in their employees. At Wayne State

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Steve Klosterman; Simon Pitts; Steven McGonagle; Carey Rappaport

over 20 industry partners who provide a core group of students,referred to as candidates and typically engineers early in their careers, vetted by company-specific talent review processes to participate. The diversity of companies, engineeringdisciplines and experience represented by the members of this cohort add cross-cultural richness,facilitating opportunities for peer learning. In addition, the tight integration with companies,accentuated via the Challenge Project (covered later), ensures that both the program and facultystay attuned to current industry concerns, practices, trends and needs.The cohort meets regularly as a group, in classroom and laboratory scenarios, share a joint studyarea, participate in multiple team projects and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wigal

Validation (Designed Object) Figure 2.0: The Design Process (UTC Emphasis) Page 10.831.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Concurrent with the design methodology is a graphics design laboratory on graphical sketchingand CAD. A major outcome of the course is a small team design project, with application ofbasic engineering science, engineering graphics, and written and oral presentation.The Course

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Nachtmann

Session 1639 Integrating Research into the Cost Engineering Classroom Heather Nachtmann University of ArkansasAbstractThis paper is based on the author’s positive experience of integrating research into the classroomat two levels of engineering education, graduate and freshman. Several integrative teaching andresearch activities were conducted in a graduate Cost Estimation Models course. These activitiesincluded article reviews, presentation of current faculty research, and student research projects.The freshman level course, Industrial Cost Analysis, introduced

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; James Devin Cunningham, Carnegie Mellon University; Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Lafayette College; Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

manufacturingoperations. For example, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at AuburnUniversity created a laboratory called the automotive manufacturing systems lab [8]. In this lab,students build 273-piece LEGO vehicles while learning about Toyota production systemprinciples. They provide hands-on experiences but require a large space (4,000 ft2) and require18 students to be present at the time of the experiment [9]. In addition, these labs are not portablewhich makes them not suitable for remote and online learning. On the other hand, immersivetechnologies are portable and can be used to build complex virtual systems [10], [11].We hypothesize that the CLICK approach will transform how the IE curriculum is delivered. TheCLICK approach will: 1

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

grant on designing remote laser laboratory for teaching techniciansDon Engelberg, Queensborough Community College Don Engelberg is a Professor of Physics at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. His research interests include nuclear physics, laser physics, and education. He was awarded several NSF grants and is currently serving as PI on a NSF grant in laser physics education.Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College Alex Flamholz is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. His research interests include bio-physics, electronics, and education. He worked in photonics research and

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Wei Zhang

presents a newapproach to teaching the introductory computer architecture courses with anexplicit emphasis on the systematic picture of the computer system. Introducing thehigh-level framework of computer as a system can enhance students’ understandingof various architectural components, and mitigate the difficult of performinghardware design or assembly programming projects on specific architecture topics.In addition, we also highlight the importance of software and its interaction with theunderlying hardware by introducing a set of MIPS assembly programming projects.Based on our experience in two subsequent semesters, such an approach canenhance the instruction of the introductory computer architecture course and helpstudents improve their

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjeevi Chitikeshi, Old Dominion University; Jake Hildebrant, Murray State University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Statistics to Engineers: An Innovative Pedagogical Experience," Journal of Statistics Education, vol. 3, no.1, 1995.[3] J. D. Petruccelli, B. Nandram, and, M. H. Chen, "Implementation of a modular laboratory and project-based statistics curriculum", in Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education: American Statistical Association, 1995, pp. 165-170.[4] C.E. Marchetti, and S. K. Gupta, "Engineering Modules for Statistics Courses", ASEE Annual Conference, 2003.[5] C. Pong, and T. Le, "Development of hands -on experimentation experience for civil engineering design courses at San Francisco State University", ASEE Annual Conference, 2006.[6] M. Prudich, D. Ridg way, and V. Young, "Integration of

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Batson

comprehensive education in the philosophy of Total Quality, the preventive process- oriented methodologies of Quality Engineering, and the planning, control, and improvement techniques--both classical (statistical process control--SPC, acceptance sampling, statistical design of experiments--DOE, regression, reliability and maintainability) and modern (Taguchi Methods, Quality Function Deployment, failure modes and effects analysis--FMEA, Total Productive Maintenance, etc.).& Prepare individuals for early and mid-career transition into quality program leadership positions in their organizations.& Prepare B.S.-level engineers, regardless of undergraduate majors, for entry-level jobs as quality engineers.Prerequisites were

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhumi Mitra; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

utilized at present on this tract with uniformapplication of fertilizers and seedlings. No special irrigation or weed managementtechniques are currently used. The overall objective of the first phase of the ECPA effortsat UMES will be to develop baseline data via systematic record keeping, whilecontinuing with the current farming practices. This data will be valuable in the future toα Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciencesβ Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciencesδ Dean, School of Agriculture and Natural Sciencesε GIS Laboratory Coordinatorφ Lecturer, Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences (Aviation Program

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Hallacher

) identify thecompetencies and characteristics that are needed for incoming students to succeed in thecapstone semester; and (2) assess the alignment of the capstone semester outcomes withexpectations of industry. The initial results of this study have already been used in a variety of ways. Forexample, a standard process is now being used to certify that prospective students possessthe academic experience and personal characteristics necessary for success in thecapstone semester. The results have also been used to improve the design of capstonesemester instructional material and laboratory experiences, and to strengthen theclassroom interaction and teambuilding that takes place as part of the capstone semesterlearning experience

Collection

2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Corinna Fleischmann; Elizabeth Nakagawa; Tyler Kelley

during the designated laboratory periods. In 2010, limited tacitinstruction was introduced into the classroom portion of the course with success. With minimalchanges implemented in course since 2010, the first step in this current assessment was to linkthe existing classroom delivery methods to the explicit or tacit dichotomies (Table 1) therebyidentifying potential areas for improvement. 3 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section ConferenceTable 1: Course Evaluation Matrix Classroom Activities Delivery Method Dichotomies

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Catherine Molloseau, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

worldwide. To determine if the implementation of these initiatives is having a positiveimpact on engineering students’ performance in a first-year programming course, a correlationalresearch study at a mid-size Michigan public university was completed over a three-semesterperiod beginning in 2022. Students were surveyed regarding their prior experience with computerscience at the beginning of the semester, and student scores on the first laboratory practicum andfinal course grade were recorded. The data demonstrates that nearly sixty percent of students hadno prior experience with computer science and withdrew from the course at nearly double the rateas students with AP experience. For those that did complete the course, a Welch’s t

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

typically involves experimentation, simulation or an industry-based investigation. Itis undertaken individually and is usually worth a quarter of the credit for the year. In addition,senior students typically undertake a team based capstone design project, also worth one quarterof the credit for the year. Unlike their peers in the humanities and the social sciences,engineering students do not normally have a course on “research methods”. Rather, preparationfor undertaking a research thesis is assumed to accumulate from their exposure to researchmethods in laboratory classes (experimental and computer based) throughout their degreeprogram. This can be considered a shortcoming as we become more intentional about developingthe research capabilities of

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

of all teams focused directly on the undergraduate Page 9.123.4program. Experience with this mode of operation has resulted in some teams being subsumed by Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationothers while entirely new teams were been created to fill gaps in the original team structure. Thecurrent structure is composed of ten teams; Undergraduate Curriculum Improvement,Laboratory Improvement, Design in the Curriculum, Innovation in Teaching, Overall CurriculumContent, External Data

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yu Wang; Alex Wong; Aparicio Carranza

/output expansion peripheral for PC computers. Today, many microcomputers and laptops no longer use the parallel interface. Instead, they use the USB interface as an alternative. In this paper, an innovative Digilent PC-based USB I/O Explorer is being investigated for the Microcomputer Systems Technology course. The Digilent USB I/O Explorer provide various on-board I/O devices, which allows our students to write PC based software (C/C++) to interface to the external electronics devices, such as analog-to- digital and digital-to-analog converter. The laboratory development is intended to give students better understanding of USB peripheral device. From this experience, students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Dan DelVescovo, Oakland University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

the student participants varied between2.98 and 4.0 with averages between 3.3 and 3.7 depending on the cohort. We purposely selected studentswith a range of GPAs, and from a variety of institutions, including 4-year colleges, colleges with limitedgraduate programs, institutions designated by the Carnegie Foundation as being research intensive andextensive universities, as well as three community colleges. More than 80% had no prior research or co-op/internship experience, and this was the first exposure to research and engineering outside of a classroomsetting for most students. 100% % of Participants 80% 60% 40% 20

Conference Session

EET Papers 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

towards product and system development14. As a part of thiscurriculum modification effort, the electronic instrumentation course (ESET 359) has beenrevamped to focus on digital instrumentation21. ESET 359 is a required course in the ESETprogram.The learning objectives of ESET 359 include:  be able to design a virtual instrumentation system;  be able to use a wireless module to communicate between two computers; and  be able to use a communication protocol for data transmission.To achieve these learning objectives, a series of laboratory sessions and a course project weredesigned to reinforce the retention of the knowledge taught in lectures. To maximize the benefits,the software for virtual instrumentation, the wireless modules

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Voigt; Nathan Shenck; Delores Etter; Thomas Salem; Samara Firebaugh

allow for thedevelopment of a semester-long freshman electrical engineering course, such as those developedat other schools [2-5]. We therefore faced a challenge in distilling an abstract discipline into ashort period of time. Our choice was to make the experience as hands-on as possible.The hands-on approach used in this course was designed around the fact that all of our coursescontain a laboratory. In addition, we make a concerted effort in almost every lab-based course toinclude some element of design. Finally, we wanted the course to be enjoyable and for thestudents to take something that they had made away from the course. It was with these principlesin mind that we approached the design of the electrical engineering module.Electrical

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kamesh Namuduri; Ravi Pendse

Security, it is important to design a set of hands-on exercisesthat are intended to make students understand security vulnerabilities in variousnetworking elements and solutions to protect the network. The laboratory exercises may range from configuring routers, setting up firewallswith different configurations and options, simulating denial of service attacks, hardeningthe network, intrusion detection, to detailed forensic analysis and investigation of hostsand network components. Students should be able to freely use any tool that they want totest in the security laboratory. In order to be able to experiment with various operating systems, networkconfigurations, and tools, the systems in the laboratory should be connected as anindependent

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Bala Maheswaran; Meghna Sridhar; Yiannis Levendis; Hameed Metghalchi

—that design and prototyping process involves the use of rapidchallenges students to consider both technical and prototyping techniques, such as 3D printing and laserenvironmental impacts in their projects. This paper presents cutting, to create components for the project. Lastly,a heliostat model assembly project, conducted as part of a students engage in control systems by programmingproject-based learning (PBL) curriculum [8-9], aimed at Arduino-based sensors and motors to adjust the positioningfostering a sustainable engineering mindset in students. A of the heliostat, gaining hands-on experience with thesesustainable engineering

Conference Session

ECCD Innovations in Energy Engineering & Technology

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn T. Wrate P.E., Northern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

industry to control motors and providesupervisory control for variable speed drives. A problem with teaching PLCs is that they areused to control large and usually very expensive equipment. This makes developing a realisticlaboratory experience very difficult. Most labs consist of toggle switches and pushbuttons forinputs and lamps for output. More elaborate process control systems are available from severallab equipment manufacturers, but these systems are expensive and the students sometimes havedifficulty understanding the process they are trying to control. Several years ago the authorbegan using N-Scale model trains as the system being controlled. This provides a small and lowcost system with the added benefit that the students immediately

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

James A. Sinclair; Kamal Shahrabi; Ali Setoodehnia

that will, to someextent, reproduce stellar conditions.Nuclear fusion produces tremendous amounts of energy. For example one pound of hydrogen yields as much energy as theburning of 9,000 tons of commercial coal (Galan, 1992). The nuclear reaction that can generate such tremendous amountsof energy, even though still in the experimental stage and limited much by economic factors, may be used to power aircraft,trains and automobiles.The nuclear fusion process explainedThree common types of nuclear fusion reactions are currently experimented with in laboratories: 1. Two deuterium (also known as heavy hydrogen, used in heavy water D2O) nuclei, consisting of one proton and one neutron are fused together to form helium3 (2protons and 1

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Guy Johnson

National Technology Training Center to work on the professionaldevelopment of new and existing teachers in schools that have adopted the PLTW curriculum.PLTW has developed a four year sequence of high school courses which, when combined withtraditional mathematics and science courses, introduces students to the scope, rigor anddiscipline of engineering and engineering technology prior to entering college. The courses areIntroduction to Engineering Design, Digital Electronics, Computer Integrated Manufacturing,Principles of Engineering, and Engineering Design and Development. A Middle School course(Grades 6-8), called Gateway to Technology, was developed on RIT's campus in July 1998, andis currently operating in schools in New York State

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Scott Pryor, North Dakota State University; Dennis Wiesenborn, North Dakota State University

was generated at the cathode for each volume generated at theanode, thereby giving visual proof that hydrogen gas and oxygen gas were generated in a 2:1molar ratio. This helped explain the concept that each water molecule consists of two hydrogenatoms and one oxygen atom. Students were happy for the opportunity to do most work andexplain the results by themselves, but did not feel they were challenged.3. Design of experiments for improving system performance. To further students’understanding of the process to stimulate their thinking, the question “What should we do toincrease the production of the gases?” was asked. With some help, students came up with a listof tests they would like to do on the following parameters to learn their impact

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristin L. Wood; John Wood

tinkering background with thedissection of machines and use of tools, students are now entering with computer, video games,and other “virtual” experiences. This focus has left a void in the ability to relate engineeringprinciples to real-world devices and applications. In this paper, we introduce a new approach forfilling this void in a mechanical engineering curriculum. In particular, we describe modificationsand extensions to machine design courses to include hands-on exercises. Through theapplication of “mechanical breadboards,” clear relationships between machine design principlesand the reality of machine components are established. These relationships reduce the number oftopics covered in the courses, but greatly increase the interest of the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Khan; Wei Sun; Mohamed Attawia; Michele Marcolongo; Frank Ko; Dhirendra Katti; Cato Laurencin

the subject of tissue engineering were presented by the corefaculty of the Drexel University Tissue Engineering graduate program. As a part of this courseselected experiments were also performed by the students as team projects to illustrate theprinciples of tissue engineering. The topics discussed for this course were divided into lecturesand labs from associated faculty and covered the following topics; Introduction to TissueEngineering, Scaffold development and characterization, Cell technology, isolation, andmechanics, Surface Interactions, Drug Delivery, Computer Aided scaffold design, and Factor-Mediated tissue engineering.Year TwoIn Year Two of the curriculum, “Introduction to Computer Aided Tissue Engineering” wasintroduced. This

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine M. Cooney; Kenneth Reid

assignmentselectronically.Although this course still required class meetings for laboratory experiences, some laboratorysimulation tools are also available over the Internet or available for download. In the future,methods can be implemented to make this course accessible to distance learners.IntroductionEET 360: CIMT in Electronics Manufacturing is a junior/senior elective designed to givestudents a broad understanding of the processes involved in producing electronic circuit boardsand electronics assemblies. Lectures begin with component fabrication and selection, electronicdesign and analysis, and printed circuit board fabrication. Through-hole and surface mounttechnology assembly are studied. Students are required to write a series of short papers onmaterial covered in

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Humble; Michael Caylor

. In particular, our program requires a substantial commitmentof faculty expertise, laboratory resources, and funding. Nonetheless, overcoming these inherentchallenges enables substantial student learning to occur. Our experience is that both grouplearning and independent thinking are enhanced, and that the curriculum provides first-handexperience in the development of aerospace technology.IntroductionAn ongoing challenge in engineering education is to provide students with meaningful design Page 5.533.1projects that help them synthesize what they have learned in the classroom and to better preparethem for their future careers. The United States