Conference Session

Topics Related to Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Ben Behbood Zoghi, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a faculty group, a single program would be designed that leveragedthe existing Electronics and Telecommunications courses and that strengthened the product andsystem development focus through formal course work. To do this, the faculty scheduled twoeight-hour retreats and a three-hour meeting over a two month period. The retreats were heldaway from the department. It should be also noted that the faculty agreed, up-front, to be open tochanges regardless of the impact on an individual’s area of expertise.The first retreat was held in May of 2011 and was primarily a brainstorming session (Figure 1) tocreate a straw man curriculum. The constraints that were agree upon up front included:  Creating a product and system development focus

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Javier Conde, National University of Distance Education; Jose M. de Urena, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Jose Turmo, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Raul Vizcaino, University of Castilla-La Mancha

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Civil Engineering

primarily by the master’s degree or equivalent. The report states: “Advanced technical specialization includes all traditionally defined areas of civil engineering practice, but also includes coherent combinations of these traditional areas—that is, advanced knowledge and skills in the area of general civil engineering are appropriate within the context of advanced specialization.” This suggests that the Technical Specialization outcome could be fulfilled with a management- leadership-innovation oriented program. An example would be a Master’s in Public Works Engineering.2. Draw on some of the content of the MLCE program. Because of its leadership focus, the MLCE classroom portion of the program includes a variety of topics such

Conference Session

Problem- and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Laine Schrewe, University at Buffalo; Scott M. Ferguson, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

,and/or instructor-based student assessments have been shown to have some promise forimproving assessments in PBL by capturing both the technical and problem-solving/professionalelements [15], [16]. One example of this alternative assessment method is to numericallyevaluate student performance in the following 5 areas [16]: 1) contribution to the analysis of theproblem and to the statement of the learning goals; 2) keeping one’s agreement to thegroup/team; 3) contribution to the discussion concerning the collected data; 4) fulfilling aleadership role in a group session; and 5) contribution to the promotion of the group process.While these considerations have value as a solid starting point for future work, there are someconcern areas for broad

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Gary Riggins, Virginia Tech

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International

   Appendix A: Workshop ScheduleDate Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 9:30-11:00 11:30-1:00 2:00-3:30 4:00-5:30July 6 -Course Overview -US National -TabletPC/DyKnow - Hands-on - Introduction to Science Initiative at Virginia Design Activity Freshman Foundation (NSF) Tech 2 Engineering Project on Spiral Program at Curriculum - Tablet-PC Based Virginia Tech, Approach Electronic Grading USA -Introduction to System in a Large First

Conference Session

Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Shannon N. Conley, James Madison University ; Samy El-Tawab, James Madison University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

[1]. Universities are under pressure to integrate additional technicalcontent into engineering curricula, while simultaneously experiencing pressure to graduatestudents on time and to reduce the number of credits required for graduation [2]. In the year2000, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (now ABET Inc.) put newstandards in place. The new system shifted from one of counting credits and was superseded byan “outcomes-based process,” in which educational institutions must demonstrate that graduatespossess a breadth of abilities, such as the ability to work in teams and communicate acrossdisciplines, as well as possess a technical depth of knowledge [3]. While previously study abroadhad been viewed as a “perk” of being a

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Brumm; Larry F. Hanneman; Brian Steward; Steven Mickelson

to assess student development and demonstration of these Outcomes. Theauthors invited more that two hundred constituents, representing alumni, employers, co-op/intern students, parents, ISU faculty and partnering international faculty to contribute to thedesign, creation, validation and implementation of the ISU competency-based, accreditation-aligned assessment tools’. The COE at ISU and DDI developed fourteen workplacecompetencies that were determined to be necessary and sufficient to address the a-k outcomes.These competencies are listed in Table 1.Table 1. ISU Competencies • Engineering Knowledge • General Knowledge • Continuous Learning • Quality Orientation • Initiative • Innovation

Conference Session

Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura-Ann Shaa Ling Chin, Villanova University; Justinus Agus Budi Satrio, Villanova University; Kenneth A. Kroos, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

discipline and spend the remaining seven weeks in the chosen disciplinary field.With the knowledge and experience gained from the core lesson plan and two mini-projects,students should be better equipped to make a more informed decision on their engineering majorof choice. The freshman multidisciplinary projects are constantly updated to include the latestresearch and studies in the engineering world. The general categories of these projects evolve Page 24.773.4around: 1) Sustainability/Energy/Environment, 2) Infrastructure and Systems, 3) Robotics 4)Interfaces 5) Materials 6) Engineering and Business. Every academic year, six distinct

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William de Kryger

Session 2260 International Exchange Programs: Getting Started William J. de Kryger Central Michigan UniversityAbstractInternational academic exchange programs have long been enjoyed by those in pursuit of the finearts. More recently, with the globalization of many industries, international exchange programshave taken on new importance for our technical graduates. Engineering and manufacturingactivities are often a collaborative effort with international partners. If international partnershipsare common, even required in many industrial endeavors, this same type

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the engineering design process. Two-hoursessions are held biweekly and students learn how to go from brainstorming to designing,building, and testing. The objective of the 2006 program is for students to learn aboutrenewable energy sources. The overarching project, performed in teams, is to design anenergy system which harnesses (from a renewable source), stores, transports, andconverts the energy to function a small light bulb. The effectiveness of each energysystem will be judged based on the power generated from the renewable source, theoverall system efficiency versus a cost analysis of the system.Each week, a technical expert will speak about a topic relative to the use of science andengineering in the advancement of renewable energy

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert George; Allen Soyster; John Lamancusa

! Although there does not seem to be any national dataon this issue, we estimate that far less than half the B.S. engineering graduates are so involved.Why is this so? We believe that there are three important impediments for including industry-sponsored projects as an integral part of an engineering curriculum. These impediments fall inthree general categories: 1) Lack of enthusiasm/support from faculty; 2) Uncertain sources of present and future industry sponsors; and 3) A scarcity of space and facilities on campus to house the projects.The relative importance of these three impediments clearly depends upon the nature of theinstitution itself. An institution heavily involved with research activities will find that lack

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djafar Mynbaev, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Roman Kezerashvili, New York City College of Technology; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

the Europhysics Conference on the Role of Experiment in Physics Education, 1997; L.C. Epstein, Thinking physics. 1987, San Francisco: Insight Press.3. G. Ippolitova, Physics and Professional Teaching in Technical Universities, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education August 6 – 10, 2001 Oslo, Norway 6E5-12- 6E5-14.4. www.wacotrib.com5. CA State Homepage, Office of the Governor, GAAS:981:07, 12/26/07.6. U.S. News & World Report, January 14, 2008, Page 49.7. www.olin.edu8. R. Ya. Kezerashvili, C. Cabo, D.K. Mynbaev, “ The Transfer of Knowledge from Physics and Mathematics to Engineering Applications,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Generation

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Forsman; Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

group, the students experienced the proper way to read a technical textbook.Ninety percent of students viewed this activity as beneficial, although there was no way tomeasure the effectiveness of this one activity. Student suggestions were to move this activity to aSupplemental Instruction (SI) session that is available for this course and make the activity twice Page 7.943.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Education Educationas long. It should be noted the SI session is voluntary and done outside of class

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, which better supports lifelong learning and the modern paradigm of the practice of engineering for creative technology development & innovation. As the 1974 National Science Foundation report [Workshop on Continuing Education for Engineers at Mid-Career] pointed out ─ “Coursework has not been designed which correlates well with the professional growth of engineers, either as technical specialists or as managers … Selection of educational experiences generally relies on the individual engineer’s selection from a ‘cafeteria’ of study opportunities.” 92.3 The Technology Context of Engineering ─Educating the Engineer as a Professional and Leader for InnovationSubsequently, the National Collaborative Task Force

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

Session 2366 Incorporating Design into Introductory Statics and Strength of Materials Courses Mark A. Palmer1, Eric Sandgren2, Robert A. Heinz3 1 Kettering University / 2Virginia Commonwealth University / 3J. Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeAbstractThe design of rigid permanent structures, statics, is the most basic of engineering concepts. Webelieve it is also the place to introduce first year students to design and the broader issues ofengineering, and by doing so excite students in all engineering disciplines. We have developedan

Conference Session

Leadership, Design, and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Mara London, Gonzaga University; Spencer Joseph Fry; Andrew Douglas Matsumoto, Gonzaga University; Melanie Ruth Walter

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, customer awareness, business acumen, and societal needs.”10The project teams recognize that implementation of a new technology into the individual homesof adopters of the two projects in Kenya would require a social entrepreneurial effort, in additionto any technical innovations.2 Fundamental concepts for successful introduction of technological projectsThe student teams required significant effort to understand both the general requirements forintroducing new technical solutions into a community and also the specific constraints on USbased projects introduced into the unfamiliar culture in Kenya.In countries where markets are less clearly defined, entrepreneurship plays an especiallyimportant role in facilitating economic activity.11 For

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

Competency 3 Task 1 Competency 5 Authentic Competency 2 Context Competency 4 Closure Learning Task 2 Competency 5 Generalization Integrating Manufacturing Context Transfer Activity Closure Experience Generalization Figure 1The ALTs typically contain a statement of the competencies to be acquired, a brief overview ofthe task

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Mills; Tonya Emerson

Session 3215 Student Chapters – An Adjunct to Engineering Education Tonya L. Emerson, Russell S. Mills California State University, ChicoAbstractNew engineering graduates are expected to possess an ever-expanding array of skills. Yet,classroom synthesis is not conducive to many of these proficiencies. Student professionalsocieties can help cultivate valuable interpersonal, professional and technical skills through avariety of extracurricular activities.The success of a student chapter can be as valuable as the curriculum in defining the quality ofan engineering department

Conference Session

Hands-On Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - I - Student Papers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Nelson, Iowa State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Christine Nicole Nelson

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Aerospace

advisors are advisors that are a combination of additional faculty members, graduatestudents, and engineers from industry from our industrial partners. These technical advisorsprovide additional technical information either from their research or from industry backgrounds.It is recommended that each project has at least two technical advisors, however, this is no setlimit on technical advisors. Most projects within Make to Innovate has two to three technicaladvisors.Implementation of our project-based learning approach is through a flipped classroom. In aflipped classroom the delivery of information or content is shifted from a formal lecture toinformal sessions [10]. We deliver this information through the Iowa State University LearningManagement

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heublein, Kansas State University, Salina; Kenneth Barnard, Kansas State University, Salina

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Mathematics

teaching experience is used qualitatively inobserving student mathematics preparations and motivation changes over time. From experience,we have also tried different pedagogy methods, have agreement that the current “millennial”students are visual learners with technical shrewdness, and prefer active engagement activities.Limitations of study: We have a small faculty, N = eight, in the K-State at Salina aviationdepartment, therefore the data survey collected is very small and lacks validity. Having said that,these two faculty members have broad based observation level experience, as well as depth ofexperience. The faculty survey (Attachment #1) supports the stated hypothesis.Review of the literature:There has been an abundance of discussion and

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bolding, Seattle Pacific Univ; Dave Van Ess, Cypress Semiconductor

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

signal processing. ‚ A digital decimator used as a hardware accelerator for ADC conversion. ‚ A dedicated I2C engine that provides 100 and 400 kHz serial communication over an industrial standard two wire interface. ‚ Low Voltage detection circuitry used a system supervisor. ‚ Internal 1.3V 1% reference. ‚ An integrated switch mode pump (SMP) boost-converter to generate a normal operating from a supply voltage as small as 1.2V.Development EnvironmentPSoC Designer is a fully integrated development environment for all the different families ofPSoC parts. It is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) based design tool suite a student can use toconfigure a design, develop and debug an application. Figure 4 shows the interconnect

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Eric Wong, University of Texas, Dallas

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

before graduation. Page 25.754.2Another argument is that undergraduate SE programs, following the SWEBOK5, or theundergraduate SE curriculum recommended by the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society4,generally do teach software testing. However, we must recognize two important facts: (1) mostuniversities and colleges only offer undergraduate degrees in CS, not SE, and (2) for the majorityof software engineers, if they have a Bachelor’s degree, it is most likely in CS rather than in SE.Besides, although some aspects of software testing may be covered, the actual application oftesting practices is not explored in-depth during the undergraduate

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Armstrong; Paul Rousseau; Katharine Fulcher; Carlo Felicione; Steve Beyerlein; Donald Elger

of success, recall.” Based on findings such as these, Woods has spentmany years developing a problem-solving strategy. In his most recent paper, Woods (2000)reviews basic problem-solving strategies and presents the MPS (McMaster Problem Solving)program. For problem solving, five sets of knowledge/skills are identified: (1) subjectknowledge, (2) tacit knowledge (3) links and clues to subject knowledge, (4) pattern recognitionskills, and (5) generic problem-solving skills. Regarding skills for problem solving, Woods(2000) presents an extended list of metacognitive, cognitive and attitudinal skills. Woodsstresses the importance of learning problem solving as a nonlinear process.Polya (1973) presents a well-known model for problem solving in the

Conference Session

Visualization tools and uses in graphics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt Jackson, The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

consumer electronics product. Each student team is toanalyze the current offerings in the market and design a product that will better meet needs of thetargeted environmentally conscious/green population.The external design activities include following steps: Step 1. Analysis of customer needs Step 2. External search (Product Dissection and Benchmarking) a. Component and assembly analysis b. Literature Review c. Patent Search Step 3. Revising the design statement Step 4. Internal work for concept generation Step 5. Concept Generation (Conceptualization and Virtual Representation) Step 6. Concept Selection Step 7. Embodiment of the design and feasibility analysis

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

Session 3549 Integrating Ethics into a Project Management Course James E. Globig University of DaytonABSTRACTIn today’s increasingly technical society, constant pressure exists to provide the engineeringstudent with a comprehensive four-year curriculum that devotes sufficient attention to thetraditional disciplines of the profession while at the same time anticipates areas of developinginterest. As if this continued monitoring and refinement of the technical curriculum were notenough, because of the frequently competing demands placed on the new engineer in

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado at Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

generally positive attitude about it and that the more senior students andthe students with work experience overwhelmingly valued such material. The details of thiswork are described in section 2 of this paper.In extending this previous research, we surveyed approximately one hundred engineers in avariety of hiring positions in industry to determine their view on the inclusion of public policy inan engineering curriculum. Among the questions included in the survey, we asked, "Do youbelieve that engineering students should be exposed to public policy issues as part of theireducation?" We also addressed a number of other issues, including: 1) How do these engineersdefine public policy? 2) Should the inclusion of such policy issues be part of a

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson; Kevin Sutterer

Experience 3 Design 12 Specialized Area 11 Engineering Tools Formal Education 5 Engineering Problems 2 Experiment, Analyze, Interpret 1 Technical CoreFigure 1 BOK Outcomes and level of competencies.The Civil Engineering Department at RHIT believes there are important aspects of our programand those like ours that should be considered as civil engineering departments begin to formalize Page 9.1233.2a BOK curriculum. In particular: “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

generally formulated theirattitudes toward math and science. Course choices made in middle school, particularly withrespect to mathematics, set a student on a virtually irreversible trajectory with respect topreparation for college admission in technical fields. The logical place to intervene is in Page 9.122.2elementary school, when students’ career aspirations are relatively pliable. From a practical Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationstandpoint, if one wishes to impact large numbers of

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Erbe; F. Wilhelm Bruns

mechanism to switch betweensource of effort and sink of effort, and to generate one phenomenon and sense the other. Figures2 and 3 explain how the connection between reality and virtuality (and vice versa) is realizedFig. 2. Hyper-Bond for the system of Figure 1 maintaining mixed realitywith a special sensor/actuator coupling. Hyper bonds are of course also possible for pairs likevoltage V and current i, Temperature T and heatflow dQ/dt and mass M and velocity v. Page 9.472.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Natela Ostrovskaya; Jan Rinehart; Susan Metz

dif f erence undergraduat e st udents Chara cteristics/behaviorsWhen asked, “What strategies do you find useful/effective in mentoring under representedgroups to faculty positions,” respondents overall listed the top five strategies as: 1) takinggraduate students to technical conferences where they present their work; 2) taking students totechnical conferences where faculty member introduces them to others in the field; 3) sharingpersonal career experiences/successes and failures; 4

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationhttp://www.tech.mtu.edu/Dean/E-VS-ET.HTML.3. Clark, A. C. & Scales, A. Y. (2001). Assessment practices in engineering/technical graphics.Engineering DesignGraphics Journal, 65 (3), 13-24.4. Theorem Solutions (2001). Data exchange white paper. Staffordshire, England: Author. (Access date January 12,2002). URL http://www.theorem.co.uk/docs/whitep.htm.5. Dean, A. (2000, November). Intelligent data translation: How close are we? CADserver.co.uk. . (Access date January12, 2002). URL http://www.cadserver.co.uk/common/viewer/archive/2000/Nov/1/feature4.phtm6. Beckert, B. A. (2001). 3D CAD rides the Internet. CAE/Computer-Aided