Conference Session

Simulations and Project-Based Learning II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Ed Moran, Western Washington University; Jeremy Ruhland, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, itstransceiver modules adopt the popular 2.4G Hz Wi-Fi technologies and consist of off-the-shelfwireless routers and wireless network cards as the transmitter and receiver units. The Wi-Fienabled devices are more accessible and familiar to students and are excellent real-life examplesof RF communication systems. As such, the developed system renders students a great learningopportunity that connects abstract theories learned in classrooms to real-world examples. In this paper, we will also present a successful laboratory exercise designed for antenna Page 24.88.3radiation pattern measurements using this system. The experiment data collected from a

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Bondaryk

information that students should be able to reference whileworking in this inverted environment. Whenever extensive verbal explanation was required toexplain a process or material, the text is moved to the printed complement to the CD. This usesprint to its best advantage, and forces the authors to evaluate all their textual explanations, to seeif there is a better way of explaining that will involve the new media forms instead of the old.Limited resources, facilities, equipmentOnce a good hypertext structure is in place, we can address the problem of student access tophysical experience. Physical laboratory space and equipment is often at a premium, limiting theexperiments that can be done, or limiting the time each student gets to have hands

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerard N. Foster

and they are said to be in consonance or inharmony with one another. The third harmonic is a frequency three times that of thefundamental C. It, too, sounds harmonic when sounded with the other two notes. Jumping oneoctave lower than the third harmonic, we derive a note in between C and C' that is our presentday G. Page 3.619.1We note that note G is a set ratio of the note C as shown in the equation below. The harmonicrelationship of these two notes contributes to the consonant sound that we experience when theyare played together. fG = (3/2) fCContinuing to play with this idea of harmonics, we find that there is a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovationin the engineering design process.Discussion and Future WorkOver the past four years, 85 undergraduate engineering students at Valparaiso University haveparticipated in ECE490, a Creativity and Innovation in the Engineering Design Process class.The results in Figure 5 show that students gained considerable confidence throughout the class,both as a stand-alone fieldtrip and as a semester-long class.Educators and administrators at other institutions are encouraged to investigate developingsimilar stand-alone fieldtrips or semester-long classes that incorporate fieldtrips. The qualitativefeedback in Table 3 illustrates the passion students exhibited for the experience. Caution,however, is advised. While both versions of ECE490 were developed

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl; Eric Crispino

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. In order to educate our graduates about this specific type ofcommunication rather than simply have them “learn by doing” in their engineering courses, theCivil Engineering program now includes an introduction to technical writing in the firstengineering course our students take. By using a number of short, focused reading assignmentsfrom a technical writing guide, several short memorandum assignments, and a completelaboratory report, students taking Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics and Design nowleave with one more fundamental – the ability to effectively communicate technical information.This paper discusses our experience of teaching technical writing in an existing introductoryengineering course and includes feedback from students

Conference Session

Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. She has received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2005. In addition, she has worked for over 6 years as a hardware designer and communications analyst at IBM and Compaq Computer respectively. Her research has been on communication networks and protocols, including wireless networks and Internet telephony. Page 13.854.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Life-long Learning Starts In ClassroomsAbstract This paper presents the result of our experiment in a sophomore Circuit Analysiscourse using the learning-through-teaching method. The main goals of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Belanus; John Hartin

transducer. There are pitfalls in datataking and interpretation that can be identified, and the methodology can be tailored to provideoptimum results. In the course sequence, the basic techniques of Fourier analysis are introduced,and a methodology for data acquisition suited to optimizing the usefulness of the resultingfrequency spectrum is presented. Classroom examples from the authors’ laboratory andprofessional experiences illustrate the methods, problems, and outcomes.Background Data acquisition of experimental measurements results in a set of sampled data atregularly spaced times as illustrated in Figure 1. The continuous analog signal x(t) from atransducer is fed through an analog to digital converter to give discrete values of xi(t

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Maria V. Kalevitch, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering, Biomedical Device Design and Manufacturing, Automation and Robotics, and CAE in Manufacturing Processes fields.Dr. Maria V. Kalevitch, Robert Morris University Maria V. Kalevitch, PHD University Professor of Biology and Dean of the School of Engineering, Math- ematics and Science (SEMS) Biosketch Dr. Maria Kalevitch has a Ph.D. in Biology/Microbiology from the highly regarded Institute of Botany, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. She earned her BS/MS in Bioengineering/Biotechnology from Moscow University of Biotechnology, and had her post-doctoral experience at the Department of Biology, Hum- boldt University, Germany and Institute of Plant Physiology, Sofia, Bulgarian

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Upper-level Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Brian Thomas Weaver PE, Explico Engineering Co.

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering pedagogy. He has not only published articles on engineering education but has also led several workshops on using instructional methodologies that make classroom instruction more engaging and effective.Dr. Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Meyer directs the Experimental Biomechanics Laboratory (EBL) at LTU with the goal of advanc- ing experimental biomechanics understanding. Dr. Meyer teaches Introduction to Biomechanics, Tissue Mechanics, Engineering Applications in Orthopedics, and Foundations of Medical Imaging. He has been an active member of the engineering faculty committee that has redesigned the Foundations of Engi- neering Design Projects course that is required for all freshmen in

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

PreventionAbstract Student projects have examined how to apply pollution prevention strategies to bothR&D and manufacturing in several chemical industries. This has been accomplished throughindustry-university partnerships with pharmaceutical and petrochemical companies. Severalgrants from the US Environmental Protection Agency have supported initiatives in greenchemistry, engineering and design. These projects have the broader goal of supportingsustainability in the chemical industry.Introduction Too often the teaching of a technical subject like green engineering is limited to anindividual class experience or one dimensional laboratory or design experience. The teaching ofpollution prevention in the curriculum is greatly enhanced by

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

non-traditional educational focus is in the management of the systems and human resources thatmove these technologies from the laboratory into full commercialization for the benefit ofsociety. Specifically, the microEP graduate program strives to emulate an industrial work groupin an academic environment, an environment that is based in assessing performance throughevaluation of individual projects and knowledge rather than in meeting group objectives.The microEP program also stresses the concepts of civic responsibility through the concept ofthe “citizen technologist”. All microEP students are trained in their responsibilities to lead theircommunities after graduation to repay the large investment that society has placed into theirgraduate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abdullah Ibrahim, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Roudha Saif Al-Khaldi, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Doaa Elamin Emam; Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Marwan Khraisheh, Texas A&M University, Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

under progress. This paper will show in detail both projects and how they helpedin improving students thinking skills while employing the stages and steps set down bythe general design thinking ladder/framework.IntroductionArt has been a representation of man's creativity since prehistoric times, frompetroglyphs and pictographs to the creation of Mona Lisa. Engineering and engineeringsolutions have been used to improve life since the same prehistoric time frame, fromthe creation of the first wheel to the water wheel and the watermill. It can be said, then,that art and engineering are fundamentally and inherently connected. Bran Ferrenexplained this connection in his TED talk in 2014 [1]. Through his experience Branrealized that art without

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Yubin Lan, USDA ARS; Jian-ao Lian, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

achievebetter understandings of theories in the lecture, and gain experience in real world applications. Inorder to train our students with most up-to-date technologies, faculties need to design and offernew courses with hands-on practice continuously. Especially, Electrical and Computertechnology has experienced significant developments in the past several decades, and ETgraduates are demanded in other disciplinary such as agriculture industry.2. Class ActivitiesTo better fulfill the departmental primary purpose to prepare students for a successfulprofessional career in diversified technology fields, in the current phase of the project, a specialtopic class is offered to the Engineering Technology students. The course is featured withgeneral

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

straightforward, particularly, if you already have an experience in publishing abook in KDP. If your book cover was designed by a professional, you can ask your book cover forB&N Press. However, if you have designed your own book cover using book cover template in KDP,you may need to put some efforts in creating a separate book cover for B&N press.For the paperback, B&N press also offer a free ISBN. This means that the ISBN of the book for B&NPress may be different than the one in KDP. For eBooks, an ISBN is not required for either B&M orKDP. Some of the benefits of direct publishing through B&N are related to royalties and the access ofthe sale report tool directly from B&N press.IngramSparkFor authors who choose to have

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Dianne Martin; Edmund Tsang; Rand Decker

, on the average, three to six meetings were held between theteams and their design customers.To complete the design project, each engineering-student team presented to the teachercustomers a three-ring notebook containing the instructional modules consisting of five daysworth of introductory, developmental and culminating activities together with the physicalmanipulatives, and make an oral presentation attended by all the teacher participants. A similarthree-ring notebook was submitted to the instructor. The design project constituted 50 percent ofthe course grade -- 25% for the report and 25% for the final project presentation.Results of the Service Learning Experience: From the standpoint of establishing university-K12 partnership, the

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Rose-Margaret Itua; Sharnnia Artis

faculty in the design and development of the teaching modules.Professional Development: Community college faculty participated in a research orientation,training in research protocol, laboratory safety, and scientific ethics, group meetings, andseminars on context-based pedagogical methods and online education. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 573Together, this breadth of summer experience made this a broad learning experience that took fulladvantage of the strengths of the university.Green and

Conference Session

Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adnan Zahed; Abdullah Bafail; Reda Abdulaal; Ali Al-Bahi

Tagged Divisions

International

one.Corrective ActionsBy the start of the academic year 2006/2007 AAU carried out an overall evaluation of thepreparation activities in the college. The evaluation revealed the necessity of some correctiveactions regarding: 1. Design of lab experiments (outcome 3.b) 2. Non-technical or soft skills (outcomes 3.d, 3.f, 3.g, 3.h, 3.i, and 3.j) 3. Courses administered by other colleges (particularly math, basic sciences, and humanities). 4. Displaying students course work as convincing evidences of achieving program outcomes.AAU organized a one day hands-on workshop for the faculty members teaching lab relatedcourses on how to introduce design elements in these courses. The workshop was centered on the13 fundamental learning

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jaeger; Richard Chapman; Victor Nelson

a solid foundation in mathematics, science, and electrical orsoftware engineering fundamentals to introduce wireless communications theories,devices, circuits, systems, networks, standards, management, and applications. Designexperience is interwoven throughout the curriculum by introducing basic design conceptsearly, emphasizing hands-on design experiences in the laboratories, including effectiveuse of computers and other modern engineering tools, and culminating with a capstonedesign project in the senior year. In addition to its technical aspects, the curriculumemphasizes oral and written communication skills, the importance of business, economic,social and global forces on engineering, appreciation of the need to maintain the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maya Place; Markus Flury; Jennifer Shaltanis; Geoff Puzon; Brent M. Peyton; James Petersen; Candis Claiborn

engineerswho not only have depth in a single discipline, but also have a strong interdisciplinarybackground and a strong desire and ability to work with experts in other disciplines. The WSUprogram is thus highly interdisciplinary, with participants drawn from six academic programs inthree colleges. In addition to the student’s major disciplinary classes and intensive researchwork, the program includes interdisciplinary course work; laboratory rotations; internships;experience mentoring younger professionals in both classroom and laboratory settings; a seminarseries; and discussions of professional ethics. Here the program is described in general, withdetailed descriptions of the series of three interdisciplinary courses. In all these courses

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shelby Ann McNeilly, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

interests in- clude innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.Dr. Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University Dr. Plumlee is certified as a Professional Engineer in the state of Idaho. He has spent the last ten years es- tablishing the Ceramic MEMS laboratory at Boise State University. Dr. Plumlee is involved in numerous projects developing micro-electro-mechanical devices in LTCC including an Ion Mobility Spectrometer and microfluidic/chemical micro-propulsion devices funded by NASA. Prior to arriving at Boise State University, Dr. Plumlee worked for Lockheed Martin Astronautics as a Mechanical Designer on struc- tural airframe components

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

instruction more cost effective and to get equip-ment into the hands of as many students as possible. Simple, desktop scale experiments in heattransfer have been implemented by engineering instructors 1,2,3,4,5,6 . For example, faculty at theWashington State University have developed a system of desktop experiments with interchange-able parts 7,8,9,10 . The WSU group has also recently developed compact and inexpensive experi-ments using 3D printed and vacuum-formed parts 11,12 . A commercial vendor has introduced a lineof compact, inexpensive desktop scale experiments 13 .In this paper we describe a simple desktop apparatus designed to help undergraduate engineeringstudents gain physical intuition and deeper understanding of forced convection heat

Conference Session

Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley R. Strong, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

amongunderrepresented youth who often decide from an early age that STEM careers are not “forme” (Riegle-Crumb, Moore, & Ramos-Wanda, 2011).To address this problem, educators and researchers have designed many instructionalapproaches intended to inspire young adolescents to pursue STEM careers. In the discipline ofscience, one especially promising approach has been literacy-infused instruction, whichincreases adolescents’ understandings of scientific principles (Hand, Wallace, & Yang, 2004;Romance & Vitale, 1992: Spence, Yore, & Williams, 1999) with even greater effect sizes forunderrepresented populations (Cervetti, Barber, Dorph, Pearson, & Goldschmidt, 2012; Chen,Hand, & McDowell, 2013; Greenleaf et al., 2011). Experiences with

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 6: Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Lurana Crowley, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

and build a tower • Trigonometry Review made of popsicle sticks to support 100 pounds. • Vectors and Applications Project 3: Student teams design and build a • Forces and Applications popsicle stick crane and a low-speed DC motor to life a pop can. • Free body diagrams • Force equilibrium Grading policy: • Homework: 20%, Two exams: 40 %, Design projects: 40%3. Results and Discussion3.1 Comparisons Between the Control (2019 and 2020) and the Experiment (2021 and 2022)The program’s main concern about the introductory mechanical engineering course was a highwithdrawal and failure rate. Table 3 shows that only 80% of students passed

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven J. Hoffman; Samuel C. Homsy; Kevin M. Morrison; David R. Dowling; Zoran S. Filipi; Dennis N. Assanis

nitric oxide in the exhaust[1]. Electronic injection systems not only give the designer much more control over thecombustion process, but also require the use of novel diagnostic techniques in the context ofmixing and combustion studies. Such experimental investigations often require a multi-disciplinary approach and therefore have very high educational value for participatingengineering students. The tasks include: identification of the parameters that need to bemeasured for the particular study, identification of signals that will allow indirect measurementsof parameters that are difficult or impossible to measure directly; and finally development of

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti

practice inundergraduate education include active learning, as well as student-faculty contact. Ambrose andAmon (1997) discuss their successes in the implementation of active learning into the design afirst-year mechanical engineering course by integrating lectures with classroom demonstrations,laboratory experiments, and hands-on projects. As claimed by the authors, actively engagingstudents in a classroom activity is vital to learning. The instructor should provide opportunities forinteraction during lectures and outside of class, using demonstrations and hands-on projects tostimulate students’ interest. Furthermore, students should be given the chance to practice becausetime on task enhances learning, as indicated by several studies on learning

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Schultz; Marc Smith; Marc Perlin; John Foss

problems for homework andexams, short open-ended design problems for homework, long open-ended problems throughprojects (preferably suggested by industrial partners), classroom group problems, laboratories,design competitions, and web-based self-assessment. There was general agreement that theemphasis should be on the physics (general understanding) rather than the mathematics (problem-solving methodology). The subgroup agreed that assessment of open-ended problems remained achallenge. Discussion of a comparison of today's students with those of a generation ago led to noobvious solutions or insights.The multimedia group considered the use of computer-based multimedia material as a way toenhance fluid mechanics education. The use of short movie

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Jennifer Beller; Donald Elger

event in the “top 3” and “last 3”.Predict behavior—In-class event: In this event the students were asked to predict the movementof a dislocation. The event was not followed by a laboratory experiment or a discussion ofplastic deformation of a material. Four times as many students rated this event in the last threeas rated it in the top three. Data practice: In these three events the students were given tabular data, asked to plot it, andthen make a few design decisions based on the data. The 1st event of this type was rated equallyoften in the top three as the last three. The 2nd and 3rd events of this type were rated in the topthree events more often than all other events and were rated in the last three events less oftenthan any other event

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

been instrumental in acquiring, through various grants, computers, and software for the physics laboratory at FVSU. Some of his funded grant proposals are as follows: 1) Establishing a Nuclear Science and Engineering Minor at Fort Valley State University 2) Establishing an Undergraduate STEM Teaching and Research Laboratory at FVSU 3)Establishing an Interdisciplinary Bioinformatics Laboratory at Fort Valley State University 3) Computer-based Instrumentation Laboratory for Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Programs at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Fort Valley State University. 4) Developing an Undergraduate Minor in Computer-based Mea- surement and Instrumentation at Fort Valley State

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Classroom Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heng Li, Zhejiang University; Yanjie Xie, Zhejiang University; Shuxin Yang, Chinese Society for Engineering Education (CSEE); Ruixue Xu, Zhejiang University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

with a world-renowned reputation, MIThas an abundance of scientific & technological resources and engineering talents, whichprovides a core support for its technology improvement and service network. By allowingstudents to break through the established worldview and experience diverse life experiences,MIT supports students' growth and gives students a better understanding of the world andwhere they are. In the process of serving the society with technology, MIT has formed agroup of well-targeted and distinctive laboratories. The D-Lab (Development Lab), which isaimed at coping with the challenges of poverty, is a typical representative. D-Lab was founded in 2002 by Amy Smith, a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering.D-Lab has

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Allebach, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

launched in 2006: Sensor Networks, Galileo, and Wireless Propagation.VIP Team Structure and Operation:Leadership: Engineering faculty members lead and are responsible for the success of the projectteam. The project topic typically falls within the faculty member’s research interests. Thisensures the engagement of faculty in the project because the team contributes to the advancementof the faculty member’s research agenda, including the design and execution of experiments, theimplementation of ideas, and the generation of research publicationsFocus: Engineering projects that are of interest to the faculty members and the projects’ partners.The projects may be from any field of engineering but are currently concentrated in electricaland computer