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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William E Maddox; Theodore D. Thiede; Stephen H. Cobb; Scott R Hickman; John Crofton

Session 2380 Design Considerations in Engineering Physics: Integrating Design Across the Curriculum Stephen H. Cobb, John Crofton, Scott R. Hickman, William E. Maddox, Theodore D. Thiede Murray State UniversityAbstract Accredited engineering curricula must include a significant engineering design component appropriate to the student’s field of study.1 Non-traditional engineering programs such as Engineering Physics face unique challenges in incorporating design experiences that are consistent with their goals and

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jarosz; Ilene Busch-Vishniac

Inaddition, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at CMU instituted its own reform.In 1991, a committee determined the absolute minimum set of technical courses required to be anengineer, reduced the required number, and freed up a year for appropriate electives.20Starting AssumptionsMany undergraduate degree programs begin with few assumptions about their students. It isunderstood that what the student scholar needs to know, they will learn in college. In engineeringand science, this is generally not the case. Rather, there is an expectation that students who enteralready have a certain level of ability, with exposure to particular classes as high school students.While this assumption might seem at first blush quite reasonable, it has

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Tech; Erin Heaney, Clean Air: Organizing for Health and Justice; Glenn Andrew Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York; Jennifer Holly Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

,discoveries, and products is crucial for ethical practice. It contends that listening canfacilitate transformational engagement between engineers and the public by a)challenging stereotypes on both sides, b) foregrounding the technical and ethicalrelevance of diverse knowledges, c) exposing relationships of structural inequality thatprivilege technical expertise, and d) replacing such relationships with partnerships oftrust that generate meaningful and effective solutions.Transformational listening lies at the heart of a graduate engineering ethics course atVirginia Tech and future online teaching modules, funded by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). The goal is for students to experience the cognitive leap thatethnographic research methods can

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Ramalingam Radhakrishnan

Fellowships Awards. He conducted Summer Transportation Institute at PVAMU funded for High School Students by US DOT FHWA from 2000 to 2013. He is a Fellow Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 1 Session XXXX Effective Approaches for Achieving ABET Outcomes in Capstone Design Projects in Civil Engineering Dr. Ramalingam Radhakrishnan, Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Conference Session

Make It!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatime Zahra El Fatimi, New York City College of Technology; Felicia Jeter, New York City College Of Technology; Kayla Leigh Natal; Ehab A. Ahmad; Ali Harb, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology

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Manufacturing

undergraduate student from the New York City College of Technology. Her major is in mechanical engineering technology. Her interest is in mechanical design, mechatronics and computer aided design.Ehab A. Ahmad, Mr. Ahmed is an undergraduate student at New York City College of Technology. He is pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering technology. He has technical skills in mechanical design, computer aided design, and product rapid prototyping.Mr. Ali Harb, New York City College of Technology Ali Harb Computer Integrated Manufacturing teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School and College Laboratory Technician at New York city College of Technology. I am experienced in robotics, design, and fabrication. I coach and

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Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Kang-Mieler

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

PhD graduate students from the instructor’s laboratory to assist the class.Similar to the EMG, the students were given background lectures on the visual system andadaptation mechanism in the eye prior to the laboratory. The students also attended sessions onethical issues of using animals (and humans for the EMG laboratory) and how to handle animalswith the instructor. The objectives of the module were to investigate the effect of darkadaptation and light adaptation by examining ERG waveforms. There were three specificquestions the students were required to investigate and include in the results in their reports: 1)How does response amplitude depend on stimulus intensity? 2) How long does it take to re-obtain maximum sensitivity after

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1996 Annual Conference

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John N. Berry; Dr. David G. Leupp; Capt Steven D. Pinski; Steven Barrett

Session 1532 Competition in Senior Design Projects Capt Steven D. Pinski, Capt John N. Berry, Lt Col Steven F. Barrett and Dr. David G. Leupp United States Air Force Academy Abstract - This paper describes how learning is enhanced during senior engineering design projectswhen market-place constraints such as competition, limited resources, and administration are added to theassignment. Many engineering programs focus on merely completion of senior design projects; however,senior projects benefit from market-place constraints because students are exposed to real

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ms. Carol Cummiskey; Dr. Harris Rawicz

an atomic clock(see Figure 1).The atomic frequency standard outputs a signal of about 13.4MHz. A counter then divides this frequencydown to approximately 1.5 second reference epochs. A voltage controlled crystal oscillator is controlled by aphase locked loop to output 10.23 MHZ. This output is divided down to 1.5 second system epochs. Thereference and system epochs are then compared by a phase meter which generates a digital phase error. Thephase error is then modified and filtered to generate a voltage controlled oscillator(VCXO) command whichforces its output to the desired 10.23 MHZ. The Time Keeping System Instrumentation Block Diagram Figure 1The TKS loop serves

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Professional Development/Scholarship & Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hall, Northwestern State University; Steve Schneiderman, Murray State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

with local industry and through supporting external continuing technical education.These activities are considered monetarily equivalent to generation of external overhead monies throughesoteric research activities.Ultimately, peerage will determine disposition of collegial promotion and tenureapplications; whether a candidate represents and promotes true value to the universitycommunity. True value obtained for the institution through intellectualisms not heldhostage by cognitive biases.References and Notes1. Restructuring Judgement, p1, http://www.cognitivebehavior.com/theory/restructuringjudgement.html2. Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Automobile and Light Duty Vehicle NESHAP, U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency, EPA-452/R-04-007

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Assessment Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Howard, East Carolina University; Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Engineering Technology

the Vision for Change.”1 Among the concerns noted were: ‚ A focus by institutions on producing a quantity of assessment data, creating a heavy workload and contributing to the impression that accreditation is an “onerous task.” ‚ Sustainability of assessment efforts. ‚ Confusion over processes that not only contribute to continuous improvement, but also ensure that minimum standards are met.These concerns, among others, were found in a survey by Mayes and Bennett2 of 27 institutionswith ABET-accredited programs (although these were engineering institutions, the similarity ofaccreditation requirements between engineering and engineering technology make their results ofinterest to both communities). In terms of faculty

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Engineering Technology

. The general implication of this particular comparative study of internally-developedexit examinations and externally-normed assessment tests is that every institution should useassessment tests that provide the best relevant data for the improvement of their programs andstudent learning in their programs and their institution. Sharing the information that we foundthrough trial and error over a period of more than a decade may save other institutions a greatdeal of time and effort to come to a similar conclusion.Bibliography 1. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Technology Programs,” 2005-2006 Accreditation Cycle. Technology Accreditation Commission, ABET, Inc., Baltimore, MD 2. “Certified Professional Constructor

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Paul Gray; Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

grows.II. Course of Study and CurriculumTable I presents the complete course of study for the NaSA major at UNI. A minimum of 127semester hours are required for graduation with a Bachelor of Sciences (BS) degree. TheUniversity requires 45 hours of general education or recently renamed as liberal arts classes, andadditional 10-13 hours of university electives. The math and science requirements are 16semester hours including two calculus classes, and two calculus-based Engineering Physicscourses as shown in Table 1. The required number of core courses is 65-67 semester hours. Thisincludes Calculus I and II, Physics I and II for Science and Engineering, electrical circuits,analog and digital electronics devices, analog and digital communications

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Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane DiMassa

projects presented in this paper; however, the author was notnecessarily the project technical advisor. The information presented in this paper was obtained through Page 8.883.1meeting with the students and th e project proposals and reports submitted by the students for the course.in the senior design course from the UMD Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment. This paper discusses several of the marine-related design projects that haverecently been completed and the successes and failures of these undertakings. The projectsare: 1) a large oceanographic tripod, 2) a remotely operated underwater vehicle, 3) anoutboard motor mount for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

.1Authors experience indicates that retention of this type of student is not predictable. Althoughsome of this type of student graduates with an ETEC degree 1, many are professional studentsthat keep on transferring to other university.VI. Type 5 Students.This type is the transfer student that actually took courses at a Junior College. The student hasabout 65 semester hours of core and technical courses. This type of student takes more than 2years to complete the four-year degree. ETEC and core courses are usually full the first semesterand the student has to take elective courses that are open.1Authors experience indicates that this type of student is easy to retain. These students usuallyphases in to the ETEC major without a major academic

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajeswari Sundararajan; Bradley Rogers

catalyst that is leading to substantialincreases in research efforts in the fuel cell area. For example, several graduate students have decided to pursueresearch in the area. In addition, the course has generated much interest in alternate energy technologies, leading toincreased population in existing courses in green energy and photovoltaics, as well as the creation of new courses inareas such as wind energy. In addition, two of the students in the class obtained jobs in the fuel cell field aftercompletion of the course, indicating industry support and recognition of the course quality.Bibliography[1] J. Larminie and A. Dicks, Fuel cell systems explained, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000[2] Fuel cell handbook, 6th Edition, Prepared by EG

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Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wise

Session 2531 Better Understanding through Writing: Investigating Calibrated Peer Review ™ John C. Wise, Seong Kim The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractCalibrated Peer Review (CPR) was initially developed by UCLA in the 1990s as a way to usetechnology to increase the opportunities for student writing assignments.1 Writing about aconcept has long been seen as one of the best ways to demonstrate student understanding.Unfortunately, it has always been true that more student writing assignments yields weekendslost in a sea of paper and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

S. K. Khanna; David Roylance; C. H. Jenkins

, and this subject naturally seeks to blend the materials and mechanics aspects of the discipline. Atext for the subject has been written with this perspective8, and has been used for approximately the past five years.The text was assembled from years of experience in teaching this subject, and follows the day-to-day teachingsyllabus. It was intended from the first as a teaching text, rather than a general technical reference. It includes sometopics that usually cannot fit into the time constraints of a single term, in order to allow for student exploration andflexibility in tailoring the syllabus from year to year, but not many. The text is therefore much smaller than theTimoshenko-style standard texts. The text also progresses gradually from

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raj Desai; Eugenio Lord

Session 1458 Internet Course Delivery: Design, Development, and Dispensation Raj Desai, Eugenio Lord Southeast Missouri State University/Chowan CollegeAbstractThis article focuses on the instructional design, development, and compares theeffectiveness of on-line courses versus regular classroom based learning. We compare thetime it takes to develop a web course to a traditional course and the benefits ofdeveloping a web course. We also compare enrollment in a web course with a traditionalcourse and try to explain the differences. We also look at student evaluations and try toexplain the

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pil-Won On, University of Missouri, Columbia; Hani A. Salim, University of Missouri, Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

coursework was valuable and they learned a lot. Interestingly,some students commented on the better quality of the course comparing to other face-to-faceclasses they took concurrently. The majority liked the clear/straightforward framework of thecourse as well as instructor’s problem-solving demonstration videos. They expressed that theweekly Q&A forums were useful, but also complained of delayed responses. They likedflexibility on schedules they can manage by themselves, but it also surprised them how hard itwas to stay on task in a timely manner every week.The major problem that most students got frustrated was technical misconduct in a weekly test. Itseemed the tests setup in BlackboardTM generated frequent errors on inputs for a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kauser Jahan; Shreekanth Mandayam; Douglas Cleary

in the 1 – 50 G Hz rangeare used.Student ActivitiesThe NDE junior/senior clinic project was held from the fall of 1999 through the fall of 2000. Ateam of 4 students (3 from Electrical & Computer engineering and 1 from Civil &Environmental engineering) was chosen to participate in the project. Weekly meetings wereorganized for planning research and development activity and reporting periodic progress.Students were also required to write a final technical report on their findings and orally presenttheir work to faculty. The students also conducted peer evaluations assessing each other’sperformance. This helped identify problems in team dynamics and evaluate individual studentefforts.The goal of the clinic project was to develop a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harmon; Eva Baker; Gregory Chung

& Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 1. User interface of the on-line knowledge-mapping system, showing a knowledge map ofdigestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems.III.A.3) Research Findings. We have tested knowledge mapping in elementary school (fourth/fifthgrades), middle school (eighth grade), high school, college, and technical schools. In general,students quickly learn how to use the software with about 10 minutes of training.In our most recent use of knowledge mapping15, we used knowledge mapping to assess studentlearning in a civil engineering capstone course. In the course, students were required to conduct ahazardous waste site investigation using simulation

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Guilford

is currently in use at the University of Virginia.I. Choice and use of textbookThe course is divided topically into four broad basic science classifications (denoted by thick linesin the table, section V): (1) overview, (2) molecular biology, (3) cell biology, and (4) cellinteractions. This follows the general organization of the textbook for the course, Molecular CellBiology by Lodish et al.2, as does the basic science content of the individual lectures.Following a prepared text is necessary to ensure an even-handed approach to the basic sciencetopics, even when they do not fit neatly within a small number of disease themes. We are aware ofno appropriate textbooks that are organized according to diseases or biotechnology

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Alamgir Choudhury

. R., “Instrumental and process control laboratory development” Proceeding of the 1995 ASEE Conference, Part 1, Anaheim, CA, 1995.3. Bluestein, M., “Demonstration of PID control using a process control trainer”, Proceeding of the 1995 ASEE Conference, Part 1, Anaheim, CA, 1995.4. Taylor, H. R., Payne, P. A., “M. Sc Courses in Measurement Science at Manchester”, International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, V23 n 4, Oct 1986.5. Technical Training System Manual, LabVolt System, Pittsburgh, PA, 19976. "Measurement and Automation Catalogue", National Instrument, Austin, TX, 19977. Wells, L K., Travis, J., “LabVIEW for everyone: graphical programming made even easier”, Prentice Hall

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Jack McGourty; Harvey Wolfe

Session 3530 Triangulating Assessments: Multi-Source Feedback Systems and Closed Form Surveys Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Larry Shuman, Harvey Wolfe University of Pittsburgh and Jack McGourty Columbia UniversityTriangulation is becoming an important factor as more engineering programs begin to preparefor accreditation under ABET’s EC 2000 criteria.. In general, the purpose of triangulation inassessment and evaluation is to provide multiple measures for a particular

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Ernst Eder

Session 2330 PROBLEM SOLVING IS NECESSARY, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT W. Ernst Eder Royal Military College of CanadaABSTRACTSome curriculum changes introduced in the 1960's were counter-productive. Too much emphasiswas placed on engineering science, and not enough on aspects of engineering. The reduction ofengineering drawing, manufacturing methods and similar topics has made matters worse.Redress was initiated by introducing methods of problem solving at some institutions. Proceduralknowledge, especially for open-ended problems, is a necessary

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

Educador. (org. Bicudo and Júnior). São Paulo: UNESP, v. 3,1996.8. Byrne, J. A. “Management theory - or fad of the month” Business Week, New York, v. 129, n. 3, 1997, p. 37.9. Hernandes, V. K. “Confluências externas e internas”, Psicologia Ciência e Profissão, Brasília, v. 17, n. 1, 1997,p. 44-52.CLAUDIO DA ROCHA BRITOClaudio da Rocha Brito is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Head of Department of AppliedSciences and Mathematics at University Center of Lusiada. He belongs to the Technical Consultant Council ofABENGE – Brazilian Society for Engineering Education. He is also Presidency Adviser for International Relationsin the same Society. He is Secretary of Santos region of SBPC – Brazilian Association for the Advancement

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

Session 1348 Student Projects: Hands-on Experience with Mechanical Engineering Technology Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ian D. Campbell Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractFor several years, the Engineering Technology Department (ETD) at Middle Tennessee StateUniversity (MTSU) has sponsored a variety of student led competition vehicle programs. Theseprograms have enjoyed considerable success in competitions around the country, and havespawned a thriving research community at MTSU

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edwin Zivi; Jenelle Piepmeier

ten robotic workstations including computers and vision systems. The paper discussesseveral of the lab-classroom activities that this new physical layout enables as well as faculty andstudent response.1. IntroductionThis paper discusses the Maury hall renovation design process, design rationale, and lessonslearned. Maury Hall provides faculty office facilities, along with the associated administrativeand meeting facilities, for the Weapons and Systems Engineering (“Systems”) and the ElectricalEngineering departments. The majority of the building is used to provide most of the lectureclassrooms, laboratory spaces, and technical service spaces for the Systems department. As aresult, approximately 75-80% of the building supports the Systems

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Rochelle Payne Ondracek

Session 2358 Multimedia Virtual Laboratories for Introductory Materials Science Courses Rochelle Payne Ondracek University of Nebraska - LincolnAbstract"More real-world examples" is a frequent comment from students on course evaluations for anintroductory materials science course at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Sincestudents who are exposed to actual case histories remember concepts better and are moreenthusiastic, we are developing virtual laboratory multimedia modules using MacromediaAuthorware. The goals of this project are to expose

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric N. Wiebe; Theodore Branoff

methods ofcapturing concepts represented in reading materials, lectures, and physical models. Thenew generation of constraint-based modelers provides a dynamic, 3-D environment whereboth size and geometric form constraints can be demonstrated and explored directly. Thispaper will present examples of exercises that can be used in an engineering design graphicscourse to demonstrate both the concepts of GD&T and good design practice. The examplesinclude: 1) The relationship of datums in the 3-D modeling environment to the theoreticaldatums used in GD&T. 2) The transformation of implicit feature constraints in the 3-Dmodel to explicit GD&T constraints. 3) How constraint modification in the model can beused to explore maximum and least