Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, ingenuity, and utility of printedobjects, as well as the students’ sophistication in using additional machines and techniquessupporting 3D printing processes. A number of examples from an engineering department’s 3Dprinting laboratory are provided to illustrate the various stages of 3D printing evolution. Introduction Experiments and other hands-on activities are well-known cornerstones of education andare highly supported by the experiential education philosophy established by Dewey1, and theexperiential learning cycle developed by Kolb2. Designs, physical models, and prototypes areaccepted as an integral part of engineering education in both education research3-5 and engineeringcurricula6, 7. Furthermore, engineering texts address 3D

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University; Sneha Ayyagari, Stanford University; Jonathan Edward Pang, Stanford University; Paul Dwight Watkins II, Stanford University; Aravind Arun, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

student co-authors. From the cases, a generalunderstanding of student experience is discerned and recommendations for future coursesand their evaluation are made.CasesCase Study of Student 0114Student 0114 came in the class as a senior student in mechanical engineering. In his finalpaper, he wrote, “Although I initially enrolled in this class as a ‘filler’ class, I wassurprised to find myself becoming extremely intrigued by our exploration of human-centered design.” He initially entered the class with a very technical focus, and over timehe began to place more emphasis on understanding the human complexities of thesanitation and hygiene issues. After reading a paper about existing interventions hereflected that, “Besides ideas for toilet designs

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

(an examgrade).4ABET, in its shift to a wide spectrum of student benchmarks (the development of a-k learningoutcomes), supports the use of multidimensional assessment tools to evaluate both theachievement of individual outcomes and the student experiences which led to that achievement.Thus, faculty need to provide (and site evaluators want to see) documentation of the uniquestudent activities that lead to a successful exam or laboratory report.Educational theory provides several types of assessment which can drive instructor activities. Page 14.874.3Autonomous assessment shifts the burden of assessment to the student themselves. Examples ofthis

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Merton Stwalley III, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

more modernand technically challenging aspects of agricultural equipment is under development in hopes ofdemonstrating the high-tech nature of modern agriculture. Young people that have alreadyexperienced the benefits of electronics in their lives would seem to be a perfect fit for the modernapplications of technology. This program is designed to provide them with an introduction to theuse of modern technology in agriculture and help them to understand that they already havemany of the tools needed to participate in this exciting and vital industry. These new moduleswill incorporate significant hands-on learning experiences, as they have been previously shownto be specifically appealing to the types of students who may gravitate toward these

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; David Michael Labyak, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

versions of asystem and/or components. Watson and Joshi [1] describe FEA methods used on asteering column mounting bracket design of an on-highway construction vehicle thatintegrates Design of Experiments (DOE) with traditional CAD and FEA tools in aconcurrent manner called DRIVE (Design Refinement by Iterative VirtualExperimentation). Another industry where FEA can be very useful is in the design ofautomated manufacturing equipment, welding fixtures, and end of arm tooling in roboticwork cells. For example, some studies [2], [3] indicate that FEA can be used to analyzethe cutting and clamping forces in certain fixture layouts, then these results can be used tooptimize the fixture design. These few studies and many more illustrate the wide uses

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 6

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Paul Steimel, Humboldt State University; JuEun Lee, Humboldt State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

forunderrepresented groups in STEM [19, 20].Course Structure:A traditional lecture-based introductory Materials Science and Engineering course oftenincorporates laboratory activities such as XRD experimentation, tensile testing, and hardnesstesting. While these activities offer valuable hands-on experience, they are typically pre-designed,limiting student engagement in experimental design and data analysis. Even final projects, whichmay require students to design experiments, frequently lack a focus on computational modeling—a critical skill in modern engineering. It should also be noted that this is the introductory levelMaterials Science course with pre-requisites of Calculus III, Chemistry, and at least anintroductory level of programming course (either

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

McKenzie Caroline Lawry, Lipscomb University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

of thirty-three covering pressure, temperature, flowrate, and humidity measurements in air, water, and refrigerant. The sensors installed allow students to carryout experiments that incorporate junior and senior-level mechanical engineering courses such asThermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Design of Thermal-Fluids Systems. The one-ton water source heatpump will be used in these classes to conduct experiments that expose the engineering students to morereal-life situations while incorporating the stand-alone unit into the building structure. In addition to thisproject, Trane has made many of the mechanical engineering systems in the Fields Engineering Centeravailable for viewing, recording, and testing including graphical user interfaces

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Edwin Jones

, presumably the professional component will be virtually unchanged. b. Under what conditions are substitutions made for required courses? How are the decisions made? c. Are the standards for coverage of material and for performance substantially identical for on and off campus students? How is the work evaluated? Who does it? d. How is the major design experience implemented?5. Faculty a. Is the distance education program offered by the same faculty as the on campus program? b. Does adjunct faculty offer the distance education program with some supplementation from the main campus? c. What are the qualifications of the adjunct faculty?6. Facilities. This may be the most important one. a. What are the laboratories

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Michael Gregg, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

used a team teaching model for freshmanengineering courses at Virginia Tech are presented. The first group (Goff and Gregg) taught aset of introductory engineering courses to a select group of 15 rising freshmen in the summer of2002. The second group (Lo and Lohani) have team taught an introductory engineering course“Engineering Exploration” to multiple 150+ seat sections in spring 2005, fall 2005, and fall2006. Content of these engineering courses include design, problem solving, ethics, graphing,technical communications, engineering graphics, and computer programming.Some notable sample experiences are based on gender, age and educational backgrounddifferences of participating faculty. In addition, these two pairs provide an interesting

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Mauricio Torres; Ying Shang; Zakariya Al Hamouz

programs are housed in theZollner Engineering Center, which is under an ongoing expansion project, representing anIndiana tech investment of $21.5 million. This project is comprised of the addition of 30,000square feet and renovation of existing 40,000 square feet and is scheduled to be concluded by theSummer of 2023. In addition to other improvements, the areas designated as “AdditiveManufacturing Laboratory” is being added. This space, along with the existing labs will providethe necessary support to the new certificate programs. Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft; Mike Xie

, environmental and social demands of a problem; Protect safety, health, and welfare.• Problem solving and decision-making – Model engineering problems using a systems approach and appropriate assumptions; Use a range of decision making (evaluation) methodologies; Identify the criteria to be used in decision making (eg sustainability); Use a range of engineering analysis tools and software; Access information from a wide variety of sources, discern value and use; Design and conduct experiments• Technical competence (engineering analysis) – Conceptualise, plan, design, construct and manage civil infrastructure systems; Analyse and interpret field and laboratory data• Teamwork and Leadership – Operate within an engineering organisation; Manage

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yanmei Xie, North Dakota State University; Huojun Yang, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering

Engineering Education, 2021 Virtual lab modules for undergraduate courses related to building energy systemsAbstractBackground: In engineering education, hands-on laboratory experience is essential to enhancingstudents’ practical skills such as conceptual understanding and problem solving skills. However,many students are not able to participate in practical activities (e.g., laboratory experiments) dueto inaccessible or unavailable “brick and mortar” laboratories, especially when most universitieshave currently adopted online instruction while students are sheltered at home due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic. Purpose: This paper presents a library of virtual laboratory modulesexpanded and enriched from our

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Meredith N. Silberstein, Cornell University; Nelly Andarawis-Puri, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

some groups ofstudents, participating in experimental design improves understanding and retention. Etkina, et.al. [8] have found some evidence that student design of experiments may increase knowledgetransfer. Rutar and Mason [9] showed that student perception of laboratory effectiveness andperformance on related assignments can both be improved by designing experiments. In thisstudy we use a targeted exam problem to assess whether the lab version impacted knowledgeretention.Current studyIn the fall 2017 semester, approximately 230 students were enrolled in the course. Students weredivided into 12 discussion sections, each with between 15-22 students. During the fifth week ofthe semester students did the uniaxial tension test lab during

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert A. Chin; Amy R. Frank

hardware, software, andsupport to faculty members so they may explore and incorporate a wide range of multimedia computingtechnologies into classroom and laboratory instruction. The Initiative encompasses traditional multimediahardware/software, including full motion video, sound, graphics, and CD-ROM based resources usingcomputer assisted learning/instruction, instructional datasets and methodologies, and simulations (laboratory orclassroom). Its focus is on enhancing classroom based instruction and the learning process. As well, theInitiative focuses on and encourages team work among faculty and the promotion of stewardship of scarceUniversity resources

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla S. LoPiccolo

study showed that students who used their own notes scored nearlytwice as high as students who used notes either given to them by the teacher or from anotherstudent.7 ) The active process of copying drawings and diagrams by hand as part of note-takingis turning into passive observance and a procrastinated review of supplied informationimmediately prior to an examination.The goal of this paper is to further the author‟s study of the use of visual aids in classrooms thatare not supplemented with a laboratory component for hands-on learning. The visual aid beingtested is one type of symbolic representation – a construction detail. In this study, studentretention after examining a labeled hand-held detail drawing without reproducing it is

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; John R. Hackworth, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 25.247.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Automation Laboratory Development Focusing on Industrial Hands-on Experience, Simulation Software, and Application Research ProjectsAbstractThis paper describes the development of an Automation Control Lab in the Departmentof Engineering Technology at the University. The lab facility includes pneumaticactuators/sensors, electrical relays/switches, and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).The major goal of the development is to help students gain hands-on industrialexperience by conducting simple projects during the lecture hours and more advancedprojects during the lab hours. Simulation software is also applied to reduceimplementation time when

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

Session 2253 A Learning Tool for Engineering Freshmen A Model Rocket Project Daniel H. Suchora, Hazel M. Pierson Youngstown State UniversityIntroductionFirst semester engineering students bring a spectrum of understanding of the engineeringprofession is. They know that engineers design things and they have been told to be an engineeryou need to be good at math and science. Some are very committed to obtaining an engineeringdegree while others are not too sure if engineering is for them.Engineering freshmen have taken courses in math and

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; H. Joel Lenoir

programs have incorporated practice-orientedexperiences into the curriculum by the addition of multiple laboratory experiences, designcourses4, and project classes. Introduction to Industrial Automation is an important course inthe fourth semester of both curriculums, intended to be a blend of these three types of practice-oriented courses. It serves as an important “building-block” in both programs, helping build afoundation for higher level integrated design courses.To help support the project-oriented nature of the course, each individual student is assigned ahardware kit containing an Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and an AtmelAVR microcontroller. The list of assigned sensors, switches, and other input/output (I/O)devices

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Solar

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jan T. Lugowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Certificate. This is intended as an entry-levelcredential that could help launch a student’s professional career in one of the targeted industries.Students will earn a badge for successfully completing each course-based energy conversionmodule. By completing a number of badges, plus an energy-related professional experience inHVAC, Utilities, Transportation, or Manufacturing, students can also earn an Energy Certificatethat will appear on their transcript.The green highlighted box in Figure 1 identifies a sophomore-level lab-based thermodynamicscourse that has been re-designed so that students work in small groups on open-ended projectsthat span multiple weeks and multiple technical topics. The goal is to give students opportunitiesto explore and

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Farhad Sharifi

intomany new subdisciplinaries such as polymer, dyes, textile industry, etc. In recent years, jobmarket for chemical engineers has become very volatile. As a consequence, chemical engineershave become desperate, and are often absorbed by other fields based on job availability and theirgeneral skills. These fields are sometimes not even engineering. Chemical engineers sacrificetheir long-term professional career to earn quicker money. The evolution of the modern industryfrom a conventional hierarchical (top-down) into a skill-oriented (cross linked) design hasbecome evident. Personal skills like being a team worker, communicative, collaborative,initiative for quality, design and efficiency are becoming more attractive to companies overspecialized

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesca G. Polo, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #13933Using the Cognitive Apprenticeship Model to Develop Educational LearningModules: An Example from StaticsFrancesca G Polo, Purdue University Francesca G. Polo is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her current research investigates motivational and cognitive affordances in game design to inform pedagogy. She earned both M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Tech- nology and has over 15 years combined work experience in academia, industry, and a DOE sponsored laboratory. She is a member of ASEE, AAPT, and a Senior member of the

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kapil Chalil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University; Jeff Bertrand; Rebecca S Hartley, Clemson University Center for Workforce Development

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

developing systems that inform and motivate user behavior and empirically evaluating the efficacy of these interventions. He draws on qualitative and quantitative methodologies including ethnography, contextual inquiry, surveys and controlled behavioral experiments to understand how humans perceive, make sense of, and interact with complex human-machine systems.Dr. Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University Dr. Kris Frady is the Director of Operations for the Clemson University Center for Workforce Devel- opment. Additionally, she has earned experience in the corporate sector working with Blackbaud Inc., designing and delivering professional training seminars in online, blended, and live environments. She also has experience

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

including surveys, structured interviews,ethnographic methods, engineering design tasks, and academic transcripts, the AcademicPathways of People Learning Engineering Survey (APPLES) was a comprehensive explorationof the factors influencing the undergraduate engineering experience with a national population.Building upon the Persistence in Engineering (PIE) survey (which was deployed as part of alongitudinal study of 160 students over their four years of college) and the findings from theother APS methods, the APPLES instrument was designed to look at academic and professionalpersistence in two different cross-sectional populations of American undergraduate engineeringstudents3,4,5. The main objective of the APPLES instrument was to examine the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Miroslav Velev

computer architecturecourses, as a way to educate future microarchitects with knowledge of formal methods, and withdeeper understanding of the principles of pipelined, speculative, and superscalar execution;microarchitects who are thus more productive, and capable of delivering correct new processorsunder aggressive time-to-market schedules. The paper presents the experience from such an inte-gration of formal verification into an existing computer architecture course42–43, taught to bothundergraduate and graduate students with no prior knowledge of formal methods. The existingcourse was extended with several lectures on formal verification, with related homework prob-lems, and with a sequence of three projects on design and formal verification of

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Brittany Anderson; Rafic Bachnak

, thematerials were easy to use, and they ended with an increased interest in STEM (Figure 11).Additionally, the two field trips garnered positive feedback with a high percentage of participantsagreeing the experience increased their understanding of the operations of laboratory andindustrial facilities (Figure 12A). Most participants indicated the field trips were of good orexcellent quality, however, there were a few negative responses to the steel plant field trip(Figure 12B). On the feedback forms, students indicated it was difficult to hear with themachines running and many were uncomfortable with the heat. Initially the workshops wereevaluated immediately following their conclusion. After completion of all of the workshops,they were reevaluated

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse

transfer the excitement of creative engineeringapplications, this approach was successful. Students were excited to learn how the math andscience concepts they already knew could be applied to real life. REFERENCES 1 Byrd, Joseph S. And Jerry L. Hudgins, “Teaming in the Design Laboratory,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, vol. 84, no. 4, October 1995, pp. 335-341. 2 Morse, Julia L., “Design of a Gage R&R Experiment for a Basic Manufacturing Processes Course,”Thesis, Auburn University, 1996, p. 99. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONJULIA MORSE is an Assistant Professor within the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering andTechnology

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William B. Hudson; Donald M. Gruenbacher

authors’ intent in this document is to start closing theevaluation loop on what is appropriate and educationally sound use of technology in theclassroom.Course BackgroundEECE 241 is a required core course for Electrical and Computer Engineering students and aservice course for other curricula. The presentation format has evolved to an integratedlecture and laboratory experience serving in excess of 100 students each semester. Previouslythe large number of students in this course was accommodated by using multiple facultymembers instructing different course sections. This, while providing good faculty studentinteractions, resulted in heavy faculty teaching assignments and a student experience thatdiffered depending on the instructor.To reduce

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul King, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, defibrillators(external and implantable), transmitter systems, Holter Monitors, databases, andfuture directions. Invited speakers typically include a cardiologist and aMedtronic field engineer, tours include a visit to a Human Patient Simulator and aClinical Pharmacology research laboratory, and demonstrations involved use of afree commercial package on biological signals. The course further covers anoverview of the following engineering topics: data capture techniques, sampling,and A/D conversion. The major computational experience for the studentsinvolves basic ekg rhythm analysis using Excel, using data collected from thestudents or (optionally) from an unknown subject. This is followed by a similaranalysis using MATLAB (in parallel with a required

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corinna Marie Fleischmann, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Brian Maggi, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Coast Guard (USCG) as practicing civil engineers, pursue professional licensure,and attend graduate programs in civil engineering. Emphasis is placed on balancing theory andpractice of engineering, so graduates are intellectually and professionally prepared to provideengineering services to the USCG. Professional skills are reinforced in the engineering coursesthrough laboratory reports, technical papers, presentations, design projects, field trips,interactions with practitioners and USCG officers, community outreach activities, andprofessional membership. Significant mentoring and advising takes place throughout a cadets’years at the CGA as an important component for intellectual development and service readiness.The approach of using every

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

William Peterson

for the curriculum as well as defining specific skills and experiences that the courses inthe curriculum should provide: “The goal of this curriculum is to develop students who have the ability to take a Page 2.316.2 product design or concept and design the manufacturing process. Students must be able to communicate effectively and be problem solvers in an industrial environment. The industrial steering committee further specified that the curriculum must provide x Team experiences x An understanding of the design process from concept to customer x A working