Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Rocha, United States Military Academy; Kevin Francis McMullen, United States Military Academy; Michael Rocha, United States Military Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

case with clues provided to thestudents, b) Image of room door with cypher lock, c) Image of scenario presented to students onHarbour Cay Condominium Collapse [25], d) Image of teams participating in the escape room, e) Image of a team after they escape, f) Image of a team who did not escape.While the MC364 and CE483 escape rooms were designed differently, there were similaritiesbetween the two experiences. At the start of both escape rooms, the students were provided withsome general rules and simplifying instructions. These were presented as a bulleted list on aPowerPoint slide that remained available throughout the execution of the escape room as shownin Figure 1b. During the execution of the escape room, the teams could request

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

David Potter

A context for unstructured experimentation: What resources are available to the student tinkerer? David Potter Northeastern University College of Engineering Session 2: Tools, techniques, and best practices of engineering education for the digital generation “What I hear, I forget; What I see, I remember; What I do, I understand.” – Old Chinese proverb Abstract: Education for the digital generation can be thought of as a process of classroom and laboratory learning

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Michael S Rugh, Texas A&M University; Mary Margaret Capraro; Robert M Capraro, Texas A&M University

topics such as computer programming, physics, engineering design, andadvanced mathematics.For this presentation, we will examine the unique challenges faced by teachers and students in this onlinesummer camp. The first challenge was ensuring that every student and teacher had sufficient technologyand internet access to connect. We also had to ensure that the students were sent critical constructionand laboratory materials and were given lists of suggested project materials that they could pick up atlocal stores. The students were engaged in the summer camp classes, presentations, and tours frommorning until night; this presented its own challenges that required balancing engaging classes, well-earned breaks, and social activities. We will give

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Soldan, Kansas State University; Don Gruenbacher, Kansas State University; Noel N. Schulz, Kansas State University; Blythe A Vogt PE, Kansas State University; William Bowes Hageman, Kansas State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

department, college, and university level. He has been recognized as an outstanding faculty member by both Eta Kappa Nu and the Mortar Board. His research activities are focused in the areas of computer networks, communications, and digital design. Prior to joining Kansas State University as a faculty member, Dr. Gruenbacher was a member of the senior staff in the Space Department of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory from 1994 to 1997 and from 1989 to 1990. He received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 1989, a master’s degree in 1991, and a doctorate in 1994, all from Kansas State. Dr. Gruenbacher has also completed engineering internships with both Motorola Inc. and IBM.Dr. Noel N

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Sterian; Bruce Dunne; Andrew Blauch

to conductsignificant course projects that go beyond simulation to involve actual design and build.Our experiences indicate that teaching C programming is a good choice for engineering students.In order to justify our choice, we describe the evolution of programming instruction in ourcurriculum from low-level languages to higher-level languages to object-oriented approaches.We had found that teaching a low-level language has limited scope (i.e., it must be processorspecific) and consumes too much class time while teaching an object-oriented language yieldslimited skills. Others have shared our concern that an introductory programming course usingJava to develop GUI’s, for example, does not develop necessary skills in algorithmic problem

Conference Session

Session 4: Focus on the Americas

Collection

2017 EDI

Authors

Cecilia Paredes

port, through which most of the commerce (export and import) of the country passes. INSTITUTIONAL MILESTONES Founded on October 29th 1958 Start of academic activities 1960´sBID/ESPOL I PROJECT(1972 – 1982) BID/ESPOL II PROJECT (1983 – 1992) • Improvement of existing laboratories. 1970´s • • Technical Programs (3 years programs) started

Conference Session

Teaching Green Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

course in this subject. Through a program funded by the EPA the use of this text can be incorporated throughout the curriculum. In this program we have developed teaching aides that include: MS PowerPoint presentations, lecture notes, example problems, homework problems, case studies and experiments. In this program we have tailored these tools to fit specific engineering classes such as freshmen and sophomore engineering, mass & energy balances, materials, thermodynamics and upper level chemical engineering courses. We believe that using green engineering principles at the start of the design process will lead to processes and products of a sustainable future. INTRODUCTION We believe that the methods of green engineering

Conference Session

Computing Research I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Questionnaire 2 ── ── 1.98%These self-assessments are recommended at the end of the semester that form the basis forinstructors to improve the teaching considering students’ experience. Students in this courserespond to the following five questions, corresponding to the ABET outcomes.  Question 1 - “I can understand how to evaluate the performance of different computer architectures, and understand advances in speed, capability, and cost of processors and memory.” (Outcome b: An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data relating to electrical systems).  Question 2 - “I understand fundamental building blocks to design a memory, control unit

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Cyganski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou; Greg Fischer; Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bradley Miller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James Van de Ven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

designs and the various technical topics are introduced as needed. Each ofthese courses includes elements of CS, ECE and ME. To add cohesion within courses, eachcourse in the unified sequence has its own focus, such as locomotion, sensing, manipulation, andnavigation. Students in the Robotics program also take other required and elective courses,selected from courses already offered by the various engineering departments. In addition, theprogram includes an entrepreneurship component to prepare future “entrepreneurial engineers.”6Like all majors at WPI, the program culminates in a capstone design experience wherein studentssynthesize their accumulated knowledge in a major project. The RBE program is designed sothat it can be accredited under the

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

. Anothermathematics related project, Adventure Engineering, uses engineering-based curricula in middlegrade science and mathematics classes.2 The Adventure Engineering project focuses on problemsolving and the engineering design experience. A third project saw engineering graduate studentsassisting high school mathematics teachers in developing hands on approaches for algebra andtrigonometry classes.3 These laboratory activities were incorporated into the normal lesson plan.Both high school students and teachers benefited from using laboratory activities to demonstratespecific principles such as linearity and trigonometric functions.Adding new engineering courses to the curriculum is a luxury that most school systems can notafford. With the addition of so

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

mechanics of materials, dynamics, and mechanics of fluids, and in some programs, othercourses such as tool design 5,28. Many researchers 5,6,28,33 believe that performance in these latercourses can be directly correlated to success in statics of engineering.In the past statics of engineering has often been taught in a traditional lecture and note-takingapproach. According to current understanding 43,46, humans think, learn, and solve problems bymaking connections and associations to previous experiences. Numerous researchers 13,43,46 havewritten that if one’s first exposure to fundamental concepts takes place by passively hearing it inlecture or by reading it in a textbook, the experience may not be sufficiently significant or rich tobuild

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Claudio Brito; Melany Ciampi

industry, preferably, and are challenged to develop aproject proposal in a specific engineering theme.Phase 2 – when students go abroad for a short period.Phase 3 – when students present their project proposal to a group of invited professionals whoevaluate them.The course is designed to introduce the world of engineering to the students and also to presentthem a bit of another culture, touring for several academic and business environments,developing cultural activities, exploring the history, experience local public services, whereengineering plays an important role. It consists of an opportunity to improve the training of Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright

Collection

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Randy Kelley

ofunderstanding contact resistance for engineering students. It also incorporates an analyticalmethod for helping the understanding of this phenomenon. This experiment was intended forstudent learning and not for scientific rigor. There are just too many variables that are notcontrollable in a classroom setting. The lecture on heat transfer can explain the concept, but aphysical demonstration enhances learning objectives. Heat transfer lectures do not normallyhave associated laboratory classes. This experiment can easily be conducted in a class roomwithout extensive laboratory equipment. This type of teaching method promoted active learningas the primary learning objective.[3] Allowing students to actually see a problem and thenformulate a solution

Conference Session

COED: IOT and Cybersecurity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

++ programming. The course textbook used is Gladdis’ “Starting Out WithC++ from Control Structures to Objects.” The students make use of Microsoft’s Visual Studiodevelopment integrated development environment (IDE). This IDE-based work should be adequatepreparation for students to write code in the GUI designer. However, the students have no prior coursenavigating the designer. Instead, they have general experience navigating the National InstrumentsCircuit Designer and Alteris Quartus II FPGA designer. Success using the GUI designer will require amodest amount of classroom student instruction.Since Linux distributions include a user-friendly GUI desktop environment, the table 3 entriesconcerning the “Linux Command Line Interface” and “Device Naming and

Conference Session

Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W Pritchard, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

important ofthem all is how to help students think differently and change most of their rigidly definedperspectives. We need to make an environment that would encourage experimentation, allow Page 25.688.2them to make mistakes, and let them grow to be innovative at the same time.We introduce the Arduino-MATLAB experience in response to the shift in mentality ofprospective undergraduate students. The increase in open-source rapid prototyping tools coupledwith great online support has made it much easier and cheaper for the general public to take onelectronics design challenges as a hobby. This has, in effect, caused a shift in the general interestand

Conference Session

Learning in a Socially-Distanced Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Waterloo Tsutsui, Purdue University; Eric J. Williamson, Purdue University; Kenneth Park, Purdue University; Michael David Sangid, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Analysis of structural stability using Figure 7 column buckling 6 Fatigue Analysis of fatigue failure using rotating- Figure 8 bending specimens and exploration of safe- life design using S-N curve.Virtual Lab DescriptionFigure 3 depicts the screenshot of VL 1, Stress Analysis of I-Beams. The I-beam structure is afour-point bending virtual specimen. In this VL exercise, the users start the VL experiment bymoving the head of the press downward using either the Jog Slow or Jog Fast button to the left ofthe screen. The users can choose the speed of the head movement by using the speed adjustmentknob just above the

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

application) to capture the sound of tapping or handclapping and observing the echo signatures of the recorded signal.4The method described here was used in an instrumentation laboratory class for third-yearelectromechanical engineering technology students at Penn State Berks – Lehigh Valley College.The experiments are based on time of flight measurements and are designed to demonstrate theroll of software in developing a sophisticated system with simple hardware. The signalprocessing techniques are similar to those used in radar and sonar echolocation systems.5 Thesoftware performs all of the measurements with no guesswork left to the user. Figure 1. Setup for Acoustic MeasurementsUsing the computer’s sound card under

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Best Diversity Paper

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian Kennedy, Clemson University; Cora Allard-Keese, Clemson University; Joshua Alper, Clemson University; Jennie LaMonte, Clemson University; Aubrey Baldwin, Clemson University

surveys from which we identify students who chose to participate in theprogram/courses, their reasons for participating, how the students perceived the value of the program atthe close of the program, and how they perceived that the program helped them prepare for researchparticipation.Overview of the Research Foundations programAs outlined by others (Washburn and Bragg 2022), the stay-at-home orders enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the training of university students through in person researchexperience or internship cancelations, closing of research laboratories, etc. In a limited number of cases,in person research experiences were transitioned to virtual when institutions had already developedmodels for remote workers

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid R. Parsaei PE, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

International

journals and five book series. His research, in excess of $22 million, has been funded by numerous government and private institutions.Dr. Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Elbashir is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) and the Director of Texas A&M University Gas & Fuels Research Initiative (an initiative for a major research center involves 17 professors from Texas A&M University College Station Campus and Texas A&M Qatar Campus from both Chemical and Petroleum Engineering departments). He has over 16 years of research and teaching experience. His research activities are mainly focused on design of advanced reactors and processes for the gas to

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

newengineering programs are brought up on-line in Huntsville, Alabama, a highly focused regiondedicated to world class advanced space systems, communications and manufacturingtechnologies.This paper describes examples of collaboration between Alabama A&M University andindustry. Collaborative efforts have aimed at: accreditation issues under the ABET criteria2000, technical information exchange, promotion of internships, company tours, studentscholarships, engineering laboratory development, implementation of industry best practices forproject development, research contracts and grants.Industry and Government Agencies seek partnerships and alliances with universities andresearch institutes to benefit from key know-how expertise found in university’s

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

don’t have majors,many have interest or perceived interest and these kinds of learning experiences allow allstudents to learn about their community and be exposed to modern technologies. Many peopleare calling for a base technology literacy in the United States and engineering-based service-learning could be a powerful track to accomplish this. Industry partnerships are critical to making this kind of approach work. Situatingeducation environments within a service-learning design context opens up many aspects ofdesign that university faculty and high school teachers are often not equipped to handle.Practicing engineers handle such challenges daily and can be a vital resource for the educatorsand students. A network of partnerships to

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

and M. W. Dickson, "Teams in organizations: recent research on performance and effectiveness," Annual Review of Psychology, vol. 47, pp. 307, 1996.[11] J. R. Katzenbach and D. K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High Performance Organization. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.[12] J. S. Byrd and J. L. Hudgkins, "Teaming in the design laboratory," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 84, pp. 335, 1995.[13] E. Seat and S. M. Lord, "Enabling effective engineering teams: a program for teaching interaction skills," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, pp. 385, 1999

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javaid S. Siddiqi, Lone Star College; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 MAKER: Programmable Logic Control (PLC) Based Automated System for Water-Level Control for Teaching Pneumatics and

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Laws

% Table 3: Summary of degrees awarded for award years 1972-1995 In-Progress= still enrolled in Ph.D. granting program Withdrawn= drop from program + unknown degree statusThe three charts that follow provide graduation and withdrawal statistics for studentsselected in each of the programs between 1972 through 1995. The CRFP Fellowshipschart below includes information on students designated for the ALFP after the split ofBell Laboratories between AT&T and Lucent in 1996.In CRFP/ALFP approximately 69% of the awardees receive the terminal degree, and18% stopped at the Master's degree. Half of the students stopping at the Master's degreewere enrolled in either Electrical Engineering or Computer

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Matters in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Douglas William Twigge; John Block, Texas A&M University; Mickie Byrd

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

es- tablished the Mobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL), a joint university-industry partnership fo- cusing on the design and development of hardware and software products Morgan served 22 years in the Air Force, including a tour of duty on faculty with the Electrical Engineering Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy.Dr. Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University Jay R. Porter joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently the Program Director for the Electronics and Telecommunications programs. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering (1987), a M.S. degree in physics (1989), and a Ph.D. in electrical

Conference Session

New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

provide programs with greater curricular flexibility. It must be noted,however, that the required level of competence is still ability. Attaining this level will stillrequire a robust laboratory program.Phrase E. The proposed criteria have been made less prescriptive and more outcomes-basedthrough the elimination of the requirement for “ability to perform civil engineering design bymeans of design experiences integrated throughout the professional component of thecurriculum.” The new reference to “more than one civil engineering context” is intended toensure that students experience the design process in at least two different civil engineeringtechnical areas (e.g., a structural design experience and an environmental design experience).Thus the

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

program. Table 3 shows (a) ability to apply knowledge ofthe PEV checklist for criterion 3. As can be seen, math, engineering, and sciencethe main objective is for the PEV to determine if (b) ability to design and conductthe students have achieved the eleven ABET experiments, as well as to analyzeoutcomes, namely a-k. How this is demonstrated is and interpret dataup to the program. But, some factual assessment (c) ability to design system, component or process to meetdata and samples of student work demonstrating needs within realistic constraintsachievement of these outcomes will be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Laura E. Ray, Dartmouth College; Scott Pauls, Dartmouth College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

their internships, students report satisfaction with their experience as well asstronger data science skills, albeit with differing degrees of increase.Data Science component to DALI Lab Extracurricular LearningDIFUSE also provides a transformative platform for students to engage in experiential learningthrough the Digital Applied Learning and Innovation (DALI) Lab. DALI is an extracurricularprogram at Dartmouth. At DALI, students work on interdisciplinary teams to tackle real-worldproblems, combining design, technology, and user experience to translate research into impactfuldigital tools. By participating in projects funded by DIFUSE, such as the Pine Beetle Project andthe Smart Microscope Project, students not only apply their academic

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kwok Pang

, three hours for lectures and three hours fordesign laboratory. The model is used extensively to show how a plant is designed andconstructed, from process engineering, detailed equipment design, piping, civil electrical andinstrumentation and finally to construction.They now appreciate how complex the piping network is or how and why such a plot plan is puttogether. Students also have an opportunity to visit the actual plant in Chevron’s El SegundoRefinery. It is such a treat to the students to finally see the real plant, exactly the same as themodel which they have studied for several years. They climbed to the platform to see the largeair-coolers and their exposed finned tubes. They marveled at the height of the depropanizer.The design

Conference Session

Modeling and Simulation

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

; Carter, A. The design and experimental evaluation of a scaffolded software environment to improve engineering students' disciplinary problem-solving skills. Journal of Engineering Education 100, 574 (2011).15 Tajvidi, M. & Fang, N. in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (Seattle, WA., 2015).16 Branch, K. A. & Butterfield, A. E. in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.(Seattle, WA, 2015).17 Chaturvedi, S. K. & Dharwadkar, K. A. Simulation and visualization enhanced engineering education development and implementation of virtual experiments in a laboratory course-American Society for Engineering Education. AC 742, 2011 (2011).18 Wiesner, T. F. & Lan, W. Comparison of student learning in physical and