Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denine Northrup, Western New England College; Steven Northrup, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

reliability and validity. Previous instrumentswith project specific items have been documented to have high reliability and strong predictivevalidity. During the fall, 2007 semester the revised brief teamwork survey was administered.The questions in this survey instrument contain wording such that the instrument could beapplied to any project design experience and is not specific to what is being produced. Thispaper addresses the reliability and validity of the brief teamwork survey.IntroductionSince the advent of the ABET’s EC2000 requirements, engineering programs have increasedtheir emphasis on multidisciplinary teamwork. Furthermore, ABET requires engineeringprograms to document that their graduates demonstrate “an ability to function on multi

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; William Stark, Macomb Community College; Joseph L. Petrosky, Macomb Community College; Douglas A. Fertuck, Macomb Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

: Fundamentals of Electric Drive Vehicles Battery Systems for Electric Drive Vehicles Motor Drives and Power Electronics for EV/HEV/PHEV Automotive Direct Injection EnginesEach course includes 14 hours for lectures and 4 hours for laboratory experiences. All of thefour courses are endorsed by the MAGMA. The program was first offered in August 2011 for 62engineers and professionals sent by local auto makers and suppliers. Page 25.1277.115. ConclusionThis paper describes the rationale for the creation of the Center for Advanced AutomotiveTechnology, the finding of the planning grant for creation CAAT, our vision for curricularreform, and the center

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Cutright; Helen Qammar

good grounding in chemistry and working knowledge of advanced chemistry 2. Can relate chemical structure to material properties 3. Able to apply first principles to analyze and solve ChE problems, including open-ended problems. 4. Develop experiments from proposed hypothesis and interpret data. 5. Pose and develop practical solutions to ChE problems which include consideration of environmental, safety, ethical, and economic issues 6. Design and select optimal processes or equipment for chemical production 7. Select and use computational tools to design, analyze, and solve ChE problems“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

DingXin Cheng; Joel Arthur; Albert M. Johnson

modules have been developed for a variety of undergraduate CivilEngineering courses, including the following areas: • Introduction to Civil Engineering Design • Mechanics of Materials and Materials Testing Laboratory • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering • Contracts and Specifications • Environmental Engineering • Solid Waste Management • Reinforced Concrete Design • Transportation Engineering and Pavement Materials Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 412The following sections describe the objectives, scope, and

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Roger Chapman Burk

computerlabs used orbit simulations that provided beautiful and absorbing visualizations, and also gave experiencein mission design. As a final integrative experience, teams of students quantitatively evaluated spacetravel proposals and presented their results to the rest of the class. The students enjoyed the class andcame out of it with a much more sophisticated understanding of space flight and of engineering ingeneral. Reservations and difficulties include: finding qualified lecturers for the diverse set of topics;integrating their presentations into a coherent whole; and a lingering question how well such a coursewould work with a less gifted set of students.IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to convey and reflect on the author’s experience

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Roger Chapman Burk

computerlabs used orbit simulations that provided beautiful and absorbing visualizations, and also gave experiencein mission design. As a final integrative experience, teams of students quantitatively evaluated spacetravel proposals and presented their results to the rest of the class. The students enjoyed the class andcame out of it with a much more sophisticated understanding of space flight and of engineering ingeneral. Reservations and difficulties include: finding qualified lecturers for the diverse set of topics;integrating their presentations into a coherent whole; and a lingering question how well such a coursewould work with a less gifted set of students.IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to convey and reflect on the author’s experience

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University; James Jacob, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the listener, account for the effects ofdistance, loudspeaker sensitivity, program content, and input signal level to derive theparameters of the required amplifier. The analysis and design of a low power (<10 W) audioamplifier is covered. Class B audio amplifier analysis and design (10 W to 500 W) are taughtnext. This includes the characteristics of MOSFETs in a linear application, how to parallel linearMOSFETs, design of a high voltage amplifier, implementation of the full composite amplifier,and finally, the design of current limiting and thermal protection. A series of three-hour laboratory periods are dedicated to verifying the audio amplifier theorypresented in class. The first laboratory is largely an extension of the experiment

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Pedro Arce

description of the devices used in the laboratory experiments during thesemester after ECH 3264 is finished. In addition the number of projects must be "tunedup" for the number of groups that are possible to assembly during the particular term.Usually, only groups of three students are allowed. Sometimes, and because of theenrollment limitations some groups of two students are also permitted but these groupsare strongly discouraged otherwise due to reasons that will be discussed later on.Table 2 lists the different topics that are typically suggested for the ECH 3264 Course atthe College of Engineering at Florida A&M and Florida State University, Tallahassee

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiangxiong Kong, California State University, Fresno; Alex Fegely, Coastal Carolina University; George W Hitt, Coastal Carolina University; Dominique Nunez Garcia, California State University, Fresno; Kaleb Glenn Montgomery, Coastal Carolina University; Deify Law, California State University, Fresno

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division (SWED)

to perform robotic experiments. Results from student participantsillustrated that the VR design laboratory improved students’ learning experiences andengagement in the gripper design of robotic arms. Dither et al. [10] investigated the STEMmotivation in chemistry education and found that students with VR experience showed increasedSTEM motivation and interest in learning chemistry compared with the control group. Similarfindings in physics education were concluded from the study performed by Georgiou et al. [11].VR is also found to be a great approach for the visualization of complex spatial concepts. Forinstance, Takac et al. [12] applied a VR module to student participants, allowing users tonavigate and adjust various three-dimensional

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mativo

Materials, 4th ed., Pacific Grove:CA. Thomson Learning Inc.2. Bodig, J., & Jayne, B.A., 1982, Mechanics of Wood and Wood Composites, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold.3. U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, www.woodbin.com/ref/wood/strength_table.htm4. Ashby, M. F. & Cebon, D., 2001, Cambridge Engineering Selector: Case Studies in Materials selection, Great Britain: Granta Design Limited.5. Ashby, M. F., 2004, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 2nd ed., Great Britain: Butterworth-Heinemann Publication.BiographyDr. John M. Mativo teaches Materials and Product Manufacturing courses at Ohio Northern University.His university teaching experience totals 10 years, six of which he served as

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ashlee N. Ford Versypt; Joel Versypt; Heather Gappa-Fahlenkamp

toured ourengineering hands-on undergraduate teaching laboratory and has interacted with interdisciplinarysenior design teams and engineering and technology faculty. We are working with the programto partner with them on a senior design project to design, fabricate, commission, and testprototype kitchen cabinet systems to enable safer, more efficient access by individuals withmobility challenges that prevent them from effectively using standard systems.Another community center in one of the author’s hometowns has a weekly lunch for seniorcitizens. An outreach event was held during one of their lunches to demonstrate the sciencebehind a variety of kitchen chemistry applications. The rural community is not located near auniversity, and there are

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

bryan james mealy, Cal Poly State University

experimentrequired students to submit a report that included solutions to a hardware and a firmware-baseddesign problem, and ten short-answer questions. Students worked in groups of two or three (amix of quiz and non-quiz students); each group submitted one lab report for each experiment aswell as a final design project.Students choosing the quiz option had to stay with that choice for the entire quarter. On quizdays, quiz-taking students migrated to one side of the laboratory, which allowed the instructor tohelp the non-quiz taking students. Table 1 shows the weightings for the two options. Thecourse’s studio format allows instructors to give two finals (on different days), which we label asthe “lab” and “lecture” finals. The two-hour lab final exam

Conference Session

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2019 Best PIC, Zone, and Diversity Papers Live Q&A

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bryan Mealy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

2019 Best Zone & PIC Papers

architecture, intermediate digital design, andassembly language programming4. The course requires students to model the RATmicrocontroller (MCU) using VHDL and then use it to help them learn assembly languageprogramming. The RAT MCU is an 8-bit MCU with an assembly language containing 50instructions. CPE 233 is taught as a studio course in a laboratory setting with a format thatclosely resembles a flipped classroom. The sections met for two hours, three times per week, forten weeks. Class meetings comprised of short lectures to answer questions, outline the currenttopics, and introduce experiments. Although we provided few video lectures, the lab experimentsand assigned programming problems required a significant amount of time outside of class

Conference Session

Computing Technology Applications-II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech; Antoni Gelonch-Bosch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Jeffrey Reed, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

valuable addition tothe electrical engineering curriculum.We argue that the reasons behind the technical choices, their impact on the resource consumptionand the performance versus flexibility tradeoffs are relevant for cellular communicationsstandards education. Moreover, project management, team work, development of realisticexpectations and practical solutions are skills that are much demanded by industry in addition todomain-specific technical specialization. We therefore propose a methodology for teachingstandards that creates favorable conditions for developing those skills.The combination of lecture-centered education [2] with laboratory-centered approaches [3], [4],has been adopted in the engineering curriculum when the Conceive, Design

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

D.M. Hummels; D.J. Rawnsley; Bruce E. Segee

workstations using a General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB). This paper describes two software packages. The first is a “virtual instrument bus” that makes a large number of GPIB buses on separate networked computers appear to be on a single bus. The second is an object-oriented instrument library. The Library is designed to support a variety of instruments using a common framework in an easily maintained software package. The virtual instrument library is developed using remote procedure calls (RPC). All workstations supporting an instrument bus run a background program called a Bus Server that handles bus communications and provides an interface to the computer network. The Bus Server can be programmed to

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Tollner

. Terrace design and layout topics are Page 4.398.5justifiably minimized because the prominence of terraces in erosion control schemes is greatlydiminished with the coming of minimum tillage farming. The design of diversion channels isvery relevant in urbanizing settings. Laboratory exercises where students go to field sites,estimate peak runoffs for existing conditions, survey existing channels to determine stage-discharge relationships and survey existing culvert structures to determine peak capacity are wellreceived by students whatever their background.Hydraulic structures, especially culverts, are worthy of increasing emphasis. We enlarge

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William F. Reeve

, ananalog circuit, a digital circuit, etc. A typical text repeats a large amount of basic fundamentalsand provides tips on how to fix the item in question. These books describe various methods orstrategies employed in troubleshooting, such as signal injection, signal tracing, the strategy of“split in half,” bridging, substitution, applying heat, applying cold, etc., and indicate the normalfailure mode for specific devices and components. All but a few of the tests start at the unit level,progress to the board level, and end the process at the component level. Since its inception in the mid 1960s, the Electrical Engineering Technology Department ofPurdue University has had a sophomore-level course with “hands-on experience in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2A: Using Alternative Measurements to Look at Students and Their Success

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University; Christopher Leslie, New York University; Gunter W. Georgi, New York University; Alyssa Marie D'Apice, New York University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

most majors in theschool of engineering, and the course is designed to provide a foundation in the soft skillsstudents will need in future engineering courses (such as giving presentations, following labinstructions, using software, as well as working on teams). All students in the class meet once aweek for lecture, which is where this course’s version of the educational theater took place. Thecourse also requires weekly interdisciplinary laboratory experiments and recitations forpresentations in sections of up to 18 students. In addition, an independent design project that isdeveloped by teams is required. Students rank their top choices of various design projects andthen are placed into teams during the third week of class. Although the

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #2: Global Engagement

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Agnes Nakimana; Chris Clement Igiraneza

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

applicable) and energy–environmentinteraction related inputs to the students.(d) It should provide a balance between theory and practical aspects. Therefore, its curricula shouldinclude inputs on laboratory and demonstration experiments, hands-on-skills training, trouble-shooting,design and manufacture inputs besides lectures, tutorials, assignment and seminar, etc.(e) It should be flexible and dynamic thus allowing for future improvements in the content and structureof teaching/training programme.(f) It should be compatible with global efforts to facilitate effective and mutually beneficial experiencesharing and interaction with other institutions in the world.(g) To the extent possible, the university level teaching/training programmes on

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan S. Magargle; Rami W. Zarrouk; Maurice F Aburdene

Session 2793 Interactive Tutorial for an Introductory Electrical Engineering Course Maurice F. Aburdene, Rami W. Zarrouk, Ryan S. Magargle Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a tutorial and diagnostic tool called, "What You Already Know." The objective of this tutorial isto prepare students for their first electrical engineering course, and it is designed to diagnose what the studentsalready know and aid them in understanding some basic concepts through hands-on experience. The tutorial iscomputer-based

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

. Therefore, for most of the teams, the projectbecame a matter of designing a triggering mechanism that responded to the specified impactacceleration profile. One team chose to use some extracurricular experience withmicrocontrollers together with an integrated circuit accelerometer to create a device to meet therequired specifications.One of the most imposing requirements of the specification was that of the maximum physicalsize constraints. All components of the impact detector must fit within a small plastic enclosurewith inside dimensions of 1.25” W x 1.25” L x 1.10” H. The device must operate as specifiedwith the enclosure closed. The design teams did have the option of either a horizontal or verticalmounting orientation for their device. Figure

Conference Session

Innovative and Impactful Engineering Leadership Pedagogy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University, Bozeman; Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

focused on the design and implementation of a course using a student-led laboratory method which supports the development of authentic and courageous leaders. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 How Do Human Interaction Labs Contribute to Engineering Leadership Development?AbstractThis paper outlines the impact of a small group experiential learning course (Human InteractionLab) that cultivates authentic engagement between participants. Unlike many experientiallearning environments, this course is fundamentally learner-centered, where students designateboth the content of discussion and the norms that dictate

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Jennifer Farrell, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

have participated in the CxC Summer Faculty Institutes. Inorder to teach a C-I course in the CoE, Engineering faculty must attend a Summer Institute. Inturn, the faculty are invited back to Summer Institutes to provide a feedback loop as they discusstheir experiences teaching C-I courses.Summer Institute participants learn about assessment strategies and rubric design, and they alsolearn ways to effectively integrate assessment into the iterative process throughout the course ofa project and a semester. Lively debate between the consultants and the faculty is encouraged.The faculty participants are divided into inter-disciplinary teams (except for the Engineeringfaculty, who need to concentrate on ways to fill the void left by the removal of

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Guangyan Li, The Johns Hopkins University; Kwame Kutten

model, undergraduate students exploredundergraduates in Biomedical Data Science Laboratory class to AI hyperparameters tuning such as the number of epochsthrough computational and machine learning projects for ● Students implemented dice overlap metric and lossidentifying disease and objects in biomedical images. ● Students gained experience implementing the training loop and Materials and

Conference Session

Track 1 - Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

D. N. Reddy, Indian Society for Technical Education

Tagged Topics

Track 1 - Student Development

under serious questioning. The alternative of student-centric learning is being actively pursued in many institutions across the globe where the teacher acts primarily as a facilitator in the learning process and students become active participants in the classroom. This new model encourages self-learning and trains students to seek and validate information independently and then work co-operatively with other fellow students to absorb new knowledge and skills under the guidance, and assistance of the Faculty. Problem – based learning, project-based learning, case study method, using laboratory as a place for solving unknown engineering problems by experimentation, and design simulations are other

Conference Session

Creating 'Materials' Awareness

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University; Scott Chumbley, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

mechanical properties of materials and how the strength dependson (1) the atomic state of the material and (2) how a force is applied to a particular design. Experiment 6. Buckling BreakdownObjective:To illustrate the principle of "buckling breakdown" where a material is subjected to astress it was not designed to withstand.Equipment: • A pop can with no dents on the sides at all • PencilBackground:Soda pop cans are designed to withstand internal pressures. They have a low tolerance tocompressive stresses applied perpendicular to the sides, i.e., they dent very easily byapplying a few pounds of pressure when squeezing. The strength of the material is suchthat while the can may dent, it does not puncture. If a compressive

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Vislocky; Cecil Beeson

. Over a period of time this will certainly change and we will submit an appropriate request.XII. Facilities Needed Use of a laboratory type room is the most obvious first facility needed. Tables and access to a wide array of technical equipment will be necessary. Appropriate room security is a must. A method to recognize College owned equipment from student owned equipment must be devised and enforced.XIII. Equipment Resources The following equipment represents a minimum requirement: • Multi-meters • Oscilloscopes • PCs • Simulation and circuit design software • Access to the Internet • A variety of tools, e.g., pliers

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2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Huseyin Bostanci; Nourredine Boubekri

energy-conscious engineers. Experiential education is Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, TX Copyright  2023, American Society for Engineering Education 2defined as a teaching philosophy that informs many methodologies in which educators purposefullyengage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection in order to increase knowledge,develop skills, clarify values, and develop people's capacity to contribute to their communities.3Experiential education is particularly important in engineering education, and has been effectivelyutilized for years.4-6

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; John McLaughlin, Clarkson University; Stephen Doheny-Farina, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

discussed. We have added a number of computational modules to make the coursepresentations of the materials more interactive. The plan is to have sufficient number ofcalculation modules for the student to experiment with. As a result the student willdevelop a physical understanding of some of the more complex concepts.Module II, Computer Simulations We refined and developed several computer modules that were incorporated intothe course sequence. One class of examples was concerned with exploring the flow andparticle transport in a variety of obstructed ducts. Fortran simulation programs that were Page 12.28.3developed earlier were converted to

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University; Ismail Megri; Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Taher M. Abu-Lebdeh P.E.

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering

feel competent in the following areas: Computer Modeling 1 4 6 1 3.42 Laboratory Science 1 1 6 4 2.92 Collecting/Analyzing 3 6 3 4 Data Hypothesis 2 4 6 3.67 Development Problem Solving 3 6 3 4 Motivations for program experience Contributes significantly 2 5 5 3.75 to field of interest Desire to improve my 2 4