Conference Session

Laboratories in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

creative in coming with ways to offer a Biomedical Instrumentation course thatprovides their students with the fundamental understanding of the principles of BiomedicalInstrumentation with a sufficient hands-on component included.II. The BMET Option in EETThe Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program at Southern Polytechnic State University(SPSU) recently instituted an option in Biomedical Engineering Technology (BMET) (2 – 4). TheEET program is accredited by ABET, Inc6. The BMET option was designed with a view towardsretaining the ABET accreditation of the EET program. The curriculum for the option is shown inTable 1.The curriculum adds five new technical courses to a core of ECET, Mathematics, English,Science, and Social Science courses

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian A. Waitz; Edward C. Barrett

Session 2302 Integrated Teaching of Experimental and Communication Skills to Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Students Ian A. Waitz, Edward C. Barrett Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 021391. INTRODUCTION The ability to communicate clearly and precisely is integral to the ability to think critically and cre-atively. Because of the interdependence of clear thought and clear expression, there are significant benefitsassociated with integrating the teaching of

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

Session 2275 Mentoring: The Win-Win Relationship John R Williams and Martin Pike Purdue University Programs at Kokomo Abstract Mentoring is a much discussed concept for the quick integration of new faculty into an institution’slife. This paper will discuss the case study of the mentoring relationship that the two authors have formed,will stress the need for both the new faculty and established faculty to create mentoring relationships. It willrelate the advantages and disadvantages

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Avanzato

.—. . ..—. Session 1620—. . . ..- A Robotics-Based Microprocessor Course for Engineering Technology Bob Avanzato Penn State Abington-Ogontz Abstract: An innovative robotics-based microprocessor course has been designed for the electrical engineering technology associate degree program at the-Penn State Abington- . Ogontz campus. The course focus is the team design, testing, and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno 'Ed' Koehn

optimally be incorporatedinto the curriculum. The attributes consist of 11 items which future students of accreditedprograms may be required to satisfy.1Engineering AccreditationRecently, there have been recommendations from educators and technical/professional societiesto revise the engineering curriculum that is being required in accredited institutions.1, 6 One itemof concern is the lack of teamwork in design classes.10 In this regard, it has been mentioned thatgood engineering consists of the following:9 Page 2.85.1• Trial and error;• Cooperation and collaboration; and• Spatial visualization.In fact, many educators now realize

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

Session 1221 The Changing Paradigm: Implications for Construction Engineering Education Erdogan M. Sener Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisAbstractA paradigm shift is taking place in American higher education such that the focus in highereducation is no longer the approach or the process (i.e. instruction/teaching) but the end result orproduct (i.e. learning). Consequently, a very clear distinction is being drawn between the meansand the end so that we do not mistake the means (teaching) for the end (learning). This paperfocuses on what the

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dugan Um, Southwest Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

anentire spectrum of research experiences from design, data collection, analysis, to charting,illustration, presentation of experimental results. Course surveys at the end of the 2005 springsemester revealed that majority of students desire to take a subsequent class focused more onadvanced semiconductor fabrication and MEMS technology.Bibliography[1] S. A. Vittorio, “MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, October 2001, pp 1-11.[2] M. Mehregany and S. Roy, “Introduction to MEMS,” 2000, Microengineering Aerospace Systems, El Segundo, CA, Aerospace Press, AIAA, Inc., 1999.[3] J. Dorsch, “MEMS: Tiny Parts Face Tough Technical Challenges,” Semiconductor Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8., August 2001.[4] S. Borini, M

Conference Session

Technology and Manufacturing

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Tech University; Eric Newland Wooldridge, Somerset Community College; Thomas Singer, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

including Architectural, Mechanical, and Manufacturing systems, and holds multiple patents related to consumer cooler technology. A fourth generation cattle farmer, he also owns two private engineering and design firms and has designed buildings and systems all across the central and southern regions of Kentucky. Wooldridge is also licensed by the ATF for explosives, their handling, and detonation, as well as provid- ing consulting design and engineering services for weapons manufacturers. He teaches courses in additive manufacturing, pre-engineering, parametric design, and workforce leadership at Somerset Community College, where he serves as faculty and PI on various NSF, KCTCS TRAINS, and USDA grant projects

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

enhance both individual and team learning in these settings from both student andfaculty perspectives. The working premise was that Tablets have added benefit, in comparisonto laptops, since much engineering content consists of equations and diagrams, entry of which iscumbersome at best with a keyboard and/or mouse. A secondary objective was to ascertain howstudents would adopt and adapt to this new computing platform. Three distinct studies arediscussed in the following pages.Study 1: A First-Year Engineering Design LaboratorySince Spring 2005, Tablets have been utilized in the laboratory section of a first-year engineeringdesign course. This course is a requirement of our electrical and mechanical engineering majors.To date, ~250 students have

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

Session 3160 Professional and Ethical Implications of Engineering Globalization Ashraf M. Ghaly Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308AbstractAs a result of many years of neglect of their infrastructure, many underdeveloped countries relyon the expertise of international firms in developing solutions to the extremely complicatedproblems they are facing. International aid agencies or foreign governments usually provide thefinancing for the design and construction of these projects. Due to the fact that agencies

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Placid Ferreira; Martha Atwater; Kenneth Roberts; Jagannathan Sankar; Deborah Bartz; Dhananjay Kumar; Devdas Pai; Cindy Waters

students learn to generate Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationnovel, innovative nanotechnologies for future applications. The course uses a textbook6supplemented by handouts. Industrial topics include Microelectronics-Photolithography, ChemicalPower Systems-Sensors-Electrochemical Engineering, Photovoltaics-Photonic Systems,Microreactors-Advanced Catalyst Systems, Nanomanufacturing-MEMS, and New Drug DeliverySystems-Advanced Medical Sciences. Technical topics include Nanofluidics, Thin Film/InterfacialPhenomena, Quantum Chemistry, Shape Selective Catalysis-Nanocatalysts, Nanotoolbits-Nanobots,and

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Murphy

safety behaviors required to perform a task. 3. We must find a systematic way to provide effective instruction that will provide the difference. When the aforementioned questions have been answered, we can determine the amount ofsafety instruction that is necessary and incorporate it into to a lesson plan. The next section willprovide a suggested emphasis regarding proactive safety instruction.The Three E’sThe factors contributing to a work injury can be categorized into three general areas4: 1. Environmental 2. Personal 3. Behavioral These human factors formulate the basic tenets of the safety profession commonly known asthe Three E’s: Engineering, Education, and Enforcement. An effective engineering disciplineshould

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wronecki

perceived value of the idea itself. Assessment is consideredto be authentic as standardized evaluation criteria exists to measure technical drawing skills andillustration abilities. Assessment is also believed to be performance based as individualized Page 9.680.2project evaluation criteria is co-generated by both teacher and student directly from student “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society of Engineering Education”defined project objectives and performance outcomes. Students are

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Wise; Nicholas Scambilis

Session 1264 Utilizing Web Enhanced Technology in Environmental Courses Dr. Nicholas A. Scambilis, Jennifer Saygers-Wise Sinclair Community CollegePurpose:The purpose of this paper is to present how Internet based resources have successfullycomplemented environmental engineering technology course delivery and developed students’ lifelong learning skills.Introduction:“Traditional Learning”, lectures at a prescribed place and time, is a proven teaching methodespecially effective for communicating large amounts of information. The lecture method isinstructor centered, not student centered

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

application of fundamental math andscience relationships to solving real-world engineering problems. Programs are needed in the K-12 experience that deliver hands-on, project-based curricula providing the opportunity for K-12students to experience the wonders and opportunities of education and careers in engineering andtechnology 1.K-12 teachers typically have not majored in the science field of the courses they teach. Also, inthe United States students are less likely than students in other countries to be taught science byteachers with a major area of study in science 3. Generally, across all countries, only 20% ofstudents are taught science by teachers who believe that they are well prepared. The US teachersgenerally report higher levels of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Arumala; Ibibia Dabipi

, Hampton,Return to Wallops @ 6 p.m. VA Thursday, August 1 Wallops Student Program Present to Wallops Senior Presentations (PowerPoint) Staff on Project(s) Friday, August 2 Technical Reports Due Reporting Requirement (disc and logbook provided) Monday, August 12 Closing Program at UMES Close outThe Biweekly Meeting Progress Report Format included, Problem Definition and Scope, LiteratureReview Conducted if Any, Problems Encountered, Possible Solutions, Project Status, PercentCompletion, and Project Progress Chart as shown below.Start 2 4 6

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bunnell; Bill Knowlton; Amy Moll

Session 2793 Designing and Implementing a Materials Science and Engineering Program with Limited Resources David Bunnell,William Knowlton, Amy Moll Boise State UniversityBoise State University (BSU) is located in Boise, Idaho, the state capital, the largestmetropolitan area in Idaho, one of the fastest growing high-tech cities in the U.S., and home ofMicron Technology, SCP Global Technologies, HP Printer Division, and other high techcompanies. The state recognized a need for an university program to educate engineers in Boiseand in 1995, it authorized BSU to offer a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Tushar Ghosh; Sudarshan Loyalka; Mark Prelas; Dabir Viswanath

Session # 2477 Digital Video and Internet as an Effective Supplement for an Innovative Course. T. K. Ghosh, M. A. Prelas, S. K. Loyalka and D. S. Viswanath* Nuclear Engineering Program University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 *Emeritus Professor, Chemical EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes innovations in teaching a new course developed in the area of Terrorism andCounter Terrorism (TACT) during the Fall 2000 semester. The course was interdisciplinary and itcovered political as well

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Dusseau; Carlos C. Sun; Kauser Jahan

Session ____ OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT CLINIC Carlos Sun1, Kauser Jahan1, and Ralph Dusseau1 1. Faculty of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701Abstract - Many areas in Civil Engineering often deal with large-scale and system-level projects.These projects cannot be packaged into a "canned" laboratory for educational instruction.Consequently, a real-world field experiment is a logical way of executing such a project. Thispaper describes an on-going real-world clinic laboratory that addresses both technical and non-technical issues. The real-world clinic involves the development of open spaces

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Sterrett; Richard Helgeson; Robert LeMaster

specialize in oneor more specialty areas. The four specialty areas are civil engineering, electrical engineering,industrial engineering, and mechanical engineering. All students take 54 semester hours of coreengineering courses and 24 semester hours of courses in one of the specialty areas.Design Specific CoursesTable 1 summarizes those courses that addresstraditional design material. Students are firstintroduced to design during their first semester in acourse on Engineering Methods. This course servesas an introduction to the design process, engineeringgraphics (sketching), technical report writing, andoral presentations. Students working in teams arerequired to design, build, and test a simple devicethat meets a set of performance

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

targeted identification of the topics students saw as valuable in theircurrent job responsibilities. Exhibit 1 shows the responses and highlights the following points: · Cost analysis, equivalent worth methods, benefit cost analysis, parametric cost estimation, risk and uncertainty, and sensitivity analysis were selected as having the most impact on the current job duties. · Financial statements and valuing stocks, bonds, and intellectual properties (IPs) were evaluated as least important for current job duties. In general, these results represent a statistically significant difference at the 95% confidence level with any topic that had an

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Herrera; Stephen Stafford

Session 1464 FAILURE ANALYSIS: A PERFORMANCE THEME FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN J. M. Herrera and S. W. Stafford University of Texas at El PasoAbstractFailure Analysis is a course in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering curriculumthat deals with the practical and theoretical aspects of material failure and performanceanalysis. Fractures and failed components, when constructively exploited can beuniquely revealing in the engineering design sense. The fracture face of a broken part,for example, often contains a remarkably detailed record of the conditions and eventsleading to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brett Hamlin; Gretchen Hein

collabora-tive teaching/learning styles used in the engineering courses, and recommends strategies forcrossing the boundaries between departments and colleges.IntroductionIn the fall of 2000 Michigan Technological University switched to a common first year for enter-ing engineering students. During the 1999-2000 academic year, in preparation for the commonfirst year engineering program (1), two pilot courses were developed and delivered. In thesecourses students were taught computer and technical writing skills along with an introduction tothe engineering profession. This was done in an active, collaborative learning environment. Thestudents in the pilot group were also “cohort” scheduled in pilot sections of Calculus and Physicsto facilitate and

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

most enjoyable one being FlowVisualization with an average of 3.95 and the least enjoyable being Lesson Plan with anaverage of 2.59.Figure 12ConclusionIn general, students perceive the activities to be helpful in teaching the basic concepts offluid mechanics and math. In addition, the activities are enjoyable and help create a morerelaxed learning environment in the classroom (from observation). Page 22.1467.10References:[1] Belth, Marc. 1993. Metaphor and Thinking: The College Experience. Lanham,Maryland: University Press of America.[2] R.M. Felder and R. Brent, "Active Learning: An Introduction." ASQ HigherEducation Brief, 2(4), August 2009[3] An

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P. Eng...., Grand Valley State University; Val Hawks, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

conference. Paperswere reviewed to identify the main topic of the paper. In some cases it was apparent that there were twomain topics for the paper and in those cases both topics were used. To avoid imposing personal biases thetopic categories were defined by reading the papers to identify the main topic (or in a few cases two maintopics) that emerge from the papers. The result of this approach was a set of 21 high frequency topics,and another 43 less common.A spreadsheet was used to track the topic frequency and then the results were manipulated to obtain; 1)the total top occurrences, 2) top occurrences for each year, and 3) a time series of each of the total topoccurrence topics. Charts were generated for each topic by year and overall. Yearly

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Blackwell

Session 1675 Life After Tenure: Stay Fresh Via A Sabbatical Glenn R. Blackwell, P.E. Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907AbstractThe sabbatical leave is a tool which may be used by faculty members to refresh and renewthemselves after at least seven years of employment. The author has taken two sabbatical leaves,each with a significantly different set of goals. This paper encourages relatively new educatorsto consider the sabbatical leave as a worthwhile part of their academic career.IntroductionAfter the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane L. Abata

Session 2255 Implementing an Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Internal Combustion Engines Duane L. Abata Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the design and implementation of an interdisciplinary curriculum in internalcombustion engines at Michigan Technological University. This curriculum enhancement is partof the newly formed Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Propulsion (ICAP) which is a UnitedStates Department of Energy Center of Excellence funded under the GATE program. One of themain goals of this Center is to provide multi

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

have been introduced into the simulation that are notpresent in the actual plants. )The chemistry of polyether polyol production generally involves a polymerization reaction ofethylene oxide or propylene oxide with multifunctional glycols, such as shown in Figure 1: CH3 CH2O(CH2CHO)XH CH2OH CH3 CH3 CHOH + n H2C CH CHO(CH2CHO)YH CH2OH O CH3 CH2O(CH2CHO)ZH Glycerin

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

B. S. Sridhara

1 Session 3233 Curriculum Integration of Engineering Technology Courses with the Solar Car Project at Middle Tennessee State University B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Abstract The US Department of Energy (DOE) organizes a solar car race called Sunrayce,once in every two years. The race is nationally sponsored by corporations such as GMand EDS. It is open for all colleges and universities in North America. As facultyadvisor for the solar car team at

Conference Session

Promotion and Tenure

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James R. Alexander, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Donald D. Harter, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators (NEE)

Session 2275 Getting a Good Start on Tenure the First Year Jerry Samples, James R. Alexander, Donald D. Harter University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstract:Six years to tenure seems like an eternity until the last year approaches and much is yet to beaccomplished. A sudden surge of activity at the end of the tenure trek is “normal”, as most newprofessors spend too much time getting started. This is especially so when there is a researchprogram that must be established before the refereed papers can be produced. And, of coursethere is the teaching aspect of tenure. In teaching colleges the