Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

International

three sponsoring programs. Each panel session ended withinput or questions from the audience. There may have been as many as 800 attendees andthe symposium was quite interesting because of the diverse nature of the grandchallenges. The breadth of topics placed the symposium at the opposite end of thespectrum of typical single topic engineering symposia or conferences. But what was theprocess that had led up to this symposium?In 2006 the National Academy of Engineering started a project titled Grand Challengesfor Engineering. The stated purpose of this National Academy of Engineering project1is In a fourteen-month project, the NAE will convene a select, international committee to evaluate ideas on the greatest challenges and

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz

noveltiessuch as ice cream pops and sandwiches was required.From the perspective of the instructors, three overarching themes exist within this assignment.One is the notion of product design in contrast and in addition to more traditional process design.A product must be designed, but a manufacturing process that differs from a traditional chemicalprocess must also be designed. Another is solving the assigned problem by explicitly addressingphenomena at different length scales. The final theme is the ability of students to teachthemselves new material, not normally taught in class, to demonstrate the ability for lifelonglearning.Product DesignIt has been suggested that a general framework for chemical product design includes four steps:(1) need, (2

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

Session 2513 The EC 2000 System in Chemical Engineering at Washington State University Richard L. Zollars Department of Chemical Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2710 In October, 1995 the Chemical Engineering Department at Washington StateUniversity had its regularly scheduled ABET visit. After that visit it was apparent thatthe next ABET general review would be conducted using EC2000. Given that we wouldhave six years to implement and work with this new procedure the faculty

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Asif Shakur; Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi; Ibibia Dabipi

Session 1332 A Novel Microwave Engineering Course in a Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program Asif Shakur1, Protap Pramanick2, Ali Eydgahi3, Ibibia K. Dabipi3, Mohammad Fotouhi 3 1 Salisbury University/ 2K&L Microwave/ 3University of Maryland Eastern Shore Salisbury, Maryland / Salisbury, Maryland / Princess Anne, MarylandIn this paper, we describe a fairly innovative microwave engineering course with a concurrentlaboratory. This course is offered in the context of a collaborative electrical engineeringprogram among Salisbury University (SU), University of

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi-Xian Qin; Partap Khalsa; Michael Hadjiargyrou; Mark W. Otter; Kenneth J. McLeod; Danny Bluestein

sub-problems, review what one already knows, acquire necessary new knowledge, and practice new skills).4) To provide explicit learning outcomes and opportunities for students to assess their own acquisition of knowledge and ability to apply that new knowledge.Structure of the Contextual Learning ModuleThe typical structure of a 4-day (80 minute class session) CLM is:1) Day One: Introduce concepts within a broad contextual area with which the students have some familiarity by conducting a discussion with mandatory class participation, and use the student contributions to sketch a "knowledge map".2) Days 2-3: Formally develop the new knowledge, using lecture, class discussion, demonstrations, audio visual aids and most importantly

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Guillermo J. Serrano, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

Page 25.272.8University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez for their support to the research projects addressed in tispaper.References1. Quintero, P., G. Serrano, and A.I. Santiago-Román, Data provided by UPRM's Office of Institutional Research (OIIP), December, 2011: Mayaguez, PR.2. NCES, UPRM enrollment data from http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=all&zc=00680&zd=100&of=3&l=5&ct=1&id=243197 - enrolmt, 2011.3. Bureau, U.C., US Census Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2000, 2003, Demographic Profile Data Data downloaded through the factfinder page: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&- geo_id=04000US72&qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

the concepts of system transfer functions much easier and more effective. The program interfaces Matlab directly to an inexpensive Texas Instruments TMS320C6711 DSP Starter Kit without requiring specialized pro- gramming by the professor or student. It eliminates the need to purchase expensive software or hardware for teaching these concepts.1 IntroductionModern software tools such as Matlab greatly facilitate a professor’s ability to demonstratea variety of concepts, including linear systems and the underlying system transfer function(TF). These concepts can be further reinforced, and greater interest generated by the stu-dents, if they can be easily demonstrated in real-time using modern digital signal

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy McLaren

generous discountfor the procurement of electronic test equipment. SEH America provided design consulting andmaterials for construction of a clean room. The assistance of Dr. Jonathan Custer of SandiaNational Labs in Albuquerque, NM is also greatly appreciated.References1. Wolf, Stanley, “Industry Insights: Cohesive education programs for IC manufacturing in need”, Solid StateTechnology, December, 19992. Tummala, Rao R., “Electronic Packaging Research and Education: A Model for the 21st Century,” Johns HopkinsApl Technical Digest, vol. 20, no. 1, 19993. Brown, William D., Advanced Electronic Packaging, IEEE Press, 19994. Harper, Charles A., Electronic Packaging & Interconnection Handbook, second edition, McGraw-Hill, 19975. Tummala, Rao R. and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Ciocci

4.5 3D Studio 4.5 Projects 36 Table1: Institute Curriculum from 1996 Classroom activities were tied together and most were linked to engineering andtechnology project work. The CAD and 3D Studio instruction was generic to all students, but forthose project groups, which presented drawings for their designs, the instruction became morespecific to their needs during the Institute. The English, speech, library, and Internet classeswere based on researching, technical writing, and interpersonal communications. Writtentechnical reports were required of all project teams, and those reports were created

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg

lecture room is not possible whenstudents are separated by fiber optics and copper. However, the use of chat sessions does permitthe exchange of dialog in real time, similar to a classroom situation.Moving the basic elements of the traditional engineering/engineering technology course to theWWW is not difficult if page templates are used. However, transferring the other courseelements and requirements, which were described earlier, to the online mode requires the use ofadditional resources.Web Development ResourcesA unique aspect of the web is that the resources necessary to generate an online course areavailable online. Viewing these resources is far better than describing them; therefore, a link to aweb page with an extensive resource index is

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Morehouse; Edward Young; Jed S. Lyons

control and monitor the experiments while the car isdriven. Other equipment being procured through the ILI grant is listed in Table 1. It should benoted that because the instrumentation is of general purpose, the experiments can be modifiedfrom semester-to-semester to keep them from getting "stale."Literature Guiding This Laboratory's DevelopmentConstructivist learning theory asserts that knowledge is not simply transmitted from teacher tostudent, but is actively constructed by the mind of the learner through experiences 5, 6 . Foundedin developmental psychology, constructivism suggests: (a) the learner should be an activeorganism within the environment, not just responding to stimuli, but engaging and seeking tomake sense of things; (b

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Monson H. Hayes; Lonnie D. Harvel

. With the Atlanta section being six hours behind the section inFrance, it was possible to have students at each location viewing the lecture on the same Page 4.203.2day. This course was produced and delivered as follows. 1. Due to the high technical content of the course, slides for each lecture were prepared using LaTeX. GIF images of each slide were then created, and integrated into a Power Point slide slow. 2. For class, the Power Point slide show was projected onto a screen using an LCD projector for the in-class students and the audio portion of the lecture recorded using a Real Audio encoder. 3. After each lecture

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert (Bob) M., Jr. Anderson; Eric A. Cheek

universities. For additional information, see: Page 4.222.13http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/Mallard/5. Robert "Bob" M. Anderson, Jr., A First ALN Experience: Issues, Lessons, and Emotions, Session 2432,Proceedings for the Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, June 28-July1, 1998.6. Private Communication, Hans Kuehl, Dec. 18, 1998.ROBERT (BOB) M. ANDERSON, JR.Bob Anderson is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He has been theVice Provost for Extension at ISU, the Manager of Corporate Technical Education for the General ElectricCompany, the Ball Professor of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson

engineering technology programs. Using TAC ABET criteria as a basis fordiscussion3, the three objectives of the accreditation process are listed below: 1.C.1. To serve the public, industry, and the engineering profession generally by stimulating the development of improved engineering technology objectives. 1.C.2. To identify for prospective students, student counselors, parents, potential employers, public bodies, and officials, engineering technology programs which meet the minimum ABET criteria in engineering technology. 1.C.3. To provide stimulation leading to curricular improvement in existing programs and to assist in the development of educational models for establishing new engineering technology programs as increased service

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Owino; Ronald Goulet

, for 170 minutes. The course schedule shown in Page 7.545.5Table 1 was ambitious especially in light of the volume of work reflected in the activities, tasks Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationand deliverables. For this reason, the instructors continuously coaxed, coached, and cajoledstudents to avoid falling behind. Table 1. Schedule of Activities, Tasks and Deliverables Session Activities, Task & Deliverables 1 Introduction, Project Scenario

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Elin Jensen, Lawrence Technological University

. Three sets of mind maps weredeveloped and assessed in the following order: 1. Each student, independently, developed their first mind map. The timing of the activity coincided with the feedback on the preliminary project plan. This mind map is identified as “Prelim”. 2. In the same session, the team members subsequent collaborated to develop a mind map that reflected their collective vision. This mind map is identified as “Team”. 3. Three weeks later and just before the final presentation, each student developed the final mind map. This mind map is identified as “Final”.Students had been introduced to the construct of mind maps and examples of different styles.Further, the students had engaged in

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Scott Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-1753: EVOLVING A SUMMER ENGINEERING CAMP THROUGHASSESSMENTKatherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University Katherine Chen is a professor of Materials Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She received her degrees from Michigan State University and MIT. She is active in outreach and informal science education programs.Dr. Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State UniversityHeather Scott Smith, Cal Poly Department of StatisticsTeana Fredeen, Cal Poly EPIC Teana Fredeen graduated from Cal Poly State University in 1990 with BS in Aeronautical Engineering. She spent 15 years in technical sales and marketing for Ziatech Corporation, Intel Corporation and Norcast Communications. As the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Daniel Bumblauskas, Iowa State University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

United States and abroad.The SCC does have international members, so the possibilities for growth are borderless. In2010, the SCC will continue to strategize on ways to grow and develop the organization atbusiness meetings and during technical session discussions. One such concept was theutilization of ‘virtual chats’ between SCC members and local on-campus student chapters.Mentoring opportunities between new faculty members and aspiring faculty members is also anopportunity for the SCC. Both the New Engineering Educators division and the SCC haveinterest in linking these two groups together for possible collaboration and career guidance. Page

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaw A. Owusu; Tarsha Dargan; Kimberly M. Richardson; James Thagard

products. The product life cycle of typical productsis shown in Figure 1. The emphasis of systems approach to design for a course in ECDM is toconsider the concept of “from cradle to grave” for each product or system of manufactureincluding the efficient extraction of product from raw materials, the minimizing/eliminatingwaste generation at the source, or possibly the use of waste to create other products. Thisinitiative offers excellent possibility of reducing costs to industry and society, maximizingresource use, and establishing new environmentally efficient industries. The desired end goal ofECDM is the design of products and/or processes that have minimal environmentalconsequences.ECDM involves the creative application and modification of

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

engineeringeducation. There is the pioneering example of engineering projects in community service(EPICS) which comes from Purdue University [1]. EPICS programs aimed to provide theircommunity with technical expertise that they might not have themselves or have access to. Thisallows the community organization an opportunity to achieve some of their goals. On the otherside, the service-learning experience can expand and broaden the experience and thinking ofstudents, in this case, undergraduate engineering students. This author’s own understanding ofan ideal for service learning is that it meets the learning aims of a course and the students in thatcourse by allowing them to engage their learning in ‘real life’ and thereby a more complex andnuanced environment

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University; Stephen S. Tompkins, Virgina State University; Keith Williamson, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

industry or government but some will pursue graduate studies in other fields.Program RequirementsThe Manufacturing Engineering program focuses on the areas of automation, quality,manufacturing process, engineering analysis and design to prepare students for successful careersin manufacturing engineering and allied professions. The manufacturing engineering programoutcomes are achieved through a balanced 127-hour curriculum including both labs and lecturecourses. As shown in the Table 1, the curriculum consists of 63 credit hours of engineeringfundamental and manufacturing core, 33 credit hours of mathematics and science and 31 credithours of general education courses to prepare students for engineering practice as required byABET Criterion 4 and

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Nels Wirkkala, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

real world problems. The third project is a group effort and generallyis some variation of a theme to extend the material developed in the first two projects; thisproject usually involves some integrated aspect of the first two projects that gives closure to thematerial. These have included filter characterization, development of techniques to reduce noisysignals, and related issues. The first two projects are described in detail in the next sections.III.1 Analytical Modeling Tools for Identification of a Second Order MCK SystemThe students are instructed to develop generic models to address the response of a second ordermass, spring, dashpot system using analytical closed form solutions by both ordinary differentialequations and Laplace

Conference Session

Capstone Manufacturing and Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya A. Manohar, Robert Morris University; Cathleen Jones, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

students may be able to work on to get started with in the course.  Improvement in time management in the first half of the term, especially more time is needed for manufacturing of the prototype.  Students feel that interaction between marketing and engineering students needs to be improved. In particular, some engineering students found that the feedback from marketing surveys was sometimes not very useful in generating ideas for redesigning a product due to ineffective communication amongst the team members.References: 1. Manufacturing Engineering Plan: Phase I, (1997). Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation, Dearborn, MI. 2. Manufacturing Engineering Plan: Phase III, (2003). Manufacturing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Williams

the use of a programming language or technical software package witha steep initial learning curve. A student working hard to retain subject matter may be severelyhandicapped by underdeveloped problem-solving skills and the need to learn a seemingly arcaneprogramming language at the same time.A successful instructional technique is presented which introduces complex topics through theuse of a series of comprehensible examples of escalating sophistication that are easilyimplemented using standard computer engineering tools and techniques. As one example, publickey cryptography (essential to the fields of computer engineering and security) is highlydependent on the generation of very large prime numbers. The rich topic of primality testing

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

N.J. Salamon; Renata Engel

Session 3268 Design Projects for Mechanics Courses Nicholas J. Salamon and Renata S. Engel The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractIn teaching undergraduate mechanics, it is important to regularly relate the theory to applicationsin a meaningful manner. We believe mechanical design is the most important and convenientapplication to employ for the following reasons: (1) it closely follows the mechanics theory, (2) itrequires an understanding of the theory, (3) it introduces markets and mechanical technology tostudents, (4) it connects students with information

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen McKnight; Gilead Tadmor; E Everbach; William E. Cole; Michael Ruane

characterizationof an object. Students will develop instrument control, data acquisition and software skills in thecontext of using full-featured professional equipment.3. Laboratory InstrumentationThe standard HTT&TL instrumentation is illustrated in the photograph in Figure 1. Standard testand measurement equipment including Agilent programmable multimeter (34401A), powersupply (E632A), signal generator (33120A), and digital oscilloscope (54645A) are linked over abus to a GPIB controller card in the backplane of a standard Pentium II PC. Not visible in theFigure is the National Instruments 6024E multifunction I/O board in the computer backplane andthe breakout boxes for the input/output connections. Although representing a substantial

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen J. Horton P.E., University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) Achievement, (5) Digitalism, and (6) Consumer Orientation.” 1 We can help students focuson positive peer approval of behaviors meeting professional conventions, and acquiring thoseskills as a source of achievement. Unfortunately peer-centrism and digitalism can challengethese students since some falsely believe that they can multi-task (that is, communicate usingelectronic devices) while in class and still benefit fully from lecture or discussion. Emphasizingprofessionalism in the classroom can help respond to false beliefs regarding a consumerorientation of education.I address general professional ethics and integrity in a section of lecture I refer to as“Professional Skills II for Business Meetings and Training:”Your supervisors and peers expect

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Alison Rose Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania

have had more students inquire about independent study andresearch opportunities after this semester than any other prior.Students also responded favorably to the alternative structure of lab sessions. At the end of thesemester, students were anonymously surveyed for general feedback on the course. Responsespertaining to the laboratory portion of the course were evaluated on a five-point Likert scale,ranging from “never” (one) to “always” (five) (Figure 2). Eighty-seven percent of studentsfound the smaller in-person lab groups to be at least “usually” enjoyable and 88% of studentsfound the more intimate setting to be at least “usually” beneficial to their learning. Thirteen outof the 32 students who submitted the survey also submitted positive

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; shannon sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

inserted blank slides toprovide additional board notes or sketches, or to permit a quick cut and paste from a text book orinternet source for additional instruction. An example of an annotated DyKnow panel isprovided as Figure 1. Page 13.783.5 Figure 1. An example of an instructor-annotated DyKnow panel.Sometimes the copying of the instructor’s board notes was necessary for fundamental learning.In such cases, it was better if the instructor’s pen strokes were not recorded by all participants inthe Session. This was achieved using Private Ink, which only appeared on the instructor’s tabletPC. Because the instructor’s tablet PC was

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

that many instructor comments (mostlyinteractive in nature). This compares with an estimate of 10 on-task student comments/questionsin a standard 50-minute lecture session of this course, even though small group discussions wereused during most of the lecture periods. There were no appreciable differences in interactionrates in the classroom setting for these two sections, in spite of the 2:1 ratio in numbers ofstudents.The retention rate was significantly higher in the blended section. Of the 18 students that tookthe first exam, 17 completed the course, with 16 achieving a grade of C- or better (89%). Of the37 students in the traditional section at the first exam, only 28 completed the course, with 26receiving grades of C- or better (70