Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and Industry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Pennsylvania State University; Qi Dunsworth, Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Resig

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing EducationAbstractManufacturing makes tremendous contributions to the economy as it increases gross domesticproduct and exports, creates high-paying jobs, generates meaningful return on investment, andsupports many other sectors. The future of manufacturing depends on preparing youngergenerations for innovation and skill-intensive jobs through Science, Technology, Engineering, andMath (STEM) programs. However, there is a dearth of manufacturing presence in the currentcurricular content as most STEM high school and community college educators do not havetraining in manufacturing concepts and likely have not worked in the modern manufacturingindustry. An effective way of bringing manufacturing to the curriculum is to include simulationand

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Wuppertal; Aileen Reid, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Ayesha Sherita Sherita Boyce; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Chaturved Janaki, University of Georgia

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: The hardest science of all," Educational researcher, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 18-20, 2002.[19] J. Walther, N. W. Sochacka, and N. N. Kellam, "Quality in Interpretive Engineering Education Research: Reflections on an Example Study," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 626-659, 2013.[20] J. Walther and N. W. Sochacka, "Qualifying qualitative research quality (The Q3 project): An interactive discourse around research quality in interpretive approaches to engineering education research," in 2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings, 2014, pp. 1-4.[21] P. D. Leedy and J. E. Ormrod, Practical Research: Planning and Design, 10 ed. Merrill, 2012.[22] M. B. Miles, A. M

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego; Yousol Bae, Scripps Ranch High School; Eugene Han Lee, Canyon Crest Academy High School; Che Nevarez, Sweetwater Union High School District; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

from day-longevents to summer camps that span several weeks [27-31]. In addition, there are educationalmodules on communication technologies designed specifically to support middle and high schoolteachers in their classrooms [32-34]. These often include hands-on activities or access to liveexperiments. Our work is similar but leverages Zoom features to support these experiences in abasic remote setting, focusing on communications concepts that particularly benefit from theremote aspect and from the Zoom features.Content OverviewTo introduce high school students to the basics of communications and networking, we created aset of lessons centered around these topics. High school exposure to electrical engineering, ifany, is often limited to

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meaghan Pearson, University of Michigan; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Handley, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

- ground is in Material Science and Engineering, with an emphasis on Biomaterials Design. She is inter- ested in, broadly, how best bridge engineering practice and education. More specifically, she is interested in how to support teachers in teaching engineering, and studying how students and teachers engage with engineering specific practice.Dr. Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan Joi Mondisa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and an Engineering Education Faculty Member at the University of Michiganˆa C”Ann Arbor. Dr. Mondisa holds a PhD in Engineering Education, an MS in Industrial ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Savilonis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Spanagel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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First-Year Programs

aninterdisciplinary pair: one natural science/engineering instructor and one humanities/socialscience instructor. The first half of the two-term course sequence explores the depth and breadthof the problem; the second half is devoted to project work. Focus group assessmentdemonstrates that the GPS courses achieve the original course objectives. Student courseevaluations indicate high satisfaction despite requiring significantly more work than traditionalfirst year offerings taught within the disciplines. Comments by former GPS studentsdemonstrate that they value how these courses prepared them for their futures.
IntroductionListing the inadequacies of traditional engineering education programs, Edinburghenvironmental engineering professor William Turmeau

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trina C. Kershaw, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Hong Liu, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #38538Board 384: Setting the Stage for Co-Creation: Using Workshops toScaffold Interdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, and CommunityBuildingDr. Trina C. Kershaw, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Trina Kershaw earned her PhD in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2006. She is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She conducts multidisciplinary research in education and creativity under the broad umbrella of cognitive science. Recent work includes using co-creation to develop curricular materials in graduate engineering education; devising training to

Conference Session

Technology Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Markham; Russell Thomas; Roger Debo; Angus Kingon

Session 3554 Teaching high-tech entrepreneurship: Does it differ from teaching entrepreneurship? (And does it matter?) Angus I Kingon*, Stephen Markham, Russell Thomas, Roger Debo Department of Business Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695 *Also, Department of Materials Science and EngineeringAbstractA comparison is made of curricula and teaching of entrepreneurship in business and engineeringschools. Based on this comparison, as well as an analysis of the entrepreneurs hip educationliterature, two primary

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yaseen Mahmud; Masud Salimian

appropriate videos and post it through discussion groups and Facebook. During the lecture and subsequent class discussion of the processes under review, students are expected to add to the transfer of knowledge by sharing points and information gleaned from the digital sources and their textbook. The lecture is supported by a weekly hands-on laboratory. Students are questioned, in a non-test environment, while working on their lab projects about relate theories and concepts.IntroductionIn an industrial Engineering curriculum, a manufacturing processes course meets three categoriesof students’ employment needs after graduation: (1) Students whose professional career directlyinvolves

Conference Session

Trends in BAE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Haan; Joshua Peschel

course. Results have not yet been determinedsince the instructional framework will not be implemented until the Spring 2004 academicsemester. Instructional materials and ongoing results will be placed on the instructionalframework website, located at http://baen.tamu.edu/users/josh/its. It is expected that at aminimum, learners will develop an awareness of spatially distributed data sets and modeling thatwill be encountered in later coursework.Literature CitedChinn, C, and B. Malhotra. 2002. Epistemologically Authentic Scientific Reasoning in Schools: A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Inquiry Tasks, Science Education. 86: 175-218.Choi, J-.Y., B.A. Engel, and J. Harbor. 2002. GIS and Web-based DSS for Preliminary TMDL Development. In

Conference Session

Makers, Making, and the Maker Movement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Johri, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

. Figure 2: Screenshot of DiscussionIn order to leverage both the situated perspective from the learning sciences and currentfindings from engineering education, we leverage a framework first articulated in Johri &Olds [14] and expanded and revised in [10] and [11]. This framework (see Table 1 presentedlater) synthesizes three key analytical features of the situated theory paradigm to help frameinvestigations of engineering learning: (1) the social and material context of learning, (2) therole of activities and interactions, and (3) the ideas of participation and identity in relation tosituativity. Through this framework informal learning can be understood as a situated activitythat takes place in a specific setting, a setting different than a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sivakum Venkatanarayanan; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

AC 2003-1050: HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT SIMULATIONJohn Robertson, Arizona State UniversityLakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State UniversitySivakum Venkatanarayanan, Page 8.634.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2003 Session #1447 High-tech equipment simulation John Robertson, Sivakumar Venkatanarayanan College of Technology & Applied Sciences Arizona State University 7001 E Williams Field Rd, Mesa, AZ 85212AbstractTools used to fabricate integrated circuits have now reached a level of cost

Conference Session

Practical Teaching in Manufacturing - 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikki Larson, Western Washington University; William Rasnack; Nicole Hoekstra, Western Washington University; Chloe Boland, Space Exploration Technologies; Eric Leone; Isaac Santos; Katherine Rust Healy; Tanveer Singh Chawla, Western Washington University; Sunni Shoepe

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #11329Development of a Solvent-Based Prepreg TreaterMs. Nikki Larson, Western Washington University After receiving my bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bradley University, I started working for Boeing. While at Boeing I worked to receive my master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Materials and Manufacturing. After leaving Boeing I spent several years in equipment research and development at Starbucks Coffee Company. From there I decided my heart lied in teaching and left Starbucks to teach Materials Science Technology at Edmonds Community College. I eventually moved to

Conference Session

Qualitative Methodologies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No. 1055900. Thanks to the LfSN participants, to Canek Phillips and Nicola Sochacka fortheir work on the LfSN project and feedback on this paper, and to other colleagues who alsocommented on earlier drafts.References1. Beddoes, K. (2014). Methodology discourses as boundary work in the construction of engineering education. Social Studies of Science, 44(June 2013), 293–312. DOI:10.1177/03063127135104312. Jesiek, B. K., Newswander, L. K., & Borrego, M. (2009). Engineering Education Research  : Discipline, Community, or Field  ? Journal of Engineering Education, 98(January), 39–52. DOI: 10.1002/j.2168- 9830.2009.tb01004.x3. Biesta, G

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; John Reutter III, J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College; Craig J. Kief, COSMIAC at UNM; Bassam H Matar, Chandler Gilbert Community College; David M. Hata, TEMPlaTe Educational Consulting

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

the other hand, for potential values, 39 out of48 (81%) educators plan to incorporate workshop material into the classes that they teach, eitherduring the 2015-16 academic year or the 2016-17 academic year.“Realized value” is the number of potential students who actually enroll in two-year technicalprograms and the number of graduates from two-year technical programs who enter thetechnician workforce. Enrollment data and graduate information will be obtained via surveyssent to partner sites and workshop participants. Table 1 summarizes the survey data forcommunity colleges and Table 2 summarizes the survey data for four-year colleges anduniversities. Note: A “student-hour” of instruction equals one student receiving one hour ofinstruction and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Alexandra Chincarini, RETainUS

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

used in the design.Go Public:The students’ posters will be put on display, either in the classroom or in the student center. The Page 25.1173.10students will also assist the teacher in writing an article about the whole experience which willappear in the school paper and will be submitted to the newspaper, where it will hopefully beprinted for the wider community.ConclusionThe teacher will implement the Legacy Cycle in her classroom during the spring semester. Theteacher’s objective is to spark the students’ interest in mathematics, science, and engineering.By presenting mathematics in a hands-on engineering project, the students’ questions of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ross Staffeldt

Page 6.971.4would like to illustrate. Other problems may require explanations of how to evaluate andProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationmanipulate the output of a solver. “Forewarned is forearmed” goes the saying, so I find myselfworking as many potential homework problems on the computer as I can, in order to spare thestudents unpleasant surprises on the homework. Along this line, never, ever, try to present inclass an example you haven't already tested. As the semester progresses, instructionsaccompanying homework assignments become more involved because the material becomesmore challenging and I require the students

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Zuhdi Al-Jobeh; James E. Schueler; Gerald R. Seeley

make their predictions more reliable led them to apply the developing principlesof science to their art. Practice became ever more algorithmic and computational, always temperedby experience and judgment. Until a few decades ago, civil engineers made their calculations “by hand” using slide rules ormechanical/electrical calculators. They were, therefore, generally limited to performing calculationsonce, and they were forced to select a single value for each variable involved in the algorithm.Engineers, generally aware of the uncertainties inherent in the numbers used, included a “factor ofsafety” to achieve what they hoped would be a “safe design.” This computational history led to a mindset in which engineers consider physical

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Luis Eduardo Paredes, Guru Labs, L.C.; Jacob Morris, Utah Valley University

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Computing and Information Technology

Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. His research focuses on diverse areas such as: Database Design, Data Structures, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, and Machine Learning.Luis Eduardo Paredes, Guru Labs, L.C. Luis Paredes is currently working as a Linux Technical Instructor & Consultant with Guru Labs, L.C. He received his B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Utah Valley University. His research interest includes application of Embedded Systems in health care system.Jacob Morris, Utah Valley University Jacob Morris is currently working as a

Conference Session

STEM Education and Intercultural Competence

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Leanne Petry, Central State University; Elizabeth Generas, Wright State University; Amy Anderson; Marjorie Langston Langston; Douglas Picard, Greene County Career Center; Camryn Lanise Justice, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Paper ID #47669Enhancing Teachers’ Intercultural Awareness and Understanding of HumanCentered Design through a Unique Research Experience for TeachersMargaret Pinnell, University of DaytonDr. Leanne Petry, Central State University Dr. Leanne Petry is a Materials Engineer and Professor in the College of Engineering, Science, Technology, and Agriculture (CESTA) at Central State University (CSU). Her expertise lies in analytical and materials characterization techniques, including microscopy, spectroscopy, chromatography, and electrochemistry. Her research focuses on electrode surface oxidation-reduction reactions for sensor

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Timothy A. Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Erin Elizabeth Bowen, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Omar Ochoa, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Carlos Alberto Castro, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

were organized into two teams to explore Scrum andbuild confidence about Scrum use. Demonstration projects, described in the following section,were selected in consultation with department faculty regarding relative value to departmentsuccess. As the project matures, we will utilize Scrum in course development, incorporatinginclusive and evidence-based instruction, and even in instructional delivery.Demonstration Project TeamsThe Curriculum team’s goal is to revise and enhance the department’s four undergraduatedegrees (computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, software engineering)to better serve stakeholders (students and the industries that hire them). It is comprised of fourmembers, one serving as both Scrum Master

Conference Session

First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kaitlyn A Marengo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Biomedical

a Master’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Originally from Dudley, MA, she obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2015 from WPI. As a graduate student she has served as a Teaching As- sistant to undergraduate level biomedical engineering courses as well as pursued a research project in the Myocardial Regeneration Laboratory focusing on improving stem cell delivery methods into the heart following a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Canine hip forces: The ups and downs of project-based learning of static

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

before earning a degree or certificate.” Engineering programs are no exception. In a study by Santiago and Hensel[2], the followingmajor reasons are listed for students dropping the engineering programs: • 22.5% - engineering majors offered do not match my interests. • 18.2% - do not think I can succeed in Engineering • 18.0% - I am in academic difficult • 13.6% - Too much effort required when I am uncertain about what I want to do.Various approaches have been used to cure the problem, with mixed results, however.Santiago and Hensel2 list the following methods enacted in just one university: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underDUE-WIDER Grant No. 1347640. Additional support is

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thad B. Welch III P.E., Boise State University; Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Tara N Kimmey; Andres Valdepena Delgado, Boise State University; Sue ORorke, Gifted and Talented Facilitator, West Ada School District ; Morgan Brimstein, Boise State University ; Amy Gabriella Norris; Drew Buckmiller, Boise State University; Ryan Schwartz, Boise State University; Donna R Welch, Boise State University; Rhett James Edwards, Boise State University

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Computers in Education

understand that matter is anything that has mass and takes up space; and occursas a solid, liquid, or gas; and the effect of temperature on the phases of matter.” Students weretasked with exploring and creating the most light- and sound-efficient classroom. To do this,students were placed in groups to solve the stated problem. Throughout the lessons, they gainedmore knowledge and understanding of the problem at hand. To create their “perfect” classroom,students brainstormed ideas of what they thought would be the best insulator of heat after learningabout each state of matter. Each group selected materials with which to perform their experiment.Once hypotheses were created and constants were set, each group selected different materials to beplaced

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

responded to questions concerningtheir perceived outcomes for the students as a result of their participation in the program,and a self-reporting instrument on their perceived preparedness for teaching problemsolving and programming in the near future. The students completed a post-coursesurvey to ascertain their perceptions of what they have learned and gained from thecourse material, as well as their interests in the content of the course. It should be notedthat one high school, Science High School, had 13 students participating in the courseand responding to the survey. The other three high schools had fewer students (between7 and 12) in each school participating in the project, and not all the students responded toall the questions

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Dollar, Miami University; Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University

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Mechanics

computer technology in effective ways and, on the other hand, establishing interactiveclassrooms that forge learners into a community featuring intellectual camaraderie andcollaboration with peers and instructors. Still, many engineering subjects remain as they havebeen traditionally taught, with top-down, one-way communication from the lecturer, and solvingtextbook homework problems outside of class, with delayed and minimal useful feedback, if any.1.1 Improving Students’ Learning ExperienceA seminal lesson of the learning sciences is that students learn through a constant iterativeprocess of assimilating new information and testing out their evolving understanding withfeedback; the integration of assessment into the learning process is known to

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sevile Mannickarottu, University of Pennsylvania

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

opportunity for innovation and entrepreneurship? Traditional educational labs focuson teaching specific laboratory techniques or to experimentally demonstrate key theoreticalconcepts.1,2 While important and necessary, this often does not lend itself to design. Examples ofthese include introductory chemistry and physics labs, in addition to many sophomore and juniorlevel engineering courses. On the other hand, design labs encourage creativity but are oftenlimited to specific courses, which in turn limits the breadth of resources available. For example, alab tied to electronics design would be held in a “dry” electronics lab and a lab tied tomechanical design would be held in a “dry” machining lab. Often, with both laboratory models,extensive time is

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Sullivan, University of Florida, Gainesville

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Construction

Environmental Design, places an emphasis on design integration, professional andindustry education, and market transformation – both in products and design techniques. Thequestion at hand is how to prepare construction and engineering students for what is quicklybecoming the norm for construction in the United States. Previous research has discussedintegration of curriculum and has found there are no existing standards in place. This study findsthat when sustainability is viewed more in the light of integrated high performance design anddelivery than course development it is more a function of integration than revision. Nocomparative outcome of success was measured. As sustainable construction continues toincrease its market share in the commercial

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

to Alternative Energy Engineering program in 2008 allowed students toexplore the technology and engineering of alternative energy systems with hands-on activitiesthat concentrated on wind and solar power design projects. Enrollment was limited to 20participants and preference was given to both new and returning community college engineeringand technology students with fewer than 15 earned credits. Each participant received a $25 perday stipend ($100 total for attending all four days). Descriptions of the activities of each summerbridge program are included in the Appendix.Green Technology Course DescriptionThe Green Technology course is a three-credit course consisting of two lecture and two lab hoursper week. Students explore lifestyle

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinmyun Jo, Virginia State University; Xiaoyu Zhang, Old Dominion University; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; James Irvin Cooke Jr., Virginia State University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

are many opportunities for undergraduate research to explore research experience andknowledge on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The opportunitiescan come from senior design and/or summer internship. National Science Foundation ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) is one of the summer internship opportunities which hasprovided undergraduates with a substantial amount of research experience. A REU site reportedthat the REU undergraduate participants gained considerable hands-on experience, the ability towork with specialized equipment, and methods of engineering measurements as well as moreexperience about engineering research1. At another REU site, it was asserted that benefits of theinternship include

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K Krishnamurthy, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG); Keith Stanek, University of Missouri-Rolla; Vittal Rao, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Electrical and Computer

10 female students from 27 different institutions from aroundthe United States and Puerto Rico have participated in the program.IntroductionWith funding from the National Science Foundation, an REU site program in the areas of micromechatronics and smart structures has been conducted for the last four years at UMR. The goalof this study was to provide a multidisciplinary research experience for the benefit ofundergraduate students in Aerospace, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, andEngineering Mechanics. The objectives were to: i) introduce micro mechatronics concepts tojunior and senior undergraduate students; ii) provide a collaborative project-based research withhands-on experience in a multidisciplinary atmosphere; iii