Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Giraldeau, Polytechnique Montreal; Michel R. Dagenais, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Hanifa Boucheneb, École Polytechnique de Montréal

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Computing & Information Technology

model ofthe whole computer in order to make important design decisions throughout their career. Onemajor challenge in teaching operating systems is the complex, intangible, and nondeterministicnature of an actual computer system containing many cores operating in parallel.We propose a global approach to address this challenge involving a full-scale open source operatingsystem, a carefully designed set of experiments and novel execution visualization tools. In orderto deconstruct their preconceptions, students are exposed to phenomena that seem contradictoryat first glance, but are the result of the interaction between the microarchitecture, the operatingsystem and the libraries. In the spirit of constructivism, students are invited to observe

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Mark Highum, Bay de Noc Community College; Mark Bradley Kinney, Bay de Noc Community College; James Walker, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

learn thestructure of the programming language commonly used in the field of robotics for off-lineprogramming. After receiving sufficient off-line programming training and passing the safety-related test, students implement their knowledge and perform laboratory experiments thatinvolve hands-on programming and operation of a state-of-art FANUC industrial robot. Thiscourse offers the foundation of an educational platform for developing and implementing aneffective curriculum model in Robotics Automation. Close collaboration with industry in theinitial design of this course also helped the PI to advance an industrial certification program thatis endorsed by industry. Students who successfully complete the course are certified by Dr.Sergeyev and

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering and thecourse promotes a greater level of interest in electrical engineering before the students areofficially admitted to the School of Engineering. The main challenge in offering this course tosophomore students is to achieve a balance between mathematical theory and experientiallearning. Real-life examples and laboratory activities were designed to provide the students withhands-on experiences and to enforce the understanding of theoretical materials. The paperdescribes in detail how the course concepts were organized and instructed, examples of the labactivities developed, and evaluation data on two pilot offerings of the course.IntroductionUp to winter 2004, the course EGR 255 Materials for the Electrical Sciences in School

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanjun Xian, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

for Measurement, Analysis, and Design of Electric and Electronic Circuits. Education, IEEE Transactions on, 2005. 48(3): p. 520-530.8. Perles, et al., Design and Application of a Data Acquisition Card Simulator to Electronic Engineering Studies. 2008. 24: p. 825-832.9. Nagurney, L.S. The evolution of a bioinstrumentation course. in Frontiers In Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports, 2007. FIE '07. 37th Annual. 2007.10. Sumali, H., Developing a Laboratory Course in Sensors and Data Acquisition for Agricultural Engineering. 2006. 22: p. 1231-1240.11. Reisslein, J., P. Seeling, and M. Reisslein, Computer-Based Instruction on Multimedia

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wong; Stephanie Blaisdell; Paula Leventman; Anna Swan; Katherine Ziemer; Rachelle Reisberg

. The students use conduction,convection, and radiation as methods to remove (evaporate) water from the orange juice toconcentrate it. From these experiments the students determine which method they would like touse to concentrate their orange juice. Figure 1. Example of Student Design of Northeastern Project – Great Orange Juice SqueezeThe third section is about the engineering process. Students learn about flowsheets andprocedures and how they are used to communicate engineering solutions. They then design theirown concentration process, draw a flowsheet, and write a procedure for their process. They alsomust take into consideration safety issues that they may encounter in their work environment.In order to develop their process, they need

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Diana Easton

, interdisciplinary topics applicable to thevarious phases of the lifecycle and includes real world deliverables that afford students someindustry equivalent experience. The systematic design of the classes and their associated real-world deliverables offer an integrated approach such that outputs of one course may be inputs toanother. Courses are intended to be taught by a coordinated team of qualified industry experts,regulators or skilled academics who can bring years of practical experience from the industry tothe classroom and keep content current to the global medical device industry. Integration ofindustry projects, and use of state of the art software tools, case studies, guest lectures, capstoneprojects and practical hands-on assignments are

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ruth Abigail Mower, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Landon M. Raby, United States Military Academy; John Boyle, United States Military Academy, West Point; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Community Development, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Lt. Col. Landon M Raby P.E., United States Military Academy LTC Raby is an Engineer officer with experience within both US Army Corps of Engineers and within Combat Units at the battalion, brigade, district, task force and corps levels. His experiences include four operational engineer assignments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and one engineer assign- ment in support of Operation Joint Guardian. His research and teaching interests are in master planning, water resources, sustainable LEED design, program and project management. LTC Raby teaches EV450 (Environmental Engineering for Community Development) and EV481 (Water

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

confirmed this premise [8]. The EE and MEdiscipline students can at best, but usually with difficulty because of the prerequisites, obtain thesame measure of interdisciplinary training.Another possible pitfall is appropriate laboratory and projects within an existing EE or MEcourse, originally designed for those discipline students, may be an issue for the interdisciplinaryBSE student. This may also be a concern for the program educational objections and an aspect ofABET accreditation.However, the paradigm here is that the BSE student, because of the extensive discipline courseprerequisites, is essentially either an EE or an ME for the courses within the focused threads ofEME and EPE. Thus, the attainment of course learning objectives and program

Conference Session

ECE-Grading Approaches and Assessment Practices

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Mikhelson, Northwestern University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #47813Alternative Assessment in ECE - Diving Deep into Course TopicsDr. Ilya Mikhelson, Northwestern University Dr. Ilya Mikhelson is an Associate Professor of Instruction in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. His technical work focuses on signal processing and embedded systems. Besides teaching, Dr. Mikhelson has worked with dozens of students on independent projects, and has created 3 brand new, projects-heavy courses in Electrical Engineering. He is constantly experimenting with pedagogical innovations, and is very passionate about engineering education

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

). Other programs orinstitutions might develop a different set of competencies.Based on their experience, DDI provided definitions for each competency. The College’sExperiential Education Committee reviewed these definitions and Key Actions, and revised themto be consistent with Iowa State University’s and the College of Engineering’s vision andmissions. Each definition is designed to be clear, concise and independent of all others. Specificto each definition is a set of observable and measurable Key Actions that a student may take thatdemonstrates their development of that ISU Competency. These Key Actions are the basis ofour assessment tools. An example of one workplace competency, Innovation, is given in Table 1.Also associated with each ISU

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Assorted Topics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University

measurement systems that include transducers, signal conditioning elements, and digital data acquisition • Design and implement experiments utilizing measurement systems common to mechanical engineering • Explain the importance of measurement systems to modern societyMeasurement Systems sessions are held two days per week during the 16-week semester. Inmost weeks, the first session is a two-hour lecture and the second session is a lab experiment thatreinforces lecture concepts. There are also three team-based projects spaced through thesemester. The projects are described in more detail below. The Spring 2022 course schedule isshown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Spring 2022 course

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University; Nesreen Alsbou, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Electrical Engineering curriculum is the Electric Circuits course (4semester credit hours). The course covers electric circuit analysis techniques along with certainaspects of circuit design. The course objectives include circuit analysis, design, simulation, anddata gathering and analysis in the laboratory. The analysis-portion of the objectives emphasizesproficiency in the analysis of DC and AC circuits, including operational amplifiers, first-ordertransient analysis, ideal transformers, and balanced three-phase circuits. The design objectives inthe course include design and construction of simple circuits based on given specifications. Thelab component of the course emphasizes competence in the simulation of circuits with PSPICE,safely

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mel I. Mendelson

program, i.e., Hughes, Raytheon, Boeing, TRW, Northrop-Grumman, Allied-Signal,Teredyne, ITT-Gilfillon, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Proctor and Gamble, Johns Manville,Gillette, Fairchild Fasteners, Z-Tronics, Mobil Oil Co., Flow Serve, Ultraviolet Devices inc.,Aerospace Co., Cushion Cut, and Xerox. These companies have sent their employees to ourgraduate program. The most important interaction has been the establishment of our IndustrialAdvisory Council in 1994, which is made up of industrial executives who advise our programon their current and future needs.Small companies have also been involved with conceiving industrial projects for our classes.Here students assist start-up companies in the planning, design and development of realproducts using

Conference Session

Student Interaction

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

]): Page 8.30.1Understanding is based on § experiences with content, § context, the § learner’s goals, the § educator’s efforts, the § live and/or DL institution’s infrastructure support, the § individual’s interest and motivation, the § society’s pressure and support on all of us to do better all the time, and these factors are inextricably woven together. Thus, understanding is a construction that is unique to the individual living in a particular culture, including all stresses and service in the given culture.Puzzlement is one of the factors that motivates learning, and in our cases we have includedseveral interactive exercises to increase this kind of excitement and to encourage

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England University

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Engineering and Public Policy

curriculum already contains material related to publicpolicy issues, although not explicitly defined as such to students. For example, our junior-levellaboratory course contains a module on the use of humans and animals in research which tracesthe origins of legislation related to these issues and the relevant regulations involvingInstitutional Review Boards (IRB) and Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC). This isfollowed by a senior-level laboratory where students perform experiments on human subjectsafter completing the process to obtain IRB approval. Finally, students are introduced to the FDAQuality Systems Regulations during the first semester of our two-semester senior capstonedesign sequence and follow the process outlined in the regulations

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahador Ghahramani

, 1995.[3] Widmann, E.R., Andrews, B.A., D.L. Brenchley, and J. Worl “A Second Systems Engineering Process Assessment at the Westinghouse Hanford Company”, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual International Symposium of the National Council on Systems Engineering, Volume I, 1996.BIOGRAPHY Dr. Bahador Ghahramani is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management in the School of Engineering atUniversity of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). Prior to joining UMR he was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff(DMTS) in AT&T-Bell Laboratories. His work experience covers several years of academics, industry, andconsulting. Dr. Ghahramani has presented and published numerous papers and is an active participant and officer of

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jo-Ann Murray; Urbain DeWinter; Solomon Eisenberg

sophomoreengineering undergraduates at Boston University. The program enables engineeringundergraduates to incorporate a study abroad experience in their undergraduate degree programswhile continuing to make normal progress toward their degrees. Prior exposure or facility withGerman is not expected before starting the program, but students must participate in an intensiveGerman-language course while in Dresden. The TUD was chosen as a partner in developing thisprogram because Boston University already had a small program and a resident directorestablished at this site. In addition, the TUD had appropriate faculty and laboratory facilitiesavailable to teach the requisite science and engineering courses in English. While in Dresden,students take three of four

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Melinda Gallagher; Jenny Golder; Lawrence Genalo

as elementary school. Elementary (andeven secondary) schoolteachers who have an appreciation for technology will likelyconvey that appreciation to their students. This will, in turn, broaden the horizons ofthese students regarding the opportunities they may have regarding careers in scientificand engineering disciplines. Engineering faculty believe the Toying with Technologycourse is a component of the long-term recruitment of K-12 students, particularlyminorities and women, into technology-based fields3, 4, 5.This course is designed to explain the principles behind many of the technologicalinnovations in wide use today via a collection of hands-on laboratory experiences basedupon simple systems constructed out of LEGOs and controlled by

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Katherine Banks; John Gaunt; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

communities, dedicated international student divisions, and alumni mentoring. This work has also resulted in the creation of ENGR 404 - Instruction, Mentorship, and Leadership, a course designed to educate upper-division engineering students on being effective peer mentors and instructors to first-year students. Thus, first year students choosing to take ENGR 104 will be exposed to effective peer mentoring, much as are the Honors students in the Peer Mentoring program described below. The Freshman Engineering Honors Program - is designed to provide the highly motivated and academically successful student with a broader and more enriched educational experience during his or her freshman year through a variety of academic challenges. The

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Daney, Downingtown Area School District & Villanova University; Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University; Gerard F. Jones, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University. He earned his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2004, and he previously worked as a staff engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Dr. Gerard F. Jones, Villanova University Following a several year period as a project engineer for Mobil Oil Corporation in Paulsboro, New Jersey, Jerry Jones joined the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his MS in 1975 and PhD in 1981. Jones was a technical staff member with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico until 1987. His research activities included experiments, analysis, and simulations on thermal systems, including solar and geothermal energy conversion. He consulted with LANL on a wide array of technical topics from 1990 until 2006. Jones joined the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

necessarily help the student transition to the skills necessary for engineering andscientific technical writing.Since effective communication skills are as important to engineers as their technical skills,students need guidance from department and institutional support teams to help them understandthe complexities of the engineering writing processes and products. Writers need to understandand appreciate the investment of time required for informal writing, such as writing to learncourse content. They also need to value audience expectations and learn the forms in which toexpress content knowledge, such as laboratory reports and design projects. Further, they need tolearn the conventions of sentence-level expression within those forms. This includes

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2011-1971: RECONFIGURABLE AND SCALABLE AUTOMATED SYS-TEMS PROJECTS FOR MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION AND CON-TROL EDUCATIONSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sonya Dick, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics

Paper ID #25896Teaching Mechanics Concepts Using a Motion Analysis SystemDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 2: Advising & Mentoring

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A Harper, Case Western Reserve University; Kurt R. Rhoads, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Fall 211 5 2023 Spring 156 5Course Goals and StructureThe course goals are for students to learn: (1) to analyze data in the context of engineeringproblems, (2) programming using MATLAB, (3) to work effectively in teams, (4) to prototypeusing hand tools, basic CAD, and 3D printing, and (5) to articulate differences and overlapsbetween engineering disciplines and practices. These course goals are stated on the syllabus.Students in ENGR 130 meet in two 75-minute laboratory sessions and a single, combined 75-minute lecture per week. In the lab, students complete two-week modules that combineMATLAB programming and hands-on design projects, working in teams of three or

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning in ET II

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

adopted within thepackaging industry to establish standardized control protocols for packaging machinery.Development of the PackML standard was facilitated by the Organization for MachineAutomation and Control (OMAC), garnering substantial recognition across the packaging sector.The integration of PackML has yielded notable benefits, including heightened operationalefficiency, cost reduction, and increased machine adaptability.The paper explores the conceptual foundations of PackML and the practical aspects of itsimplementation. It highlights four dedicated laboratory exercises created to empower studentswith hands-on experience in utilizing PackML with modern automation systems. These exercisesaid in acquainting students with standardized and

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Sokoloff

circuits aregenerally very costly to design and build. If a circuit has to be modified, it must be tornapart and rewired, thus making modifications very costly.This application is part of an effort at DeVry to include into the curriculum importanttechnologies such as the virtual instrumentation and the programmable logic controllers.The PLC Stepper Motor Controller is one of several projects that are being added to theupper trimester laboratory. Page 3.447.1 1 Stepper Motor OperationThe shaft of a stepper motor rotates one step at a time. This type of motion is called adiscrete motion. The step angle is determined

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2558 A review of the literature showed that the teaching methodologies of lectures,experimental laboratories, design projects, case studies, games, and internships could all be usedto achieve the project goals. An analysis of the use of these methodologies, along with the resultsfrom earlier evaluations of the use of case studies in engineering classrooms, showed that casestudies are the best candidate for meeting the educational objectives (Raju and Sankar, 1999). A case is typically a record of a real-world problem that has been faced by engineers

Conference Session

Computer-based Measurements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Kevin McCue, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

– Should Students Do Them or Design Them?”, Chemical EngineeringEducation, vol 29, no. w, 1995, p. 34.vi Macias-Machin, A., Guotai Zhang, and Octave Levenspiel, “The Unstructured Student-Designed Research Typeof Laboratory Experiment”, Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 24, no. 2, 1990, pp. 78-79.vii Dym, C.L., A.M. Agogino, O. Eris, D.D. Frey, and L.J. Leifer, “Engineering design thinking, teaching andlearning”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, no. 1, 2005, 103-120viii ABET, 2009-2010 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2008ix Northeastern University, ABET Self Study Report for Mechanical Engineering, 2007

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carol Shubin, California State University Northridge

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

recruited a total of 25 seniors or juniors per year with an interest in data science. Most partici-pants majored in computer science or mathematics; however, we also included a few students frombusiness and psychology majors. Applicants were evaluated based on their statement of interest,transcripts, and readiness for the program (i.e. having sufficient math and coding experience). At-tention was paid to having a diverse, gender-balanced group. 85% were seniors, 45% were female,and 70% were non-white. We allowed two Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) stu-dents to attend although they could not be paid federal money. We also welcomed two studentsfrom the NIH Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program because their lab re-search

Collection

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

Authors

Claudio Brito; Melany Ciampi

reasonable prices providing also the experience that engineering students need before facing the new challenging work market. It has been working for twos years and so far it has positive results both for students and companies. The office has been named as 21st CenturyTech.ENTERPRISES AND ENGINEERINGScience, Engineering and Technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and as problemsolvers, engineers are perfectly capable of managing entrepreneurial activities masteringinnovative ways of business development once they spend time and efforts understanding andacting in the field. Engineers rely on science and methods for analysis to ensure the quality andliability of design; nevertheless a pinch of creativity is required in order to