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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Donndelinger

Engineering and Computer Science Building) while taking GBEC. In 2016, GBEC class sessions were also held in the Rogers Building. In 2017, however, GBEC Figure 1: Rate of Return Infographic Generated in Class sessions were held in Baylor’s Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation. GBEC attendanceIn Assignment 3, students developed retirement plans for statistics showed significant improvement even thoughhypothetical

Conference Session

New Directions for Engineering Technology

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yury Alexandrovich Kuleshov, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emily Rada, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

space race of 1957 proved the need for awide range of technical talent, and engineering technology emerged outside the curriculum trackof engineering programs as theorized by the CEEE [1, 3].Vocational and two-year associate programs focus on the applied theory, providing a foundationfor engineering technology education. The programs aimed to raise technical supportprofessionals to work along with practicing engineers [1]. Industry saw benefits from theseparate curriculums and areas of specialization as engineers studied theory and conceptualizeddesign, while engineering technologists held the technical skills to apply theory to practice [3].Four-year baccalaureate engineering technology programs developed from two-year programs inthe 1960s, as

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Ryan Carroll, Canada College; Brian Carrozza, Canada College; Yardley Ordonez, Canada College; Edgar Sanchez, Canada College; Andres Lee, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University

Structural Engineers Association of California. He has published over fifty technical papers in the areas of Structural Control and Earthquake Engineering. Dr. Pong has been the Director of the School of Engineering at SFSU with 20 full-time faculty and over 25 part-time faculty since 2009.Dr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Xiaorong Zhang received the B.S. degree in computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2006, the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from University of Rhode Island, Kingston, in 2009 and 2013 respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University. Her research interests

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefanie L. Lozito; Karen M. Bursic; Cynthia Atman

Session 2530 l An Application of Protocol Analysis to the Engineering Design Process Cynthia J. Atman, Karen M. Bursic, and Stefanie L. Lozito University of Pittsburgh Abstract The objective of this paper is to demonstrate verbal protocol analysis as a method to document andanalyze how students approach open-ended engineering design problems. As part of a larger

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aisosa Ayela-Uwangue, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

still get a technical field, which is good. And plan C is to go full-on entrepreneur, and go Elon Musk. For that, you have to have a great idea and a lot of determination, which is difficult, and even so, there's a lot of risk involved. (1) My third alternative would be to start my own business, which I have experience in because I started my own software business back in high school. And I could keep growing that business. (2) The three plans that I have, are basically biomedical engineering, and then probably work at Nike and make running shoes or something. Or, major in electrical engineering and then work at Intel

Conference Session

Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University

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Educational Research and Methods

as general trends and takeaways.IntroductionAs technology and the age of information continue to evolve, the need for engineers that aretrained both technically and professionally is greater than ever. ABET calls for an engineeringcurriculum where students learn how to communicate effectively, work on teams, problem solve,and understand how to gain new information when needed [1]. Similarly, the National Academiespaint the picture of ”the Engineer of 2020” who has skills in leadership, communication, andcreativity. The Engineer of 2020 practices resiliency, agility, and lifelong learning [2]. On top ofthat, an extensive study done in [3] looked at information from over 16,000 participants and over36,000 job postings to discover what

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

featuring robotics.It is the latter robotics-oriented senior design capstone course that is the subject of this paper.Approximately 80 to 90 percent of the EET program seniors select this capstone course over thePLC-oriented course. In addition, a number of Computer Science (CS) majors have enrolled andsuccessfully completed the course. The development of the capstone course was influenced mainly by two sources: theaccreditation evaluation criteria of the Technology Accreditation Committee (TAC) of theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)1 and by the needs of the localindustry. According to TAC/ABET requirements, the capstone design course should developstudent competence to solve problems using technical and non-technical

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Steffen; Iskandar Hack

19 - April 15, 2005 there will be a $150 per person cancellation fee.If cancellation occurs between April 16 -June 1, 2005 there will be a $ 500 per person cancellation fee.If cancellation occurs after June 1, 2003, payment is non-refundable. (Except in the case of serious illness, we will try toget as much as possible back for air and ground arrangements.)All cancellations must be in writing.Credit:Students will also be required to register for ECET 499 during Summer Session II for a total of seven credithours. Tuition for these credit hours will be billed through the IPFW bursar’s office.What’s included:Transportation to Kuala Lumpur from Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago or Fort Wayne (gateway city to bedetermined based on availability and

Conference Session

Motivating Students to Achieve

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Turner; Keith Johnson; W. Andrew Clark

with attention to outcomes andchallenges. Through this diverse cooperative program, students from the technology, business,applied human sciences and digital media disciplines gain a perspective for each other’sexpertise and learn to develop teams with diverse skills to meet the increasing challenges formanaging business and technology.IntroductionIn industrial and service fields’ cross-functional teams are recognized for their ability to bringconfigurationally synergistic enhancement to the final desired outcome 1. The demonstratedability to assimilate information from personnel with diverse backgrounds is recognized byhuman resource departments and students demonstrating this capability significantly increasetheir value in the job market. At

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Wojciechowski

Session 1566 Establishing a B.S. Degree Program in Mechanical Engineering in Partnership with Industry: A Case Study Paul H. Wojciechowski York College of PennsylvaniaAbstractThe creation of a new baccalaureate degree program in mechanical engineering at York Collegeof Pennsylvania took place with the guidance and input provided by an industrial partnership ofover 20 local and regional industrial organizations. Initial start-up contributions amounting to$400,000, along with approximately $45,000 provided annually by industry, has resulted in

Conference Session

Towards Global Competency for Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G. Brown, The Boeing Company; Alan Jacobs, Education Market Business Development Consulting; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Hans J. Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

Director ofInternational Programs and Strategy and also as Secretary General of IFEES, facilitatedconnections between the SIG leading the attributes of a global engineer project and IFEESstakeholders around the globe. This purpose was two-fold: (1) to garner assistance in translatingthe survey into multiple languages (including validation of the survey once translated); and (2) tosecure assistance in marketing the survey opportunity to IFEES stakeholders worldwide.From July-September 2010, the survey was translated from English to the following languages:Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish,Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. Translators also assisted in validating the survey witha small

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Colin Grant; Brian Dickson

work based assignment approach § Development of collaboration across companies and countries § Widening access to Chemical Engineering § Good examples of academic participation from different universitiesHowever, the value to the reader of this paper is perhaps a message that the ChemicalEngineering community could learn from our model, and that there are valid reasons why themodel adds value to the whole UK Process Industry community in particular, as well as itsindividual members.Lets start with a quote from December 1996 issue of the Institution of Chemical Engineerrsmagazine (IChemE) “The Chemical Engineer” (TCE) [1] “Industry needs technical graduates who can communicate and have people skills”Well, TCE

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

class wide competition, or could work together to design an optimizedbridge. The bridges were expected to represent an optimal combination of safety (lowdeflection), low cost, environmental impact, and social factors. The relative importance of thesefactors varied each year, illustrating the trade-offs and stakeholder-specific nature of publicinfrastructure design. The project typically spanned 3 to 5 weeks of class. Each team generated asingle written report. The report requirements also evolved over time, such as the inclusion of anexplicit discussion of sustainability and ethical issues starting in 2017. The overall project gradewas based on the technical quality of the bridge itself (about half) and the quality of the write-up(about half

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Howell; Ken Collier; Debra Larson; Jerry Hatfield

Session 1625 A Four-Year Path to Synthesis: The Junior Interdisciplinary and Vertically Integrated Design Experience Debra Larson, Steve Howell, Ken Collier, Jerry Hatfield Northern Arizona University ABSTRACT Engineering industries are calling for graduates that have a breadth of skillsincluding design and analysis skills, teaming skills and “soft skills” (i.e., projectmanagement, concept value analysis, communication, cross-disciplinary understanding,etc.). Furthermore, concepts that are traditionally taught in isolated packets are difficultto

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Dunia Tania Periverzov, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Environmental Engineering

sensor node is operating, Pactive and Psleep are thepower used by the WSN in active and passive mode, respectively, T is the period. One way thelower Paverage is by reducing the duty cycle. The power supply stage must be able to provide boththe total energy demanded during the expected lifetime and the instant power at the active time.Fig. 2 shows generic block diagram of a sensor node. Load accounts for sensing, processing andcommunication in Fig.112-15. Conversion efficiency of the system in Fig. 1 is defined as follows: 2Where PMPP is the power at the maximum power point (MPP) and PTransferred is the average powertransferred to the energy buffer. When the super-capacitors are used, as is the proposed

Conference Session

Engineering and Society

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Jonathan Verrett P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Siba Saleh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Tasnia Naim Anika, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Conference Submission

engineering on society and the environment. The integration of CEL was done inpartnership with the Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) at the University ofBritish Columbia Vancouver (UBC-V) Campus. 1 ASEE Zone IV Conference 2022Course and project detailsThe course consisted of 125 students and has three hours of lecture and two hours of tutorial perweek. Tutorial sessions are used for students to work in teams of four to five students on severaldesign deliverables for the first nine weeks of the term. Following this, teams were then assignedto work on a CEL project during the tutorial sessions for the last three weeks of the term. Teamsand design deliverables

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim J. Manner

Session 2225 The Pencil Has Changed: Integration of Professional Level CAD Software into the Undergraduate ME Curriculum Kim J. Manner University of Wisconsin - MadisonAbstract The area of mechanical engineering design development and documentation was once the exclusive realm of the pencil andpaper. As computer technology and its related software have improved this is no longer the

Conference Session

Capstone Courses I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Sanders, Kettering University; Mark Thompson, Kettering University; Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University; Lucy King, Kettering University; Michael Lindquist, Kettering University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

-week session.]• All assemblies and parts are held in place by standard mechanical connectors (screws, bolts, snap connectors, etc., i.e., no duct tape and zip ties allowed!)?• The unit is designed for easy service and inspection as well as having a finished professional appearance, utilizing standard materials and processes?• Consideration was given to the manufacturability and cost of the unit within the constraints of the required specifications?The faculty and staff were asked to value each of the above by assigning 0, 1, 2, or 3 points each. Page 11.238.5Project Functionality AssessmentStudents were required to demonstrate

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

the technical aspects of the video; amongthese comments were the following: • “...showed how far computer processing technology has come in recent years.” • “It’s a pretty cool concept in the fact that the robot controller is actually more precise then the game itself.” • “I think it is amazing that there is a robot that can play so accurately well on Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Even though it doesn’t hit every note due to a delay from Windows XP, it still does a lot better than I could ever do.”Two of the student comments summed up the general impression of the video with: • “The video gives the message that engineering has multiple aspects, some of which are more fun than others.” • “Technology can

Conference Session

Construction Materials and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

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Construction

portion provided students withhands-on skills. In the lab sessions, the first half of the semester focused on Revit architecture,structure, and MEP, with the purpose of providing basic modeling skills, understanding of thedatabase structures as well as the process of coordination among different trades in a typicalconstruction project. The second half of the semester focused on the trade coordination inNavisworks, clash detection, 4D scheduling, and color coding different trades with differentplatforms. Figure 1 shows a sample student work that includes architecture, structure and MEPelements completed in the first half of the course. Since the course was offered as a constructioncourse, grading of the models focused on the modeling of required

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

increasedpressure on coaches to have a winning program, increased pressure has been put on the studentathletes to focus on the athletics and their classroom performance is impaired. Title IXconcerning gender equity in college sports has greatly increased the number of female athletesand recently 5 to 10 percent of the total students in my engineering classes have been athletes.The minor sports athletes have generally performed better as scholars than the major sportsathletes. Recently two of the student athletes I taught indicated that the practice sessions are toodemanding and two others had to drop the sports because of injuries. It has been reported(6) thatathletes have a better graduation rate than the all student rate at WVU. A relatively new

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

not always guaranteed.4. Students receive some instruction in interpersonal skills. The instructor uses the remainder of the class period after the oral presentations to give a general critique of content and style and to facilitate a discussion of the difficulties of working in groups and the necessity of master- ing these skills. Also, when the opportunity arises, visiting engineers from industry are in- vited to class to answer student questions about engineering practice. These sessions often include discussion of interpersonal skills.5. Regular assessment of group functioning is accomplished by formal evaluations twice in the semester and informal discussions outside of class as required.IV. Peer rating proceduresThe

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Renken; George Abraham

Session 1359 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP OF A LOW DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE PERMEABILITY APPARATUS FOR CONCRETE SAMPLES Kevin J. Renken, George T. Abraham University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeAbstractThis paper presents the results of a mechanical engineering senior design project that was carried-outin the Radon Reduction Technology Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).The objective of the student's project was to design, setup and test an experimental apparatus tomeasure the air permeability coefficient of concrete samples under low pressure differences (∆p ~5 - 10 Pa) that

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose del Carmen Chin Vera; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

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International

, laboratory sessions are included in orderto cover these aspects. However, the hours spent in a semester by students in a food analysislaboratory are usually not sufficient to ensure that the intended skills are attained.On the other hand, the use of digital games has grown markedly between youngsters, along withunlimited access to computers and many other computing-capable devices. Today computers andcomputing-capable devices are normal tools, and this has resulted in the production of accessibledigital environments, whether at home, school, work and other different places. As a result, thereis a generation who has grown up knowing the world with computers, and who cannot imagineworking, playing, searching information, consulting, etc., without

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cozzens, Southern Utah University

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Design in Engineering Education

”, I had the opportunity to attendseveral training sessions. In those training sessions, references to YouTube Channels,podcasts, and blogs were listed as external references and/or additional training for thespecific SolidWorks tool being presented in the session. June 2011, I attended a UACTE(Utah Association for Career and Technical Education) Conference. At this conference, thetraining for all the state CAD instructors included how to access and use free web-basedtraining material. All the instructors were eager to view and sample the training. Most of theinstructors were eager to implement the training into their class rooms.Keeping this in mind, in this paper I describe changes implemented in my web-based CADtraining used at a university

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil Quinn; Tim Healy

be used for in general? Can you think of any uses of this technology other than the one proposed here? Are there any historical examples of developments analogous to this one that might serve as a guide to ways in which this technology might evolve? What potential risks are there? Figure 1. Technology Assessment TemplateAn example of the use of this template is the case of the Wireless Communication:1. BackgroundWireless communication was one of the dominant influences of the twentieth century,beginning with the experiments of Guglielmo Marconi, then tracing a long line throughAM and FM radio, television, interplanetary communication, and by the end of thecentury the ubiquitous cell phone. As the

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zane Mitchell, University of Southern Indiana; Marco Lara Gracia, University of Southern Indiana; Ronald Diersing, University of Southern Indiana; Glen Kissel, University of Southern Indiana

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First-Year Programs

matrixmultiplications, the code would do subsequent runs of 5,000,000 matrix multiplications andaverage those results. No previous published results were available for such an approach, so thestudent’s work in this area was crucial in determining how many averages made sense, andassisted in generating similar results for optical localization. From the student’s perspective, hewas now much better prepared for his first “introduction to engineering” course, in whichMATLAB was taught.The fall 2009 session was devoted to continuing simulations of the random Fibonacci sequence.The faculty mentor met weekly with the student, and new results were obtained, even thoughmuch less time was spent by both the student and professor on the research compared to the

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gustavo Molina

paper. The study will also include a standard questionnaire of student opinions on theusefulness of the method; the questionnaire is included in this paper Appendix.The author also plans to investigate other uses of the FPD methodology in engineering problemsolving: It is interesting to note that the FPD may provide a graphics way of checking datasufficiency and/or data redundancy, but this property has not yet been investigated.AcknowledgementsThe author gratefully acknowledges the introduction to the FPD idea and encouragement to carryout this work from Dr.G.Kardos, Carleton University, Canada, suggestions from Dr.R.Vidal,Technical University of Denmark, and useful criticism from anonymous reviewers.Bibliographic Information[1] Raviv, D., Do

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganapathy Narayanan

with two force inputvalues is shown in Figure 1. The intermediate prints and plots are not available today.Resolution of a Force into Two Directional Forces ProgramThis Visual Basic .Net program is an extension of the previous mini-program with anoption to resolve a force into two given directions. The student must give two directionsfor a given force to be resolved in these directions. The student must reset the screen sothat he is not confused with previous computed values. The student inputs ‘Force R’ anddirections of ‘Force A’ and ‘Force B’. This program, shown in Figure 1, will bedemonstrated at the conference, and it is difficult to show the interactive usefulness ofthis program on a technical paper. Figure 1

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Adams

(graphical) programming• Introduce the students to autonomous vehicle conceptsBuilding the TractorsPrior to the autonomous tractor pull project, students participate in lectures on traction andballasting where they learn how to use ASAE Standards EP496.2 and D497.4. In addition, theyalso attend a lecture that introduces them to concepts used in autonomous vehicles. Followingthe lectures, the last five lab sessions of the course are used for the autonomous tractor pull. Thefirst two lab sessions are used to introduce students to the Robolab graphical programmingenvironment. Step by step tasks are provided to guide the student through the different functionsavailable. The exercises gradually build up to provide general guidance algorithms based on the