Conference Session

Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

range of skills and knowledge above and beyond a strong science and engineeringbackground.”3 Companies around the world are actively seeking innovators who can solvebusiness problems and assess risks, in addition to being technically proficient.4 It is no longersufficient for engineers to perform in isolation, excluded from the decision making processes ofthe organizations in which they work. One technology company CEO stated, “If an engineer isnot an entrepreneur, he is just a tool.”5In recognition of the need to include entrepreneurial and other skills in the formal training ofengineers, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires thatengineering students have the following abilities:6 • Designing to

Conference Session

Real World Applications

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Youakim Kalaani

used to generate this electricity.• Electric Machines and Transformers (TECH379/379A): Students will study the operation characteristics of various renewable energy systems. Specific power distributions and circuit protections as applied to solar energy systems will also be introduced and explained.• Industrial Control Electronics (TECH476): Special topics dealing with power electronics, inverters, actuators, filtering, and data acquisition systems used in renewable energy systems will be thoroughly covered.Several resources exist to aid teachers in curriculum design. Below is a list of agencies withestablished programs that could assist in developing renewable energy curriculum in conjunctionwith the installation of solar or

Conference Session

Research Methodologies – Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Bahnson, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #36921A Qualitative Methods Primer: A Resource to Assist Engineering EducationScholars in Mentoring Traditionally Trained Engineering Faculty toEducational ResearchDr. Matthew Bahnson, Pennsylvania State University Matthew Bahnson a postdoctoral research scholar in engineering education with the Engineering Cogni- tive Research Laboratory with Dr. Catherin Berdanier at Pennsylvania State University. He completed his Ph.D. in the Applied Social and Community Psychology program in at North Carolina State University. His previous training includes a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa and an M.A. in

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning Enhanced through Instrumentation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyril B Okhio P.E., Kennesaw State University; Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University; Nicholas Velatini; Theodore Orrin Grosch, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation Division (INST)

Engineers, United Kingdom, a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK and a Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, USA. Dr. Okhio has many years of administrative experience including Chairmanship of a Mechanical Engineering Department. Dr. Okhio understands that most engineering problems require multi-disciplinary solutions that embrace the new concepts of PLM approach so that the resulting solutions can be sustainable and all encompassing. Dr. Okhio has carried out experimental and numerical investigations of, and developed statistical analysis tools and computer codes, for the calculation of complex fluid flows. Some of this work has been published in international journals. He is currently

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LeAnn E. Faidley, Wartburg College; Christine A. DeVries, Wartburg College; Mariah Birgen, Wartburg College

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #23242S-STEM: Academically and Civically Engaged Scientists – Mid-Project ProgressReportDr. LeAnn E. Faidley, Wartburg College Dr. LeAnn Faidley is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA. She teaches in the areas of Freshmen Engineering, Mechanics, Materials, and Design. Her pedagogical research areas include methods for improving student engagement with the material, service learning, inquiry based learning, and standards based grading.Dr. Christine A. DeVries, Wartburg College Dr. Christine DeVries is an Associate Professor at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa with

Conference Session

LEES 6: Writing & Communication

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Essig, Purdue University Fort Wayne

engineering content [11]. There is natural synergy between writingand engineering. The writing process and engineering design process share similar emphasis onplanning and revising [8].All engineering students at our university are required to take a first-year composition course.However, there is no discipline specific writing course available to our students. For moststudents, ENGR 101 is the first course they are introduced to engineering specific writingactivities and topics. On a beginning-of-the-semester survey, approximately 3/4 of the studentsreported writing experience in only liberal arts courses and no prior exposure to technicalwriting. Students will commonly express frustration that they have to take a composition class asan engineering

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Peyton Jones, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

logic before introducingstudents to the ‘higher-level’ topics of microprocessors and the Internet Of Things (IOT). Analternative and potentially more motivating approach is to reverse this sequence. This paperdescribes the design of a new hardware kit and sequence of laboratory exercises which aim togive students hands-on experience with Embedded systems and IOT at an early stage in theiracademic careers. The kit is based on a low-cost, wireless-networked, 32-bit ARMmicrocontroller with integrated Cloud support. The sequence of lab exercises which buildincrementally on one another is described in detail, and the experience gained running them forthe first time is reported. Outcomes relate to the ability to extend knowledge from an

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Rowe

developing learning environments is to begin byasking the question: what do we want students to be able to do as a result of learning? Theanswer to this question informs both the ILOs and is the basis for developing the assessmentprocess and criteria that are used to confirm an individual’s achievement. Overall, this approachspecifies that the design of an educational experience builds linkages (or alignment) between thecontent, the learning process and the assessment of learning - to the ILOs. This process, calledconstructive alignment, requires that the ILOs inform: • The way the curriculum is designed • The learning methods employed • The teaching approaches

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Dupen

Strength of Materials students, X A F E Dcovering such topics as beam design, truss Figure 1: Recent textbooks by Wolf1, Beer et al.2, andanalysis by the method of joints, truss analysis Hibbeler3 each use a single diagram to illustrate how toby the method of sections, frame analysis, and calculate the moment of inertia of a complex shape. Thisthe calculation of the moment of inertia for a approach is not new; Poorman4 used the same method incompound shape. Each handout uses a the 1940 edition of Applied Mechanics, originally

Conference Session

Nanotechnology/RFID

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Anderson, CET; Ghassan T. Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

theviability of the passive UHF RFID system to locate the position of a tagged objects, stored in amultiple shelved warehouse environment is investigated. A pilot system was implemented and itsperformance was investigated by a team of two students in the electronics engineeringtechnology (EET) program during one semester senior design project. A 915 MHz RFID systemperformance was investigated and analyzed in a simulated environment in the radio frequency(RF) laboratory. The concept of using RFID system for position identification in the simulatedstorage environment was successfully proven. The pilot system was able to identify taggeditems’ locations with very high efficiency especially in an RF friendly environment. The workrequired the analysis of

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Gregory Lyman; Jeffery Wilcox; Rowdy Sanford

based instruction to prepare graduatesfor careers in industry. Each of the programs also utilize an Industry Advisory Board (IAB)comprised of industry experts to assist in curriculum steering and program development. Severalfaculty members within the programs, along with assistance from IAB members recognized aneducational gap between the students entering undergraduate degrees interested in robotics(based off of their robotics experiences in high school), and the demand from industry lookingfor graduates with knowledge in automation and industrial distribution. Conversations betweenthe EET program faculty and the IAB, lead to planning of a Robotics and Automation minor Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Andrea M. Leland, Colorado State University; Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Sourajeet Roy, Colorado State University; Adam C. Hicks, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, and as the Guest Editor of IEEE Trans. on Computer- Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems Special Issue on Design Quality and Design Closure: Present Issues and Future Trend”, 2005. He also served as the Guest Editor of the Microelectronics Journal on Quality Electronic Design, 2005. His research interests include VLSI circuit and system design, CAD methodology for VLSI design, and bioelectronics.Prof. Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University Branislav M. Notaros is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University, where he also is Director of Electromagnetics Laboratory. He received a Ph.D. in elec- trical

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Tyler Crosson; Monica Hew; Bernd Chudoba; Amit Oza

aircraft. The capstone course mini-project experience during this first semester hasbeen initiated to teach students when and how to operate disciplinary design tools thatprepare them for design trade-studies they will encounter in the second semester seniordesign project. The class has been divided into three groups of 14 people and assigned theMesserschmitt Bf 109, Supermarine Spitfire, and the North American P-51 Mustang.This paper is the story of the group that focuses on the North American P-51 Mustang.The engineering team first forms a methodology that parametrically reproduces thedocumented aircraft performance specifications; the simulation results are validated bydirect comparison with historical data found in research; this validation

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

technology disciplines. This paperpresents the initial results.IntroductionMinority students and minority faculty do not take full advantage of the myriad of programsdesigned to promote their participation in engineering and technology disciplines. Minoritiesmay not be aware of these opportunities, nor of how and where to apply. Opportunities rangefrom programs designed to promote student interest in these fields, to summer enrichmentprograms, scholarships, fellowships, research opportunities, awards, leadership programs, andcareer advancement programs. This survey organizes these opportunities and resources,specially targeting those of particular interest to engineering students and engineering faculty,and provides links to internet sites

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus Bartels, San Antonio College; Steven F. Lewis, William R. Sinkin Eco Centro, San Antonio College; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

GTP content and impart skills to faculty teams from these institutions inorder to strengthen their capacities and arm them with additional resources to support theirefforts in recruiting and retaining students in STEM programs offered at their institutions.The objectives are as follows:Objective #1: Increase the number of STEM faculty from San Antonio College with enhancedprofessional development experiences via the proposed trainings in green energy andsustainability topics as well as best practices in pedagogy and culturally effective instruction. Activity 1.1: Design and develop a permanent renewable energy research and education lab at the Eco Centro. Activity 1.2: Provide training workshops for the faculty, staff, and selected

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Alexander Sebastian Furlanic, San Francisco State University; Philip A. Thomas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Panfilo Jesus Armas, SFSU; Rene Parra Medina, San Jose State University; Jackie Lok; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

theory intopractice, as well as increase in tolerance for obstacles and ability for oral presentation andacademic writing. The program shows that even students with little or no background inengineering courses or research topics were able to succeed in the program and experience theexcitement of research.AcknowledgementThe authors would like to thank the supports from the U.S. Department of Education throughMinority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (Award – #P120A150014).References1. Wight, J. K., and MacGregor, J. G. "Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design, Sixth Edition." Prentice Hall, 2011.2. Headquarters, Emergency Disaster Countermeasures. "Damage Situation and Police Countermeasures associated with 2011

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Redfield; Brian Self

instruction” (office hours). The students have little time to be critical thinkers regardingtheir academic endeavors.Fortunately, dynamics is scheduled in a two-hour class period every other academic day at theUSAFA. We have taken advantage of this extra hour by adding some laboratories, physicaldemonstrations, and student presentations to our course. Other non-traditional assignmentsinclude computational mechanics problems and a three-dimensional kinematics design project.The primary motivation behind these additional assignments are (a) to increase student interestand motivation, (b) to aid in student learning and understanding, and (c) to provide the studentswith a better appreciation of real-world applications of dynamics

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Walters; Keisha Walters

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students were given all necessary materials andequipment, as well as a set of instructions for performing the experiment. They performed eachexperiment themselves, under the supervision of the instructors, and reported their results oncethe experiment was complete. A simplified error analysis was performed by having the studentstake multiple realizations of the same measurement, eliminate outliers, and determine a meanand standard deviation of their results. Differences in results among the three groups werehighlighted, and potential sources of error were discussed.Each of the experiments was designed to enhance the students’ understanding of a particularconcept discussed during the lecture portion of the class. The first experiment was entitled

Conference Session

Mechanics, Hands-on Demo - Show & Tell!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead C. MacNamara, Syracuse University; Joan V. Dannenhoffer P.E., Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

forintroducing new material by grounding it in existing knowledge, being open to multiplemodes of learning, and having students begin to learn about forces, couples etc. byworking with those examples that they can perceive either by manipulating with theirown hands or by viewing resulting deformation or motion. 4 They also argue forsignificant interaction and discussion in the classroom. Williams and Howard discuss thevalue of a laboratory experience or classroom demonstration in helping students learn theelementary statics concepts and further advise that students estimate and evaluateexpected outcomes in advance.5 O’Neill et al report on a successful lab lecture hybridinterdisciplinary mechanics course that uses longer meeting times and

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Tracy Hammond; Robert H. Lightfoot

adventure into solving coding puzzles or a technologyscavenger hunt (identifying specific types of technology not previously thought of as usingcomputers). Or students may reteach concepts we have learned through creating a YouTube channel.Successfully adding JavaScript to a webpage assignment will get them more points. Finally, anoptional final gives them the chance to show they learned more than they feel their grade represents.The grade calculator is web-based and designed to support the assignment choice system as follows: • The calculator is accessible via a web browser, allowing students to easily access it from any device with an internet connection. • Upon launching, students can view a list of all required assignment

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chell Roberts

engineering program will require a total of 120 credit hours, including at least50 hours of upper division course work. Within the 120 hours students must meetUniversity General Studies requirements and major prerequisite requirements, totaling 56hours. They will also take 22 hours of engineering professional requirements thatrepresent a core for all engineering students. Students will also select a primary andsecondary concentration of 15 hours each. One of these concentrations may be studentdesigned. There will be a three-hour design clinic in both the sophomore and junior yearsand a two-semester capstone clinic in the senior year. A student must take one of thedesign clinics in each concentration area. Table 2 presents a draft of the

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

I & II, and CNC EDMMachining. All five of these courses have both lecture and laboratory requirements, withlaboratory accounting for about 80% of the total contact hours. These courses were chosen forinitial implementation because they were taught by a single instructor. Integration of theseWorkforce Skills at the assignment level both demonstrates and reinforces the importance andapplication of skills which have traditionally resided in the liberal arts.The laboratory experiences comprise a significant portion of each major course. Each labconsists of multiple project assignments; including both individual and team projects. Severalchanges were made to assignments in the lab section of Mold Making I. Planning for eachindividual project

Conference Session

Integrating Additive Manufacturing Practices in Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #18869Integrating Reverse Engineering and 3D Printing for the Manufacturing Pro-cessDr. Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University Dr. Akbar Eslami is a professor and Engineering Technology coordinator in the Department of Tech- nology at Elizabeth City State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. His research interests are in Computer Aided Manufacturing and Design, Reverse Engineering, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Methods, and Data Acquisition. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Reverse Engineering

Conference Session

Innovations in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Insulation Zone 3 Zone 2 Zone 1 Air inlet Gas out Gas in Choosing the locations on the wafer to measure Each run and each measurement costs $ School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Instructional DesignDeliverables Begin Experiments Design Memo • Final Report • Initial parameters Update Memo • Final Oral Presentation • Budget • Progress to • Final Recipe • Experimental

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Carney; Michael Nolan; James Lampe; Raymond Thompson

is a one-hour seminar course taught by the faculty trip leaders toprepare students and have them perform research prior to travel. The second is a two-hourcourse for the actual trip and associated assignments, logs, and trip reports. All three majors inAviation Technology have agreed to accept this type of credit towards graduation requirements.This paper will discuss the development of this type of academic experience, the associated coursecontent, and the desired outcomes.IntroductionAviation is a global oriented industry in nature and is rapidly becoming more so. In response, theDepartment of Aviation Technology at Purdue University set in motion an initiative to addadditional international perspective to our programs.Many of our students

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

aninformation literacy quiz-tutorial online.10 The college is in the process of improving this aspectof the first-year information literacy program to ensure a larger number of students receive thispreliminary learning opportunity in information literacy. This paper focuses on the second-semester first year course that builds on these preliminary skills and provides a basis for moreadvanced learning within the major. Later courses address other aspects of information literacyin the context of laboratories, design, and engineering analysis in a variety of areas. Thecapstone design course utilizes information literacy skills on a real-world design project for a

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Knott; Iraj Omidwar; Mani Mina

© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education8. References 1. Dekker, D.L. “Engineering design processes, problem solving and creativity,” Proceedings Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 1 , 1-4 Nov 1995, pp. 3a5.16 -3a5.19 vol.1 2. Yokomoto, C.F,; Voltmer, D.R,; Ware, R.” Incorporating the “aha!” experience into the classroom and laboratory,” Proceedings to Twenty-Third Annual Frontiers in Education Conference 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', 1993., 6-9 Nov 1993, pp. 200 -203 3. Dewey, John, How We Think. New York: Prometheus Books. 1991. 4. Dewey, John. Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1938. 5. Dewey, John. Democracy and

Conference Session

Learning Styles

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker

Overview and Problem IdentificationWe assessed the cognitive style and learning preferences of students enrolled in Introduction toEnvironmental Engineering (CE334) at UW-Platteville. This course is required of all Civil andEnvironmental Engineering students, and contains three 1-hour lectures and one 2-hourlaboratory period per week. Dr. Parker taught the two laboratory sections during the period ofthis study. The course contained 44 juniors and seniors, and included students who enrolled attheir first opportunity and students who put it off until their final semester.Engineering students at UW-P who have made it through the challenging calculus, physics, andchemistry requirements (such as those enrolled in CE334) appear in general to be more

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to engage in theirlearning. For example, our three separate junior laboratories in circuits, electronics, and signalsand systems have been combined into one three-quarters long junior lab experience. The juniorlab is centered on a large design project that combines knowledge learned in circuits, electronics,and signals and systems into an exciting and challenging project parallel to the senior designexperience in students’ last year. Again, teamwork and communication are at the center of thecourse.Finally, we recognize the need to provide our students with space and equipment to work ontheir own, extra-curricular projects. We now have a MakerSpace lab where students can workwith the latest technology. The lab is designed to support two types

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

eight public colleges of engineering in the Region.(1,2) See Table 1 for details.These colleges have operated with curricula, standards, and procedures drawn by advisoryboards made up of faculty members from North American colleges. Pre-college education (K-12) in the Region- the main theme in this presentation- has adversely impacted engineeringoutcome. It suffers from obsolescence, rigidity, and a passive approach to transmission ofknowledge. The paper argues that until the K-12 systems are reformed, a properly executed“prep-program” bridges the gap and equips students with the skills to embark on engineering.The author draws on his own experience as a faculty member in the Arab Gulf region, recentlyin Qatar and earlier in Saudi Arabia. The