Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Unique Projects & Pedagogies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michelle M. Blum, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Lecture 2 dimensions and units. and Units Students learned to (1) Differentiate between fundamental and Primary and derived units, (2) Recognize the different unit systems, and (3) 2 Secondary Lecture 2 Recognize the different primary, secondary and derived units in Units each system. Dimensional Students learned (1) What Dimensional Homogeneity is and (2) 3 Analysis and How to apply it to engineering problems to

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

beingprepared. Annotated notes are similar to the “slides”, but include the bulleted items as simpletext, graphics must be copied separately. However, with annotated notes it is possible for thestudents to write, and better interpret graphs. Students have commented that they like this noteformat and prefer some (free) reading material.Subject Matter DetailsReview and Demonstration of Fundamental Scientific PrinciplesThe fusion zone and the heat affected zone ofa welded joint are fundamentally different.The fine grained structure of the fusion zonemakes it stronger. Solidification kinetics arereviewed to demonstrate this. The coarseningand grain growth which occurs in the heataffected zone reduces the strength as there arefewer barriers to dislocation

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

technologystudents take statics and it is a fundamental course prerequisite for other mechanics courses suchas dynamics and strength of materials. Success in these latter courses is directly correlated tosuccess in statics.Demonstrated proof of student learning and mastery of engineering knowledge is now requiredby ABET’s outcomes-based environment1. Additionally, engineering faculty need instrumentsfor formative use in assessing implementation of new course design strategies and instructionalpractices intended to increase student learning. As in the physics community, the bulk of thedevelopment effort has focused on engineering subject concept inventories. Typically, theseconcept inventories focus on determining student understanding of a subject’s

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Its Impact on Faculty and Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hiro Iino, Iowa State University; Pinar Melek Celik, Iowa State University; Bryan Alan Lutz, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

is that we had more content than we couldreasonably address within time available for the course, so focusing on objectives and outcomeshelped us pare the material down to its most important components.A revised version of Bloom’s Taxonomy [3] was used to write learning outcomes and objectivesin measurable terms. As a result of an iterative process between SME and curriculum designers,course level learning objectives were aligned with the learning outcomes; likewise, module-levellearning objectives were aligned to course-level learning objectives to ensure that each learningmodule could help learners to achieve intended learning outcomes. To exemplify this point, thetable below lists learning outcomes, course-level objectives, and Module 1’s

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Maynard, Northwestern University; Matthew Hsu, Northwestern University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; R.P.H. Chang, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

seed was planted in 1959 by Richard Feynman when he postulated that it was possible to write“the entire 24 volumes of the Encyclopedia Brittanica on the head of a pin.” 1 The idea laydormant until the early 1980s, when technology made it practical to visualize and evenmanipulate individual atoms on surfaces. The result was a new realm of science andtechnology—the nano-realm. The nanoscale is between the microscale and the atomic scale.With respect to lengths, the nanoscale ranges between about 1 and 100 nanometers; it mayextend into the hundreds of nanometers.Being able to understand and manipulate objects and functions at this scale has extraordinarypotential for two general reasons. The first may be obvious. Feynman’s proposal is an

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Keith Berrier, University of Saint Thomas; Andrea Guggenbuehl, University of Saint Thomas, Health and Human Performance Department

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

13 Dynamics of systems containing rigid bodies Flying Trapeze Write-up 14 LAB: Spanish web 15 Dynamics of systems containing rigid bodies4 16 More dynamics! Bungee Trapeze Write-up 17 LAB: Demo prep 18 Final Project Work Day 19 LAB: Demonstration day (for 6th grade audience) Problem Set #5 (due the following day) Page 22.416.4Course StaffDue to the nature of this course, a larger than usual number of staff were involved. In addition tothe lecturer, who is a professor in the Engineering

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

quarter experience really helpedbuild a positive environment for the students. In large part this was because of the student’sinteractions with each other – my class really seemed to grow and develop a personality of itsown. 4.6 Communication Skills (Technical writing and Oral presentation skills)In the first course of the Introduction to Engineering sequence, communication skills areevaluated through weekly lab reports assigned in both the Camera and Bicycle labs as well as awritten report and oral presentation made by each team at the end of the quarter. The writtenreport is based on a summation of assignments throughout the Bicycle labs that students have toorganize into a technical presentation aimed at engineers and product buyers

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Newcomer

field of ergonomics and an introduction to indus-trial safety and health. The course is intended to make students aware of the fundamental issuesin ergonomic design and industrial safety and health, and make them aware of the resources thatexist in those areas. An outline of the course topics is provided in Table 2. The course is notintended to be the first course in an ergonomics or human factors curriculum, so it does not gointo great depth in any of the areas, especially topics on the human physiology. The course has amidterm and a final, but the at the heart of the class and student learning are six open-ended as-signments that allow students to apply some of the ideas from ergonomics and explore issuessurrounding OSHA in more depth. These

Conference Session

Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

second-year materials science course required for all mechanical and civilengineering students at the author’s institution. This course introduces fundamental physical andmicrostructural characteristics of materials and discusses how these relate to their mechanicalbehavior. It includes a laboratory component to help the students gain hands-on experiences inmaterials testing. In traditional experiments, students simply follow the instructions provided bya lab instructor, use equipment that has already been set up, test samples that have already beenprepared, and obtain results that are expected by the instructor. In this way, students complete thetest relatively passively. The primary benefit of this approach is that it provides the students

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Fillo

) industrial exposure. 1) Communication Skills. This is an issue that has been identified to be addressed in the undergraduateeducation of engineering students. The practicing engineer is called upon to make verbal presentations, usingoverheads or their equivalents using the laptop computer, and to communicate through the written word. Thisis independent of the level of education, be it bachelors, masters, or Ph.D. In the context of education we findour students making verbal presentation in classes. There has been an increased awareness and attention beingpaid to tectilcal writing, e.g., lab reports, project reports and so on. At what level, though, are we dealing with communication skills? We still hear complaints about theengineering

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Abstract A well–designed instructional module ensures that the subject matter content iseffectively integrated with the presentation format. In other words, the instructorattempts to blend the presentation and content in theory as well as practice. In reality,the instructor should assume the role of a facilitator and effectively utilize moderntechnology to experiment on innovative ideas. The ultimate objective is a deliverymechanism that can lead to new classroom instructional strategies. Researchers are also of the

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chrysoula Florou, University of Thessaly, Greece; Ioanna Kosmopoulou, University Of Thessaly, Greece; Elias N. Houstis, University of Thessaly

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

challenges in the disciplines of software engineering and computer science. The attemptsto address this challenge have led to introducing algorithmic thinking and presentingprogramming through microworld programs to early education classrooms.6This paper presents an investigation to understand children’s experiences when using a self-teaching interactive programming application. Developed by our research group, the applicationpresents fundamental programming concepts and algorithmic thinking to early elementary schoolstudents. Since the intent of this application is to be used in a variety of learning settings,including informal home settings in which students will explore programming on their own, wesought a new student-oriented teaching

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Fatin Aliah Phang, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Aziatul Niza Sadikin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Syed Ahmad Helmi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Mohd Johari Kamaruddin, Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR), Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 24.382.2gap between learning in school and university, and to assist them in developing the mindsetand fundamental skills in preparing and learning to gain the most in the university to be anengineer in the 21st Century. Right at the beginning of the course, to ease students tounderstand engineering and to motivate them to see themselves as future engineers, anengineering overview group assignment was given to them as the first assignment of thesemester. This assignment also aims to support students in developing team working,communication and time management skills.The engineering overview assignment is designed based on Bransford's How People Learn(HPL) framework4 and Bigg's Constructive Alignment5. Students are required to find outwhat

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haridas Kumarakuru; Tyler Locke, Northeastern University; Anthony De Ritis, Northeastern University; Don Heiman, Northeastern University; Lucas Faria de Sá Tucker

) Haridas Kumarakuru, PhD, MInstP Department of Physics, College of Science, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 E.Mail: h.kumarakuru@northeastern.edu Hari has 18+ years of educational leadership experience amplifying academic and scientific endeavours in the higher education setting that has brought him to four separate continents. He capitalizes on his in-depth competencies in curriculum implementation, instructional delivery, scientific research, technical writing, and student mentoring to provide students with the tools for academic and professional success. Since 2007, he has had the privilege of mentoring numerous undergraduate and master’s students, a pursuit he is most passionate about. He

Conference Session

K-12 Activities

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Aslam, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and a then using a programmable robot. Collect the distance data.Materials: b#Computer with USB interface b#Robotics Invention System 2.0; Gearbot b#LEGO pieces to build the measuring wheelIntroduction: Distance is a fundamental concept that is part of nearly everyaspect of our universe. In fact, it is so common that you may hardlytake notice of its significance in your everyday life. For example, howfar is it from this end of the room to that end of the room? In otherwords, what is the distance between the two ends of the room? Thisexperiment will allow you to measure the distance using first simple methodand then using a robot.Procedure: How to measure the distance?1. Normally the distance is

Conference Session

ECE-Cybersecurity and Quantum Technology Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehzabien Iqbal, The University of Toledo, OH, USA; Md Abdus Samad Bhuiyan, Purdue University Northwest; Ahmad Y Javaid, The University of Toledo; Quamar Niyaz, Purdue University Northwest; Sidike Paheding, Fairfield University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, elucidating the intricacies of securedcommunication processes through Software Defined Radio (SDR) and its fundamen-tals. Software-defined radio (SDR) technology allows multiform communication overseveral bands and a wide range of standards through reprogramming and reconfig-uration Ulversoy (2010a). The study of SDR is vital for undergraduate students inunderstanding core communication security, as it helps to visualize the fundamentalsof communications. Moreover, the fundamental advantage of SDR is the flexibilitywith which different wireless communication systems can be implemented on the samedevice, and the device can be updated so that it does not become obsolete Ulversoy(2010a). It can adapt to the requirements based on the bandwidth ranges and

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cathcart; Shanti Bhushan; Sandun Fernando

shouldinclude foundational courses of physics, chemistry, biology, pure and applied mathematics andprinciples of engineering courses in its core curriculum. Curriculum reform is needed to reflectthis fundamental change primarily in a contextual sense aiming at introducing agricultural andbiological engineers to basic concepts of engineering applications in living systems. Such acurriculum reform would enrich biological engineering as an engineering discipline andprofession that would serve well the needs of the new chemical, biotechnology andpharmaceutical industries. According to Lauffenburger (2002), a diverse spectrum of traditionalengineering disciplines, including chemical engineering, have important roles to play inaddressing opportunities and

Conference Session

Trends in BAE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Haan; Joshua Peschel

precipitation records within ArcView GIS 3.2. Matlab Release13 will also be used in the instructional framework for computation, but primarily forvisualization. Available from The Mathworks, Matlab R13 is an advanced computer algebrasystem that allows users to perform tasks such as calculations, write and compile programs, andplot data. The learners will likely have had exposure to Matlab in prior classes and will use thispackage to plot the results of their 1-D and 2-D distributed surface runoff models. Microsoft PowerPoint will be used by the learners to present the results and conclusions oftheir work. This also falls into the communication category in a verbal context. MicrosoftFrontPage will be used communicate the learners' results and

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian W. Anthony, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David E. Hardt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

asemerging manufacturing companies. The degree program includes four course-basedcomponents - Manufacturing Physics; Manufacturing Systems; Product Design, Innovation, andRealization; and Business Fundamentals - and an overlapping 8 month group project in amanufacturing company. Our goal is to create technical engineering leaders who possess astrong systems view.Students are exposed to the full range of topics necessary for manufacturing excellence, and canexperience many of them with class-based projects and seminars, and finally, a group – basedproject in industry on a topic that the company feels is vital to their continued success. TheMEngM provides “compressed and formalized experience” with a scholarly backdrop that makesthe process of rapid

Conference Session

Anything New in Dynamics?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

area even if they will exclusively use specializedcommercial software after graduation.A physically intuitive, explicit multi-body formalism is presented that will allow senior studentsto review and refresh their knowledge of dynamics, understand how to handle constraint forces,and write their own forward dynamics simulation code using software such as MATLAB. Theformalism is based on the use of parasitic (stiff) springs to allow a small but finite relaxation ofideal joint constraints. Stiff springs break dependencies among the generalized coordinates ofconnected bodies and thereby allow derivation of a set of explicit first-order ordinary differentialequations. Joint forces are found from parasitic spring deflections. Moreover, a consistent

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael J. Caylor; Bruce Chesley

occur, which is the fundamental reason forthis program. Our experience is that both group learning and independent thinking are enhanced,and the curriculum provides first-hand experience in the development of space technology aswell as opportunities for discovering new knowledge.I. Program Objectives and BackgroundOur fundamental goal with the USAFA small satellite program is to provide a broad,applications-oriented experience of space technology for our undergraduate students.Technology can be defined as the “application of science, engineering, and industrialorganization to create a human-built world.”1 Designing, building, and operating a smallspacecraft is the focus for experiencing all these aspects of technology. The specific objectives

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Research University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

computing play a central role in much of modernscientific research. Almost all analytical theories require the help of a computer tocomplete the calculations. On the experimental side, computers are essential for thecontrol of experiments and the collection and analysis of data. However, computationalphysics also includes a fundamentally different way of doing physics that goes beyondusing the computer as a specific tool. We have in mind the part of computational physics,called computer simulations1, 8-11, in contrast to many of the tasks listed above which weclassify as numerical analysis. Using a computer to model physical systems is at its bestmore art than science. The successful computation al physicist exploits the numericalpower of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ukulele tops to teach materials engineering fundamentals such as the elasticconstant, specific stiffness, density, bending stress and deflection. An inexpensiveukulele kit ($25) is used to construct the instruments with the alternative materials toillustrate the results of implementing the key design parameters on the sound of theinstrument. The paper delineates the design parameters and equations needed for theukulele tops so that other faculty members can easily use these concepts as an activelearning tool. The paper also describes in detail how to construct the instruments with thenew tops and how the tonal effects can be measured. Although mahogany and koa woodsare the traditional choices for ukulele tops, a wide range of materials can be

Collection

Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Lynn Heasley

Farrell 21 Book Review: Fundamental Concepts and Computations in Chemical Rowan University Engineering by Vivek Utgikar Reviewed by J. Richard Elliott Jr. Tamara Floyd-Smith Tuskegee University Laura Ford University of Tulsa Marcel Liauw Aachen Technical University Polly Piergiovanni Lafayette College Uttandaraman Sundararaj CHEMICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION [ISSN 0009-2479 (print); ISSN 2165-6428 (online)] is published quarterly University of Calgary

Conference Session

Software & Web-based Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Wang, Arizona State University; Michael Goryll, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

institutions have some distance learning offerings as of 20143.Our large, public, research university (Arizona State University) has started to offer its ABETaccredited undergraduate program in a fully online format beginning fall 2013, with the goal ofproviding online students the same high quality educational experience as the on-site students4.At the time of this writing, our degree program is one of the only two ABET accredited BSelectrical engineering programs in the nation offered in a 100% online format5.Digital Design Fundamentals is the first electrical engineering course on this online bachelordegree program major map. An online version of the course was designed to deliver equivalentcontent and assessment comparable to the face-to-face

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Carli D. Flynn; Cliff I. Davidson; Sharon Dotger

— This paper reports preliminary evidence that II. EXPLORATORY WORKmany engineering students possess robust misconceptions aboutrates of change in processes. Exploratory testing on this issue led A. Objectivesto the development of the Rate and Accumulation ConceptInventory (RACI), which is intended to assess the extent and The primary objective of the exploratory study was totypes of misconceptions about rate processes. Initial results of determine whether there are robust student misconceptionsthis instrument indicate the presence of multiple levels of that may impede student learning of applied engineeringmisconceptions

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Fisher

improvement within the Lower Division of the engineering program. The CivilEngineering (CE), Industrial Engineering (IE), Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Metallurgical& Materials Engineering (MME) programs met throughout 1999 to discuss ways of reorganizingtheir Lower Division programs. The final result of the process, which was implemented in theFall of 2000, is a common Lower Division curriculum for undergraduate students in theseprograms. In the common Lower Division curriculum, CE, IE, ME and MME students take acommon basic engineering core of eight courses: ENGR 1401 – Introduction to Engineering, BE1205 - Graphic Fundamentals, BE 2434 - Mechanics I, BE 2326 - Engineering Economy, BE2338 – Mechanics II, BE 2375 – Introduction to Thermo-Fluid

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Chris Groscurth, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

software programs). Adam asserted the importanceof fundamental math skills, when he said, “If you cannot do fundamental principles andfundamental analysis –and you need math to do that—then anything that you design, won’t haveany guaranteed properties, [and it] won’t have any desired things that you want.” Manu agreedwith this idea when he said, As far as the fundamentals of like what is physics, what is math, and what are core skill sets…those should be the same; however, there are more resources now that students do need to understand how to use.Another participant, Nathan, commented on the importance of learning how to use technologywhen he said, engineering undergraduates “definitely need to understand computers and

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Loker

Session 2147 Remote Data Acquisition using Bluetooth David R. Loker, P.E. Collin G. Frampton, Titan J. McElhaney, Jonathan R. Mook, Anthony M. Sansone Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractIn this paper, a remote data acquisition project using Bluetooth technology is presented for asenior technical elective telecommunications course in the Electrical Engineering TechnologyBaccalaureate Program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. There are several noteworthycharacteristics of this project

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Grading and Artificial Intelligence

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Singelmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Catherine Mcgough Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ellen Patricia Thompson, Minnesota State University - Iron Range Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

“fundamental principles”, so identifying intended course objectives is not justa feature of the SBG courses. Therefore, we conclude that there is some evidence to support thatstudents recognize intended course objectives, but that this does not necessarily differ from otheralternative grading strategies.Gain 2. Opportunities for self-evaluate/assessDuring the interviews, multiple students mentioned self-assessment practices. Tim noted that hewould attempt and reattempt problems to support his learning: “I write down what I know andapproach the problem. A lot of times I get them right, sometimes I don't. When I don't, I go backto my notes and see what I missed, and that eventually supplements my knowledge.” However,when asked how this compares to other