Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

AC 2012-2939: PLUMBERS AND PROFESSIONALISMDr. Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn Dyrud is a Full Professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology and regularly teaches classes in business and technical writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics. She is part of the faculty team for the Civil Engineering Department’s integrated senior project. She is active in ASEE as a regular presenter, moderator, and paper reviewer; she has also served as her campus’ representative for 17 years, as Chair of the Pacific Northwest Section, and as section newsletter Editor. She was named an ASEE Fellow in 2008, and two years later received the McGraw Award. Currently, she is on

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Alexander; Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Rainer Fink

Session 3375Synergy of Applied Research and Education in Engineering Technology Rainer J. Fink, Jay Porter, James A. Ochoa, Richard M. Alexander Texas A&M UniversityAbstractEngineering technology programs at Texas A&M University are housed within a College ofEngineering that enjoys ever-increasing success in research productivity. Faculty across thecountry who serve in engineering technology programs are often attracted to those programsprimarily because of their desire to devote most of their time working with students in theclassroom and laboratory, while minimizing the time devoted to research

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Igor M. Verner; Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

Disciplines: 1 electronics, 2 computers, 3 programming, 4 mechanics, 5 control, 6 systems design, 7 robotics laboratory,8 team-work practice Fig. 2. Progress in disciplinesAccording to Fig. 2, all groups achieved progress in every discipline. This result indicates thatrobot contest designs introduced all groups to an integrated view of engineering science subjects.The levels of progress given by K-12 students for most of the disciplines are between"considerable" and "extensive". This fact indicates that robotics projects are within schoolstudents’ powers and can provide them with broad technical backgrounds. The highest progressis reported

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John C. Anderson; David Kelso; Charles Yarnoff; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

Session 2461 Using Multi-Disciplinary Teams to Teach Communication to Engineers, Or "Practicing What We Preach" B. Shwom, P. Hirsch, J. Anderson, C. Yarnoff & D. Kelso Northwestern UniversityAbstractMany new engineering courses tell students how important it is to write clear reports andproposals, deliver polished oral presentations, communicate effectively with clients, and workwell on multi-disciplinary teams. This paper suggests one model for accomplishing theseobjectives: a design and communication course for engineering freshmen based on a cross-disciplinary approach and taught by multi

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Moore

Session 3286 Add Sizzle to Your Electronics Curriculum Charles Moore Arkansas State Technical InstituteI. IntroductionThis paper, of particular interest to the new educator in a two-year electronics program, presentsinnovative classroom and laboratory techniques which have proven to enhance student learningand interest. Technology students, often kinesthetic learners, may not learn easily from lecturesbut respond well to alternative methods and will listen if their interest is piqued by an element offun or sizzle.II. Improving Classroom AttitudeSince attitude

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Heidersbach; David Gibbs; Daniel Walsh; Alan Demmons

to be of “subpeonable” quality and is graded as such.N Scenario-Based Assignments. These tools are based on scenarios generated by faculty and industry advisors that describe typical or critical situations faced by staff in industry. The assignment is a short scenario that sets up the context of an engineering failure--students are asked to describe the process they would engage in to analyze and correct the problem.N Failure Analysis Project Report - Reports will be used to evaluate skill development over the course of a major failure analysis project. The report includes a proposal, an ongoing student log of problems and solutions, and a technical report replete with executive summary. Students are required to give a

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefani A. Bjorklund; Patrick T. Terenzini; John M. Parente; Alberto F. Cabrera

Session Number 2630 Preparing for ABET 2000: Assessment at the Classroom Level Patrick T. Terenzini Alberto F. Cabrera John M. Parente Stefani A. Bjorklund The Pennsylvania State UniversityThe nature of the classroom experience has recently regained recognition as one of the mostsignificant factors influencing college students’ cognitive and affective development. Whileknowledge of the role of classroom experiences is extensive in general education

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Elisa P. Goulart, Texas A&M University; Chris Corti, Ph.D., Cisco Systems, Inc.; Matthew Robert Hawkes, Cisco

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Page 22.21.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A College-Industry Research Partnership on Software Development for Undergraduate StudentsAbstractCollaboration means working together for a special purpose. When industry and academiacollaborate, their purposes may be very different, e.g., academia focuses on education andtheoretical research, and industry in general focuses on products and process efficiency.Therefore, it is not easy for faculty members in engineering programs to find collaborationprojects that represent a win-win situation for both industry and academia. Such projects canrepresent a major contribution to the education of our engineering students.In this paper, we

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jennings; Melanie McNeil; Art Diaz

programs inexistence. Environmental curriculum from SJSU, De Anza Community College and MissionCommunity College was collated and evaluated. Industrial representatives worked with SJSUand the participating Community Colleges in selecting appropriate courses, both existing andthose which would require development, while maintaining university program requirements suchas general education content. Once a month over a six month period the sub-committee met withthe entire Focus Group to receive input on the curriculum as it was being developed. One of theresults from this Focus Group was the development of an Engineering EHS track with thecurriculum shown in Table 1. After acceptance of the developed curriculum by the Focus Group,it was again sent out

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Schreuders; Arthur Johnson

Session 2408 The Wizard of BOD Paul D. Schreuders, Arthur Johnson University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractSeveral years ago, the Biological Resources Engineering Department reexamined and updatedthe format of its Capstone Design Project. The revised Capstone Design experience was intendedto give students an opportunity to manage a product while observing resource constraints.Unfortunately, very few course plans survive intact after contact with the students. This casestudy will examine the intended processes, the successes, and the failures of the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

Figure 7 (b): Pitch Control for Helicopter using State Estimation VII. ConclusionA course and lab in state-variable feedback was developed as a technical elective for students inElectrical Engineering Technology at University of Cincinnati. The lectures, exercises, and labswere designed using MATLAB and SIMULINK to illustrate the advantages of state-feedbackcontrol without using rigorous mathematics.Bibliography[1] MATLAB and SIMULINK, The MathWorks, Inc., 24 Prime Park Way, Natick, MA 01760.[2] Feedback Control Systems, Phillips and Harbor, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2000.[3] Modern Control Systems, Dorf and Bishop, 7th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1995.[4] Feedback Incorporated, P.O. Box 400, 437 Dimmocks Mill Rd., Hillsborough N.C. 27278

Conference Session

Freshman Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

learningexperience for him as well as the freshmen. Most undergraduates at Harvey Mudd do not havethe opportunity to teach.ProjectsThe final third of each semester is dedicated to the class project. The project each year has beendrawn from the Harvey Mudd Clinic program. Clinic teams generally consist of four juniors andseniors working on a year-long project sponsored by industry. Most clinic teams are not familiarwith chip design and delegate work to the freshmen, which is exciting for the freshmen and givesthe seniors experience managing technical development in an unfamiliar area. The author’scriteria for choosing a project is that the chip should be an optional but useful addition to theclinic. As the chip may not work, it should not be essential to the

Conference Session

New Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

Session 2533 Incorporation of an Energy Conservation Theme into Thermal Science Courses Mark Schumack University of Detroit MercyI. IntroductionThis paper describes how I wove the theme of energy conservation into two engineering scienceclasses, Thermodynamics I and Heat Transfer. I believed that teaching these courses with a themewould not only liven up the material for the students, but also present an opportunity for me asthe instructor to become more aware of contemporary energy conservation issues. Additionally, Ihave taught

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Rachel Klapper, Middle Tennessee State University; Sandi Hyde, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

has performed extensive research and pub- lished numerous technical papers. He has secured over one million dollars in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. This funding has come from several organizations, including the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Rayce, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and dedication to his students, Dr. Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Wahyu Lestari, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Shirley Anne Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona

Tagged Divisions

Materials

in a tension mode, answer (a). Theauthors believe that since the applied load generates shear stresses, the students think that the rodwill fail due to shear stress without considering the type of material. Similar observations aremade for Problem 2, which is similar in concept to Problem 1 but with different material andload conditions. Table 2: Detail results of the incorrect answer for each question. Course Aero Engr. Failure Aero Strc. I Question Beginning sem. End semester End semester 1 93% 71% 65% 2 80% 43% 80

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

,university recruiters, and practicing professionals from our area.This paper will present an analysis of our experience with the challenges encountered and theencouraging results of the first five years of the MESA Program at our community college, aswell as offer recommendations and outline future plans. Page 23.1199.2Brief HistorySince its inception in 1970 the MESA Program has been the subject of numerous papers andarticles documenting its success in helping students excel in math and science and go on to attaindegrees in the fields of engineering, science and mathematics (1), (2), (3), (4), (5). This one will addanother perspective to this body of

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Warren Plugge, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

(CWU)have a choice of two curriculum options: General Construction, which focuses primarily onbuilding construction or Heavy-Civil Construction, which focuses mainly on roads, bridges, andutility construction. Regardless of the two tracks, all students are introduced the basic conceptsof making, curing, and testing concrete cylinders for concrete placement applications whether fora building or bridge. Both courses are taught parallel to each other includes a required eleven-week four-credit (quarter system) senior level course entitled Concrete Construction for theGeneral Construction and Asphalt and Pavement Design for the Heavy-Civil Constructionstudents. The courses emphasize using concrete as a building material and managing

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Neve, Portland State University; Shannon K. Keith-Marsoun, Portland State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

snapshot of students’ perceptions of the supportavailable to them from instructional staff, mentors, and peers at Invention Bootcamp.Nineteen of the 24 Invention Bootcamp students responded to part one of the survey, fora 79 percent response rate. Part two of the student survey was administered during thefinal week of the program. Twenty-three of the 24 Invention Bootcamp studentsresponded to part two of the survey, for a 96 percent response rate. Finally, we administered a brief online survey to the program’s mentors, and all eightmentors (100 percent) completed the survey. The key Findings are listed below.1) Students were well supported by mentors, instructors, and other students2) Students gained knowledge, confidence and technical skills

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breanna M. W. Bailey, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

senior design course sequence should address this deficiency, perhaps through integration with business students. Students will benefit from learning how to integrate the technical side of engineering with business processes.VI. AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1259029.VII. References[1] J. Baughman, G. Mosher, A. Gansemer-Topf, T. Dhadphale, “Feabisility of Developing a Sustainable Multidisciplinary Senior Capstone Experience,” in 2016 ASEE 1Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, USA, June 26-29, 2016, 10.18260/p.26897.[2] A. Jariwala, S. Vaish, and D. Rosen, “Enabling Institute-wide Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian Peterson, U.S. Air Force Academy; Susan Elmore, US Air Force Academy ; Al DUPE Mundy, United States Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #6593Hands-on Learning of Commercial Electrical Wiring Practices for ElectricalEngineering Students Through Two-University Cooperative EffortDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1993. He then joined the Univer- sity of Idaho where he is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His interests are in power electronics, broadly construed, to benefit the people of the Inland Pacific Northwest.Dr. Brian Peterson, U.S. Air Force Academy Brian S. Peterson is a Principal Systems Engineer at the LinQuest Corporation providing technical

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Heather L. Frost; Ziaur Rahman, The University of Texas at Arlington

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. While this course did nothave a component that readily lent itself to an intervention, it is considered to be the best optionfor an intervention in the sophomore year because the other sophomore level CE courses haveless flexibility in their content and have less flexibility in learning objectives. The interventiontypically occurs during a single three hour laboratory session in the summer when there is onlyone section or in two one hour lecture sessions in the Fall semester when there are severalsections to the course. The intervention steps appear in Table 1. TABLE 1 CE 2331 Intervention Process INTERVENTION 1 Introduction (Intervention Objective) 2

Conference Session

Bart's Big Plan: Engaging High Schoolers in Engineering Adventures ... Ay Caramba!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Per G. Norstrom, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH); Charlotta Nordlöf, Linkoping University; Konrad J. Schönborn; Jonas Hallström, Linkoping University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

stimulate real-world industrial experiences formechanical engineering students at a College of Technology in New York. The course instructorassumed the position as engineering manager for a technical design concern, and the aim of therole-play was to represent an internship experience. Of the seven students participating in theexercise, the freshman students took on the function of drafters, while the more senior studentsfunctioned as designers and project engineers. The assignments included the design of differentproducts requiring a range of technical detail, and desired needs from the customers. Oneexample included design solutions to recycle used wooden pallets. During the process, studentswere confronted with various design, economical, and

Conference Session

Learning Styles

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Knight; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

Session 2430 Skills Assessment in Hands-On Learning and Implications for Gender Differences in Engineering Education Daniel W. Knight, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, Susan J. Poole and Lawrence E. Carlson Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractA comprehensive course evaluation plan is a helpful tool for the development and revision ofnew curricula. One component of an evaluation plan is the assessment o

Conference Session

Computer Based Grading and Learning Styles

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the compression ratio, the frame rate, andresolution of the video. Video resolutions were generally 600 x 800 with a frame rate of 15frames per second. Higher compression rations and lower resolutions yielded smaller fileswhich were easier to return to students but suffered from video processing artifacts. Overall, inall cases, the students did not have trouble with the videos from a technical standpoint, as isshown in Figure 7.I was able to read the text on the video.Course SA A N D SDSoftware Requirements and Specification 72% 14% 14% 0% 0%Operating Systems Design

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Lawrence Carter, University of Auckland; Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Technology Sydney; Bernard Guillemin, The University of Auckland; Mark Andrews, University of Auckland; Waleed Abdulla, University of Auckland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students identified and thenumber of Foundation tutorial sessions run are presented in Table 1. Course Year Class Size Number of Number of at-risk Foundation students tutorials Circ. & Sys 2008 149 42 6 Circ. & Sys 2009 133 63 13 Electromag. 2008 148 35 6 Electromag. 2009 131 42 5 Electronics 2009 131 38

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Brent Cobb, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin; Saad Eways, Austin Community College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

name technically was firstgiven to the technique developed and named by Osborn. Osborn’s Brainstorming is a familiargroup idea generation technique. Osborn’s Brainstorming starts with the problem beingexplained by a facilitator to the group. Then the group verbally exchanges ideas following fourbasic rules: (1) criticism is not allowed, (2) “wild ideas” are welcomed, (3) build off eachothers’ ideas, and (4) a large quantity of ideas is sought.Another group idea generation technique particularly useful for engineering design since itincludes sketching in the process is 6-3-5. During 6-3-5 six participants are seated around atable, and each silently describes 3 ideas in a fixed amount of time (usually 10-15 minutes) ona large sheet of paper. The

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Trenor, Clemson University; Shirley Yu, University of Houston; Denise Grant, Clemson University; Hibah Salem, Univesity of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

fulfilling program requirements such as creating a technical poster, while others consisted oflively discussions about challenges and opportunities of fostering a new generation of engineers.To support participants in developing a teaching module related to their summer research, aconsultant presented a one and one-half day training session on developing and delivering a“Legacy Cycle” teaching module. Full details regarding the Legacy Cycle theory andimplementation can be found elsewhere1,3. In short, the Legacy Cycle method is based ondeveloping curriculum using the four types of “centeredness” identified in How People Learn4:knowledge-centeredness, learner centeredness, assessment centeredness, and communitycenteredness. The learning cycle starts

Conference Session

Informal Engineering Education with Secondary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Latricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr., North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Javon Marcell Adams, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

ninthgraders and continued through to the junior year. The course was designed to provide exposure toresearch methods in STEM, engineering design principles and STEM careers and professionals.Course topics included research and career opportunities in STEM, the scientific method,engineering design process, data collection and analysis, fundamentals of Microsoft Excel andstatistics. Each part of the course consisted of 10 class sessions for two hours per session as a partof the MSEN Saturday Academy. A two hour SAT/ACT preparation session was included as anancillary component of the course. Class sessions were held in an academic building on thecampus of NCSU.Course Learning ObjectivesAt the conclusion of the course students should be able to: 1

Conference Session

New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph Benin, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Randall, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

”. Ofnote, the most negative feedback was in regards to “Required reading/textbooks are valuable”but generally anything above a 3.5 is considered positive. Figure 1. End of Course Student Feedback from First OfferingIn addition to providing numeric feedback, students are also asked to comment on the things theymost liked and disliked about the course. The most prevalent positives were related to the opendiscussion of current cyber events in an open discussion format. Feedback included:  “I liked that there wasn’t a lecture every day and that the class revolves around open discussion…”  “We did current events at the beginning of class which helped broaden our views.”  “I would highly recommend this course and

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Maughmer

possibilities expected from nanotechnology,information technology, and bioengineering. ... Other engineering applications, such astransgenic food, technologies that affect personal privacy, and nuclear technologies, raisecomplex social and ethical challenges. Future engineers must be prepared to help the publicconsider and resolve these dilemmas. Challenges will also arise from new global competition,requiring thoughtful and concerted action if engineering in the United States is to retain itsvibrancy and strength.” Table 1 compares the NAE’s summary description of the “IngeniousEngineer of 2020” with the Boeing-generated “Desired Attributes of an Engineer” 14 from themid-1990s. There are some differences. Industry’s move towards “large systems