Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gareth W. Figgess, California State University, Sacramento; Rustin G. Vogt, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

andprinciple into immediate use. Such project-based learning opportunities are commonlyemployed in senior design courses as a culminating experience but are typically heldindependently within each discrete discipline or department. While this simplifies theadministration of the courses, it foregoes the opportunity for multidisciplinary collaboration.Upon graduation and gaining employment, students are likely to find themselves on a projectteam that integrates people of varied engineering disciplines and educational backgrounds. Inrecognition of this, the accreditation bodies for engineering, construction management, andinterior design programs, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), theAmerican Council for Construction

Conference Session

CAD/CAM in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

analysisof the machining and assembly operations on a new V6 engine. In this scenario engine cylinderheads were to be received at a dock and delivered either to a machining line, or if pre-machinedwere to be sent directly to an assembly line. Parts for machining had specified processing timesprior to assembly. A principle component of the analysis was evaluation of whether multiple lifttrucks could keep up, or if a trailer train with multiple carts would be more effective. The logisticsand throughput for a cylinder head line was simulated with alternative material handlingequipment, including lift trucks, AGVs and trailer trains. The visualization and recommendationsof the simulation led to factory layout revisions.Company CollaborationsThe issue of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Morgan M. Fong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Seth Poulsen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

looked to interventions to bridge these gaps. Inchemistry, Stieff et. al [22] found that training students in mixed spatial-analytic problem-solvingstrategies eliminated the gender gap in an introductory organic chemistry series. However,Stieff’s interventions depended on the invariant, canonical nature of diagrams in chemistryeducation, whereas computer science instructors do not agree on canonical diagram conventionsor how existing diagram conventions should be used. In engineering, Sorby and colleaguesdeveloped a spatial ability course for low spatial ability students, resulting in significantlyimproved grades in later courses and better retention rates [23], [24]. In computer science, therehave now been a few studies demonstrating that

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John K. Estell

student by providing the StringTokenizer class. The StringTokenizer class is usedto process an input source code file into tokens, allowing for easy recognition of numbers, words,end of lines, and end of file. The methods for this class will even allow for the automaticskipping over of both the “slash-star” and “slash-slash” styles of comments if desired, making thewriting of the parser almost trivial.ConclusionOne of the best methods for encouraging students to learn the material being presented in acourse is to let them “get their hands dirty” through the use of implementation activities. Havingto produce something that works forces students into acquiring an understanding about what isgoing on. However, this should not necessarily mean that

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

help learnersunderstand and use the special features of these areas. The issues span numerous disciplinesacross engineering, science, economics and sociology. Technical innovations from spaceresearch are summarized. Learning approaches to convey depth and breadth are presented.The public appetite for micro energy solutions, and the relevant price points are discussed.Hybrid systems integrating extraction of multiple resources, and adaptable for multipleapplications, can break through mass market price barriers. Recent work by the MicroRenewable Energy Laboratory to develop learning resources and test beds is summarized.Two courses have been developed. One is a cross-disciplinary elective course open to juniorsand seniors across the campus. The

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

International Conference on Systems Engineering, ICSEng 2020, pp. 223–233, Springer, 2021.[13] T. Inaoka, H. Shintaku, T. Nakagawa, S. Kawano, H. Ogita, T. Sakamoto, S. Hamanishi, H. Wada, and J. Ito, “Piezoelectric materials mimic the function of the cochlear sensory epithelium,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 108, no. 45, pp. 18390–18395, 2011.[14] Autodesk, “Tinkercad.” https://www.tinkercad.com/dashboard, Accessed January 2023.[15] A. H. Kioumars and L. Tang, “Wireless network for health monitoring: heart rate and temperature sensor,” in 2011 Fifth International Conference on Sensing Technology, pp. 362–369, IEEE, 2011.[16] H. Mansor, M. H. A. Shukor, S. S. Meskam, N. Q. A. M. Rusli, and N. S. Zamery

Conference Session

Capstone Design in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, Erebus Labs; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

work looks at the impact of authentic value- added capstone projects on student’s soft skills by comparing results of a multi-year collaboration survey given to multiple senior capstone teams. The observed trends suggest that projects with community impact (irrespective of size or geographic constraint) foster increased communication, participation, and ultimately collaboration.Introduction There is a worldwide push to engage and develop K-12 student interest in Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines1. Some STEM collegiate programs,such as civil and mechanical engineering, seem to have a plethora of incoming and returningstudents.Why?Buildingblocks

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Robotics Research Group and teaches in the Mechanical Engineering Department. As a researcher, his efforts have focused on software development for robotic systems. Recent research efforts include human/robot interactions, mobile manipulation, and robotic workcell integration including projects funded by NSF, DARPA, DOE/NNSA, and ONR among others. In the ME Department, he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in programming, numerical methods, and robotics, as well as co-developed a nuclear automation interdisciplinary graduate program. Additionally, he has received academic development funding to study presence and stability in online PSI courses.Cameron Booth, University of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott J. Amos; James L. Otter

. Instead, theywould focus on leading, guiding and mentoring groups of students in design, operations,methodology and management in a simulated construction company environment. This processwould require students at each level, first year through graduate, to become part of a multi-faceted, multi-functional construction design/manage/construct organization inside a universityenvironment. Faculty would become company officers, CEOs, senior project managers,department managers, etc. First year students would assume introductory roles (plan reviewers,as-built and shop drawing developers, quantity takeoff surveyors, etc.). Each year a studentwould move up to a different more advanced role. Field engineers, material testers andestimators at the second

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marvin Durango, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jose Garcia; Erick Borders, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs; Brittany Newell; Farid Breidi, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

an XR relief valve laboratory.8) References[1] H. Assaf and A. Vacca, “Hydraulic Trainer for Hands-on and Virtual Labs for Fluid Power Curriculum,” Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power, pp. 8–25, Jun. 2021, Accessed: Feb. 03, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://ecp.ep.liu.se/index.php/sicfp/article/view/24[2] K. N. Otto and K. L. Wood, “Product Evolution: A Reverse Engineering and Redesign Methodology,” Research in Engineering Design 1998 10:4, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 226–243, 1998, doi: 10.1007/S001639870003.[3] D. Kolb, Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Pearon Education, 2014.[4] K. Hawtrey, “Using Experiential Learning Techniques,” http://dx.doi.org

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sallie 'Lee' Townsend; Natalie Segal

that different intelligences led students down different paths intheir attempted solutions. For instance, one alphabet game had the instructor askquestions that required a letter of the alphabet in the answer. “What letter of the alphabetis a bird?” The expected answer is J; the Audio Engineering Technology students, whosemusical intelligence includes a high degree of aural involvement, responded very quicklywith that answer. Other students, whose strengths lie in visual or ki nesthetic intelligence,couldn’t answer the alphabet riddles as quickly. One Architecture student said, “I waslooking for something that looked like a bird.” On the other hand, when we moved toproblems that could be diagramed for solution, for example, logic puzzles

Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Tech; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

first year engineering.Dr. John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University Dr. John K Estell is Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern Uni- versity, providing instruction primarily in the areas of introductory computer programming and first-year engineering. He has been on the faculty of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department since 2001, and served as department chair from 2001-2010. He received a B.S.C.S.E. degree from The University of Toledo and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Estell is a Fellow of ASEE, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi

Conference Session

STEM and ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Marcio Luna, University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder, University of New Mexico; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Chaouki T Abdallah, The University of New Mexico ; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

content to real-worldproblems; to work collaboratively with other students using electronic communication anddocument-sharing platforms; to work with embedded tutors and TAs; and to work withinstructors to link group projects to lectures, modules and assessments. The following is the listof courses covered by the NSF-TUES project complemented with a brief description of thecontents:ECE 101: Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering (1 credit). Insight intoelectrical engineering is gained through videos, hands-on experiments, use of computer softwareto learn basic problem-solving skills and a team-oriented design project.ECE 131: Programming Fundamentals (3 credits). This class covers fundamentalprogramming concepts including

Conference Session

The Transition from Secondary to College Mathematics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University; Olivier Frédéric Pfeiffer, Technische Universität Berlin; Omar Musa Hasan, American University of Mdaba; Erhard Zorn, Technische Universität Berlin

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

CourseAbstractAt the beginning of their studies the majority of freshmen are overcharged in the transition fromhigh school to academic education. The biggest continual problems appear in mathematics forengineering students or natural scientists. This is based on the high degree of abstraction and onthe fact that the mathematical education takes place at the beginning of their studies. Thus,deficiencies become apparent at an early stage. In order to facilitate freshmen’s transition fromhigh school to the university the Department of Mathematics of Technische Universität Berlinoffers a four-week introductory course to mathematics before the beginning of each semester.The course is addressed particularly to freshmen of engineering, natural sciences

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepika Sangam, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent Jesiek, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech. His research is focused on the social, historical, global, and epistemological dimensions of engineering and computing, with particular emphasis on subjects related to computer engineering, engineering education, and educational technology. Page 15.277.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Circuits Concept Inventories: A Comparative AnalysisKeywords: circuits, comparative analysis, concept inventories, DC, electrical engineering,conceptual understandingAbstractIn this

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri; Simon Obeid; Gusteau Duclos, DeVry University

. comprehension and knowledge retention as in [3]. The • Carnegie Learning: This platform combines AI-driven analysis includes statistical comparisons of assessment scores, adaptive learning techniques with cognitive science student feedback on AI-generated material, and qualitative principles to improve math education. It offers insights from educators. Additionally, we assess the customized learning pathways based on student adaptability of AI tools in different educational settings and progress and comprehension levels. their effectiveness in fostering critical thinking and creativity among

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities.Ronald Earley, Miami University Page 12.291.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessment Results of a Senior Design Capstone CourseAbstractIn Review of Educational Research, published by the National Institute for ScienceEducation of Madison, Wisconsin, Springer, Stanne & Donovan report on a meta-analysis conducted during 1998-1999. In their paper entitled Effects of small-grouplearning on undergraduates in science, mathematics, engineering and technology, theyconclude that small-group learning promotes greater student achievement, increasesretention in courses

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

≠ Social skills, communication, leadership, teamwork ≠ Ready for new knowledge ≠ Practical, big picture thinkers ≠ Work outside their defined roles, take leadership positions ≠ Look beyond their own role in the process, beyond the suppliers and customersAn exhaustive list of topics currently needed is easily obtained by looking at the publicationscatalog of a society like the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). But looking forward theneeds seem to be focused on emerging areas. ≠ New disciplines: Nano-materials and machines, bio-products, electronics ≠ Computer driven systems and processes ≠ New technologies driven by energy, environment ≠ Going beyond metals for materials and processesWithin the SME the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; David F. Bahr, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shelley N Pressley, Washington State University; Kimberly R Schneider, University of Central Florida; John C Lusth, University of Alabama

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

received a B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Purdue, and then received a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota in 1997.Dr. Shelley N Pressley, Washington State University Dr. Shelley Pressley earned her B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Washington State University all in Civil and Environmental Engineering. She worked as a hazardous waste environmental consultant with ABB Environmental Services, Inc. in Portland, ME for about five years before pursuing her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Since graduating with her Ph.D. in 2004, she has been at Washington State University. She currently holds two half-time positions. One position is as an

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sameer Kumar; John Walker; Jeffrey A. Jalkio; James Rehg

-traditional.In the past few years, there has been a noticeable surge in distance learning education offered byvarious educational institutions. Many universities and colleges have started different ways toreach out the non-traditional, many of whom are non-resident students. The University ofPhoenix has started a graduate degree in computer science on the Internet. MIT is offering agraduate program in Logistics through Internet. The National Technological University (NTU)had been offering both undergraduate and graduate science and engineering programs for the pastseveral years, broadcast to various remote sites across US, through the one way video and audiodelivered via NTU satellite communication network. Since Fall 1996, the University ofWisconsin

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Michael Dunn, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael G. Schrlau, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

). Prior to joining RIT, Dr. Schrlau was a Research Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University (2009-2011), an Adjunct Professor in Materi- als Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania (2009-2010), and a postdoctoral fellow in Pharmacology at Temple University. Dr. Schrlau has over 7 years of combined engineering and opera- tions experience in the consumer products industry. His research appears in several high impact journals, including Nature Nanotechnoloy, ACS Nano, Small, and Nanotechnology, was featured in Nanotech- nology and ACS Nano, and has resulted in several patents. Dr. Schrlau is interested in several aspects critical to the interface of nanotechnology and

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi; Lewis Frederick Jones III, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. Page 25.1451.2A key member of all construction projects is the construction manager. In most instancesconstruction managers have university degrees offered by multiple education programs acrossthe country. However, education techniques used in universities today do not provide studentswith enough realistic construction project experience, whether it is hands-on or simulated 1.Thus, students do not rise to their full potential at the universities, leaving them unprepared toface the challenges of real-world project management.ObjectiveIn order to address this lack of realistic experience among young engineers, the performedproject proposed the use of a new educational medium known as “virtual reality environments”to create an interactive

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roya Javadpour

Creative Approach to Teaching Project Management Service Learning Roya Javadpour California Polytechnic State UniversityIntroductionA project is a complex, non-routine, one-time effort limited by time, budget, resources,and performance specifications designed to meet customer needs[1]. Therefore, theyrequire a unique approach to management and administration. A creative approach istaken in designing and teaching the graduate level Technological Project Managementcourse offered as part of the Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering department’sprogram at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. The coursecovers the basic

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Paige Janae Harvey, Morgan State University; Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University

. Kornegay. Her research focus is security and privacy of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT).Ms. Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University Otily Toutsop is a Ph.D. student with a concentration on secure embedded systems in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Morgan State University. She is also affiliated with the Cybersecu- rity Assurance and Policy (CAP) center. She received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Her research interests focus on IoT Security, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cyber-physical system, software security, home automation systems, and networking security. Her work has been published in several conferences, including the IEEE Computer Science, IEEE Applied Imagery

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Coleman; Hisham Alnajjar; Hesham Elsaghir; Alan Hadad; Donald Leone

Information Systems (GIS) have the potential to beone of these fields ….. Many extraordinary systems have already been built, and over the nextfew years, an increasing number of GIS applications will go on line”2. It is not surprising thatGIS would be compatible with the Internet, since all of the data is digital in nature, and easilydisplayed in visual form. Thus, the course material is already in a format amenable to distancelearning. The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department recognized early on the symbioticrelationship between the Internet and GIS instruction and use. In 1997, under a NSF grant, a website to aid in the teaching of GIS was developed. The site was named GATE (GeospatialAnalysis, Technology and Education - URL

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

ideas and concepts from previous work listed here, the authorundertook a redesign of his mechanics classes (statics and strength of materials) toinclude interactive engagement, cooperative learning and peer instruction. The idea of“teaching-notes”1 was modernized by the faculty’s use of current technology consistingof a media projector and a tablet-pc with ink technology. Digital ink-technology is theterm used for writing on a tablet-pc screen using free hand writing. The students in theclass did not use tablet-pc. Page 15.1323.2BeginningsTo begin the process, the concept of mini lectures based on informal cooperative learningexperiences of Johnson, et

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janak Dave; Thomas Boronkay

atthe University of Cincinnati. He received his PhD from the University of Cincinnati. He has presentedpapers at ASEE Annual Conferences, ASME International Congress, and several international conferencesand conducted CAD/CAM/CAE workshops nationally and internationally. He has also served in variouscapacities on the DEED, EDG and International Divisions’ executive committees.James Henize received his BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Cincinnati,College of Applied Science in 2002. He has been employed by GE Aircraft Engines since 1986, workingas an assembly supervisor, process control engineering specialist, and assembly configuration controlspecialist

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 13: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Hertz, Northeastern University

Paper ID #37832Work In Progress: Technical Consulting as an ExperientialForm of Peer TutoringJoshua L. Hertz (Associate Teaching Professor) Dr. Hertz earned a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University in 1999 and then a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. Following this, he worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor in September 2008, leading a lab that researched the

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Maryam Nasri; Stephanie Goldberg

to address a lack of math preparedness.Fig 1. Recommended Sequence of Courses Electrical Engineering Technology Majors(Electronics/Smart Grid) 2.2. Course DesignThe course begins with an introductory module covering essential components and mathematicalmodeling. It emphasizes Ohm's Law, the application of simulation, and hands-on experienceswith breadboard connections to deepen students' comprehension. This groundwork paves theway for exploring the upcoming Motor-based Labs.Moving to the second module, students work with the Arduino board as an example of amicrocontroller system. Applications for small electronics projects involving LEDs, switches,and potentiometers build fundamental Arduino programming skills. After working with

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University; Matthew R. O'Toole, Kettering University; Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University; Steven Nartker, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

.   Figure 1 Sample outtput for biogass digester mod delCourse evaluation Sttudent survey ys indicate th hat the studeents enjoy thhis term project since itinvolves aspects of biochemistry b , chemical engineering, e mechanical engineeringg, economicss andbusiness.. The naturee of this project is based on alternativve fuel and GGreen princiiples which aareinterestin ng for many students, an nd since it inv volves usingg the computter, it does nnot seem asdreary ass hand calcullations