Conference Session

CEIII Wrapup

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Hull Seale, UCSB; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

controlled experiment have been developed to complement K-16 curriculum. The K-12 materials address content found in the California Science Standards. The university levelmodule could be used in a geotechnical engineering or earthquake engineering course. All ofthese can be accessed from NEESacademy, a repository supported by the George E. Brown, Jr.Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) for earthquake engineering educationalresources and cyber-enabled learning experiences.IntroductionThe George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) is an NSF-funded research center focused on large-scale earthquake engineering research. The mission ofthe NEES is to provide infrastructure for researchers to produce new

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2010-1296: "BRIEF ENCOUNTER:" A REFLECTION ON WILLIAMSPROPOSALS FOR THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMJohn Heywood, Trinity College Dublin Professorial Fellow Emeritius of Trinity COllege Dublin (Ireland. Formerly Professor of Education and Chair Department of Teacher Education.Has published over 50 papers on topics related to engineering and technological education and several books. His book "Engineering Education; Research and Development in Curriculum and Instruction" received the best reseach publication award of division i (professional) of the American Educational Research Association in 2005. previously he has been awarded a premium of the Education, Science and Technology division of the

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda M. Head, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 22.1289.2changing and there are a few faculty and administrators who are beginning to insist that deepknowledge can’t be split along any cultural dividing line12. In particular, Union College inSchenectady, NY, has developed a new curriculum, Converging Technologies, “…for integratingthe arts, humanities and science with modern technology and engineering in a way that willenhance student’s technological literacy for the 21st century”13. Their comprehensive view of theproblem of eliminating the artificial separation of knowledge by culture, andtheir comprehensive view of the solutions, provide inspiration to programs that hope to makesubstantive changes to engineering, science and liberal-arts education14.The course Signals, Systems &

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Sheila Vaidya, Drexel University; Stacey Ake, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

used for the approachproposed here or for others. Page 14.60.12 The key to this, of course, is to monitor the development of an ethical sense. Theassessment cannot be done once in the curriculum – it must be repeated at different times in thecurriculum in order to determine how each student is progressing. In fact, there is really nodifference between developing a mathematical sense and a moral sense – each relies on a seriesof developmentally appropriate experiences to achieve the expected level of performance. Youwould not expect a student to handle multiple non-linear differential equations before learningbasic calculus. There is no

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

’s. Itis this School of Systems and Enterprises that embarked upon the addition of a new undergraduateprogram in Industrial and Systems Engineering and will graduate its first students in May of 2020.This Stevens ISE program’s objective is to provide a rigorous general engineering undergraduateeducation, with depth in both industrial and systems engineering topics focusing on data, in orderto nurture technical leaders of tomorrow who will be able to engineer, develop, and maintainincreasingly complex systems with cross-discipline content and socio-technical systemdimensions.The curriculum is designed to teach the student many skills. The goal of the curriculum’s designis not just to teach students to think about the ways in which technology

Conference Session

Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Alessandra Montironi, UC Davis; Daniel S Eliahu, UC Davis C-STEM Center; Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #12373A Robotics-Based 3D Modeling Curriculum for K-12 EducationMaria Alessandra Montironi, UC Davis Maria Alessandra Montironi is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California Davis. Since 2013 she has been involved with the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (C-STEM). Within the Center, she is involved in developing new strategies for improving K-12 STEM Education through integration of computing, 3D modeling and robotics.Mr. Daniel S Eliahu, UC Davis C-STEM Center Danny Eliahu is an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of California

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Sustainability

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University; Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University; Debakanta Mishra, Oklahoma State University; Sondra M. Miller, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

. For example, most civilengineering programs implement sustainability concepts in freshman, sophomore and senioryears, which clearly indicates a junior year gap. Students gain sub-discipline specific knowledgeduring the junior year. It would be prudent to show students how S&R applies in each of thesesub-disciplines. Existing piecemeal approaches to incorporating S&R concepts and skills atdifferent points in the curriculum leads to students struggling to develop a coherentunderstanding of S&R. In addition, many existing efforts are focused on sustainability contentwith very limited focus on resiliency aspects.These issues suggest a clear need for improvement. This paper will discuss one suchimprovement effort where S&R concepts

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nalini Bhushan; Glenn Ellis; Eleanor Ory

approach supports a deeperunderstanding of AI, while making philosophical issues that interest teenagers accessible throughinteractive explorations of machine intelligence. In addition to the concept map, we also presentexamples from a K-12 AI curriculum that is being designed around the concept map.INTRODUCTIONLego Mindstorms robotics kits have become a well-established tool for teaching artificialintelligence (AI) in the K-12 classroom1, 2, 3. There is also increasing interest in using roboticsand AI to change how children learn. For example, in Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms,Erwin writes “Dr. Papert [LEGO Professor of Learning Research at the M.I.T. MediaLaboratory] and his colleagues aren’t just developing hardware and software

Collection

2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

JungHun Choi; Wes Grebski

second year engineering technologystudents. The projects were linked to the curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Penn StateHazleton. The design and development of an experimental airplane and a solar powered car have provento be very challenging and highly motivating for the freshmen and sophomore students. To design andbuild the experimental airplane, students used the specifications developed by the instructors. Theyanalyzed the feasibility of a full scale experimental airplane and designed the airplane based on theiranalysis. In the case of a solar powered car, students were involved in designing a chasse, suspension,power transmission and steering system from a conceptual design to the implementation of hardware. Asan example

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Grace O. Talabi; Oludare. A. Owolabi

howa formative evaluation of the curriculum would stimulate educators’ efforts towards improvinginstructions handed down to their students; as well as how the use of ICT (Information andComputer Technology) and its allied technologies in education can add value to the teaching andlearning of Music Technology. It suggested, as part of its recommendations, that there should bea review of the Music Technology curriculum, development/training programmes should be putin place for educators to update their knowledge base from time to time, as this would make forfunctionality and also enhance the standards of curriculum in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions andat Morgan State University. The paper finally explores the possibilities of incorporating

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Khoa Ngac, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #37819Consensus Building Method for Expert Crowdsourcing of Curriculum TopicsMr. Brian Khoa Ngac, George Mason University Brian Ngac is Deputy to the Vice President of Digital Engineering Research & Development Programs at Parsons Corporation’s Defense & Intelligence Unit, and a PhD Candidate (ABD) at George Mason University’s College of Engineering & Computing. He holds 12 internationally recognized cyber secu- rity and management certifications including the C|CISO, CISSP, ISSMP, CISM, and PMP. His areas of expertise are in cyber security, digital engineering (RDT&E), and business process

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniel Dopp, University of Missouri; David Bergin, University of Missouri; Satish S. Nair, University of Missouri, Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering standards into its curriculum, there were many outreachprograms and summer camps created by universities and companies that offered engineeringinstruction to K-12 students, with the goal of meeting the national and industrial need for morehigh quality engineers [7, 8]. Brophy et al. [8] reviewed a number of these and included a tableof the programs. The format of these early programs was inspired by programs in Australia andthe United Kingdom. Specifically, the focus was on engineering design and teaching the processby which engineers iteratively evaluate and solve problems. In the United States, this includedseveral programs like Engineering is Elementary, which was developed by the Boston Museumof Science and included readings in

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

financially supporting the project with a three-yearCCLI grant DUE#0511322.BackgroundThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate the adoption of a new undergraduate course inenvironmental consciousness into a university Industrial & Manufacturing EngineeringDepartment curriculum. In addition to the new topic, the course presents new ideas usinginnovative teaching styles and an interdisciplinary development team to improve studentlearning. Assessment data is gathered throughout the course development process.Quantitative, qualitative and anecdotal assessment data will be presented during theconference presentation.Why Environmental?The environmental focus of a new course is in response to the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) book The Engineer

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristyn Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

. Furthermore, many instructional obstacles exist to incorporating ethicsinto the engineering curriculum, including instructor hesitancy to teach about issues in whichthey may have little training, difficulty identifying which ethics teaching practices are effective,and already-packed syllabi that allow little room for introduction of new topics. Thus, in thispaper, we describe a module in ethical problem-solving and an accompanying assessmentmechanism developed by the authors. This ethical problem-solving module addresses theaforementioned obstacles and may be readily adapted to other courses and engineeringdisciplines to achieve ethics education across the engineering curriculum. Implementation ofthis ethics module in biomedical engineering courses

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Tyler Lark, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

supplemental training curriculum was developed andimplemented by upperclass students to meet the needs of freshmen students for the Introductionto Engineering (InterEgr 160) design course at our university in the Fall 2007. The success ofthis supplemental training curriculum has inspired the BME Department to collaborate with theInterEgr 160 staff to provide hands-on training to BME students at all levels. The content of thesupplemental curriculum is dictated by the experiences of fellow undergraduate engineeringstudents when working on their design projects. Since the supplemental training curriculum isdeveloped and implemented by the students, it results in the ability to offer just-in-time learningto students based upon their needs during the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James C. Sturm; A. Wolfe

Session 2432Breadth and Unity: A Revised Electrical Engineering Curriculum at Princeton University J.C. Sturm and A. Wolfe Department of Electrical Engineering Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Ph: 609-258-5610, Fax: -6279 sturm@ee.princeton.eduAbstract The Electrical Engineering department at Princeton University has completely revised itsundergraduate program. This paper will discuss the forces driving the change and thephilosophy behind the reforms, and then give an overview of the changes in both the sophomoreand upperclass years

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Tech.

topics of chemical sciences andtechnology. This course was eventually extended and also became an integral part ofarchitectural, building and civil engineering curricula. Though all undergraduate engineeringstudents at VUT had sound fundamental science background in disciplines of mathematicsand physics, more than half of these students had no exposure to chemical sciences beyondthat offered as part of general science curriculum at junior levels in secondary schools andcolleges. This paper deals with the development of chemical syllabus and its refinementsince its introduction in 1995 and is outlined in this paper.The students’ lack of previous background in chemistry combined with the lack oflaboratory resources and constrained by that this

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Bercich, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #22867Technical Communication Across the ME Curriculum at Rose-HulmanDr. Rebecca Bercich, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rebecca Bercich is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- ogy. She received her BS, MS, and PhD degrees in biomedical engineering from Purdue University in 2016. Her doctoral research focused on the development of wirelessly powered implantable devices to record and stimulate bioelectric activity. She currently teaches in in the areas of mechatronics, measure- ments, and engineering design. Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rose

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher John Akelian, Cuesta College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

years active duty and 32 years in reserves) Page 26.943.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Incorporating SCADA Modules into Introductory Programmable Logic Controller CurriculumIntroductionThis paper will present some of the challenges of developing SCADA(Supervisory Control andData Acquisition) curriculum for a community college Programmable Logic Controller course.It will discuss the research of industrial products and choices made to provide an inexpensivesolution to offer training on this complex technology. It will also show some of the simple buteffective

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shakira Renee Hobbs, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University,and as a qualitative researcher studies both STEM and informal engineering education. As an educator, he foundedandled a team to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contestchampionships, and has co-developed theSTEAMMachinesTM /”Rube Gold- bergineering” program over the past 6 years to exposemiddle and high school students to the engineering design process. Page 24.349.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Teaching Energy Concepts using Chain Reaction Machines (Curriculum Exchange)The STEAM Machines™ programs challenge

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emily Mowry

curriculum for undergraduate students. To address this need, we are creatingan undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) ethics course, which will raise awareness instudents and better prepare them for future careers in bioengineering, clinical medicine, andbiomedical research. Since many BME students will enter careers in fields other than biomedical engineering, itis important to develop a clear and distinct definition of bioethics for biomedical engineering.Upon graduation, about a third of students typically enter careers in biomedical engineering orother engineering related fields, another third will enter advanced studies in BME or otherdisciplines, and another third will enter medical school or other clinical medicine fields

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert McLauchlan; Jennifer Crosby; Gary Weckman

purpose of this program is toprovide a means of improving current engineering programs in order to produce quality studentsthat can meet the changing and demanding needs of their future employers. This analysis makesuse of data provided by the Assessment and Evaluation (A/E) team at TAMUK. A commitmentwas made by TAMUK, along with six other FC partner institutions, to thoroughly assess andevaluate the work of students to provide a foundation that would ensure student development andlife-long learning in engineering education.I. IntroductionThis work makes use of data provided in the course of developing Assessment/Evaluation (A/E)results for the Foundation Coalition curriculum development research project at Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Don M. Coleman; Arthur S. Paul

ofcurrent engineering education, and prepares students to meet the engineering and computerscience needs for the 21st Century. This paper discusses the values of the Department of Systemsand Computer Science (SCS), including the measures selected for judging the effectiveness ofthe curriculum. It identifies some pockets of success and areas of weakness based on preliminaryanalyses of a small sample of data.1. INTRODUCTIONThe objectives of this paper are: (1) to discuss the evolution and development of a unique degreeprogram—Bachelor of Science in Systems and Computer Science being offered by SCS; (2) todescribe the socio-political environment of SCS; (3) to present the values of SCS and themeasures being used to determine its effectiveness; and

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

completed in a short amount of time. The student team approachesthe problem as they best see fit – this may include trial and error, design-build-test-redesign, andany number of different design approaches. When complete, the designs are tested to determine a“winner” based on some predetermined metric. Examples of impromptu design exercisescurrently being developed for a diverse range of classes across engineering disciplines arepresented along with a discussion about some of the challenges of developing an adequateassessment plan. Relevant curriculum theory, such as that of Jerome Bruner’s spiral curriculum,will provide a backdrop for this discussion.1. IntroductionIn ABET’s 2010-2011 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs 1 , engineering

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and Assessing ABET “Soft Skills” in the Technical CurriculumAbstractTAC-ABET accreditation requires that each program develop program outcomes that embraceABET criteria 2a to k. Several of those, such as diversity, internationalization, and ethics, areoften referred to as the soft skills. Generally students exposure to these items is through theirelective (or required) courses in the humanities and social sciences. However, ABETaccreditation also requires that the achievement of the outcomes be assessed and evaluated.Obtaining direct evidence of achievement of the outcomes by the students can be problematicalas the other departments may not be doing assessment. Even if they are, the technology studentsin a humanities

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ananda Mani Paudel, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Devi Kiran Kalla, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

that uses AM to supplement instruction in finite element analysis8 , orto model rocketry to enhance learning in undergraduate engineering design projects9. An inter-disciplinary approach of designing and developing of a 3D printer machine, by integrating theknowledge of CAD/computer aided manufacturing (CAM), and automation methods acquired inother courses10 enable deeper learning. A few institutions are offering courses in a moretraditional format into their engineering programs. For example, Austin Peay State Universityhas offered a concentration in their undergraduate manufacturing curriculum11. Ohio NorthernUniversity developed a curriculum on digital manufacturing and simulation12. Courses such asAdditive Manufacturing: Theory and

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

material tends to be contained in surveycourses that are descriptive. However, when presented in the context of core chemicalengineering science, these unit operations can provide students with depth as well as breadth.An example of such an approach is the incorporation of thermal oxidation of silicon into the unitoperations lab at Georgia Tech4.Additionally, development of education programs in this area has led to innovative and improvededucational practices. A successful example is the curriculum developed by the chemical andmaterials engineering department at San Jose State University (SJSU). The essence of theirproject is to abandon the traditional laboratory cookbook instruction method and create a team-oriented and open-ended laboratory

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Tonya Emerson

in addition to taking full course loads. Although they offered a first-year seminar,ETCS was experiencing retention rates to graduation of less than 50%, with the majority ofstudents leaving by the end of the second year. To improve retention rates, college facultymodified the existing Introduction to Engineering course, which previously followed thehistorical format of a seminar series about engineering professions. The new high-tech formatallows for student development of computer and personal skills necessary to succeed inengineering curriculums. The main focus of the new introduction course is the design andconstruction of an autonomous mobile robot by student teams, similar to the CSU, Chico model.The project requires students to apply

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Nazila Mokarram, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 13.951.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Ontologies and Web-Semantics for Improvement of Curriculum in Civil EngineeringAbstractThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) recommended that engineering education becomes more responsive to continualchanges in society. We propose to address these challenges of improving engineering educationthrough the application of ontology and web semantics. These fields of information technologyallow computers to interpret the vast body of knowledge dispersed throughout the web. The longterm objective of our research is to develop an ontological approach for improving curriculum incivil engineering as

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Doepker

controls.It is required that a set of engineering drawings be developed that can be used by thesponsor to fabricate the design. It is also possible that the design could be built in afuture class within the curriculum. The assembly drawing should be a CAD generateddrawing no less than a D size. Individual component drawings should also be generated.The project report is to be accompanied by a detailed narrative of the design and themajor items and issues incorporated into the design. The results of the project will bedocumented orally in a final 45-minute presentation to the sponsor and the class.VI. The Final ReportOver half of the grade in this course is based on the final project. The team effort willrepresent 45% and 10% will be on individual