Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-oriented Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naser El-Bathy P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Samuel Gloster Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Ghassan M. Azar; Cameron Seay, North Carolina A&T State Univeristy; Mohammed K. El-Bathy, Lawrence Technological University; Ibraheem A. Kateeb, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University; Aiman Ghassan Baset

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

information technology with business strategies, goals, and needs. While the study of and research in computer science is his prime objective, his interests in literature, music, travel, and nature help him to maintain a sense of perspective in life. He likes to write and has published some articles and is a co-author of a published book. He believes that each of us must give something back to society, so he contributes to local organizations that focus on the environment of his hometown.Dr. Ibraheem A. Kateeb, North Carolina A&T State University Ibraheem Kateeb received his B.S. in physics and mathematics from Yarmouk University in Jordan, and M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. from NCA&TSU in North Carolina in electrical and

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Galloway, The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

healthiest, safest, and mostproductive civilization in history—a civilization that has advanced and continues to advance withextraordinary rapidity, in large measure through the achievements of the engineering profession.But the speed with which this civilization continues to advance is fundamentally challenging theway in which engineering is practiced and the way in which engineering students are educated. Page 13.1197.3Technological breakthroughs—the Internet most prominent among them—have effected anincreasingly global “workplace” in which the collaborative efforts of multinational teams areunhampered by geographical distance or time zones

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 1: Programs & Curricula

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Abagael Riley; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #38091Work in Progress: Toxic Workplaces: Game-Based Exploration ofEngineering Ethics for First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair for Chemical Engineering at Rowan Univer- sity. He earned his BS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has published two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermody- namics” with Donald Visco, and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance” with his father Donald Dahm.Abagael RileyDr. Daniel D. Burkey

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Drake; Ottis L. Barron; J. Douglas Sterrett

physical systems. The computer tools are also used in the forma]presentation of results. This engineering experience will stimulate interest, reduce early attrition, and increasethe attractiveness of the engineering program. Introduction In recent years, engineering education has come under increasing criticism from the industrialcommunity. Reacting to this criticis~ the School of Engineering Technology and Engineering at TheUniversity of Tennessee at Martin has undertaken an extensive revision of the cuniculum 1. Ln response t osuggestions from graduates and the industrial advisory board, increased emphasis is being placed oncommunication skills and experience in working as a member of a

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mulchand Rathod, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

writing tolearn. A large number of these techniques can be categorized as active learning where studentsare involved in more than listening. In the arena of short courses and traninings, programs should provide students withsufficient knowledge to adapt to the latest technologies. In the USA, it has been a commonpractice to provide state of the art training to employees at all levels under the title of qualityimprovements, total quality, continuous improvement, etc [14-24,26,28]. This is interwovenwith the fundamental need to adapt to changing environment. The design and delivery of the short course in understanding prints and requirementsused similar examples and models as a foundation. A joint team of experts from

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Anderson; Paul Duesing; Marty Zoerner; Kevin Schmaltz

teamwork, communication,project planning and management, creative problem solving, and ethics are given majoremphasis throughout the yearlong experience. Student teams are given instruction andcomplete exercises in all of these areas throughout the year. Faculty advisors coach andmentor their team’s soft skill development throughout the project.LSSU’s senior engineering design course sequence is organized as a two semester six-credit (three each semester) lecture/lab. Stated course outcomes are that students will: • be capable of giving an effective oral business presentation. • be capable of writing a clear, concise project proposal that flows from general to specific. • demonstrate effective writing of short business memos

Conference Session

Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jun Ouyang, University of California, Davis; Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

keeping and compilation. Themicrocontroller code is provided to students and they do not need to write any code to complete theseexperiential modules.MathWorks MATLAB provides tools for students to verify their hand calculations and visualize thedesigned system. Specifically, its System Identification Toolbox enables the estimation of transfer functionsgiven transient data students will obtain in the first part of the laboratory sequence.The MATLAB Simulink provides visualization of real time displacement data of the system and tools tosimulate the designed system. Specifically, students can observe and verify the mixed-signal behavior ofthe system by simulating controllers using analog (op-amp) circuits via the Simscape library while usingpure

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

software engineering.OverviewThe Teaching Artificial Intelligence as a Laboratory Science †1 (TAILS) project is designed todevelop a new paradigm for teaching introductory artificial intelligence (AI) concepts byimplementing an experiment-based approach modeled after the lab sciences. It explores whetherstructured labs with exercises that are completed in teams before students leave the classroomcan build a sense of accomplishment, confidence, community, and collaboration among students,characteristics which have been shown to be critical to retain women and non-traditionalcomputer science students in the field.TAILS presents to students an array of fundamental AI algorithms as a set of hands-on activitiesmade available through a database of lab

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunnar Lucko, Catholic University of America; Michael Madden, United Space Alliance; Justin Molineaux, Catholic University of America

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. Theyare fully scaleable up to the available number of rows and columns in the spreadsheet. Further Page 12.1293.2research will add graphical capabilities that can be controlled by the students with traditionalmacro programming.IntroductionAmong the most fundamental tasks of construction project managers is planning and controllinga projects with respect to the diverse and complex interplay of various dimensions. Thesedimensions are typically considered to be time, cost, and scope of the project. Scheduling, the artand science of managing the time aspect of projects, is an active discipline for which graduate-level courses are offered in

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vic Cundy; Don Rabern; David Gibson

faculty member’s activities into well-defined units. An index for the individualand the department is derived which represents productivity and workload. Costs of all facultyactivities including individual classes, advising, lab development, research, and others are derived. Student credit hours produced, student faculty ratios, and other metrics are also computed. Themodel has been useful not only as a fiscal management tool but also to assess trade-offs in thedeployment of departmental resources. The fundamentals of the model are described andexamples are given.I. IntroductionThe most important resource in an academic environment is human capital; that is, faculty time.In the complex mission of an engineering department where individuals

Conference Session

ETD Internet of Things (IOT)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anand Richard, Indiana State University; Patrick Appiah-Kubi

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ConfirmDirect Operate –no response Lost/Repeat packet detectFreeze Flow ControlTable 1 above shows the features implemented in the mini protocol stack (Richard, Anand,2016). Only the items in bold were included. The columns serve as a summary of the protocollayers. Application, Pseudo-Transport and Data Link are the 3 main layers in DNP3. We choseto implement the ‘Read’ and ‘Write’ functions in the Application layer for example. It becomesimmediately clear from this table that the source code for the stack is greatly simplified due tothe ‘mini

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

currently beingemployed in our new Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering courses.We will demonstrate 2 of the student designs that are representative of the class results.These experiments are:  Dual stepper motor control for controlling an "Etch-a-Sketch" Page 26.316.3  Industrial communications using RS485 networksThe dual stepper motor control experiment is designed to give students expertise in working withthis important class of electro-mechanical component, as well as experience in writing softwarethat can execute common commands used with such a device, i.e. ramping up and down in speedtracking multiple axes and stopping at a

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heiko Merle, Darmstadt University of Technology; Joerg Lange, Darmstadt University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

improved. Presenting novice learners a plane networkassumes that the learner is acquainted with opened learning settings and the process oflearning is not disabled by loosing the overview.SoftwareTo realize the above described blended eLearning setting it is essential to have a flexible aswell as powerful software application. An open source Wiki software is used as the contentmanagement system. Superficial Wiki engines are any linked websites. Contrary to commonwebsites the Wiki sites are constructed dynamically. The content is not connected to the styleand the page format. The content is saved in a database. The database system allows severalusers, developing content, reading and writing within the structure as well as workingcollaborative in

Conference Session

New ECE laboratories

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Joseph Ebel Sr., Saint Louis University; Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

teamsare not multidisciplinary in an engineering discipline sense, they do involve bringing togetherstudents with different skills to complete this project and also involves integrating individualstudent work into a single solution. First, this project requires analyzing data, writing matlabcode, and writing a report each of which are sometimes best suited to an individual student.Second, many teams break down the classifier into pieces, essentially parts of the decision tree,that the team assigns to individual students. At some point, the team comes together and has towrite the classify_vowel matlab function which requires they integrate the individual workeach team member completed. The skill of design integration is fundamental to being

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Marlin Viss; Murat Tanyel

decided to write our own programs that would implement suchrealizations, thus having more fundamental VIs in our toolkit.A simple second order filter has the transfer function15 b0 + b1 z−1 + b2 z −2 H(z) = (1). 1 + a1 z −1 + a2 z −2This transfer function in the z-domain would result in an I/O difference equation of y[n] = − a1 y[n − 1] − a2 y[n − 2] + b0 x[n] + b1 x[n − 1] + b2 x[n − 2] (2).The direct form realization for this filter is depicted, in block diagram form, in Fig. 1. Thissecond order filter can be implemented in pseudo-code by the following sample processingalgorithm15

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Promiti Dutta, Columbia University; Alexander Haubold, Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. The main goal of the course is to give students the opportunity to learnabout engineering and explore an overview for their proposed field of study. The method wehave chosen is a hands-on approach to give students real experience in the field of engineering.To successfully accomplish this goal, we have established a Community Service-LearningProgram (CSLP) in which all students enrolled in the engineering design course are required tocomplete an assigned service-learning project with a community partner. This projectencompasses not only the fundamental engineering design principles taught to students duringlecture but additionally allows for students to develop interpersonal communication skills whilecommunicating with their project partner

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

example, knowledge of Physics and Mathematics must be effectively utilized in a Mechanics course. It is important to recognize that a methodical approach has always been the principle behind solid fundamental knowledge acquisition.DEPLOY: Once the first three ideas have been secured in place, it is now necessary to implement them at the required level with appropriate advantage. Here, the instructor should utilize multiples modes of delivery techniques. Such a method has been suggested by Fleming and Mills. Lectures, Reading, Writing, Visual Aids, Tactile and Kinesthetic modes of delivery help to reach students with diverse

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationbetter description of the outcome of the problem solving process. The nature of finishing is suchthat it is related not to an analysis of the situation, but to the owners of the problem. The generalsense of this writing and the implications of the content of this article are to place emphasis onthe role of the PM including RM as an agent of change -an interventionist as well as analyst.There is a substantial group of analysts for whom the word "intervention" correctly suggests thatthe world will go on without them unless they negotiate a contributory analytical role with theintention of changing the content and/or process of deliberation (Boothroyd, 1984). Problemfinishing as a description

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

thecluster for solving. When the calculations are completed, the compute nodes in the cluster returnthe results to the head node, which in turn processes the raw data and prepares the stress plot thatis sent back to the client. This process is diagramed in Fig. 4.1. The head node The compute node reads the output file solves and writes Tablet or Phone and returns results. output to a text file. interface Available accessed via compute node 4 3 local machine

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Engineering CurriculumAbstract“Systems engineering” is concerned with the effective management of complex systems over theentire product lifecycle. Good systems engineering practice is essential for the effective design,fabrication, testing and operation of complex systems, such as spacecraft and aircraft.However, teaching good systems engineering to undergraduates is often viewed as either impossible(because “true” systems engineering capabilities must be developed in real, professional settings) orimpractical (because it requires sophisticated tools that are best covered at the Masters level). Whilewe do not dispute that years of practical experience and solid technical fundamentals are necessary tomaster the concepts and application of systems

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur B. Sacks

, challenges, ironically,which were created in part by the very intelligence, imagination and ingenuity of engineers andapplied scientists. It pointed as well to the responsibility of higher educational institutions fordeveloping new ideas, strategies and technologies to respond to quickly emerging environmentalproblems that are increasingly transboundary and global in character and which threaten toundermine the fundamental biospheric systems and ecosystem services upon which we depend.This responsibility is all the more significant because of higher education’s primary role inpreparing new generations of leaders for industry, commerce, science and government.In defining itself as an institution dedicated to Earth stewardship, CSM has acknowledged

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA; John A. Christian, University of Texas, Austin; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

course and thesuccess of the pilot offering. The paper also addresses the companion subsystem lab. In addition,the formal aerospace engineering curriculum changes at the host university and how the newcourse set integrates with the current capstone design course are discussed. Special note will bemade of curriculum modifications designed to provide self-selected students with hands-onexperience in systems engineering.The Pilot Undergraduate Systems Engineering Course: Page 14.1068.2At the undergraduate level, the goal is to teach the fundamentals of systems engineering suchthat future practicing engineers are familiar with the concepts and

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

tips about setting a good tone, employing active learning, and assessing student learningand teaching.Context - A Description of ENGR 106ENGR 106 - Engineering Problem Solving and Computer Tools is designed to give first-yearengineering students an appreciation for what the pursuit of an engineering degree entails. Thecourse learning objectives are such that students successfully completing the course are able to:§ Develop a logical problem solving process which includes sequential structures, conditional structures, and repetition structures for fundamental engineering problems,§ Translate a written problem statement into a mathematical model,§ Solve fundamental engineering problems using computer tools,§ Perform basic file

Conference Session

Real-World Manufacturing Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Falkenburg; Tina Harkin

followed.Rather than giving examinations to test the achievement of learning objectives, we useperformance-based evaluations embedded in a real engineering job. For example, Objective 1(Prepare and maintain project management plans and documentation) is decomposed into sixtasks. For each of these tasks, there is a work product produced by the student, which is used inthe evaluation. In this example, the task: Write a Project Vision Statement references theProject Vision Statement Document prepared by the student as the object to the evaluated. Table 2: Objective Subtasks and Metrics Objectives/Tasks Work Product to be Measured RatingO1: Prepare and maintain project

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

have formeda collaboration to develop a new vision of engineering education called the CDIO Approach(www.cdio.org).3 CDIO is designed to deliver the knowledge and skills needed by industry. Itprovides an education stressing engineering fundamentals, set in the context of the Conceiving,Designing, Implementing, and Operating process. The goals of the CDIO approach are toeducate students who are able to: ≠ Master a deeper working knowledge of the technical fundamentals ≠ Lead in the creation and operation of new products, processes, and systems ≠ Understand the importance and strategic impact of research and technological development on societyThe CDIO approach identifies and implements 12 Standards of Effective Practice

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim

program as a requiredcourse at the junior level beginning 2000. Each lab experiments has been designed tosupplement these needs.2. Transport lab layoutThe first lab course [CM3215] is offered each semester to junior students. The laboratory course(also known as the Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering laboratory) is essentially acombination of two courses: Measurement Analysis of Data [CM3115] and InstrumentationLaboratory [CM3315]. It is structured to help the students prepare themselves for the UnitOperations Laboratory experiments.The lab experiments are closely integrated with weekly lecture topics which are essentially areview of transport processes. Transport theory is briefly summarized for the subsequentexperiment. For example, viscosity

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 8: Thermo-Fluids Theory and Computation

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenhai Li, Farmingdale State College; Foluso Ladeinde, Stony Brook University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

(CFDHT) courses aredesigned more as “numerical fluid dynamics and heat transfer” courses, in which the focus isplaced on teaching the students the fundamentals of one or more numerical methods, such as the © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Annual Conferencefinite difference method (FDM), the finite element method (FEM), and the finite volume method(FVM), and how to use them to solve the differential equations that govern fluid flow and heattransfer. The objectives of many CFDHT courses are to enable the students to write a piece of theirown code and use it to simulate benchmark fluid mechanics and heat transfer problemscharacterized by simplified physics

Conference Session

Design Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph J. Rencis P.E., California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Hartley T. Grandin Jr., Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

emphasize or recommend any particular computer equation solver.The introduction of modern equation solving tools into this course is meant to accomplish thefollowing: 1. Motivate writing equations in symbolic form. 2. Save time by providing a rapid solution of (many) simultaneous equations. 3. Reduce computation error. 4. Provide a mathematical model of a problem that yields a fast and accurate means for a parametric study after appropriate testing for validity. 5. Provide a model for gaining a better understanding of the physics of the problem. 6. Stimulate interest and develop proficiency in the design process.Design of a Circular Shaft Subjected to Combined LoadingProblem StatementThe problem presented has been simplified to

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hong Li; Ashwin Satyanarayana

Abstract—Computer System Technology is an there are a large number of careers that graduates from ITenormously vibrant field that emerged at the end of the programs enter [8]. Those careers show an enormous diversitylast century as our society experienced a fundamental and the knowledge base and skill sets required for eachchange from an industrial society to an “information consequently vary widely as well. The curriculum shouldsociety.” This in turn demands changes to the curriculum therefore be designed in a way that gives an institutionof Computer Systems degree programs at colleges and considerable freedom in tailoring the curriculum to the needsuniversities so

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Fluids, Heat Transfer

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Drenth, US Air Force Academy; George Sidebotham, The Cooper Union; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ioan Feier, US Air Force Academy

water, that is, a hydrostatic vacuum iscreated, of magnitude 𝑃𝑃2 = 𝑃𝑃∞ − 𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌ℎ2 as shown in Figure 6.For the lab write-up for Experiment I, students should include experimental results of thecollected water during the creation of the hydrostatic vacuum as a function of the initial wateradded for the USAFA HVT test stand. Students make a plot showing Initial Added WaterVolume (liters) on the x-axis vs. Collected Water Volume (liters) on the y-axis. They are askedto write a report and provide analysis and conclusions based on observations such as where thecollected volume exhibits a peak.Students are then challenged to compare their plot to the theoretical values from two differentmodels (detailed below), both involve application of a