Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Forsman

of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Students are taught that “Designs that look fine on screen often don’t work in the real world”. (1)In an industrial setting, one might model a product on the computer and then use a 3-D printer toproduce a quick and dirty prototype before refining the concept. The engineer doing this taskhas a pretty good idea of how the part should look and function before beginning the process.Students, on the other hand, usually have no real background on a part that they are asked tomodel. This is not their fault as they have no real prior life experience in the background orhistory

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #31473Prototype Automated Solar Tracking with Power Generation SystemDr. Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University Pomona Dr. Sean Monemi is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Director of Smart Grid Laboratory at Cal Poly Pomona. He has many years of industrial experience and practiced engineering profession as an electrical engineer for Litton Industries. His professional experience includes working as a senior engineer and supervisor in one of the largest power company, Tennessee Valley Authority, in the areas of Substation Deign and Metering

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Hal Broberg

laboratory component. WebCT2 is a Web-based program that isspecifically designed for distance learning via the Internet and is widely used in collegesand universities. WebCT is used as the focal point of all interaction in the web course andprovides all required administration necessary to teach an Internet course. RealPresenterPlus G23 was used to meet the need for lecture-like presentations via the Internet. Thisprogram enables the instructor to record presentations using Powerpoint slides, amicrophone and an inexpensive camera. The presentation must then be uploaded to aRealServer so that students can listen to and/or watch the presentation over the Internetusing streaming media technology.Some of the specifics of how these Internet based classes

Conference Session

Computer ET Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Peng Li, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, making theICT program the largest program in the College.In the meantime, distance education (DE) sections constitute an increasing portion of the studentenrollment of the ICT program. Studies have shown that this trend will continue in the futureyears. To deliver hands-on experience to the online teaching, with a quality equivalent to whatstudents can get from the face-to-face laboratory environment, has been an eminent requirementfor further expanding our DE program.A number of studies on remote computer networking and technology laboratory have been donein recent years. These studies can be classified into four categories.1. Remote access system and remote lab architecture designSome studies1, 2, 3 intend to create remote access methods for

Conference Session

Potpouri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University; Fatin Aliah Phang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET; Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University; Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET; Azizan Zainal Abidin, Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

the Focused Interview, to Page 25.1036.17engage her female undergraduate and graduate students in conversations related to this paperstopic. 32 The Focused Interview is a semi-structured interviewing technique designed to collectqualitative data from respondents about their experiences and opinions on a given subject.Questions used in this technique may either be prepared in advance, or as they arise during theinterview to fit the respondent’s context. The wording of questions will not necessarily be thesame for all respondents.Dr. Abu-Lail was in the preliminary stages of a qualitative study when this paper was written,thus the numbers

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Long

Communications Studio (RCS) is an innovative structure that integratescommunications into the undergraduate research experience(http://www.che.sc.edu/centers/rcs/rcsmain.htm). In the RCS, small groups of undergraduateswho are working on research with engineering faculty, meet weekly under the mentorship ofcommunications faculty and engineering and English graduate students. In the studio, studentsdiscuss, write about, and present their research as it progresses. The studio approach provides an Page 9.1286.1environment for constructivist learning practices. Through an inquiry-based learning approach, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

University of St. Thomas. These studentsare working adults in industry with extensive experience. They are creative, motivated and wantto be innovative. They know their companies and industries. What they need is to becomeconsciously competent in selling their ideas. This course was designed to assist them in thatgoal.MISSION: We provide a practical, values-based learning experience that produces well-rounded, entrepreneurial engineers and technology leaders who have the technical skills,passion and courage to make a difference.The course is taught in a seminar format. Students identify their projects and relate them to thebusiness objectives of their organization. They interview and identify the social styles of their“buyers”.Students are provided

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

general model of a U.S. external program review. Individual interviews were typically60-90 minutes in length, where we asked a series of questions related to institutional history,awareness of the policy environment, and institutional responses. These were supplemented byadditional questions designed to triangulate on the nature of the response, as framed aroundissues of curriculum, pedagogy, resources, student experiences, and learning outcomes. Three toseven interviews were carried out at each of four institutions, with stakeholders from differentlevels within the organization extending up to a Dean or Rektor (President). A total number of 16interviews were conducted. While it was our intent to interview students, a misunderstandingabout the

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Mentoring Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clay Gloster Jr., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (TGC); Matthew Bonner Aurelius McCullough, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (TCG); Grace Gowdy; Shea Bigsby; Dawayne Whittington; Juanda Johnson-Taylor

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (TCG) Dr. Matt McCullough or ”Dr. M.” as he is referred to, currently serves as the associate dean of graduate enrollment in The Graduate College. He is also an associate professor in the department of Chemical, Biological, and Bioengineering, he has his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina A&T and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa. His research involves finite element modeling of the musculoskeletal system as well as kinematic analysis, especially the applications of machine learning to these data sets. He is also interested in engineering education, and in particular application experiences for engineering

Collection

1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

David Anthony Rogers; Attilio Jose Giarola; Darlene Hicks Rogers

developedcountries. Of course, like any institution, there are problems in producingPh.D. s efficiently. Motivation of faculty and students alike seems to 1be the key to solving these problems. The student must realize that hisoutput has to be high. The faculty member must make sure that thestudent's experience in research will be such that he can continue tomake creative contributions throughout his entire life. Even though the graduate programs are young and have many deficien-cies, there is rapid improvement, for many reasons: (a) the biblio-graphic resources are being improved; (b) local industry is becomingmore dependent on higher level technology, forcing an interest in re-search;2 (c) individual research groups are highly motivated and

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Razvan Cristian Voicu, Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA; Muhammad Hassan Tanveer, Kennesaw State University; Ayse Tekes, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

resources fortransference learning.in Figure 2, user inputs—typed questions or spoken prompts—are processed locally for immediate,low-latency tasks, while more computationally demanding queries (such as generating a simula-tion of prior robot experiences from another laboratory) are offloaded to cloud-based AI modules.This topology ensures a responsive user experience that still retains access to advanced analyt-ics and broader knowledge repositories. The pilot setup featured short activity blocks in which ahuman user interacted with the system to solve engineering tasks. Learners could request demon-strations of a robotic arm movement, followed by AI-generated textual or spoken explanationsof the underlying principles in a classroom setting. At

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 12: Prerequisite Skills and Knowledge

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arkasama Bandyopadhyay, Texas A&M University; Haejune Kim, Texas A&M University; Phapanin Charoenphol, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

, building energy systems, engineering education, and first-year engineering experiences. Some of Dr. Bandyopadhyay’s current projects at TAMU include forecasting of residential electricity demand, occupant-centric building design and control, long-term performance of ground source heat pump systems, and implementation of Bloom’s taxonomy-based assessments in undergraduate me- chanical engineering courses. In addition to academic research and teaching, she is heavily involved in mentoring graduate students and first-generation undergraduate students in engineering disciplines within and beyond TAMU.Dr. Haejune Kim, Texas A&M University Haejune Kim EDUCATION Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

andindustrial challenges, including best practices, with the intention of reducing risks,getting things done using sound methods, technologies and collaborative peer groupexperience as support mechanisms.The audience of this library is engineering science and technology students, engineeringmanagement students, design, industrial engineering, design and process engineers, ITstudents / professionals, as well as biomedical engineering and medical science students.At its most fundamental level, our library is a• Knowledge documentation method, architecture, tool and resource, an• Instructional method characterized by the integrated approach to engineering, science, management, IT, and medical sciences, in which we use challenging 'real world

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Nelson; Bernd Schroder

integrated curriculum became an issue of interestfor everyone. The goals of the integrated curriculum design, especially the elimination ofunnecessary duplication, were widely accepted. The fact that mathematics that students learnedin 21+ hours in the traditional curriculum was taught in 18 hours in the integrated curriculumwas another attractive feature.Even without the mandate from the Board of Regents, hindsight (as well as the experiences atUMass, Dartmouth8,9) tells us that the rapid introduction of the integrated curriculum was more Page 6.466.7“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

force, has increased 28% from 1992 to 1998. Thesenumbers indicate that many women face the problems of trying to balance both a career andfamily. As educators, we must address that differences in gender do exist and bring thedilemmas that will face our young female students as professionals. The choice to workprofessionally (full-time or part-time) or to stay at home is an individual decision. Either way,these workingwomen are still full time mothers.This paper provides findings from current studies and suggestions to mothers who want to workprofessionally yet seek a balance between their career and family lives. Understanding that the“super mom” theory is merely a myth, this paper will provide men and women with proven toolsand experiences

Conference Session

Engaging Community through STEM partnerships

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Schaffer, Santa Clara University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

explore moreabout privilege, perspective, and how hard work – while it makes a difference – may not get oneas far if there are systemic hurdles in their way. The role of one’s community on the individual’ssuccess is discussed further as well.Lecture 6: Teaching with ConstraintsIn this activity, students put into groups and asked to design a typical lab lesson. They are told thatthey have access to a standard laboratory classroom, will have a diverse class among manydimensions stressing that there will be students of varying familiarity with the material, ethnicitiesand socio-economic backgrounds. They are told that the materials for their lab cost about $300and to plan accordingly. After the initial lesson is designed, each group is given

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Muktha Jost, North Carolina A&T State University; Tyrette Sherlone Carter, North Carolina A&T State University; Shawn Raquel Watlington, North Carolina A&T State University; Terrie Ruth McManus, Ragsdale High School, Guilford County Schools; Solomon Bililign, North Carolina A&T State University; Terry White Worrell, Guilford County Schools; Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

years of grantfunding.The project had four distinct phases. In Phase One, Cohort A, high school participants, engagedin an intensive summer university experience. While participating in classroom and laboratory-based experiences, they were exposed to cutting-edge research in NASA-Related Earth SystemScience. In collaboration with university faculty, graduate students and a professionaldevelopment team of master teachers, Cohort A systematically developed NASA-related STEMK-12 teaching modules for secondary students. The proposed module development activitieswere designed to help teachers translate their new NASA-related scientific knowledge during thesummer research experience into their instructional practices in the classroom.Cohort A

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Mason Caubarreaux; Cory Franklin; Luz Arrieta-Jimenez; Linda Strauss; Jason Church; Mary Striegel; Jafar Al-Sharab; Adeal Sobhe Matuk

] Hasan, Sirwan, “XRF Theory and Application”. University of Dicle, June 01, 2015.[16] RTI Laboratories, “FTIR Analysis”, http://rtilab.com/techniques/ftir-analysis/, 2015.[17] Ahmad S., Iqbal Y., Ghani F, “Phase and Microstructure of Brick-Clay Soil and Fired Clay-Bricks From SomeAreas in Peshawar Pakistan”, J Pak Mater Soc 2008.[18] Coates, J., "Interpretation of Infrared Spectra, A Practical Approach", Coates Consulting, Newton, MA, USA.2006.[19] D. Dodoo-Arhin, D. S Konadu, E. Annan, F. P Buabeng, A. Yaya, B. Agyei-Tuffour, "Fabricationand Characterization of Ghanaian Bauxite Red Mud-Clay Composite Bricks for Construction Applications",American Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 3 No. 5, 2013, pp. 110-119.[20] calpoly.edu “Introduction to

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Jones, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

example, the board member might act as anowner’s representative for a preconstruction meeting on a hypothetical construction project or asa designer during a simulated progress meeting. In the author’s experience, having a new personin the classroom, particularly an industry professional, changes the dynamic in the room and thestudents have an enhanced sense of seriousness during the exercise. This can also be combinedwith the member providing their own perspectives and “war stories” about real meetings, etc. inan abbreviated guest speakership. Page 24.914.3At times, a single class period might not be enough to allow for the exercise or activity

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; William A. Kitch, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; John V. Tocco J.D., Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

public and private sector. He is a registered professional engineer in both Colorado and California.Mr. Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.Dr. Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University Dr. Tori Rhoulac Smith is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering, Ar- chitecture, and Computer Sciences at Howard University in Washington, DC. In this role, she works to continuously improve the undergraduate student experience and oversees recruitment, admission and ori- entation, retention, advising, career development, and academic support programs. Dr. Rhoulac Smith earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from North Carolina State University and a B.S. degree in civil

Collection

2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Kenneth Leitch; Erick Benjamin Butler

environmental BS degree as compared to an environmental specialization track within acivil engineering program. The faculty did align a new fluid mechanics course for civil andenvironmental engineering, the introduction to environmental engineering course, and the waterresources course for both programs. The environmental engineering program has several uniqueupper division courses of which several are available with cross-listing with civil engineering(such as water and wastewater treatment) or as open electives to other engineering students. Senior DesignSenior design is a capstone experience that is used as part of the overall assessment to determineif undergraduate students are ready for employment or

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catalina Cortázar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #25818Work in Progress: Minority Bias in Peer Evaluations at a Freshman-level En-gineering Cornerstone CourseProf. Catalina Cort´azar, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Catalina Cort´azar is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at DiLab the Design initiative at the School of Engi- neering at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Catalina holds a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, with concentration in Structural Design. After graduating and working at an Engineering firm in Chile, Catalina completed a master’s degree in media studies at The New School, and a MFA in Design and Technology @ Parsons

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh L. McManus, Northeastern University; Erica Gralla

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

system is necessary. The authors have used several 6-hourtable-top simulations to teach process improvement and engineering courses at Northeastern,George Washington, and Loyola Marymount universities. The pandemic forced a naturalexperiment. On-line versions of the simulations were created in commercially available softwarewhich recreated the experience of the in-person simulations directly, with almost all actions,lessons, discussion and planning sessions preserved. More than 120 students participated in theon-line simulations in 2020 and 2021. Before and after the pandemic (and during it, in hybridclasses), a large “control” group of students participated in the in-person simulations. Extensivedata was collected including self-reported

Conference Session

Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Katherine C Cheng, Arizona State University; Krista Puruhito, Arizona State University; Evan J Fishman, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

for achieving a future goal canpredict the positive emotions they experience in class. In engineering education, students may experience an array of emotions while strivingto achieve their goals, be it for a proximal academic exam, or for a more distant career goal.In a qualitative study, 42 Sunderland suggested that problem-based learning integrated Page 26.1622.9engineering students’ understanding of engineering ethics with moral emotions, and enabledstudents to better pin down their societal roles as future engineers. While the work hinted thelinks between students’ emotions and their learning experiences, the research did not

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Lee Poe, Middle Tennessee State University; Olivia Dees, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

International

excellence. Students canlearn much more by interning with industries to gain the experience of actually applying ideaslearned from text. Industries gain workers and the important assets of future designs. From theclassroom, to the laboratory, and into the machine itself, engineering students can develop highly Page 11.820.9innovative technologies from the seed of ideas cultivated within books and upon writing boards.Engineering education may serve a most important role in the establishment of groundwork forlimitless skies in world commerce and environmental integrity.ConclusionThere are many steps involved with the protection of our environment

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W Pritchard, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to provide a first-level evaluation method that may determine whichsystems can fit general needs right out of the box. Platforms that are easy to implement are those that areadaptable to the wide range of laboratories, studios, or workspaces and have strong online and offlinetechnical support. Lastly, course/application relevance (CAR) is defined as how appropriate the systemis with respect to the goals of the course/application. This includes taking into account the HI and SIratings, ease-of-implementation (EI), and how well they are aligned with the nature of the problem-solving application. It is important for the designer/instructor to identify clearly the expectation of the course/application.If the goal is to make people think

Conference Session

Hands-On Projects and Demos

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Daniel Adam Kraut, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

interdisciplinary techniquesto enhance the students’ understanding of ChE concepts.Module 1: 3D-Printed Amino Acid Building Blocks to Teach Protein StructureThis first module uses 3D-printed alpha carbon atoms (C) and peptide bond groups (CONH) toshow students how amino acids assemble into peptides and form complex structures simply byrotating the bonds around the alpha carbons. Students can use the models to prepare their ownRamachandran plots or build secondary structures (e.g., alpha helices and beta sheets). No draftingor coding experience is required for this module, but a 3D printer is needed to print the parts.Module 2: 3D-Printed Plate & Frame Heat ExchangersThis module allows students to design, build, and test their own plate & frame

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

opened for questions and discussion from the rest of the class. Otherformats using small groups may be similarly effective; Augusto Boal’s drama techniques67 canbe utilized to act out and experiment with course material. This can be especially powerful andtransformative when power dynamics are first illustrated and then resisted through theatre.ConclusionIn answering the call of colleagues to teach macroethics to engineers, an upper-level seminar- Page 13.570.15style course was designed and taught with seven students. Innovation in content drew from manydifferent disciplines including engineering, philosophy, science and technology studies

Conference Session

Learning about Electric Energy Conversion

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-1075: USING INEXPENSIVE A.C. MOTOR DRIVES IN ANINTRODUCTORY POWER AND CONTROLS COURSETimothy Skvarenina, Purdue University Tim Skvarenina was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University. During his college career he worked four summers at U.S. Steel as an assistant electrician, rewinding motors and installing electrical equipment. He served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, including six years designing, constructing, and inspecting electric power distribution projects for a variety of facilities. He spent five years teaching and researching pulsed power systems

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Siew Koay, Prairie View A&M University; Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

5: An example of Vizard Example 2: We start a programming topic with a simple game program. As shown in Fig. 5, the program with eleven sentences (Fig. 5a) creates a playable game where the two avatars are interacting with each other and performing certain actions (Fig. 5b). This simple program can be used to introduce syntax, class, data types, functions, parameters, file loading, etc. Based on the successful experience in our previous projects, we will design projectassignments by using Vizard to help students to learn programming concepts within the threecourses in a fun way. In fact, Vizard is based on Python, which is a popular programminglanguage for multimedia programming. Besides game projects (as shown in Fig. 5