Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; brigette elizabeth prater thompson, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Foroudastan’s teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $1 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Rayce, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award, and the 2007 Faculty Advisor of the

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan B Mehta, East Carolina University; Mark Angolia, Indiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

and theory of constraints, and the pursuit of quality and variation control through six-sigma. He has conducted post-conference sessions in value stream mapping for the IIE’s Lean Solutions Conference since 2001, and has created and conducted several lean six-sigma process simula- tions. He is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) & the Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME), and is a member of the Association for Technology, Management and Applied En- gineering (ATMAE), the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE), and the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), and a Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB).Mr. Mark Angolia

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Engineering Economy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Alberto Marquez P.E., Lamar University; Julia H. Yoo, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

devices. 116 students participated in this study. Surveys and interviewresults showed that the majority of the students who used the app said that the app aided theirlearning. 94% of the users said that they would recommend using the app to others who studyEngineering Economics.* Acknowledgment: This project is partially supported by a grant from the National ScienceFoundation DUE-1140457 to Lamar University. Page 24.3.2 1. Introduction Engineering Economics is a core class in the field of engineering and is also covered on theFundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, which is the first step to be a Professional Engineer(PE). This course teaches

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Wm Adam Farmer, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technical skills as well as demonstrate theindustrial relevance and curricular coherence of their educational program. Page 23.38.2The propposed projectt will allow students in three t coursess to develop and manufaacture a prodductusing thee skills acquiired in those courses. Thhe work focuuses on the uuse of CA-X tools tocommerccialize produ ucts. A comb bination of computer-aid c ded design, eengineering,, andmanufactturing tools are provided d to the studeents for posssible use throoughout the project. Thhis isrepresenttative of

Conference Session

Diversity in Materials

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Miller; Oscar Barton

Session 3464 Composite Materials Instruction at the United States Naval Academy Oscar Barton, Jr., Paul H. Miller United States Naval Academy Annapolis MD 21402Abstract Composite materials are widely becoming the material of choice for many structural andnonstructural applications. The aircraft industry for example, has used composites for wingskins and other control surfaces that provide savings in fuel consumption and weight. The marineindustry incorporates thick single skin and sandwich

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Erik De Graaff; Gillian Saunders-Smits

Session 2125 The development of integrated professional skills in Aerospace Engineering through problem-based learning in design projects Gillian N. Saunders-Smits, Erik de Graaff Faculty of Aerospace Engineering/Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsIntroductionAeroplanes and space missions have always had an enormous appeal to the imagination of thegeneral public. The desire of man to fly dates back to mythology in Ovid’s Daedalus and Icarusand many proud parents and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Russell; Walter Peters

-ethical concerns are very different from the traditional micro-ethicalconcerns and the reason lies in the complexity and the inherent uncertainty of problems withwhich engineers are currently dealing.1 If the concerns of the neighbors is only noise or propertyvalues dropping due to the strip mall, then easy engineering and/or financial reimbursementsolutions can be found. However, if the neighbors are concerned because the woodland is acritical wildlife habitat, is part of the shrinking aquifer recharge area, is sequestering carbondioxide, or is damping the urban heat island effect; then there is no easy technical answer orfinancial fix because the true impacts of the strip mall are not understood due to the complexityof the situation. If a

Conference Session

Embedded Control and Instrumentation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

interconnections. The students designed their own assembly code to read the systemsensors and control the water level to a variable, user-determined set point. The required codecomponents were developed throughout the semester as each peripheral of the microcontrollerwas discussed. The process control served as a culminating project for the course. This paperpresents the system hardware and example student software. Course curriculum is also presentedand discussed.IntroductionMicrocontrollers are used extensively in process control applications. Courses in process controloften use microcontrollers to implement various control techniques. 1 Low-cost custom-builtprocess control trainers can be utilized to demonstrate many processes. 2,3 The

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, crystallization is usually neglecteddespite the fact that it is a key process for forming particles and controlling their properties. In2006, it was noted that crystallization can be incorporated into existing courses to address thelack of crystallization education13. Page 25.1020.3Course ImplementationA new course in Particle and Crystallization Technology (PACT) was taught during the Spring2007 and Spring 2009 semesters as a split level elective class. During the Spring 2007 semesterthere were 15 juniors and seniors, and 2 graduate students; and in the Spring 2009 semester therewere 21 juniors and seniors, and 1 graduate student. The graduate level

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ruhala, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2010-1069: FOUR FREE-VIBRATION LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS USINGTWO LUMPED MASS APPARATUSES WITH RESEARCH CALIBERACCELEROMETERS AND ANALYZERRichard Ruhala, Southern Polytechnic State University Richard Ruhala earned his BSME from Michigan State in 1991 and his PhD in Acoustics from The Pennsylvania State University in 1999. He has 3 years industrial experience at General Motors and 3 years at Lucent Technologies. He was an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Department at the University of Southern Indiana before joining the faculty at Southern Polytechnic State University in 2010 as an Associate Professor, where he also serves as director for their new mechanical engineering program. He has

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Baker, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

? Despite executive leadership, endorsement, financial backing, humanresources support, and, equally important, a newly acquired pipeline, competitive advantageamongst pipeline prospects to continue to build upon relationships was lacking. Having attendedthe “Keeping Our Faculties” conference in April of 2004, the Manager for Faculty Recruitment(MFR) sat in on a breakout session that discussed a study that had been performed by aMidwestern university (see figure 1); this research investigated the candidates’ perspective of therecruiting process. It is quite interesting to note that when asked the question, “Did you acceptthe job offer at the Midwestern university,” 76% of the candidates who said “yes” had two ormore visits and 83% of “yes

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

Manufacturing.Each Enterprise is intended to operate like a real company in the private sector and is runby the students. For further information about MTU’s Enterprise Program, consult thereferences available in the engineering education literature15-18.Students are eligible to enroll in the Enterprise project courses (such as AFE) at any pointafter the start of their second year. Credits earned from Enterprise project courses can beapplied as electives or towards fulfilling the requirements for the Enterprise minor (20credits) or concentration (12 credits), as shown in table 1. To obtain a minor orconcentration, several technical and business courses (formally called “modules”) arerequired. Currently available communication, business, and elective modules

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Hisham Hegab

Session 3664 Introducing Rapid Prototyping into Different Classes William Jordan and Hisham Hegab College of Engineering and Science Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA 71272AbstractIn order to improve the design education of undergraduate students Louisiana Tech Universityhas recently purchased a model Z406 Rapid Prototyping System from Z Corporation. Thismachine allows the operator to make small conceptual models. It uses an ink jet technology tospray colored binder on plaster powder. It builds up

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Damian Watkins; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

“Gateway to Opportunity” for many underrepresented students. This paper will address ourefforts to: correct and build positive attitudes toward mobile Information CommunicationsTechnology (ICT), understand computer usage habits, and experiment with what methods aremost effective in using mobile ICT to improve academic performance. Our approach was toinsert mobile platforms with differing form factors into a learning environment and investigatetheir impact on student perception and performance. Outcomes, strategies, and assessmentinstruments were developed within a generic modular framework to measure the effectiveness ofour approach. The preliminary results presented in this paper will show how technology formfactor, access, length of time of

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James G. Brasseur; Laura L. Pauley

Paper 2004-1374 Session 3166 Mechanical Engineering Case Studies on the Web Laura L. Pauley and James G. Brasseur Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Penn State UniversityAbstractWe describe the application of “case studies” and a case study web site developed for use injunior-level undergraduate courses in Mechanical Engineering. Case Studies developed by othersin the past often focused on design problems while our case studies focus on data analysis

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Farbrother

Residence (EiR) program is a unique collaborative effort betweenMarathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP) and Ohio Northern University (ONU). For atypical co-op session a student has to take time off from their college education toperform a co-op at a company’s facility. The EiR program is designed to allowengineering students to work 10 to 15 hours a week in an engineering office environmentwhile taking classes on campus. Balancing school work while working an additional 10to 15 hours in the office presents a challenge, but it is an excellent opportunity to gainwork experience for those students still looking to graduate in four years.Kevin Stoodt, the 2003-2004 Engineer in Residence and a 2001 mechanical engineeringgraduate of the University of Dayton

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University

AC 2004-734: TEACHING AN ONLINE TECHNOLOGY COURSE THROUGHINTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIAEhsan Sheybani, Virginia State University Page 9.1161.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 2147 Teaching an Online Technology Course Through Interactive Multimedia Giti Javidi, Ehsan Sheybani University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg MS 39406AbstractTechnology is having a dramatic effect on colleges and universities, producing what may bethe most challenging period in the history of higher education

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kelley

To evaluate the effectiveness of the current iteration of the group design problem in CGT226, during the Fall 2002 semester, the course’s students (N = 48) were given an evaluation tohelp determine ways to improve PLM concepts within the project. The evaluation utilized aLikert scale with the following values: 1. Strongly Agree 2. Agree 3. Neutral 4. Disagree 5. Strongly DisagreeThe evaluation focuses on group dynamics and the utilization of PDM within the course. Thefollowing is a summary of the responses: • Groups functioned well together (M = 1.80) • Group members generally did their fair share of the group project (M = 2.21) • Students enjoyed the group project (M

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

Session 2663 Problem Definition and Problem Solving in Lean Manufacturing Environment Zbigniew Prusak Central Connecticut State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the use of scientific principles of Lean Manufacturing for teaching problemsolving process in Lean environment. Various Lean Efficiency Factors are used to provideevaluation of production environment at various stages of improvement efforts. A particularemphasis is put on the move from qualification to quantification of waste. Based on results ofquantification of the

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Erik Bowman; Kenneth Siegenthaler

Session 3266 A Community Public Service Capstone Engineering Design Project: A Collapsible Ramp for an Electric Cart/Wheelchair Kenneth E. Siegenthaler and Erik C. Bowman Department of Astronautics United States Air Force AcademyAbstractA capstone engineering design and construction course, required for graduation at theUnited States Air Force Academy, has often involved community service projects. Onesuch project was the design and construction by students of a collapsible electriccart/wheelchair ramp for a

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang

Session 157 Simulation of a disassembly-to-order system Ying Tang*, Ludivig J. Ungewitter, Tobi Mann, and Tosh Kakar * Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 Email: tang@rowan.edu Dept. of Computer Science & Computer Engineering Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 98445

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sid Wang; Kenneth Roberts; Joseph Monroe; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai

Session 2004-1745 INTEGRATION OF NASA RESEARCH INTO UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Ajit D. Kelkar, Joseph Monroe*, Devdas Pai, Kenneth Roberts and Sid Wang Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering *College of Engineering North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411 kelkar@ncat.eduINTRODUCTION The NASA Partnership Award for Integration of Research into undergraduate Education(PAIR) program incorporated the NASA-Sponsored research into the

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

Session 3213 Use of Online Tools to Improve the Teaching of Graduate Courses in Chemical Engineering Dana E. Knox Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102AbstractModern conveniences abound in the world today. This is sometimes not evident in graduateclassrooms. While innovative teaching techniques are often discussed in regard to undergraduatecourses, they seem to be less frequently seen in graduate courses. This is

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reuben Fan; Sean Brophy

Session 3230 Assessment Tracking Protocols and Design Documents as Monitoring Tools for Assessment and Evaluation of Teaching Innovations in Bioengineering Reuben H. Fan, Betty Stricker, Sean Brophy, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering / The Office of Innovation through Technology Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235Abstract This project aims at developing methods to track the assessment and evaluation ofeducational practices that incorporate learning sciences and technology with

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Nowak; Laurence Gould; Hisham Alnajjar; Diego Bernardete; David Pines

presentation of problem solutions and be able to defend the procedures and solutions.(3) Utilize technology for problem solving and understand basic principles behind problem solving with current technology.Not all outcomes were common to each course. For example, the following were specificoutcomes of the Principles of Design course:(1) Learn to utilize engineering methodology to solve problems throughout their engineering career.(2) Work effectively as a member of a team.(3) Obtain a basic understanding of the ethics required of an engineer in society.(4) Write a technical report and make an oral presentation.Joint projects were selected as the activity to integrate the three courses. There were a number ofcriteria that had to be met for a

Conference Session

Modeling in Materials Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sergey Yarmolenko; Jagannathan Sankar; Juri Filatovs; Devdas Pai

electron microscopy (SEM) has wide depth of field and gives sharp imagesfrom porous surfaces, but quantitative 3 reconstruction from these images is extremely difficult.High-resolution traditional optical microscopy has a sharp focal plane which does not allowobtaining the crisp images of non-flat surfaces but it can generate a 3 topographical map of thesurface using an extended depth of field technique.One of the student projects was concerned with comparison of porosity in different samples ofMgB2. Technical applications of this material require as much densification as possible. Analysisof the porosity level can be performed if we can separate voids and material from 2 image; SEMimages are not useful for this. Optical images of rough surface of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Forbes; Mary Emplaincourt

Session 1566 Engineering Standards and Product Liability Richard E. Forbes, Ph.D., P.E. and Mary C. Emplaincourt, M.S., M.A. Mississippi State University Abstract Engineering standards are developed and promulgated by various agencies and technicalassociations such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society ofAutomotive Engineers (SAE), Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI), etc. Inthe legal environment published standards constitute the minimum requirements in performancecriteria

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Larson; Melanie Landry; Donal Collins

Session 2793 Development of a Crawfish Processing Machine in a Capstone Design Course Michael Larson, Donal Collins, Melanie Landry Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tulane University, LA 70118AbstractThis paper describes how an entrepreneurial focus can be brought to a capstone designcourse in mechanical engineering. During the 2000-2001 academic year, seniorundergraduates in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tulane University weredivided into teams to prototype, test, refine and manufacture a new product under thedirection of faculty and graduate students who created the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahador Ghahramani

chosen as the model to simulate and test the FPS, andto illustrate how its six basins feeding the river affects flow rate and flooding downstream.1. Introduction The overall objective of this project was to develop an FPS for flood prediction downstreamusing upstream data collection for the general benefit of the public (our customer). Using sonaralong with advanced mathematical algorithms, these FPS units would be able to monitor thedevelopment of floodwaters and give advanced warning to downstream cities in danger. To beof use, the warnings would have to arrive early enough to allow cities to evacuate people andinitiate emergency preparation for the flood. As a result, one has to collect data from entire riverbasins and understand how the

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Smith; Denny Mahoney

Technology (RIT), andthe University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) joined together with key industrial sponsors to forman educational consortium for the purpose of disseminating a Master’s degree program thatwould provide the educational foundation needed by future leaders of technology-basedorganizations. “PD21”, the “Education Consortium for Product Development Leadership inthe 21st Century,” was established to address a gap between existing academic programs and abusiness need for technically grounded leaders, individuals with a strong systems perspectiveand knowledge base in both engineering and management. 1 Instead of creating a“concentration” within an established degree framework (eg. MBA or MSIE), PD21 partnersviewed product development as the