Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

Rapid Prototyping (RP) experiences, and educationalpractices that have been developed and tested at various engineering schools. RP capabilitiesaffect the pedagogy in the core design and manufacturing curriculum. RP adds excitement andrealism to the curriculum by enabling the students to build physical models directly from CADdata. The prototype communicates important information about parts, including engineering datasuch as fit and limited functional testing, labeling, highlighting, and appearance simulation.Undoubtedly, students who have an understanding of the realities of the relationship betweenCAD tools and design principles will be much more attune to the realities of the industrialstandard in RP. TTU RP objectives have been implemented

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilya Grinberg

pushing a current through load impedance inseries with the impedance of the source. Then you are on your way to a solution!”4. Interrelationsbetween introductory and advanced courses objectives are presented in Table 1. Table 1.Curriculum objectives and their interrelations Introductory technical Technical specialty courses courses (i.e. Electric (i.e. Power Systems, Electric Circuits) Machines) Development of Fluency in Technical technical literacy Terminology (vocabulary) Foundation of Fluency in applying problem- problem-solving

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Erlandson

grant on the development of prototype curriculum material for accessibledesign (AD) the Enabling Technologies Laboratory (ETL) at Wayne State University (WSU)developed integration strategies as well as educational material (DUE 9972403). Table 1summarizes some of the strategies.I want to focus on the last two categories, engineering and non-engineering, in that I believethese to be the most problematic with respect to the integration of AD material. Experience hasshown that while instructors are not opposed to the inclusion of AD material, they do not havethe time to research and develop examples, case studies and special homework assignments. Ifmaterials were readily available, however, most instructors would try to include the AD materialif

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

J. M. Mendel; H. H. Kuehl

Session 2432 The New Electrical Engineering Curriculum at the University of Southern California H. H. Kuehl, J. M. Mendel University of Southern CaliforniaI. INTRODUCTIONIn November, 1993, the University of Southern California Electrical Engineering Departmentcreated a task force to review the undergraduate curriculum and develop a new and innovativeelectrical engineering curriculum. The task force, comprised of faculty representatives from allfields of electrical engineering within the Department, devoted many hours during a period ofthree

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Construction Eduction

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Walewski, Texas A&M University; Amy Ahim Kim

Tagged Divisions

Construction

they were prepared to work in industry. Theirfindings confirmed previous research that engineering graduates often feel their greatestcompetency is with their technical ability, and they have little or no exposure to multidisciplinaryteamwork, and management experience. The results emphasized that engineering studentsrecognize and support that technical knowledge and skills should be the fundamental foundationfor building other non-technical skills such as communication, teamwork and interpersonalskills. Developing non-technical skills may necessitate redesigning the current curriculum insome cases so they are taught not in isolation but integrated into projects of other technicalcourses.The issue with current engineering curriculum is often

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Anna Sadovnikova, Monmouth University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

, inductive teaching and learning, and development of students’ professional skills.Dr. Anna Sadovnikova, Monmouth University Anna Sadovnikova is an Assistant Professor of Marketing, Leon Hess Business School. Monmouth Uni- versity. Her research interests are in innovation and new product development, technology commercial- ization and management, engineering education, and developing student professional skills. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Transforming Curriculum to Improve STEM Learning and Advance Career Readiness Abstract The paper describes the second stage of a cross-disciplinary study

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

task. To prepare our students for parallel programming, it is essentialthat parallel design of software be integrated into the undergraduate Computer Sciencecurriculum. Parallel programming represents the next turning point in how software developerswrite software9. In the Computer Science Curriculum 2008 (An interim revision of CS 2001),within Recent Trends section, there is a section on the growing relevance of concurrency whichsays that“The development of multi-core processors has been a significant recent architecturaldevelopment. To exploit this fully, software needs to exhibit concurrent behavior; this placesgreater emphasis on the principles, techniques and technologies of concurrency.Some have expressed the view that all major future

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Lux, Montana State University; Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University; Shannon D. Willoughby; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Barrett Frank

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

role," Psychological science, vol. 24, no. 9, p. 1831, 2013.[7] Y. Maeda, & Yoon, S. Y., "A meta-analysis on gender differences in mental rotation ability measured by the Purdue spatial visualization tests: Visualization of rotations (PSVT: R)," Educational Psychology Review, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 69-94, 2013.[8] C. L. Miller, Bertoline, G. R., "Spatial Visualization Research and Theories: Their Importance in the Development of an Engineering and Technical Design Graphics Curriculum Mode," Engineering Design Graphics Journal, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 5-14, 1991.[9] L. L. Thurstone, "Primary mental abilities," Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 108, no. 2813, p. 585, 1948.[10] E. Towle, J. Mann, B. Kinsey, E. J. O

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Health for Engineers, 2nd ed., 2006.[2] Biomedical Engineering Society Web Page: http://www.bmes.org[3] URL: http://www.ncees.org[4] URL: http://www.kaplanaecengineering.com/kaplanAECengineering/menu_id%601199%60 misc.aspx[5] National Congress on Engineering Education, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, New York, November 1986.[6] ABET Inc. Web Page: http://www.abet.org[7] URL: http://ecet.spsu.edu/home/Programs/Programs.php[8] Austin B. Asgill, “Curriculum Development for an EET Degree Option in Biomedical Engineering Technology,” ASEE annual conference, Chicago, IL, June 2006.[9] URL: http://ecet.spsu.edu/home/Advisory-Board/Advisory-Board.php

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan; Vedaraman Sriraman

Session 1526 Digital and Control Labs for a New Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum Karl D. Stephan and Vedaraman Sriraman Department of Technology Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666 Abstract: We present work in progress which describes the development or redesign oftwo courses in the manufacturing engineering curriculum which was founded at Southwest TexasState University in the fall of 2000. Digital electronics

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramakanth Mandalika; Enno Koehn

with those of other institutions, and these rates becomemore important than the subjects to be evaluated. In such a situation, the focus becomes “teachingto the exam” and not truly assessing the subject matter in the curriculum. In any case, institutionsmust remember that the original primary purpose of the FE is to assess minimal technicalcompetencies of the various individuals sitting for the examination.IV. FE Subject areas:A database of FE examination scores for Civil Engineering students at Lamar University hasrecently been developed. The data for the six years between 1998 and 2003 was extracted from theNCEES documentation3. With this information, the average scores of students from LamarUniversity can be compared with the national

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian S. Mitchell

Session 3513 Early Introduction of Design Fundamentals into the Chemical Engineering Curriculum Brian S. Mitchell Tulane UniversityIntroductionIn response to concerns raised by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), many chemical engineering departments have been revising the design components oftheir curricula. These modifications range from incorporation of open-ended problems inexisting courses to the development of new, design-oriented courses. At Tulane University inNew Orleans, both of these approaches

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Frair; Karan L. Watson

Session 2670 The NSF Foundation Coalition: Curriculum Change and Underrepresented Groups Dr. Karen Frair, Dr. Karan Watson University of Alabama/Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe Foundation Coalition was funded in 1993 as the fifth coalition in the National ScienceFoundation's Engineering Education Coalitions Program. The member institutions are developingimproved curricula and learning environment models that are based on four primary thrusts:integration of subject matter within the curriculum, cooperative and active learning, technology-enabled learning, and continuous

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James A. Davis; Melissa Dark

been engaged in targetedworkshops for the past two years, producing the results summarized here (see [1] for a moredetailed description). The long-term objective for the project is to develop a curriculumframework for undergraduate and graduate programs in Information Assurance (IA). Theframework includes: identification of broad areas of knowledge considered important forpracticing professionals in information assurance, identification of key learning objectives foreach of these areas, identification of a body of core knowledge and skills that all programsshould contain, and a model curriculum including scope and sequence. The framework'sdevelopment has been facilitated by workshops and working groups of leading informationassurance educators

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Jordan F. Ermilio, Center for Humanitarian Engineering and International Development, College of Engineering, Villanova University

, develop participatorymethodologies, and further integrate undergraduate and graduate student projects into program activities.1. Humanitarian Engineering and International Development1.1 Introduction The Center for Humanitarian Engineering and International Development at Villanova University wasestablished in 2020 for the purposes of integrating research and curriculum with existing outreach(Weinstein, 2020). Formally established in 2011, the engineering service-learning program providesopportunities for students and faculty to engage with humanitarian organizations around the world. Withsixteen partners in twelve countries throughout Asia, Africa and the Americas, students and faculty havebeen providing engineering services in three key

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Butkus

Session 2004-911 Linking Courses and Essential Experiences in an Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Curriculum Michael A. Butkus*, Marie C. Johnson, and Jason C. Lynch Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996* corresponding author, (845) 938 –2820 (p), (845) 938 – 3339 (f), Michael.Butkus@usma.eduAbstract Many undergraduate engineering curricula develop introductory level knowledge ofcommon engineering processes by using highly constrained problems, which call for a single“right” answer. This teaching

Conference Session

Programmatic Integration of Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Julia Nicodemus, Lafayette College; Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Adulteration: Cheating on Nature in the Age of Manufactured Food (2020) and Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil & Society in the American Countryside (2009), and co-editor of Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement (2011). He also writes widely on the history of food, the environment, science, and technology, and the ways engineers contribute to those stories. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The sociotechnical core curriculum: An interdisciplinary Engineering Studies degree programAbstractThe core curriculum of a unique degree program in Engineering Studies develops

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Salinas, ITESM; Eliud Quintero, ITESM

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

derivative graph; this way, process of visualizingthe antiderivative is becoming an important fact at the first contact with calculus, where theFundamental Theorem of calculus takes a special place as background knowledge throughout thecourse.IntroductionThe development of new digital technologies must have a positive impact in the learning processof Mathematics, but the speed that is characteristic of this development limits the time needed tounderstand the importance of these resources and their inclusion in the courses. On the otherhand, a traditional curriculum, the standard in many classrooms, actively resists questioning andcreates difficulties in the establishment of defined criteria that can guide us into making allies outof technologies

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Uma Kannan; Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

the need for developing skills inCybersecurity. Though many Universities offer a master’s degree in Cybersecurity, it isimpractical to fill this huge demand for Cybersecurity through only graduate degree holders.After careful analysis, it has become evident that there is a gap in the curriculum as it relates totraining for Cybersecurity concepts in foundational computing courses for students. To be morespecific, there is relatively less focus on the infusion of Cybersecurity concepts in undergraduatecomputing courses and its impact on classroom practices. This paper serves to address this gapby providing an experience in infusing, teaching, and assessing Cybersecurity modules in variousundergraduate computing courses that immerse students in

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew Roberts; Philip Parker; Christina Curras; Michael Penn; Max Anderson

An Innovative Infrastructure Curriculum for 21st Century Civil Engineering Matthew Roberts, Philip Parker, Christina Curras, Michael Penn, Max Anderson University of University—PlattevilleAbstractA new curriculum has been developed by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi-neering at The University of Wisconsin—Platteville (UWP). The revised curriculum creates afocus on infrastructure topics and the built environment. Classes on infrastructure will beadded to the curriculum and infrastructure topics will be added to required engineeringcourses. Students will develop a local infrastructure report card as a service

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Ravindran, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Arindam Mukherjee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-816: INTRODUCING RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING IN THEUNDERGRADUATE COMPUTER ENGINEERING CURRICULUMArun Ravindran, University of North Carolina, CharlottePatricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, CharlotteArindam Mukherjee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Page 14.807.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introducing Reconfigurable Computing in the Undergraduate Computer Engineering CurriculumAbstractWe present our curriculum development efforts on introducing undergraduate computerengineering seniors to the emerging paradigm of high performance computing through the use ofFPGA based reconfigurable computers. The prerequisites

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Paul Kuban, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-1498: A NEW MECHATRONICS CURRICULUM WITHIN ANACCREDITED B.S.E. PROGRAMRichard Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana Richard Ruhala earned his BSME from Michigan State in 1991 and his PhD in Acoustics from The Pennsylvania State University in 1999. He has three years industrial experience at General Motors and three years at Lucent Technologies. In 2009 he was promoted to Associate Professor in the Engineering Department at USI, where he has been employed since 2002. He is the coordinator for the mechanical engineering concentration, and co-coordinator for the mechatronics concentrations within the BSE degree program. Courses developed and taught include: statics, vibrations

Conference Session

Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Bass, Oregon Institute of Technology; Thomas White, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, "Curriculum Development for a New Energy Engineering Major at The Pennsylvania State University," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, June 23-25, 200811. ABET, List of All Accredited Engineering Programs, www.abet.org/accrediteac.asp Page 14.394.9

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

the skills required by business and government while providing theneeded general education. Currently, the IS 2002 recommendations3 form the blueprint forcurriculum development of IS majors. An important part of the IS curriculum is problem solvingand programming. In fact, the IS 2002 recommendations acknowledge the importance ofproblem solving in the curriculum and require an embedded approach to introducing problemsolving and critical thinking in all courses. However, many students encounter difficulties in Page 9.732.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Byrne

coursetitled mechanics of deformable bodies. This strength of materials lab provides experiences thatconnect the mechanics concepts being learned with materials property testing. Deliverables fromthe lab course are established to develop a professional communication style where both theoryand experimental analysis are valued highly. Course objectives and lab experiences in both the freshman and sophomore lab coursesare described and presented in the context of the mechanical engineering curriculum. Theobjective of this paper is to present the courses and to demonstrate the challenges and successesin implementing the integrated plan. Challenges include delivery to students with limitedexperimental backgrounds. Successes include improved

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Floersheim; Stephen Ressler; Margaret Bailey

integrated program of assessment and feedback to affect positive change ormaintain superior performance.5 What is often missing is a credible link between top-down curriculum management and bottom-up course assessment. At the United StatesMilitary Academy at West Point, a widely accepted assessment model provides theframework for program management. The Department of Civil and MechanicalEngineering at West Point has long prided itself on working hard to provide a rigorousand well-integrated undergraduate engineering program of study. By reputation, we haveachieved that end as we consistently rank near the top of undergraduate engineeringprograms nationwide.6 Over the course of the last five years, we have developed andrefined an integrating tool

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

P. M. Wild; B. W. Surgenor

Session 2566 An Innovative Mechatronics Course for a Traditional Mechanical Engineering Curriculum P.M. Wild, B.W. Surgenor Department of Mechanical Engineering Queen’s University, Kingston, OntarioAbstractMany Mechanical Engineering Departments have recently or are now developing programsand/or courses in mechatronics. The emphasis of these programs/courses varies from institutionto institution. The programs at four Canadian universities are described briefly and a newelective course in mechatronics

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kaylea Dunn

1 The Case for Leadership Skills Courses in the Engineering Curriculum Kaylea Dunn Olsson Associates, Lincoln, NEAbstractLeadership courses are often encouraged, but not mandatory for an undergraduate engineeringdegree. The research presented here focuses on implementing specific undergraduate leadershipcourses as part of an American Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditedprogram at a Midwestern University.The purpose of this study is to identify what professional skills engineering companies expectstudents to develop through coursework before

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in Computing -2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

in the 21st century thanin the preceding timeframes. Engineering technology and the requirements from the globalworkforce are in constant evolution. This behooves engineering programs at universities acrossthe world to adapt their curricula to prepare the graduates for the challenges in the engineeringindustry. The engineering curriculum which adopts integrated projects on a centralizedengineering project platform [1] enables the student to become an active, intentional, and goal-oriented learner through problem-solving [2]-[3] in a project-based [4]-[6] and project-enhancedlearning [7] environment. Traditionally, core lecture and laboratory courses have been taught inrelative isolation of each other. This approach does not effectively

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Eugene Niemi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Sammy Shina, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Chris Niezrecki, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Robert Parkin, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Majid Charmchi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2621: SERVICE-LEARNING IN CORE COURSES THROUGHOUT AMECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMJohn Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Professor of Mechanical and Solar Engineering. Faculty Coordinator of SLICE Program (Service-Learning Integrated throughout a College of Engineering), Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Solar Engineering, and Director of the Center for Sustainable Energy.Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Service-Learning Coordinator for the Francis College of Engineering. She is a second career Mechanical Engineer, with over twenty years of human services management. She assists faculty in all five engineering departments to develop course-based service