Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ciletti; Gregory Plett

Piloting a Balanced Curriculum in Electrical Engineering— Introduction to Robotics Gregory L. Plett and Michael D. Ciletti Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Colorado at Colorado SpringsAbstractRecent papers have reported that engineering students perceive and assimilate academic contentin different ways. A variety of theories have been developed to try to understand this phenome-non better so that instructional methods may be developed to reach all students. One well-knowninstrument used to assess learning styles is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) [Myers80],which can be used to classify

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Stetler; Stuart Kellogg

Session 3530 Portfolio Assessment and Improvement for a First-Year Engineering Curriculum Larry D. Stetler, Stuart D. Kellogg, Jon J. Kellar, David J. Dixon, Glen A. Stone, Larry A. Simonson, Zbignew J. Hladysz, Jason T. Ash, and Heidi L. Sieverding South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701Abstract:For the past five years, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has redefined its first-year engineering curriculum. The program, now required of all first year engineering students,incorporates curricular elements developed by the Foundation Coalition and elements from theEPICS program at the Colorado School of Mines. As part of the course, students are required

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Argrow

impetus for the re-engineered curriculum that is the AE2000; a curriculum with renewed emphasis on design and hands-on learning to balance thetheory of the engineering sciences. Horizontal integration of engineering science topics withhands-on and design experiences is a priority. This is within a learning environment wherecommunications and teamwork development is ubiquitous. Specifically, we have: 9 Established a core curriculum Integrated the material in this core Made the curriculum relevant to applications Made it experiential, i.e., “hands-on” Integrated communication and teamwork skills into all courses Provided more curricular choice at the upper division Implemented

Conference Session

Ethics across the Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William J. Frey; Halley D. Sánchez; Jose Cruz-Cruz

Session 0461 Ethics Across the Curriculum: An Effective Response to ABET 2000 William J. Frey, Halley D. Sanchez, and José A. Cruz University of Puerto Rico at MayagüezI. IntroductionABET 2000 challenges the traditional engineering curriculum by putting forward innovativegeneral criteria to which any engineering program must respond. Engineering programs answerthe challenge by developing objectives and measurable outcomes that represent locally generatedinstantiations of these criteria. Rather than elicit self-evaluations that merely tabulate

Conference Session

PCEE Session 4: Resource / Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Bruns, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Brian Grogan, Siemens Digital Industries Software

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University.Siemens Engineering and Engineering Technology STEM CurriculumCourses (Resource Exchange)Grade level: 9-12Program Overview: This Siemens secondary school curriculum is an engineeringproject/problem-based learning curriculum which teaches the fundamentals of engineeringdesign and manufacturing along with the enabling engineering technology, e.g., CAD, CAM,CAE, design collaboration, etc. Students utilize the iterative engineering design process todefine, research, imagine, plan, create, test, improve, and communicate solutions. Each projectallows student teams to develop distinct solutions to the same problem. The problem statementpresents the student with an opportunity to plan, organize

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chengyi Zhang P.E., University of Wyoming; David Arditi, Illinois Institute of Technology; Peng Liu

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

. Unlike manual surveying and othersurveying methods, 3D laser scanning provides the surveyor with an accurate and efficientway to collect and present the physical data of space, environment, or object. Yu [29]developed a curriculum for implementing laser scanning technology in a land surveyingprogram. The end-of-semester student survey showed a positive result of evaluating thelearning outcomes. The student can benefit from laser scanning technology by extractingsurvey features from the point cloud, calculating volumes or surface areas, creating a TIN(triangulated irregular network) model, and generating contours. Although the benefits mayvary based on the discipline, the point cloud is an up-to date, accurate, and unambiguousmeasurement of what

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashlyn Munson; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Wanda Dann, Ithaca College; Stephen Cooper, Saint Joseph's University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

).1JABRWOC utilizes the Alice software in an innovative introductory programming course. Alice is a 3Danimation programming environment developed by Dr. Randy Pausch at Carnegie Mellon University.The Alice software is freely available online.2 Drs. Stephen Cooper, Saint Joseph’s University, andWanda Dann, Ithaca College, recognized the potential of the Alice software as a teaching tool and createda curriculum (henceforth known as the Alice curriculum), pedagogy, and instructional materials for theinnovative approach.The Alice curriculum was developed with the intent of effectively teaching introductory programmingskills, while maintaining positive attitudes towards the subject. This curriculum simplifies first yearprogramming by focusing on problem

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven S Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joshua David Carl, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, 2018 A Review of Electronic Engineering Logbooks Throughout the Electrical Engineering Curriculum Abstract Successful engineers must be well versed in communication skills, particularly with respect to written documentation in engineering logbooks. Such logs provide technical records that facilitate the day-to-day work of individual engineers, as well as enable continuity when projects are transferred to other engineers. Due to changes in technology and patent law, as well as the promise of simple archiving and sharing of technical work, many practicing engineers have moved away from traditional bound paper engineering notebooks and

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, trigonometry and analytic geometry, and finally CalculusI enhance learning objectives in this renewable energy class. In addition, a laboratory manual fromFESTO-Didactic provides detailed review information on related fundamentals before thelaboratory activities.This curriculum update serves as a major and minor class for multiple degree concentrations suchas Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET), construction management, safetymanagement, and engineering design and development in the department of engineeringtechnology. The university’s recent strong partnership with a major energy services company alsomakes electrical power and renewable energy curriculum central to the University and College’sstrategic planning that will produce

Conference Session

PCEE Resource Exchange

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research interests include K-12 education and first year engineering in the light of the engineering design process, and inclusion of digital fabrication labs into classrooms. Her current work at the FACE lab is on the use of classroom Makerspaces for an interest-based framework of engineering design. She is also interested in cross-cultural work in engineering education to promote access and equity. She is an aerospace engineer, and is the present Vice President (Educational Content) of the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED).Mrs. Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kayla is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. Antaya, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Piervincenzo Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6817Incorporating Sustainability into the Civil Engineering curriculum via crosscourse collaborationsClaire L. Antaya, Arizona State UniversityDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of PittsburghDr. Piervincenzo Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Piervincenzo Rizzo earned his Laurea—M.S. equivalent—in Aeronautical Engineering at the Univer- sity of Palermo, Italy in 1998. After serving in the Italian Army Corps of Engineering, Dr. Rizzo moved to the U.S.A. where he earned a master’s degree in 2002 and a Ph.D. in 2004 in Structural Engineering at the University of California at San Diego. In September 2006 he became an

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

bachelor’s of arts in physics from Duquesne University and a bach- elor’s of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004. After graduating, Kerzmann enrolled in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated with a mas- ter’s of science and a doctorate of philosophy in mechanical engineering in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Kerzmann is currently an Assistant Professor and Mechanical Engineering Coordinator at Robert Morris University, where he teaches mechanical engineering courses, as well as courses on alternative energy. His research interests include hybrid concentrating photovoltaic systems, energy system life cycle assessment, renewable energy product development

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Hyman, University of Missouri; Jim Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri

refinements to another capstone design from Spring 09. Thiscourse is a project-type course, with no lectures, homework, or exams. Student teams give threeoral presentations and submit three written reports. Each individual student also maintains adesign journal and accounts for the time they spend on various project activities.Evaluation and Formative AssessmentThe underlying educational purpose for this project is to develop the learning and teachingmaterials needed to support the systematic use of project-based learning experiences throughoutour curriculum. With this purpose in mind, the assessment activities were designed primarily forformative purposes, but they also have important summative uses. The evaluation andassessment activities are being

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Davis; Wayne Sarasua

Engineer, theirsurveying knowledge may be limited to what was learned in their Civil Engineering undergraduatecurriculum. This paper describes a widely transferable and technically up-to-date course inGeomatics that expands on traditional surveying by incorporating modern methods of spatial datacollection, management, and analysis. The course can serve as a Civil Engineering undergraduaterequirement typically taken during the student's sophomore year. The paper presents lessonslearned in developing Geomatics courses taught at Clemson University, Georgia Tech, and TheCitadel. Findings and recommendations are summarized with respect to broader applicationissues impacting the civil engineering curriculum. Course topics primarily focus on spatial

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh; Robert S. Parker, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

present the basics of implementing a pillars-style curriculum and report on ourongoing assessment of student learning and knowledge integration using this framework. Theassessment is “ongoing”, in part, because the new curriculum has been evolving with time.Also, and more importantly, as this curriculum is one of the first of its kind, our somewhatunique assessment requirements necessitate development of new tools as we go. Specifically,it is critical that our curriculum be evaluated not only for its effectiveness in enhancing theability of students to engage in systems thinking (knowledge integration), but also to specifi-cally assess the impact of this type of curriculum on students’ performance in conceptualizing(chemical) engineering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri

software systems, RE is a required juniorlevel course in the undergraduate Software Engineering (SE) curriculum at the MilwaukeeSchool of Engineering (MSOE). SE-382: Software Requirements & Specification was developedand taught for the first time in our SE curriculum during the Winter Quarter 2000-2001. Thispaper summarizes the author’s experience in developing and teaching this course.2. Course Format for the First OfferingThe academic schedule at MSOE is based on a quarter system with three quarters in an academicyear. Each quarter involves ten weeks of instruction with the eleventh week devoted to finalexams. SE-382 met three times a week for fifty minutes each and did not have an associated labperiod.The course objectives (as required by

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robert Norton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering and advised capstone design projects within the robotics and automation option. He received his PhD and M.S. degrees from Purdue University, both in electrical engineering. He received his BS in electrical and electronics engineering from Middle East Technical University. Dr. Padir currently teaches undergraduate robotics engineering courses at WPI, advises student projects and participates in curriculum development activities for WPI's robotics engineering BS degree. Page 14.428.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Designing an Undergraduate Robotics Engineering

Conference Session

A Serving Profession: Service Learning in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Gartner, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John TIng, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Oguz Gunes, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

presents the initial effort of undergraduate curriculum reform in the CEE departmentat UML. Several challenges and issues were identified while incorporating S-L into thecurriculum.Challenges faced: Through faculty and student surveys developed by Duffy et al. [12], the keychallenges identified by the faculty were: lack of time, lack of resources, and finding the rightproject. The key challenge identified by the students was: spent more time on service orientedprojects. With the additional three-year support from NSF, many challenges identified are beingaddressed. Such as a college wide S-L coordinator has been hired, each department has adedicated S-L coordinator. These coordinators will help find community partners and matchcommunity needs with

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jason Blough, Michigan Technological University; Henry Sodano, Michigan Technological University; Harold Evensen, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Michigan Technological University. This phase of the project grew out of a longstanding relationshsip between faculty at each University. These collegues have workedtogether for more than twenty years, developing educational material for seminars and short Page 11.722.2courses.Michigan Tech Dynamic Systems CoursesThe dynamic systems portion of the curriculum at Michigan Technological University consists ofthree required core courses in conventional dynamics, mechanical vibrations and control systems.In addition to these courses, there are several senior elective classes and a required mechanicalengineering laboratory course, which reinforces

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carsten Ahrens

; - gives the possibility of double diploma certificates.Normal exchange programmes have a much shorter study period abroad.The organisation of the curriculum development and its changes, as well as the exchangeprogramme itself is very much time consuming and not easy to handle. Each year all partneruniversities are coming together to have at least one meeting.The curriculum is part of the normal academic education programme of each involveduniversity and, thus, accredited by the respective accreditation boards. In the future – at leasttill 2008 - all study programmes in Europe have to be changed according to the two-tiersystem within the Bologna process. It is open whether and how a changed ECEM-course willbe accredited by the respective national

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jo Cartwright; Allie Knowlton; Donald Falkenburg

maintained to help search for and manage those objects. The Greenfield Coalition isimplementing a structure for metadata based on the IMS Learning Resource Meta-DataInformation Model Version 1.2.1 [5]. In Figure 4 we illustrate some of the screens available toenter Metadata. The first of these describes general information (language, keywords andcontent description) while the second illustrates technical specifications required to access thematerial (browser versions, installation remarks, etc.). Figure 4: Metadata—General Information and Technical InformationGreenfield CoursesUnder funding from the National Science Foundation, Greenfield has developed a series ofcourses to support a curriculum in manufacturing engineering. Current on

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard DeVries; Douglas Stahl

?”).Conclusions and further questions The experiments and related activities of SEW constitute a coherent curriculum instructural behavior that is overlaid on the traditional set of courses. Through exposure to differentaspects of the experiments – planning, fabrication, testing, analysis – several times during theirstudies, students are encouraged to develop their own understanding of structural behavior. The idea that the students’ learning from these activities is not uniform has led tointeresting discussions among faculty… Is it fair that all the students do not have an identicalexperience? In the construction methods course, for example, our intent is that each team ofstudents should work on at least one type of test specimen (some

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

to therespondents in their position in academia. Table 1 shows the results.strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly respondent not disagree in academia 19.1% 23.4% 3.2% 2.1% 0.0% 52.1% Table 1. Teaching Practicum has been helpful in my position in academia.Most of the narrative comments were positive for this question and primarily addressed thehelpfulness in teaching. The practicum was cited as useful in developing teaching notes,preparing homework and exams, and the delivery of lecture material. One respondent found thepracticum a “small but illuminating window into the

Conference Session

Moral Theories and Engineering Ethics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Ratnajeevan Hoole; Dushyanthi Hoole

favor with A.New Zealand and Australia in particular have been known to use the MFN/GSP regime todemand high human rights standards of their trading partners. Are engineers trained to handletheir increased responsibility through these situations arising from Globalization 9?The CurriculumThe curriculum largely consisted of three components: i) International Human Rights Law10,11(as in the International Bill of Human Rights) International Humanitarian Law (the four GenevaConventions and the two additional Protocols thereto 12,13) and the ILO Conventions2; ii) Theirapplication to Engineers; and iii) Some interesting cases under the African Charter 14,developments in the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of HumanRights

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Clay Barbee; Brian Lenahan; Michael Warren; Joseph Morgan

. ENTC 359Electronics Systems Interfacing, a required course in the Engineering Technology curriculum, givesstudents the opportunity to participate in a laboratory project where groups compete against oneanother to design and develop a mobile platform, as shown in Figure 6. Most notably, this exerciserequires students to remotely control a motorized platform, which then relays real time video back to theuser. The wireless infrastructure allows students to test their mobile platform design as it is manipulatedthroughout the Thompson and Fermier hallways while being controlled from a central location via thewireless network. Figure 6. Mobile platformEngineering Technology senior design projects for the Spring

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

B. L. Steward; T. J. Brumm; S. K. Mickelson

example, electronicportfolios will soon be required of every undergraduate student in the department. Students willuse them to demonstrate and develop competencies related to the program student outcomes.Given that our students tend to be visual learners, we believe students should find the creationand reflection of electronic portfolios an excellent learning experience for them. CONCLUSIONSFrom this study, we concluded that:1. Consistent, salient learning style patterns exist in the students of two different curriculums in our department: our students tend to be strongly visual learners.2. Other assessments confirm learning style patterns and clarify how students think about their learning styles or

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Murray, Pittsburg State University; Jeanne H. Norton; Dan Spielbusch

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

and modules will requiredevelopment and creation of new lab procedures, plastics samples, and course documents. Twostudents will be employed as PET Curriculum Development interns at $15 per hour for 40 hoursper week over the course of the twelve weeks to assist PET faculty in processing, testing, andanalytical lab development, procedure troubleshooting, sample production, and lab disseminationdocuments in new and existing coursework focused on lab learning activities.Proposed faculty and student travelFaculty members and undergraduate students will attend the Plastics Industry AssociationRe|Focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit Annual Conference. Conference topics includethree tracks: sustainable business, sustainable manufacturing, and

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

creating social-scientific experts outside ofengineering [1].Upon this foundation, the challenge of adding social justice to the engineering curriculum beganto be discussed. In 2008, the National Science Foundation sponsored a workshop on SocialJustice, Sustainable Community Development and Engineering at the National Academy ofEngineering, which included a session titled “Implications for Engineering Education” [2]. Inreflecting on the workshop, lead workshop organizer, Rachelle Hollander, noted that “thequestion of engineering and social justice was a hotly contested topic at the meeting, whilehumanitarianism and engineering or engineering and social responsibility was not. Someengineers did not think social justice (whatever it was) was an

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ethan Brue

theseapproaches are counterproductive. Both approaches only solidify in the minds of engineeringstudents the false notion that while engineering and history may be both good to study, thesedisciplines are independent from one another and not inseparably intertwined. The developmentof an integral historical component in the engineering curriculum requires more than just newcourse development or old course modification; it necessitates interdisciplinary communicationand thematic continuity across the boundaries of every course taken by engineering students.Carefully crafting a history of technology “hub” course that enables integral historical reflectionin all subsequent engineering courses is only a first step. As an example, I will briefly outline

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #11355Adding an International Senior Design Component into the Civil CurriculumDr. Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh Dr. Dan Budny joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty as Academic Director of the Freshman Pro- grams and an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering in January 2000. Prior to that time he served as Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Freshman Programs at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degree from Michigan Technological University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University. His research has focused on the development of programs that assist entering