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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Whitefoot, University of Pittsburgh; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #28908Using Benchmarking Methods to Inform Curriculum Changes in MechanicalEngineering ProgramsProf. John Whitefoot, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Whitefoot’s research interests include engineering education, energy system optimization, transporta- tion policy, and transportation/energy integration. As a teaching professor within the MEMS department, his roles include course development, classroom instruction, and research on engineering education, with a focus on thermofluidic and experimental methods courses. Dr. Whitefoot has worked extensively in the automotive industry. Prior to his appointment in the

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engineering Management

AC 2008-1287: EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS INTEACHING ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CURRICULUMErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems (CLLES) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Prior to UNC Charlotte, he was teaching as part of the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. At i2, he

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Research on Design Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Nuclear Engineering department from 1999 to 2015. He also worked at GE Corporate from 1987 to 1991, con- sulting and introducing world-class productivity practices throughout GE operations. In 1991 he joined GE Appliances and led product line structuring efforts resulting in $18 million annual cost savings to the refrigeration business. Later as a design team leader he led product development efforts and the initial 1995 market introduction of the Built-In Style line of GE Profile refrigerators. His last assignment at GE Appliances was in the Office of Chief Engineer in support of GE’s Design for Six Sigma initiative. Dr. Steiner has taught advanced design methods to hundreds of new and experienced engineers. His

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Radiation and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri; Matthew Easter, University of Missouri; Rose Marra, University of Missouri; William Miller, University of Missouri

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Nuclear and Radiological

design, task analysis, instructional design, computer-based learning, hypermedia, constructivist learning, cognitive tools, and technology in learning. He has consulted with businesses, universities, public schools, and other institutions around the world. His current research focuses on problem solving.Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri Matthew Schmidt is a doctoral candidate in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri – Columbia. He is currently involved in a DOL-funded curriculum development project for an Associates of Applied Science Degree in Nuclear Technologies focusing on radiological safety.Matthew Easter, University of Missouri

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Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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Aerospace

AC 2011-990: REVISED AERODYNAMICS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUC-TION FOR IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMESValana L Wells, Arizona State University Dr. Wells is Program Chair for Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University. She teaches the first course in aerodynamics, as well as undergraduate and graduate courses in aircraft design, aircraft flight mechanics, numerical methods, acoustics and rotary-wing aerodynam- ics. In addition to engineering curriculum innovation and reform, her interests include rotorcraft noise suppression, rotorcraft aerodynamics and high-speed rotorcraft design.Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University Jenefer Husman received a doctoral degree in Educational Psychology from

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Petersen; Richard Hughey; David Meek; Alexandra Carey

team. Her interests include parallel processing, poetry, and swing dancing.RICHARD HUGHEY received the B.A. in Mathematics and B.S. in Engineering from Swarthmore College, and theSc.M. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University, and is Chair at the Department of ComputerEngineering. His interests include parallel processing, bioinformatics, and curriculum development. His KestrelParallel Processor project has included over 20 undergraduate researchers.DAVID MEEK is a Development Staff Engineer with the Engineering School. His primary job responsibility is tomaintain, support and help with all aspects of the undergraduate Engineering Laboratories. Prior to coming to UCSChe worked 10 years as a senior engineering technician for Apple

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2004 GSW

Authors

Paul Ruchhoeft

Introducing Emerging Technology into the Engineering Curriculum Through Capstone Projects Paul Ruchhoeft Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Richard Bannerot, Ross Kastor, and Gangbing Song Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston AbstractIn the one semester, three engineering department, capstone design course taught in theCullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston, multidisciplinary teamswork on design projects provided by local industry and the faculty. A rich source of gooddesign problems associated with

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Beth Sellers, University of Florida; R. Jamaal Downey, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

engineering students respond to hidden curriculum as well as how Latinx contingent faculty experience workplace inequities in engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture in Education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Dr. Downey focuses on critical qualitative inquiry with a discerning eye toward humanizing and culturally sustaining pedagogies.Idalis Villanueva Alarc´on, University of Florida Dr. Villanueva is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for underrepres

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnathon Demetrio Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Alexander John Norway, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Victoria Joyous DuPriest, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

and Technology hassix semesters of design courses, and arguably, initiating with the Introduction to MechanicalEngineering curriculum sets up students for a path of success in future coursework and theirengineering career. The course focuses on the introduction of concepts and the development ofskills, both of which can be applied to different projects and software packages. This is donethrough the implementation of three different design projects, all ranging in the scope ofmechanical systems. The course and respective projects focus on the overall fundamentalconcepts, meaning content is first-year appropriate and not hinged on higher-level mathematicsor sciences. This allows us to refine our focus to engineering principles and the hands

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Curricular Advancements in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Paul Moses, University of Oklahoma

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #31330Partner Selection and Group-Based Curriculum Design for EngineeringLaboratory CoursesDr. Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma Chad E. Davis received the BS degree in mechanical engineering, MS degree in electrical engineering, and PhD degree in engineering from the University of Oklahoma, in 1994, 2000, and 2007, respectively. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty at OU and serves as one of the primary advisers for ECE students and serves on the ECE Undergraduate Studies Committee. He currently teaches technical courses in circuits, electromechanical

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Underwood, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Markeya S. Peteranetz, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Clarence Waters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

insight toward curriculum development in other engineeringdisciplines [3,4].MethodsAn online survey was distributed via email using a snowball method to participating industrypractitioners in April 2021. Respondents were asked to complete the survey within one week. Allresponses were finished or closed within that timeline. A total of 445 people accessed the survey,and 384 participants completed it. The survey took most respondents 15 minutes or less. Foreach item, all available data were included in the analysis, regardless of whether the respondentcompleted the entire survey. Industry practitioners with less than 5 years of experience (N = 68),5 to 10 years of experience (N = 95), 10 to 15 years of experience (N = 82), 15 to 20 years

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Potpourri

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gregory Lyman, Central Washington University; Rowdy A. Sanford, University of Idaho; Jeff R. Wilcox, Central Washington University; Timothy L. Sorey, Central Washington University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

engineering technology programs are implementing robotics and automation platformsinto their undergraduate curriculums. However, presenting students with an industry-applicableand budget-friendly platform for such a curriculum can be a surprisingly difficult challenge.Program faculty have reviewed a plethora of robotics platforms and determined that mostreadily-available robotics platforms fall into two categories: robotics toys and industrialrobotics. Both categories can provide a wealth of educational components, but both also havelimitations, causing a perceived curriculum gap in mechatronics course sequence design.Program faculty have developed a unique way to fill this gap, retrofitting older roboticsplatforms with newer technologies. In this

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cory J. Prust; Stephen M. Williams

. Bibliography 1. Petersen, O., Reyer, S., and Williams, S., “Addressing The Future: Development of an Electrical Engineering Curriculum,” Proc. 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2005. 2. Born, R., “A Capstone Design Experience for Electrical Engineers,” IEEE Trans on Education, vol. 35, no. 3, Aug. 1992, pp. 240-242. 3. https://faculty-web.msoe.edu/prust/EESeniorDesign/ , MSOE web page, last accessed July 16, 2013. 4. Farr, J., et. al, “Using A Systematic Engineering Design Process to Conduct Undergraduate Engineering

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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Leduc, Ball State University

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Manufacturing

manufacturing curriculum.A framework for Implementation of Six Sigma in the Manufacturing CurriculumAt Ball State University, the manufacturing engineering technology program requires a course instatistical quality control and a course in design of experiments. Both of the courses providetechnical tools which are part of the Six Sigma toolkit. Lean is taught in other courses offered inthe manufacturing curriculum. Ball State University also has a strategic mission to providestudents with an immersive learning experience.There was no room in the manufacturing engineering technology curriculum to add additionalcourses; therefore Ball State University elected to develop a Minor in Process Improvement. Thisminor will provide students an opportunity to

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State College; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University; Xiangyan Zeng, Fort Valley State University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

]" "2. Science: A science component that develops an understanding of the scientific method and provides students with an opportunity to experience this mode of inquiry in courses for science or engineering majors that provide some exposure to laboratory work. [CS]"In accordance with the above ABET standards, the Major Requirements of the curriculum wasrevised to increase the credit hours of Principles of Programming II from 3 to 4 and substituteDiscrete Mathematics for Calculus II in Area F. This modification to Area F also meets the USGrequirement of 18 hours of lower division coursework related to the field of study. In Area G, thecurriculum is divided into two subcategories: Required Courses and Restricted

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Broussard; Jenelle Piepmeier

also implemented. The softwarefor the face recognition lab placed the eigenface feature data in a matrix format similar tothat used for the object recognition project. This allowed students to reuse the K NearestNeighbor functions for identification.6. ConclusionsWe have presented an undergraduate level computer vision curriculum that can becovered in a single semester. The experiments develop many skills desired withinadvanced stationary or mobile robotics programs. Several laboratory exercises have beendescribed including automatic thresholding, edge detection, handwriting recognition, andface recognition. We have delineated and characterized the computer functions anddatabases required to implement a course of this type. The course covers a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl White; Myra Curtis; Clifton Martin

Session 1653 Pre-Freshman Accelerated Curriculum in Engineering (PACE) Summer Bridge Program Carl White, Myra W. Curtis, Clifton S. Martin Morgan State UniversityAbstractFaculty and administrators at universities across the country are concerned with the retentionrates of freshmen. Studies have indicated that the freshman year is the most difficult year forcollege students. This is a transitional period from high school to college, where students mustadapt to a new learning and social environment.To address this transitional period for engineering freshmen

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Maynard; Anneta Razatos

Session 2313 The Evolution of Engineering: Incorporating Biology into Traditional Engineering Curriculum Jennifer Maynard, Anneta Razatos The University of Texas at AustinAbstractTechnology is changing more rapidly today than ever before, and it is critical that engineeringstudents are prepared to succeed in a wide variety of developing disciplines. Students shouldbe prepared to apply fundamental concepts of engineering to nontraditional challenges. Oneemerging area in research and industry is that of biology: as this basic science evolves frombeing descriptive

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordan Osborne, Illinois State University; Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University; Yi-hsiang Isaac Chang, Illinois State University

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD)

Paper ID #42358WIP: Designing an Immersive Robotics Curriculum with Virtual RealityJordan Osborne, Illinois State University Jordan Osborne is a Lecturer in the Department of Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches courses in Engineering Technology and Computer Systems Technology. Before joining the university faculty, Jordan manufactured and designed switchgear power distribution systems. He has also worked in the electronics manufacturing industry to develop circuitry for high-resolution media broadcast. His research interests include interdisciplinary STEM education and applied educational

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Ward; Elizabeth Alford

Session 2561 Integrating Ethics into the Freshman Curriculum: An Interdisciplinary Approach Elisabeth Alford, Tom Ward University of South CarolinaAbstractTo ensure that undergraduate engineers have a deep and practical understanding of professionalethics, engineering colleges are developing ways to integrate ethics throughout their curriculum.The freshman engineering course is the logical and appropriate time to begin discussion ofprofessional ethics, long before students are confronted with the tough decisions they may haveto make later. The

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter

activities. Inaddition to being valuable for course development, learning objectives can be used for courseimprovement by identifying critical material, facilitating course activities, and maximizingstudent learning. Learning objectives can be used for curriculum improvement bycommunicating course expectations to faculty and students, organizing key points of learningthroughout the curriculum, eliminating excessive duplication of material, and providingassessment of course performance. Therefore, learning objectives can also be a cornerstone forassessment programs designed to meet accreditation criteria. Page 10.1414.7 Proceedings of the 2005

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

curriculum development,delivery, and assessment. This may be the primary reason for the limited participation. However,the lack of established disciplinary norms may also play a factor. For example, architecturehistory is an established sub-discipline with clearly defined content, while the history ofconstruction or enginnering subject does not have the same recognition.Perhaps an effort to develop construction/engineering history and culture coursework wouldincrease the recruitment and retainage of STEM majors, especially if the course can be madeavailable to all majors. In addition, sustainability, energy, and disaster recovery/resilience canalso provide opportunities from a construction/engineering perspective.The natural next step in this

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., Howard University; Hyung D. Bae, Howard University

students to easily use suchanalysis packages at undergraduate levels. This paper discusses an undergraduate course,Computer Aided Engineering, and how it integrates design, analysis and optimization under thesame course.Overview of Computer Aided Engineering in Mechanical Engineering CurriculumMechanical Engineering curriculum is based on 120 credits and offers traditional courses as wellas various specialties including energy, applied mechanics, aerospace and manufacturing/designin the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University. A recent change to thecurriculum included development of a new course, “Computer Aided Engineering”, in responseto demands of students as well as faculty who expect students to have advanced design (CAD)and

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Narang

existence and was integrated within the curriculum, and some of the important topics covered in the classwith their application.Description and Objectives The catalog description of the new course is: the study of design for manufacturability of variousmanufacturing processes, surface technology, tolerance control, techniques for setup reduction, design forassembly principles, group technology, sequencing of machining operations, chatter theory and control, solidmodeling representations, part feature recognition techniques and computer-aided process planning. The objectives of the course as described in the course outline are: to develop skills in economical part

Conference Session

Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Craig A Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University; Mir M. Atiqullah, Southern Polytechnic State University; John F. Sweigart P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Beth Stutzmann, Southern Polytechnic State University; Wei Zhou

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

prepare engineers to fulfill their cultural and civicresponsibilities. For an engineering educator, it is vital to inculcate in the engineering students,the importance of studying humanities that can open up their minds to the use of creative ideasfrom great minds outside of science. Humanists claim that the state-of-the-art scientificknowledge techniques that engineers learn in their college curriculum have a limited shelf life. Ifthey master the humanities, it can provide tools for extending that shelf life. One of the mostimportant aspects of engineering is effective communication, both verbal and written.Humanities study can strengthen the ability of engineers to work and communicate with others.Importance of HumanitiesA number of engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Trends and Tools

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy A. Doughty, University of Portland; Steven O'Halloran, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

use of flexible, affordable, and accessible data acquisition platforms,undergraduate students are becoming more and more familiar with the design of experiments andthe topics associated with data collection. For this study a self-guided tutorial was developed tointroduce the topics of data acquisition. Students at various stages of their undergraduatecurriculum are asked to work through the tutorial. This tutorial is also used in conjunction with across-curricular project involving numerical simulation and experimental validation of heattransfer topics of conduction and convection. Students were surveyed, both prior to and shortlyafter the tutorial, to determine the perceived value of the exercise in the context of theireducation and future

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Gray; Robert Weissbach

Page 5.381.7• GPS signal structure and trackingConclusionSatellite communications and global positioning satellite systems are becoming an everydaypart of our lives. Wireless communication in remote areas (e.g., at sea) or where cells havenot yet been installed requires the use of a satellite system. Most transportation systems arenow installing GPS receivers to track position, speed and time. Therefore, the need fortechnologists who understand these technologies for product design, repair, service, sales andmaintenance is growing. Penn State Erie, The Behrend College is preparing to meet thisneed by including in their curriculum senior design projects, and developing a technicalelective, such that graduates will have an edge in employment in

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

M.P. Hottenstein; C.O. Ruud

Session 3263 A GRADUATE CURRICULUM FOCUSED UPON MANUFACTURING & INTEGRATING ENGINEERING & BUSINESS C.O. Ruud, M.P. Hottenstein The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractA unique, new graduate program, Quality and Manufacturing Management (QMM), has beenintroduced at Penn State. The QMM program is an integrated two-semester academic programcreated jointly by the Colleges of Engineering and Business with cooperation and stimulationfrom industry. The courses are all required and taken in lock-step by each class cohort. Facultymembers from both colleges teach in the program

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen A. Fulling; David L. Barrow

Session 1265 Using an Integrated Engineering Curriculum to Improve Freshman Calculus David L. Barrow, Stephen A. Fulling Department of Mathematics Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843-3368ABSTRACT This paper addresses the following question: What are some of the ways that thebeginning calculus course for engineers can be improved, if it is part of an integrated curriculumthat also includes physics, engineering, and chemistry courses? The authors have had

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Charles Minor, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #32958Implementing an Engineering Math Curriculum Sequence: PreliminaryResults and Lessons LearnedProf. John Charles Minor, Clemson University John Minor is the Associate Director of the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Me- chanical Engineering from Iowa State University. He has worked at Clemson University since 1998 working in IT and teaching part time until 2008 when he switched to teaching full time. He developed and taught the one of the current graphics courses taught in General Engineering as