Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk E. Hiles

theproject in light of engineering fundamentals (forces, moments, energy, etc.), and documents thework with oral and written reports. Eide defines the engineering design process as an orderly, systematic approach to adesired end1. This problem solving process is continuous and cyclic in nature in that oneproceeds in a step-by-step manner through the nine steps, but often cycles through the process atvarious steps as the solution evolves. The specific process taught in the IED course involves thefollowing nine steps: Identify the Need, Define Problem, Search, Criteria and Constraints,Alternative Solutions, Analysis, Decision, Specification, and Communication. The FIRSTproject incorporates these steps in a tangible manner that provides the

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Land, Penn State University - New Kensington

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

acrossthe country. This paper and presentation will document the details of how these tasks werecompleted, the results of the beta test validation, and, if possible, the results of the first officialoffering should those results be available by the time of the ASEE conference.BackgroundFor years there has been an ongoing discussion among members of the electrical and electronicengineering technology (EET) community about the need for better tools to assess the overalleffectiveness of academic programs and the cumulative knowledge and skills of graduates fromthose programs. One oft-mentioned tool deemed useful for this purpose is some form of generaloverview exam, similar in concept to the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. In fact

Conference Session

Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Taylor, Iowa State University; Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

support this goal, ASCE’s Body of Knowledgehas been adapted, which defines the essential concepts and skills necessary for entry into theposition of a “professional” civil engineer . Knowledge of social science and the humanities hasnow been placed at the same fundamental level as math and natural science [10]. Further, thisgoal is expanded upon by ABET, the body which defines the learning objectives (LOs) andeducational goals necessary for US-accredited engineering programs [8]. Of the seven ABETStudent Objectives, two explicitly acknowledge the social and global implications of engineeringdesign and decisions. Others focus on effective communication, teamwork, collaboration, andinclusivity [15]. The majority of the ABET Student Objectives now

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division: Best of FPD

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shabnam Wahed, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #41586A Case Study on How Instructors’ Pedagogical Knowledge Influences TheirClassroom Practices for First-Year Engineering CoursesShabnam Wahed, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Shabnam Wahed, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, is dedicated to revolutionizing the learning experience for engineering students beyond mere memorization. Passionate about elevating students’ conceptual understanding, Shabnam directs her efforts toward refining the teaching and assessment methods for mastering fundamental and challenging engineering concepts. With a background in Electrical and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Naumov, Purdue University Calumet; William Obermeyer, Purdue University Calumet; Rahul Singhal, Purdue University Calumet; Eduardo Garcia, Purdue University Calumet; Nasser Houshangi, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

digital systems and computer architecture courses are administered sequentially by theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University - Calumet. The firstcourse, ECE 370: Digital Systems – Logic Design, is a three credit hour course with a two hourlecture component and a three-hour laboratory component. The course introduces students tocombinational and sequential logic design principles through the use of a hardware descriptionlanguage (HDL) and reconfigurable hardware. The second course, ECE 371: MicroprocessorSystems, is a three credit-hour course organized into a two-hour lecture and one, three-hourlaboratory session. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of computerorganization and design. The third

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

developed for a reason and that they did not always exist in the body of knowledge.This thought process, especially when stimulated in the context of many fundamental conceptsrelated to the subject (e.g., Discrete-event simulation, Production Planning and Control, Linearand Non-linear Programming, and Quality Control), is often the reason for outcomes c and e.When students are forced to think and research a topic on their own, they have been seen to havean increased long-term memory of the topic (outcome a). Outcome b can be an indirectconsequence that is likely to occur when students start seeing the whys behind the fundamentaltopics. The outcome d is seen when students spend time researching the topic on their own.In contrast to PBL, deductive

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 13: Lab Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

wee sing Yeo, University of Cincinnati; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati; Azrul Abidin Zakaria; Zubaidi Faiesal Bin Mohamad Rafaai

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

universities for which he has been associated. Imbrie is nationally recognized for his work in ac- tive/collaborative learning pedagogies, teaming and student success modeling. His engineering education leadership has produced fundamental changes in the way students are educated around the world. Imbrie has been a member of ASEE since 2000 and has been actively involved with the Society in var- ious capacities. He has served in multiple leadership roles in the ERM and FPD divisions, including: ERM board of directors (2002-2004), program chair for ERM (2005 and 2009), ERM program chair for Frontiers in Education (FIE) (2004), FIE Steering Committee ERM representative (2003-2009), as well as program chair (2016) and division

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Cleary, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

beam testing and report writing program enhanced student learning in thecourse and improved the pedagogy. The physical testing of concrete beams also allowed bettercoverage of several ABET outcomes. As the course was not scheduled with a laboratorycomponent, the testing did result in reduced coverage of end-of-course material however this wasoffset by improved understanding of reinforced concrete fundamentals. The paper includes adescription of the testing program and reporting process and discussion of the improvedpedagogy and course outcomes.IntroductionCourses in reinforced concrete design typically provide students with the fundamental propertiesof the constituent materials, apply basic mechanical principles to problems of flexure

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

indicators ofattitudes rather than for test of statistical significance.3. ResultsThis section is organized according to the six main instructional strategies were identified duringAction Planning: digital ink, distributing instructor-generated content, collecting student-generated content, blacking out the projector, polling questions, and instructor screen broadcast.This section defines each strategy, and presents the results from the action planning and actiontaking phases.3.1. Digital inkDigital ink refers to the ability to directly write on computer documents with a stylus, or virtualpen. Digital ink is what separates tablets from traditional laptops18. Also, Johri and Lohani arguethat allowing students to create representations is valuable

Collection

2020 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian

class.The SCC is a flowing concrete with low viscosity can be used in high-rise buildings because of its abilityto pump to higher floors without much difficulty. This SCC module needs two days’ classes to finishmixing, making cylinders and testing those cylinders for evaluating the compressive strengths of SCCcylinders.Table 2 shows the theory component of this Advanced Civil Engineering Materials course and Table 3shows the laboratory component that accompanies the course. From the fourth year of the laboratorycomponent development, another four different modules were introduced on ACC materials testing. Onetest was introduced for evaluating viscosity of the asphalt binder. Viscosity is the fundamental property ofasphalt that can be used with

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

digitalcircuits. Most of the examples presented in this paper were implemented on the microcontrollerStellaris LM3S8962 based on ARM processor. LabVIEW based classwork explained in thispaper has been implemented in several courses and has helped students further theirunderstandings on the fundamentals of computer hardware and software.1-IntroductionComputer programming in languages such as Visual Basic, C++, or JAVA follow a control flowmodel of program execution. In control flow, the sequential order of program elementsdetermines the execution order of a program. A program written in LabVIEW uses a slightlydifferent approach to than programs written in other languages1,2. This is called dataflowprogramming and, when a function such as addition or

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bradley Lane Kicklighter, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

, buttons, sensors, and actuators).Sequential Programming and LoopingObjectives: 1. Demonstrate the ability to create a sequential program to automate a set of steps. 2. Demonstrate the ability to make a sequential program loop. 3. Produce a well-documented program.Activities: 1. Write a sequential programming ladder logic program to implement the following steps: When the Start button is pressed, drive the left motor clockwise. When the hole in the left disk reaches the capacitive proximity sensor, drive the left motor counterclockwise. When the hole in the left disk reaches the inductive proximity sensor, stop the left motor and drive the right motor clockwise. When the hole in the right disk reaches the through

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brina J. Blinzler; Veera B. C. Sajjanapu

learning is frequently used inengineering pedagogy [1]. In this paper, recent student projects throughout the undergraduatecurriculum are analyzed to demonstrate the swiftness of NLP tool adoption. Based on this pushfrom students to include NLP generated text, images and videos into student projects, there is animmediate need for standardizing tool citation formats and frameworks for the amount of NLPwork generally acceptable for various academic works. Perhaps there is even a new type ofcitation/acknowledgement that is required. This paper attempts to frame the requirements,analyze the current patchwork of standards and propose a more uniform solution.KeywordsUndergraduate Education, Technical Writing, Machine Learning, Natural Language

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jason Moore; Mitchell A. Thornton; Ronald W. Skeith

creating a control unit fairlydifficult. Many students when given task of designing the control logic for the first timewill not draw the ASM chart until after they start trying to write the VHDL code for it.Many of these students end up taking a step back and drawing the ASM chart and startingover with the code while the remainder of the students who have not drawn their ASMchart continue struggling through the VHDL code without an ASM chart. This situationusually does not occur more than once with the student still being able to meet thedeadline. A very important issue to point out to students when they are designing theirASM charts is that the ASM chart is not carved in stone but is intended as a guide. Nowthat the student has used his or her

Conference Session

Technical Session II

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Tiago R Forin, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions

Paper ID #24381Development of Inclusive Freshmen Engineering AssignmentsMr. Tiago R Forin, Rowan University Tiago Forin is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education and researcher at Purdue University affiliated with XRoads Research Group, the Global Engineering Program and the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness. He received a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Florida State University and a Master’s degree in environmental engineering from Purdue University. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25AbstractAt Rowan University, freshmen engineering students

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Farahani, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

and operations on sets are fundamental in discrete mathematics; Python has apowerful built in list type and set object that can easily be used to experiment with constructionof sets as well as operations on them. A list type in Python can be a heterogeneous collectionwhich can be modified. Often in a discrete mathematics course a set builder notation is used toconstruct a set. For example, the set of the first twenty even numbers using set builder notation isdenoted by S ? {x | x ? 2n;0 ∞ n ∞ 19} . In Python this set can easily be specified by S = [2*x for x in range(19)]The syntax is very intuitive and maps well to its counterpart in mathematics. Once a set a built, itis easy to index though its elements in a simple

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher R. Carroll

incorporate it intovarious digital system designs. Examples of laboratory exercises that use this instrument as inputand output are included. SETTINGThe instrument described in this paper is used to test and exercise digital systems designed bystudents in a second-quarter digital system design class. Students in this class have already Page 3.448.1completed an introductory course that concentrates on basic logic and synchronous state machinedesign. In this second class, students learn to assemble the fundamental building blocks of gatesand flip-flops along with medium-scale devices such as counters, shift

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler

theneutralization of acetic acid with sodium hydroxide was carried out and for which aProportional-Integral controller was used to adjust the sodium hydroxide flow rate to control thepH in a range from 4-6. As a result of this course, working versions exist of the experimentalapparatus, the simulator (but only in Matlab), lectures and some pdf files of "how to" for thetopics of module and the experiment. Interactions with the students as they ran the experimentand simulator have given significant insight into the flaws and good parts of this project. Below,we describe the fundamental topics of the module prototype and the manner in which they areaddressed.Feedback controlFeedback control is a concept that is of interest in most engineering disciplines

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Arens, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

less ableto teach.Of course, the “ground-up” approach is not unique to CE programs. It characterizes manyprofessional schools in the University setting. Schön believes that most professional programsare premised on technical rationality, due in part to a desire to gain prestige from thescience/research communities when joining universities at the beginning of the twentiethcentury. He writes, “their normative curriculum…still embodies the idea that practicalcompetence becomes professional when its instrumental problem-solving is grounded insystematic, preferably scientific knowledge. So the normative curriculum presents first therelevant basic science, then the relevant applied science, and finally, a practicum in whichstudents are presumed to

Conference Session

Engineering in Elementary Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Debbie O'Hare, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-1857: SUPPORTING MATH AND SCIENCE THROUGH ELEMENTARYENGINEERING IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONCharles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School CHARLES PARSONS is the Science Coach at Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School Center for Mathematics and Engineering. He earned a B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of South Florida. His experiences include over 30 years teaching in Kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms and 1 ½ years as a resource teacher. Chuck has curriculum writing experience and has presented at various state and national venues.Debbie O'Hare, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School DEBORAH O'HARE is a 4th and 5th grade teacher at Douglas L

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

within this environment. Class sizes must be small, or else it is possible for anindividual’s contribution to be lost to the team atmosphere. Even with small class sizes, asidefrom an exit survey, it can be difficult to assess the design skill of any given student.Design Outcome DistinctionTrue design requires open ended problem solvers, exhibiting the following attributes8,9:  Are willing to spend time reading, gathering information, and defining the problem.  Uses processes, as well as a variety of tactics and heuristics to tackle problems  Monitor their problem solving process and reflect upon its effectiveness  Emphasize accuracy rather than speed  Write down ideas and create charts / figures, while solving a problem  Are

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory K Watkins, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

notask specifically about advisement of capstone design projects, there are several questions closelycorrelated to capstone course topics as well as the opportunity to submit written comments. Thestudent comments, whose purpose is to “help the faculty to improve the quality of the educationthey provide,” are the most telling data from the surveys administered prior to the 2008/2009academic year. The survey instrument is included in Appendix A.The Department chair is responsible for analyzing the survey data and writing an annual programimprovement report. The purpose is to examine the survey data and plan corrective action andprogram improvement activities. The report also updates the status of improvement initiativessuggested in the previous

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin I Tyler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yanfen Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole D. Jackson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Wan-Ting Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Chaoyang Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

vibrational spectroscopy. Rohit has been at Illinois since as Assistant Professor (2005-2011), Associate Professor (2011-2012) and Professor (2012-). He was the first assistant professor hired into the new Bio- engineering department and played a key role in the development of its curriculum and activities. He later founded and serves as the coordinator of the Cancer Community@Illinois, which is to become a unique technology-focused cancer center. Research in the Bhargava laboratories focuses on fundamental c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #19986theory and simulation for vibrational

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology; Yu Wang, New York City College of Technology; Chen Xu, New York City College of Technology; Xiaohai Li, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Vision, Visualization, and Navigation Toolboxes, for fast algorithm development and testing. The paper presents three projects for autonomous mobile robots on the MATLAB-ROS- Gazebo simulation platform. The first project is on sensing and perception of laser scan data and its post-processing of model-based fitting. The second project is on the path planning of an autonomous mobile robot implementing the Wavefront algorithm. The third project obtains closed-loop control of the robot’s behavior based on visual hints. These three projects cover the fundamental components of controlling an autonomous mobile robot, including sensing, perception, decision-making, and low-level motion control. We believe

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassouneh Al-Matar, Oklahoma State University; Afshin Ghajar, Oklahoma State University; Ronald Delahoussaye, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

gain a better understanding of heat transfer. Even with simple geometries,there are many different kinds of boundary conditions that may be applied in many differentcombinations. Unfortunately, each new combination of boundary conditions would require thatthe undergraduate students write a new computer program, and there is usually not enough timeavailable for them to do so. This was our fundamental motivation in starting this project: To give students who havea good undergraduate level understanding of heat transfer, and a rudimentary understanding offinite difference methods, a chance to freely explore the effects of node density andcombinations of boundary conditions on heat transfer problems.The SS-T-Conduct Program – Features and

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

available to the students at Drexel wishing topursue the B.S. degree on a full- or part-time basis. Starting in the fall of 2006, the AET majorbecame available as a degree completion to New Jersey residents due to a new partnershipbetween Drexel University and Burlington County College (BCC) with both full- and part-timeenrollment options.The AET program’s content provides an integrated educational experience directed towarddeveloping the ability to apply the fundamental knowledge gained in the Drexel’s GoodwinCollege to the solution of practical problems in the engineering technology fields. The program’scurriculum, which is comprised of Electrical, Mechanical, and Industrial concentrations, placesemphasis on the application of theory rather than

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Farrukh Alvi; Chiang Shih

visualization-enhanced and can be used to assist the regularclassroom teaching. They will be presented as fully interactive web pages that emphasize the“seeing is believing” concept to stimulate students’ learning interest. These pages will beintegrated into the course web pages to provide relevant discussion about the interrelationshipbetween the practical applications and the fundamental principles. For example: a virtualexperiment of wake measurement behind a sphere can be linked to the discussion ofaerodynamics of a golf ball, and drag force on an aircraft in the ROAD MAP pages. Themeasured momentum deficit and wake profiles in the laboratory pages can be related to thetheory of conservation of linear momentum. Similarly, temperature distribution

Conference Session

Manufacturing Process Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

) developing theassociated business plan, and 3) writing the business plan and orally presenting the projectresults. The quality of the students‟ project results was used as one of criteria for assigning finalcourse grades to the students.At the beginning of the semester, the instructor (who is also the author of this paper) provided alist of general project topics for students to choose from. These general project topics includedthe predictions of the cutting forces, the cutting temperatures, the built-up edge, tool wear, toollife, the machined surface roughness, and the residual stress of the machined parts 18-19. Inregular classroom lectures, the instructor covered these general project topics to various extents.Students gained a more in-depth

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

effectiveness of writing instruction found that thesize and direction of feedback effects varied widely in different studies—from -.27 to +.82. Hewas able to identify some factors that influence feedback. First, when the instructors' commentshad clear objectives (usually one or two), feedback was effective in improving writing (averageeffect size = .74); when they had no clear objectives, feedback was ineffective. When feedbackwas positive, students' performance at the end of the course was better than at the beginning(average effect size = .43); when comments were negative, post performance was lower(average effect size = -.20).These three meta-analyses indicate that instructor feedback is not the potent instructional tool it

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Marwan Abumahaimed; Joseph J. Rencis

contended that the experiential learning is the fundamental base ofeducational settings. Dewey first identified experiential learning as a fundamental foundation informal educational at the beginning of the 20th century. After Dewey, many psychologists andeducators believed that experiential learning is a valuable process and could be added totraditional instructional methods rather than replace them. Others believed that experientiallearning is an enhancement tool of the learning process that cannot be replaced.27Experiential learning is a stage or process where the student is prepared to do more than just anobserver. Labs, workshops, projects, presentations, class discussions, and teamwork all fall intothe experiential learning category