Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

"wukpi"Ejktr"UkipcnuÑ"kpvtqfwegu"uvwfgpvu"vq"chirp signals and the design of matched filters for determining target range and velocity. Finally,vjg"ÐHcuv"Eqpxqnwvkqp"wukpi"Qxgtncr-Cff"RtqeguukpiÑ"tgswktgs students to write an m-file for areal-time filtering algorithm using an FIR filter designed in MATLAB and an arbitrary inputsignal. These lab exercises are very effective both in illustrating digital signal processing theoryand getting students excited about DSP applications.Effect of Filter Coefficient Wordlength on Stability and PerformanceDigital filters are sensitive to wordlength effects; that is, seemingly small amounts of rounding ofthe filter coefficients can lead to significant degradation in the filter performance. For infiniteimpulse

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

is designed to ripthe foil strip blister packets open using the lever. Pressing the lever tears the blister pack open,which releases the powder that is inhaled from the mouthpiece. This method protects theintegrity of the other doses used on subsequent days. The device tested contained 60 doses.Throughout this experiment, students were encouraged to photograph the diskus® at variousstages of disassembly for their laboratory write-up.The second part of the experiment involves the determination of the mass of drug delivered ineach dose. Students must fully disassemble the diskus®, so that the drug blister packet roll isavailable for analysis ( Figure 2). The individual blister packs were cut open with anExacto® knife and each dosage

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Mueller, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. In addition to the traditional homework assignments, a few unique activitieswere assigned.The ability to communicate is important for engineers, and activities throughout this course gavestudents the opportunity to develop their communication skills. In the first week of classstudents were provided handouts detailing a technical memo style to be used throughout thesemester. To insure students quickly became familiar with the required memo style, studentswere asked to write a brief memo that explains the operation of the Rankine cycle. The memowas required to contain an original figure produced by the student. This activity gave students a“template” to use for writing project memos later in the semester.About one month into the semester, the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer S. Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT); Sunday O. Faseyitan, Butler County Community College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

) reported in 2003 that only 5.8% of plasticsmanufactured in the United States are recycled, although this number is increasing rapidly.5One of the most important subjects in the fields of engineering and engineering technology ismanufacturing. Manufacturing involves a complex system of materials, machines, and people.Most subjects in the manufacturing curriculum focus on teaching the fundamentals of currentmaterials (i.e., metals, ceramics, composites, and petroleum based plastics) and processes;however, few prepare students to work with a broad range of new materials, particularly greenmaterials (such as green nano-materials, biodegradable polymers and plastics, and ecofriendly-composite materials) in advanced manufacturing technology. Furthermore

Conference Session

Design in Manufacturing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology; John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

layouts of the machine shop.Publication of technical papers based on projectsMFG 407 instructors strongly encouraged the students to publish technical papers based on theirprojects. Currently, the writing of one technical paper is underway, and the paper will besubmitted to 2006 International Conference on Agile Manufacturing. Introducing this approachto the class has three major benefits to the students’ academic and professional success:Firstly, it encourages the students to think deeper into the topics and apply what they havelearned to other applications. They were challenged to be innovative and were greatly motivatedto read technical papers and books, and to get more knowledge in the related fields. This is animportant step for the students

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Bailey; Richard DeBlasio; David Freeman; Rommel Simpson; Devdas Pai

profession.ImplementationIntroduction to Engineering ModuleThe GEEN 100 Introduction to Engineering course is required for all freshmen engineeringstudents at NC A&T State University. It introduces future engineers to the various disciplines ofengineering, the fundamental concepts of engineering design, representation of technical dataand theoretical concepts that will be useful in their chosen course of study.This project allowed students to use the theory discussed in the classroom to develop conclusionssurrounding a practical issue faced by the nation’s aluminum can manufacturers. Thisexperiment attempts to bridge the gap between the classroom and the industry and opens newminds to understanding the physical and economical principles that govern our designs.The

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Untener P.E., University of Dayton; Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Buck Jones, Engineered Software

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

general course objectives in mind. The reality in mostcourses today is somewhere between those extremes, and it is difficult to know where theacademy, and the publishing and learning software companies, will be moving over the nextseveral years.The transfer of knowledge and learning of the basic concepts is still critical to a solid engineeringeducation. While there are many modes for that transfer of knowledge and building of basicskills, students reading, hearing, and seeing explanations, remains a generally effective method.A textbook, whether paper or electronic, with the fundamental principles and theory explainedand illustrated, with some sample applications of those principles applied, remains a criticalelement in this level of student

Conference Session

Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok K. Verma, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

-1supports the benefits of project based learning. Educators have been designing, using, evaluating and writing about Project BasedLearning (PBL) for more than 20 years however, it has not found wide spread acceptance inclassrooms. Project Based Learning is a systematic teaching method that engages students inlearning knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex,authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks1. Another important use of projectbased learning in education is to facilitate efforts at what has become known as “bridging thegap” between academics of profession and practice of that profession. PBL is ideal forconnecting factual knowledge, principles, and skills to their application

Conference Session

Electrical/Electronic ET Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

using Vernier Motion DetectorThe objective of this lab is to write a VI to record and display distance readings of variousobjects from a Vernier motion detector (MD). The VI is capable of displaying distance in meters,centimeters, feet, and inches. Once the VI is ready, students use the motion detector data tocalculate the velocity of a moving object. The MD emits short bursts of ultrasonic sound wavesfrom the gold foil of the transducer. These waves fill a cone-shaped area about 15 to 20° off theaxis of the centerline of the beam as seen in Figure 11. The MD then listens for the echo of theultrasonic waves (UW) returning to it. The equipment measures how long it takes for the UW tomake the trip from the MD to an object and back. Using the time

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Jennifer A Cross, Texas Tech University; Md Rashedul Hasan, Texas Tech University; Diego Alejandro Polanco-Lahoz, Texas Tech University; Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Texas Tech University; Kelli Cargile Cook, Texas Tech University; Jason Tham, Texas Tech University

University. He is author of Design Thinking in Technical Communication (2021 Routledge) and co-author of UX Writing (2024 Routledge), Writing to Learn in Teams (2023 Parlor Press), Designing Technical and Pro- fessional Communication (2021 Routledge), and Collaborative Writing Playbook (2021 Parlor Press). He has also edited the collection Keywords in Design Thinking (2022 University Press of Colorado). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 Session XXXX From Conventional Wisdom to Evidence-Based Practice: Validation of Programmatic Design

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey

little resemblance to the desktop PCs and servers that IT emphasizesbut are becoming part of the IT mainstream as more and more systems converge.An uninformed observer may conclude from the forgoing description of the emerging ITmovement, that hardware is necessarily an important part of all such programs’ curriculum. Indiscussions with our peer institutions across the country, we have discovered this not to be thecase. A recent survey, conducted via the ACM-SIGITE (Special Interest Group on InformationTechnology Education) list server illustrates this. This survey asked each institution to selfassess their coverage of the following 8 topics: Networking, AC and DC fundamentals, Power(consumption, heat, etc.), Modulation techniques, Signal

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University - Calumet; Suraiya Jannat Khan, Purdue University - Calumet

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

possible to read, write and update digital information. The RFID technologyis very popular in Supply chain management system. The supply chain management systemdepend on the tracking of shipments, inventory and assets. Annual sale, Revenue, Seasonal sales,Manufacturing date, Expiration date needs to be tracked and documented from the suppliers to theend of line customer. These documentation used to be tracked by bar coding system, but nowadaysit is being replaced by RFID Technology.A typical RFID system consists of an antenna, a transponder (tag) and a microprocessor chip withmemory. The effectiveness of a tracking system depends on RFID tagging readability. A basicknowledge of the spatial dimensions of RFID tags read capability makes it feasible

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hank Javan; Mark Rajai

shows the instrument and theassociated probe. Figure 4. Logic analyzer and its associated logic probePart 2-Communication InstrumentsIn this part we discussed two instruments. The first was Spectrum Analyzer. This is anindispensable instrument used in communication engineering community to determine requiredbandwidth and the content of information signal. Each student was assigned a unique problemto write a Spice program, simulate, and find its harmonics using Fourier analysis, then useexisting instrument to observe and measure the time and frequency domain parameters andcompare the results with the simulated values. It is shown mathematically that every periodicwaveform can be presented using Fourier Series according to

Conference Session

Revealing the Invisible: Engineering Course Activities that Address Privilege, -Isms, and Power Relations (Interactive Session)

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, International, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

or dismantling that privilege. Specifically, wedescribe activities in a required User Centered Design course for first or second year students,and an Engineering and Social Justice course required for third year students in GeneralEngineering and open as an elective to other engineering majors. As engineering professors, wealso describe our own positionality as the instructors. We hope that these examples will behelpful to others interested in integrating such content into their courses.IntroductionEngineering is fundamentally a sociotechnical endeavor [1], but the way that the engineeringcurriculum is framed may be focused on issues that decontextualize engineering [1, 2].Moreover, engineering educators are often not prepared to have

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

also suggests the trajectory students may need to take in order to construct theportfolio, a trajectory from being a student understanding their engineering discipline in theabstract, “I didn’t discuss myself at all,” and describing skills an electrical engineer as a personwould have, “I wrote originally…describing the skills and electrical engineer would possess,” toa professional articulating his own professional standing, “what I have done that shows I havethese skills.” Further, this identity work of moving from a student towards a professionalidentity is associated with different features of the portfolio construction. Specifically, thestudent is talking about writing paragraphs that were at first paragraphs in his professionalstatement

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the curriculum.With mechanical engineering programs needing to provide engineers for the aerospace industry,it seems wise to include aerospace engineering courses as technical electives. Such is the case atMichigan State University, where a course entitled Aerospace Engineering Fundamentals isavailable to the students. This paper deals with how one instructor developed such a course.This paper begins with the formulation of course goals. How these course goals were addressedis then presented. This will include sample assignments and handouts. Special emphasis isplaced on how students were motivated for studying aerospace engineering. The paperconcludes by presenting and discussing student feedback.Development of Course GoalsME 440 Aerospace

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. • Synthesize and apply systems thinking, principles, and tools to complex systems.The goal for students completing this course is to leave with the skills necessary to analyzemultidisciplinary systems and make informed decisions while considering trade-offs. The instructionalgoal is to not be discipline specific, but rather convey the multidisciplinarity of “real” systems problems.Thus, the course is considered multidisciplinary based on the analysis techniques taught in the course,and not based on the students that take the course. Only engineering seniors take the course. Lastly, thecourse prepares students for the systems analysis portion of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. Table 1: Topics Covered in the Systems Analysis

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weis

Page 6.640.4 • PID trainerProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationFlow, Level, and Pressure Process Control TrainerThis trainer is used to teach process measurement and control fundamentals relating to flow,level, and pressure applications. It is a realistic, working fluid process system designed forhands-on training. In addition, the trainer allows control loops to be configured employingfeedback, feed forward, and cascade control methods. Variable demand and supply disturbancescan be inserted using solenoid valves in combination with metered ball valves.Temperature Process Control TrainerThis trainer

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

),electrical engineering (EE), mechanical engineering (ME), or software engineering (SE).However, as an inherently multidisciplinary activity, no single discipline provides the breadthdemanded by robotics in the future. Realizing this, universities are now starting to offerundergraduate and graduate degrees in robotics. Worldwide, there are now approximately 10undergraduate programs and an equal number of graduate programs in robotics. Note that theintellectual basis for Robotics Engineering is integration – it is fundamentally a systemsengineering major that is grounded in CE, CS, EE, ME and SE. As such, it is well-positioned toeducate the “entrepreneurial/enterprising engineer” of the 21st century, the engineer who 1)knows everything, 2) can do

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvid Andersen

members coming from: Spain, Germany, Poland and United States.Mrs. Mindy Jensen of Michigan Technological University (MTU) who participated in EPS2003 spring semester wrote: 1. My professional contribution to the work done has, of course, been related to my field of study, but I have also contributed to the project in a more business sense. What I mean by this is that the mechanical side of the project is very important, and I have contributed to the technical topics that arose by performing research and analysis. I have also contributed to the actual documentation of the project though. I have made two presentations, along with writing of agendas, minutes and a status report. I have made several outlines

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Wittich; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

infrastructure with emphasis in either: 1) environmental and water resourcesin rural and/or agricultural areas, or 2) structural, transportation, and geotechnical engineeringresearch for sustainable rural infrastructure. Each student project is based on on-goingfundamental research in faculty labs, but the student project is driven based on its own researchquestion or objective to ensure an independent and fundamental research experience. The REUstudents are integrated into the research groups using a multi-mentor model [2], and withladdered layers of mentors including graduate students, postdoctoral research associates, andparticipating faculty to maximize student success. Strong integration into the research groups anda feeling of belonging have been

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Ways to Measure "Things" About Your Course(s)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #14779Just Five More Minutes: The Relationship Between Timed and Untimed Per-formance on an Introductory Programming ExamDr. Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Matthew Verleger is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Fundamentals at Embry-Riddle Aeronauti- cal University in Daytona Beach, Florida. His research interests are focused on using action research methodologies to develop immediate, measurable improvements in classroom instruction and the use of Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) in teaching students about engineering problem solving. Dr. Verleger is an active member of

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kandace K. Martin; Carol Fulton; Barbara L. Licklider

; homework still consists of assigned exercises at the end oftraditional texts; and assessment of student outcomes is still, for the most part, ascertained by theadministration of standardized tests.Why the paradox? Why do we say one thing and do another? Why haven’t we made any headway withinstructors? Why do they cling to old methods? Why the resistance on the part of faculty to join the"learning revolution"?Undoubtedly there are many reasons, lack of time being among the top contenders. The teaching andlearning enterprise does not happen in a vacuum. While calls for improved teaching and learning mayhave gone up, calls for research have not gone away. Both endeavors take time. Doing top notch researchwith all that it entails (e.g. writing

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

Session 1121 Web-Enhanced Teaching of Construction Management Using Current Educational Technologies V. K. Varma Missouri Western State CollegeAbstractThe evolution of teaching in higher education has brought us from the old conventionalblackboards to the most sophisticated forms of educational technologies using computers andelectronic blackboards. Computer technology is now considered as the very basic, andfundamentally essential form of technology to enhance teaching and learning. With the explosionof internet and the world-wide web, and

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

that reinforce students’ understanding on fundamentals of “Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” 1thermodynamics and heat transfer. The course emphasizes design of thermal systems andcomponents and experiments that students create for themselves. The laboratory is equipped witha number of commercial bench-top, wall-mounted, and stand-alone experimental equipment whichallows students to conduct a variety of experiments on temperature measurement, calorimetry,heat conduction, forced and free convection, heat exchangers, radiation heat transfer

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. John W. Nazemetz; Dr. John B. Solie; Dr. David R. Thompson

more teams in the class has a different device configuration and that the performance of thesedevices varies greatly.Students Are Frustrated By The Design Process Which Is Fundamentally Different From TheirPrevious Approach To Problem Solving Almost all of the students in the class have been trained byour educational system to believe that there is a straight line step by step linear method of solution toall problems and that all problems have a single solution. Most students initially believe the designprocess (define problem, develop alternatives, analyze alternatives, select best solution, implement),also implies a nice, linear progression to a solution. The students feel that they have failed if theymust step back and repeat a step because

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego; Lal Tummala, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

fundamental role of an engineering faculty is alsolikely to change. Some of the factors that are bringing about the change are the need to balancethe increasing pressures from shrinking budgets, growing costs, the proliferation of onlineinstruction, competition from schools that offer similar programs, the emergence of for-profitinstitutions, high expectations from students and administration, and other factors. Also,innovation and technological breakthroughs in the 21st century are driving rapid changes in bothengineering content and in modes of content delivery, thus requiring engineering faculty to behighly adaptive to constant changes. Besides the need for a growing number of engineers toacquire skills such as communication, collaboration and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas A. Baine, Grand Valley State University; Karl Brakora, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung P.E., Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

of the student team and their communication materials is neat and professional.  Style: The team focuses its communication on its intended audience and can maintain audience attention and interest. The presentation is clean, clear, and aesthetically pleasing. If it is a presentation, dress and attire is appropriate.  Prescribed Length and Format: The team does not provide an over-abundance of information to the intended audience while addressing the most pressing concerns and interest of that audience. Technical documents will follow a prescribed and expected format.There are several taxonomies of “audience” in technical writing style manuals [6]. We have useda simplified definition of “a

Conference Session

Energy Curriculum Advancements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zietlow, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

least fouradditional equations will be needed to solve the problem. In Table 1 this is added to the twoequations that were previously needed. Systematically moving from left to right in Equation 5,Newton’s law of cooling will provide one of the equations for the inside thermal resistance of theair as shown in Equation 6. 1Ri = (6) hi Awhere,hi is the convective heat transfer coefficient on the inside surface of the wall [kW/m2-°C]A is the area the wall normal to the direction of heat transfer [m2]For Equation 6 it is possible to specify the area but since the area is not directly measured it isbetter to count it as an unknown and write an additional equation

Collection

2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Xianglong Wang, University of California, Davis; Vincent Tran, University of California, Davis; Gabriela Lee, University of California, Davis; Sadie Jean Davis, Mariko Chang Consulting, Inc. and Sadie J Davis Consulting LLC; Mary Spooner; Mariko Chang; Andrew X Stewart, NextSense EEG; Christopher John Nitta, University of California, Davis; Tiffany Marie Chan, University of California, Davis; Angelika Aldea Tamura, University of California, Davis; Xin Liu, University of California, Davis; Gene Gurkoff, University of California, Davis; Wilsaan M Joiner, University of California, Davis; Erkin Seker, University of California, Davis; Karen A Moxon, University of California Davis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

neuroengineering To practice and improve communication skills around the Seminars+ and FS, Comms, understanding and interpretation of recent advances in 1-3 2-4 hours/month Lunch & Learn Ethics, Career neuroengineering To practice fundamental skills through immersive problem-solving Introduction to with consideration of ethical implications, develop scientific writing 2 hours in class/4