Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy; Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2007-2223: DEVELOPMENT OF A LEARNING-FOCUSED COREASTRONAUTICS COURSERobert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy Dr. Rob Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronautics, United States Air Force Academy. He is the department’s Director of Assessment and Standardization and is responsible for issues pertaining to accreditation and assessment. Dr. Brown was commissioned from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1986, as a Distinguished Graduate with academic honors in Astronautical Engineering. Following graduation he attended Undergraduate Pilot Training, where he was a Distinguished Graduate, finishing second in his class and first academically. He had many assignments

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

criteria, new program connections for a diverse undergraduatepopulation, policy setting for academic quality, financial support standards and control, retentionstandards and intervention, faculty and campus community empowerment, and connections withother universities and support groups. A measure of achievement is the growth in doctoralgraduates from 14 in 1991 to 75 in 2006, at a public university with a total enrollment of fewerthan 8500 students.IntroductionDuring 2005-2006, New Jersey Institute of Technology had 75 doctoral students complete theirdegrees in 18 disciplines. This continues the trend of successive record numbers of PhDs overthe past 4 years. NJIT's total enrolment in Fall 2006 was 8, 209 including 2, 396 master's and433 doctoral

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; David McDonald

machine control problems. The course will use new PLC laboratory equipment that has been developed by the faculty and staff laboratory engineers. The same type of PLC and operator interface that is used in RS365 will be integrated into the new thermal-fluids trainers.Laboratory Development: ProcessThe laboratory has been developed over a multi-year period using university funding along withgrants from Consumers Energy Foundation and the National Science Foundation. Thedevelopment was initiated with concept planning for the new laboratory. This planning then ledto facility changes in the laboratory, upgrading existing equipment and new equipmentdevelopment as shown in Figure 3. Concept Planning

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

interdisciplinary program taught by faculty members from threedifferent schools, namely the school of engineering and technology, the school ofbusiness and management and the college of letters and sciences is expected to make thisdegree program relevant and appealing to professionals from many disciplines.IntroductionThe term "sustainability" began with the 1987 publication of the World Commission onEnvironment and Development’s report, defined as "development that meets the needs ofthe present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their ownneeds."1,2 A combination of forces, including an unprecedented growth in population,economy, urbanization, and energy use, is imposing new stresses both on the earth'sresources and on society's

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen M. Batill; Natalie Gedde

large auditorium in the College building complex. This 4000 sq.ft. auditorium was“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”actually the second largest auditorium on the campus and its conversion from a space where“faculty lecture and students listen” to a space where the students are actively and collaborativelyengaged in learning is an indication of trends in engineering education.Learning Center DesignIn order to proceed with the first two phases in the development of the Learning Center, it wasimportant to emphasize the purpose of the Center. Fundamentally, it is intended to provide afacility and

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Jacobson

Session 2422 Development of a Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance Dr. Doug Jacobson Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State UniversityThe growing need for information security professionals is well documented. Very fewuniversities offer more than a single cryptography course, and even fewer engineeringdepartments have a presence in this area. The end result is a severe shortage of graduatesproficient in the technology and policy issues critical to the security of the informationinfrastructure. While several universities have started programs to address these needs, this onlysolves a small part of the problem

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-130: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARYMANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAMFrank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla Dr. Frank Liou is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). He currently serves as the Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Program at UMR. His teaching and research interests include CAD/CAM, nano-technology, rapid prototyping, and rapid manufacturing. He has published over 100 technical papers and has research grants and contracts over $7M. Page 11.384.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

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International

Kabul faculty members have beentrained at Purdue in DL and curriculum development in agriculture and in computermaintenance. Three additional Kabul faculty members have received training at Purdue’s Schoolof Education in curriculum development and distance learning. Agriculture professors fromPurdue have traveled to Afghanistan to work with the faculty on the agriculture curriculum andthe research farm. Partners have assembled a draft proposal to modernize the curriculum intothree tracks (crop science, animal science, and farm management) with amarketing/entrepreneurship component. Purdue has donated textbooks and an additional 60computers (for a total of 100) to the Kabul computer laboratories and has established fourlaboratories.24In 2004

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado-Boulder; Hyman Brown, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Construction

2006-2410: DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE LANDSCAPES THROUGHPROJECT-BASED LEARNINGPaul Chinowsky, University of Colorado-BoulderHyman Brown, University of Colorado-Boulder Page 11.441.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Developing Knowledge Landscapes Through Project-Based LearningAbstractThe traditional civil engineering-based approach to construction engineering and managementeducation focuses significant attention on core subjects such as scheduling, estimating, andcontracts. This paper introduces an alternative approach to this education based on the conceptsof project-based learning. Through the introduction of courses developed by

Conference Session

Computers in the Laboratory

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Marie Catchpole; Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron H.G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

concept we have dubbed “For Students By Students (FSBS).” Thebasic concept is to illicit student help in developing labware and courseware that will be used byother students. We have found that students are highly motivated to work on meaningfulprojects that will be used by others. Students who participate in these labware and coursewaredevelopment projects learn how to be project managers by managing all aspects of the projectunder faculty supervision.Department programs also benefit via the FSBS concept. It is very time consuming and costly todevelop new labware and courseware. Furthermore, faculty often do not have the time with alltheir diverse responsibilities to develop new and current materials in a timely manner. The FSBSconcept allows

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wen-Whai Li; Charles Turner; Alfredo Martinez

Foundation have recognized the need to incorporatesustainable/green principles into engineering education curriculum. 8,9,10 These papers andarticles all reflect the need to integrate sustainability concepts across the engineeringcurriculum.II. GenesisIn 1997, Virginia Tech (VT) and UTEP joined forces to submit a proposal to ENRON, alarge energy corporation, for the development of a student and faculty exchange that wouldinitiate a greening program in the Colleges of Engineering and Science at UTEP. UTEPwould build on Virginia Tech’s existing green program and Virginia Tech students and Page 6.359.2faculty would have an experience at a culturally

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

, Evaluation and Synthesis in reverse order. It wasbased on Bloom’s taxonomy [2]. SEAARK starts from the basic to the complex levels orlearning. Faculties need to provide assessment matrices that map these criteria to eachundergraduate engineering course. Those matrices should also provide assessment tools for thecorresponding mapped course contents and criteria.This paper describes, in details, the development of assessment matrices and tools for a particularundergraduate mechanical engineering course, Fluid Mechanics, at Alabama A&M University.Development of SEAARK teaching method, mapping of course objective to ME programobjective and outcomes, mapping of the course contents to criteria (a-s) and assessment tools arediscussed. The procedure to

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2010-862: DEVELOPING THE AEROSPACE WORKFORCE: A BOEINGEXPERIENCEKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Dr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospace engineering, gas turbines, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and gas turbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu.Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Daniel Kirk is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Florida Institute of

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jeff Jackson

Developing STEM Educational Grant Proposals: Best Practices David Jeff Jackson Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0286AbstractMany programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other funding agencies, have agoal of the improvement of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)education. Funding opportunities exist for laboratory development and curricula reform insupport of improvement in student learning and STEM educational pedagogy. Understanding allfacets of the grant proposal process, from inception through proposal review and, ideally, togrant awarding is critical in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raj Desai; Eugenio Lord

Session 1458 Internet Course Delivery: Design, Development, and Dispensation Raj Desai, Eugenio Lord Southeast Missouri State University/Chowan CollegeAbstractThis article focuses on the instructional design, development, and compares theeffectiveness of on-line courses versus regular classroom based learning. We compare thetime it takes to develop a web course to a traditional course and the benefits ofdeveloping a web course. We also compare enrollment in a web course with a traditionalcourse and try to explain the differences. We also look at student evaluations and try toexplain the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Spyros A. Kinnas; Hillary Hart

Session 2251 Developing Web-Based Tools for Environmental Courses Hillary Hart, Spyros A. Kinnas Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at AustinIntroductionGiven the demonstrated effectiveness of active learning modes (Bonwell and Eison 1991), manycolleges of engineering are strongly encouraging their faculty to develop multimedia tools toenrich coursework in engineering subjects. Making complex concepts visual and providinginteractivity (and, therefore, promoting active learning) are just two of the ways that multimediaenhances engineering curricula. At the University of Texas at Austin

Conference Session

EET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James C. Sanders, Troy University; Govind Menon, Troy University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Systems Science from Washington University in St. Louis in 1991. From 1991 to 1995, he worked at University of California, San Diego and Wayne State University. From 1995 to 2006, he worked in the automotive industry as a system engineer. In 2006 he joined the Electronics Engineering Technology faculty at Texas A&M. His research activities include control system theory and applications to industry, system engineering, robust design, modeling, simulation, quality control, and optimization. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Development of A New Electronics Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractTroy University is trying to expand its educational programs in engineering and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner

departments across campus to helpfacilitate offering more truly interdisciplinary design projects for senior design students primarilybut not exclusively in Biomedical, Electrical, Material-Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering.Another ongoing effort in assessment centers around providing feedback to the faculty advisorsconcerning the students’ perceptions of how they are doing in facilitating the students designwork during the year. A special evaluation form was developed for this purpose. The form isentitled the “MTU Senior Design Project Advisor Rating Instrument” and consists of thefollowing ten questions as well as two specific “open ended questions”: 1. The senior project advisor assisted us in establishing goals and objectives early in the

Conference Session

Sustainability and Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andres Carrano, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Catholic University in Venezuela, an M.S. and Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. His research interests include surface metrology, sustainable product and process design as well as life cycle analysis. Page 13.433.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Development of Master’s Programs in Sustainable Engineering at the Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractDuring the 2006-2007 academic year, a team of faculty from the Kate Gleason Collegeof Engineering developed a proposal for a pair

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

International

Engineering.There is a need to develop a sizable amount of endowment to help the university offset some ofthe costs of procuring and maintaining equipment for teaching and research.OAU Alumni worldwide are trying to help out by contributing to endowment funds. See the website http://www.greatifealumni.org/2008reunion/index.asp [6] for details of typical alumni fund-raising activities for the university endowment. The university has also opened an alumni officeto keep track and contact with all alumni worldwide. In addition, the alumni have indicatedwillingness to give occasional or weekend classes.There are other challenges such as recruiting new faculty and finding expertise to teach some ofthe new courses in the curriculum and suggest some possible

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning in ET I

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

; teamwork; function effectively as a team leader; communication; and time management.The faculty advisor can evaluate either individual students or the entire team based on sevencriteria. Scores ranging from 0 (no effort at all) to 5 (very good) can be assigned for thefollowing aspects: quality of work, problem-solving skills, teamwork, effectiveness as a teamleader, communication, and time management.In support of the prototype development, each team is provided with $200 in support. If there areadditional expenses beyond this amount, students are encouraged to seek sponsorship from localbusinesses or the department.Project 1Title / Team structure / Term: Tabletop Wind Tunnel / 6 MET students / Spring 2023The Problem: The MET program did not have

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leah M Wiitablake, Clemson University; Amber Taylor; Landry Samuels; Jalani Ziad Eanochs; Caleb Jovan Hardin; Shi'ron Williams-Mattison; Samuel Cole Fambrough; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

direct manner. From this perspective, as students, it would increase the engagement as well as the guidance throughout the project from a different perspective other than a research assistant or a faculty member.Undergraduate 5: Working on the robotics research project for the development of a textbook has been a highly rewarding and exhilarating experience. Initially, I had some reservations about the project as I was not well-versed in its details. However, collaborating with [Faculty Member] and [Research Assistant] from [University 1] proved to be a seamless and enlightening process. I found the experience to be immensely enjoyable as it gave me the opportunity to contribute to the efforts of

Conference Session

Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. McBride-Pluskwik, Iron Range Engineering, a program of Minnesota State University, Mankato; Puteri S. Megat Hamari, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

project-based learning engineering programs located inMinnesota. In alignment with the goals of both the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) and the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the faculty inthe program are working to improve the students’ understanding of ethics in the engineeringprofession. Criterion 3-f of the ABET outcomes calls for student attainment of an understandingof ethical and professional responsibility; since both program’s model of learning is to engagestudents in the practice of engineering, we seek to develop methods to improve understanding ofethics and ethical problems, which we believe should lead to increased recognition and processto best resolve ethical scenarios commonly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Lemke; Karen Rogers; Nathan Lindquist; Keith Stein, Bethel University; Grace Riermann; Ellesa St. George; Tristan Noble; John McCauley

(Dr.) Keith Stein is a professor in the Department of Physics & Engineering at Bethel University. He has a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, with past research activities focusing on the modeling of parachute dynamics and fluid-structure interactions. He is currently involved in student-faculty studies utilizing advanced optical and high-speed video imaging techniques to study a number of applications involving compressible flows, shock waves, and thermal convection.Karen Irene Rogers (Director of Engineering Programs) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Developing optical devices and projects for teaching

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James D. van Putten Jr.

enabled addition of anotherengineer on a tenure track and provided the opportunity to develop an engineering curriculum whichconformed to the standard of other liberal arts majors at the college. The college responded to theawarding of the grant by adding a fourth engineer so that the engineering program at Hope Collegenow has a faculty of three mechanical engineers and one electrical engineer all with Ph.D. ‘s. , Page 1.152.2. ..G,.g,,,, 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Conference Session

International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University; David Watkins, Michigan Technological University; Brian Barkdoll, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

International

engineering program at UniversidadTecnològica Boliviana in La Paz.The program commenced with a campus-wide solicitation of participation. While thisprogram is designed to draw students from two existing sustainable developmentprograms, the undergraduate program was only recently approved by the University; Page 12.375.2hence for this first year, all undergraduates could apply. Six students were notified inmid-December, and had until mid-January to accept the offer.The American student teams and one faculty member will reside in Bolivia for all of June2007. Before then, teams and projects will be developed. To aid in the first, monthlymeetings will be used

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William J. Hutzel

with mechanical and electrical systems that are almost entirelycomputer controlled.Figure 2 summarizes the idealized collaboration between corporate sponsors and the universityfor renovating the Applied Energy Laboratory. An initial corporate donation got the ball rollingand prompted supplemental support from the university. In our case, a donation of buildingautomation hardware and software provided the cost sharing required to justify a university-sponsored summer faculty grant. Once laboratory development was underway it becamerelatively easy to leverage corporate donations into additional financial support from theuniversity. This process has been repeated several times over the past five years. By fall of1999 every major mechanical system

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Demel

Session 1338 Development of Nationally Normed Engineering Graphics Concepts and Skills Tests John T. Demel, Frank M. Croft, and Frederick D. Meyers Engineering Graphics Section, College of Engineering, The Ohio State UniversityAbstractAt the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference a paper was presented proposing a nationally normed testfor engineering graphics. This test would be used to provide diagnostics to determine whatstudents know when they enter college and could be used at the beginning and end of anintroductory graphics course or set of courses to determine what has been learned. Such a testwould allow faculty

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Robert R. Krchnavek; Raul Ordonez; Peter Jansson; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

students in the ECE program.Internships ECE students are strongly encouraged by faculty and administrators to obtain summerinternships in engineering industries. The College of Engineering has an Internship Coordinatorwho acts as a liaison between students and industries seeking interns. Internships provideopportunities for students to gain experience in their chosen profession, develop connections in Page 7.326.7 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”industry, and apply all

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Stanley G. Burns

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Industrial Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.This paper provides some background in the development and implementation of this degreeprogram and its expected impact on regional engineering education.JUSTIFICATIONWe are basically responding to a key portion of the UMD Mission Statement which reads,“UMD serves northern Minnesota, the state, and the nation as a medium-sized comprehensiveuniversity dedicated to excellence in all of its programs and operations. As a universitycommunity in which knowledge is sought as well as taught, its faculty recognizes the importanceof scholarship and service, the intrinsic value of research, and the significance of a primarycommitment to quality