Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

seminal work left unread by engineers dabbling in phenomenology and existentialism.(20) Aswith some great works, the actual writings of Husserl on philosophy are as revealing as how heoutlines previous philosophies to differentiate himself. Husserl argues that there are fourimportant revolutions in history of thought: Socratic/Platonic arguments based on logos and itssubsequent development into scientific thought; the Cartesian revolution; the transcendentalrevolution of Kant, whereby the only source of necessity is subjectivity and thus followsknowledge; and finally, the phenomenological revolution, which incorporates the form of andcontent of acts of knowing into a subjective framework. Descartes, according to Husserl’s history, believes

Conference Session

Novel Methods of Construction Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. What is difficult about these bottlenecks is that they are notobvious to the educator and are therefore overlooked2. This is consistent with the research on thedifference between how experts and novices approach a discipline.Expertise has been extensively studied, especially in the domain of problem solving, where it hasbeen established that experts approach content and problem solving in a fundamentally differentmanner than novices 37. Teasing out the explicit steps that are tacit to an expert is the objective ofthe second step in the Decoding process. The decoding model suggests using an interviewingtechnique whereby one or two “fellow” academics with only a surface familiarity of theeducator’s discipline probe expert thinking about the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Design and Robotics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Chandra Asthana, Elizabeth City State University; Kuldeep Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Paul Gordy, Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach

response to this growing interest, these two topicsnamely, graphic visualization and robotics, are introduced into the existing ‘introduction toengineering’ course. One of the objectives of this approach is to introduce fundamentals ofengineering to freshman students and prepare them for engineering courses at college level.Engineers are required to have a high level of knowledge and practice of visualization techniquesthat can be incorporated at introductory level course such as ‘introduction to engineering’ course.The visualization techniques that are introduced in this course are interactive and help studentsgrasp the engineering concepts easily and prepare them to be proficient in using excel softwareas well. In addition, the robotics modules

Conference Session

Laboratories in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

creative in coming with ways to offer a Biomedical Instrumentation course thatprovides their students with the fundamental understanding of the principles of BiomedicalInstrumentation with a sufficient hands-on component included.II. The BMET Option in EETThe Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program at Southern Polytechnic State University(SPSU) recently instituted an option in Biomedical Engineering Technology (BMET) (2 – 4). TheEET program is accredited by ABET, Inc6. The BMET option was designed with a view towardsretaining the ABET accreditation of the EET program. The curriculum for the option is shown inTable 1.The curriculum adds five new technical courses to a core of ECET, Mathematics, English,Science, and Social Science courses

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

solving process.IntroductionUnlike physics courses, the emphasis of many engineering courses is on problem solving, ratherthan understanding the fundamental laws in nature. Although there are debates on theeffectiveness of traditional homework in education [1-4], the overwhelming majority ofengineering faculty believe that homework is an indispensable component in the courses theyteach. There are four instructional goals for homework: practice, preparation, extension andintegration [5-7]. As an analogy, nobody can write good essays just by reading a few examples.Therefore, engineering students cannot grasp the knowledge and skills without the process ofstruggling with homework problems, which is confirmed by research results [8].Unfortunately

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

of enforcing Systems Engineering (SE)principles and practices into course work that can enhance students’ understanding of the issuesin systems integration and project management. In the process of educating SE students,professors need to ensure that students understand the importance of obtaining such skills aseffective communications, good leadership, excellent project management, strong collaborationskills, high ability to adapt to multi-culture environments, and sufficient risk management ability.In addition, SE students also need to adopt two fundamental Industrial Engineering/SE principles,simplification and standardization, into their work. The issue is how we embed the requirementsof these skills and SE principles into course work to

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogical Techniques II: Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Tiffany Lauren Pascal, New Mexico State University-Carlsbad

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

literature but, rather, due to a lack of visual media in theclassroom. Students aren’t necessarily less literate; they are simply more literate in ways that arelinked to technology, pop culture, and the visual world. Some educators, therefore, have turnedto using comics to increase students’ visual literacy, which, as Sean P. Connors states, is “theability to interpret (read) and produce (write) images” [3]. While many teachers understand theimportance of visual literacy, and they may even recognize the utilitarian aspects of comicbooks, visual literacy is largely overlooked in education [3]. The 21st century made its debut as aglobalized world unlike any other in the past, in which visual media—expressed throughfragments of information from music

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Steele; B.K. Hodge

in the 1940’s is a goodexample of the drudgery and tediousness of extended pre-computer calculations. The digitalcomputer fundamentally altered the use of “manual” calculations and replaced it with machine-based computations. Initial efforts were hard-wired (literally) with patch boards, but by the early1950’s higher-level programming languages evolved. For engineering computations,FORTRAN became the dominant programming language. However, as these advances weretaking place, both the engineering workplace and engineering education struggled to effectivelyutilize the promise of the “computer” and to define the relationship between the computer andengineering. Indeed, one could argue that these struggles are ongoing.The situation is much

Conference Session

Digital Simulation Tools in Energy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura J. Genik, Michigan State University; Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

course did you learn MATLAB?CSE 131 ME 399 EGR 102 Did not take a courseWhen did you take your MATLAB course?Who was your MATLAB course instructor?Sticklen Hinds Mukkamala Boehlert None Page 22.1642.7Other (specify): ____________________What is the MATLAB symbol for multiplication?What is the MATLAB symbol for raising a number to a power?Give an example of a MATLAB function.What is a script file in MATLAB?What does a FOR loop in MATLAB do?What is a GUI?Can you write a script file in MATLAB? (circle one)Yes Learned, but forgot NoDid

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Sandquist; Brian Moretti; Edward Naessens

provide the Army additional officers schooled innuclear disciplines. Cadets first develop strong fundamental skills in mathematics, physics, andgeneral science. They then apply these fundamental skills to the study of nuclear power plants,nuclear weapons, radiation effects, radiation shielding, and the environmental impact of nuclearpower. Embedded design problems reinforce and integrate concepts presented in the classroom.To determine if our courses accomplish specified outcomes, we have developed an innovativemethodology to assess accomplishment of program outcomes through a process of assessingembedded indicators. The splitting of the nucleus has made available to mankind an almost limitless source ofenergy. This energy source is currently

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Roy; Karim Nasr; K. Joel Berry

the EnergySystems Thread are thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and an energy systemslaboratory. The EST’s educational objectives were formulated to relate closely to theeducational objectives and outcomes of the ME program, which in turn are consistent with theuniversity’s mission. The relationship between the EST’s educational objectives and the MEprogram were addressed in another paper[7] and will not be repeated here.Thermodynamics is an integral course of the EST, and therefore the course designer must notonly revisit what and how information is conveyed but also what students are learning (reallygetting out of the course). This task begins with writing proper educational objectives for thecourse. To construct a set of

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Anthony Richardson, University of Evansville; David Mitchell, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

finish.Spectrum Analyzer Uses a 32-bit ARM processor to capture an audio clip, do the FFT, and display the result on a PC.Universal Stepper- This is a bipolar stepper motor driver that is microcontroller based and allows themotor Controller user to control the step rate, acceleration, direction, current, and step mode (half stepping and micro stepping) via a PC interface.USB Sensor A microcontroller with a USB interface transmits requested sensor data to a PC via the USB port. Student must write USB driver for microcontroller and DLL to run under C# on the PC in addition to the

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel

a Strand Model GeneralEducation program and revised its general education outcomes to match the AACU learningoutcomes. A new strands-model General Education curriculum is now required for all studentsbeginning in the fall of 2019.The Citadel’s new Strands-Model General Education purpose is twofold:• Promoting our students’ intellectual development by affording them course-work in the fundamental academic disciplines of mathematics, natural science, literature, history, and social science; and• Developing our students’ skills and dispositions in six essential areas so that, upon successfully completing the curriculum, graduates ought to be able: 1. To use quantitative reasoning skills to make calculations, interpret data

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. They admitted they seldom used available online tools and would prefer asolidly bound paper text 7. At the time students were not able to use computer based texts onexams. However, with the proliferation of smart phones and tablet computers this is no longerthe case. Even the Fundamentals of Engineering examination has moved to a computer basedtesting environment with electronic reference materials. Due to these advancements this topicshould be revisited, providing the third theme for further research. Do students prefer paper or electronic textbooks? Does their preference depend on the course, due to topic or use?A related challenge throughout the Engaged in Thermodynamics research has been guidelines forthe structural development

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas MacIntosh; Susan Conry

forming “basic functionality” product. The tasks associated with implementing this basic set offunctionality are to be scheduled so that they are implemented shortly after mid-term. The ideais to get rapid deployment of a set of fundamental functionality then refine the product toincorporate additional functionality in a second phase of development.Using the spreadsheet of tasks to produce functionality, the team attaches estimates of the timeand effort involved for each of the identified tasks required to implement the basic functionalityand the team produces a timeline of activities required to produce this basic functionality. Eachstudent indicates a time allocation commitment that is consistent with what he or she isrealistically willing to

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

David R. Haws

much in the categorical imperative to compel faculty to mentor anyone, and since we can’t mentor everyone, selective mentoring may even seem a little unfair.• Utility: There are probably three options from a Utilitarian point of view. The first (and perhaps most common), is that the greater good would be served by faculty writing research grants (bringing in money for the university) and teaching only those students who manage to “get it” with some minimal combination of lecture and self-study. This might be consistent with the Act Utilitarianism of Mill, would optimize the use of faculty time and therefore produce the greatest good for the greatest number (with the least amount of faculty resources). Rule Utilitarianism

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

theinterdisciplinary nature of those processes.IntroductionIn a fast changing industrial environment, educational laboratory activities need to keep pacewith new and emerging technologies that are implemented, in order to provide students with therequired skills consistent with the newest technologies available. Real life industrial settings areoften too expensive and complex to implement at laboratory level. The fundamental challengingproblems in manufacturing education are related to: (a) Improving the student–instructionaltechnologies interface to incorporate the required learning tools; (b) Improving teaching andlearning effectiveness. On the other hand, the advancement of increasing efficiency and reducingthe cost of manufacturing is contingent on

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State College; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

. Thestudents will learn both the fundamental knowledge and the most recent developments in thefield. They will also gain experience in practical applications and the hardware/software co-design of embedded systems technology.Introduction to Embedded Systems (EENG 2730)The goal of this course is to introduce the fundamental concepts of hardware and softwareneeded for the design of embedded systems. This course is oriented toward the engineeringprinciples and techniques of applying microcontrollers in various embedded systems. Thecourse places strong emphasis on hands-on experience with topics, including six labs and adesign project. The students will use 68HC12 Evaluation Boards (16 bit microcontroller) to dotheir labs. Students become exposed to the

Conference Session

Capitalizing on COVID: Using This Disruptor to Change the Educational Model

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Tingerthal P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kaikea Kaoni, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-layout principles and methodsusing contemporary equipment and software. These principles and methods include concepts ofdatums and coordinates, elementary geodesy, leveling, distance and angle measurement,topographic and quantity surveying, and calculation of horizontal and vertical curves. Theresulting geospatial and topographic data forms the basis for many fundamental civil engineeringprojects - from road design to water resource engineering, to building and other infrastructureplanning. The civil engineering student is immediately recognized on campus squinting throughstrange instruments, balancing tall red-and-white striped poles, and shouting numbers across thecommon quadrangle. The surveying laboratory is a rite of passage for many second

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

, defining processesand measuring the quality and productivity of their individual effort. A fundamental premise ofthe PSP is that everyone is different and a method that proves effective for one engineer may notbe suitable for another. By helping the engineer measure and track their own work, theindividual can determine the methods that are best for them and increase the accuracy of theestimates.When an individual is charged with estimating and measuring their own performance, anindividual might be sensitive to the use of metrics collected on an individual basis. It isimportant to realize that there are private and public uses for different types of process data. Itshould be clear to the individual and the organization which process data metrics

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. It is common tosee collaboration among industries and universities on research areas. However, it is unusualto see academic programs developed in conjunction with the industries. The need forenhanced integration of basic fundamentals along with the application concepts, demanded byspecialized fields, can be accomplished by bringing together viewpoints from experiencedacademics and expert practitioners. Over the past few years, developments in highereducation have brought collaboration between the university and the private sector more andmore common. The industry approach to professional development is based on the needs ofacquiring, developing, and retaining a skilled and competent workforce. Universities, in turn,may benefit from the

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel; Charles Standridge

the results of an experimentthrough writing laboratory reports and delivering oral presentations. Based on these objectives,the course has been developed based on seven hypothetical industry case problems. These caseproblems were developed to simulate typical assignments that the students might experienceduring their co-op assignments. Another reason for the development of these case problems wasto introduce material and concepts, at a basic level, which the students will be exposed to ingreater detail during their sophomore year.In order to solve each of the case problems, the students must master measurement concepts,statistical concepts and analysis techniques. A summary of the cases is shown in Table 1. Thelecture component of the course

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 2: Students and Peer Mentors

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atheer Almasri, West Virginia University; Todd R. Hamrick, West Virginia University; Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University; Akua B. Oppong-Anane, West Virginia University; Xinyu Zhang, Purdue University ; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #42952Student Perspectives on Skills Required in Engineering and Computing SciencesCoursesDr. Atheer Almasri, West Virginia University Dr. Almasri is currently a teaching assistant professor in the Fundamentals of Engineering Program (FEP) at the Statler College of Engineering, West Virginia University. He has been serving in this position since 2020. Before joining West Virginia University, he worked as an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at Imam University for 10 years. Dr. Almasri holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, as well as master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Engineering.Dr

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. Asmatulu

Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). The survey results are given in Table 3. As can be seenfrom the survey results, most of the engineering students who took the survey scaled between 6and 10, which confirms that newly developed biomaterials course is well understood andestablished. 1) Please rate your level of understanding of the fundamental concepts in biomaterials, 2) Please rate your ability to apply the fundamental principles of biomaterials, 3) Please rate your ability to apply modern analytical techniques to biomaterials, 4) Please rate your ability to apply computational techniques to biomaterials, 5) How do you rate your ability to effectively communicate technical information in writing? 6) How do you

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabriel Ferrer; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

evaluate such physical properties as velocity, acceleration, and power. Robots providean exciting opportunity to truly motivate the student to understand these key physicalconcepts.The design process will be discussed and used daily in the classroom sessions andlaboratory exercises. The steps of prototyping, brainstorming, reverse engineering, andwriting technical reports will be discussed and employed.The computer science objective of this course is to introduce students to concepts fromartificial intelligence that are of value in programming simple robots. This course is notintended to prepare students for later courses in programming. Students will be providedwith a library of code to be used for writing robot control programs.Students will

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E. Pakkala, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

dynamics simulation tool developed by students and for use by student design teams ispresented in this work. The project is the result of work done by students participating in anexchange program between international partner universities. Students in the exchange programcomplete a Senior Capstone Design project and additionally write a Diploma Thesis as part ofearning degrees from both universities. The simulation tool is meant for use in the early stages ofthe design of four-wheeled vehicle projects such as the SAE Mini-Baja challenge or the SAEFormula competition. The simulation tool uses MATLAB and Simulink and simulates a14-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) system. The model can accommodate different suspension linkagesand allows anti-roll bars in the

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rorrer; Richard Sanders; Daniel Knight

of bachelor’sdegrees has decreased from approximately 35% in the late 1960’s to approximately 31% since1990 [3]. It is our contention that in order to attract more students into these fields of study,there are a few fundamental precepts. First, the students that are already committed to thesefields need not be the focus of new recruitment efforts. They will enter these fields without anadditional sales pitch or incentive. Second, other students that do not currently possess aninterest in the technical fields can be interested in these areas [4]. Third, there are a significantnumber of students with the ability to succeed in college who are not performing well in highschool and are not being served by existing pre-collegiate programs. It is

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman, Bill's Robotic Solutions

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

, one for input and one for output. The first line ofa function m-file is in the following format:Function[output_parameters]=function_name(input_parameters)The first word is always the word function which is followed by the optional output parametersenclosed in the square brackets. If the function has no output parameters the square brackets andthe equal sign can be omitted. File saved must have the same as the function name and thefunction name is a character string that will be used to call the function. The equivalentresistance of figure 1.0 is given by the equation below:Following are steps to write a function called parallel: 1. Under file menu in MATLAB click new function. 2. Write the function with the following lines

Conference Session

Software Engineering Concepts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naji S Husseini, Biomedical Engineering at NCSU and UNC-CH; Ian Kaszubski, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Practiceconditionals and loops.Summary: Students wire a red, yellow, and green LED to the RPi’s GPIO pins, along with abuzzer. The lab consists of four parts: 1) test light and buzzer functionality; 2) create a trafficlight (Fig. 1); 3) write a Morse code translator that reads a text file and illuminates the red LEDand triggers the buzzer appropriately; and 4) make a trivia game that prompts a user for inputs tosimple questions with red/green LED outputs for correct/incorrect answers.Assessment: Nothing is submitted for this lab. The students work through as many parts as theycan in the two-hour session in a low-stress environment. Most students can finish the entireassignment and enjoy testing the TA with their trivia game. Fig. 1: RPi wired for Lab 1

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Daugherity, Abilene Christian University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

physics programs must be deliberate and creative in finding ways to incorporateprogramming throughout the curriculum. This paper describes one way of introducingprogramming to first-semester freshmen in engineering and physics.SettingAt Abilene Christian University, the engineering and physics programs both operate within thesame department. All entering engineering and physics majors are required to take anIntroduction to Engineering and Physics class with accompanying lab. The course hasundergone significant revision since its inception in 2012, and now includes a variety of topics.The lecture portion emphasizes fundamentals such as vectors, units, estimation, design, problemsolving, Excel, programming, and careers. The lab is largely based