Conference Session

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Sourajeet Roy, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

they are learning the material. The discipline of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) is a diverse and a challengingdiscipline for many undergraduate students majoring in this important technical field. The highlyabstract nature of the materials in the key areas of the curriculum during the middle two years,namely, electronics, electromagnetics, and signals and systems, has traditionally made it difficultfor undergraduate students to grasp. This has been identified as one of the main reasons for thedeclining retention rates for ECE undergraduate education nationally. For example, the numberof American students earning bachelor’s degrees increased by 16% over the past 10 years,however, the number of bachelor’s degrees earned in

Conference Session

Reimagining Pathways: Nurturing Diversity and Identity in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dylan Oliver Scheller, Colorado State University; Julia Schimmels, Colorado State University; Jordan Jarrett, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

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

Paper ID #41666STEM 4 Kids: Improving Gender Diversity in STEM through a CollegiateStudent-led OrganizationDylan Oliver Scheller, Colorado State University Dylan Scheller is a dedicated mechanical engineering student at Colorado State University, known for his passion for innovation and problem-solving. Throughout his undergraduate studies, he has excelled in various technical courses, ranging from thermodynamics and fluid mechanics to materials science and mechatronics. His dedication to his studies and keen problem-solving skills has earned recognition from his professors.Julia Schimmels, Colorado State UniversityDr

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

David Goodman

ElectricalEngineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering.The course is delivered online, in a one semester (sixteen week) sequence, with weeklyassignment deadlines.Course DesignThe course introduces practical procedures to reveal energy, productivity, and waste reductionoptions in order to operate and maintain commercial buildings with a focus to minimizeoperating costs while maintaining good environmental stewardship. The content is dividedinto ten modules with ten lectures provided by Cummins team of international trainers andeight supplemental lectures provided by faculty. The ten Cummins lectures are: 1) Energy Assessment Process. 2) Power Management. 3) Lighting. 4) Building Envelope. 5) Heating &

Conference Session

Real World Applications

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

Session 2249 TECHNOLOGY-HOSPITAL COLLABORATION IN THERMODYNAMICS: EXPERIENCE WITH ACTUAL STUDENT PROJECTS Joe Fuehne, Ph.D., P.E. and David Lenart, P.E., MBA Purdue University School of Technology at Columbus-Southeast Indiana/ Columbus Regional HospitalAbstractA previous work1 by the authors outlined a partnership between their institutions thatfocused on providing mechanical engineering technology students some practicalexperience with the thermodynamic systems of a hospital. Several potential projectswere summarized in the paper and benefits to both students and to

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Manning

Session 2620 Project Links: Interactive Web-Based Modules For Teaching Engineering Kenneth S. Manning, Ph. D. Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAbstractProject Links, an NSF-supported project at Rensselaer, is a cooperative effort by faculty fromseveral departments, schools, and institutions to develop materials linking mathematical topicswith their applications in engineering and science. The primary product of this effort is a set ofinteractive, web-based learning modules that rely heavily on hypertext, animations, andinteractive Java applets.We employ

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

- combustion, fuel cells, green fuels, and plasma assisted combustion. Husanu has prior industrial experi- ence in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing fa- cility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past seven years, she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in thermal-fluid and energy conversion ar- eas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Denise Miller, Northern Arizona University; Elizabeth J. Brauer, Northern Arizona University; John Sharber, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

mastering new information.[1,2] Furthermore,frequent practice promotes speed as well as accuracy. This point is particularly relevant in thefield of electrical engineering, as students must master core concepts (e.g., Ohm’s law) such thatthey can apply them quickly and effortlessly in order to efficiently solve more advancedproblems. The present project pilot-tested a novel technique for encouraging frequent, fast-paced practice among students in the first circuits course. Nineteen undergraduate engineeringmajors (including civil, mechanical, environmental and electrical) participated in a face-to-facecourse in which traditional course activities (lectures, in-class discussion, exams) weresupplemented by three online homework modules. These modules

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel S. Lee; R. Narasimhan; M. Lewis Temares

1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsc) Group Design Project In the latter part of the semester, groups of students would be engaged in more extensive design projects.The group may choose a project from a list provided by the faculty or the group may initiate their own topic withthe approval of the instructor. Faculty members from various disciplines would serve as resource persons toprovide consultation and guidance.2) Engineering Mathematics and Physics While the contents of these two courses were not much different from the regular course, emphasis wasgiven to relating the material to application. More “Word Problems” were assigned and Maple software packagewas introduced for students to do exercises. Besides, course syllabi

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Royce Francis, The George Washington University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rachel Riedner

Initiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF) project described in this paper isgrounded in our understanding of the realities of professional practices. Engineers must be ableto construct and participate in sound judgments that balance complex, competing objectives orconstraints, and they must simultaneously produce recognizable engineering identities thatenable them to articulate and justify those judgments to others through a variety ofcommunication mechanisms, including writing. Consequently, the objective of our project istoinvestigate the ways students produce engineer identities in written artifacts through which theyexpect to be recognized as engineers. We divided the project into two phases: Phase 1 involvingsemi-structured interviews designed

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter

itself to a seriesof programs with such an objective.The location of the program may influence the exercises selected but should have little effect onprogram outcomes if the appropriate exercises are selected. Well-designed programs have beenshown to produce equivalent results regardless of location (indoor or outdoor)17 or setting (hotelor camp)16. Expensive facilities such as a ropes course are not required. Many of the exercisescan be implemented with readily available materials at little expense.2.3 Framing the ExercisesThe framing of an exercise is the context in which it is presented to the participants. The mosttypical forms of framing include fantasy, reality and isomorphic. Isomorphic framing presentsthe exercise in a context familiar

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank Lanzer

summer camps. Preparations will always take longer than anticipated.2. Public relations (PR) personnel have high expectations and strict standards, often driven by the college strategic plan, community environment, recruitment and legal requirements. Allow ample time to work a flier through PR and it will be good when it is complete.3. Distribution to public schools via a central mail room may not be effective. The volume of paper going to each school is tremendous and the fifty fliers you send may well be lost or deemed not sufficiently important. A more direct approach to specific school system’s program directors, school chairpersons and departments would be better. Distribute materials early in the spring semester and call

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Fike

Mechanical EngineeringTechnology. Subsequently, the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) program was addedto the curriculum.Telecommunications Engineering Technology (TET) at Texas A&M was an outgrowth of theEET program, beginning in 1975. This was urged and partially funded by several industrygroups: the International Communications Association, representing large corporate users; theTexas Telephone Association, representing independent telephone companies; the GeneralTelephone Company of the Southwest (GTE), who was Texas A&M’s telephone serviceprovider and became part of Verizon; and large user corporations, particularly Exxon and Texacofrom the petroleum industry. These groups wanted a source for new graduates with

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-centered Design 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Greses Pérez, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Swetha Nittala, Stanford University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

inclusion in engineering. Before coming to Stanford, she was a bilingual educator at low-income elementary schools in Texas. Prior to starting her career in education, Greses was an engineer project manager in the Caribbean. She holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Santo Domingo Technological Institute, a M.Eng. in Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez, and a M.Ed. in School Leadership from Southern Methodist Uni- versity. Her work seeks to improve education for students who experience a cultural mismatch between the ways of knowing and speaking in their communities and those in STEM.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rana Hussein, Boston University; Muhammad Hamid Zaman, Boston University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

could prove useful given that most STEM faculty may not feel qualified to speak on everytopic the course covers and would allow for a diversified presentation of materials, and offered torecord guest lecturers to be shared for others to make use of in their own classes. Since we envisioned the course being adapted for different formats, levels of complexity,and engineering disciplines, we sought to develop a general course sketch outlining the overallobjectives and aims, suggested content, potential teaching strategies, and assessment methods,which could be adjusted as needed to meet the needs of instructors. Following the workshop, wealso pooled a range of teaching materials (assignment ideas, readings, videos, etc.) into arepository

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Pawley

power. Whether we teachsafety engineering or fluid mechanics, materials engineering or nanotech research, bridgebuilding or polymer modeling, the content we choose to represent our fields is influenced bysocial context(s), which themselves are strongly influenced by gendered relationships of power.To make our classrooms truly gender-sensitive, the content cannot remain sacrosanct. We musttake up the challenge issued by feminist science scholars to develop an engineering thatconsiders gender a critical yet thoughtful category of analysis, both in our research and teaching.Bibliography 1. Allen, Caitilyn. 2001. "What do you do over there, anyway? Tales of an Academic Citizen." Pp. 22-29 in

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abu S. Asaduzzaman; Ramazan Asmatulu; Ravi Pendse

the IEEE, ASEE, and the honor society of PKP, TBP, UPE, GoldenKey, and Who’s Who. He served as reviewer of NSF TUES (2011) and GRFP (2012), andEPSCoR RSV Panel-2 (2012) programs. He has served as Session Chair at various prestigiousconferences. He is currently serving as a TPC member of IEEE IPCCC 2013 and as an IPCmember of IEEE ICCIT 2013 conferences.Ramazan AsmatuluRamazan Asmatulu received his Ph.D. degree in 2001 from the Department of Materials Scienceand Engineering at Virginia Tech. After having the postdoc experiences, he joined thedepartment of mechanical engineering at Wichita State University (WSU) in August 2006 as anassistant professor, and received his tenure and promotion to be associate processor in July,2012. Dr. Asmatulu is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

background about the topic oftenhesitate in electing a course in which they may very well find interest. Furthermore, as the num-ber of credits required for obtaining a BS degree decline over the years due to market pressures,so do the number of electives offered. Against this background, we propose another time-honored technique, under a new setting,as a paradigm specifically designed for integrating novel content material into existing curricu-lum: develop new laboratory exercises tailored to provide content specific knowledge that relateto the focus areas of existing courses. In our implementation, we use biomedical engineering(BME) as the novel content and the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) as the core cur-riculum, with two primary

Conference Session

Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zeit T. Cai, Princeton University; Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University; Drew Dosson Brennan, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2012-5030: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN GROUND VEHICLE COAST-DOWN TESTINGMr. Zeit T. Cai, Princeton University Zeit T. Cai is a third-year mechanical and aerospace engineering student at Princeton University. Over the summer of 2011, he participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) hosted by Michigan Technological University. Under the tutelage of Jeremy Worm, he conducted research on coastdown testing and helped design a procedure to conduct coastdown testing in a classroom setting.Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University Jeremy John Worm is the Director of the Mobile Sustainable Transportation Laboratory at Michigan Tech and a Research Engineer in the Advanced Power Systems Research

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

received a B.A. and an M.S. in biology from Stanford University and a Teaching Credential from the University of California, Berkeley.Pat Pyke, Boise State University Patricia A. Pyke is the Director of Education Research for the College of Engineering at Boise State University. She oversees research projects and initiatives in engineering student success, K-12 engineering and integrated STEM programs. She earned a B.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Engineering at Boise

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Conservation and Optimization

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Nicolas Berna Tedori; Eamon J. Whitmore, Northeastern University; Bailey L. Ritchie; Logan Gross, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #21365Regenerative Braking System on a Conventional BikeDr. Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Bala Maheswaran, PhD Northeastern University 367 Snell Engineering Center Boston, MA 02115Mr. Nicolas Berna TedoriMr. Eamon J. Whitmore, Northeastern University Current sophomore in the Civil Engineering program of Northeastern University’s College of Engineering with a small background in physical mechanics from working with racing karts.Miss Bailey L. RitchieMr. Logan Gross, Northeastern University Second year Mechanical Engineering student at Northeastern University. Passion for entrepreneurship, finance, and the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dazhi Yang, Boise State University; Steve R. Swasnon; Bhaskar B. C. Chittoori, Boise State University; Youngkyun Baek, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

stabilization, soil reinforcement, pavement materials characterization along with finite element modeling of soil systems. He has published articles in ASCE Geotechnical Journal, ASTM Soil Testing Journal, Transportation Re- search Board Records, International Conferences on Soil Mechanic Related Topics, ASCE conferences. He is a member of ASCE sustainability committee, TRB Bridges and Foundation’s committee. He is a licensed civil engineer in the state of Texas and a member of Chi Epsilon and Tau Beta Pi honor societies.Dr. Youngkyun Baek, Boise State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Work-in-Progress: Integrating Computational Thinking in STEMEducation through a Project

Conference Session

Preparing and Retaining Engineering Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prue Howard, Central Queensland University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2009-2409: PREPARATION AND REFLECTION: MAKING PROFESSIONALPRACTICE EXPLICITPrue Howard, Central Queensland University Dr Prue Howard is a senior lecturer and Convenor of the Future Engineering Education Directions (FEED) research and scholarship group at CQUniversity. She has BEng (Mech), ME in Dynamics and a Professional Doctorate in Transdiciplinary Studies. She moved to the higher education sector in 1990 after a career as a mechanical designer in industry. A love of teaching has kept her there since. Prue has received National Awards in the areas of Women in Engineering and Curriculum Innovation, as well as having received the University's Vice-Chancellor's Award for Quality Teaching

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ranjan K. Sen; Pradip Peter Dey

,  in  acquiring  a  network  port  it  uses  socket service of underlying network system.  2.3 Data and Database Programmers  recognize  the  value  of  associating  a  type  with  a  data,  composing  data  in  databases  for efficient  storage  and  retrievals.  They  are  aware  of  the  mechanisms  used  for  opening  database, connecting to it, querying for information etc.  2.4 Network and distributed processing Network  is  how  computers  connect  to  each  other  and  other  devices  of  various  types.  They  know  the different  protocols  used  in  such  communications.  They  are  aware  of  ports  that  are  the  interface  to  a computer and machine network addresses.  2.5 Multi‐threading One  important  understanding  in  this

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 1)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McDonald, United States Military Academy

those standards of excellence which are appropriate to, and partially definitive of, that form of activity, with the result that human powers to achieve excellence, and human conception of the ends and good involve, are systematically extended [11].MacIntyre goes on to further describe what he means by “practice” by describing differentexamples. The field of engineering falls into Macintyre’s practice definition. His point here isthat to excel in a practice, the exercise of virtue is required. Virtue becomes the mechanism forthe engineer that will guide them through the infinite number of ethical situations experienced intheir careers and through which they will achieve the internal goods of practicing engineering.Virtue in

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Donald Orlich, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Since the student’sdecision on the level of the mathematics classes they will be taking often occurs as early as the 7thor 8th grade having them exposed to engineering starting at the 6th grade level seemed appropriate. Our teacher recruitment activity starts in the fall, usually by hosting a booth at the statescience teachers convention. This is followed up with ads placed in science and mathematicsteachers newsletters, direct mailing to schools, and word-of-mouth by prior participants in theprogram. Interested teachers are asked to submit an application along with a supporting letterfrom their supervisor or principal. This latter aspect helps insure that the materials the teachersdevelop during the program will be used in their

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Jain; Durward Sobek

Session 1331 The Engineering Problem-Solving Process: Good for Students? Durward K. Sobek II, Vikas K. Jain Montana State UniversityAbstractAs part of an ongoing effort to better understand student problem-solving processes to open-ended problems, we have coded 14 mechanical engineering projects (representing about 60journals) according to abstraction level, design activity, planning, and reporting. We alsodeveloped quantitative outcome measures that are reported in a separate submission to thisconference. We then developed a computer model of the journal data that correlates

Conference Session

Instructional technologies - Simulations, VR, Remote Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #29830Remotely Accessible 3D Printer for Teaching CNC Programming: LessonsLearnedDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Lauren Madden, North Carolina State University; James Minogue, North Carolina State University; Mike Carter, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

instructed to represent ideasthat are procedural or observations that are factual (e.g., describe what you see), but in effect donot incorporate the underlying mechanism (e.g., an invisible force) associated with how an objectis behaving. Another big challenge is to immerse students in inquiry and problem solvinginvestigation that move beyond human scale drawings that are visible to the naked eye towardsrepresenting phenomena that are invisible (e.g., gravity and friction) which informs studentunderstanding of the relationship between motion and design in vehicle performance. Theintegration of visible and invisible interactions is needed to support increasingly sophisticatedunderstandings of core science and technology concepts24. The sophistication

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zahed Siddique

Session 2258 INTERNET-BASED COLLABORATIVE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT Zahed Siddique School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019AbstractThe use of Internet in education has opened the possibilities to explore and adopt newapproaches to teach distributed collaborative engineering design and analysis. In most instancesengineering design courses are offered during the senior year of the undergraduate curriculum,which allows the students to apply different engineering concepts to design a

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Johnson; Barbara Nepote; Shirley J. Dyke; Juan Caicedo; Euridice Oware

ProgramCurriculum Development Figure 3. Active Mass Driver Controller.At the undergraduate level, experiments have been introduced into existing courses and newcourses. Four courses are currently utilizing the shake tables to do “hands-on” experiments,including one freshman level course (Introduction to Civil Engineering), one junior level course(Mechanics of Materials Laboratory), and two senior/graduate level courses (Structural Dynam-ics, and Experimental Methods in Structural Dynamics). The integration of structural dynamicsand control experiments is discussed in this section.In the Spring of 1999, a new freshman level survey course, Introduction to Civil Engineering, wasdeveloped. The course introduces students to