Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry

members deliver each presentation, with each team member required to participate in at least one presentation. These presentations utilize PowerPoint and are typically 8-10 minutes in duration. Instruction is given on the proper structure and content of technical presentations and on delivery techniques for multiple presenters. The grades for these presentations are team grades, so each team member has a stake in the preparation of the presentation, whether speaking or not. Detailed evaluation of a presentation, with respect to both content and mechanics, is provided to the team. Writing – Individual writing assignments occur throughout the semester and are of several

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Armstrong; Paul Rousseau; Katharine Fulcher; Carlo Felicione; Steve Beyerlein; Donald Elger

. Examples of dead-end skills include (a) using example problems astemplates, (b) plugging numbers into formulas with little thought of the concepts, and (c)working backwards from known answers.To address the aforementioned issues, we have developed a model of the problem solvingprocess. This model is designed for application in engineering science courses. The goals are:• Promote effective problem solving (fast, applicable to many types of problems, etc.)• Appeal to users (appeal to a diverse range of students)• Build skills for professional practice (use general principles, develop skills for open-ended problems)• Promote communication (develop professional documentation skills, communicate fundamental steps of problem solving

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Andrew Grossfield

is turned on the curvature or deviation from the tangent plane in terms of theclassic second degree surfaces that prevails almost everywhere on well-behaved, that is,continuous and smooth (differentiable), warped surfaces. Here too the curvature is found to varysinusoidally, only at twice the frequency and raised or lowered vertically. We see thesignificance of that wonderful intrinsic point property of surfaces, the Gaussian curvature andwhat it reveals about the differences between the curvature at the mountain passes and thecurvature of the mountaintops and valleys.This visual treatment of fundamental mathematical theory should serve as an introduction forprecollege students of what lies ahead in their continuing study of mathematics

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

. The course begins with a laborientation and an exercise that introduces students to temperature measurement using an analogtemperature sensor,1 a serial DAQ2 and programming with Visual Basic 6 (VB6): studentsconstruct a sensor, calibrate it, and write a VB6 program that uses the DAQ to read the sensor’soutput and displays the measured temperature. Page 24.125.2After the class completes this introductory procedure, the course is run as a round-robinlaboratory, where student teams spend three two-hour class periods at a sensor station and thenrotate to another experiment. At these stations, students explore different sensors (strain gages

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Fred Scheu, College of Lake County

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

them to be attractive in the job market and as employeeswith high-value skills in the workplace. The students will learn the design of major componentsof digital systems, such as arithmetic logic units (ALUs), floating points, memory, and controllerusing hardware description language (VHDL). In addition, the students will learn FPGA designflow starting from HDL design entry and circuit simulation to verify the correctness of theintended design, writing testbenches. To accomplish this in a one-semester course, the intent oflectures and labs is to have the students: 1. Gain the knowledge on programmable logic devices (PLD) and their design methodologies 2. Learn fundamental concepts of hardware description language 3. Learn how to use

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Erlandson

engineering class with a design Integrate AD issues and component principles via lecture examples, case studies, homework problems, or special assignments. Non- Technical writing Integrate AD issues and Engineering Economics principles via lecture examples, History, Political Science case studies, homework problems, or special assignments.For example, a course on electromagnetic field theory or fundamentals of communications candiscuss the

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

practice. Transparencyin the programming applications can be achieved through programming the MCU in C that gavedirect control of memory and I/O registers, making it a good fit for electrical or computerengineering students. When the programming platform is Matlab, a greater level of abstractionfor the input/output registers is easily achieved through simple functions, while allowing the 313students to directly control input and output devices. For the C programming approach, acommercial integrated development environment (IDE) [17] serves as the program editor andcross compiler to interfaces with the MCU. For the Matlab programming, students write theirprogram in the usual fashion as a script in an m

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Garett Young, Arkansas Tech University; Jessica Patricia Conry, Arkansas Tech University; Edward Carl Greco Jr., Arkansas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Science and Humanities Symposium. Dr. Conry earned a BS in Physics from Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas and MS and PhD in Physics from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her primary area of research interest is fundamental laser physics in- cluding beam shaping, polarization, and propagation. Education interests include transitioning traditional lecture courses into classrooms where active learning takes place. Additional interest includes bridging the gap between physics courses (taught by a physicist) and engineering courses (taught by an engineer).Dr. Edward Carl Greco Jr., Arkansas Tech University Dr. Greco is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with research interest

Conference Session

EET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

of this course led to a number of changes including content as well aslabs. Appendix A shows evolution of the course content from prior to 2013 to today.This experience may be considered by some as ‘just soldiering on’. However, there needs to bean evaluation as to how any course is taught based on the changes of the profession. This is theresponsibility of the professor as well as the university. The professor should give primaryconsideration to how best to give students experiences similar to those of prior years but that areconsidered safe by today’s standards. The university should support these efforts and find waysto give encouragement when decisions concerning fundamental changes in course deliveryoccur.Hopefully, these experiences

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (2)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cassondra Wallwey, Ohio State University; Abigail Clark, Ohio State University; Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University; Katherine Elmore, Mississippi State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Anastasia Nicole Doty, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #28927Longitudinal Memos Investigating First Year Engineering PathwaysCassie Wallwey, The Ohio State University Cassie Wallwey is currently a Ph.D. student in Ohio State University’s Department of Engineering Educa- tion. She is a Graduate Teaching Associate for the Fundamentals of Engineering Honors program, and a Graduate Research Associate working in the RIME collaborative (https://u.osu.edu/rimetime) run by Dr. Rachel Kajfez. Her research interests include engineering student motivation and feedback in engineering classrooms. Before enrolling at Ohio State University, Cassie earned her B.S. (2017) and M.S

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University; Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Understanding; and Written Communication. Any department across the university may propose a course for any area of GE. Prior to the 120-unit mandate, the CoE already included 2 of the 4 Advanced GE areas within the curriculum. All CoE students take ENGR 100W, a comprehensive writing course that incorporates technical writing (Written Communication GE Area) and environmental issues (Earth & Environment GE Area). This upper division writing course is often the first intensive writing in the major that students experience and, for many, one of the few experiences they have. The number of non-double counted GE requirements was reduced to 24 from 35, which is more in line with other universities in the country with engineering programs. Figure

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

project2.1 The concise course description and the general procedure for an FEA simulationThis FEA-related course (Simulation-based design) is scheduled in the first semester of thesenior year. Prerequisite courses include the design of machine elements, heat transfer and fluidmechanics and Engineering Graphics. The commercial FEA software used is Solidworkssimulation. The format of this course is a 2-4-4 course, which includes 2-hours lecturing with a4-hours lab for a total of 4 credits in a total 15-week semester.The fundamentals of FEA computational methods are introduced initially followed byprogressively more challenging simulation exercises using a commercially available FEApackage. The general steps for conducting an FEA simulation using

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus; Eric W. Hansberry

testing such as: accessibility and quicknessagainst the negatives, such as increased cost and unfamiliarity….. NCEES President StevenSchenk says the task force will present an action plan and report at next August’s annualconvention…… ‘the Fundamentals of Engineering, Fundamentals of Land Surveying, andPrinciples and Practice of Land Surveying would come first because their computerization wouldserve the largest slice of the pie immediately’ Phaneuf says ‘…computerizing the Principles andPractice of Engineering is certainly in the picture at this point, but would depend on the results ofthe other tests’.Martin of the New York State Board for Architecture confirms that the price of the ARE is now$998, quite an increase from last year’s $668

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Green

University. Students access material through HTML documents and formsusing standard web-browser technology. The advantage of web delivery is 24-hour systemaccess. Dynamic information exchange occurs between the client and server machines throughthe Matweb CGI interface. Developed features include individualized student assignments,instantaneous feedback, mastery through assignment resubmission, and automated grading.Statistical analysis, student comments, and instructor perspectives document the effectivenessand limitations of the approach. Initial student response has been positive.I. IntroductionEver since reading Keller’s article “Good-Bye, Teacher…” I have been intrigued with the idea ofmastery learning. Mastery learning has three fundamental

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Green

Session 1615 IMPROVING LISTENING, TEAMWORK, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH INNOVATIVE CIVIL ENGINEERING CLASSROM EXPERIENCES Colonel Robert L. Green, PE Virginia Military InstituteIntroductionEngineering students spend many hours in traditional lectures and laboratories. They spendmany more hours solving traditional homework problems. All of which is very necessary toensure that these students understand certain fundamental principles and to demonstrate thatthey can think!The purpose of this paper is to share several classroom experiences for senior level

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Drexel University; Shreepud Rauniar, Drexel University; Horacio Sosa, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, receive the system information,send the user input to the robot, and disconnect once the operation is finished. It alsoprovides the students to view the operations at the robot area using two video cameraswhich can be controlled for pan and tilt motions. Once the controller (RCX40) isconnected to Internet, it is treated as a server as it awaits commands from the user/clientand sends them to the controller. For viewing the workspace, two Webcams are used asshown in the figure. This program enables to run the robot manually by typing specificdestination points or automatically by writing a program. The cameras can be accessed bytyping in its IP address. For security reasons, the camera is password protected. It can beaccessed in two modes

Collection

2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Colin K Drummond, Case Western Reserve University; Matthew L Moorman, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

cases designed to associate and translate engineering concepts into relevant medicalknowledge. Course didactic components were posted on a Learning Management System, andstudents were expected to read and prepare arguments for each case to be discussed in class. Theframework of the course is designed to enhance systems thinking and insight on prior biomedicalknowledge and innovation, as well as measurable improvement in critical thinking skills in thefield of medicine.Nine course learning objectives were developed for the course, and at the end of the coursesuccessful students were expected to be able to: 1. Have fundamental knowledge of applied physiological system function and dysfunction. 2. Analyze physiological systems from an

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Page 13.767.4typical of Rensselaer students. Despite this pragmatic prospect, however, the original motivationfor the program was built more upon its intellectual promise than institutional opportunity. Thebrainchild of an anarchist philosopher, a feminist architect, and a design engineer committed to“the social side” of engineering, the program was conceptualized as radically interdisciplinaryand, hence, with the potential to fundamentally change the quality of undergraduate education atRensselaer.12In its basic structure, PDI entails 1) a required design studio almost every semester as theunifying element of the curriculum and 2) a radically interdisciplinary approach to designeducation.13 Studio work is complemented by additional STS core

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

John L. Krohn

Education 3briefings in order to increase their participation level. This previous methodology was refinedand expanded into that used during this past spring semester. The methodology can best bedescribed by the following process: 1. The students in the class (normally 10 to 12 per section) are divided into three (3) teams which remain together throughout the semester 2. The first two weeks of the semester are devoted to discussions of report writing, data reduction and analysis, and uncertainty calculations. 3. The initial lab is “instructor presented” in the traditional manner and students are

Conference Session

SDR & Programming in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley G. Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park; Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Shuvra Bhattacharyya, University of Maryland, College Park, and Tampere University of Technology; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students write code to interact withhardware. Virtually all programming assignments have a connection to the EE discipline. Thisproject-driven course involves two hours of lecture and one three-hour lab session each week. Inaddition to mastering the student learning outcomes of our traditional introductory programmingcourse, students in our course are introduced to many concepts from the electrical engineeringdiscipline, including elements of circuit theory, electromagnetics, controls, and communicationsystems.In our department, this course is offered as an alternative to a traditional software-only 2-creditintroductory C programming language course. Both courses use the same textbook covering theC language. The one-credit difference between the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

two cases the algorithm will get stuck to alocal maxima point, thus failing to find the true maximum power point. Students are required toplot the MPPT crawling points overlaid on the I-V curves as obtained from the experimentalsystem, write a report documenting their observations, explain the advantages and limitations ofthe algorithm, and make concluding remarks.Learning Outcomes & Course Alignment Map:The target course is focused on solar photovoltaics and the course topics, course learningobjectives are listed in Table 2 below.Table 2. Course Topics and Course Learning Objectives. Course Topics Course Learning Objectives • Fundamental concepts: Power and Energy

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

Tagged Divisions

International

bring numerous gaps in their knowledge, particularly in physics and mathematics. Theinitial contact with this new reality in their lives is crucial to future success, revealing a greatimportance for personal and professional development and creating tight bonds with positiveinfluence on dropout rates. These challenges led to the decision to implement a new socio-pedagogical project called GOIS (from Damião de Góis, a prominent Portuguese andEuropean renaissance man). It introduced important innovations and new strategiesinvolving computer-student interaction during teaching-learning processes. Problem-solvingskills are fundamental tools for the future engineer; so, the goal is to improve those tools andcoach the student in a rational way. A

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

planned that this group will become more active in searching for funds for additional projects. ‚" Business plan and accounting – The goals of this small sub-team are to set the direction of the enterprise by writing a formal business plan, and to keep the enterprise “in the black” financially by balancing the books and working as an interface between the sub-teams and the university purchasing department. It is also planned that members of this group will work with the public relations sub- team in searching for funds for additional projects.There is also a “corporate structure” to the AFE enterprise. There is a president who iselected on an annual basis. Each sub-team also has a leader, usually a returning

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Whitston, University of South Alabama; Adam Thomas Moore, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

3 which is equivalent to x(y + 1) Theorem 13a which is equivalent to x(1) Theorem 6 which is equivalent to x Theorem 2 Figure 9 – Ideal OutputThis output scheme allows the student to see the expression change by one theorem at a time,which will help the student understand the fundamentals of Boolean algebra.The end goal is to create a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the program. A GUI could greatlysimplify the program design, as input can be correctly initialized by the GUI. This would greatlysimplify error checking as well, since the programmer has more control over what input is givento the program. A GUI will also have the benefit of being compatible

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Rafael Hernandez; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Hossein Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Todd French, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

mass and energy along withevaluation of physical properties to evaluate batch and continuous processes. The students areexpected to be able to utilize basic algebra, calculus, and physics principles. The students arealso expected to have a fundamental knowledge of chemistry including stoichiometry andcomponent balances. The text used in this course is Felder and Rousseau [4].The students are taught how to graph functions and perform statistical calculations with andwithout the aid of Excel using data collected from chemical processes. Other sources ofinformation that would provide assistance when performing material and energy balances arebrought to their attention. Students are trained how to read and understand descriptions ofprocesses

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

teaching, and this is implied by the definitions of these literacies describedby Krupczak et al16.Krupczak et al in their justification of the development of programs in engineering andtechnological literacy write that since “engineering concepts are pervasive in decisionmaking within industry, government, education, health care” every citizen should be exposedin their education “to the central ideas and principles underlying our technological society” .They find support for this view in the National Academy of Engineering’s reports on“Technically Speaking: Why all Americans Need to Know more about Technology”, and“Changing the Conversation. Messages for Improving Public Understanding ofEngineering”.No wonder then that a variety of courses in the

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Jerry Gintz

mechanical engineering technology program’s automation concentration students about thefundamentals of manufacturing specifications, i.e., writing MOTs (methods, operations andtooling sheets), routings, and manufacturing cell design as well as the “big picture” of computer-integrated manufacturing (ERP, MRP, etc.). The machine design course is the second designcourse and includes significant material on kinematics, a subject often important in automated Page 10.916.3systems. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred J. Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

example of such an engineer (often a family member) and so had a very one-dimensionalview.Figure 1. Illustration from the lecture capture system that includes a view of the instructor, the materialdisplayed on the computer, and the audio.Student perception of the workload appears to vary substantially. Some students commented onthe heavy workload for only half the credit of a normal class. From the author’s point of view,the workload is quite modest, expecting class attendance only one hour per week and the writingof two to four pages in essay format most weeks, together with the necessary backgroundresearch needed to inform the writing. For some students this is a new experience, for whom thebackground research and writing is quite time

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen T. Frezza, Gannon University; Justin Michael Greenly, Franciscan University of Steubenville

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

would inform collecting other related concepts. Gratitude as a virtuenecessarily involves the self and the other, and like justice is fundamentally relational in itsapplication.Identifying Core E/C VirtuesThe purpose of this examination is to bridge what E/C profession(s) assert to be good (Codes ofEthics) to observable virtues/dispositions that can be connected to student formation. Thecollection of virtue terms presented in Table 1 serves as a draft vocabulary with which toexamine E/C ethical codes tag canons/lines from the codes. Then by a counting/frequencymeasure, identify which virtues appear to be more essential (core) to the development of an E/Cprofessional. Six codes were examined; to each statement from each of the six codes, a link

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Ethics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Ethical and Social Consequences of Biometric Technologies in the US: Implementation in Engineering CurriculumAbstract Biometrics can be defined as all the authentication techniques relying on measurablephysiological and individual human characteristics that can be verified using computers. Thispaper outlines fundamental biometric technical concepts, biometrics drivers, securityexpectations and current technical problems. The paper‟s main objective is to discuss thepotential social and legal consequences of biometric massive implementations in society. Whatmay be the consequences when the security of our biometrics is