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

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

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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

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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

Conference Session

Disciplinary Engineering Education Research – Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nourhan E. Elatky, Rowan University; Jenny Nguyen Hoang; Mason Elwell; Ronan Connor Harkins; Juan M. Cruz, Rowan University; Jie Li, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Smart Grid WorkforceIntroductionThe electricity grid is one of the largest and most complex machines ever made. It sends energyworth $400 billion annually through seven million miles of transmission and distribution lines inthe U.S.[1]. Although the grid has been improved and upgraded over the last decades, blackoutsare becoming more frequent throughout the U.S. and worldwide. This extremely large-scalecomplex system continuously faces new challenges that demand fundamental revolution inphysical structure, management policy, and business operation [2]. To address these challenges,emerging electricity supply, delivery technologies, advanced monitoring, control, operationstrategies, and regulatory

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Issues in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Utley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrea Ludwig, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Cundiff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

emissions into the atmosphere and resource depletion. Page 13.956.3 • Understand, as a basis for life cycle analysis (LCA) and sustainability, that the materials used for every design must ultimately be returned to the land, water, and air resource base or be indefinitely reused/recycled in closed-loop manufacturing processes. • Understand the importance of the engineer’s role in defining technical constraints for the formation of public policy. Typically, the Green Engineering course participants are undergraduate juniors andseniors. An ecology course is not a prerequisite, thus a certain amount of fundamental

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jikai Du, SUNY College at Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students to join the 21st century workforce after graduation. At the time being, theMaster Education Program is in its second year (2019-2020). Faculty are learning anddeveloping additional cooperative learning teaching strategies. Engineering faculty is serving asthe agent for change in his department by assisting colleagues through instructional coachingmethod and by developing a plan sensitive to his department’s needs.IntroductionThe goals for the education of mechanical engineering technology undergraduate students are toinstill in students a high-quality basic education in mechanical engineering technologyfundamentals, to develop in students the skills required to apply engineering fundamentals to theanalysis, synthesis, and evaluation of

Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Andrew Grossfield P. E., Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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.ReviewA fundamental development in analytic theory was the idea of Descartes that the graph of acurve could be constructed

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University; Fang Lei, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Delbert D Willie, Northern Arizona University; Andrew Chrysler, Northern Arizona University; Liangbo Xie, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

-- Principle and Application of DSP Spring Electrical Systems Design and CQUPT -- Simulation NAU EE364 Fundamentals of ElectromagneticsAs shown in Table 1, there are always five NAU courses taught each fall, and four NAU coursestaught each spring at the CQUPT campus. Each course is assigned to one NAU faculty memberwith the exception that EE188 and EE188L are taught by the same person. This facultyassignment is based on several factors, such as, the request by CQUPT, that one NAU facultyinstruct only one course per semester in order to insure high quality for

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Jingyi Xie, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

. Notably, we are interested in examining the new developments andtakeaways in SEA. As the regional education hub, Singapore has ventured into emerging STEM-related industries and education fields. Despite having a world-class education system and a highreputation for its competitiveness and innovativeness, a quality pre-college engineeringeducation framework still needs to be improved. This study aims to reconstruct and define whatconstitutes a quality K-12 engineering education for regional SEA countries. The frameworkdeveloped in this study results from research using Singapore as a case study to re-evaluateengineering education strategies and STEM education initiatives. Currently, the only frameworkthat includes engineering fundamentals is the

Conference Session

Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean D. MacRae, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

231 Fundamentals of EnvironmentalEngineering and GEE 250 Sustainable Solutions for the Developing World. The first is arequired, sophomore level (in the process of being shifted to junior year as CIE 331) introductionto environmental engineering taken by all Civil and Environmental Engineering majors and arelatively small number of students from other disciplines. Enrollment for the class is typicallybetween 70 and 90 students. Sustainable Solutions is a non-technical elective course that meetsUniversity of Maine general education requirements for Cultural Diversity and InternationalPerspectives, and Population and the Environment, which has been taken by students from avariety of majors at different stages in their programs. The latter

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Robert M. Capuro, Pennslyvania State University; Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

students attracted to the field. In order to address the quantity of systemsengineering expertise, it is necessary to expose undergraduate students in the more traditionalengineering fields to systems engineering fundamentals and allow them to apply thosefundamentals in a meaningful way. The International Council on Systems Engineering(INCOSE) in its vision for systems engineering in 20203 is cognizant of this need andrecommends the insertion of systems engineering principles into traditional engineeringdisciplines such that “systems thinking and systems engineering will permeate bothundergraduate and graduate programs.”The Pennsylvania State University has undergraduate degree programs in a wide range oftraditional engineering disciplines

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

was on how the employee handles what they DON'T already know. That's more important than the shopping list of today's hot techniques. • Remember that specific tools come and go. Good engineers need a strong foundation in basic science, math/stat, communications/writing and engineering fundamentals. From this basis, specific techniques are applications of the fundamental knowledge. • Innovation, collaboration • It would have been helpful to have the option to select more items from the list. Selecting two or three topics is not an indication of what I want to see as essential topics. • Important Sectors: Biomedical, Automotive, Aviation, Electronics, Energy, Space • Essential Study Topics

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Amy Huynh, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Totonto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

writing email newsletters, and managing social media channels. Amy holds a B.A. Honours in Anthropology and Communications from York University, an Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Corporate Communications from Seneca College, and has a professional background in non-profit communications and administration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Charting the landscape of engineering leadership education in North American universitiesGlobalization and increased economic competition are putting increasing pressure onengineering companies to produce value. At the same time, competition in the highereducation system, linked to global rankings metrics, is putting

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Rossow, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

theory1. CLT is derived from information-processing models of cognitive architecture. Anumber of such models have been proposed, some quite elaborate10-12. Almost allcontain at least two key elements that CLT treats as fundamental to the ability to learn:working memory and long-term memory. Working memory is what we are conscious of;it consists not only of a place for temporary storage of information but also an executivesystem that processes information. Long-term memory is stored information that we arenot conscious of but that we can retrieve and move to working memory when the needarises.2. A fundamental finding of cognitive science—and crucial for the worked exampleapproach—is that working memory is very limited. The number of “chunks

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Joshua M. Sanchez; Ethan Weems; Han Hu

, the establishment of computational modelingcompetence opens the door to new design methodologies that can be used to iterate throughengineered 3D models. Field-driven design is one such methodology that would enormouslybenefit undergraduate students in their coursework. The intertwining of numerical simulationmodeling, field-driven design, and the presently-emphasized 3D modeling skills strengthensstudent understanding of product evaluation and iteration and improves the employability ofmechanical engineering graduates.KeywordsNumerical Simulation, Field-Driven Design, Computer-Aided Design, Additive Manufacturing,Undergraduate Student PaperIntroductionWith the widespread adoption of computer-aided design and finite element analysis

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University; Farrah Fayyaz, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to the frequency-dependent gain of the filter. Second they can see theimpulse response of the filter. The students can then change the fundamental frequency of thepulse train and observe how the gain at each harmonic changes. The next step is to filter aslightly more complex signal, which is a 50% duty cycle square wave again at differentfundamental frequencies. For an application, the students measure their own ECG signal, whichis typically very noisy. When they pass the signal through the first order filter, they can suddenlysee the signal and realize what the filter does. One of the questions that we ask the students iswhy the filter removes the noise but lets the ECG signal through unaltered.Lab 4: Harmonic Distortion and SNRThe fourth

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

there and our job is to identify the problem (s) and come up with theappropriate solution (s). To do so, we need to use tools and equipment to measure and identifythe parameters that help us to identify the problem (s). This kind of work needs expertise andunderstanding of how to measure and identify the fundamental parameters, such as temperature,pressure, concentration, illuminance, and airflow.Design and troubleshooting are considered as two subcategories of problem solving (McCade).Problem solving has been defined in many ways. Ritz describes a problem as a need which mustbe met (Ritz, et al. 1986a). The main difference between the two subcategories is the fact that thedesign is a “proactive” problem solving (Baker & Dugger, 1986) and

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Walthea V. Yarbrough; Sarah J. Rajala; Richard L. Porter; Hugh Fuller; Laura Bottomley; Mary Clare Robbins

computing system and its capabilities and is a prerequisite for the computerprogramming course, either FORTRAN or C++, usually taken during the spring semester. Inaddition, NC State has several PC based laboratories including two specifically organized forthis new course. The Orientation to Engineering course carries zero credits, but it was decidedto use it as the framework for this new course. To the extent possible, the existing E115 coursetaken by all freshmen engineers was integrated into the new course. Thus formed, this newcourse, E497F, stresses contact, team work, writing, integration with the concurrent freshmencomputer literacy course, and problem solving strategies, in addition to the "normal" contentcovered in E100. One goal was to

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 15

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Singelmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Yuezhou Wang, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

applied to.Research QuestionsThe goal of this study is to determine if ENA will be an appropriate and effective method forevaluating practice-based learning experiences. For this method to be appropriate and effective,the five epistemic frame elements (Knowledge, Skills, Identity, Values, and Epistemology)should appear within the senior paper excerpts, these epistemic frame elements should co-occurwithin the writing (i.e. two or more elements should be mentioned together), and theseco-occurrences should inform us about the student learning. This led to the development of thethree research questions below: 1. How frequently do students discuss each of the five epistemic frame elements in their senior paper? 2. How frequently do these

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg N Droge, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; JillL L. Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

laboratorymodule should have certain features. It should fully support or demonstrate a fundamentalprinciple that is hard to understand from theory alone. The experiments should not necessarilyrequire faculty to change their standard evaluation methods, such as in-class tests. To satisfythese needs, the laboratory modules should contain supplemental material including a tutorial forstudents on the fundamental concepts being taught and an online quiz for them that givesrepresentative questions on the material that might be found on a standard exam.To maximize the wide-spread usage of distributed laboratory modules, certain logisticalconsiderations must be met. Essentially, each experimental module should be made asaccessible as possible to as wide a range

Conference Session

Technical Session 3a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nolan Tsuchiya PE, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section

on the faculty at Rowan University, N.J., and Kettering University, Mich. Jawaharlal is passionate about education and focuses on K-12 STEM education. He writes education columns for the Huffington Post. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Student Assessment of the Value of a Redesigned First Year Mechanical Engineering Orientation CourseAbstractME 100L (Mechanical Engineering Orientation) is a one-unit introductory lab course required byall incoming mechanical engineering students at California State Polytechnic University,Pomona, with an enrollment of approximately 400 per year. Prior to 2014, ME 100L was ageneral orientation course with a curriculum that did

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Claudio Freitas, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Topics

Diversity

pedagogy in FYE.Introduction According to Chatman [1-Pg. 19], narrative is essentially a way of organizing text. Thenarrative structure must be brought to life through various forms: in writing, as seen in storiesand events; through spoken words and acting, as in plays and films; in drawings, comic strips,and actions; and even in music. Recognizing its potential to convey stories, scholars begun toexplore narrative as a powerful tool to enhance teaching and learning experience. The applicationof narrative pedagogies, also called story-based pedagogies, spans extensive research over thelast decades [2], [3], [4]. While recent studies still explore the potential of narrative an storytelling ineducation [5], [6], [7], little is known is terms

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

in which each core outcome iscovered and assessed are outlined in Table 1. Also included in Table 1 are example studentexercises taken from homework, exam, or project assignments. The rubric for assessment of theterm project is shown in Table 4, and the rubric for assessment of the term paper is shown inTable 5. Table 3 also lists two of the outcomes associated with the university’s reading, writing,and research across the curriculum (RWR) initiative. All science classes must meet theseoutcomes in addition to the course outcomes. The term paper assignment serves as theassessment mechanism for the RWR outcomes.Results and Discussion Pre and post surveys The instructors wanted to gauge the effectiveness of the class on the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yufeng Ge, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

biomedical instrumentation uses electronic sensors, analogand digital circuits, computers and microcontrollers for scientific measurements and processcontrol. Instrumentation is used widely for commercial product development, testing, and basicresearch. The course described in this paper introduces basic measurement theory, applications ofinstrumentation and controls along with features of basic biological, environmental, andmechanical sensors. Sensors and transducers introduced include contact, non-contact, mechanical,thermal, optical, ultrasonic, and other devices.The topic areas of the course given 2015 are presented in Table 1. During the first five weeks, thereis an intensive introduction to the understanding of fundamental instrumentation

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University; Richard N. Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; A. Kulacki, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Perry, P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

– software tools 2 5 -3 Project management - 2 8 -6 Technical fundamentals – traditional ME disciplines 1 13 -12 Information processing – electronic communication 0 0In addition, educators were asked several questions that did not have a corresponding question inthe industry survey. For instance, a question probing how the typical mechanical engineeringeducation curriculum aligns with the grand challenges of energy, climate, water, quality of lifeand poverty was asked. Overall, respondents noted that the mechanical engineering profession,as it is the broadest of the engineering disciplines, can contribute

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Geraldine B. Milano; Richard Parker; George Pincus

besuccessful in their studies. Involving the students in their learning process through enhanced active learningmethods has resulted in improved interest and participation in their engineering education. A change in curriculum has introduced a new course into the freshman year, Fundamentals ofEngineering Design, FED 101. The course introduces the new engineering student at NJIT to the variousengineering disciplines and the design process that engineers experience in industry. The course is taughtby a team of professors representing the various traditional engineering departments who direct projectsrelated to their areas of expertise. Freshman students work through these projects in teams of three or fourwith an emphasis on active learning