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

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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

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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

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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

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

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

David A Trevas, Northern Arizona University; John T. Tester, Northern Arizona University

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

default. Realizing that most ordinary users will never write any Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code, so the access to the Developer tools, including the VBA Editor are normally disabled. This can be enabled with a click on an Option/Preference. Other powerful facilities are distributed as Add-Ins which are included with Excel, yet users must turn them on to have access. Solver is the most notable add-in. While Excel is not appropriate for finite-element analysis or large linear algebra problems, it can be applied successfully to many kinds of engineering analysis processes. 3. Excel is only for Windows computers. This is not true, in fact, Excel was originally created by Microsoft for Apple

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Stanley, Old Dominion University; Richard Jones, Old Dominion University; John Hackworth, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

Professor Emeritus, retired in December 2000 after about 35 years of service at Old Dominion University, of which he served as a department chair for 27 years. He holds a B. S. degree from the University of South Carolina and M. S. and Ph.D. degrees from North Carolina State University, all in Electrical Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer and author or co-author of about 20 textbooks. Since retiring, he has continued to write, teach part-time, work with the Navy College program, and has developed two asynchronous courses for that program. Page 11.748.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Labs and Experiments

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Dee Clay, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

identify tools and techniques that have proveneffective in the Unit Operations Laboratory. This is particularly important as the dual pressuresof increasing enrollment and tight budget pressures combine to increase the challenge to runningan effective undergraduate laboratory.Overview of the LaboratoryUnit Operations Laboratory courses are ubiquitous in chemical engineering departments andoften represent a rite of passage for upperclassmen. Key goals of the laboratory courses includeapplication of chemical engineering principles in experiments, technical report writing, and pilotscale equipment operation. Ancillary goals include enhancing soft skills with respect to groupdynamics and opportunities to improve techniques related to technical

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science Course

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

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Materials

Guided Inquiry LearningIn a guided inquiry class, the instructor does not lecture. Rather students work in teams,typically of four students, to complete worksheets. The worksheets contain three components: 1)Data or information as background material; 2) Critical thinking questions, which are designed tolead the students to understanding the fundamental concepts represented by the data, and 3)Application exercises, which provide the students with practice in solving problems using theconcepts they have derived. The instructor’s role is to guide the students, walking around theroom and probing them with questions to check their understanding.12,13 Farrell et al. havedescribed the roles of students within the groups and the class procedures.12

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

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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

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 22.727.4understand the language we use in the engineering learning environment.Results and DiscussionThe frequency analysis produced nine datasets containing ranked frequency distributions of thewords used on each exam. The nine course exams analyzed came from: • Calculus I • Calculus II • Linear Algebra • Mechanics • Introduction to Materials Science • Physical Chemistry • Fundamentals of Computer Programming • Electrical Fundamentals • Engineering Strategies and Practice (ESP) which is an introductory design and communications courseOur preliminary data shows that these distributions can be roughly placed along a spectrum, with“Calculus I” (Mathematics) representing one extreme and

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Chuck Gardner, New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Anthony Joseph Taffaro Jr., New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Marvin Nelson, Benton High School

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Computing & Information Technology

education in 2007. He became a Computer Science teacher and Technology Coordinator at St. Catherine of Siena School in the Archdiocese of New Orleans where he also taught English, social studies, and Latin. In 2012, Mr. Taffaro joined the faculty and staff of New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy located aboard Federal City in Algiers, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. He is currently the school’s business and data manager and teaches Creative Writing and Cyber Science.Mr. Marvin Nelson, Benton High School Page 23.967.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

the following week, just prior to theexperiment. The experiment is conducted in teams of two during the second contact session.Each team is assigned to one of four salt solution concentrations. The procedure can becompleted within about 30 minutes leaving plenty of time for explanations, corrections, andclean up. The students leave the lab with the data they have collected and are asked to work withtheir lab mate to calculate mobility of the ions in solution. They turn these results in at thebeginning of the third contact session. The instructor compiles the ion mobility results,organizes it by the four salt concentrations, and distributes this to the entire class. The teamsthen write a two-page report complete with tables and graphs

Conference Session

ChemE Curriculum: Freshman and Sophomore

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Q. Gardner, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

successful students will be able to do at the end of the course because of thecourse. These new skills the students will have should include at least some that are higher-level(create, evaluate, analyze…) and will likely also include some that are lower-level (recall, define,explain…). As an instructor, your first job is to analyze what skills the students must gain inyour course in order to be successful – in later courses, as a working scientist or engineer, etc.Then write student-focused learning outcomes that are SMART (originally defined by GeorgeDoran as Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, and Time-Related but slightly re-definedto apply to student learning outcomes). Many courses have learning outcomes that are writteneither in terms

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Mechanics course. It is important to recognize that a methodical approach has always been the principle behind solid fundamental knowledge acquisition.DEPLOY: Once the first three ideas have been secured in place, it is now necessary to implement them at the required level with appropriate advantage. Here, the instructor should utilize multiples modes of delivery techniques. Such a method has been suggested by Fleming and Mills. Lectures, Reading, Writing, Visual Aids, Tactile and Kinesthetic modes of delivery help to reach students with diverse learning skills.DECIDE: Finally, there should be an assessment of the course, the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Eric Wong, University of Texas, Dallas

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

software testing, debug- ging, safety, and reliability at the application and architectural design levels. Wong is the Vice President for Technical Operations of the IEEE Reliability Society and the Secretary of the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP). Page 25.754.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Improving the State of Undergraduate Software Testing EducationSoftware has become fundamental to our everyday life. Regardless of age, gender, occupation,nationality, etc., each of us depends on software in some way, either directly or indirectly

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Baaba Andam

bringing out student preconceptions about machine consciousness and other topics.Turing TestIn Alan Turing’s classic article “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”,3 he begins with thequote “I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’” and then proceeds to describea procedure for investigating machine intelligence. Turing writes: The new form of the problem can be described in terms of a game which we call the 'imitation game'. It is played with three people, a man (A), a woman (B), and an interrogator (C) who may be of either sex. The interrogator stays in a room apart from the other two. The object of the game for the interrogator is to determine which of the other two is the man and which is the woman. He knows them by

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

thefoundations course to continue the discovery process. Of course freshmen that enter directly intothe IT program will have many of the same questions regarding the major. The foundations classthus holds a crucial place in the lineup of classes for the major since it will provide the neededinformation for the students to decide if IT is the major for them. Page 9.357.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFaculty and administration in the IT program have a fundamentally different interest in

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I Jaksic, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

first exercise, 3D pens are used for plastic welding, aprocess similar to arc welding using continuous wire electrodes except that it is simpler (there isno need for inert gas shield since plastic does not oxidize) and safer (comparatively lowtemperatures are used to melt plastic). In the second exercise, students write in plastic topersonalize their 3D-printed objects. Both lab exercises are designed to help students gainpractical experience with 3D pens as useful tools in post-processing 3D-printed objects.Plastic Welding Laboratory ExerciseIn this exercise, students are asked to create five basic weld joints (butt, corner, lap, tee, andedge) using continuous fillet welds for corner, lap, and tee joints; using continuous groove weldsfor butt

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard Y. Chiou; Michael G. Mauk; M. Eric Carr; Bret Davis

is not sufficient tosimulate only the robots’ movements.Figure 3: Component Model, logical I/O model, and cell 3D model for simulation 81All of these components must be able to communicate with each other through variedinputs and outputs. This is commonly performed today through a PLC, which usesprogramming to emulate mechanical switches and relays. Systems consisting of inputsand outputs do not require structured testing to be constructed, but for more complexsystems, testing the designed PLC code becomes vital. PLCStudio works in conjunctionwith STEP 7 to allow the user to not only fabricate a virtual 3D representation of thefactory floor, but also write and test the PLC ladder logic in a

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Uhlig, National University; Ali Farahani; Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Mark Sotelo, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Security and Safety Engineering. He is the Lead for six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members. His department offers three undergraduate and six graduate programs and has a student population of three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. His career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses.Howard Evans, National University Dr. Howard Evans was appointed founding Dean

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark A. Shields; John P. O'Connell

ofattributes.Assignments in both courses emphasized fundamentals of concise technical writing, well-organized written reports and oral presentations with rich graphical materials, and extensive useof the library and the World Wide Web. Most projects, ranging in duration from one to fiveweeks, were carried out either in pairs or in teams of three or more.In ENGR 164 the projects were: finding and analyzing a current product liability case; physicallyunwrapping and disassembling an inexpensive consumer product (in two workshops) anddiscussing its scientific principles, conceptual design, materials, economics, manufacture,maintenance, failure, disposal; brainstorming options, selecting viable concepts and doingdetailed designs of ways to "make the UVa libraries more

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #12210Work-in-Progress: Incoming Student Technology EducationDr. James E. Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals in the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. His research interests include paral- lel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology (Tablet PCs) used in the classroom.Dr. Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville Jeffrey L. Hieb is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the Univer

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tremayne Waller; Bevlee Watford

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringCourse DetailsChemistryThe instructor of this class emphasizes problem solving. The topics covered in this class dealwith chemical fundamentals, bonding, and thermodynamics. The students are assigned multipleproblems sets and homework assignments. The problems sets are given to measure the student’sgrasp of the material covered each week in the class. There are three exams given outside theclass time. Students have the opportunity to participate in evening help sessions prior to eachtest. Also, there is a post-test given the last week of classes to view how much the studentscomprehended.Chemistry LabThe chemistry lab meets once a week

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

format for the class allowed us to successfully addressfour issues: to establish and achieve higher expectations for the teams, to improve eachteam’s understanding of the fundamental engineering and science of its project, toencourage and increase the interactions between the teams, and to help the students tobetter “think through” the writing process which in turn helps them to better understandthe organization of their project.IntroductionThe multidisciplinary capstone design course at the University of Houston, taken by thestudents in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), IndustrialEngineering (IE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME), has been described previously 1.This course is a one semester, three-hour credit course

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Abram Walton, Ph.D., Purdue University; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kimberly Marie Deranek, Nova Southeastern University; Darrel L. Sandall, Purdue University; Rick L. Homkes, Purdue University; Sarah E. Leach, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the material, and additionally produce somethingthe students collaboratively built as a cohort. By semester’s end, an internet wiki will becreated by students, applying the ET material to meet the case study objectives. Studentcollaboration is a critical design feature of the TECH 105 course incorporated into thecurriculum. Page 22.735.10A final feature worth mentioning is the aspect of social learning; social interaction,particularly dialogue, is an aspect that has received little attention but warrants conversation.A fundamental feature of the gateway course has been the utilization of a learningcommunity aspect to foster knowledge in a

Conference Session

Cyber Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Biswajit Biswal, South Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

program is to exposestudents to cybersecurity concepts especially Cybersecurity fundamentals, cryptography, ethical hackingand computer forensic. Our cybersecurity experience will help us in designing hands-on activitiessuitable for K-17, especially 6-12 grade classrooms.These activities engage students in solving a given problem or implementing a certain task, therebyenhancing their imagination ability and creativity. In our K-17 outreach programs, our objective will beto enable students in bringing their ideas into life. Educating teachers is a vital component in thisoutreach program. This is because it is the K-17 teachers who can provide students an everydayexperience of computing/cybersecurity concepts through afterschool programs or by

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Clark; Lisa Comparini; Anthony Dixon; David DiBiasio

curriculum is problematicsince the traditional assumption is that students must learn disciplinary fundamentals before theycan successfully attack significant open-ended problems. How can students solve difficult open-ended engineering problems before they’ve actually learned some of the engineering they need toknow in order to solve them? The application of deep "learning by doing" practices early in thecurriculum may have limitations.BackgroundOver the past four years we developed, taught, and assessed a new curriculum for our sophomorechemical engineering courses. We taught separate sections of demographically similar cohortswhere one section was taught traditionally and the other was taught using what we called aproject-based, spiral curriculum

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Kyle Joseph Wheelhouse, Utah Valley University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Design course is to provide our students with a realisticembedded design experience and to teach them the tools and methodologies that can help thembe successful. Our senior design course is structured as a collection of independent studentprojects. This course is offered every semester. Usually, the students in the ComputerEngineering program take this course during their last semester. Students have the option ofworking individually or in group of twos. Students either can come up with an embedded projectthemselves or work on a project that is given to them by their advisor. Students write a proposalto define problems and identify solution approaches for their project and the hardware andsoftware that is needed for their project. After several

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

James Righter, The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Deirdre D Ragan, Pennsylvania State University

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Professional Papers

. -Technical requirements must be specified in measurable terms. -Provide the associated units. -For truly subjective requirements (appearance for example) designate a customer test (possibly a 1 to 10 customer rating). In this case, write CT (customer test) in the block (3) Customer importance: -Copy original importance weights unless they have been updated (additional survey results). (4) CR to TR correlation matrix: -Review correlations -CR-TR matrix is usually 60% - 70 % blank as a general idea (every cell does not need to have a correlation. (5) Update the