Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Thompson, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

theanalysis of these sensor data require basic computational and mathematical toolsets, this type ofdevice is well suited to hands-on experiences geared toward both undergraduate and graduatestudents. However, this seemingly simple type of biomedical device offers challenges in theareas of motion artifact reduction, light excitation/collection, signal fidelity, and parameterextraction that provide rich material for undergraduate and graduate education and research.This paper addresses a new design for a silver-dollar-sized reflectance pulse oximeter that is easyfor students to use and incorporates multiple design enhancements that result in high-qualityphoto-plethysmograms. The pulse oximeter communicates with a LabVIEW virtual instrumentvia a serial

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Horton

included supporting campers’ feelings ofcompetence and being part of the group. Camper feedback from girls and boys clearly indicatedthat these two goals were met through the program.IntroductionThe University of Maine hosted two weeklong CAD Camp sessions during July and August2002. The unique camps provided high school students with half-day instruction modelingobjects in three dimensions using the engineering design software MicroStation. For example,campers created a still life of a table with a transparent bottle with liquid in it, a glass or glasses,and other items of their choice. They applied materials and colors creatively. Later campersmanipulated each other’s images on globes to create swirled faces, faces with pointed heads, orfaces

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer P.Eng., MacEwan University; Jeffrey A Davis P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

professional engineer with APEGA (Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta). Prior to her career at MacEwan, Shelley worked in industry as a research engineer and a consulting engineer for several years. Her current research interests include engineering education, enhanced heavy oil recovery and basic research in diffusion/dispersion mechanisms in porous media.Dr. Jeffrey A Davis P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University Dr Davis obtained his PhD at ETH Zurich specializing in multiphase flows and thermal hydraulics in nuclear reactors. With a passion for teaching, Dr. Davis’ research focuses on pedagogical topics such as student engagement, active learning, and cognitive development. Projects

Conference Session

ChE: Safety, Sustainability, and Global Opportunities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allyson Frankman, Brigham Young University; Jacob Jones, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

/environmental, electrical/computer,and mechanical), the course is applicable towards one of the student’s technical electiverequirements. Students from all engineering and technology disciplines were invited to enroll,thus enriching the class with different strengths, viewpoints and backgrounds. The course wasopen to those who completed or were concurrently enrolled in the pre-requisites for theirprofessional program. The course revolves around designing and implementing an engineeringsolution to a local issue in an impoverished community.This year’s project involves the developmental plan and small-scale implementation of biodieselproduction from coconut oil on the Pacific Island of Tonga. 50 years ago, Tonga’s economycentered around the export of

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; Danny Teachman, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, technology, engineering, and mathematics6 (STEM) universal design hasbeen successfully used to remove barriers for diverse learners. This has incorporated “the designof instructional materials and activities that makes the learning goals achievable by individualswith wide differences in their abilities3.” However, it is important to remember that applying theprinciples of universal design “does not eliminate the need for specific accommodations forstudents with disabilities1.” The use of universal design principles can equally benefit studentswith and without disabilities while actually enhancing the overall learning process. Page 15.1037.3Melber

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

installing technology literacy at NCSU, in hopes that it mayassist other interested faculty in initiating similar ventures.2. Background Nan Byars of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, concisely summarizedthe history of technology literacy in undergraduate education, including the followingachievements:11 – “In the late 1960s and early 1970s, engineering educators at a number of American colleges began to offer courses for non-majors” – During the 1980s, the New Liberal Arts program of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation helped lay the foundation for engineering-based TLCs (technology literacy courses) through the creation of textbooks and other course materials, led by professor John Truxal of

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Navarun Gupta; Sarosh Patel; Manan Joshi; Bhushan Dharmadhikari; Lawrence V. Hmurcik

insulating material in many veryhigh voltage applications, including the construction of capacitors used in Hi-Pot-testing. The dielectric breakdownis nominally 30 times greater than that of dry air [4, 5, 16, 17].Hi-Pot is another term familiar to the High Voltage engineer. Hi-Pot or hipot is an abbreviation for high potential orhigh voltage testing. Suppose you have a circuit breaker to be used to break the circuit in a 250,000 volt line. Thismight be tested with DC at a few Pico-amps but up to 300,000 or even 500,000 volts. Often the rule-of-2 applieswhere possible. The rule-of-2 says that if any device (circuit breaker, capacitor, meter, inductor, etc.) is to beoperated safely and without breakdown at a voltage X, then it should be stressed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Amy Richardson, P.E., Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Hamidreza Taimoory, Virginia Tech; Rene Alberto Hernandez, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

collaboration efforts between the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech(VT) and its two primary community college partners: Virginia Western Community College(VWCC) and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). Beyond providing scholarships tostudents while they are in community college and at Virginia Tech, a primary project objectiveof VT-NETS has been to identify and evaluate mechanisms whereby the four-year institution canplay a more active role in increasing the success and efficiency of engineering transferthroughout the full community college-to-bachelor’s degree pathway, increasing attainment ofA.S. and B.S. degrees in engineering by low-income students.Our project has expanded current work on transfer student capital, articulation

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona; John Castellanos, DeVry University, Pomona; Adam Doty, DeVry University, Pomona; Michael Sweeting, DeVry University, Pomona; Isasio Velez, DeVry University, Pomona; Nathan Watson , DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

is integrated into the FacilityGuidelines Institute's Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, requireseach isolation room to have a permanently installed visual device or mechanism to constantlymonitor the air pressure differential of the room when occupied by a patient who requiresisolation.” Utilizing a similar device to interface with a user to monitor and control negativepressure inside a typical room in a residence will allow us to reach the goal of our project, aswell as providing an audible and visual alarm that can warn other residents of potential systemmalfunctions and needs for repairing the system.Health care facilities have stringent standards and regulations pertaining to such matters gearedtowards

Conference Session

Motivation and Engagement in Engineering Students

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autumn Cuellar, Utah State University; Marissa A Tsugawa, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

in engineering. They completed their Ph.D. in Engineering Education where they focused on motivation and identity for engineering graduate students.Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University Angela (Angie) Minichiello, PhD is a military veteran, licensed mechanical engineer, and Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Utah State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 WIP: A Synthesis Literature Review on Universal Design for Learning in STEM Higher EducationAbstractThe purpose of this work-in-progress research paper is to explore the usage of UniversalDesign for Learning in STEM Higher Education classrooms and how it impacts

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Gross, Kettering University; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #22341Synergies between Experience and Study in Graduate Engineering Educa-tionDr. Elizabeth Gross, Kettering University Elizabeth Gross is a doctoral fellow in Engineering Education at Kettering University in Flint, MI. She is also adjunct professor in learning design and technology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and in the Library Science department at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX.Dr. Diane L. Peters, Kettering University Dr. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University.Ms. Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University Undergraduate Student in Mechanical

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; William M. Jordan P.E., Baylor University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems.Dr. William M. Jordan P.E., Baylor University William Jordan is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials-related courses and does research

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Douglas R. Carroll; Hong Sheng

Distance Education: Not Just for Distance Students Douglas R. Carroll, Hong Sheng University of Missouri-RollaAbstract A Mechanics of Materials course was offered with two enrollment options.Students could enroll in the class as on-campus distance students or as regular students.The regular students attended the lectures live in the usual fashion. The on-campusdistance students did not come to class, other than to take the exams. The on-campusdistance students could watch the class live on the internet, or watch the recorded lecturesat a time more convenient to them. Office hours for all students in the class wereconducted as distance office hours using Webex

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin, Purdue University; Alexander Malyscheff, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-2417: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS TO FORECASTENGINEERING STUDENTS' RETENTION BASED ON COGNITIVE ANDNON-COGNITIVE FACTORSP.K. Imbrie, Purdue University P.K. Imbrie is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. His research interests in educational research include modeling student success, modeling student team functioning, and multidisciplinary engineering education. His technical research interests include solid mechanics, experimental mechanics, nonlinear materials characterization, microstructural evaluation of materials, and experiment

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Jenkins-Stark, Iridescent; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

applications of Physics and range from Cardiovascular Mechanics toBird-flight Aerodynamics. Since Iridescent’s incorporation in January 2007, 200 engineers haveundergone science communication training and conducted 132 workshops reaching ~4000underserved children and parents. For the purpose of this paper, we will be focusing on the mostestablished site, Los Angeles, California.School Demographics and LocationThe Los Angeles community consists of a large and incredibly diverse population. With over 9million people, 29% declare themselves white (not Hispanic), 9% consider themselves Black,and 48% of Hispanic or Latino origin, while 54% of the households in Los Angeles speak alanguage other than English7. Los Angeles is also one of the nation's capitals

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the increasing pressures on teachers to cover STEM “content” on state exams, bringingproject-based learning experiences into the classroom requires close integration of state ornationally defined learning standards. There is little opportunity to stray beyond theseconstraints. Thus, the development of curricular material for any University – K-12 partnershipprogram must understand and integrate these standards as much as possible. State MSTstandards (e.g., [1]) are sometimes more stringent and detailed than the national counterparts.[2-4]Utilizing projects as a mechanism for learning contributes most extensively to meeting NewYork State (NYS) Standards 1, 2, 6, and 7, identified by NYS as “extended process skills:” ‚ Standard 1 - Analysis

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alvin Post

carried out twice by the author in the course "AET 210, Measurementsand Testing", offered by the Department of Manufacturing and Aeronautical EngineeringTechnology (MAET) at Arizona State University – East (ASU-East). All students successfullycompleted it with only occasional 'coaching', and subsequent informal polling showed themajority were enthusiastic about this lab. The written lab procedure is available online1, and canilluminate the discussion to follow. The 15-page procedure includes detailed instructions for datareduction, sufficient for students with only a basic knowledge of spreadsheet use. It has beenrevised based on experience with the students, and contains some explanatory material inaddition to the necessary procedural steps.This

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Best Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Sue Ellen Huffman; Stefani Jenkins, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #48869An Experience Designed to Onboard New Students into a Multiyear Co-CurricularProgram, the Grand Challenges Scholars ProgramDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Dr. Haolin Zhu earned her B.S.E. in Engineering Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University, with a focus on computational solid mechanics. Dr. Zhu is an Associate Teaching Professor of the freshman engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). In this role, she focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

a project-based approach with the instructortaking the role of a coach rather than a teacher. The instructor chaperoned brainstormingsessions, coached students on RC documentation, and monitored role-play exercises. A learning-by-doing education model was adopted, i.e., no formal instruction was provided. Requiredreading materials were provided to students for self study. The instructor broadly supervised andadvised student groups. Grades were assigned based on instructor’s observation of student work.It is important to note that grades for these modules are not entirely quantifiable at the moment,and hence an element of subjectivity will exist in grading. To circumvent this problem, modulesare currently graded as a pass/no-pass component

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter Fabrycky, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

, encompassing the human activitydomains of communication, construction, defense, education, healthcare, manufacturing,transportation, and many others.Systems Engineering is not a traditional engineering discipline in the same sense as civilengineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, producibilityengineering, reliability engineering, or any of the other engineering disciplines and specialties. Itshould not be organized in a similar manner, nor does the implementation of SystemsEngineering or its methods require extensive organizational resources. But, for best results, a Page 15.1162.3well-planned and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pavlos George Mikellides, Arizona State University; Chen-Yuan Kuo, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

materials self-study after the need has been identified through a project’s context. It hasbeen used in many senior capstone and freshman design courses to enhance students’ competence indesign and other outcomes required by ABET. In most engineering programs, engineering analysis isstill taught mainly through sequences of traditional lecture-based courses. PBL, if adopted, usually isembedded in various courses that focus on specific technical areas to facilitate the learning process.Compared with independent project courses, such embedded PBL approach usually faces morerestrictions on its open-ended nature, project selection and technical topics covered. This paper presentsthe results of a study on the effectiveness of teaching engineering

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel; Amir Karimi

instructor who teaches the first course. As more course, the availability and helpfulness of the instructor, theuniversities focus on student retention and graduation rates, relevance of the material, and feelings that student time asthey should investigate metrics to gauge how well an not wasted [3]. Student feedback may not be stronglyinstructor prepares students for subsequent academic correlated with actual learning. Other metrics to evaluatesuccess. This paper looks at course follow-on success rate teaching performance have been proposed, such as havingin a two-semester sequence of thermodynamics courses. students assess their learning using the course learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, where nearly all of the full-time residents are autistic, and most are nonverbal.In addition to the educational benefits offered by this experience, the author’s intent is to helpspur ideas for new senior design projects that can be supported with resources from existingNSF-funded grants which provide equipment and materials for such endeavors.Six semesters worth of design ideas are presented here, along with the results of assessmentrubrics applied to the final papers. The class is populated by students from various departmentswithin the Kansas State University College of Engineering, so design proposals are varied andincorporate low-level to system-level solutions. Some of these design ideas have been adoptedby design teams, whereas others

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

students go out of their way todevelop social and professional interactions. And third, because students are shuttledfrom classroom to classroom and “expert” to “expert”, there is sometimes a lack oftechnical cohesiveness. Sometimes the instructor focuses on her own area of specialtyrather than the big picture. The students may never realize which material is importantand which material is merely of interest to a particular professor. Getting similarinformation from many different sources may leave gaps in the students’ education, orthere may be certain unnecessary redundancies in what the students are taught.Feeling these “flaws” in their education, students often complain that their educationalexperience has little to do with real life and they

Conference Session

PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Roth, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

session 3 Introduction to soil and rock as engineering materials; introduction to foundation design and performance; structural tolerances for movement; graphics session 4 Terzaghi’s observational method; simple measuring tools; estimating risk; campus survey of distressed structures 5 Project selection; in-class project work; meetings with instructor 6 In-class project work; meetings with instructor 7 Practice presentations; final presentations; module wrap up

Conference Session

Technology in Classrooms - Construction Engineering Perspective

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Mulva, Texas State University-San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

1. Classical Control and Monitoring Process6.The classical project controls model is often described in terms of the so-called “thermostat”model, in which the decision to take corrective action to bring performance into alignment with apre-set standard is automatic6. This rarely occurs because the pre-set standard is generallyestablished using accelerated productivity rates maintained within corporate databases. Whilethese types of databases are common to many construction firms, most cannot delineate theeffects of changes in technology, materials or regulations (i.e., safety) over time, nor guaranteethat data were not intentionally misreported.To prevent this possibility, the skill and experience of project controls personnel is often

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Lebduska; David DiBiasio

improve student interestand clarify assignment objectives6. A much broader, more programmatic approach to WAC hasbeen undertaken by the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Virginia PolytechnicInstitute, which integrated writing and speaking into eight core courses that students take over athree-year period. The courses in this sequence used a combination of formal and informal(“interpersonal”) communication assignments, peer writing consultants, and supplementalwriting workshops. Their efforts seem to have contributed to the establishment of a requiredzero-credit class for majors that requires students to create a writing portfolio containing theirbest work in a variety of modes from their required classes7.Objectives of the WPI

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; John Hansen; Thomas Hall

leadership education, engineering technology administrators and faculty are rarelyexposed to similar content. More importantly, the more senior faculty are often thrust intoeducational leadership positions (department or program administration or roles within a Dean’soffice) with little or no leadership training or experience. This paper seeks to provide insight toacademic unit leadership from an engineering technology point of view, one where astechnologists a higher value is placed on practice and tacit knowledge as compared to theoreticalknowledge.However, this paper is not intended to provide a complete review of available academicleadership/management materials or learning opportunities. There are many books published inthis general area1,2,3,4

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

designfrom a systems engineering point of view. The project required a complete mechanical design,systems integration, software design as well as an electrical systems design.Below, a detailed description of the project, key robotics technologies employed in thedevelopment of the workcell and the design process will be presented.BackgroundThe objective for the project to be discussed is to design and develop a portable robotic workcellto showcase current technology and processes used in production line automation. The project isproposed and sponsored by Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. (AMT) located in Orion,Michigan. Founded in 1989, AMT is a leading supplier of complete consulting and engineeringservices, offering single-source engineering

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

fall semesters of the junior year and a part or the entiresummer between the semesters with industries. Several students from the departments ofelectrical and computer engineering, mechanical as well as chemical engineering areexpected to participate in this experiential learning program. Each student will have twomentors, one from the industry and the other is a faculty member from the student’s parentdepartment. The year-long program offers the student the opportunity to participate indesign projects at a level which is not possible with the more traditional summer orinternship employment. In addition to the design experience, students will have benefits incommunication skills, exposure to industrial standards, safety training and