Conference Session

STEM and ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Lance Pirtle, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Jessica E Ruyle, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

environments. She is also interested in broadening participation in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) by determining better ways to recruit young women to the profession and retaining women in ECE programs. Page 24.757.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Innovative Engineering Outreach: Capacitive Touch Sensor WorkshopAbstract:The United States is rapidly falling behind internationally in Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) recruiting with currently, only 16 percent of American high schoolseniors

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Paper ID #6206Assessment of Innovative Environments that address Intellectual CuriosityDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

INNOVATIVE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Ajit D. Kelkar, Ram Mohan, Guoqing Tang, N. Radhakrishnan and Kenneth Murray Computational Science and Engineering Program North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) has established a master'sdegree program in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE). The program will be highlyinterdisciplinary, drawing expertise and resources from various disciplines across the University,and operating outside a department. It will offer an interdisciplinary curriculum combiningapplied

Conference Session

Information Integration and Security

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Cecil

Session 1658 Innovation in Information Based Manufacturing Engineering Education Dr. J. Cecil Industrial Engineering New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 880111. IntroductionThis paper discusses curriculum innovation in an emerging area of engineering, whichcan be described as ‘Information Based Manufacturing Engineering’ (INBM). The keycurriculum and research activities outlined in this paper are part of continuing efforts inthe department of industrial engineering at New Mexico State University (NMSU) todevelop a comprehensive

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Levenburg; Paul Lane; John Farris

Session 2395 In Search of Innovators in the University Community John Farris / Nancy Levenburg / Paul Lane Padnos School of Engineering / Seidman School of Business Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractAn interdisciplinary team of faculty charged with developing an entrepreneurshipprogram discovered that innovation flourishes outside of business and engineering. Inthe summer of 2003, eight faculty members – six from the School of Business and twofrom the School of Engineering – gathered to construct an entrepreneurship program thatwould prepare students to conceive, evaluate and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Mehta

Session: 1793 Innovative Techniques To Teach Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory Yusuf A. Mehta, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 201 Mullica Hill Road, 329 Rowan Hall, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028. E-,mail: Mehta@rowan.edu Phone: (856) 256-5327. Fax: (856) 256-5242.ABSTRACTAt Rowan University, civil engineering (CE) materials laboratory is taught in the junior year as arequired course for all CE students. This is a two-credit course with a seventy-five minute classand two-hour forty-minute laboratory every week. The typical enrollment is around 20 to

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

SESSION 2425 An Innovative Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Course Sequence DOUGLAS TOUGAW and Jeffrey D. Will Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Valparaiso UniversityAbstract: The departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and ComputerEngineering at Valparaiso University have recently combined their two capstone designcourse sequences into a single, multidisciplinary capstone experience for all seniorstudents in the two departments. This paper outlines the structure of the courses thatresulted and describes the benefits and challenges that resulted.The two departments decided to merge their senior design classes

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Hadi Saadat

Session 3159 Innovations in Undergraduate Control System Instructional Laboratory Hadi Saadat, Stephen Williams Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI 53202 Abstract With the growth of microcomputer capabilities, control engineering has witnessed a significant shift towards digital implementation of digital controllers. Many modern industrial and commercial control systems employ digital computers. With the use of

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas O'Neal; Thomas Jacobius; Joseph Steig; Arnold Heggestad; Abigail Barrow; Phil Weilerstein; David Barbe

Session 1354 Invention to Venture: Inspiring Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Phil Weilerstein* and Joseph Steig, David Barbe, Abigail Barrow, Thomas O’Neal, Arnold A. Heggestad, Thomas M. Jacobius National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance/University of Maryland/University of California, San Diego/University of Central Florida/University of Florida/Illinois Institute of TechnologyAbstractUnited States colleges and universities have a tremendous untapped entrepreneurial resource intheir students and faculty. Despite the emergence of substantial and

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Carter; John Feland

Session 3554 Enabling Student Innovation By Leveraging Lessons From Industry J. M. Feland III and S. Carter Stanford University / Doblin, Inc.INTRODUCTIONNow that Engineering Entrepreneurship (E2) programs are emerging in universities all over theworld, the E2 Community’s focus can be shifted from why teach E2 to what should we teach andhow should we teach it? Current programs teem with courses on business models, marketing,accounting, etc. In some ways they resemble mini

Conference Session

Laboratory Developments and Innovations

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkata Ramana Ajjarapu; Shashank Krishnamurty; Sastry Vedula

Session Number 3432 An Innovative Rapid Prototyping Tool for Power Electronic Circuits S.Krishnamurthy1, V.V.Sastry2, V.Ajjarapu1 1 Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 2 United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT 06108AbstractDigital signal processors (DSPs) are being extensively used in various power electronic circuitsand systems to handle the growing complexity of the controllers and the trigger signal generationschemes. In this paper we present a DSP library based on the Modelica language and a fixed-point code generator that generates code for TI’s C2000 DSPs for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Monique Osborn; Dilip Nag

Session 2793 Innovative Approaches to first year engineering education. Monique Osborn, Dilip Nag Faculty of Education Monash University Australia/Faculty of Engineering Monash University Australia.ABSTRACTThe moment students have enrolled into an undergraduate engineering study program a numberof expectations have already been placed upon them. It is often assumed that these students entertertiary education with a wide variety of study skills and abilities. The majority of engineeringeducators also assume that each student has a similar learning style that is

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joby Anthony; A. Henry Hagedoorn; Bahman Motlagh

à Session 3202 Innovative Approaches for Teaching Calculus to Engineering Students Joby M. Anthony, A. Henry Hagedoorn, Bahman S. Motlagh University of Central FloridaAbstractA successful engineering program requires proficient and dynamic mathematics classes to enhance theteaching and learning of complex subject matter. Without a sufficient amount of problem solving andengineering applications, students are left with rather vague concepts regardless of the instructor’seffectiveness. Improving student performance in mathematics classes requires inventive

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2011-1080: INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTION FOR UNDERGRADUATEAIRCRAFT DYNAMICS AND CONTROLPraveen Shankar, Arizona State University Praveen Shankar is a lecturer of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy at Arizona State University. He obtained his MS (2004) and PhD (2007) degrees in Aerospace Engineering from The Ohio State University. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechan- ical Engineering from Bangalore University, India (1999). His research interests are in control theory with application to intelligent/adaptive flight control and innovation in educational methods for undergraduate aerospace education.Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University Jenefer Husman

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith A. Sunderman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Raymond L. Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3904: CURRICULUM INCUBATION: DATA-DRIVEN INNOVA-TIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNDr. Judith A. Sunderman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Judith Sunderman is a consultant focusing on program and curriculum development, research, and eval- uation in education. She has recently served with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education (iFoundry) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, providing technical assistance for curriculum development. As evaluator with the I-STEM Education Initiative at the University of Illinois, Sunderman focused on small-scale evaluation using short-cycle, coached-change to increase academic performance. Other work has included evaluation of faculty training

Conference Session

Student Development and Assessment in IE Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3473: BIOMIMICRY INNOVATION AS A TOOL FOR DESIGNDr. Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Department at Kettering University and a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. She serves as the Director for the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Kettering. Her areas of interest in teaching and research include ergonomics and human modeling, statistics, work design and lean princi- ples, supply chain management, and environmental sustainability.Dr. Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit MercyDr. Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy Darrell Kleinke has more than 25 years of

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian W. Anthony, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David E. Hardt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Page 25.1133.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Revitalizing US Manufacturing to Capitalize on Innovation – ThroughEducationAbstractWe find that a conventional engineering degree approach to education is not sufficient to meetthe new challenges in the ecosystem of manufacturing, design and business innovation, andproduct realization. Instead a new form of engineering education, the “Professional Masters” isrequired that takes the grounding provided by typical Bachelor of Science in engineering degreeand provides condensed, formalized, experience with systems, applications, projects, and non-technical topics to create a true professional ready to maximize their value to the company andready to use

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Buford Randall Jean, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2012-3830: TEACHING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THECLASSROOMDr. Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University Ken Van Treuren is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University, cur- rently serving as the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development for the School of Engineer- ing and Computer Science. He received his B.S. in aeronautical engineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and his M.S. in engineering from Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. After serving as USAF pilot in KC-135 and KC-10 aircraft, he completed his D.Phil. in engineering sci- ences at the University of Oxford, U.K., and returned to the USAF Academy to teach heat transfer and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Williamson; William Drake

Session 2526 NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race - Innovative Student Projects William H. Drake, Larry Williamson Southwest Missouri State University/Pittsburg State UniversityIntroductionThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers student chapter at Southwest Missouri State Universitydecided to follow the lead of another student group and build a “Moonbuggy” to race in theNASA sponsored “Great Moonbuggy Race” held annually at Marshall Space Flight Center, inHuntsville, Alabama. The first buggy was designed by a small team and constructed as a part ofa senior level capstone course. The buggy completed the preliminary

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; David Huggins; Winston F. Erevelles

Session 1463 PRIME – the Partnership for Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education Winston F. Erevelles – Robert Morris College David Huggins – Penn State New Kensington Pearley Cunningham – Community College of Allegheny County Sunday Faseyitan - Butler County Community College Robert Myers – Westmoreland County Community CollegeI. IntroductionThe manufacturing base of Southwestern Pennsylvania is the key to a healthy

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack M. Winters; Binh Q. Tran

Session 1609 Innovative Uses of Teleconferencing Technologies for BME Education Binh Q. Tran, Jack M. Winters The Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.AbstractThe opportunities for use of teleconferencing as a teaching tool have changed dramatically in thelast few years, and more change is anticipated. The driving factor has been the introduction of aset of strong international teleconferencing standards that have had the byproduct of dramaticallyreduced prices, enhanced interoperability, and the addition of LAN-based solutions. CUA, as partof ongoing

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

AC 1998-294: Innovative Educational Partnership for the New CenturyAlbert L. McHenry,Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University Page 3.342.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 1998 Session 1647 Innovative Educational Partnership for the New Century Lakshmi V. Munukutla, Albert L. McHenry Arizona State University EastABSTRACTThe Arizona State University and the Maricopa Community Colleges have a history ofcollaboration that is acclaimed as a model across the nation. However

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Pendse; Everett L. Johnson

Session 2653 Innovative Design Techniques in a Freshman class Ravi Pendse Ph.D. , Everett Johnson Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering Wichita State UniversityAbstractAt Wichita State University, we have a three course sequence in the Digital Design area with thefirst course taken by incoming freshman students. This course entitled “Introduction to DigitalDesign” is a very popular course among students. The average enrollment each semester is about60 students. Most of these students go on to take the other two courses in the sequence. In thispaper

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Phyllis Sperling

Session 2606 Educational Innovations through “Learn and Serve” Projects Phyllis Sperling Department of Architectural Technology New York City Technical CollegeIn the beginning of my career as an architecture instructor I had first to learn the rudiments: howto get a point across, how to organize material, how to make this material interesting and vital.Once I learned the basics, I was ready to pursue creative approaches to teaching. I learned thatsessions with students were more productive when I organized the subject matter aroundproblem-solving

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Atkins

Session 1647 An Innovative Alternative To Traditional Engineering Education Jerome A. Atkins Regents CollegeAbstractRegents College, the First Virtual University in America, is founded on the belief that whatone knows is more important than where or how that knowledge was acquired. As anassessment and evaluation institution, the College offers no coursework itself, but ratherrecognizes credit from other institutions and validates learning acquired by many methods. With no residency requirement, the College recognizes students’ knowledge

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno 'Ed' Koehn

Session 2515 Innovative Master’s Degree in a Professional Program Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractThe American Society of Civil Engineers has directed the Society’s Educational ActivitiesCommittee to develop a policy for the first professional degree in civil engineering. Twodegrees, the Master of Engineering (ME) and the Master of Engineering Management (MEM),are recommended as programs which may satisfy the criteria for the first professional degree.The ME can, in general, be considered a technically oriented program without a researchcomponent. The MEM has

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

Session 3209 Some Assessment Tools for Evaluating Curricular Innovations Outcomes Lueny Morell de Ramírez, José L. Zayas-Castro, Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho University of Puerto Rico-MayagüezAbstractOne of the most critical aspects of the new ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC-2000) is theexistence of an outcomes assessment plan for program evaluation and continuous improvement.Outcomes assessment requires the generation of assessment tools or instruments to gather datathat will document if a program’s stated goals and objectives

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

Session 3232 Some Assessment Tools for Evaluating Curricular Innovations Outcomes Lueny Morell de Ramírez, José L. Zayas-Castro, Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho University of Puerto Rico-MayagüezAbstractOne of the most critical aspects of the new ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC-2000) is theexistence of an outcomes assessment plan for program evaluation and continuous improvement.Outcomes assessment requires the generation of assessment tools or instruments to gather datathat will document if a program’s stated goals and objectives

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Wuersig

Sessions 1547 Switching and Power Electronics An Innovative Approach Klaus Wuersig SUNY College of Technology at AlfredIt is found so very often that courses that are taught in College have very little relevance to whatis happening in the real world. So many times a laboratory exercise is just that, an exercise. Inorder for meaning and relevance to intrude into this scenario it is essential that a student takespossession of an idea, a concept or an assignment. To design a product , very

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning in ET I

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #42902Enhancing MET Education: Innovation through Laboratory Equipment DevelopmentDr. Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo Dr. Carmen Cioc is an accomplished Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) at The University of Toledo, passionate about teaching and innovation in pedagogical strategies. She has an extensive career in academia and research, demonstrating strong expertise in engineering education and tribology. Her career includes various leadership positions, such as ASEE Campus Rep., Director in the ASEE North Central Section Board, ASEE-ETD-MET Heads Committee member, ELATES Fellow