Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Jackson, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

with a heuristic and compared against student performance.Background and IntroductionThe following study seeks to organize, codify, and implement a method to adapt severalundergraduate problem types into algorithms capable of automatically generating problem sets.Three fundamental undergraduate courses heavy in need for varied problem sets have beenchosen as venues for the study: dynamics, thermodynamics, and circuits. As anyone who hascreated courses in one of these core topics knows, writing problems to test students on classlearning objectives is not a trivial task. Original problems, of which each faculty member hastheir own style, can be time-consuming to write. Problems not only have to be written, but caremust be taken so that each

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Sonya Christine Dick, Cal Poly Human Motion Biomechanics Laboratory; Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

✓ experimental errorsIn Table 3, the learning objective of “apply fundamentals to data” is referencing the students’ability to apply the dynamic principles given in Table 1 to their specific experiment.DiscussionThe main learning objective of this laboratory was to expose undergraduate dynamics students toanalyzing real-data using the methods they had been taught in class. Some students did notunderstand this, as they expressed that they felt the purpose was to get the right answer instead ofevaluating an open-ended problem. However, many groups were able to arrive at reasonableconclusions in their reports, fulfilling the main learning objective.There are some adjustments that could be made to the laboratory for future sections. First, theassignment

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology; Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #11190Ethics for BeginnersDr. Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology and regularly teaches classes in business and technical writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics; she is part of the faculty team for the Civil Engineering Department’s integrated senior project. She is active in ASEE as a regular presenter, moderator, and paper reviewer; she has also served as her campus’ representative for 17 years, as chair of the Pacific Northwest Section, and as section newsletter editor. She was named an

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Nadia Benakli; Satyanand Singh; Ashwin Satyanarayana; Arnavaz Taraporevala

discussions with some of the New York City College of Technologydepartment’s faculty, who were or are currently teaching programming courses, revealed manyproblems facing the faculty in teaching concepts of programming. One of the majorshortcomings of programming environments is the lack of visualization mechanisms [6]. Using3D animations for program visualization offers computer science instructors an approach tointroduce fundamental concepts to novice programmers [7].In this example we use a tool called Alice, which is a 3D Interactive Graphics ProgrammingEnvironment built by the Stage 3 Research Group at Carnegie Mellon University under thedirection of Randy Pausch. A goal of the Alice project is to make it easy for novices to developinteresting

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

computer.At Montana State University, juniors in the undergraduate ECE curriculum take a course titled“EE371 – Introduction to Microprocessor HW/SW”. This course uses the FreeScale HCS12 Page 22.26.2microprocessor incorporated in an MC9S12C128 single-chip microcontroller that contains all ofthe necessary random access memory (RAM) non-volatile memory (ROM), and IO circuitry.This course is 4 credits and is taught on a 16-week semester schedule. The 3-credit lectureportion of the course meets 3 times a week for 50 minutes each. The 1-credit lab portion meetsonce a week for 2 hours. Lab exercises have historically consisted of students writing

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Abu-Hajar, San Francisco State University; Michael Holden, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

critical to thesuccess of engineering curriculums—was developed as a new educational model. CBVCemploys computer animation and other virtual visual tools that cannot be employed in traditionalclassroom settings. In CBVC, interactive questions are integrated within lectures—a model thatreinforces the assimilation of fundamental topics. Surveys conducted on the efficacy of CBVCshow that 80% of students questioned benefit from using CBVC, and 20% believe CBVC mayreplace conventional classrooms.1. IntroductionAt present, many engineering courses mandate the use of computers1.. Computers areincreasingly playing a major role in the learning process, and the number of college students whoown a computer is on the rise. The OpenCourseWare (OCW) Program at

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. c. Class structure. 3. Presentation skills. a. Enthusiasm, energy, confidence. b. Providing a motivation for the subject. c. Present clearly. d. Precision of speech. e. Clarity of writing/slide/PowerPoint. f. Voice modulation and volume. g. Use of questions and clarity of answer. h. Contact with students – eyes and space relation. i. Use of visual aids, technology and laboratories as appropriate. j. Use of the textbook and notes. 4. Context. a. Present the rich context within which the theory is presented. b. Provide examples, discussion, pictures, models, films, and other visual stimulus to tie the theory to real devices

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheila Patricia Werth, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kaung Myat Win, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sergey N. Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) (2)Write down your center frequency. Based on this value and the measured inductance value, calculate the fixedcapacitance value that you will need in order to achieve resonance at that center frequency:.Note: one line of the MATLAB code could do the job (capacitance in PF):L = 50e-6; fcenter=1000e3; C = 1/(L*(2*pi*fcenter)^2)*1e12Construct this capacitance using fixed capacitors from your laboratory kit (accuracy of ±5% is fine), by combiningthem in series and/or parallel. Remember how the capacitances are combined in series and parallel.6. Setting up TX circuitNow, assemble the TX circuit on one protoboard. The TX circuit is the circuit from Fig. 1, but with your owncapacitance value. It includes a 10 series resistor. This resistor is

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Michael Lobaugh, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

approach to solving differential equations.The fundamental equation for two-dimensional heat conduction is the two-dimensionalform of the Fourier equation (Equation 1)1,2  2T  2T  0 Equation 1 x 2 y 2In order to approximate the differential increments in the temperature and spacecoordinates consider the diagram below (Fig 1).The temperature gradients become: T  TI1,J  TI,J  x  I1/2,J x T  T T

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Alexandre Yokochi, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

features to promoteactive learning, including (1) hands-on activities and demonstrations, (2) the integrated use ofwireless laptops through an in-house developed web-based learning tool to promotemetacognition and assessment of student learning, and (3) a capstone ethics project wherestudents complete a risk assessment of the impact of nanotechnology on society. Additionally,this course will focus on synthesizing fundamental concepts in science and engineering towardsapplications in nanotechnology. The other new sophomore course, Material and Energy Balancesin Nanotechnology (ChE 214), is a ChE specific laboratory-based course, emphasizing how thefundamental skills students have just learned couple to nanotechnology. For ChE students, theapproach

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

class was irrelevant but now understands that the class is relevant,this could affect actions related to doing future homework, asking questions, etc. But, what if thestudent determines, more fundamentally, that her “lens” concerning how engineering in general Page 24.776.4can help solve problems? Such a refined lens could lead to quite different actions.Other reflection examplesThe above example is intended to illustrate the framework that we have offered for thinkingabout reflection on experience. Clearly, we could have written many other example scenarios.For example, we could have described reflection pathways associated with experiences in

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

Tagged Divisions

International

thesecond year in Braunschweig, doing an additional semester of coursework, aresearch project (Studienarbeit) and the thesis (Diplom), the latter beingcoordinated by faculty on both sides. As attractive as this option sounds, however,very basic and fundamental structural hurdles have made it extremely difficult toattract American graduate students to this program, the most significant beingfinancial. To date, just two URI students have become Braunschweig Diplom-Ingenieure, with five more currently in process.While it is relatively easy to send undergraduates to non-degree experiencesabroad, arranging actual graduate work, related research experiences and degreecandidacy at a partner school is a far more complex matter. Diplom candidacy forRhode

Collection

2016 ERC

Authors

Craig Merlic

Laser Safety Nanosafety Physical Safety Radiation Safety Safety ProgramsSafety Programs: Activities by EH&S, Writing SOP procedures, PPE Usage,Safety Training, Online Videos, Faculty Engagement, and more. Safety Culture Safety ProgramsSafety Culture:• Shared values, assumptions, and beliefs on workplace safety• Relative importance of safety within the organization• What people do when no one is looking Safety Outcomes Safety Safety

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Young Lee; Jeong Yang

that the earlier students elements [1]. Tools based on data flow analysis of object-learn secure coding concepts, even at the same time as they oriented software must analyze the object’s behavior asfirst learn to write code, the better they will continue using well as object’s status. This research aims to develop ansecure coding practices. This paper proposes web-based approach for performing dynamic data flow analysis forJava programming environment for teaching secure coding object-oriented programs synced with source code, classpractices which provides the essential and fundamental diagram, object diagram, and sequence diagram.skills in secure coding. Also, this tool helps students to We

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 5.D

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milad Rezvani Rad, University of Southern Indiana; Ronald Diersing, University of Southern Indiana; Ryan Integlia, University of Southern Indiana; Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Education, 2025 Enhancing Coding Skills and Learning Efficiency in Engineering Programming Courses by Using AI ToolsAbstractIntegrating AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini into programming courses, such as the freshman-level Fundamentals of Engineering, provides students with invaluable support for enhancing theircoding skills. One common challenge students face is the correct use of characters and punctuation,which often leads to errors and frustration. This manuscript examines how ChatGPT can helpstudents overcome these obstacles by providing real-time feedback and guidance. In-classexamples were used to evaluate the accuracy of code troubleshooting, and student surveys assessedthe impact on motivation, engagement, and coding

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Gary Stewardson, Utah State University

when they missed a class or needed extra help.Our On-Going EffortsAt present, we are making efforts to extend the above-described new pedagogical model andmodified-jigsaw cooperative-learning approach to other engineering courses, especially to anundergraduate course titled “Machining Theory and Applications.” (This course is different fromthe “Advanced Topics in Metal Cutting” course that we introduced before.) The objective of theMachining Theory and Applications course is to provide students a fundamental understandingof metal machining principles as well as fundamental analytical and experimental skills. Thecourse covers almost all fundamental aspects in metal machining, such as the cutting forces andtemperatures, the machining vibrations

Conference Session

Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

providing students with anintroduction to time domain (transient) analysis of R, L, C elements and energy storage ininductive and capacitive circuits. The response of source-free RL, RC, and RLC circuits aredeveloped followed by response to constant voltage and current sources. Both courses arelecture-laboratory integrated. The objective of this hands-on lecture/laboratory courses is tointroduce Engineering Technology students to fundamentals of DC and AC circuit analysis.Students will also be introduced to a set of experiments that support the principles learned duringthe lectures. Special attention is given to testing, maintenance, and troubleshooting of ACcircuits used in industrial applications. Another goal is to enhance the students

Conference Session

Strengthening Liberal Education in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Steneck; Barbara Olds; Kathryn Neeley

• an ability to design a piece of communication that achieves stated goals for specific audiences • an ability to recognize how human factors influence communication • knowledge of the problems inherent in conveying and interpreting information about technology-related risks • an understanding of the two-way nature of communication 3. Fundamental writing and presentation skills • knowledge of the basic rules of grammar • an ability to organize paragraphs and papers logically • a sensitivity to proper word use and an appropriate working vocabulary • familiarity with basic types of documentation and reference styles

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shirley Qin, University of Toronto; Jiawei Tian, University of Toronto; Yuqi Yang; Qian Guo, University of Toronto; Junhao Liao, University of Toronto; Hamid S. Timorabadi, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

university’s servers, can be utilized toensure students’ information security.5.0 Future WorkThe application proposed is a Work-In-Progress (WIP) and the application examined is for in-lecture teaching to recognize students and communicate with them by names. We are working onextending the applicability to other areas in education as discussed below.It is noted that in some introductory courses the number of students is relatively large. And in manycases, more than 400 students write final exams [3]. The exam sign-in process which requires thesignature of the student becomes tedious and is a time-consuming process for the exam organizers.Furthermore, verifying student’s ID in comparing it with student’s face can occasionally become achallenging task

Collection

2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

Authors

Basile Panoutsopoulos, Community College of Rhode Island

whole class in a second monitor located behind his laptop screen that heshares for the discussion part of the laboratory. The Blackboard is used for the overallorganization of the Laboratory course as the Collaborate communication module of it, is considerinadequate and was replaced by Zoom as described earlier.Students can review the recording of the experiments, clarify processes, extract data, askquestions through email, video conferencing, discuss with other students, etc. Afterwards,student work as a team to prepare a professional Laboratory Report. The Laboratory teamconsists of two to three students. Writing a Report cooperatively and under current pandemicenvironment closely mimic the current industrial environment. The Professional

Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Tom G. Thomas, University of South Alabama; Kuang-Ting Hsiao, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

use the toolto program LEGO MINDSTORM® robots. This combination provides immediate, visual,verification of project solutions. The students quickly gain skills and facility with both tools,creatively addressing the various assigned tasks. The program has been highly successful incapturing the interest of the participants and has led to increased retention of these students inengineering.IntroductionRecruiting and retaining students in engineering programs is a national problem that has beenaddressed in many, varied ways.1 Many universities offer bridge programs for incomingfreshmen to increase their success in engineering programs.2,3 These programs are oftendesigned to improve skills in fundamental courses such as mathematics and English as

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

Session 1309 Development of a Novel Foundation Course for Biomedical Engineering Curriculum Ann Saterbak, Ka-Yiu San, Larry V. McIntire Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston TX 77005AbstractThe Bioengineering undergraduate program at Rice University is developing novel courses tomeet its primary program objectives. Students are required to take seven core Bioengineeringcourses and five elective courses in one of the three tracks of Cellular and MolecularEngineering, Systems Engineering and Biomedical Instrumentation, or Biomaterials andBiomechanics. The

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harding

students to make mistakes, go back and ask questions orreview the text and then retake the quiz for a better score. Student reaction to this use of WebCTwas positive.I. IntroductionDuring the fall semester of 1999, Web Course Tools, which will be referred to as WebCT 1 in thetext below, was used to supplement an electrical engineering survey course at the United StatesNaval Academy. Many schools are currently using WebCT including the University of Maryland2where it was chosen after comparison3 with other web based course packages. This electricalengineering course is the second in a two semester sequence which provides both electricalengineering fundamentals and applications to non-electrical, engineering students. WebCT is acommercial product

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

P. Jayanetti; J. Olcott; J. Johnson; J. Patton

between all theother classes (and is the primary component the user must write). The Navigator isfurther described in Section 2.2 The Multimedia Authoring ToolUsing Java, we created the multimedia authoring tool, mmBrewer. This tool is comprisedof a collection of multimedia components all of which begin with the prefix “mm.” The structure of the mmBrewer is analogous to a story book. Just as a story bookcontains different pages, mmBrewer contains screens which serve as the framework. Eachscreen contains images, text, and interactive components capable of initiating a varietyof responses. A collection of components comprise a screen, and a collection of screensmake up a title or the entire story book.Class LibraryThe first objective was to

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lessa Kay Grunenfelder, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

fundamental science and engineering application. Her research interest is in efficient manufacturing of high performance composites. She is an active member of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineers (SAMPE), serving on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Chapter as Student Chapter Liaison. She is currently the Division Chair of the Materials Division of ASEE. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Introductory materials science: A project-based approachAbstractThere are several approaches to teaching introductory materials science, exemplified by thediversity of textbooks on the subject. Some favor a bottom-up approach, beginning with thefundamentals

Conference Session

Novel Approaches to Teaching Materials

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Nychka, University of Alberta

Tagged Divisions

Materials

showsthat often a quarter of the students are considered to be strong visual learners (by integrating thearea under the curves), and the results indicate that engineering students are rarely strong verballearners. However, as previously mentioned much of engineering education is verbal. Thedisconnect between learning style and teaching style should presumably result in imminentfailure in the classroom, however such disaster can be prevented. Felder and Silverman1 suggestthat understanding the learning styles of the student body is fundamental to adapting teachingstyles for more effective learning. Taking the necessity to adapt teaching style as a starting point, this paper addresses howto improve upon visual learning in large introductory

Conference Session

Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Jared Goodall, South Lake Automation

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

thelearning outcome of the course. The laboratory performance of the course is performedin teams of four students. This mode provides a platform for horizontal learning throughactive and engaged discourse and discussion. Students are empowered to charter theirlearning and feed their curiosity. The course culminates in a Final Project which isassessed based upon its comprehensiveness and originality. Students are required tomaster the soft skills of comprehensive report writing on a weekly basis through technicalproject report writing and an oral presentation based upon the Team’s Final Project.These classroom practices and laboratory environment provides a challenging andinvigorating environment that prepares them for a lifelong learning process and

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra R. Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai. P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. The skeletal layout of the system is depicted in Figure 3. Measuremnt Computing USB Interface 1024-LS PC Port A * Port B * Port C * Port B of 16F88 16F88 Microcontroller Board Figure 3. A Continuous Counting SystemIX. Software Design for the 16F88:Please refer to the the code in the Appendix - AX. Software Design for the PC:Please refer to the the code in the Appendix - BX1. COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES The purpose of this course is to provide the student with the fundamentals of Customized Computer System Design. This would involve hardware

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in CET and MET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Sprinsky

uses GIS in the workplace. The merger of information from different sources, suchas surveying, GPS and photogrammetric activities, often in different formats, is the norm in civilengineering practice. The projects we give students emulate the workplace as far as is possible inan environment that is not production driven. After formal instruction, applications fromIntergraph's MGE enhancement are used to illustrate the often arcane concepts presented ininstruction.ImplementationIn previous publications, teaching the fundamentals of data manipulation has already beendiscussed, see (Sprinsky 1997[1]), (Sprinsky, 1997[2]) and (Sprinsky, 1999). Their purpose wasto acquaint students with manipulation of data in Intergraph's MGE for projects they

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Lessard

genuinely enjoyed the competition while learning integrated hardwareand software design strategies. Their later experience with LabView writing their own stripchartVirtual Instrument proceeded naturally from their RoboLab experience and they have theconfidence to be able to realize custom industrial automation solutions in the future.I. Introduction The Norwich University ME382 is a one credit third year “Instrumentation Laboratory”course that meets for 3 hours per week. Educational goals for the course include students being “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrig ht  2002, American Society for Engineering Education