Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

existing applications.VEE is the software package that was selected since, from our perspective, it has severalsignificant advantages. First, it is structured for relative ease of use. It is logical for the writing ofunique programs. Other packages are more graphical which tend to work on complicatedprocesses such as a chemical operation. The access to help within the program is extensive. Thistogether with Appendix B in our book makes the debugging less painful! Second, MATLABscript and signal processing have been embedded into the latest version, known as VEE Pro, forenhanced graphics and data analysis. Finally, this version contains the ability to use any PC card orinstrument from any vendor.Overview of LabVIEW and Visual BasicA qualitative

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

society invehicle electrification and renewable energy, Wayne State University (WSU) has offeredundergraduate degree in Electric Transportation Technology (ETT) and Undergraduate Certificatein Advanced Energy Storage. Several courses have battery related topics, such as ETT4150(Fundamentals of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles), ETT4310 (Energy Storage Systems for Hybridand Electric Vehicles), ETT4410 (Advance Energy Storage Systems). However, there is nolaboratory exercises associated with these 3-credit hour courses due to considerable amount oflecture materials to be delivered in the classroom. Previous learning outcome assessmentsindicated that most of the students had doubts about some functions of the BMS, such as SOCprediction and cell

Conference Session

Technical Session 12 - Paper 3: Increasing Minority Student Applications to STEM Graduate Programs: Lessons Learned and Outlook for a New Program

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Kingsley Nwosu Jr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tremayne O'Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mandy J Wright, Fields Wright Consulting; Mike Ekoniak, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

program that includes credit-bearing courses in chemistry,math, and engineering fundamentals; along with professional, social, and academicprogramming to support the transition from high school to college. Hypatia andGalileo are Integrated Living and Learning Communities for first year women and menin engineering, respectively. CEED also provides peer mentoring and an academicrecovery program called Jump Start to serve students with diverse academic needs.In addition to major initiatives and other K12 and undergraduate programming andoutreach, two CEED graduate programs focus on mentoring for first year graduatestudents. The New Horizon Graduate Scholars are nominated by their departmentsand this program is focused on providing professional

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division (EED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huseyin Sarper, Old Dominion University; Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University - Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy Division (EED)

Paper ID #37268Investment Exercise for First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Huseyin Sarper, Old Dominion University Huseyin Sarper, Ph.D., P.E. is a master lecturer with a joint appointment the Engineering Fundamentals Division and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a professor of engineering at Colorado State University-Pueblo until 2014.Dr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University - Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing. (M.S.) degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade Uni- versity (1984), the M.S. in electrical engineering (1988

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek

by Shafritz,Ott, and Yang6.The first part of the class (up to Exam #1) is intended as an overview of the basic concepts andtheories from the Organization Theory (OT). It starts with fundamentals of organizationstructure, goes over the classical management theories and principles of open systems, and thenfocuses on communication- and decision-making processes in organizations. It also introducesbasics of organizational economics, including transaction cost theory. The first part of the classrelies extensively on the textbook materials and thus the Exam #1 has a form of a review of basicOT concepts.The second part of the class has a broader focus and addresses the issues of leadership,technology management and its organizational impact

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

Universityperformance indicators for each outcome.” An outcome is a broad statement such as“The Chemical Engineering Program at Rowan University will produce graduates whodemonstrate an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering,”which mirrors ABET outcome A1. Dr. Rogers notes that programs “…tend to go frombroad outcomes to data collection without articulating specifically what students need todemonstrate…”3The importance of “articulating specifically what students need to demonstrate” has longbeen understood at the level of individual courses. Felder, for example, has longadvocated for writing clear, carefully thought out instructional objectives for courses4 andcommunicating them to students at the start of the course. Felder

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip du Plessix, University of Calgary; Graham Armitage, University of Calgary; Kara Chomistek, University of Calgary; Clifton Johnston, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Mohamed Nazir, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Diane Douglas, University of Calgary; Brigit Knecht, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Similar goals were desired for our program and the specific hand andpower tools available to our students. Also, because our first-year design course is notdepartment-specific, nearly seven hundred students would be taking part in this training (andmore in years to come), and our laboratory coaches do not necessarily have the backgroundknowledge and experience to go through the tool chests with their twenty to thirty students.Junior and senior high school industrial arts and construction classes were also surveyed, as thetools found in those facilities are very similar to those found in our first-year design laboratories.Common practice in such facilities is to have students view a video regarding general workplacesafety, and to have them write

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

An Alternate Paradigm for Undergraduate Engineering: The Bachelor of Arts Kimberly A. Whelan, Sharon A. Jones Lafayette College Introduction The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) are on record stating the problems associated with the prevailing paradigm for undergraduate engineering education in the USA.1, 2 Several of the problems stated refer to the need for a more liberally trained engineer who has mastery of the essential engineering principles, but realizes the social impact of technology and is well equipped with communication skills. Typical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Lee, San Jose State University; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Tai-Ran Hsu, San Jose State University; David Parent, San Jose State University

tilting micromirror) and the associated analytical predictionsbased on idealized electrostatics and beam mechanics equations is shown in Figure 4. Figure 4. CAD Model of Electrostatic Micromirror (left) and Analytical Predictions for Actuation (right)An example list of design rules that were presented to the students is as follows. The studentswere required to abide by such constraints as they performed their geometric design. Theseconstraints are typical of low-resolution masks made by laser photoplotting, as opposed to costlytraditional microelectronics masks made by electron-beam writing, for example. There is anorder-of-magnitude difference in cost, with the former less than $30 per mask and the latterabove $400 per mask. Students still learn

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

distributed over the semester. Written weekly status reportsare required for all capstones in which teams describe what has been done since the last report,identify issues that have surfaced, what is needed for resolution and a plan looking forward.In addition to written weekly status reports, METs are tasked to deliver regular oralpresentations. These practice sessions have been paying dividends for several years and wererecently re-enforced by others9. Verbal and written feedback is provided on a team andindividual basis from the instructor, industry sponsor and a writing consultant. Slides areimproved and new ones created, students sharpen their speaking skills and team synergy isstrengthened. The content evolves over the course of the semester

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela P.E., University of Evansville; Valerie A. Stein, University of Evansville

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

condition 3. Knowledge of human history and the historical context of knowledge 4. Engagement with fundamental beliefs about human identity, core values, and humankind’s place in the world 5. Understanding of human aesthetic creation and artistic creativity 6. Linguistic and cultural competence in a language other than one’s own 7. Quantitative literacy 8. Scientific literacy 9. Understanding of core concepts of society, human behavior, and civic knowledge 10. Knowledge and responsibility in relation to health and wellness 11. An ability to think critically and communicate effectively, orally and in writing.In addition, students are required to complete courses that satisfy writing-across-the-curriculumand three overlays

Conference Session

Modern Teaching Strategies in Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Joel-Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

andAcademic Resources (SCHOLAR). The motivation behind SCHOLAR is to encourage studentsto engage in self-directed learning and transfer their knowledge by writing tutorials that willteach others. These tutorials become a reusable resource that the student authors can keep as afuture reference, while also building a repository of tutorials that are useful to the instructor andfuture students. In fields like computer and data science, where tools and libraries are constantlychanging, the ability to adapt approaches and learn new tools quickly and efficiently is anessential skill. The SCHOLAR approach stresses the importance of students filtering throughvast information, learning how to use tools for specific problems, and developing skills

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Impact of Curriculum for PreK-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

each teacher to find ways to use thesesubjects to strengthen the understanding of the engineering topics being taught whichthen, in turn, enrich the student’s core “reading, writing and arithmetic” learningexperiences.The entire elementary school staff typically needs extensive (and content integrated)professional development to meet this teaching expectation. That professionaldevelopment content is best delivered by the same engineering college faculty memberbut it has to relate quickly to elementary school student knowledge and skills objectives,which are still fundamentally demonstrated ability in reading, writing and arithmetic.However, the rewarding news can be paraphrased from Henry Petroski when heobserved that when presented to

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Christine Julien

component uses visualize alternative designs that would improve their project.sidebars to introduce the fundamentals before the concepts are By having to write down the tests they performed, studentsemployed directly for an Android app to request and receive inevitably identify other tests they should have included. Insensor data to be displayed on the screen. Interestingly, this summary, this assignment is an intentional segue into thetechnology element is by far the most daunting from an second segment of the course.expert’s perspective, but the students had no preconceptions 2.2 Segment Two: Software Engineering Toolsabout how hard it

Conference Session

Computer-based Measurements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, University of Texas; Aceela Muqri, VCU School of Medicine

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

. Page 25.980.9The main point is that every great iOS iPhone or Android app starts with a brilliant idea, buttranslating that idea into actions requires planning. So before you can write any code, you haveto take the time to explore the possible techniques and technologies. The core infrastructure of aniOS app is built from objects in the UIKit framework. There are some resources that must bepresent in all iOS apps. Most apps include images, sounds, and other types of resources forpresenting the app’s content, but the App store may also require some specific resources. Youmay like to refer to iOS App Programming Guide 11 for further details. 4Objective-C also provides a dot

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorin Patru, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Phillips, Rochester Institute of Technology; Eric Peskin, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

; Page 12.149.10 o 4-Bit Data-In-Bus; o 4-Bit Data-Out-Bus; o 8-Bit Address signal; o Asynchronous Write signal, MW = 1 to write, 0 to not write, i.e. read; o 2 separate Memory Blocks / Address Spaces for Instructions and Data, if Memory System architecture is of type Harvard; o 1 Memory Block / Address Space if Memory System Architecture is of type Von Neumann – see appendix;‚ I/O Peripherals Address Space separate from Data Memory Address Space if I/O Peripherals are I/O mapped – see above; the IN and OUT instructions are used to “READ” and “WRITE” from/to the I/O Peripherals;‚ I/O Peripherals Address Space located in Data Memory Space if I/O Peripherals are

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve York

design criteria give students the information they need to analyze their alternativedesigns and refine their final design for optimal performance. For example, if a bridgebuilding assignment is made, points may be awarded based on a specific performancefactor such as length of span * load. This performance factor is weighted with other Page 7.960.3criteria such as quality of sketches/write-up, creativity, and aesthetics. It is important that Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÓ 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents understand the

Conference Session

Statics - They can move at constant velocity!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Rajnish Sharma, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

). Page 23.1075.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Software Simulations and Project Based Active Learning to Engage Students in an Introductory Statics Course AbstractIn a typical engineering curriculum Statics is the first course offered by engineering faculty thatfreshman students in the engineering major take subsequent to fundamental courses involvingbasic physics and basic Calculus. While freshman design course has been widely adopted inengineering curricula throughout the nation to provide a flavor of real world engineering, sparkcreativity, incorporate project based active learning and teamwork, and improve studentretention; Statics

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Kelli Jayn Nichols, University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Bioengineering; Laura Wright, University of Washington; Christopher Neils, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

and math content in the core. 17 credits of engineering fundamentals are required, The only external engineering fundamentals course is including courses in electrical engineering, thermodynamics, MATLAB programming, which is more relevant to and Java programming. bioengineering than Java. Necessary engineering Engineering fundamentals

Conference Session

Analysis of Effectiveness and Impacts of Graduate Programs: Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Wayne Coots, Purdue University; Sarah Knapp, Purdue University; Amelia Chesley, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University; Dawn Laux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Technology (CIT) at Purdue University. She has been with the University since 2007 and is responsible for teaching database fundamentals courses and introductory technology courses. Laux has 10 years of industrial experience in the information technology field, and her research area of interest includes technology readiness, the social impacts of technology, and increasing interest in the field of computing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 An Evaluation of STEM Integration Effectiveness by Artifact AnalysisAbstractImproving the learning experience is the purpose of integrating curricula and providing studentswith explicit connections between disciplines. However, the mainstream

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanmugalingam Easwaran, Pacific Lutheran University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

intensity correspondingto this original intensity “k” (i.e., rk) for histogram equalization.Now, up to any intensity rk ((rk=k; k=0,1,2, …, L-1) in the original image, the total number ofimage pixels with intensities up to rk should be the same as the total number of image pixels upto sk in the mapped intensities for image integrity (Figure 5). As mentioned, for histogramequalization, the number of pixels at any mapped image intensity sk (k=0,1,2,…,L-1) is the same,and equal to “N/L”. Thus we can write (in terms of the number of image pixels at each intensitylevel), rk ∑n i=0 R (i) ⎛N⎞ = ⎜ ⎟ (sk +1) : k=0,1,2,3,...,L-1; rk

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Washington State University; David Finkel; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University-Pullman

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

not receive the DLMtreatment from 2012 realized her mistake after initially giving the wrong answer. The studentfrom 2013 who did receive the DLM experience started with a simple fundamental principle - inequals out – and built the answer from this point. While some details are incorrect which leads toan incorrect conclusion, the problem solving technique taken by the student indicates a moreholistic analysis of the problem.Another concept that was emphasized and used extensively in fluid mechanics is the MEbalance. A student from 2012, when asked to describe the ME balance answered:“Ok it definitely has the pressure drop on top, over the… pressure drop will have the pressuredrop over the… volumetric flow rate, volumetric flow rate, also have

Conference Session

Statics and Strength of Materials

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Vick, University of Oklahoma; Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

toaccess the engineering tool simultaneously. The cluster job control will automatically locate andutilize an open node for each new user that accesses the tool.The input and output parameters from the HPC cluster solving and meshing routines are writtento/read from text files. It was found that the data conversion and string manipulation processrequires a significant amount of time when transferring data to and from the server. However,this process became less significant for simulations with many degrees of freedom. A simpleprocess map of cluster access is given in Figure 8. The head node The compute node reads the output file solves and writes Web interface

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Laura Grossenbacher

, because these students, if successful intheir academic careers, will go on to become practicing engineers who will have to writeproposals, environmental impact statements, feasibility studies, risk analyses, and whathave you. They will be making professional arguments, and they will be faced witharguments from others that they need to be able to analyze carefully. So, we practicethat in various ways – and of course, one obvious way is to ask them to read, write, andtalk about controversial issues in the sciences. So far, nothing here is either surprising or innovative – my colleagues and I havebeen doing this for years. And there is nothing new in the idea to use a debate formatto encourage first-year students to analyze those controversial

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 3: Work-in-Progress Part 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olatunde Olu Mosobalaje, Covenant University; Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

refer to course objectives as stipulated course goals,presented from the perspective of the instructor and the institution. These are the pedagogicalactions that will be taken in the class and facilitated by the instructor to achieve the learningoutcomes for the students. Conversely, learning outcomes or learning objectives are describedfrom students’ perspectives. These are the skills and knowledge that students are expected toachieve at the end of the course. After presenting the learning objectives, we proceed to categorizethem in order of importance into curricular priorities. Fundamentally, enduring outcomes refer toconcepts and skills that we would like our students to possess many years after the course is over.Simply put, we would like

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary McDonald; Charles Knight

System, (4)Spring Mass Damper Vibrations System, (5) Kinematics of Motion for Piston-Cam ofBriggs & Stratton Engine. Two of these experiments will be described below to illustratehow instrumentation, fundamental experimentation, and report writing are integrated intoeach lab.Refrigeration TrainerThe objectives of this experiment are to complete overall energy and mass balances forthe heat pump-air conditioning system, to utilize many forms of electronicinstrumentation, to introduce LabVIEW data acquisition, analysis, presentation, and todevelop spreadsheet analysis skills.A Model 900 Heat Pump-Air Conditioning Trainer manufactured by Lab Science is usedin the experiment. The Trainer was retrofitted with two electronic pressure sensors

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 12: Bridging the Gap - Strategies to Support Diverse Learners in Early Engineering Courses

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University; Sohan Panda, Plaksha University; Shubham Goel, Plaksha University; Tanmay Ravi Chowdhary, Plaksha University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

teachhow to meticulously develop the skills of thinking, reflecting, and enquiring critically, as well asbeing able to reason scientifically with evidence. The first part of the course, ‘On Being Human’was taught using the conventional lecture-based pedagogy. It explored the essence of beinghuman, questioning thought processes, and addressed the fundamental question about the natureof thinking. The second part of the course, named ‘Deconstruct Thinking’, critiqued Bloom’staxonomy. While influential for over 70 years, Bloom's taxonomy has faced criticism, includinga revision in 2001. The course offered a critical engagement and critique of Bloom’s taxonomyand proposed a taxonomy of thinking that is suitable for the field of engineering. However

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

are described in [11]. The software verificationcourse uses many of the approaches of standards-based grading to assess student performance.However, it cannot be considered to be using pure standards-based grading. Course Description This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of software verification. Topics covered include the activities within testing, coverage criteria, basic testing techniques and types, basic testability metrics, and the application of testing tools. Laboratory assignments provide extensive opportunities to apply software verification techniques and tools. (prereq: ) Course Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Explain why testing is important

Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Houshangi, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students first experimentwith the effects of individual control coefficients k p , and kd , and then the complete PDcontrol design. The integral part is added later. The tracking and frequency response for allcases will be noted.Practical Experiment 6 (1 week)Objective: To learn the fundamentals of servo controlIn this activity, the effects of changes in parameters and of certain properties, that are present inmost control systems and in all digitally-controlled mechanical systems, are considered. Theseeffects have implications in the design and analysis of the mechanism, control hardware andcontrol scheme. The effects of gear ratio and inertia, friction, disturbances, drive saturation,discrete time sampling, and sensor quantization will

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik De Graaff, Delft University of Technology; Wim Thijs, TU Delft; Peter Wieringa, TU Delft

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and the importance of aligning the methods of dategathering to the type of research question. The third lecture explains measurement scales.This is necessary, mainly because the students appear to assume that all measures are metric.The explanation on different types of measurement scales sets the stage for a user orientedexplanation on statistics. Finally at the end a lecture on logic and reasoning helps to preparethe students for the writing of their reports.In between the lectures feedback sessions are planned. In these sessions each group gets aturn in presenting their work to the others. Staff members comment on the students’ work,both from the methodological perspective as well as from the engineering point of view. Inthe first feedback