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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Shuman; Graciela Perez; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Harvey Wolfe

the direction of change with the origin (tail) on the cell that correspondsto the initial level (or year) and the tip on the cell representing the subsequent level (or year). Nochange is indicated on the graph by a small square in one cell. For example, Figure 3 comparesSophomore AY 1999 to Junior AY 2000 for the outcome using mathematical concepts to solveengineering problems. The Figure indicates that there were three positive improvements amongthe eight programs, with two of these being from Neutral to Major Strength (programs P3 and Page 6.706.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nand Jha; Bahman Litkouhi

Session 2793 Optimal Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Design of Thermal Systems Nand K. Jha and Bahman Litkouhi Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York, 104711. Introduction and background Life cycle cost is the sum of all of the costs associated with a product from inception to disposal. LCC seeks to maximize thermal systems contribution to the society while minimizing combined cost of design, manufacturing, customer, and environment. Most researchers agree that

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rusek; Barbara Oakley

, generic class C amplifiers, frequency synthesizers, noise generators, bandpass filters,AM modulator/demodulators with noise and interference, analog correlators, oscillators, andphase locked loops. Some of the most interesting schematics and simulation results aredemonstrated, and the use of these simulations to stimulate classroom and laboratory learning isdiscussed. We have found that the triangle of lectures, simulation, and experimental work basedon initial simulation forms the optimal method of instruction in our communication electronicscourse.I. IntroductionOakland University’s communication electronics course (EE437) is designed to serve as a linkbetween the high level communication system, the subsystem functional block level, and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kauser Jahan; Douglas Cleary

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationincluding the bulk of the evaluation effort. The remaining faculty serves as consultants to thestudents and coordinator. The student teams function as independent consulting firms with onestudent serving as the team leader. It is anticipated that within a team, individuals will split thework along discipline specific lines. However, students are expected to be familiar with allaspects of the work and will likely have to carry part of the load in more than one sub-discipline.The industry sponsors initially present the project to the student teams and attend and assist inevaluating mid and end-of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard N. Smith; Michael K. Jensen; Deborah A. Kaminski; Amir Hirsa

the pipe or heat exchanger is used. In heat transfer, we rate (or design) aheat exchanger with given fluid temperatures and conditions; pressure loss often is not calculated.Trade-off between the heat exchanger effectiveness and its size/design versus the overallBrayton/Rankine cycle performance is seldom considered. In each of the three courses, we viewthe analysis as if each component stands alone.The second problem is smaller in scale and is related to automotive design. Consider the problemof estimating the time required for a passenger compartment to be conditioned to a desiredtemperature. In thermodynamics we give the students an initial and a final temperature,information about the volume, possibly something about the mass of the seats

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Laoulache; Nixon Pendergrass; Emily Fowler

Session 2453 Can An Integrated First-Year Program Continue To Work As Well After The Novelty Has Worn Off? N. A. Pendergrass, Raymond N. Laoulache, Emily Fowler University of Massachusetts DartmouthAbstractThe University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD) began a successful, integrated, firstyear engineering curriculum in September 1998. This new program dramatically changedthe freshman year and was initially very successful. Data from the first year pilotprogram was very positive. Assessment showed that it• more than halved the attrition rate of first-year engineering students• nearly doubled the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard J. Weigman; Glenn S. Kohne

have a background in the liberal arts. It was ourconviction then, as it is now, that engineers, in addition to being well trained in their disciplines,should also know how to write and speak and appreciate the classics. The graduate programoriginally was in the ENSCAP department. The goal of the graduate program was initially toprovide quality graduate courses for engineers who were having difficulty keeping abreast of thechanges in the world of electrical and computer engineering, changes brought about largelybecause of the rapid growth of the microelectronics industry.Beginning of the ProgramIn the 1950's, Loyola College, a small liberal arts college with a good reputation in the sciences,added an engineering physics option to the Physics

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

M. N. Borges; F. H. Vasconcelos; M. Lewis

education, such as the CreditAccumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS) and Learning Outcomes Theory (Otter, 1992). In theUnited States of America there have been some new initiatives to approach this issue such asConcurrent Engineering and Synthesis Coalition (Watson, 1992) and the Carnegie MellonElectrical and Computer Engineering Degree Course (White, 1995). These initiatives primarilyaim at striking a balance between efficiency and effectiveness in developing and running newcourses in higher education. Consequently, course developers have faced a huge task whendesigning new courses to make them accessible to a larger number of students and more flexiblein their implementation, while at the same time, not reducing the quality of the learning

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul D. Schreuders; Arthur T. Johnson

(Instrumentation Systems) Once within my research meeting, while my thoughts were weak and fleeting, Over many a quaint and familiar host of forgotten lore - While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As from my advisor rapping, rapping at my vision’s door - “‘Tis some revenant,” I sputtered, “tapping at my vision’s door - Only this and nothing more.” Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each musing’s dying demur wrought its part into my snore. Eagerly I wished the ending; - vainly I had tried mind bending From my psyche pulling, rending - rending of my thoughts

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Colin S. Howat

energy crises spawned significant research in improving modeling. Coincident withthe research developments was the substantial increase in computing power. The era of centralized control and understanding came to end. Distributed computing,robust modeling and enhanced computing power combined together on the desktop. The numberof individuals to whom process simulation was possible increased. These engineers were stilltrained in the era of estimation and confirmation. There was no great impact, at first, on thequality of the simulation work. Now, engineers are trained using software from their engineering infancy. Estimation,failure and re-estimation are becoming a lost art form. The power of the computing and softwaretools available

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

.• Firms have expanded the services they provide, and rely more on these expanded services.• The success of a firm is not solely based on technical skills. Firms are better strategic planners and managers attempting to improve their current and future positions. Architectural and engineering design is an enterprise aimed at the future, but how caneducators prepare students if they do not understand present practice? Faculty cannot afford toprepare students for an industry that no longer exists. This can be avoided by blending hands-onprofessional experience with our academic advancements. Furthermore, studies have shown thatwork experience positively affects faculty attitudes toward teaching and research. Since effortsto

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Heath A. Schluterman; Aysa L. Galbraith; Leslie B. Massey

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference The Impact of E-Math on Engineering Students: Retention and Progression Outcomes Heath A. Schluterman1, Aysa L. Galbraith1, and Leslie B. Massey2 1 Teaching Associate Professor, 2Advanced Instructor, First-Year Engineering Program, University of ArkansasAbstractIn response to the growing need to support engineering students who were not calculus-ready,the University of Arkansas reintroduced the E-Math program in Fall 2016. This initiative aimedto improve retention and success rates by providing a curriculum that incorporated hands-on labsand integrated engineering applications to enhance student engagement

Conference Session

Programming Education 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunjae Park, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #41833Survey of Tools and Settings for Introductory C ProgrammingSunjae Park, Wentworth Institute of Technology Sunjae Park is an assistant professor in the School of Computing and Data Science at Wentworth Institute of Technology, an engineering-focused institution in Boston. He received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, and received a masters degree and PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests are in program analysis and computer science education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Survey

Conference Session

Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather L. Walker, University of Arkansas ; Edgar C Clausen, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #42485Intrinsic Benefits of a Chemical Engineering Alumni Student Mentoring ProgramDr. Heather L. Walker, University of Arkansas Dr. Walker is a Teaching Assistant Professor and the Associate Department Head for the Undergraduate Program in the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include engineering education, increasing student engagement and student advising.Dr. Edgar C Clausen, University of Arkansas Dr. Clausen is a University Professor in the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas and holder of the

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abdulmalek Al-Gahmi, Weber State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

PredictionsAbstractThe early prediction of student performance has long been a significant area of interest withinthe educational research community. Numerous studies have sought to identify students whostruggle early in their courses, with the goal of providing timely interventions. This earlydetection of at-risk students is vital for fostering and promoting student success, which is criticalto the missions of higher-education institutions and their long-term goals of improving studentgraduation and retention rates.This paper builds on the predictive models from a previous paper, focused on making earlycourse-based predictions of student performance based on data collected from a LearningManagement System (LMS). It describes these models, augments them with

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Teamwork

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui Li, New York University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

instructor’s workflow. The research questionis: How to best assess student team dynamics incorporating the perspectives of all theshareholders?It was found that additional evaluation dimensions allow the users to gain more insights into theteam dynamics. The three new dimensions were psychological safety [6], team interdependence[7], and team satisfaction [8]. One dimension of psychological safety was applied in PeerEvaluation I. As it is the early and storming stage of team formation, it is critical to check ifstudents feel comfortable within the team. Another dimension of team independence was appliedin Peer Evaluation II to evaluate the team synergy, then the dimension of the team satisfactionwas placed in Peer Evaluation III to analyze the overall

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2013 GSW

Authors

L. Massa; P. Jha

. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Educationlinear equations. The advantage of computers in education is, in this second case, to make thelecture less abstract by presenting a realistic analysis.The present research investigates benefits related to the second issue. The topic underinvestigation is the definition of thermo-chemical equilibrium, which mechanical and aerospaceengineering students learn and apply to determine chemical compositions, flame temperatures,specific impulses of rockets, etc..., in combustion, propulsion and atmospheric modeling classes.In this paper we argue that explaining the concept of thermodynamic equilibrium based onchemical reactions3 is an uninformative approach for two reasons. First, it does not

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Amy Fleischer; Aaron Wemhoff; James O'Brien; Ani Ural; LeRoy Alaways

engineering (8%) and electricalengineering (11%)1. Thus the question arises: why are some engineering disciplines moresuccessful at attracting and retaining female students?Research has shown that there are several key steps to recruiting and maintaining femaleenrollment in engineering. A 2008 National Academy of Engineering report Changing theConversation concluded that the field of engineering as a whole needs to promote itself asstrongly connected to making a difference in the world2. This theme is found to appeal greatly toall students, but resonates particularly well with female students, as well as African Americanand Hispanic men3. This approach is in contrast to the more typical media depiction of engineersas focused on math, science and

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mark Miles; C.M. Chewar

was a typical “bell curve.” On the mid-term exam, the Instructor/Developer included questions that were meant toreinforce concepts the students had practiced on their problem sets. However, he was verydisappointed in the results. His initial analysis was that they were “figuring out” the problemsassigned, merely repeating the mechanisms of a solution method without really learning theunderlying concepts.2.1. Related Work:Seeking to enhance our understanding about how we could engage these engineering students ina deeper level of learning, we turned to Driscoll’s discussion of curiosity and interest as adeterminate of student motivation [1]. Cognitive theorists extend the general premises ofmotivational research, which explain human

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gordon W. Romney

initially first restore a system to a useableconfiguration.A student particularly appreciates the fact that she can receive a VM from her instructor, install iton her USB drive and execute it from her laptop without interfering with the resident build onher laptop or desktop at home, or the classroom workstation that is constantly used bysequentially scheduled classes. In Windows environments this means her registry does not getmodified in order to check out this new VM the instructor wants her to work with. If she messesthings up, only the VM space and not her entire laptop is affected. The ability to work with aVM outside of class is significant for experiential learning. HOL is restored to all students.Virtualization is a powerful tool that

Conference Session

EM Program Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Viola, School of Engineering, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

enable each student to lead an initiative intheir workplace to demonstrate their newly acquired knowledge and skills to themselves, theircompany sponsors and their faculty advisor. Specifically, the project chosen must demonstrateleadership and technical, management and communications skills learned during the course ofthe program. The nature of the projects vary significantly; in every case, however, the facultyadvisor ensures that the project challenges the individual student beyond the ordinary scope andlevel of the student’s typical work assignments. Topics could include strategy development,process improvement, technical research, or product development. In most cases the student hasa reasonably sized team carrying out the work.An ILP

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

AC 2011-457: A COMPARISON OF HANDS-ON VERSUS REMOTE LAB-ORATORY EXPERIENCE FOR INTRODUCTORY MICROPROCESSORSCOURSESBrock J. LaMeres, Montana State University Brock J. LaMeres is an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Mon- tana State University (MSU). LaMeres teaches and conducts research in the area of digital systems and engineering education. LaMeres is currently studying the effectiveness of online delivery of engineer- ing education including the impact of remote laboratory experiences. LaMeres’ research group is also studying the effective hardware/software partitioning using reprogrammable fabrics. This work involves exploiting the flexibility of modern FPGAs to optimize

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Danielle Marie Dowling, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

procedures on the teachers’ lexica using the 5.5 version of Dtm-Vic, a softwareprogram designed to perform analyses of multidimensional numerical and textual data. Derivedfrom innovations in linguistics, statistics, and computer science, lexicometry is relatively new tothe educational field. Lexicometric software programs such as Dtm-Vic afford an objectivewindow on a congregation of lexica, which is often referred to as a corpus, through “a panoply ofapproaches which seek to capture the different properties” of the textual data (Williams, 1999).Initially, the program is fed the corpus, which constitutes all the words of all the researchsubjects (in our case, the teachers), and proceeds to count the number of times every distinctword appears. Once a

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brett Hamlin; Gretchen Hein

Engineering EducationIntroductionWomen and men face different challenges when they enter engineering school. In general, mostmen are more likely to succeed in engineering due to many factors. First, the traditionalstereotype that men are good at math and science, while women are perceived to have lessability.1 To help women succeed, researchers have suggested that students work in teams, receiveencouragement, and learn via various instructional methods.1,2 Because men are expected toexcel in math and science prior to college, this expectation follows them into the universitywhere they have more confidence that engineering is the right career choice for them thanwomen. 3 Women have a tendency to doubt their abilities and frequently question their

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vinod Yedidi; Brian Johnson; Joseph Law; Herbert Hess

lab over on-campuslabs is that it provides an opportunity to look and compare different waveforms simultaneously.The waveforms of instantaneous quantities always give more insight compared to RMS readings.Overview of PSCAD/EMTDC:In the following discussion a brief overview of PSCAD/EMTDC is provided. Then the way thelabs are taught and set up in PSCAD/EMTDC is discussed.PSCAD stands for Power Systems Computer Aided Design, and represents a family of powersystem simulation products. Presently, it is used as a Graphical User Interface for the EMTDCtransients instantaneous solution engine where EMTDC stands for ElectroMagnetic Transientsincluding DC. The program was initially developed for studying the Manitoba Hydro NelsonRiver HVDC Power

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaishalee Naruka; Stephen Raper; William Daughton

.” Page 10.1150.5Looking at the Engineering Management curriculum it became clear that they indeed take basicengineering courses just like most engineers. Robert Shaw, past president of the Engineering Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationInstitute of Canada said, “I believe, that the key mission of the engineer in these radicallychanging times is to improve productivity. He must provide the energy and tools we need; hemust innovate, research, develop and transfer technology from the laboratory bench to field andfactory.” (5) And this is exactly what the engineering management program is

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

explicit instruction and discussion of theseissues within the course. Students are given material on group work in a formal session afterthe project had been initially defined. The Belbin test, which is a well-accepted means ofclassifying individual traits7 is discussed in class, mainly with respect to how the test can beused to optimize team member selection. Each student completes the test individually andthe selection of groups (by staff) is nominally random, but with attention given todistributing international students evenly amongst the groups. It was observed that therandomly selected teams appeared to be more focussed on their project work compared toclique groups.In 2002 students formed their own teams. It was recommended that they

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Ali Satter; John Pumwa

to thedevelopment of technical attributes. Cooperative learning practice can help in developingnon-technical attributes such as interpersonal and communication skills, teamwork andproblem solving abilities.Quality Improvement InitiativesPNG University of Technology has already initiated several measures to improve academicquality. It has set up the Teaching and Learning Methods Unit (TLMU) with the purpose of Page 7.1011.6monitoring academic quality and training of lecturers on best teaching practices. It ismandatory for national lecturers to undergo training on their first teaching appointment. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Tsang

Presentation. They look for the followingcharacteristics in the service-learning design projects: · literature and market research · more than 3 initial alternative ideas · realistic design constraints and criteria with which to evaluate the ideas · analyses backed by engineering calculations · design iteration · use of a decision-making matrix to evaluate and select design ideas · design implementation and final product; and · recommendations for continuous improvement.The evaluators assign a numerical score based on a holistic evaluation of the studentperformance in oral presentation and written report using the above categories.Objective #2: Students successfully apply the principles of strain hardening and annealing

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Smith

launchplatform integration. Each spring, students in the design class begin the process anewwith a new satellite concept so that new projects are always germinating to take the placeof those coming to completion and awaiting launch.Our initial strategy called for building simple satellites containing little more thanbatteries for power, temperature sensors to provide elementary telemetry and transmittersto broadcast signals to the ground. We planned to advertise the existence of our satelliteafter completion of construction and flight qualification testing with the idea that anotherlaunch carrying less mass than full capacity would offer to take us along for free. In thisscenario, our satellite would bolt onto the uppermost-stage rocket body and go into