Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 5: Virtual Learning and Technology Integration

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon, University of Denver; Irvin R Jones, University of Denver

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #41447Using Oral Exams to Assess Individual Contributions on Team ProjectsDr. Matt Gordon, University of Denver Dr. Matt Gordon is Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. His research areas include numerical and experimental plasma physics, chemical and physical vapor deposition, electronic packaging, and bio-medical engineerIrvin R Jones, University of Denver ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Using Oral Exams to Assess Individual Contributions on Team ProjectsAbstractMost, if not all, mechanical engineering programs recognize the value in

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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Computers in Education

AC 2011-2463: USE OF COMPUTERS IN THE INSTRUCTION OF EMPROPAGATION IN THE CLASSROOMWillie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus Dr. Willie K. Ofosu is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Penn State Wilkes- Barre, where he teaches telecommunications, wireless systems, networking, optoelectronics and analog and digital electronics. He is a member of IEEE, IET (England), and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) of England. His research interests include RF components and antennas, and Powerline Communication. He is an advocate of diversity in the educational environment. Dr. Ofosu received his Ph.D. from the Electronic Systems Engineering Department at University of Essex in

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1246: COMMUNICATING WITH HYPER-TWEETSJohn M Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus John Robertson, PhD, is a Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Arizona State Univer- sity Polytechnic where he specializes in semiconductor technology. His research interests include process control and its application to educational development. He was formerly an executive with Motorola and now participates in many senior technical training programs with the JACMET consortium. Page 22.342.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

thepublic sector is the establishment of incentives to encourage the private sector to invest ininnovation. There must be a strong commitment on the part of governments to facilitatethis.Activities to be undertaken to implement the Minister’s plan of action include: Development of mechanisms for quality improvement of initial engineering education throughout the Hemisphere, including shared curricular development, inter-institutional collaboration, mobility schemes, and integrated programs of study, training and research. Page 10.1282.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wild; Kevin Firth; Brian Surgenor

become a problem when the hours spenttesting and troubleshooting begin to use up time required for other courses. Steps that can betaken toward achieving a sensible balance between independent study and limiting the hoursspent on the course are as follows:1. A tight coupling between lecture and laboratory activity.2. Arranging a preliminary task that is to be completed in the tutorial in order to avoid time wasted in cases where basic errors are being made at the outset.3. Solid support during the tutorial and the laboratories by people who know the problems and how to solve them.4. Back up robots and sensor sets.5. Attendance at laboratories and tutorials is mandatory.6. Prototyping boards and robots that are prebuilt for the first day with

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ficken; Subha Kumpaty

and the effectiveutilization of the data gathered and the results obtained are presented.IntroductionMilwaukee School of Engineering is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. Thegoal of the undergraduate curriculum is to produce well-rounded engineers, which is achievedthrough strong emphasis in a) excellent technical preparation, b) strong laboratory orientationwith faculty teaching labs in small size sections and c) required Senior Design projects.Accordingly, MSOE graduates are highly sought by industry (over 99% placement). Themechanical engineering students are introduced to MATLAB programming in the freshman yearitself and are taught numerical modeling and analysis in the junior year. Bridging the gap is ourfour-credit

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Segall

helpbalance a liberal arts education.IV. Class FormatSince Washington State University Vancouver (WSUV) is restricted to upper divisionundergraduate and graduate level courses only (2+2 system), it was not feasible to teach thescience fiction course to freshman engineering students as originally intended [. Instead, thescience fiction course was taught at Clark College (Vancouver, WA) where many WSUVstudents take their freshman and sophomore classes. The Engr 280 class was open to all majorsand had no prerequisites or minimum term standing requirements.Because of the inclusion of all majors, the class format consisted of demonstrations (includingmovies), some lecture including limited use of equations and diagrams, and discussion. Using atwo-hour

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell

7.1084.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationMATTHEW I. CAMPBELLDr. Matthew Campbell received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in the summer of 2000. He is currently anAssistant Professor at the UT Austin in the ME Department. His research focuses on theories of engineering designand how the computer can be leveraged to solve complex and conceptual design problems. His teaching activitiesinclude undergraduate Machine Elements (as described in this paper), a graduate class in optimization, and acollaborative Engineering/Art Project class

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance O'Connor; Nghia Le

fromthe University of Louisville. He specializes is instrumentation and controls. He can be reached at: nle1@purdue.edu.TERRENCE P. O’CONNORTerrence P. O’Connor is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology for Purdue University. Heteaches at the New Albany site where he has taught all but one of the courses in the two year degree offered there.He is primarily interested in ELF/ULF signal detection in the area of research, but also has delved into engineeringethics. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he received a B.S. in Engineering Technology. Hereceived his Master of Science degree in Engineering Technology from West Texas State University. He can bereached at: toconnor@purdue.edu. Proceedings of the

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Priya T Goeser, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus; Thomas Murphy, Georgia Southern University

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Diversity

Paper ID #40869An Initial Perspective on the Implementation of an EngineeringAmbassador ProgramDr. Priya T Goeser, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus Priya T. Goeser is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus, Savannah GA. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware and her B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Tech- nology, Chennai, India. Her current research interests are in innovative teaching methods in engineering education. She is the program director for the Eagle Engineering

Conference Session

New ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Computer engineering majors typically have completed a course in C and a secondcourse in C++ in the first two years of study. They are concurrently enrolled in a first course inmicrocontrollers, a course in linear systems, and a programming languages course.EE 356 has no formal lectures and the programming language used is not one which moststudents have encountered in previous courses. We use C# since it readily lends itself tographics and computer hardware and has a structure similar to C.In a typical semester students are assigned seven projects on the first day of class. This allowsabout two weeks to complete each project. Projects have hard deadlines and students notcompleting a project get graded on what they have done at the time of the

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan R. Brown, The Ohio State University; Elvin Beach, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

contextsimproves student learning and engagement and increase retention [1], [2]. Thus, to address theseissues, between the spring 2021 and spring 2022 offerings we redesigned the ModSim sequenceto add several specific connections between the systems studied across the physical labsequences.This work to integrate computational approaches in the materials curriculum is especiallyrelevant to share with other departments across the country given the recent national emphasis,through the Materials Genome Initiative and other programs, in using computational tools toenable rational design of materials [3]. In one example, CALPHAD was applied to design a new,cheaper alloy used to manufacture nickels [4]. Computational tools are crucial towards the goalof inverse

Conference Session

Advancing Online and Hybrid Learning in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mona ElHelbawy, University of Colorado Boulder; eric bogatin, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

cut by half the number of problems assigned in the homework and added twoshort labs each week. Generally, for a 3-credit course, we expect students to work about nine hoursoutside of class studying the textbook and working on homework problems. We decided to dedicatefour of these hours to the new hands-on labs as part of the homework assignments.A course kit containing commonly used elements, such as roles of wire, pliers, solderless breadboard, resistor and capacitor component kits and a small box of electronics components includingOpAmps, transistors, MOSFETs and a 555-timer chip (Lab 11: bonus lab) was built and madeavailable for purchase to students enrolled in the course. Each kit also contained a digital multimeter (DMM). An example of

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Clark Shaver; Crayton Caldwell; Jim Lookadoo

full-time faculty, two adjuncts and approximately 70 enrolledstudents.Students in the EET program are required to take three semesters of core curriculum studies inelectronics engineering technology. The curriculum includes basic concepts relating to AC andDC theory, circuitry and measurement, digital logic concepts and an introduction tosemiconductor devices and applications. After the completion of a ‘core exam’ course, studentsthen take a selection of required upper-division courses within the EET program. Students alsocan select a specialization which includes, Aerospace Electronics, Control Systems, EmbeddedSystems, Telecommunication Electronics, and a customized emphasis. During the senior year,students are required to take a two

Collection

2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Stefan A. Robila

variouseducational modules and activities that were implemented in the curriculum, in an effort to increase thestudent population’s understanding of the security issues in today’s campus.2. Data Breaches and Other Security Incidents in AcademiaUnfortunately, up to this date, no official repository exists detailing the data breaches in colleges anduniversities. While in general, state legislation mandates that the affected parties be informed of thebreach [1], no uniform requirement exists in detailing the number of cases and the exact nature of theincidents. Instead, researchers need to rely on a combination of news reports, press releases and privatecommunications available in various forms and at various levels of detail.However, more or less complete

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Alva L. Couch

occurs in lab exercises or when doinghomework. Why should students come to class?We study a very simple way to improve the value proposition for attending class in an age ofubiquitous information availability on the internet. Rather than being a source of information, aclassroom is conceptualized instead as a social nexus in which valuable social interactions occurbetween professor and students, as well as student-to-student. We reinforce the social value ofthe classroom experience via small changes that are practical to implement in existing courses,improve social immediacy between instructor and students, reinforce course outcomes andobjectives, save instructor time, and generally improve the perceived value of attending class.The value of

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brendan Egan, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Dechant, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Christopher Damm, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

modeled thermodynamically using engineering equation solver (EES) software. Theoptimum operational strategy for each system is then determined by maximizing the internal rateof return from the initial capital investment using an economic model that was created as part ofthis study. The economic model allows for different energy pricing scenarios.BackgroundBuilding as a Power PlantAccording to research, the heating, lighting, and cooling of buildings in the United States requirenearly 40 percent of the energy of the nation1. The US Department of Energy is pursuingadvances in energy efficiency in the building sector as part of the Advanced Building EfficiencyRoadmap. The Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics at Carnegie Mellon University

Conference Session

Encouraging Students to Think Critically

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebekah Oulton PE, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #19052Stimulating Critical Thinking in Engineering StudentsDr. Rebekah Oulton PE, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Rebekah Oulton is an Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She started in Fall of 2013 after completing her PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. She teaches both water resources engineer- ing and environmental engineering, emphasizing water sustainability via wastewater reuse and resource protection. Her primary research focus is advanced treatment methods

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific; Rick Garlikov, Garlikov.Com

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. His research interests are in engineering education, wireless communications, and signal processing.Rick Garlikov, Garlikov.Com Richard Garlikov is an independent self-employed educator, scientist, writer, business consultant, artist and photographer. He lives and works in Birmingham, Alabama. Page 13.486.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Employing Socratic Pedagogy to Improve Engineering Students’ Critical Reasoning Skills: Teaching by Asking Instead of by

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University; Stefan C. Christov, Quinnipiac University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

his Ph.D. from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY.Dr. Stefan C. Christov, Quinnipiac University Stefan Christov holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York, College at Brock- port. He has experience in teaching undergraduate introductory computer science and engineering courses as well as upper-level software engineering courses, including software quality assurance, software project management, and software engineering in health care. His current research interests include improving the quality of human-intensive processes (HIPs), such as medical processes, with a focus on detecting hu

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Jed Marquart, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2010-197: ADDRESSING THIRD WORLD POVERTY IN FIRST-YEARENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROJECTS: INITIAL FINDINGSJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Jimmy Faraon, National University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #9482Cloud Computing: Is it a way to go for academia?Prof. Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University I have a Ph.D. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Engineering, and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. In my capacity as Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Information and Media Systems at the Na- tional University of San Diego, I administer 4 graduate and 4 undergraduate programs. Furthermore, I manage 7 specializations, 2 certification programs, as well as the teaching and scholarship of 14 full-time faculty members (7 Full Professors, 4 Associate Professors, and 3 Assistant Professors) and more than 115

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Rhoads, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Olson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Terry Ballinger, Lansing Catholic High School

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-134: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLSTUDENTS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PORTIONOF MST AT MSUJeffrey Rhoads, Michigan State University Jeffrey F. Rhoads is a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. To date, he has taught in the areas of mechanical engineering analysis and mechanical design. Mr. Rhoads’ research interests include the nonlinear behavior of dynamical systems and the predictive design and analysis of resonant microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). He received his B.S. in 2002 and his M.S. in 2004, both in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University. He is presently

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Gray; Andrew Miller; Francesco Costanzo; Charles Randow

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationinterests of an instructor. The students in the classroom also bring a diversity of experi-ences and learning styles to the student-teacher relationship. Keeping in mind the respon-sibility of both instructors and students to effectively communicate with one another aswell as to adequately prepare for learning outside of the classroom, engineering instruc-tors should be interested in considering different ways of presenting course material. Thework associated with this paper concentrates on using Mathematica, a mathematical com-puter package produced by Wolfram Research, to • present

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Walter F. Deal III, Old Dominion University; Lacides Agustin Osorio, Norfolk Ship Support Activity; Mathew Henderson, Tidewater Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

at shsi- ung@odu.edu.Walter F. Deal, III, Old Dominion University Walter F. Deal, III is an associate professor emeriti and adjunct in the Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies at Old Dominion University. He holds a PhD in Computer and Information Science for NOVA Southeastern University. His teaching responsibilities include electronics, PIC microcontrollers and control technologies, CNC manufacturing and instructional design and technology. His research interests are in electronics, microcontrollers, robotics, and distance learning.Lacides Agustin Osorio, Norfolk Ship Support Activity I immigrated to the United States from Colombia, South America in 1970, and grew up in New York City. I

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hanyak, Bucknell University; Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Science Foundation grant (#9972758, 1999-2004), entitled Combining Faculty Teamwork, Applied Learning Theory, and Information Technology: A Catalyst for Systemic Engineering Education Reform. Courseware and pedagogical developments have been the focal points of his professional career.Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University Timothy M. Raymond is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University since 2002. He received his B.S. from Bucknell University in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002. His teaching and research interests include atmospheric chemistry and physics, aerosol and particle studies, and improving engineering education. He

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tejita Rajbhandari, Gannon University; Mark Blair, Gannon University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Computer and Information Science. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 2000-2004 as intelligence specialist. He graduated from Mercyhurst University earning a BA in Intelligence Studies and Psychology (2008). Additionally, he earned a MS in Software Engineering from Gannon University in 2013. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Historical Mandate for the Open Source CommunityIntroductionMost think of the Open Source Community (OSC) as a venue to get free stuff, but a deepunderstanding is to know its attitude, its ethics, its purpose, and its sharp teeth. The OSC wasborn out of the hacker ethic which holds that the unfettered access to knowledge is a virtue of agood and free society

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Fluids, Heat Transfer

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiyuan Liu, Syracuse University

sensing and mobile heath (mHeath) technology. In 2017, she joined Syracuse University as an assistant teaching professor for a joint position between the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Since 2020, she becomes a full-time assistant teaching professor in the Department Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. As an instructor, she teaches courses at different levels, from first-year undergraduate engineering programming course to graduate level technical elective courses. She particularly interests in improving engineering education through enhancing students learning experience, cultivating an active learning environment and promoting diversity

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephan Durham, University of Colorado at Denver; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Learners–prefer logical reasoning and solving Social Learners–prefer working with other individuals Solitary Learners–prefer working individuallyStudies summarized by P. Rosati have shown engineers to be active, sensing, visual, andsequential learners.2 Rosati recommends improved teaching in engineering related coursesthrough more active, sensing, visual, and global teaching components. In addition, Rosatimentions that the most effective single improvement to engineering related courses is to includepractical laboratory and design applications. Felder and Spurlin report a consistent pattern oflearning style preferences for engineering students.3 In a comprehensive study consisting ofmultiple universities and consecutive

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron K. Bhada; J. Derald Morgan; Abbas Ghassemi

Session 2 2 5 1 Engineering Education by An Application Oriented Design Ron K. Bhada, Abbas Ghassemi, J. Derald Morgan New Mexico State University Waste-management Education & Research ConsortiumIntroduction: Efficient and safe management of a sustainable environment is an increasingly critical national goal. It is a b r o a d i s s u e which c a n n o t b ea d d r e s s e d b y a n y o n e entity a n d r e q u i r e s a multi-disciplinary, multi-organizational a p p r o a c h . In 1990, the U . S . D e p a r t