Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Cultural Perspectives

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Biewenga, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University; Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University; David Owuor Gicharu, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center; Gladys Jeptoo Kerebey, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center

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International Division (INTL)

education from Stanford University.Dr. Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University Kirsten Davis is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research explores the intentional design and assessment of global engineering programs, student development through experiential learning, and approaches for teaching and assessing systems thinking skills. Kirsten holds a B.S. in Engineering & Management from Clarkson University and an M.A.Ed. in Higher Education, M.S. in Systems Engineering, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Virginia Tech.David Owuor Gicharu, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center David Owuor Gicharu is the Head of Department (HOD) for welding and

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

SAGNIK NATH, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Background and Related WorkIn computer science, assembly language programming extends beyond its immediate practicalities, suchas direct hardware manipulation and optimized performance. When students juxtapose high-levelprogramming with assembly, they deepen their understanding of how abstract data types, like linked listsor queues, materialize at the machine level. For instance, the direct interaction with memory addresses inassembly language provides a tangible grasp of pointers, often considered abstract in high-levellanguages [1]. Assembly language also exposes students to crucial engineering trade-offs, such asbalancing code efficiency with maintainability [1]. Additionally, its understanding is indispensable foradvanced topics, including

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Zilouchian

-computing laboratory available to thestudents in these disciplines at Florida Atlantic University.The connection between theory and practice has always been one of the most difficult lessons toteach in engineering. This problem is particularly accentuated in control theory where there is ahigh level of abstraction. The proposed project is intended to substantially improve the capabilityof undergraduate instruction related to recent trends and developments in intelligent controltechnology. The developed laboratory is utilized to supplement an introductory intelligent systemcourse as well as four other courses. In addition, the new laboratory provides a vehicle for thedevelopment of intelligent Systems projects for EE and CE and ME students. The

Conference Session

Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David I. Spang, Burlington County College

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Two Year College Division

to define outcomes for eachcourse in a specific category, which can then be supported by measuring predetermined learningoutcomes. Program-specific courses, i.e. those imparting skills and competencies relating to aparticular major such as Electronics Engineering Technology or Computer Servicing andNetworking for example, also have learning outcomes that can then be assessed in a similarmanner. Page 24.345.6AccreditationCurricula are maintained and improved through a variety of activities, chief amongst them beingthrough meeting accreditation requirements. Both regional and program-specific accreditationbodies set forth requirements in which

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Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

, andthe assignment of values to variables in computer programming. The concept of informationencoding is also invaluable in communications. The ability to move between levels and types ofabstractions is valuable in all fields of engineering, but is particularly valuable in the design oflarge computer programs. By emphasizing a conceptual framework in our instruction, we can also better preparestudents for future learning. By illustrating and emphasizing the interconnectedness of conceptsin digital logic, we can help students look for these similarly complex webs of knowledge inother disciplines.5.2 Benefits to instructors Digital logic, like many engineering and science courses, is susceptible to “content creep”as each advance in

Conference Session

Faculty Development I: Attitudes Towards Teaching

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Kari L. Jordan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Aeronautical University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Balancing the Influence of Driving and Restricting Factors to Use Active LearningAbstractSeveral change models have stages where faculty decide to adopt, persist, or abandon usingalternative teaching approaches. While there have been several studies that identified keybarriers and driving factors to implement evidence-based practices, there has been little focus onexploring the relational balance between these factors. Therefore, this study examines thefollowing research questions: 1) How do faculty perceive the balance between driving andrestricting factors to implement active learning? 2) What professional

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Selahattin Ozcelik, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Nuri Yilmazer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Electrical and Computer

Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas. His current research interests include adaptive array processing, signal processing, and smart antennas.Prof. Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Reza Nekovei is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Texas A&M Univer- sity, Kingsville. He has many years of experience in developing graduate and undergraduate programs. Nekovei is currently co-PI for two NSF projects related to teaching by design research and development, one in nanotechnology (NSF-NUE), and another in robotics (NSF-CCLI). He was a senior Fulbright grantee at Bucharest Polytechnic University

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division - Workforce Development and Curricular Innovations

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

C. R. Hasbrouck, Pennsylvania State University; Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University Erie, The Behrend College

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Manufacturing

results from the survey is given aswell as a summary of the most beneficial methods for developing a strong, successful foundryinternship program. While the influencing factors were not ranked by respondents, notablefavorable practices reported by both hiring managers and student interns included providinghousing or a stipend for housing, employee-intern mentorship, hands-on work, progress reports,competitive pay, networking and social opportunities, and opportunities for rehire. Although thisstudy focused on surveying four-year university engineering students, the survey may also beapplied to two-year technical programs in the future.IntroductionDuring and in the decades immediately following World War II, the United States of Americahad a great

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

such a simple experiment? At first glance it appears to be a relativelysimple exercise and in a typical embedded computing course it might be left at that9. Howeverwe can expand upon how the experiment is approached to elicit deeper understanding, not onlywithin embedded computing, but across the general body of knowledge required to be aneffective engineer. From the standpoint of embedded programming, the students learn how tomanipulate timer subsystems to best advantage, minimizing the overall load on the processor.Also, the impact of how PWM frequency affects processor resources and flexibility ofprogramming approaches is considered. However, we also relate this to concepts from basiccircuits and electronics. The students observe that the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

plans to support all areas of learning.D. NSF Grant SupportThe senior design projects proposed by the students in ECE 571 – Introduction to BiomedicalEngineering (i.e., the projects that are the subject of this paper) relate thematically to, andinform, two efforts supported by the National Science Foundation’s General and Age-RelatedDisabilities Engineering (GARDE) program: 1. CBET–1067740: “KSU Student Chapter of the IEEE EMBS as a Focal Point for Senior Design Projects to Aid Children with Disabilities,” which provides equipment and materials funding for senior design projects, where the Heartspring residential population serves as a primary means to focus these design ideas. 2. UNS–1512564: “GARDE: Research to

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Davis; Melissa Dark

engineering topics. Educatorsand practitioners from related disciplines are engaged in t he project, and content from those disciplines will be Page 8.355.1included in as the work progresses. 1knowledge. The demand for Information Technology (IT) professionals stemming from turnoverplus growth has been pegged in various references at around 600,000 open positions per year (3).While IT is of course broader than IA, it is generally believed that IA positions comprise a largepercentage of the IT shortfall. There is an urgent need to significantly increase the number ofgraduates who are

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, ​ Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics National Zoological Park

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Diversity, International Forum

for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) for the 12 institutions in the University System of Maryland, and Co-PI Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate at UMBC. Dr. Tull has worked with thousands of students from Alaska to Puerto Rico, and in Latin America through graduate school preparation workshops that have been sponsored by The National GEM Consortium, National Society of Black Engineers, Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Chicano, and Native American Scientists, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and the Alliance/Merck Ciencia Hispanic Scholars Program. She has presented workshops on graduate school

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mona Azarbayjani, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Curriculum and Lab Development

and engineering students.The activities offered throughout the course of the Solar Decathlon project to engage studentswere organized in parallel to the phases of the project: 1. Schematic Design, 2. Design Development, Page 20.7.6 3. Construction, and 4. Competition.Three newly developed courses related to the Solar Decathlon project were offered for credit tothe engineering students: 1. An interdisciplinary seminar course – Solar Decathlon Schematic Design Phase, 2. An engineering “special topic” course – Solar Decathlon Design Development Phase, 3. An engineering “special topic” course – Solar Decathlon Construction

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

educationalattainment as well as related benefits of social mobility and economic security (Mullin, 2013).Meanwhile, many students still need to work part-time in long semesters and full-time insummer to support their study and living. The comparison between income and expense forcommunity college students is indicated in Fig. 6 below. Fig. 6. Income and Expense for Community College Students (Baum, 2013) In order to take advantage of the great pool of community students, universities may need toinvestigate more approaches to strengthen the connections with neighbouring communitycolleges. From the author's perspective, Engineering Technology (ET) is designed to providecollege-educated technologists who can apply engineering principles and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

arts apart from engineering design education. The critiqueis discussed briefly here but will be discussed in more detail in the next section. Acritique may take place in every studio period or once a week or only every two weeksdepending on the magnitude of the project. Two or three critiques may be associatedwith a given project, so the timing of the critiques is related to the timing of the project.The idea of seeking help from peers and teachers is not new to engineering students andin fact is, unfortunately, all too common in an undergraduate engineering laboratorysection when most of the students come unprepared. However, what is new is thesharing of ideas, the unrequested advice, and the dreaded (for the engineering students)critique

Conference Session

New Instrumentation Ideas

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Dayvon Green, Morgan State University

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Instrumentation

) experiential learning and research project for anundergraduate engineering student. Preliminary tests were done with the platform for recordingdata from the Assateague (Maryland) and Chincoteague (Virginia) Bays of the DelmarvaPeninsula in areas where seagrass ecosystems are impacted by increased eutrophic conditions.The faculty members in the department of Natural Sciences and Engineering programs at theUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) collaborated to initiate this effort in the summer.They have integrated project assignments related to enhancement, data collection, and dataanalysis utilizing the multi-sensor platform in Marine Botany and Instrumentation coursesoffered in the fall to undergraduate students in the environmental sciences and

Conference Session

LEES 6: Writing & Communication

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Stella, IUPUI; Steven Higbee, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Sharon Miller, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

years working as a software engineer and consultant in MN before moving to the east coast of the US and beginning her graduate-level education. Her MA degree was in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, and her doctoral work was in Special Education at George Washington University in Washington DC. She completed additional graduate work at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore MD, which has been particularly influential to her teaching style and her philosophy as an educa- tor. The program was called The Mind, Brain, and Teaching, and it focused on applying research from the fields of cognitive science, developmental science, neurology, and neuroscience to education practices in grades K-16. Ms Stella’s research

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and Industry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Mike Stine Jr.; Douglas Brian Forbes, Lockheed Martin; Benjamin Cohen; Ryan Buckley

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Manufacturing

Toyota Motor Corporation as a quality assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical en- gineering from MST in 1999 while he worked as a quality engineer for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri. His first teaching position was at the architectural and manufacturing sciences department of Western Kentucky University. He was a faculty at Trine University teaching mainly graduate courses as well as undergraduate courses in engineering technology and mechanical engineering departments. He is currently teaching in Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University. His area of expertise is in CAD/CAM, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining, rapid prototyping

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Ray Floyd

cells to determine theeffectiveness of that source and the practical application of a combination of wind and solarpower for future use. The project enables pre-engineering and computer engineering students anopportunity for installation, maintenance, data gathering, and analysis during their first two yearsof engineering studies.Introduction The Science and Math (S&M) Department at xxxxxxxxx College is a typical two-yearcommunity college having pre-engineering classes such as Calculus, Statics, Dynamics, Strengthof Materials, Chemistry, Physics, and other early engineering offerings. With current interests inrenewable energy sources, the S&M Department decided that some additional emphasis on suchalternate power generation

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

N. Yu; Peter K. Liaw

. Page 3.135.4 It is noted that the hypermedia courseware is accessible to all students and professionalshaving Internet access to WWW and is registered with several top search engines on WWW.The dissemination of the results of the present efforts is apparently widespread.Other MeritsInterdisciplinary Approach The development of new engineering materials, such as ceramic-matrix composites,involves several technologically important aspects: materials design, processing,characterization, and simulation/modeling, all of which are inter-related. Proper processingtechniques may need to be developed for fabricating materials designed for specific technicalneeds. Newly developed materials need to be systematically characterized to

Conference Session

Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences; Tiffany Berry, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

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Biomedical

AC 2011-1920: COMPREHENSIVE TEACHING OF MEDICAL DEVICESGail Baura, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences ProfessorTiffany Berry, PhD, Claremont Graduate University Page 22.359.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 COMPREHENSIVE TEACHING OF MEDICAL DEVICESIntroductionMany undergraduate bioengineering programs state on their websites that they are training theirgraduates to enter the medical device industry. However, most curricula contain little directmedical device content. When medical devices are discussed, the devices are electrical devices,which are taught within the context of a

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Todd W Polk, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas

of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes re-source sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. Upon joining UTD in 2012, he developed the capstone design course sequence in the newly-formed mechanical engineering department and has been responsible for teaching it since. In 2017, he was a recipient of a University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. His professional interests are in the areas of engineering education, fluid mechanics, and thermal science. Robert is an active member of ASEE and the Capstone

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

John Mirth

by categorizingthe questions according to various program goals. The format also allows for qualitativeassessment with the ability to examine the depth of thought related to the questions andanswers. The result is that the format can give the instructor an informative “snapshot” of thecourse effectiveness in making students consider multiple issues and objectives. The following sections describe the reporting format and results in more detail. The firstsection details the reporting format and the corresponding course environment. The results ofthe study are then examined from an assessment perspective. Finally, some conclusions arepresented along with recommendations for future implementation of the method.Course Environment and Reporting

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

used in the pharmaceutical sciences,to teach engineering principles. Material from the seven modules is being integrated verticallyinto the curriculum beginning with the Freshman Clinic, then fundamental Engineering courses,followed by Junior-Senior Clinic research projects, and finally advanced level electives onpharmaceutical topics. At the freshman level, students are engaged in the scientific discoveryprocess with exciting hands-on analysis of commercial drug delivery systems. In more advancedcourses, students design and formulate drug delivery systems and investigate the variablesaffecting their behavior. The Junior/Senior Clinic provides an opportunity for students toperform research projects related to drug delivery in a

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Hartley T. Grandin, Hartley T. Grandin,; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

governing the physics of the topic. The ability to define a problem’s physical model and to construct the corresponding mathematical formulation of the model should reflect this understanding. Having written the governing equations, any convenient mechanism may be employed to execute a numerical solution.2. Engineering Tools. The students gain a working familiarity with one or more of the available equation solving programs, and it is stressed that the programs, as well as the general approach to problem solving, has a carryover to their other courses. A symbolic formulation can be naturally and easily solved with the modern engineering tools such as Mathcad, MATLAB™ and TK Solver. Furthermore, these engineering tools reduce to

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 2 Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Gabriella Santi, Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University; Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Lu Zhang, Florida International University

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Moss School of Construction Management, researching var- ious topics related to sustainability in third world countries, robotic implementation in the construction industry and aiding STEM majors to improve their professional skills.Mr. Piyush Pradhananga, Piyush grew up in Kathmandu, Nepal. Following college graduation in 2016 from Tribhuwan University (TU) in Kathmandu, he worked for the leading real estate corporation of Nepal in a project worth over ten million USD. He then joined a Research firm based on London where he worked as Engineering Graduate Researcher. Piyush now is a Second-year Ph.D. student at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University; Di Ma, University of Michigan - Dearborn

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Computing & Information Technology

, access control, and secure protocols. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Mobile Computing and Security Laboratory Development with Flip TeachingAbstract Android has reached over 1 million devices and occupies 85% of the market in 2014, according to a recent market report. Due to many advantages of the Android platform, such as open source, Google support, advanced software programmable framework in popular programming language Java, Android has been and will remain as the most popular mobile device operating system in market. Due to large popularity of user markets, research study of mobile computing is raising to a challenge level. In

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard A. Canistraro

with the specified values provided by themanufacturer. Again, the program MathCAD is used to ease in calculations.Finally, the topic of keyways and splines can be explored since most every pinion or gear shaft isconnected using one of these mechanisms. For the John Deere gear box, a Woodruff key hasbeen used on both of the shafts. The students inspect the key system, conduct dimensionalmeasurements and compute the capacity of the key. These results are then compared with thespecified input torque provided by the manufacturer.Use of Software:By employing the ever expanding power of PC based mathematical software packages, today’sstudents can explore many sophisticated relations with relative ease. The program MathCADhas proven to be quite

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

David A Trevas, Northern Arizona University; John T. Tester, Northern Arizona University

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

Paper ID #27892Improving Machine Design Instruction by Developing Computational DesignToolsDr. David A Trevas, Northern Arizona University Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University, 2016-present. Visiting Assistant Professor in Engineering at the University of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio, Texas), 2015-16. Held various positions in mechanical engineering and computer programming at Exxon Production Research, University of Texas Medical School, Halliburton, Baker-Hughes, GE Oil & Gas, and Cooper Power Sys- tems.Dr. John T. Tester, Northern Arizona University Dr. John Tester is a Professor in

Conference Session

Learning Environments for Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Brian Dittenber, LeTourneau University; Allyson Jo Barlow, Oregon State University

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Mechanics

agree that extending the methods and opportunities of engineeringeducation to as many potential students as possible is a worthy pursuit. Further drivers fordeveloping online engineering courses include the needs to fill under-populated classes, toextend offerings of over-populated classes, to provide flexibility for educators, to serve studentsoperating on difficult schedules, to promote lifelong learning, to control costs, and to reach abroader population of learners [4]. Despite these motivating factors, the adoption of qualityonline courses and programs in engineering has been slow. The challenge, therefore, does notseem to be a lack of interest or viable market, but is instead a more complex mix of factorsinvolving translating the material