Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harvey Abramowitz

. H o : σ 12 = σ 22 Eq. 40To find if this is true, the distribution of s12 σ 12 Eq. 41 s22 σ 22is studied. s12 and s22 are the variances for samples 1 and 2. Both of these samples wereindependently and randomly taken from normally distributed populations 1 and 2, havingvariances σ 12 and σ 22 . The sample sizes are n1 and n2, respectively.The random variable F (Eq. 42) follows a distribution known as the F distribution. s12 σ 12 F= 2 2 Eq. 42 s2 σ

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Eric Davishahl; Denny Davis; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

common set ofstandards was critical in the State of Washington, because Washington has a much higherpercentage of students who graduate with a B.S. degree in engineering that have transferred fromcommunity colleges. The national average is 40%8.Design of InstrumentThe Team Design Skills Growth Survey uses the TIDEE elements as categories, and describesseveral components within each of the categories. The language used defines the element bydescribing what is expected rather than describing levels of performance. The first item in eachof the categories in the survey is the basic definition of that element. For example teamwork isdefined as “Individuals participate effectively in groups or teams.” The next items in thatcategory are components (or

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waleed K. Al-Assadi; Scott Smith

and completion components, and a package consisting of various functions to be used in testbenches.Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section conference of the American Society for Engineering Education  8 4. VLSI Course Integration The asynchronous modules and libraries were successfully incorporated into the VLSI design course Fall 2007 and Fall 2008. The CpE 311, Introduction to VLSI design course, is an elective senior/graduate-level course at Missouri University of Science and Technology offered each fall semester. The schedule for the revised VLSI course is shown in Figure 7. This provides the students with approximately 14 weeks

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura A Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11842A Demo Every Day: Bringing Fluid Mechanics to LifeDr. Laura A Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania Dr. Laura Garrison received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas and her M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University. She then worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories and AT&T Federal Systems before deciding to pursue her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at Penn State University in the area of experimental fluid mechanics associated with the artificial heart. After graduating, she worked at Voith Hydro for five years in the area of Computational Fluid Mechanics. For the last

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

AC 2012-4732: ONLINE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGLABORATORY COURSESDr. Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University Yacob Astatke completed both his doctorate of rngineering and B.S.E.E. degrees from Morgan State University (MSU) and his M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a full-time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at MSU since Aug. 1994 and currently serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. He teaches courses in both analog and digital electronic circuit design and instrumentation. Dr. Astatke has more than 10 years of experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous web-based ECE courses in the USA and abroad

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

Thesestudents worked with two science classes at Walker Upper Elementary School inCharlottesville prior to and during the trial of their ETK. The lesson plans included teamactivities and individual assessments. Two students from the Curry School helpeddevelop the final materials for the class. The activities included authentic embeddedassessments for both teams and individuals. The teachers were asked for their comments.And finally team members and an education graduate student observed the class.Solar Car Design – “Ra Power”: Using predetermined supplies, teams design and buildan electric model car powered by energy derived from light. Students learn basicconcepts and principles of mechanical and electrical energy including how to measureeach and how

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Scaroni; David DiBiase; Jonathan Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

energy conservation. The students learned the subject matter throughindividual hands-on projects and peer-to-peer interaction within group projects.Objective of this workThe main objective this work is to study the effect of individual projects and groupprojects on students’ learning. The effectiveness of learning was evaluated based on thestudents’ performance and experiences. The qualitative impact of the projects onstudents’ interest in the subject was also studied.Brief Description and examples of individual projects:Project 1- Effect of acidity on germination of seedsThe objective of this project was to gain hands-on understanding of the effect of acid rainon sprouting of plant seeds. Students are given 50 bean seeds each, to perform

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad L. Hutchings, Brigham Young University; Stephen Schultz, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #18235Project-Based Learning Curriculum for the Junior Year Based on Building aLaser Tag SystemProf. Brad L. Hutchings, Brigham Young University Brad L. Hutchings received the PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Utah in 1992. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University. In 1993, Dr. Hutchings established the Laboratory for Reconfigurable Logic at BYU and currently serves as its head. His research interests are custom computing, embedded systems, FPGA architectures, CAD, and VLSI. He has published numerous papers on

Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bongsu Kang

, while a more rigorous and quantitativetreatment of this subject is left to graduate-level dynamics and vibration courses. Employingrelatively simple mechanical systems, well known nonlinear dynamics phenomena such as thejump phenomenon due to stiffness hardening/softening, self excitation/limit cycle, parametricresonance, irregular motion, and the basic concepts of stability are introduced. In addition, thestudents are introduced to essential analysis techniques such as phase diagrams, Poincaré maps,and nondimensionalization. Equations of motion governing such nonlinear systems arenumerically integrated with the Matlab ODE solvers rather than analytically to ensure that thestudent’s comprehension of the subject is not hindered by mathematics

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jaqueline Oxmara Rojas Robles, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

which is a high-stake design-build-test whose themevaries from term to term. This paper describes three semesters of the course: Term 1 is Fall 2018, 1Term 2 is Spring 2019, and Term 3 is Fall 2019. The course currently underway is Spring 2020and referenced as Term 4.Students are tasked with a design-build-test of a mechanical device for the end-of-term“competition” to showcase their high-stake design project. This class employs a team of 20undergraduate teaching assistants (TAs) to help facilitate various aspects of the course and tostaff the laboratory around the clock during business hours. Two to three graduate TAs are alsoassigned to the course

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Beverly Perna, Tsongas Industrial History Center

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

2006-824: LEARNING THROUGH SERVICE: ANALYSIS OF A FIRST COLLEGEWIDE SERVICE LEARNING COURSEDavid Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell David Kazmer is a Professor in the Department of Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Prior to this position, Dave held various individual contributor and management positions at GE Plastics and Synventive Molding Solutions. He teaches and researches in the area of product design and manufacturing.John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell John Duffy is a Professor in the in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He has an active interest in solar engineering and related technologies

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Amie Baisley, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #29033A Novel Approach to Mastery-Based Assessment in Sophomore-LevelMechanics CoursesProf. Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University Keith D. Hjelmstad is President’s Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University.Amie Baisley, University of Florida Amie Baisley is a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida. Her teaching and research interests are centered around the sophomore level courses that engineering students take and how changes in those courses can impact student learning and retention

Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Michael J McGinnis, University of Texas at Tyler; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. Prior to joining academia, he worked for nearly five years as a project manager and structural analyst for Electric Boar Corporation. Dr. McGin- nis’ research interests include nondestructive evaluation of structures, response of structures to extreme events such as fire and earthquake, and improving undergraduate engineering education. He has published numerous articles concerning the application of digital image correlation, a non-contact photographic method of determining deformations, to study the behavior of unique structures under various loadings. In teaching and mentoring areas, Dr. McGinnis has been recognized by his peers as the

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division: Integrating Design Across the BioE/BME Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Taylor, University of Washington

skills that they will require later in their careersregardless of the particular STEM major they choose to pursue. In the context of bioengineeringapplications, students are introduced to important topics such as the engineering design process,self-directed inquiry, effective scientific communication, creative problem-solving techniques,and teamwork skills.Rationale and Progression. We chose to focus first on implementation in Capstone Design(Spring 2017). Our engagement in a universal design learning community at our institution thequarter prior allowed us to discuss ways to train engineers in universal design and accessibilitytopics with other faculty, staff, and graduate students across the College of Engineering. Inspiredby discussions with

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

. Students have access to the laboratoryoutside of class time during open laboratory hours supervised by graduate students. The textbookused in the course is CCENT Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician study guide ICND1exam by T. Lammle, Sybex Press, 2016. While Cisco based network hardware is used in thelaboratory, students are encouraged to explore several open-source networking tools as part ofclass activities.The course covers the foundations of networking models, cabling, IP addressing, subnetting,network router and switch configuration using the Command Line Interface (CLI), devicemanagement including password reset, network monitoring technologies, physical and virtuallocal area networks, Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Access Control

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Srboljub R. Masala; Kevin W. Biggar; Colin Geissler

anindividual test should not exceed in duration the length of regular laboratory class – 3 hours.However, additional material may be included for students who choose to explore the contentfurther. The total time estimated for students to spend on the virtual experiment was limited toabout 5 to 6 hours. This is what is normally needed to conduct the physical test and to write thelab report.The learners analysis showed a very homogeneous group in terms of age (third year ofundergraduate studies), gender structure (male / female about 60 / 40 %) and attitudes and goals(the course is a compulsory one).The learning task was the most difficult to deal with. We postulated there were two possibleways to develop this courseware. In most general terms: either

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Okere, University of Cincinnati; Chris Souder, M.S.

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

University with specializa- tion in Construction Management. His research focus is in the area of contract administration on heavy civil projects. His teaching areas include 1. introduction to the built environment and construction man- agement, 2. construction materials and methods, 3. construction equipment, 4. building construction cost estimating, 5. heavy civil construction cost estimating, 6. project planning, scheduling, and control, 7. temporary structures, and 8. contract changes and claims management.Mr. Chris Souder, M.S. Chris Souder graduated with an undergraduate degree in Construction Management in 1988 before going to work for Kiewit Pacific Co. in Northern California. Chris had a successful sixteen year

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Course Strategy Panel Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael B. O'Connor P.E., New York University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

, conclusions, and recommendations in this paper are those of the author and notnecessarily of the ASCE.Instructional EnvironmentThe Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Howard University in Washington,D.C., manages a BS in Civil engineering (BSCE) program with a population average of 75students. Howard’s enrollment is approximately 9,700 undergraduate, graduate, and professionalstudents. The engineering economics course is an undergraduate offering offered only once peryear in the spring semester. Its size varies from 15 to 25 students, primarily juniors. The onlypre-requisite is probability and statistics. The class is also offered to other College ofEngineering and Architecture disciplines, mechanical and chemical engineering.Delivery

Conference Session

Assessment & Accreditation in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fong K. Mak, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #15760Integrated FCAR Model with Traditional Rubric-Based Model to EnhanceAutomation of Student Outcomes Evaluation ProcessDr. Fong K. Mak, Gannon University FONG MAK, P.E. received his B.S.E.E. degree from West Virginia University in 1983, M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1986 and 1990. He joined Gannon in 1990. He was the Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Gannon University from 2001 till 2014 and the Program Director for the professional-track Gannon/GE Transportation Embedded System Graduate Program for 2001-2014. He is now the professor of the

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chiu Choi

fortheir future career or graduate study in control engineering.II. Equipment used in the controls laboratory courseIn this section we list the equipment used in the controls laboratory. The purpose is to inform thereaders what equipment was available to the students.There had been eight stations of equipment housed in the controls laboratory. In spring 2004, thelab was moved into a bigger room in the new engineering building. There are now thirteen stationsof equipment in the new laboratory. Each station consists of the following:1. one Feedback Mechanical Unit, model # 33-100 [1]2. one Axiom M68HC912B32 microcontroller evaluation board, model # CME12B/BC [2]3. one Feedback Analog Board, model # 33-110 [1]4. one oscilloscope (either Tiepie

Conference Session

Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

other instructors teaching the course should provide them with additionaltime for other areas: research, committee work, etc.Exam Development Examinations consist of a large percentage of course points and cause the greatestamount of stress in our students. If we can ensure they feel that the examinations are fair, thenwe can decrease stress levels and build positive rapport with them which usually will translateinto greater learning. The first step in creating an effective examination is to determine whatmaterial to test. The place to start is with the course objectives. The course objectives, asdiscussed above, should be relevant and important to the mastery of the course material, andshould be measurable or observable. Properly

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

supplies fit in a box which can be readilyshipped. This allows colleges to borrow, rent, or lease rather than own the equipment.Laboratory procedures and questions can be modified to better suit the needs of either andintroduction to engineering or a technological literacy course for non-engineers. Testing wasbased on subject matter content tests administered to the students before and after completing theprojects. Students completing the projects show statistically significant increases in contentknowledge related to the project topics. A method of assessments is also being explored thatinvolves having each student design and construct his or her own simple version of some of thetechnological devices studied. This work was supported by the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Allen, Bucknell University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

professional programs, there is an increased recognition for the need toprepare professionals who not only have mastered specialized technical knowledge, butalso transcendent skills such as cultural understanding, global awareness, emotionalintelligence, and creative right-brain capabilities—perspectives often at the center ofliberal arts offerings and that could be effectively imparted to students in the professionalprograms through greater integration. For example, in the case of engineering programsin the U.S., graduates with this latter set of skills should be better prepared to compete ina global workforce comprised of engineers educated elsewhere and possessingcomparable levels of technical preparation. Integration of the liberal arts with

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

discussing results or designing solutions. Finally, we believethat the reflective practices that are valuable in any learning environment are especially valuablein situations with the potential for high inner conflict. Thus, conflict is only one of many aspectsof learning.In the next sections, we describe how we structured a software engineering course to facilitatelearning in the face of the types of conflict typical of large team projects.3. The CourseWe applied these models in a 9-week course in software engineering at the junior undergraduatelevel, open only to computer science or computer engineering majors. There were 22 students* –two of them graduate students. Nine were women and thirteen were men. The teaching staffconsisted of one lecturer

Conference Session

COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter L. Schmidt PE, University of Evansville; Philip Andrew Lax, University Of Evansville

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as a research associate and as an instructor at Vanderbilt University. He has also worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana; at Precision Rubber, now part of Parker Hannifin in Lebanon, Tennessee; for CDAI in Atlanta, Georgia and at UTC / Carrier in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Dr. Schmidt is a member of the ASEE and a li- censed professional engineer in Tennessee and Georgia. He is also a member of ASME, ASA and INCE. Dr. Schmidt’s research interests include aeroacoustics and ultrasonics, and has authored several journal and conference papers on these subjects.Mr. Philip Andrew Lax, University Of Evansville Philip Lax is currently a

Conference Session

Experinces in Manufacturing Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #18363Innovative Manufacturing Education Experience for First-Year EngineeringStudents: Using a Seminar Course and Volunteerism to Enhance Manufac-turing SkillsMr. Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Eric Holloway currently serves as the Senior Director of Industry Research in the College of Engineering at Purdue University, where he focuses on industry research in the College of Engineering. From 2007-2013, Eric served as the Managing Director and the Director of Instructional Laboratories in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. As Director, he was in

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Richards

course to another is one of the effects most sought after by educa-tors and one of the most difficult to produce (or at least observe) in our students. Rugarcia,Felder, Woods, and Stice in an excellent article1 on the future of engineering, stress that bothcomponents of engineering education—knowledge and skills—should focus on the big picture.This issue was also discussed in a recent white paper on thermal systems education2.Now recall your first days as a graduate student. As you reviewed notes from a week of classes, itsuddenly dawned on you that you had just spent the entire week developing the same set of equa-tions—possibly the differential form of the conservation equations for mass, energy, and momen-tum—in all your courses. The

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold Evensen, University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Paper ID #36775Specifications Grading in General Physics and EngineeringPhysics CoursesHarold T. Evensen (Professor of Engineering Physics) Hal Evensen has been a Professor of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville since 1999, where he has led ABET accreditation efforts and served as Program Coordinator. His research interests always involve students and range from carbon nanotube electronics and nanopatterned graphene to automated control of grazing dairy herds. He enjoys teaching courses in Sensors and Electric & Magnetic Fields, and has developed a new, project-based course for first

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Torrey; James Hertel; Douglas Oppliger; Gretchen Hein; Glen Archer; Jason Keith

was beneficial. Thereason become more clear when the students were asked to solve this problem using aspreadsheet in the next class session.During the next class period, students were introduced to using spreadsheets as an engineeringtool. The material balance problem was revisited in a three part spreadsheet assignment. Appen-dix A contains the spreadsheet assignment description.In the first part of the analysis, student teams completed a study of how much fruit and sugarwere required to make 1 lb of jam for different kinds of fruit (strawberry, raspberry, apricot andapple). After the spreadsheet portion was completed, they had to answer questions that requiredthem to consider the reason behind their answers.In the second part of the

Conference Session

Using a Real-Options Analysis Tutorial in Teaching Undergraduate Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. White Jr., University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

elective for industrial engineering majors andis occasionally taken by graduate students. The prerequisite for AdvEngEcon is EngEcon. As such,several students are juniors, but the majority are seniors.As taught for many years, AdvEngEcon typically began with a review of material covered inEngEcon: annual worth, future worth, present worth, and rate of return methods of comparingmutually exclusive investment alternatives, after-tax comparison of investment alternatives underinflationary conditions; and replacement analysis. Additional material in AdvEngEcon included: costestimation; capital planning and budgeting; break-even, sensitivity, and risk analysis; decisionanalysis; analytic hierarchy process; and real options. The textbook adopted for the