Conference Session

Engaging Ethics in Teams and Communities

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Johnston W. Peeples, The Citadel

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Engineering Ethics

Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Bower’s research into teaching and learning forces on improving active learning environments and the development of principled leaders attributes in engineering students.Prof. Johnston W. Peeples, The Citadel John Peeples graduated with a BSEE from The Citadel, and after a tour in the USAF completed his MSEE and PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. After 25 years in the computer industry he returned to his alma mater as a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Depart- ment. John completed 12 years of service as department head in 2015. He is the senior

Conference Session

Strategies for Effective Education in Manufacturing

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

. Current interests include bone tissue mechanics, engineering pedagogy, and robotic football. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Improving Student Engagement in a Senior-level Manufacturing Course for Mechanical Engineering StudentsIntroduction:The mechanical engineering curriculum prepares students for employment in a broad range ofindustries [1]. In the Midwest, many graduating mechanical engineering students will findemployment in manufacturing-related fields. This is especially true in Ohio, where 17.8% of thetotal gross state product is accounted for by over 12,000 manufacturing firms [2]. For this reason,manufacturing courses play an important role in preparing mechanical

Conference Session

FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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ASEE Headquarters

, computer-aided design, kinematics and dynamics of machinery, and manufacturing science. He received his BSME from Ohio Northern University and a Ph.D in Bioengineering from the University of Notre Dame. Current interests include bone tissue mechanics, engineering pedagogy, and robotic football. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Improving Student Engagement in a Senior-level Manufacturing Course for Mechanical Engineering StudentsIntroduction:The mechanical engineering curriculum prepares students for employment in a broad range ofindustries [1]. In the Midwest, many graduating mechanical engineering students will findemployment in manufacturing-related fields. This is

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3: Veterans in the Lab Environment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Thad B. Welch, Boise State University; Harish Subbaraman, Boise State University; Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming

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Military and Veterans

primarily tasked with T&ME repair and calibration instead oflaboratory support and instruction.These issues combined to create a significant problem for the ECE curriculum. Specifically, thefour-semester circuit/lab intensive sequence represents half of the required course sequence, aswell as providing the basis for the two-semester senior design capstone sequence.BackgroundIn [1], Rabb, et al., introduced the idea of using veterans in leadership roles in the classroom.This reference emphasized the leadership capabilities of veterans and how they could fulfil asignificant role in facilitating organizational activities and eventual success.To address the T&ME problem and build upon the ideas put forward in [1], a current engineeringstudent

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Douglas Bohl

Use of Flow Visualization Projects to Personalize Introductory Fluid Mechanics For StudentsDouglas BohlDepartment of Mechanical and Aeronautical EngineeringClarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY 13676Introduction Introductory Fluid Dynamics classes are often viewed by engineering students as one ofthe most challenging courses in the curriculum. The course is content heavy with a strongreliance on complicated equations which can make the material appear dry and distant to manystudents. Beyond that, introductory fluids is a required course for many engineering disciplinesand has a wide range of student interest levels. At Clarkson University the introductory fluidmechanics class includes students from the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute; Wilbur Dale, Virginia Military Institute; Isaac Putnam, Virginia Military Institute

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1139: ELECTRONS, HOLES, AND THE HALL EFFECTJ. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute J. Shawn Addington is the Jamison-Payne Institute Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Virginia Military Institute. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He teaches courses, laboratories, and undergraduate research projects in the microelectronics and semiconductor fabrication areas; and, he remains active in curriculum development and engineering assessment. He is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is a member of ASEE

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Shayevich, Pima Community College; Jeff Goldberg, University of Arizona; Judy Edson, University of Arizona

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Two Year College Division

track.Comparing the Student Populations at PCC and UAA survey was developed and administered to better understand the population of PCCengineering students, and compare them with native UA engineering students in the similarcourses. The survey helped to reveal the diversity of undergraduate engineering students andgave some insight in students’ perception of engineering programs in UA and Pima CC.The survey included transfer students characteristics in following areas: • demographics including age, gender, work and family commitments; • high school location and year of graduation; • academic plans including choice of major and expected bachelor degree completion; • student opinions on quality of instruction at PCC; • reasons for

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kara Harris, College of Technology - Purdue University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

curriculum. However, the profession has made only limitedefforts at recruiting students into technology education teacher preparation programs.”(p. 58) This lack of effort and collaboration could be due to confusion as to who’sresponsibility it is to recruit these teachers. According to Starkweather, (1999) It is difficult to get everyone in our field to understand that the critical shortage of teachers is a problem for all of us. Classroom teachers often think that the problem is for universities and many university personnel are not willing to put forth the effort required to recruit a sufficient number of prospective teachers. There are many other perspectives on the issue. The bottom line is that recruitment

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; Sanjay Rebello, Kansas State University; Carlos Wexler, University of Missouri; Zdeslav Hrepic, Fort Hays State University; Gregory Triplett, University of Missouri

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Educational Research and Methods

University of Missouri, he has taught courses ranging from introductory physics for non-majors to advanced graduate courses in quantum many-body theory. He is particularly interested in methods that improve structural understanding of science ("expert learning methods") and on making students take an active role in their own education.Zdeslav Hrepic, Fort Hays State University Dr. Zdeslav Hrepic is Assistant Professor of Physics at Fort Hays State University and teaches physics and science teaching methods courses. He has been in the present position since earning his doctorate in Curriculum & Instruction from Kansas State University in 2004. Before the graduate study he was teaching Physics

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honghui Yu, The City College of New York; Feridun Delale, The City College of New York

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Mechanics

for the course and instructor evaluation, student feedbackappears to be very positive. Introduction Mechanics of Materials (MoM) is the first course in solid mechanics, which coversstress, deformation and strength of simple shaped members, and their applications.Topics include concepts of stress and strain, uni-axial loading, torsion, beam bending,column buckling and stress/strain transformation, etc. As a mandatory course, it has farreaching effects in students’ future learning and career development. Since the introduction of Timoshenko’s book, [1] Strength of Materials, the subject Page 11.839.2has become

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; A. Anil Kumar, Prairie View A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 23.811.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Introduce Computer Engineering to Middle School Students through a Science ProjectAbstractComputer Engineering is a relative new program among all the engineering programs. With thefast developing pace of computer industry, people with Computer Engineering skills are of highdemand. But because it is new and mainly hidden behind Computer Science, or ElectricalEngineering programs in major choices, not very much students realize the beauty of it. In thispaper, the authors, who are university professors, share the experiences of supporting a localmiddle school’s science project, and at the meanwhile introduce Computer

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blace Albert; Wayne Whiteman

multidisciplinaryprojects at universities has grown considerably in the past 10-15 years in order to better trainstudents for life as a practicing engineer. Why then should not the curriculum conform tosupport this? Second, the trend of integrated curricula has already begun in other areas. Thermalsciences, for example, is already heading in this direction. This is evidenced by the advent ofnew texts such as Çengel and Turner’s Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Schiences2 or Moran,Dewitt, Shapiro, and Munson’s Introduction to Thermal Systems Engineering: Thermodynamics,Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer3. This is a good trend, as it encourages students to thinkfrom a more global perspective, thus making them more creative and efficient problem solvers.The topics of

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Franzone

tested with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0/7.0 and is intended toprovide console-mode support for Win32 console-mode applications developed in MicrosoftVisual C++ 6.0/7.0 and run on Windows 98/XP.CCL2 is currently used in the C++ programming curriculum in the Computer EngineeringTechnology Department at the University of Memphis. The class library is used to introducestudents to multiple source files, basic object-oriented terminology and concepts, and ready-to-use class methods that improve and embellish Win32 console-mode application development.Because CCL2 can “supercharge” console-mode applications, it is a good choice for thoseinstructors who wish to teach basic C/C++ programming concepts and techniques within aconsole-mode application

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cairns; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

school.Also, it should give students a glimpse of the abstract structure of mathematics, the true “beauty”of mathematics that some of us don’t encounter until well into graduate study.In 2002 we developed a curriculum that worked well. Our focus was the study of cryptography.Students only needed basic Algebra, and yet we were able to study the integers modulo n, primenumbers, and some simple number theoretic results. We taught the students to programencryption and decryption schemes in Logo, an inexpensive, interactive language readilyavailable to students at home. A history professor joined the academy faculty to discuss some ofthe history of World War II and women's roles in cryptology to give a historical context to theabstract mathematics. We

Conference Session

FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Y. Santiago, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

2.71 2.1 money in another discipline. Too much effort required when I am 2.69 13.6 uncertain about what I want to do. Engineering majors offered 2.82 22.5 do not match my interests. I have a job and the 2.45 1.3 curriculum is too

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George M. Graham P.E., Chattanooga State Community College; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University

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Manufacturing

a more active learning environment where student engagement is increasedand where the instructor may immediately evaluate the comprehension of specific concepts inreal-time and immediately discuss any misconceptions which are discovered with the classresulting in an ideal formative assessment tool. This technical paper reports the findingscollected from various manufacturing technology courses which intensively used clickers as anassessment tool.Keywords: formative assessment, summative assessment, clickers, classroom response devices,active learning, manufacturing, engineering technology, industrial technologyIntroductionThe curriculum in the Manufacturing & Industrial Technology (MIT) program at TennesseeTechnological University (TTU

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Christopher F. Thompson S.M.ASCE, Salt Lake Community College

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International

/ environmental engineering as his academic program and field of study, as a way to grow within my al- ready existing career field. For the past six years, he has worked in the civil engineering profession as a Designer/Draftsman. He has worked closely with civil, environmental, and structural engineers on a daily basis; for him, becoming a Civil Engineer was his next logical career progression. Over the past few years, he has come to realize that he is limiting his potential by remaining a simple Draftsman. He has slowly, over time, developed his mind to work in a critical thinking environment, much like a Civil Engineer must do every day. He has become familiar with civil engineering, and engineering in gen- eral

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; R. Eugene Stuffle, Idaho State University; Wei Pan, Idaho State University; Steven Grant Maclure, Idaho State University

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Computing & Information Technology

), 20133-2014. He is IEEE Education Society Membership Development Chair and Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award Chair. Professor Mousavinezhad received Michigan State University ECE Department’s Distinguished Alumni Award, May 2009, ASEE ECE Division’s 2007 Meritorious Service Award, ASEE/NCS Distinguished Service Award, April 6, 2002, for significant and sustained leadership. In 1994 he received ASEE Zone II Outstanding Campus Representative Award. He is also a Senior Mem- ber of IEEE, has been a reviewer for IEEE Transactions including the Transactions on Education. His teaching and research interests include digital signal processing (DSP) and Bioelectromagnetics. He has been a reviewer for engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Khaled Mansy

, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement-Adaptation and Implementation. This newlaboratory will help integrate the engineering of daylighting systems into the school’scurriculum, with the anticipation that this will nurture the scientific background and design skillsof undergraduate students. The secondary mission of the laboratory is to disseminate the sameknowledge and/or skills between graduate students, faculty, and practicing professionals. Thelaboratory will also be an effective venue to integrate teaching and research.1. Design of Daylighting Systems in BuildingsIntegration between daylighting and electric lighting systems in commercial buildings may resultin a significant reduction in the annual energy consumption and operating cost. Indeed

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ressler Stephen; Estes Allen; Karl Meyer; Matthew Morris

, waste disposal, munitions storage,organizational shops, roads, and so on. The process involves the translation of concepts andrequirements into an actual plan with specific facility, utility, and labor force requirements. Agood base camp design plan minimizes the construction necessary by making the maximum useof existing facilities and utilities.The purpose of this paper is to describe an embedded assessment technique used in CE450during the fall semester of Academic Year 2004-2005. CE450 serves as the final andculminating course in the civil engineering three-course sequence taken by students who are notmajoring in engineering. It is one of seven different three-course sequences, which constitute aportion of the Academy’s core curriculum, and

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

Session 1725 Integration of design in the engineering core: Teaching engineering science courses with design in mind. Josué Njock Libii Engineering Department Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805-1499 USAFor more than twelve years, design has been successfully integrated into two, erstwhile, lecturecourses in the ME curriculum of Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. The coursesare Fluid Mechanics (a required course) and Vibration Analysis (a technical elective

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

transient heat conduction, the alum may only recall using dimensionlessnumbers with different characteristic length, but not why the problems weresolved in that manner. The essentials of engineering education include the abilityto make informed modeling decisions during problem solving. To this end,several flowcharts and decision trees have been designed to clarify theseconcepts to the students with regards to these to topics.Thermodynamic Property EvaluationStudents need to begin to formulate decisions on modeling very early in theirengineering curriculum. Thermodynamics, taken in either the sophomore orjunior year, is probably the first course for many students where these decisionsare expected to be made by the individual and probably one of the

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

to correlate and interpret. Through the technique of dimensional analysis,the problem can be reduced from one involving seven parameters to one involving threedimensionless groups, one group of which contains the dependent parameter. Byreducing the number of variables in the problem from seven to three, the necessaryexperimental work is greatly reduced, and correlation of the experimental data is greatlyfacilitated.In the mechanical engineering curriculum, dimensional analysis is typically taught in thefluid mechanics and heat transfer lecture courses, where the Buckingham-Pi theorem isused to determine the appropriate dimensionless groups for a given problem. [1, 2, 3].The procedure used for determining the dimensionless groups is generally

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

. University. He is actively engaged in curriculum development for engineering andtechnological education. He has written and co-authored several case studies. He is also conducting research in the Page 9.315.7area of mass spectrometry, power electronics, instrumentation, and lasers. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education Page 9.315.8Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

distance learning courses.Additionally, the self taught and imbedded grading is helpful in testing proficiency fordifferent constituencies. One constituency is graduate engineers who are the “product” ofan engineering curriculum. Knowing what graduate engineers know is helpful in settingthe goals / competencies for Engineering Economics.Bibliography1) Merino, D.N. (June 16, 1989).“Effectiveness of Computer Based Problem Solving in Teaching Engineering Economics”, ASEEConference Proceedings, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Session 1639, pg. 293-295;refereed paper.2) McNaught, Carmel; Grant, Heather; Fritze, Paul; Barton, Janet; McTigue, Peter; Prosser, Robert (1995,November).“The Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Learning in

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure & Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Loveland; Wade Richards; Sue Clark; Steven Reese; Stephen Binney; Kathryn Higley; John Bennion; Edward Morse; James Elliston

"grow their own" graduate levelradiochemists from their present employees. The long-term plan for graduate radiochemistryinstruction will focus on providing on-site instruction along with web-based/distance educationprograms for students at national laboratories and in the nuclear industry.This effort has begun by adding a new multidisciplinary (two college, four department)radiochemistry class to be offered for the first time in Spring 2003. A Research AssistantProfessor of Radiochemistry is being hiring to assist in teaching this class and to carry out thedevelopment of OSU’s "outreach curriculum" in radiochemistry. He/she will be expected toinitiate and maintain a radiochemistry research program as well. New radiochemistryinstrumentation is

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Beltz; Marie Dahleh

include Statics, Dynamics, and Strength of Materialsin the Summer since they are pivotal courses in our curriculum. Our study targets the Staticscourse and addresses whether the concentration of material into a six-week session affectsstudents’ ability to achieve the desired learning outcomes. We have constructed an assessmentprogram that consists of student focus groups, student surveys, an analysis of the performanceand retention of students subsequent to taking Statics, and a standardized quiz administered tostudents approximately two years after taking the course. In this contribution, we discuss theassessment instruments in detail and our evaluation results to date. We have analyzed data fromthree ten-week offerings of Statics and three six

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill

techniques. This hasprovided academic institutions with the much-needed opportunity to reach remote audiences withtheir program offerings. Many educational institutions have become engaged in delivering theirtechnical courses to remote locations within the country in order to try to meet the high demandfor graduates. This paper will discuss the efforts undertaken at Florida A&M University (FAMU) todeliver the upper division courses of its Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) curriculum toits satellite campuses within the state of Florida. The preferred means of delivering its technicalcourses that has been chosen by FAMU is through the use of compressed video with tapedbackup in an interactive instructional setting. A review of

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jitendra Tate; Ronnie Bolick; Ajit Kelkar

Session 2003-1482INTRODUCTION TO LOW COST MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate and Ron Bolick Department of Mechanical Engineering North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411 kelkar@ncat.eduINTRODUCTION: This new laboratory experiment in MEEN 300 Experimental Methods in Engineering inundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum, presents new low cost fabrication processknown as Vacuum Assisted resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) to manufacture compositelaminates. This experiment

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Bishop; Gary Lewandowski; Joel Fried; Carla Purdy; Anant Kukreti

. Currently there is increased emphasis throughout the engineering field on encouraging more active learning activities in the classroom. In addition, new ABET evaluation criteria8 place more responsibility on engineering faculty to become involved in course development and evaluation. In an engineering PFF program, these trends in engineering education can be addressed more thoroughly than in a general university-wide program. Other current trends, such as a focus on introducing engineering to K-12 students, can also be addressed in the PFF in engineering program. In addition, it is known that many undergraduates abandon engineering degrees early in their programs, often because the level of teaching in introductory courses