Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alex See

isthat it cannot offer real-time tracking.This paper describes the work produced by a team of 3 students. They were put together fora hands-on learning experience in Mechatronics engineering. The rationale for hands-onlearning in engineering had been widely studied by many researchers and in one particularstudy conducted by Ferguson and Hegarty8, they carried out an experiment and investigatedon how college students learned the mechanics of pulley systems. Their study showed thatstudents with hands-on equipment demonstrated a significant enhancement in their abilitiesto solve practical problems related to the real-engineering world, as compared to studentswho learned with diagrams. This group of 3 students designed and developed a prototypereal

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Hromin; Sven Esche

remotely accessibleexperiments into other educational laboratories at Stevens will be explored as well. In addition,some of the laboratory setups developed for the undergraduate laboratory on dynamical systemscan potentially provide for classroom demonstrations in graduate courses in controls, fluidmechanics, vibration and noise control and others. Besides the proposed application for remote-access interactive laboratory training, it is envisaged that this Internet-based technology will findother fields of application such as the remote access of expensive research equipment andfacilities.VIII. SummaryAn approach to laboratory instruction based on Internet technology is presented in this paper. Inthis approach, the students’ experimental

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Davis Ferriell, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

study seeks to evaluate the efficacy of machine vision-related deliverables as part of a 10-week project in a second semester first year engineering course. Similar to the goals of the first-year engineering sequence, the inclusion of machine vision in first year engineering projects isintended to: increase self-efficacy in first year engineering students by enabling students to learnand apply a new technical skill; improve the motivation of students by emphasizing the utilityvalue of machine vision applications; result in successful student attainment of learningobjectives; and result in the completion of successful semester projects. These metrics forsuccess are evaluated by comparing student project submissions and teacher course

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Tina Smilkstein

Increasing Lab Participation and Content Retention Through Supportive Laboratory Preparatory Assignments Tina Smilkstein, California State University at San Luis Obispo I. AbstractA study is done on an electrical engineering circuit lab course to assess the effect onparticipation, retention of course content and student satisfaction when prelab assignments wereexpanded to include a write up of the experiment background and goals. Reading that wascreated specifically for each lab covered background for the lab that the students should bebringing with them from previous courses but did not tell them how to do the lab. They wereasked to summarize the

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall Brouwer, Calvin College; Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College; Paulo Ribeiro, Calvin College; Robert Medema, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

rise of entrepreneurship programs from only 16 in 1970 to over 400 at the time of theirpublication in 2002. They found that already tight curricula were the most common hurdle toadding entrepreneurship topics to a program. On the positive side, a number of factors supportedaddition of entrepreneurship, such as passionate internal champions, financial support, alongwith internal and external networking. In reviewing the data from their studies at the sixlocations, they found “five categories of actions define entrepreneurship education in general: (1)developing intellectual content, including scholarly research; (2) gaining institutional acceptance,with attention to curricular, structural and fiscal issues; (3) engaging students and alumni; (4

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Kalyan Khatry; Reihaneh Samsami

systems, personalized assessments, and competency-presenting both unprecedented opportunities and formidable based models, are discussed alongside real-world applicationschallenges. This study describes the transformative role of of Gen AI in engineering practice. At the same time, criticalgenerative AI in engineering education and identifies both the ethical considerations (academic integrity, bias, and fairness)potential benefits and the inherent dangers. Academic integrityissues, overdependence on AI-generated solutions, and the are looked at as challenges that must be managed

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in K-12 and the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, “Effects of an Active Learning Environment: Teaching Innovations at a Research I Institution,” J. Chem. Educ., vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 441–448, 2004.[15] E. Fredericksen, “Minority Students and the Learning Community Experience: A Cluster Experiment,” in Annual Meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1998.[16] L. Berry, “Collaborative Learning: A Program for Improving the Retention of Minority Students.” ED384323, 1991.[17] R. Marra, K. Rodgers, and B. Bogue, “Leaving Engineering: A Multi-Year Single Institution Study,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 6–27, 2012.[18] A. Hira, C. H. Joslyn, and M. M. Hynes, “Classroom makerspaces: Identifying the opportunities and challenges,” Proc. - Front

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William E. Howard, East Carolina University; Rick Williams, Auburn University; Sarah Christine Gurganus, NAVAIR Fleet Readiness Center East

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

engineering education and additive manufacturing.Ms. Sarah Christine Gurganus, NAVAIR Fleet Readiness Center East Ms. Christine Gurganus is a mechanical engineer at Fleet Readiness Center East in Cherry Point, North Carolina. She received her B.S. in engineering from East Carolina University. While studying at East Car- olina University, she interned as a teaching assistant for the Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics program and performed research to characterize the mechanical properties of 3-D printed materials. Page 26.1653.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Arash Kialashaki, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

nonlinear systems. She also conducts research in the area of digital image processing and analysis.Dr. Arash Kialashaki, California State University, Chico Dr. Arash Kialashaki is a Senior Engineer and a lecturer at the Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Sustainable Manufacturing Department at CSU Chico. He graduated from the Mechanical Engi- neering Department at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) in 2014. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a master’s degree in Energy Systems Engineering and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. As an instructor at UWM and CSU Chico, Dr. Kialashaki has taught a range of courses including Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Basic Engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Margot Kally McDonald AIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Gregory F. Starzyk JD, Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

building, renewable energy, and sustainability initiatives in architectural education and the built environment over the past 20 years during her tenure as an architecture department faculty member at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. In the mid-1990’s, she was part of a design-engineering team that produced a feasibility study for a campus biological solid waste and wastewater treatment facility at Cal Poly, and worked as a consultant with Sasaki and Associates on a Sustainability Master Plan for California State University, Monterey Bay. She participated in the Vital Signs Building Case Study Project throughout its 10-year lifespan. This NSF and Energy Foundation funded curriculum project set standards and provided

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neil Opfer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; David R. Shields P.E., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

experience in construction, engineering, and research and eight years of academic experience. He was Co-Chair of the ASCE Civil Engineering in the Oceans V conference. He was the only manager in the 55-year history of the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory ever to win the Employee-of-the-Year Award. He has won numerous awards for project management. He has conducted research for the Construction Industry Institute, Center for Construction Industry Studies, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, OSHA and other organizations. He has published 45 journal and conference pa- pers. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and the M.S. and B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

the field of engineering. This workshop led to the faculty at EasternTechnical High School’s request for the development of a formal partnership with UMBC toteach the equivalent of the ENES 101 course in the high school environment. It is not the intentof the partnership to be a recruiting tool for UMBC, but rather to expose high school students toa college level introductory engineering course. This partnership and its expansion to other highschools is the second initiative. The third initiative is the establishment of a new variation(ENES 101Y) of the Introduction to Engineering course which is committed to helping newUMBC engineering students understand the academic expectations at a research university,develop their individual success

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs

uncertainty, and the ability to make decisions whendata is incomplete are key features in the make-up of successful engineers. Thus, laboratoryexperiences should hold the same attraction and delight for our students as research andapplications laboratories possess for our graduates. Applied researchers go to the laboratory toentice truth from an impassive natural world. Their aim is to sense, to assess, and, eventually, toadvance. A well planned instructional laboratory enables students to realize these same goals.Laboratories are a necessary interlude during which students discover the value of collectiveexperience and collaboration, and develop skills in sharing and exchanging information.Laboratories, then, create a microcosm of, and a brief segue

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Titus; Guoqing Tang

]. They went further assaying “Time plus energy equals learning. There is no substitute for time on task.” It is widelyagreed among U.S. university/college professors that adequate time on task is at least two hoursof home study for each class hour. In reality, in the U.S. students actually spend only 0.3 to 1.0hours for each hour in class [8], far below the expectation of their professors and significantlyless than the two to three hours outside of class for each hour in class spent by their peers in theU.K. [11]. This raises real concerns. Part of the problem is related to the design of the course: “Inmost course descriptions what teachers do in class is described while what students do out ofclass is not—it is simply not planned in the same

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

integrated fashion within a realistic context. The core of the approachis problem-based learning; however, critical to the approach are explicit objectives related to oraland written communication, team skills, consideration of engineers’ roles in society and theeffects of society on engineering, and application of engineering fundamentals in design and incomputer modeling. The approach described represents one model for helping students developmore fully as engineers during their studies and can be applied to any engineering course, at anappropriate level of sophistication. In fact, this model has been applied to some extent in manyfirst-year engineering design courses, e.g., references 3 and 4, and even in pre-engineeringcourses for high school

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William de Kryger

explore study and research relationships, the problem seems to be one ofsomeone taking the initiative to make that first contact. One of the most important componentsof any good exchange program is a dedicated leader, or coordinator. As is so often the case, theleader will set the tone for the exchange. The leader should be one who will stay with theexchange for at least several years. It is easier to establish solid relationships and trust with aninternational partner if there is a long-term dedicated local leader, rather than a new person everyyear. It also adds stability to the exchange, an element that is very meaningful to the students.The location must be interesting/exciting, the leader must be capable and enthusiastic, and theexperience

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-1067: INNOVATIVE THINKING: DESIRED SKILLS AND RELATEDACTIVITIESDaniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Page 13.750.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Innovative Thinking: Desired Skills and Related Activities Daniel Raviv Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: ravivd@fau.edu 561 297 2773 Abstract This paper describes a new interdisciplinary graduate course titled: “Innovative Thinking” aimedat enhancing

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Purvis Bedenbaugh, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

regional students serve regionalindustry. The core curriculum trains students broadly not only in science, math and thefoundations of mechanical and electrical engineering, but also in systems and industrial processengineering. Four concentrations provide advanced training in a specific discipline. These arebiomedical engineering, bioprocess engineering, mechanical engineering, and systems andindustrial engineering. The program produced its first graduates in Spring 2008, and wasawarded ABET accreditation in 2009 - the earliest point of eligibility.The motivation for attempting this project was so that, in addition to teaching new subjectmatter, students could develop independent research skills and gain experience working in teams,in a framework

Conference Session

Design Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Charles Cappello, York College of Pennsylvania; Takeshi Jonathan Ei, York College of Pennsylvania; Edward Miller Jr., York College of Pennsylvania; Dan Bosse, Weldon Solutions; Berne S. Edwards, Graham Packaging Company; Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory M. Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

years of Naval service, Takeshi Jonathan Ei commenced undergraduate studies at Northamp- ton Community College in Bethlehem, Penn. He then transferred to York College of Pennsylvania and graduated with a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering in June 2011. Ei has interests in marine systems and power generation technologies and plans to pursue a postgraduate degree and a career in the field of commercial or military shipbuilding.Mr. Edward Miller Jr., York College of Pennsylvania Edward Miller received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in Aug. 2011 from York College of Pennsylvania. Miller is interested in power systems and renewable energy technologies. He plans to pursue a postgraduate degree, as

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Ledlow

Session 2793 Active/Cooperative Learning: A Discipline-Specific Resource for Engineering Education Susan Ledlow, Janel White-Taylor, and D. L. Evans Arizona State University Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence/Center for Research on Education in Science, Math, Engineering and TechnologyIntroductionWhile general information on the use of active/cooperative learning (A/CL) in higher educationis increasing, discipline-specific resources, especially materials for science, technology

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John W. Lawson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

project or research study.Because ARCE 106 has a high volume of content presented at an introductory level, a midtermexamination and final examination will adequately measure the students’ attainment of thecourse objectives. To ensure student success through structured study and practice, weeklyhomework is assigned and graded. Because students can collaborate freely on the homework, itis used as a tool for exam preparation as well as an assessment tool itself. Deeper learning willcome from physical understanding and student engagement provided by a series of hands-onactivities. Some of the objectives require critical thinking and introspection. The course has twooral presentations and a major role-playing exercise to provide this. Finally, many

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven de Haas; S.K. Ramesh; Preetham Kumar; Michael Fujita; Elizabeth Raley; Andrew Lindsay

intoan existing course.III. CSUS’ Role and the 1999 WorkshopCSUS has been very successful with its ‘Introduction to Engineering’ course that focuses onfundamental problem solving skills while highlighting the interconnection among the variousengineering disciplines6. The hands-on nature of the course encourages teamwork, problemsolving and critical thinking. The spark of excitement and the discovery-based learning thatnaturally accompanies the hands on approach is an excellent motivational tool to attract studentsto study engineering.Our philosophy is that an introductory course be an introduction to engineering as opposed to anintroduction to the discipline of a particular department. It is most valuable for the student to geta feel for how an

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University; Virginia Smith, Villanova University

Austin (UT). Prior to earning her PhD Dr. Smith received a master’s degree in civil engineering from UT and her BS from Georgia Institute of Technology in civil and environmental engineering. After finishing her graduate work Dr. Smith worked in international development in Asia, the South Pacific, and Afghanistan, overseeing water and natural resource management projects. Since starting at Villanova University Dr. Smith has leveraged her experiences in her research focusing on rivers, floodplains, and flooding dynamics, particularly in urban settings. She also has several funded research projects investigating sediment transport into and through green stormwater infrastructure. She is the winner the of the Early

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor

form since 1981. At that time it was taken by allmechanical engineering undergraduates and has served the Department well over theyears, as the culminating experience in a four-course design sequence in the BSMEdegree. In the mid-80’s the Department of Industrial Engineering (IE) joined the courseso that project teams were composed of both ME and IE students, but the relative sizes ofthe Departments (annual graduations rates of 80 to100 BSME and 10 to15 BSIE) and thenature of the projects (mostly ME in nature with only a few in IE) prevented aninterdisciplinary experience for all design teams. In 1991 after retiring from Shell Oil Co.(and a 40+ year career as a drilling engineer and with many years experience working inShell’s internal

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

to design anentire system.2,8,15 This means that students must learn the team building and communicationskills to work with others outside of their own discipline. The Accreditation Board for Engineer-ing Technology (ABET) recognizes the importance of these abilities in its Criteria for Accredit-ing Engineering Programs: “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates havean ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams”.1,5 The study of robotics provides an excellentinstrument for teaching and learning about working in multidisciplinary teams.The overall goal of this project is the development of a comprehensive undergraduate course inrobotics that emphasizes multidisciplinary teamwork by encompassing many of the diverse

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Brumm; Larry F. Hanneman; Brian Steward; Steven Mickelson

? Page 8.1247.10“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Student 2: I think it was a good time. It makes school a lot easier. It makes you realize that youare important and you can apply something out in the real world.Student 7: (It) puts school a lot more in perspective in terms of what classes and what it is goingto do for you.Student 2: One big thing is that it helped me realize what I really wanted to go into being anengineer. Like what I’m studying for now isn’t going to be when I graduate. Exactly, it gave mea taste of that too. I ended up switching majors because of my internship experience. Idefinitely had a change

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mitchell; Katherine Sanders; Chris Carlson-Dakes; Patrick Farrell

interest in a topic.We consider workshops to be a learning environment that is rather short-term. That is, peoplewould come together for a period ranging from two hours or one-half day to one or two days tolearn together. The expected outcome is for the participants to apply what they learn at the endof the time period. Workshop environments, in our experience, might have people dropping in Page 5.293.1and out, perhaps coming and going to teach classes, work in their offices, answer email, or go toanother meeting. The people in attendance are typically faculty and faculty development staff,sometimes graduate students, but very seldom are

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell; Juliet Hurtig

, computer science, andelectrical engineering. This approach allows ECCS students to work on truly interdisciplinarycomprehensive projects, and also allows for participation on interdepartmental teams. Thestudents are presented with a mixture of faculty- and industry-sponsored projects and areassigned to project teams based upon their specified preferences. The course sequence requiresthe students to research an open-ended problem statement, develop a proposal, design aprototype, validate the design, produce a physical deliverable, and report the results. As part ofthe experience, students deal with various management issues and technical aspects of design.Both written and oral communication of the proposal and final project results are required

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Coon, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Derek Allen Cline, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-2301: UNIT OPERATIONS LAB BAZAAR: ASSESSMENT OFMINIATURE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENTLaura Coon, Washington State University A recent graduate of WSU, Laura aspires to find learning and understanding in everything she does. Born and raised in Seattle, WA Laura is 22 and loving every minute of life as a chemical engineer. During her education at WSU she worked under Dr. Bernard Van Wie in heat transfer and fluid flow education research, specifically assessing the desktop learning module double pipe and shell and tube cartridges.Mr. Paul B Golter, Washington State University Paul B. Golter obtained an MS from Washington State University and recently defended his PhD degree and is currently the Laboratory Supervisor in

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 2.C

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Jamieson, Miami University; Suman Bhunia, Miami University; George D. Ricco, Miami University; Brian A Swanson, Miami University; Bryan Van Scoy, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #45529LLM Prompting Methodology and Taxonomy to Benchmark our EngineeringCurriculumsDr. Peter Jamieson, Miami University Dr. Jamieson is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Miami University. His research focuses on Education, Games, and FPGAs.Suman Bhunia, Miami UniversityDr. George D. Ricco, Miami University George D. Ricco is an engineering education educator who focuses on advanced analytical models applied to student progression, and teaching first-year engineering, engineering design principles, and project management.Brian A Swanson, Miami UniversityDr. Bryan Van Scoy