Conference Session

Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Tsang

itdemonstrates the iterative processes of engineering design and product development. It is alsothe sum of the creative efforts of first-year engineering students, senior Industrial Designstudents, junior business students, and senior industrial and manufacturing students. Finally, thisproject is an example of the products and services of the Engineering Design Center for Service-Learning located at Western Michigan University to enhance K-12 mathematics and scienceteaching and learning.IntroductionThe subject of light reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission is first introduced in themiddle-school science curriculum (often taught in 7th grade). However, middle-school textbooksgive incomplete and sometimes even incorrect impression of these

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

Computer Managed Learning and Assessment Integrated Within a Materials Engineering Program for Non-Majors Aaron S Blicblau Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, AustraliaAbstractThis paper reports on an on-line learning initiative in Engineering Materials for first yearstudents in diverse disciplines of engineering. This initiative was developed for general firstyear engineering students to incorporate an on-line assessment system for the major aspects oflearning and teaching: lectures, tutorials and laboratory work. This teaching approachrequired the availability of a data delivery system (using a proprietary brand of software), forprovision of pedagogical

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

hired employees, asked to review their knowledge of mechanical properties inmaterials and report their recommendations in a memorandum to their project manager. Thisactive laboratory exercise is part of a sophomore-level materials science course that is designedinto the mechanical engineering curriculum at Union College. The course also partially fulfills awriting requirement that all Union students must fulfill before graduation. The emphasis onmechanical properties makes relevant the understanding of materials science to the processingand design issues in mechanical engineering.BackgroundThe materials science course at Union College is taken by all mechanical engineering majorsduring their sophomore year. A chemistry prerequisite is required

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #9001Emerging Impact on Graduation Rates/Times From A Summer EngineeringEnrichment ProgramDr. Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University Dr. Robert W. Whalin, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director, Coastal Hazards Center, Jackson State University. He is Director Emeritus of the Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. He received his PhD in Oceanography from Texas A&M University in 1971 and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Dr. Whalin was Director of Army Research Laboratory (1998- 2003; Adelphi, MD), and Technical Director /Director of Waterways Experiment Station

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Clemencia M. Cosentino, Mathematica Policy Research; Margaret D. Sullivan, Mathematica Policy Research

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, trans- fers, and matriculation models in engineering.Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Dr. Mobley is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. In recent years, her research has focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, sustainability, environmental sociology, and policy and advocacy. Her focus is on identifying the human factors (cultural, social, economic and political) that influence environmental and educational policies. She has more than 15 years experience in developing surveys (traditional and web-based), conducting in-depth interviews, and moderating focus

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Andrew Smith P.Eng., Ryerson University

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Instrumentation

basic instrumentation systems, including both analog anddigital aspects. The laboratory component focuses on the development of a microcontroller-based instrumentation system that can provide readings to a PC and an onboard LCD fromswitches, accelerometers and load cells.The course is heavily-focused on hands-on work in the laboratory. From student feedback in2009 and 2010 it became apparent that there was a mismatch between the theoretical backgroundprovided in class and the practical work being undertaken in the laboratory. This is reflective of Page 24.739.3the general approach taken in Engineering classes. Engineering instructors are

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jake Ingman; Camille Schroeder

. Women are more likely to mention other people as the reasonthey chose engineering, such as teachers, mentors, counselors, and friends. FLL gives theseyoung people those contacts, such as coaches and engineer mentors, to entice them to consider Page 10.841.2engineering, as well as educate them on what engineers really do. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering EducationSummer CampsAnother program of ISEK that continues to develop is summer day camps. The summer of 2004was the inception of the summer day

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Fleming; Kimarie Engerman; Ashley Griffin

institutional factors that are necessary for persistence in engineering? Using grounded theory,persistence factors have emerged inductively from the body of qualitative data (i.e. unstructuredethnographic interviews). The six persistence factors that surfaced were: (1) family influences;(2) financial motivation; (3) mathematics and science proficiency; (4) academic advising; (5)quality of instruction; and (6) availability of faculty. The findings of other researcherspertaining to these factors and their impact on students of color are highlighted below.Family InfluencesPearson and Bieschke1 found that family relationships influenced career development. Earlierworks by Ogbu2 and Leslie, McClure, and Oaxaca3 had considered the impact of familyinfluences

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

attend no more than twoseminars by a given department. Attendance was recorded, and the department noted in thestudent’s gradebook.More Rules / Learning ResourcesTimed to coincide with delivery of freshman midterm grades, the Associate Dean spoke on howto interpret grades, and withdraw from classes if necessary. A staff member of the EducationalResource Center then informed students of tutoring opportunities.More Rules / Career Development & PlanningThe Associate Dean gave registration advice for the Spring semester. A staff member from theCareer Center presented the ins and outs of internships and summer jobs, and quoted careerearnings possibilities. All students were assigned to generate and deliver a personal résumé.Engineering ResearchWe

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

A “Basis Set” for Multidisciplinary Design Courses David F. Ollis Department of Chemical Engineering Raleigh NC 27695-7905 North Carolina State University ollis@eos.ncsu.eduAbstract We describe a variety of multidisciplinary design course formats developed andinstalled during the lifetime of the NSF–sponsored SUCCEED engineering educationconsortium. These formats provide design approaches to meeting the ABET/EC 2000criterion mandating that all graduating students will have “a multidisciplinaryexperience” during their undergraduate careers in engineering

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Winton

process has matured this utility hasevolved into a friendly and flexible resource that has found a role in almost every part of theelectrical and computer engineering curriculum.The mathematics for device models is developed from semiconductor physics. Generally, the devicephysics dominates the classroom instruction, and application to device simulation is either anassumption or is passed along to other parts of the curriculum. Device physics usually demands agreat deal of overhead, can dwell on anything from thermodynamics to field theory. And the devicesthemselves can range from two-terminal non-linear resistances to four-terminal transistors. Use ofSPICE to illustrate performance characteristics of devices are not uncommon in the circuits

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

, and use those principles to test a basic power supply circuit board and assembly. • Describe basic assembly procedures for surface mount parts. • Describe basic procedures of IC fabrication. • Apply basic project planning principles to the class project. • Understand the EET department, culture, and appropriate decorum. • Describe EET as a career. • Develop their plan of study for their EET degree. • Describe university resources as they apply to student welfare.Course AssignmentsThe teaching and laboratory presentation topics are: • Orientation to Purdue, the EET Department and curriculum (2 class hrs.) • Orientation to EET career opportunities at the AS and BS levels (2 class hrs.) • Introduction to Purdue

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilary Lackritz; Stacy Gleixner

. Page 9.1351.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright . 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFor this reason, most engineering programs require their students to take an introductorymaterials class. This includes community colleges with engineering transfer programs. In theU.S. alone, the “Introduction to Materials” course enrolls over 50,000 students a year.1 Theprimary goal of the class is to provide a foundation in materials science and engineering that thestudents can build upon in their major classes and future careers.The curriculum and lab content for the existing “Introduction to Materials” course taught at SanJose

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Ping Wei; Thomas Quimby

may help to further focus the goals of advisor training in volunteerorganizations.IntroductionThe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) maintains a system of student chapters andclubs (hereafter referred to simply as chapters) whose objective “is to help students preparethemselves for entry into the Civil Engineering profession and society.”1 These student chaptersare seen as being a valuable means of supplementing the technical education provided by atypical civil engineering curriculum with professional development experiences. ASCE alsoviews these chapters as a source of potential professional members. A successful chapter isconsidered to be one that has demonstrated effectiveness in meeting the stated objective.The ASCE Committee on

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos Morales

Development, 9, 22-25.CARLOS R. MORALESCarlos R. Morales is an assistant professor of computer graphics at Purdue University at Kokomo. Heholds a BA in Telecommunications and an MS Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to working atPurdue University, Carlos worked as a Technical Director. Some of his clients have included Microsoft,Chicago Bulls Organization, First Alert and Brach’s Candies. His research interest includes distancelearning, animation, and multimedia development. He can be reached at crmorales@tech.purdue.edu Page 9.664.6 Proceedings of t he 2004 Am erican Societ y for Engineering Educat ion Annual Conference & Exposit

Conference Session

Trends in Biological & Agricultural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Lacey; Ann Kenimer

regularly. Theclass includes, as much as is possible, activities that would be expected in an industry setting. Thestudents are expected to develop an engineering design solution to the problem, to budget timeand money for the project, and to provide regular reports to the instructor, clients, and advisors.Mentoring of the freshmen design teams is a key component of the first semester of the sequence,with 30% of the final semester grade determined by the senior activities in managing andmentoring. The fall semester cumulates in the presentation of a design proposal and thesubmission of a written proposal by each of the senior teams.The second semester course is focused entirely on the senior design. Activities continue as in thefall semester except

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

Session 3248 Merits of Faculty Internship in Industry – A Valuable Experience Ahad S. Nasab and James H. Lorenz Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractOne of the more effective ways for the engineering technology programs to keep faculty abreastof the new developments in their respective fields is to instill a faculty internship program.Studies have shown that faculty industrial placement is a component of life-long learning thathelps to maintain and expand technological skills1. The internship program at Middle TennesseeState University (MTSU), fully supported by the industrial

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

elevenProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationprogram outcomes, which must be measured by assessment tools developed by the institution.2The outcomes are associated with objectives, defined by the institution, which are consistentwith its mission and the interests of the constituents.ABET emphasizes that EC 2000 is a process of continuous improvement. Program objectivesmust be formulated with the input and approval of the program constituents, which includeindustries that employ graduates, the graduates themselves, students, faculty, and other interestedparties. A process must be in place to fine-tune programs

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moiez Tapia

Society for Engineering2Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @2002, American Society for Engineering EducationIt is conceivable that a person could do the same ‘simple’ design for years that does not require acomprehensive knowledge of the basic concepts in the discipline he/she is working in and maybe considered by some evaluators, from an engineering qualification point of view, to beequivalent to a person who has worked hard for four years to get a degree from an accreditedinstitute. It must be clarified here that the author is not complaining against aliens who satisfyINS criteria and get to immigrate and work and the US. It is the INS criteria that arequestionable. Developing improved criteria at the moment appears

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Schwieger

to practice and develop a problem solving step so that, on returning to the problem solving process, they will be able to proceed effectively.“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Page 8.1311.4 Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Student Attitudes and Expectations: Thirdly, teachers experience difficulties with student attitudes toward, and misconceptionsabout, problem solving. Students are conditioned by an overwhelming emphasis on computationsand related algorithms, to believe that these constitute all of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Silva; Sheri Sheppard

sustainability of theinnovation included the documentation of promotion and tenure of faculty involved with theinnovation and the engagement of an external review team whose specific charge was providingfeedback on the innovation and identifying the innovation's effects throughout the curriculum.Corporate feedback is continually sought, and a focus on relevance to the engineering professioncontinually drives change. A newly emerging focus on product invention and innovationincorporates the world of entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. Dr. Sullivan may becontacted at Jacquelyn.Sullivan@colorado.edu, and Dr. Carlson atLawrence.Carlson@colorado.edu, or visit http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/co_dl.html formore information.Dr. Cynthia J

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron C. Clark; Eric Wiebe

report on a survey of students enrolled in engineering design graphics courses at NC State University the Fall 1999 semester. The results of this survey provides a snapshot of how prepared students currently are to make use of computer-based instruction within and outside of traditional labs.I. IntroductionThe instruction of engineering design graphics has always been closely linked to technology.Whereas the technology used to be based on manual instruments such as compasses, T-squares,and triangles, in more recent years the tool of choice has been computer-based CAD systems.What has not changed at many institutions has been the centering of the engineering designgraphics curriculum around the on-campus laboratory. While the focus of the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas H. Baxter

, several methods of instruction and teaching material have been developed tohelp ensure the uniformity of the learning experience for the students[3][4][5][7]. EG&CADis run with one faculty member as course coordinator. A graduate student conductslaboratories with two additional student helpers. The graduate students are assigned to thecourse coordinator from the departments in the School of Engineering. The two studenthelpers are generally undergraduate students. The course coordinator hires theundergraduate students; these undergraduate students are identified as having doneextremely well in EG&CAD. This method of supplying teaching staff for EG&CAD hasbeen very successful over the last nine years. The greatest difficulty is the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Temple; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

engineeringstudents’ schemas of civil engineering. In our study, 30 graduating civil engineering studentscompleted a word association task using the probe “civil and environmental engineering.” Inthis paper, we describe and interpret some results from this experiment, focusing on therelationships of student’s schemas to the engineering schema implicit in the new ABET learningoutcomes.IntroductionA goal of engineering education is to prepare students for professional practice. This preparationinvolves helping students acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes associated with being aprofessional engineering practitioner. In a typical engineering curriculum, students beginacquiring the knowledge, skills, and attitudes through course experiences. Additionally

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Nestor; David Rich

Electrical andComputer Engineering curriculum. Traditional VLSI Design courses focus primarily ondigital integrated circuit design. Analog integrated circuit design is usually covered in aseparate course, often at the graduate level. The problem with this approach is that theday of the purely digital chip is passing – most new chip designs include both analog anddigital components. For example, it is now common for digital chips to integrate digital-analog (D/A) and analog-digital (A/D) converters to interface with the analog “outsideworld”. Moreover, large “mixed signal” communications and consumer electronics“system on a chip” designs combine large blocks of both digital and analog circuits.Finally, shrinking transistor geometries require that

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey B. Connor; Richard Goff

, spreadsheets, creating graphics, website design)? 73%4. Have you ever installed software in a personal computer? 84%Four mechanical related questions drew these positive response percentages:1. Have you ever installed a hardware component inside a personal computer? 47%2. In the past four years have you reduced a mechanical device to a set of parts that you could notreassemble? 48%3. Have you changed the oil and oil filter in an automobile? 52%4. Have you worked on the engine or transmission of an automobile? 30%As Kolb had pointed out, “In the field of higher education, there is a growing group of educators- faculty, administration, and interested outsiders who see experiential education as a way torevitalize the university curriculum and to cope

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha N. Cyr; Barbara Bratzel; Ben Erwin

Session 2620 Integration of Data Acquisition and Analysis for Elementary and Middle School Education Barbara Bratzel, Martha N. Cyr, Ben Erwin Shady Hill School/Tufts UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a solution to providing a way for more K-12 students to experienceinnovative, hands-on learning with data acquisition and analysis. The concept was developedat Tufts University, in partnership with National Instruments and LEGO Dacta. Through thiscollaboration, Tufts has developed a graphical programming and data analysis softwarepackage for students

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Mechanical Engineering

gauge the value of the service learning component of the course.I. IntroductionFluid mechanics is often seen as a difficult core subject for engineering students. The difficultystems from the necessity to visualize complex flow patterns and fluid behavior modeled by highlevel mathematics. In textbooks and classroom lectures fluid mechanics is often treated asabstract, mathematical and conceptual. Innovative teaching methods that will enhance studentlearning in this area are being explored within the curriculum of the mechanical engineering Page 22.753.2(ME) program offered at Mesa State College (MSC) located in Grand Junction, Colorado as

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Soto-Caban, Muskingum University; Emre Selvi, Muskingum University; Ferdinand Avila-Medina, Ohio State University, Newark

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Technical University and PhD from Texas Tech University. Prior to starting his PhD in 2004, he worked as a Design and Production Engineer for Aselsan Inc. over four years. His research interests are high pressure material science and engineering design, especially as it relate to educational environments.Ferdinand Avila-Medina, The Ohio State University - Newark Ferdinand Avila-Medina is as an adjunct instructor at The Ohio State University - Newark were he works as a Learning Skills Specialist. He has more than twenty years of experience in Higher Education and specializes in student development and retention. Page

Conference Session

Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

different atmosphere is critical. No longer is this the normal, learn material and repeat that material; this is discovery of material that has not been seen before and the importance of conveying the findings to an audience that is not looking for regurgitated material but material that is fresh and new. The preparation for this activity has taken four years. During the student’s undergraduate years, communication activities have been an integral part of the engineering curriculum. As is shown in Table 1, the student has been provided with multiple opportunities to investigate and practice his/her communication skills within all of the required mechanical engineering courses and many of the elective courses. By the time the student takes the