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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

David C. Macke; Steve E. Watkins

search-and-rescue payload, and 3) stable flight characteristics to facilitate imagecapture. The team’s emphasis is to design and integrate the on-board systems for UAVoperation, image capture, etc.UAV Design ApproachThe design approach is to investigate available technologies and to employ systems integrationsolutions. The initial design choices were for the propulsion system, the on-board computer, andthe power distribution. An electric motor option was chosen due to advantages in stability,maintenance, and control. This choice required careful consideration of the on-board batterieswith regard to weight, placement, and capacity. Also, a portable charging support system wasdesigned to facilitate field pre-flight preparation. An on-board

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College; Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield

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Two Year College Division

American Society for Engineering Education, 2012   Baccalaureate Degree Completion: Student Recruitment, Outreach, and RetentionIntroductionThe continuing demand for technical and engineering personnel is critical to the economicwelfare in today’s rapidly changing technologies and competitive environment. This paper willoutline a pathway to 4-year university through the partnership with community colleges. Thefocus will be on the approach from community college to university. The structure of the paperwill include: • Need for technical personnel, • Legislative Mandate: California Senate Bill 1440, • Transition and articulation of a 2+2 program

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William Slaton; Lin Zhang; Jesse Butler

, program, and train an autonomous robot to compete on a testtrack. The camp attendees also engage with the ethical implications and considerations thistechnology embodies. The familiar ethical dilemma of the Trolley Car Problem is nowsomething autonomous vehicles will have to make split second decisions about as thistechnology becomes more commonplace. This camp educates the engineers of the future aboutmachine learning and autonomous vehicles while also engaging their minds to consider theforward-looking ethical issues inherent with this technology.KeywordsArtificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Philosophy, EthicsIntroductionIn the summer of 2024 we delivered a week-long day camp at the University of Central Arkansasthat provided

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

reshoring for a four-story building,"Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2001, American Society for Engineering Education"slurry trench method vs. open sumps for dewatering, bracket pile underpining vs. slant-auguredpile underpinning and others. Students realize that decision in temporary structures impacttechniques for work, project schedule, and resource allocation. Most of the students of the SPSUconstruction program are working full-time and part-time in the industry, and gain valuableinsights for temporary structure construction. Some of them even work with the temporarystructure subcontractors. These students also help to extend the class discussions and render

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

David J. Beebe

results of their work in the lab are more tangible than a written homeworkproblem.Living systems ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) program evaluation criteria states“...bioengineering laboratories must include the unique problems associated with making measurements andinterpreting data in living systems and should emphasize the importance of considering the interactionbetween living and non-living materials.” So in addition to the previous arguments, ABET criteria explicitlystresses the importance of aquiring data from living systems in bioengineering laboratories.Survey results A survey distributed via e-mail was sent to approximately 30 schools either known or thought toteach one or more biomedical

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

Session 1325 A Capstone Course Targeting Industry Transition G. E. Crain and M. P. Tull School of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of OklahomaAbstractThe capstone program for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at OUsimulates the experiences anticipated in the first two years of an industry assignment. Studentsare presented with an industry supplied problem, and given the resources and mentoring todevelop a solution based on the individual team-members’ educational experience as anElectrical or Computer

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard L. LeBoeuf; Gregory Spaulding

finalized and fabrication and testing take place. This project required students todevelop a sound background in mechanical design, fluid thermal system design, as well as,electronic instrumentation and control. This senior project tied much of the material fromstudents’ previous course work together, including that of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics,instrumentation and control. In this respect, the project truly represents a ‘capstone’ designproject.IntroductionFunding for senior design project courses, which have become especially common in engineeringtechnology programs, can be difficult to obtain. Finding a project that has many elements ofmechanical engineering technology and can be permitted to span an entire academic year is oftendifficult

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lamancusa; Laura L. Pauley; Thomas Litzinger

semestercredits. This is one of the highest degree credit requirements at Penn State and one of the highestfor B.S.M.E. degrees around the country. The Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (MNE) at Penn State has beenheavily involved in curricular improvement, both in the college and in the department. College-level programs such as the NSF-funded Engineering Coalition of Schools for Excellence inEducation and Leadership (ECSEL), the Learning Factory, and the Leonhard Center for theEnhancement of Engineering Education have benefited from the involvement of MNE faculty inleadership positions. These organizations have inspired several department-level demonstrationprojects that have been highly successful. Through these initiatives, cost

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald G. Kelley

.” Program, School of Technology, College of The students are empowered to formulate Engineering and Applied Sciences at tilzonastrategies to fulfill the stated mission. They are also State University, where he teachesempowered to: manufacturing engineering technology (MET)● Allocate financial resources within budget courses. guidelines. Develop effective self directed activities. Succeed or fail.Thus, MET 460 Manufacturing Capstone Project givesthe student the freedom to design, evaluate, analyze,and manufacture components, assemblies and systems.3 The capstone course Instructor uses this innovativetechnique to create a learning environment to preparestudents

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick A. Tebbe; Christa Weisbrook

, American Society for Engineering Education.[5] King, G., Evans, R., DeWitt, D., and Meckl, P., "Curriculum-wide Systems Programming Environment for Mechanical Engineering Instructional Laboratories," 1994 Frontiers in Education Conference, American Society for Engineering Education.[6] C.A. Jones, N.S. Yee, and G.F. Malan, “Advanced Training Simulator Development Tools for WindowsTM.” Presented at the 1995 SCS Simulation Multiconference, April 9-13, 1995, Phoenix, Arizona.[7] Baher, J., "Using CyclePad - an 'articulate' software laboratory - in Thermodynamics Education," 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference, American Society for Engineering Education.[8] Kirk, T., and Pagano, M., "Graphic

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2022 CIEC

Authors

javad khazaii; Ali Khazaei

the literature, decision theory is dividedto normative and positive types. Within normative type, which is the domain for engineeringstudies, there are three sub-sections of decision-making under uncertainty, multi-criteria decisionmaking, and decision support systems [4]. These topics will be reviewed briefly, to help students Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2022, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 445to develop a holistic view of this field of study. The following methods will then be discussedbriefly in this section that will help students to

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert D. Knecht

Session 2525 The Methods and The Foundation Robert Knecht Colorado School of MinesA Basis for Engineering DesignThe Colorado School of Mines (CSM) surveyed alumni, industry, and engineering students inboth 1978 and 1992 about the future engineering graduate. These surveys cited three majorattributes that future graduates needed: technical literacy, verbal and written communicationskills, and design experience. Curriculum reform in engineering education is underway thatstresses the importance of teamwork, an awareness of both society’s social and economicconcerns

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

George D Ford, Mississippi State University; Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

: Mississippi State University [7] © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023may be new or require little cost, but each program with low enrollment should be examined todetermine their value to accomplishing the University mission. The Mississippi State UniversityInstitutional Research & Effectiveness website listed program enrollments for each year for thedecade ending in 2022. In the most recent year, there were 27 programs listed with enrollmentsbelow 30 students. While many of these programs may be new or discontinued, directors ofthese programs should provide justification for continued financial support by the University.The number of out-of-state students at Mississippi State University has increased by

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

exists a need for an integratededucation experience for middle school students so that students and their parents appreciate thefact that technical education provide viable careers. Students at the middle school level shouldnourished to become talented technicians, technologists, and engineers as they proceed into theworld of technological development. One of the important activities of the consortium is toorganize enrichment activities of middle school students. Curriculum is designed for 8th gradestudents. In a lab based setting, CAD/CAM, computer and programming, engineeringprinciples, and electrical/electronics are taught by a team of faculty school system, communitycollege, and WSU. A total of 63 students participated in pilot settings

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory S Mason, Seattle University; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University; Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

- partment of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University, Seattle, WA. His research interests are controls system and the use of technology to enhance engineering education. Dr. Mason is a member of the Amer- ican Society of Engineering Education and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He is a licensed professional engineer.Prof. Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University Teodora Rutar Shuman is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Seattle University. She has held titles of Paccar Professor and Department Chair, and is Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington. Her research includes NOx formation in lean-premixed combustion and electro-mechanical systems for sustainable

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2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

M. Ginger Scarbrough

students seek the technical andprofessional skills they need to remain successful through their careers. Employers, includinggovernment agencies, non-profits, and industry, depend on talented engineers who are adaptable andable to sustainably support the goals of their organization and, ideally, society as a whole1. Pusca etal. point out that the primary objective of engineering education is to provide an agile system thatreduces the gap between engineering graduates’ attributes and the expectations of employers2. Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of North Texas, Denton, TX Copyright  2023, American Society for Engineering

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Patterson

stated in the Manual of Evaluation Process for 1997-98 Pilot Visits(1):"The guiding principle of Engineering Criteria 2000 and this process [of evaluation] is to assurethat graduates of an accredited program are prepared to enter and continue the practice ofengineering."The formulation of the educational objectives must be done using this "guiding principle".Essentially everything done to design, operate, and continuously improve the educational processis aimed at the overall objective in that statement. The various constituencies of the educationalprocess (students, parents, employers, alumni, professional societies, and faculty) may beconsulted for help in formulating objectives, but care should be taken to keep the objectivesconsistent and

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Fagundes; Daniel Guberman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kelsey Smart; Kal Holder, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

, collaborating on faculty development, mentoring undergraduate students, and supporting curriculum initiatives. I advocate for increased participation in STEM fields. Alongside my primary research, I am interested in human-computer interaction, AI in education, educational robotics, and user experience (UX) design, focusing on how technology can improve teaching and learning for all learners.Dr. Daniel Guberman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Daniel Guberman is Assistant Director for Inclusive Pedagogy in the Center for Instructional Excellence and Provost Fellow with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Purdue University. He coordinates the Student Pedagogy Advocates ProgramKelsey SmartKal Holder

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Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite; David N. Pocock; David Dutton

learning environment: Operating lab-volt electro-mechanical system using web-based tools from national instruments” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, p 5599-5608.12. Goolsby, L.K. “Converting a traditional lecture/lab programming course to an online course “ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2003, p 5371-5392.BiographiesYOLANDA GURAN-POSTLETHWAITE is a Professor Emeritus of Electronics at Oregon Institute ofTechnology. She is the program director of the Electronics Engineering Technology program for OITcampus in Portland, Oregon. Professional interests focus on analog integrated circuit design andengineering education improvement techniques. She is registered as a professional engineer in the state ofOregon.DAVID N. POCOCK is an

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Jordan N. Foley; John W. Thompson; Meaghan M. Williams; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

the Bernoulli Balance to model fluid systems.Keywordsventuri meter, Bernoulli balances, laboratory experiments, fluid mechanicsIntroductionLaboratory practice, where students design and conduct experiments in support of classroomactivities, is an essential part of the educational process. It has been shown that a majority ofengineering students learn best when exposed to hands-on exercises and activities.1 A variety ofnovel techniques have been described in the literature for delivering lab content to the studentsincluding the use of the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle in conjunction with a virtuallaboratory,2 combining LEGO® Dacta building blocks with LabVIEW™ software3 and the useof hands-on demonstrations in place of full-scale lab

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

develop courses in Fieldbus instrumentationtechnology. Lee College, a two-year college, is working with four-year schools in particular,with the University of Houston-Downtown to develop Fieldbus technology at all levels ofhigher education.A Fieldbus technology workshop for educators from two-year and four-year colleges, anduniversities was held at Lee College during August 2001 and July 2002. Both technical and educational aspects were covered in each workshop.Fieldbus technology networks all devices of an instrumentation system to each other and istruly an advanced distributed control system (DCS). Previous systems were called DCSbut were not truly 100% distributed. The single twisted pair bus of the fieldbus systemprovides both power and

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Behbood Zoghi; Joseph Morgan

equipmentmanufacturing, telecommunications, and instrumentation industries. The overwhelming recommendationfrom this diverse set of industries was that more emphasis needed to be placed on a systems approachto engineering technology education. With minor exceptions, companies that have a long-termrelationship with the EET and TET academic programs are quite satisfied with the technical knowledge,or hard skills, that the graduates have, but they are not pleased with the project management, or softskills, that they currently possess. In addition, most industries are very interested in forming even closeralliances with the undergraduate students and wish to leverage the internship experience that studentsnormally have just prior to beginning their senior year of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Smith

systemso that the remote system may use the files and programs located on them as if they were local Page 6.850.3disk drives. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationProduct RankingIn my research, I was able to find three different organizations that have tested and ranked some,though not all, of the remote-control software packages listed in the table above. The test criteriawas similar in all three organizations; focusing on performance in terms of screen refresh and filetransfer speeds, security

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary D. Keller; Fred Begay; Antonio A. Garcia; Albert L. McHenry

challenging goals in higher education: increasing the number of African American,American Indian, and Hispanic bachelor degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, andtechnology. This alliance, known as the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities(WAESO), has relied heavily on engaging students in academic and research activities outsidethe classroom involving science and engineering faculty and student peers in order to improveretention and increase graduation rates of underrepresented students. Over the past six years we have had 4,251 student participations within our alliance activitieswhich include: (1) peer study groups; (2) summer bridge programs; (3) faculty-directedundergraduate students research; and (4) graduate preparation

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Andrew James Goodling, Grand Valley State University; Erik Fredericks, Grand Valley State University; Sara Jo Alsum-Wassenaar, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

colors, and user-drawn stamps to help them make visual connections,visualize data, and understand spatial relationships in places they visit.This project was created as a collaborative undergraduate research experience between multipledisciplines, including communications, art education, and computer science, as well as inpartnership with a local public K–12 school. Walk and Draw was developed as abrowser-based application using the p5js library to enable ease of development and rapidprototyping of ideas. The program itself presents users with a large map of their current areabased on a device’s current GPS location and supports both touch- and pen-based drawing. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education, 2024 SUCCESS Scholars: Early Findings from an NSF S-STEM ProjectAbstractThe SUCCESS Scholars Program (SSP) is an NSF S-STEM project awarded in Fall of 2022 toLouisiana Tech University. The five-year project supports two cohorts of engineering students asthey each progress through four years of academic study. A first cohort of twenty-four, first-yearengineering students was selected for the 2022-23 academic year, and a second cohort of twenty-two students was selected for the 2023-24 year. Each year the students in the program receivescaffolded levels of financial support based on their unmet need.Cohorts in their first year of the program are provided with concentrated academic supportthrough an

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Corinne Darvennes; Sally Pardue

and particular solutions to the second-order differential equation subject to variousinitial conditions and forcing functions. The student often seemed to get lost in detail, not able torecognize the similarity in solution procedures. Problem: How to overcome student inherent dislike of math and promote continued interest in the subject? Page 6.55.2“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education” Solution: Use physical demonstrations of simple one and two degree of freedom systems. Continually point

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Tom C. Roberts; Shagun Sharma

enrollments increased. Later, the course was added as a requirementto the computer science and information systems, and, the biological systems engineering curricula. Overthe years, the course was required by 4 departments and 5 degree programs. Enrollments reached theirpeak at ~100 students per semester. In the early 2000’s, university general education requirementschanged and the course number was changed to DEN 325 to help students obtain < 300 level general ed-ucation credit.Course InstructionThe course was taught twice a year (fall and spring semesters) with large group lecture on Tuesday andsmall group activity (~30 students) on Thursday afternoons. Students were assigned to teams and satwith their teammates throughout the semester.The first

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2024 CIEC

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE

electrical and computer engineers may not becomesoftware developers, they would still need to adapt to and adopt the trending technologies to besuccessful in their careers. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 365Teaching embedded systems has been around for a long time for the purpose of learning the skills todevelop control and communication systems in both software and hardware. However, the value ofacquiring such skills has been higher than ever now that almost every controllable device, fromexpensive automobiles

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2008 GSW

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock; Helen L. Reed

as opposed to reference to ABET being one of many slides in adepartmental presentation. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Assessment and Continuous ImprovementPrograms must assess student performance as part of their accreditation process. The assessmentprocess includes collecting and analyzing the data to support a conclusion. It is essential todemonstrate objectives and outcomes for the program are being measured and accomplished.Programs often struggle with deciding what data to collect and ensuring the data is