Conference Session

Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Chetana R. Bayas

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

different engineering and technology courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His tremendous re- search experience in manufacturing includes environmentally conscious manufacturing, Internet based robotics, and Web based quality. In the past years, he has been involved in sustainable manufacturing for maximizing energy and material recovery while minimizing environmental impact.Ms. Chetana R. Bayas c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Machine Vision for Solar Cell InspectionIntroductionThe characteristics of surfaces are important because surface geometry (e.g.,smoothness vs roughness) and surface composition determine optical properties(e.g., reflection, absorption

Conference Session

Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E. Post P.E., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

; sponsoringteaching fellowships or offering service-learning courses; conducting outreach activities on thecollege campus. This paper discusses a Near-space Research Experience for high schoolstudents, which is covered by the final category in the list—an outreach activity conducted on thecollege campus. Review of the literature reveals a number of institutions that conduct outreachon their campus during the summer. However, none of these attempt the technical depth or levelof project complexity that is reported here5,6,7,8,9.It is important for outreach programs to support what is happening in science education in thestudent’s classrooms back home. As one example of a standard, the Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS) provides content standards for K-12

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany; Matthew Turner, Purdue University, New Albany

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

on smart grid implementation and computer modeling. Dr. Turner’s current research concentrates on demand response technologies and the application of novel teaching and learning methods to power engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Purdue Mission to Mars 2.0: A Learn-By-Doing Approach to RecruitingAbstractIn the summer of 2018, a prior award winning and effective learn-by-doing recruiting event forPurdue Polytechnic New Albany (PPNA) was revamped since its inception in 2015 and deliveredto 28 secondary education students. The authors’ internal, emotional drive to improve therecruiting event and host such a complex, dynamic, and hands-on engineering design and

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Bateman, Brigham Young University; Janell Armstrong, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University

network,and pass messages through its new parent. Students need to check that a Router is within rangeof the moved node, or the attempt to rejoin the network will fail.Scenario 3 - Deletion of a node (route recovery)By deleting a Router which is a parent to other nodes, this scenario will illustrate the ability ofZigBee to participate in route repair and continue network operation. For this scenario, a nodewill randomly be powered down and students will observe the effects on the network. Thecoordinator will issue a periodic broadcast during this time informing its children to toggle anLED on and off so that there will be visible evidence of whether a device is in communicationwith the network. This scenario should be repeated with both an End

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

International

simultaneously seeking to improve domesticScience and Engineering Education and promoting the education of women and membersof underrepresented minority groups. This dual goal is especially important in light ofglobal competition for the best Science and Engineering students and scholars.1The education and training of scientists and engineers is one of the most vital tasks of aknowledge-based society. The quality of students and researchers determines a nation’sinnovative capabilities and forms the basis of economic competitiveness and nationalsecurity. Page 12.349.2There are conflicting points of view regarding the competitiveness of the world, andwhether it

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Honken, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

context to reach higher levels of expertise.Each time individuals acquire a new skill, they start at the novice stage where they need to learnthe facts and the rules for determining action. In school situations, instructors help by reducingbig problems into small pieces that can be solved without knowledge of the entire situation. Inwork situations, this step is more likely to be informal and might take place through observations Page 23.443.4or self-teaching. The novice thinks through the analytical process and decides the course ofaction to take to solve the problem. Since novices generally do not have responsibility foroutcomes, they have a

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Dilorenzo; Kurt Gramoll

application deals with a particularsituation and content, the premise is the same with many types of information structures used foreducation. It is easy to see how this system could be adapted to conform to the needs of otherindustries or educational institutions. The aspect of focus is the effective and efficientmanagement and relation of information. Any information management system requires astructure which makes navigation and access as intuitive and simple as possible. It can bedifficult enough for most individuals to absorb new information without having to seek it out.The way in which information is presented is as important as its management. Providing visualmethods of information access is, of course, beneficial. The visual system allows

Conference Session

Building New Communities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberley R. Breaux; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

to improve knowledge about and practice of engineering teaching and learning. This five-yeargrant brings together a team of scholars with diverse backgrounds and disciplines from fivecampuses: Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Howard University (HU), Stanford University(SU), the University of Minnesota (UM), and the University of Washington (UW), the leadinstitution [1].This paper focuses on one of CAEE’s research goals: understanding and enhancing theengineering student’s learning experience. The Academic Pathways Study (APS) component ofCAEE involves data gathering and analysis, interpretation and dissemination of the research dataand findings. The mixed-methods study uses three primary investigative tools: surveys, in-depthinterviews, and

Conference Session

Building New Communities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Smith; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

CoP model to expand their own communities.IntroductionCalls for embracing more rigorous research in engineering education are emerging withincreasing frequency. For example, the Journal of Engineering Education is repositioning itselfas an archival journal for scholarly research in engineering education [1]. The journal nowprovides a forum for reporting on research that meets criteria such as those set forth by Diamondand Adam [2] and updated by Diamond [3]: 1. Requires a high level of discipline-related expertise 2. Is conducted in a scholarly manner with clear goals, adequate preparation, and appropriate methodology 3. Is appropriately and effectively documented and includes a reflective critique that addresses the

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Fleming; Kimarie Engerman; Ashley Griffin

week to email me back, and every time… I scheduled something to do with [him] … [he]missed … [the] appointment. And you just talk to [him], you know, you could tell how peoplereally feel about you, and [he] doesn’t look like [he] cares …” (ethnographic interview). WhenEmile, a male, civil engineering major was asked if there were any aspects of being anengineering major at this institution that he found particularly difficult in achieving his academicgoals, he stated, “[M]y advisor made it difficult last semester because uhm [sic] I would tell himabout taking certain courses and he was supposed to tell me certain things but I didn’t knowthose things and he caused problems for me with the civil engineering department.” (structuredinterview

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Khan Saeed; Beverlee Kissick

?); (2) interpersonal level (how do I behave with regardto people who are different?); (3) institutional and organizational level (what are thepolitics, treatment, behavior, procedures, and policies toward different groups ofpeople?); and (4) cultural or societal level (how do we broaden our view of what is right Page 9.590.1and good?) [4]. The goal of this first classification was to study the effectiveness of the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society of Engineering Education

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Durward Sobek

linearregression models: one using client satisfaction score as the response variable, the other usingdesign quality score.9 The independent variables were the number of person-hours spent on eachdesign-level/activity combination over the course of the project as. Table 2 displays the finalmodels. Both models show excellent fit as measured by R-squared, and interestingly, show littleoverlap in the statistically significant variables. Other parameters were also included in the Page 10.1358.3analysis, such as team size, effort level, amount of report writing, project management, andpresentation preparation; but none of these improved the model or provided

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Paterson; Samantha De Bon; Jean-Yves Chagnon; Deborah Wolfe

standingcommittee of the CCPE, is responsible for the accreditation of Canadian engineering educationprograms.The CEAB has two goals; engineering programs offered by Canadian universities will meet orexceed minimum educational standards acceptable for professional engineering registration inCanada, and the quality and relevance of engineering education will continuously improve. TheCEAB strives to meet these goals by continuously reviewing and updating the policies andprocedures for evaluating university engineering programs.In addition to advising the CCPE on all matters related to engineering education, the CEABworks closely with Canadian universities to ensure that accredited engineering programs are ableto impart to their graduates the skills and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nanette Keiser; Gloria Tressler; Arlen Gullickson

Evaluation Center (EC) at Western Michigan University is workingunder a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct an evaluation project. Theoverall mission of this evaluation project is to assess the impact and effectiveness of NSF’sAdvanced Technological Education (ATE) Program and to provide technical assistance forongoing evaluative efforts (Gullickson & Lawrenz, 1998). The first phase of this evaluation was1 This study was conducted with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Bell

, errors on the part ofthe student with substantially less work on the part by the designer and is a significantextension of previous efforts. This paper will describe the system currently in use that isbeing tested on students.BackgroundComputer aided instruction has come a long way since the early days of drill andpractice, however, there is still much to do. Current research in computer–based tutoringsystems have yielded us few programs suitable for field use, but have provided us awealth of didactic functions. Among these are problem solving strategies and moretactical discourse elements. Both of these are intended to help students bridge theirunderstanding for the material – an engineering course in this case – to new knowledge.The

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Bell

theirunderstanding for the material – an engineering course in this case – to new knowledge.The fundamental tenet of the process lies in Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development,which is that a student’s understanding is incomplete, but he/she is capable of greaterachievement with some assistance by a “more knowledgeable other” in those topics ofincomplete knowledge.By definition, a student’s knowledge is incomplete during the learning process. The onlydetermination of correct behavior comes in the form of a test, which may be the solutionfor a problem. The delay may not be desirable, though, because by the time a problem Page 7.1048.1solution has been presented

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John H. Ristroph

Session 1339 Economic Simulations for Risk Analysis John H. Ristroph University of Louisiana at Lafayette Introduction and OverviewErrors in estimates of cash flows are the rule rather than the exception, so inclusion of risk analy-sis in an engineering economics course is essential to a student's becoming a practicing engineer.Teaching this topic, however, can be difficult due to the lack of readily available tools. This pa-per presents a student-friendly software system named Econsim that performs economic simula-tions. It is

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon M. Schlossberg

will page maker- it also allowed me toeventually be at Florida Atlantic University and in the make new friends. I would definitelyCollege of Engineering. Experience shows that many like to come back next year!”students do just that. For teachers, the goal is to in-crease motivation, improve skills, broaden horizons, TC 97 Student Participantsand provide opportunities to network with the FAUCollege of Engineering.TC program objectives are to: • Build connections between studies in mathematics and science and real-world techno- logical problems. • Provide exposure to ways mathematics, science, computers, and engineering are used in business and industry. • Provide access to state-of-the-art computer

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly J. Hunter; James L. Hales

Session 2647 A Twenty-Year History: Perspective From the Past James L. Hales, Beverly J. Hunter University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown ABSTRACT All new graduates of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown are surveyed annually bythe Office of Career Services. The Engineering Technology Division has done periodic surveysof all its alumni. This paper examines the data collected through these instruments. Conclusionsdrawn from the results are useful in evaluating the effectiveness of the programs and in planningfor the future

Conference Session

Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haniye Mehraban, Oklahoma State University; Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Oklahoma State University; John Hu, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

. The Chips Act also emphasized theimportance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education andworkforce development programs for all backgrounds, regions, and communities, especiallypeople from marginalized, under-served, and under-resourced communities, to develop advancedchips at home [2]. Teachers play a vital role in STEM education and workforce developmentprograms. To improve their knowledge of semiconductors, they need to have access toprofessional development opportunities in this dynamic field.To meet this critical need, we developed a Research Experience for Teacher (RET) program atOklahoma State University to increase teachers’ semiconductor knowledge and addresscontemporary issues associated with the Chips

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Riley Jackson Fosbre, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

removing cost as a barrier to participation. Our Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules (orLCDLMs) help students visualize and experience engineering concepts where books prove lessthan adequate and provide class members with the opportunity to learn as a group andcollaborate with one another. LCDLMs have been found to improve motivation and attentionwhile providing direct and vicarious learning opportunities, encouraging information retention ina learning environment. The goal of this paper is to introduce the latest LCDLM in development,for glucose analysis, which will mark the first LCDLM to feature a chemical reaction. In thispaper we will also go over future work to be done to make the glucose analyzer viable forclassroom use. The new

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Rifatul Himel, Utah State University; Zain ul Abideen, Utah State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #42272Board 375: REU Participants’ Perceptions of Engineering Education Research:Looking for REU ImpactDr. Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University Dr. Oenardi Lawanto is a professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University, USA. He received his B.S.E.E. from Iowa State University, his M.S.E.E. from the University of Dayton, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Lawanto has a combination of expertise in engineering and education and has more than 30 and 14 years of experience teaching engineering and cognitive-related topics courses for his doctoral

Conference Session

Computer Science Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan J. Meuth, University of Advancing Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

theclassroom, particularly engineering education, as a tool for demonstrating dynamic processes andconcepts in a visual environment. The simplicity and power of the environment allow thesedemonstrations to be developed very rapidly, and a thriving community enables the openexchange of developed applications. Additionally, several Processing based spin-off projects,Wiring2, Arduino3, and Fritzing4, bring a similar design interface to embedded programming andcircuit design.In-classroom demonstrations are often utilized to bridge the gap between analytical world oftheory and the physical world of application, attempting to imbue the student with a visceralunderstanding of the interactions of forces and variables in a system. The effect of

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fleur Gooden, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Cornell University; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provide important feedback for improving theprograms in the future.In interpreting all of these results, there are a number of confounding factors to consider. Asearly as middle school, students make math and science course decisions that impact theirpreparation for engineering. Thus, interventions at this level are needed, but the impacts of aspecific intervention are nearly impossible to trace. Across the three programs, target groups areconfounded with program formats. For example, PCI, which targets African American highschool students in the local area, had the lowest percentage of alumni attending college. Is thisbecause the activities are distributed during the school year, because they are high schoolstudents, because they are African

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen; Faruk Taban; Ayhan Zora

from three different wind tunnel tests thatwere conducted by the Midwest Company; namely the PTO test, the AXLE test, and the high-speed wind tunnel transport test. The critical parameters were selected to be analyzed for eachtest were the top tank temperature, the intake manifold temperature, the oil cooler inlettemperature, the oil cooler outlet temperature, the fuel cooler inlet temperature, the fuel cooleroutlet temperature, the fan speed, the engine speed, the PTO torque and the axle torque. Most ofthe electrical and mechanical engineering and technology curricula include instrumentation,advanced CAD, and control courses using AutoCAD and LabView™ combined with a varietyof instrumentation inputs from proximity sensors and other

Conference Session

Track 8: Technical Session 6: A work in progress narrative literature review exploring the impact of minority engineering programs on the experiences of Black students in undergraduate engineering programs

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

, three main themes emerged: reimagining the image ofachievement, valuing Black students' wholistic experiences, and promoting social capital. Whilethese themes do not represent all that MEPs provide to Black students, they were the dominantthemes discovered thus far through studies that directly examined the impact of MEPs on Blackstudents. These three themes help to lay the foundation for repositioning MEPs ascounterspaces.Redefining the Image of AchievementThis theme emerged across 100% of the papers included in this analysis. Consistent with theprimary mission of MEPs, many studies highlight how programmatic efforts of MEPs providestudents with academic enrichment that prepares them for core courses in their engineeringmajors. In the late

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

their home institution and anothercampus.A variety of different features of these programs were examined, with those including the studentstargeted by the program, content, and other characteristics unique to various programs. Each ofthese features is discussed here, followed by a brief discussion of the available literature onprogram evaluation and effectiveness, which is an area that certainly presents opportunities forfurther study.One of the most common features of bridge programs aimed at the transition from undergraduateto graduate school is the strong focus on URM students, with a secondary strong focus onwomen. The programs reported in [14, 13, 15, 11, 16, 10, 17, 8, 18, 12] all had a focus on URMstudents, with some also specifically

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul Carrick Brunson, Paul Carrick Brunson Agency ; Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sara E. Branch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

ways that underrepresented minority (URM) faculty researchers are brandingthemselves across a variety of social media platforms. This study is similar to Pearson’swork that explored faculty’s use of social media and their concerns about social mediausage.2 It differs, however, in its focus on ways in which URM faculty are disseminatinginformation about their scholarship via social media, their reasons for selecting the socialmedia that they choose, their frequency of social media use for academic purposes, andtheir perceived understandings of the effects of such use. Research results and expertisefrom a nationally recognized entrepreneur and media personality will be used to inform adiscussion about ways that underrepresented minority STEM

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

. Of course this is virtually impossible and the students observed that paper is reasonablystrong in tension. They were then asked to hold the paper again but this time, apply a pushing motion. Ofcourse, the paper crumpled demonstrating that a single sheet of paper has virtually no resistance topushing.Now at this point the role of the engineer in the design of the structure (building columns are used as anexample) was introduced. The students had acquired a cursory understanding of forces and the resistanceof materials to forces. They were introduced to how the engineer takes this knowledge and by changingthe form, that is the shape in which the material is used, improve its ability to carry forces.A single sheet of paper, similar to that

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

. Of course this is virtually impossible and the students observed that paper is reasonablystrong in tension. They were then asked to hold the paper again but this time, apply a pushing motion. Ofcourse, the paper crumpled demonstrating that a single sheet of paper has virtually no resistance topushing.Now at this point the role of the engineer in the design of the structure (building columns are used as anexample) was introduced. The students had acquired a cursory understanding of forces and the resistanceof materials to forces. They were introduced to how the engineer takes this knowledge and by changingthe form, that is the shape in which the material is used, improve its ability to carry forces.A single sheet of paper, similar to that