2006-910: TECHNICAL PROBLEM SOLVING WITH MATLAB FOR 21STCENTURY ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYPROGRAMSPaul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne PAUL I-HAI LIN is Professor and Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology Department, Purdue University Fort Wayne Campus. He is a registered Professional Engineer (EE) in the States of California and Indiana. He is a Senior member of IEEE. Lin's current research interests include sensor networks, Web engineering, and control applications.Melissa Lin, Exactech MELISSA C. LIN is an IT project manager of Exactech Inc., Gainesville, FL, and an associate faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
and slow to make progress recruiting. Regular visitswere needed to keep the project on track. It became necessary to enlist the help of the Director ofFayette County services for the college. Her office in a nearby town was close enough to the highschool to permit regular visits as registration approached. Her efforts to recruit and register thetrial group saved the program from failure before it began. The initial student body surveycontained over 250 names of interested students. Subsequent selection by the high school staffproduced 12 students. By the last day of spring registration only one of these students was able toafford the cost of tuition. In a last-ditch-effort, the director contacted the Vice Provost’s officeand discretionary
module. This repeats the Experiment 5 in Level 1 but uses pure hardware implementation. A master control circuit issues TFT initialization commands via the SPI or parallel interface and then generates pixel data to fill the specific region of TFT’s frame buffer. 4. Test pattern on the TFT module. This repeats the Experiment 6 in Level 1 but uses pure hardware implementation. A master control circuit performs initialization and writes the frame buffer, similar to that of the previous experiment. 5. VGA test pattern generator core. This implements the test pattern generator core discussed in Section 4.5. 6. VGA mouse pointer core. This implements the sprite core discussed in Section 4.6. A mouse
has over 30 years’ experience in engineering practice and education, including industrial experience at the Tennessee Valley Authority and the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Her research inter- ests include Engineering Ethics, Image and Data Fusion, Automatic Target Recognition, Bioinformatics and issues of under-representation in STEM fields. She is a former member of the ABET Engineering Ac- creditation Commission, and is on the board of the ASEE Ethics Division and the Women in Engineering Division. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Can ABET Assessment Really Be This Simple?AbstractWith the hard roll-out of ABET’s new outcomes 1-7 in the 2019
rationale behind them have been documented byABET.7,8 A previous paper1 analyzed the effects of these changes and concluded that theywere relatively minor.This paper builds on that analysis and offers specific suggested actions that can be takento meet these criteria changes without undo effort and without making assessmentsystems unsustainable. It also makes recommendations to the ABET Criteria Committeeand the ASCE Committee on Accreditation for providing changes and clarification onunresolved issues encountered during this initial cycle of implementation.Relevant Changes and Suggested Actions • Criterion 3(1) Complex Problems. In the process of revising criterion 3, someoutcomes were combined with the intent of simplifying the assessment
engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, nonverbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and book chapters on these topics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Revising the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK): The Application of the Cognitive Domain of Bloom’s TaxonomyAbstractIn October, 2016, The American Society of Civil Engineers
. Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry, P.E. is Professor of Engineering Education in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects through- out the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering
summary of the student responses tothis question are provided in Table 4.Table 4. Student Responses to Question 2 on the Online Survey for Tutorial 2 (% of responses) Equal to the 0 Smaller than 29 Larger than 3Both sets of student responses to these questions indicate that the majority of students hadacquired a basic knowledge of the difference between using these two beam theories incalculating beam deformation.Student responses to a third online survey question, however, were extremely varied. Question 3asked “In the tutorial you rotate the axis of bending of the initial beam cross-section by 90degrees. If you did not rotate the beam
many ofthem with family obligations and no family support, this is simply too long of an education path.One of the strategies developed to address the issue of under-preparation in math for aspiringengineering majors was the Summer Math Jam – a two-week intensive mathematics programinitially designed to help developmental level students prepare for the math placement exam.However, over time, Math Jam has evolved to help returning and higher level students preparefor their next math class. This paper looks at the impact Math Jam has on minorities in college-level STEM math classes. Page 26.491.3The program was initially developed through a grant
going. Also, because of cancelled meetings, some students could not complete the 10hrs and/or 10 visits. But we evaluated these students on case by case basis, giving them full credit for this part of the rubric.Acknowledgements:The authors would like to thank Brian Halderman, Program Director, Center for CivicEngagement for all the logistics support; Christopher von Brecht, the teaching assistant for thecourse for helping with the laboratories. This research was supported by NSF grant 1566463 toPAB and US Dept. of Education grant to LC.References[1] US Department of Education,Hispanics and STEM education,http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/hispanic-initiative/stem-factsheet.pdf[2] Passel, J.S. and Cohn D. US population
5 5 5 5Material waste [10] 5 5 5 5 1Availability [11] 3 2 1 3 4Ease of use [12] 3 3 3 3 2Examples: Production of Automobile Body Models by SLS and 3-D PrintingThe Mechanical Engineering Department owns two rapid prototyping machines which are usedfor a variety of teaching and research projects, a 3D-printer and a selective laser sintering (SLS)machine. We used these machines to produce two prototype wind tunnel models of typical autobody shapes, a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and a compact sedan. Different CAD softwarepackages
highly structuredapproach to the level of achievement expected for each of the outcomes, at various stages of acivil engineer’s education.Is Engineering Accreditation the Answer?Over a decade ago, in 1995, Accreditation Board for Engineering Education and Technology(ABET) set out the draft of “Engineering Criteria 2000”9 as a mandate to educators to designcurriculums that could produce engineers with the right skill sets to enter the job market. OnNovember 2, 1996, the ABET Board of Directors approved what was initially known as theEngineering Criteria 2000 but is now known simply as the ABET engineering criteria. In the newcriteria, there are a set of eleven outcomes that all engineering baccalaureate graduates should
Maine, and a Bachelor’s degree from Banaras Hindu University, India. His current research interests include real time imaging and engineering education. Page 23.187.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 An Update: The Engagement and Retention of Electrical Engineering Students with a First Semester Freshman Experience CourseAbstractFreshman retention has been a critical issue for engineering programs over the last decade.Universities have implemented many different approaches to improve freshman retentionincluding
, initially built in 530 BCE by anEtruscan ruler, and measured 621 meters long and 118 meters wide. The oblong staging area wasbifurcated by the spina, a barrier running the length of the field. Tall columns, which alsofunctioned as turning posts,22 at each end of the spina were capped with statues of eggs anddolphins, symbolizing the patron saints of Rome, Castor and Pollux, and horses, in honor ofNeptune. Other areas of the spina were adorned with decorative obelisks, bas-reliefs, and anelaborate lap counter.23The Circus featured seating for 250,000—five times that of the Colosseum—and later additionsincreased seating to more than 270,000.24 Lower tiers, for the upper classes, were made of stoneor marble, and upper tiers, for the less affluent
taught a pilot Science of Guitars course for high school students. Aswe anticipated, some of the students who were not initially planning on attending college becameinterested in attending college as the summer progressed (5 of the 23). This was demonstrated atthe final ceremony when three of the students stated that the course had inspired them to attendcollege. This was in addition to the other students that expressed interest in attending collegeduring the course and in the months following the course completion. This experience solidifiedwithin us the idea that there are talented high school students not planning on attending collegewho can be hooked by innovative courses such as the science of guitar course and then bridgedinto pathways
an attempt to improve upon the initial solution, akin to athink-pair-share exercise. Other interim activities involved problem-solving challenges, smallgroup work using collaborative software tools, and delving into additional components of theweek’s summative assessment. Anecdotally, students particularly enjoyed working on multipleaspects of a single complex problem within small working groups so that it was possible to sharecommon elements of all student solutions in their own summative assessment work.Summative assessments involved the collection, revision, and dissemination of the work done inthe formative and interim assessments. All summative assessments were completed individually,although students were encouraged to review work done
Integrating Curricula for Senior Design Classes Across Multiple Disciplines Reid Bailey and Meredith Aronson College of Engineering University of ArizonaABSTRACTIn an effort to improve the student experience and increase the efficiency with which facultyresources are used, the process of integrating engineering design curricula was initiated fiveyears ago at the University of Arizona. Much progress has been made, but the fact that morework remains is indicative of the organizational dynamics at a large university. While manynational and university-level factors encouraged the integration of redundant, disciplinarycourses into
. Potential employers are national and international companies who want a stableworkforce. They want this to be sustained by locally trained engineers yet insist on qualityengineering training that is nationally and internationally accepted for engineering education.ABET represents that yardstick.3. Conduct research and InvestigationThe University formed a committee to explore the feasibility of starting this engineeringprogram. This committee consisted of members both from the University and the industries inthe area. A survey was conducted among the industries to confirm the need for hiring engineers,to confirm the need for an Engineering Science program as opposed to an EngineeringTechnology program, and to explore the type of engineering
designs – especially in EET programs. MultiSim is a multifaceted software program designed to allow designers to construct, in virtual space, analog and or digital circuits and simulate their response behavior. It also allows the user to observe and measure various circuit parameters via a host of “virtual instruments.” Students are required to “paper design” their projects and then prepare a MultiSim computer simulation of that design. This computer simulation tool is initially used to verify the students’ preliminary paper designs. In other words, will their application of equations and theory, as acquired in class lectures and associated laboratories actually lead to a workable piece of hardware
information in a regularly backed up database, there is little chance for faculty or staff to lose survey results of any term.Super User Site:The super user (in our case is the ECE Chair) is responsible for setting up the site at thebeginning of each semester. Figure 11 shows the features available to the super user.Figure 11 describes the key features of the super user. One of the key uses is to initiate a newsurvey. The “Setup New Survey” feature automatically archives last semester’s survey resultsbefore initiating the new survey. Archiving allows a much more manageable database for thecurrent semester. The setup process asks only the new survey start date and end date. Once it issetup and ready. The ITS (Information Technology Services
-established professions, including medicine, law,engineering, and accounting in the past, researchers observed that professions in severaldifferent fields follow a professional development path that is fairly similar, regardless oftheir specific discipline. There are a number of important elements for one to become aprofession. Initial professional education is the primary element and foundation. Then Page 9.75.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationaccreditation is the second element. The rest of them are
motivation, but they may be somewhat poorly prepared inthe more mundane areas of planning, classroom presentation, and classroom management.There is good news for the professor who needs help in these routine tasks: Techniques forimprovement in the daily tasks associated with teaching can be easily learned. The goal of thispaper is to present steps that can be taken by the new professor to initiate significant improvementin the everyday elements of teaching. To achieve this goal, the paper presents specific techniquesand ideas for improving classroom performance in the areas of course planning, lecturepreparation and delivery, student assessment, personal study, and long-range planning.Course PlanningA liberal amount of time spent planning a course
the writing component of the course. Students were provided with individualand group instruction on the structure and format of lab reports and proposals. Professionalwriting style and the use of Standard English were also addressed. Writing Consultants from theHumanities Department were assigned to each section of the course, Initially, the WritingConsultants did not grade student writing or present a lesson on a writing topic. Their role was ina support capacity. (3) Page 8.1067.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society
: Final report, no more than 15 written pages, which presents thebackground of the case study, brief summary of data inputs (could be incorporated in tables inappendix), presentation of analyses, interpretation of results (what you might or might not trydifferently in further design iterations), and general perception of the effectiveness of the designapproach. Include tables, figures, and data appendices as appropriate.Materials Provided: Weekly reading plan; exercise schedule; case study parameters (includingsome data inputs); web link to download software; outcome for the course; expectations forcourse deliverable.Web Link to MEPDG Software: The software can be downloaded for free from theTransportation Research Board website - http
Pocomoke City, Md.Dr. Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Payam Matin is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES). Matin has received his Ph.D. in mechanical en- gineering from Oakland University, Rochester, Mich., in May 2005. He has taught a number of courses in the areas of mechanical engineering and aerospace at UMES. Matin’s research has been mostly in the areas of computational mechanics and experimental mechanics. Matin has published more than 20 peer- reviewed journal and conference papers. Matin worked in Auto-industry for Chrysler Corporation from 2005 to 2007.Dr. Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan
AC 2012-3969: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WEB-BASED PEER EVALUATION TOOL FOR TEAM PROJECTSDr. Carmine C. Balascio, University of Delaware Carmine C. Balascio, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the departments of Bioresources Engineer- ing and Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware. He earned bachelor’s degrees in agricultural engineering technology and mathematics from UD. He earned an M.S. in agricultural engineering and a Ph.D. double-major in agricultural engineering and engineering mechanics from Iowa State University. He teaches courses in surveying, soil mechanics, and storm-water management and has research interests in urban hydrology, water resources engineering, and
, performancegoals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.”11 Effective teamsmust have a clear and measurable goal, be able to communicate both within and outside theteam, structure themselves to utilize individual strengths, and be committed to each other and theteam.A. The GoalIn order for a team to succeed, they must have a clear goal that is attainable, specific, andmeasurable. Without concisely describing the goal and listing performance objectives in such away that it can be clearly shown if they have been achieved,12 the success of the team is unlikely.In fact, in research conducted by Larson and LaFasto, they found that in every case of aneffective team, members felt the team had a clear understanding of the team goal
opinions expressed in this article are those of the author asan individual educator and researcher. They do not in any way reflect the official position of theOhio State University, its College of Engineering, or the Dept. of Computer & Information Science.Further, throughout the paper, ‘I, my’ etc. refer to the author; ‘we, our’ etc. refer to the faculty ofthe CIS Department as a whole.1. IntroductionBy now it is well understood in the engineering community that preparing for accreditationevaluation under Engineering Criteria 2000 (henceforth abbreviated EC2000) is a demandingtask4, 8, 6 . Perhaps the most challenging of the EC2000 requirements are those that have to dowith objectives, outcomes, and assessments. Traditionally, most
AC 2010-804: CAREERME: ENCOURAGING AN ADVANCEDMANUFACTURING WORKER PIPELINESandy Feola, Sinclair Community College Sandy Feola is the Customer Relations Manager for the NCME (National Center for Manufacturing Education) at Sinclair Community College and a part time instructor for the University of Dayton’s Engineering Technology Department (since 2007) and Sinclair Community College’s Operations Technology Department (since 1995), teaching industrial engineering and quality engineering curriculum. As an independent quality professional in Dayton, Ohio since 2004, She provides consultation and training to manufacturing and service organizations for performance improvement initiatives in the