Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Averill, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #26192Board 96: The Seven C’s of Solving Engineering ProblemsDr. Ron Averill, Michigan State University Ron Averill joined the faculty at Michigan State University in 1992. He currently serves as the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research focus is on pedagogy, design optimization of large and complex systems, analysis of composite materials and structures, and design for sustainable agriculture. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 The Seven C’s of Solving Engineering Problems1. IntroductionMost

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Toronto. He is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Memorial University, teaching mechanics and design. His research areas are automated modeling, vehicle dynamics and control, vibration-assisted drilling, and nondestructive testing of power transmission line poles. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Challenges and Logistics in Flipping a Large Classroom for Junior-Year Mechanical VibrationsA junior-year Mechanical Vibrations course with 110 students was “flipped” to increase studentengagement and learning outcomes. Each week, a gapped notes handout was created. Theoryand derivation videos were generated using open-source software

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael M. Umbriac, University of Michigan; Amy Hortop, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

 lathe machines before they could use these machines to build their projects.  (The mills and lathes have controls which are much more complicated than those of the drill presses or bandsaws.) Two issues were identified.  Firstly, although the machine shop technicians demonstrated safe practices during the training, this was not hands­on training for the students. Secondly, there were two months between the end of the training and the start of the project work.  During this time, students could forget some of the procedures.  Other researchers have reported similar findings (Haynie, 2009.)   To resolve both of these issues, the machine shop technicians developed mill and lathe exercises, show in Appendices A and B.  The students have one month

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Brocato, Mississippi State University; Amy Barton, Mississippi State University; Kelly Agee, Mississippi State University; Ed Dechert, Mississippi State University; Greg Carlisle, Morehead State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Average Individual Scores Pre-Workshop Scores Post-Workshop Presentation 1 83.9 86.4 Presentation 2 84.4 86.4Conclusions, Limitations, and Future ImprovementsThe results of this initial study show that workshops involving theatre-based exercises could helpimprove student confidence in the voice and body aspects of oral presentations, while the impacton student presentation grades (with an admittedly small sample) looks promising.An obvious limitation of this work is that it involves only one group of students in one semester.Firmer evidence of the strategies’ usefulness requires multiple

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #11453A Paramedic Method Drill Master to Improve Student WritingProf. David Braun, California Polytechnic State University David Braun received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1991. From 1992 to 1996, he worked for Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on semiconducting polymers for display applications. He joined California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1996 and is now a Professor in the Electrical Engineer- ing Department. See www.ee.calpoly.edu/faculty/dbraun/ for more information. He teaches

Conference Session

Dynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew R. Sloboda, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #13778A Roller Coaster Project as Part of an Undergraduate Dynamics Course inMechanical EngineeringDr. Andrew R. Sloboda, Bucknell University Andrew Sloboda is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bucknell University where he teaches a variety of mechanics-based courses, including solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, dynamics, system dynamics, and vibration. His research interests lie primarily in the fields of nonlinear dynamics, vibration, and fluid- structure interaction. Page 26.104.1

Conference Session

Statics Online

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carisa H. Ramming, Oklahoma State University; John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

than the general section for the course. Lecture sessions are taught bythe professor assigned to the course and discussion labs are taught by teaching assistants.The request to teach an online version of this course was made for a couple of reasons. First, the Page 26.1203.4number of students enrolled in the course, not including the Honors College students, exceededthe capacity of the lecture halls, preventing any additional students from enrolling in the course.The college had initially dealt with the increasing number of engineering students by creating theHonors College section for this course, which removed approximately 45 students from

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Untener P.E., University of Dayton; Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Buck Jones, Engineered Software

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

that move them throughout Bloom’s taxonomy.While goals are often set to achieve the higher orders in the hierarchy, those are not achievedwithout the most basic foundation first, that of knowledge1.A tremendous amount of work has been conducted and documented relative to Bloom’staxonomy applied to engineering technology education. It is well documented that limiting acourse to lecture limits the depth of learning. Perhaps the most common element to research inthis area is the concept of varying pedagogical methods, even within a given course. It is clear Page 26.1249.3that there is great benefit to having at least a few different facets to

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technologies II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Tamir; Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven; Lueny Morell, InnovaHiEd

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Computing & Information Technology

title, description, textbooks/references and other logistics. We are using the Felder-Brent definition of learning objectives (or instructional objective): “A statement of something observable and clear that students should be able to do after receiving instruction, plus (optional) conditions under which they would do it and/or what would constitute acceptable performance.” 13 Development – Teams of two to three subject matter experts with academic and industry experience are currently tackling the task of developing each course. This entails: defining topics and learning outcomes, identifying resources needed, and creating active learning experiences and assessments. Research shows that students learn better

Conference Session

New Media for Ethics Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Valerie H. Summet, Rollins College; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #29719Science Fiction as an Entry Point for Ethical Frameworks in Engineeringand Computer Science EducationDr. Valerie H. Summet, Rollins College Dr. Valerie Summet is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Rollins College, a liberal-arts school located in Winter Park, FL. Her research interests include human-computer interaction and CS education. She earned a BS in Computer Science from Duke University and an MS and PhD in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.Prof. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chia-Jeng Tseng, Bucknell University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1050: PEDAGOGIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR TEACHING DIGITALSYSTEM DESIGN USING VHDLChia-Jeng Tseng, Bucknell University Chia-Jeng Tseng is with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Bucknell University. His current research focuses on the development of digital system design methodologies and digital signal processing algorithms. Page 12.1149.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Pedagogic Considerations for Teaching Digital System Design Using VHDLAbstractOver the last four years, system-level design methodologies have been taught in an“Advanced Digital Design

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

course. In addition to engineering communication, her areas of interest and expertise include interdisciplinary learning, collaborative learning and teamwork, meta-cognitive learning, information literacy, and student learning outcomes assessment. Page 12.1537.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Awareness of Learning Processes to Help Students Develop Effective Teamwork StrategiesIntroductionA large body of research in engineering education has been devoted to the study of engineeringstudent teams. This work focuses on understanding the factors that shape the

Conference Session

Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

indifferential equations. By exposing students to vibration measurement instrumentation such asaccelerometers and dynamic signal analyzers, and by allowing them to take experimental data,calculate frequency response functions, and identify system parameters and mode shapes, studentlearning and motivation is enhanced. One characteristic of the labs described in this paper, incontrast to other vibrations labs discussed in the literature, is the way each lab builds upon theprevious one and the fact students test real engineering structures. The initial labs in the courseuse Electronic Control Products (ECP) hardware and introduce the idea of frequency responsefunctions (FRFs) and system identification. After students are familiar with these ideas

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

studies were Drexel’s Race Street Residence Hallthen under construction, and the Walnut Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River and itsassociated approach viaducts which was built in the mid-1980s. During the second courseoffering the dormitory was replaced with a the sodium hypochlorite storage building at thePhiladelphia Water Department’s (PWD’s) Belmont Treatment Plant. The treatment plant wasincluded in the second offering in response to student feedback that the first offering was light onenvironmental engineering content. During the third course offering the nearby Penn AlexanderElementary school replaced the treatment plant, while the new research tower at the Children’sHospital of Philadelphia became the AE focus. The Penn- Alexander

Conference Session

Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Summers, University of Dayton

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Industrial Engineering

cases related to the service industries utilized in existing classes?Student response was overwhelmingly positive, revealing to us that our students,regardless of their year, were fully aware of the changing job market (Summers, 2006).Further discussion with our industrial advisory committee members reinforced our desireto expand service industry topic coverage in our courses.Our initial investigations revealed that within our program, service industry applicationshad not translated well into course exercises or examples. For this reason, a sabbaticalfor a faculty member was requested. The primary goal of the sabbatical was the creationof eight to ten in-depth cases showing the application of IE/IET tools and techniques toproblems in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Morton, Western Washington University

things a resident monitor does is perform all of the required MCUinitialization in its own startup code. This allows the student to write simple program snippetswithout dealing with startup code or reset vectors.For example, when using the 9S12DG128 MCU, the memory map and the oscillator PLL are notoptimally configured out of reset. The resident D-Bug12 configures the memory map and sets upthe bus frequency during its initialization. The code for doing this is fairly simple but not for abeginning student. Also, if code is being loaded into RAM, the RAM location must be movedbefore the program is even loaded. By using a resident monitor, the beginning student can besheltered from these added complexities and from the confusion of introducing

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

: Advanced Signal Processing Topics and Conceptual LearningAbstractIn this paper a description of a unique fixed point systems course, including a list of topics, adescription of labs, and a discussion of the focus on a course project. The course has run fourtimes using simulation environments to promote analysis and visualization. The content of thecourse has made it apparent that there are numerous linkages to advanced signal processingtopics, and these are described. The course has also led to the initiation of an educationalexperiment using the Signals and Systems Concept Inventory (SSCI) to measure how two verydifferent electives affect student understanding of basic concepts. The experiment compares thefixed point

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kowalkowski, Knowledge Consultants; Gilbert Laware, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Enterprise Analysis (Prentice – Hall, ISBN 0-13-282-3365) and over 70 papers. Frank has been the keynote speaker as well a conference chair at several conferences. He conducts frequent seminars nationally and internationally on a variety of business management and information technology topics.Gilbert Laware, Purdue University Gil Laware is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in Computer Information & Technology department. He has over 30 years of consulting and industry experience in projects that span world-wide data management and web/database solutions, business process and knowledge management, and enterprise application integration. He is the Vice President of Research

Conference Session

Internet Delivery of Mechanics Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Boyle, Saint Mary's University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

supplement. They were encouraged to read the supplement before the first day of lectures. About sixty interactive models and six animated screen videos prepared the student for self-test exercises. About ten hours were required for a student to assimilate the material in the software supplement, and the paper discusses the value of this time commitment. 7) The role of virtual laboratory exercises included in the ePAC is briefly described.IntroductionImprovements in online learning tools, evolving student demands and universal computer access,prompt the initiation of course delivery methods that challenge the hegemony of traditionalpresentation formats. The courses described here were not offered by distance delivery, but

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Scheibler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Glenn Wrate, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

International

11.366.2IntroductionOne overarching reality demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt in the initial decade of the 21stcentury is that globalization is not “coming,” it is already here.3 The discussions and debatesregarding the probabilities and vicissitudes of globalization that dominated engineeringpedagogy in the 1990’s are moot. From Inner Mongolia to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, globalizationis an established fact of life. The critical realities of globalization and the unique pressuresimposed on the nation’s present and future security, economy, and stability create an educationalimperative for engineering educators – the paradigm for preparing engineering students mustexpand to include essential survival skills for a rapidly changing, increasingly globalized

Conference Session

Engineering and Poverty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

and six Indigenous Peoples organizations, and the International Arctic ScienceCommittee (IASC) representing 18 national academies of science released its reportImpacts of a Warming Arctic in November 2004.The report establishes evidence of rapid climate change in the Arctic over the last halfcentury and projects much larger changes ahead. Global climate models use emissionsscenarios based on the anticipated greenhouse gas emissions from factors such as economicgrowth and energy consumption to project future climate outcomes. The Arctic ClimateImpact Assessment researchers selected the mid-range emissions scenario used by the 2001Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).13The trends cited in the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment are

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

their value for themselves, and gain experience operating independently.On the second project, as on the first and third projects, the entire grade is based on the writtenteam report. Research has shown that newly graduated engineers who are skilled in writtencommunication are preferred for hiring. 5. Since the grade is based on communication of results,there is strong incentive for teams to explain their design process. As in the first project teamsmay pre-submit reports once up to 72 hours before the deadline; these reports are graded andreturned to the team. All reports are graded using a rubric given to students 3, and the rubrics aresimilar for all three projects in order to ensure consistent grading standards.One of the difficulties in

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #9961A Model for Engineering Ethics Education through a Co-op ProgramDr. Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University Chris Plouff, Ed.D., P.E., is the Assistant Director of the School of Engineering and the James R. Se- bastian Chair of Engineering Cooperative Education and Educational Development at Grand Valley State University. He is an Assistant Professor and coordinates assessment efforts for the School of Engineer- ing, including for the mandatory cooperative education program. His research interests include effective assessment of engineering education, cooperative education, transition to and from the

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven G Northrup, Western New England University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #7650Electric Vehicle Circuit and Electrical System Senior Lab ProjectDr. Steven G Northrup, Western New England University Dr. Steven G. Northrup earned a BSEE from the University of Michigan and an MSEE & Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He worked in the defense industry in Whites Sands, NM and in the automotive electronics industry for designing climate control systems for Ford Motor Company. He is an associate professor at Western New England University where he teaches senior lab, circuits, and embedded controls courses. His research interests are robotics and embedded control systems

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

groups of students have taken the initiative to build and destructively testseveral candidate bridge designs well in advance of the actual contest. There has seemed to be aconsistently high level of interest in the last few weeks of the class on such topics as theadvantages and disadvantages of different types of glues and different ways to reinforce bridgejoints. Several students in their written comments on course evaluations said that they had fundesigning, building, and testing their bridge design. Students were generally quite enthusiastic inclass during the final weeks of the semester and during the competition itself. Student assessments of the other two technical elements of the class, MATLABprogramming and Engineering Analysis

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Ragsdell; Halvard Nystrom

manager’s role is to tell everyone what to do; to condemn “off-target” performance and praise “on-target” performance. Otherwise, the manager does nothing! Catcher and dropper are not allowed to communicate with anyone except their foreman; certainly not each other. Foremen can speak to their respective workers, the inspector/recorder, but not each other. They must go through the manager to send messages to each other. Proper protocol must be used at all times. The ruler is held by the dropper and the catcher’s hand is placed in the initial catching range. The dropper foreman tells the dropper to drop the ruler. The catcher foreman tells the catcher when to catch in order to hit the target. The inspector/recorder observes and records

Conference Session

Engineering Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Jay Caponigro, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Derby, the fifth grade students were challenged topredict how the weight of a vehicle would influence how far it would roll down a straightaway,starting from an inclined ramp. The very nature of this project makes it unique in that it wasdesigned to have mutual benefit for both the engineering students and the fifth grade students. AYouTube video from the initial program administration in the fall of 2010 depicts the energylevel at the I2D2 event when so many creative minds of diverse backgrounds and ages arebrought together (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvrjr7Qd1Rk).The “serious play” activities during I2D2 were designed to elicit meaningful customer inputfrom the fifth grade students; the college students then designed and built pets using

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

fall semester.The remaining sections of the paper are organized as follows. In section II, we briefly describethe course and its objective. Section III presents course design and detail schedule of activitiesduring the residency week. In section IV, we present a case study on an animal healthcaredistribution company from a recent class. Section V describes the key findings of the project. Insection VI, we conclude the paper with some remarks from students’ survey.II. Course DescriptionThis is a project-based course designed to enhance students’ experience in quantitative researchand analysis. The main objective of this course is to provide students with sufficient exposureand training to perform applied research in their post graduation career

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; W. David Harding, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-5004: MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES TAUGHT IN AMULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSEDr. Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven Michael A. Collura, professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Haven, received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lafayette College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from Lehigh University. He is currently the Buckman Professor of chemical engineering and Coordinator of the Chemical Engineering program. His professional interests include the application of computers to pro- cess modeling and control (particularly for energy conversion processes), engineering education research (student self-assessment, developing conceptual understanding, and

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University; Zachary Kurmas, Grand Valley State University; Venkat N. Gudivada, Marshall University; Naser El-Bathy P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Cameron Seay, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

research interests are in personalized eLearning, verification and validation of SQL queries, high perfor- mance computing for software visualization, information retrieval, and natural language processing.Dr. Naser El-Bathy P.E., North Carolina A&T State University Naser El-Bathy is an Assistant Professor of electronics, computer, and information technology at North Carolina A&T State University. He earned his B.S. degree from Wayne State University, Mich., M.S. (computer science, 2006) from Wayne State University, and Ph.D. (information technology, 2010) from Lawrence Technological University. El-Bathy is currently teaching at the North Carolina A&T State University. His interests are in health informatics