Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy L. Mahan; Martin J. Gutowski; Brian H. Victor; Mark Deluca; Sarma Pisupati

thefaculty to grade the reports, increased faculty efficiency, reduced grading errors, andcounters plagiarism as duplicate submissions are ineffective.Informal student assessment indicated that the highly interactive Flash simulations were a Page 10.717.1motivational environment enabling comprehension of the cognitively challenging “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”material. This paper discusses the approach utilized, and the effectiveness of themethodology in motivating, challenging, and educating the

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vish Prasad; Richard Schoephoerster; Ofer Amit; Alan Carsrud

opportunities for itsfaculty and students to participate in the academic, industrial, or clinical settings. Moreover, theprogram creates a framework that allows partners a look into the biomedical engineeringacademic program and to participate in formulating their prospective employees’ professionalpreparation.This paper will present the Biomedical Engineering Partnership Program as a case study for auniversity-lead partnership between academia, industry, and clinical medicine. It will discussprogram structure, mechanics, and other issues arising from this unique partnership. It will alsodescribe innovative joint programs that made the partnership successful: corporate andentrepreneurship options for Senior Design Project, business plan competition

Conference Session

Trends in Civil Engineering Accreditation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Elliott

under the experimental criteria was not made1 The criteria can be found on the internet at: http://www.abet.org/criteria.html Page 8.457.12 It should be noted that the designation EC 2000 is no longer technically correct. The “2000” has been dropped andthe correct name is simply ABET Engineering Criteria. Nevertheless, EC 2000 is used in this paper for clarity. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationuntil March or April. As a result we prepared all the ABET visit documents

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

encouraging younger students to consider engineering careers.Walk On Water at USD is a great learning experience that serves several purposes. It is a designproject for freshmen engineering majors at USD, a project for high school science classes, anevent which creates awareness of engineering in the local community, a forum for interaction ofhigh school and college students, and a vehicle for upper-class engineering students to developskills in planning and executing an event including fundraising and publicity.The paper will introduce the WOW event and then show how the competition provides a vesselto promote engineering and applied science throughout many areas within the local community.IntroductionThe annual Walk On Water (WOW) competition has

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps

. Undoubtedly this is the most popular part of the class for the students andthat motivation leads them to self-learning4. Other outcomes of the class include teamwork,project management, and written and oral communication. Overall we have found this class to bevery successful in both introducing students to mechatronics, and in helping them develop theirown learning skills.Defining Project CriteriaThis paper will focus on the third part of the class components, the team project. It was necessaryto define what specific needs must be met to design an effective robot competition1. A carefulconsideration of department goals and student needs resulted in a list of desirable attributes forany new robot competition. These are the “Competition Analysis

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

and development engineer with AT&T’s Bell Telephone Laboratories and with ITT’s AdvancedInternational Technology Center; and service in the U.S. Air Force in navigational aides electronics technology.Herrick combines his rich engineering and technical experiences with an educational approach to education thatengages students in an active learning process that has been extraordinarily successful with his students.James Michael Jacob, the current George W. McNelly Professor of Technology, is an award-winning teacher. Hehas received the CTS Microelectronics Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching award as the best teacher in theElectrical Engineering Technology Department seven times. He has won the Dwyer Undergraduate TeachingAward as the top

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosa Cano; Howard Kimmel

engineering specialty: fourth grade girls studyenvironmental; fifth, aeronautical; sixth, mechanical; seventh, chemical; and eighth,biomedical engineering. This paper describes the organization of the Center and its programsin order to meet the needs of the pre-college students, their teachers, and parents.IntroductionNJIT, through its Pre-College Center, offers initiatives and programs designed to increaseeducational opportunities for inner-city youngsters while improving the quality of educationat the elementary and secondary grades in the City of Newark, and its environs1-2. Since itsestablishment in 1978, NJIT’s Pre-college Center has undergone several fundamentaltransformations of its identity and goals. It has evolved from a locally focused

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hemminger; Ralph Ford

and image processing. One of thedriving forces behind DSP is the overwhelming interest in real-time processing as, for example,in high definition television, spread spectrum communications, and speech recognition systems.It is clear that DSP is instrumental in conveying the principles of many topics covered inelectrical engineering particularly with respect to modeling and simulation. The objective of this paper is to describe a multi-course sequence which employs DSP atmany levels of the undergraduate curriculum for the purpose of enabling students to visualize,test, and implement concepts introduced in the classroom. This is accomplished through thecompletion of special projects and laboratory exercises in multiple courses with the goal

Conference Session

Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry; James Farison

Session 1380 The Current Status and Uses of the General (Undesignated) Engineering Program with a Case Study James Farison, Byron Newberry Department of Engineering, Baylor University, Waco TXAbstractIn this paper we discuss several important aspects of the category of engineering programs namedsimply Engineering (or General Engineering) or Engineering Science, in contrast to programs witha designated disciplinary focus, such as Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. Ourpurpose is to explore the role such undesignated, or general, engineering programs play

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed McCaul; Earl Whitlatch; Robert J. Gustafson

Session XXXX Alumni Perspectives on Professional and Ethical Responsibility Robert J. Gustafson, Edward McCaul, Earl Whitlatch The Ohio State UniversityAbstractThe goal of the study reported in this paper was to collect data which would give guidance to ourprograms on ways to reduce the gap in the perceived importance versus preparation of College ofEngineering B.S. graduates in the area of “Professional and Ethical Responsibility”. A surveywas designed to address four main questions: Q1) What ethical issues are occurring most frequently in engineering practice? Q2) What is

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvon Kermarrec; Ian R. Simpson

Schools, very few international Master’s programs currentlyexist in the Old Continent.The Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne (ENST Bretagne), aFrench Graduate School (Grande Ecole) in Information Technology, has decided to open twoInternational Master’s Programs at the beginning of the academic year 2000-2001 :• A dual degree : French Master in Telecommunications and American Master of Science (M.S) in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering. (Partner University: Texas A&M).• European Masters in Optical Data Communications and Telecommunication Networks (Partner University: University of Bristol, UK).This paper will attempt to describe how these programs were designed and how they maydevelop over future

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Munir Mandviwalla; Chang Liu; Azim Danesh

allow learners and educators manynew opportunities over the traditional education, it also introduces many shortcomings andchallenges.This paper will review different studies regarding communication, distance education and the useof technology in online courses. It will focus on technology issues in the area of interaction andcommunication. The processes involved and the problems that exist will be identified anddiscussed. As part of the research, a survey regarding these issues will be given to students whohave tried online education and the results will be evaluated.Historical Definition and BackgroundThe concept of distance education is not new; universities have been offering correspondencecourses since the nineteenth century (McIsaac &

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Al-Ashkar

non-traditional education settings requires more thataccess to technical and supplemental services. It requires that support staff be aware ofissues of adult, distance, and independent learning, and the prioritization strategies theselearners employ. It also means that staff in adjunct service areas must be prepared forinteraction with students who are not traditional in age or attitude toward learning. Apoint-of-contact person on campus must build avenues of communication between thestudents and services, and between service staff and students. In the case of oneinstitution the bridge-building, both for students and other staff was done by the degreeprogram advisor. The presentation to the conference will highlight both the preparationsfor

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

Session 3130 A Model for the Evaluation of Innovative Engineering Courseware: Engineering an Assessment Program Richard H. Hall, Timothy A. Philpot, David B. Oglesby, Ralph E. Flori, Nancy Hubing, Steve E. Watkins, and Vikas Yellamraju University of Missouri – RollaAbstractThis paper describes a general model for assessment of instructional innovations used by theUniversity of Missouri – Rolla’s Media Design and Assessment Laboratory and an example ofthe model’s application. This model is based on three themes: a) iterative assessment with on-going

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark G. Thompson, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; James Gover, Kettering University; Allan R. Taylor, Kettering University; Michelle R. Pomeroy, Kettering University; Kevin (Hua) Bai, Kettering Univ

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

industry must serve as a central component in a strategy togain U.S. energy independence. To this end, the implementation of a Hybrid Electric VehicleGreen Mobility Laboratory to aid in the development of an innovative and flexible educationalprogram in transportation electrification is described in this paper. The high level objectives ofthe program are: (1) to provide unique and timely educational opportunities to undergraduatestudents as a basis for the advancement of transportation electrification, and (2) to provideresearch facilities and opportunities for graduate students and faculty in the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) that will establish the future direction of electric

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

) argue that the bulk of acquiredknowledge, skills, and dispositions are cultivated by the student3,4. However, if the studentexperience is deemed this important to his or her future, the question remains: what is theeducator’s role in helping students pull information together for assimilation and application?Should the student be subjected to rote learning or should they be given an opportunity toexercise their acquired knowledge, skills, and dispositions within constraints?As the focus of this paper is the undergraduate junior/senior engineering student, the NationalResearch Council (NRC) suggested an approach to learning which seemed applicable to this

Conference Session

Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald L. Skaar, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

: Z = r1 +jx1 + Zf (2)The term Zf in Figure 1 has been defined in the technical literature as the Forward Impedanceand that same nomenclature is used here; the fact that Z f is circular (see the Appendix) eases thedevelopment of Figure 2. Observe Zf in Figure 1 as the term 's' varies: When s = 0, r2/s is an open circuit and Zf = jxM = Zfmax, its maximum value. When s is infinite, r2/s is a short circuit so Zf = j[xM ‖ x2] = Zfmin, its mimimum value.Since the Forward Impedance locus is circular, the diameter may be defined as D, a veryimportant machine constant that allows students to transform an actual impedance into anormalized impedance for use with a Locus – or visa versa

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hergenrader, University of Southern California; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California; Erin Shaw, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

like the onlinediscussion forum are quite a leap from the traditional face-to-face interaction of a classroom.Thus, it becomes vital for instructors using these tools to understand the needs of participatingstudents and to try to encourage everyone to join in so as to leverage the talents of largerenrollment pools. In this paper, we hope to contribute to the study of these online interactions.Our study views discussion patterns from an emotional point of view, focusing mainly onfrustration phrasing in these dialogues. Our aim is to help instructors understand where in studentdiscussions this emotion is found and what factors of the discussion board it affects.Kim, Shaw, Wyner, Kim, and Li also analyzed student discussions with an emotional

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Best Practices

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

International

in fact cut jobs in industry ratherthan increase them. Engineers are taught to inherently believe in development since they are inthe business of creating solutions to problems.5 This creation often leads to a continuum ofprogress that our nation is well consumed by. Problems that consume the developing world arerarely in need of a highly technical solution, but rather some basic and core engineering andsome very deep communication and understanding.EWB@UWM is training engineering students to consider five billion people on earth who earnless than $10 per day and cannot afford the same amenities as the other two billion. They arebeing trained to consider engineering and construction options that are low-cost but can be highimpact for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

decisionmaking stages and individual team members’ facets. The paper will present the process throughwhich each student’s vocabulary is developed and reinforced and the tools that supporttransitions and compensate for missing facets in the team decision process are described.Why “Engineering as Leader”“Effective leadership addresses problems that require people to move from a familiar butinadequate equilibrium – through disequilibrium – to a more adequate equilibrium”1. All leadersmust be able to formulate and communicate a vision that moves others to act.How does the engineer as leader differ from other leaders? In addition to what is required forleadership in organizations, leaders in the engineering process must address: • Design – a creative

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Andre; Connie Hargrave; Scott Chumbley; Kristen Constant

:• Computer facilities vary widely and expertise/technical support is not readily available. Money to purchase additional computation facilities is not available.• Most teachers are not familiar with the SEM or how it might be used for teaching. Some are apprehensive about using the complex, expensive equipment, even remotely.• Teachers often feel that they do not have the time to experiment with new, untried teaching tools and methods• Faculty and staff in the Materials Science and Engr. Department do not have the time to instruct in-service teachers in the use of the SEM or the computer interface.Removing these barriers requires a more comprehensive approach that incorporates teacher andcurriculum

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rahul Bargava; Michael Rosenblatt; Howard M. Choset; Amy Graveline

, we assembled a guiding list of issues to be considered whenapplying constructionist ideas to existing curriculum. We call this approach directedconstructionism, a hybrid of instructional and constructional education.This paper is divided into three sections. The first section gives a brief description of thestrengths and shortcomings of both instructional based education and the constructionistapproach, and our ideas on how to fit the two approaches into one complimentarystructure. The second section gives insight into the short history of the General Roboticscourse, and its place in the university’s Undergraduate Robotics Minor. It goes on toexplain how we applied our ideas to the redesign of this course. The third section is aninitial

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William E. Murphy; Jimmy L. Smart; G. T. Lineberry; Bonita L. Lykins

addition, facsimile requests can be made to theInterlibrary Loan Department for document delivery. Other inquiries can be made directly to theShaver Engineering Library.As of July 1998, PCC holds 80 reference and circulating books acquired specifically to supportthe two new programs, in addition to a solid foundation of basic science and technology resources.Instructors may arrange for materials to be placed on reserve for their students. The Librarysubscribes to several engineering journals in paper form and many more in electronic form. At anyof the 20 public workstations, students may search the online catalog of the library holdings ofPCC, UK, other community colleges, and the EiCompendex Web.Laboratory FacilitiesAnother interesting and unique

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Victoria Shao, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #42621Enhancing Understanding and Retention in Undergraduate ECE Coursesthrough Concept MappingProf. Yang Victoria Shao, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Yang V. Shao is a teaching assistant professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She earned her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Prof. Shao has research interests in curriculum development, assessment, student retention, and student success in engineering, developing innovative ways of merging engineering fundamentals and research

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oerther

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

Paper ID #41857Essentials of the Nurse + Engineer: Integrating Systems Engineering ModelingDr. Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology Professor Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, PE, BCEE, DLAAS, FAAN(h) joined the faculty of the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2010 as the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Civil Engineering after serving for ten years on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati where he was head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Professor Oerther is internationally recognized for leadership of engineers, sanitarians, and nurses promoting the

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Lee Kouo, The Johns Hopkins University; Jeanette Chipps, The Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #42498Board 161: Engineering Community Inclusion of Individuals with Autism(ECIIA): The Commitment of Community Collaborators in Engineering Educationand Industry (Work in Progress)Dr. Jennifer Lee Kouo, The Johns Hopkins University Dr. Jennifer Kouo is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Technology in Education (CTE) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Jennifer’s areas of expertise include Universal Design for Learning, technology integration, assistive technologies, and serving students with a range of disabilities, particularly autism spectrum disorder. She is currently engaged in

Conference Session

Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Rui Liang, University of the District of Columbia; Rui Kang; Carlos Sac Mendoza, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #41775Developing Lafayette Park Minecraft World to Broaden Participation in ComputingDr. Lily Rui Liang, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Lily Rui Liang is a full professor and Graduate Program Director at the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of the District of Columbia. Dr. Liang joined the University of the District of Columbia in 2004 after receiving her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. Her research areas include computer science education, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital image processing. She

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Floyd Smith, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Kelly J Cunningham

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #41585Board 424: What Works: Intra-Institutional Partnerships and Processes forS-STEM RecruitmentDr. Tamara Floyd Smith, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Dr. Tamara Floyd Smith is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean of Engineering and Sciences at West Virginia University Institute of Technology.Dr. Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Kenan Hatipoglu is the chair and professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He completed his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerry A Pedraza, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #43665(Board 49/Work in Progress): Using Generative AI for Reducing FacultyWorkload in Online Engineering CoursesMr. Gerry A Pedraza, Texas A&M University Gerry is the Assistant Director of Learning Design at the Engineering Studio for Advanced Instruction and Learning at Texas A&M University. He is a proactive innovator dedicated to enhancing faculty workflows in collaboration with instructional designers. His primary goal is to streamline faculty transition to online teaching, fostering seamless interactions between educators and instructional staff. Gerry’s work is instrumental in saving valuable time

Conference Session

Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

tested inphysics. However, significant progress is happening related to each of these issues. There is awidespread and rapidly growing awareness of the benefits of active-engagement methods in engineeringeducation (Prince, 2004) and significant progress has been made in developing concept inventories forcore engineering topics (Evans, 2003; Reed-Rhoads and Imbrie, 2007; Streveler et al., 2008). The lack ofestablished educational materials specifically designed to repair important misconceptions in the coredisciplines of engineering is arguably the predominant missing piece. This work seeks to help addressthat gap by developing inquiry-based activities to address four targeted student misconceptions in the areaof heat transfer. The paper