Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Dulin

, American Society for Engineering Education”agencies, of course, are involved in the agency research and agenda-setting process, as areengineers employed by the regulated and academic communities, either directly or asconsultants. As noted above, problems which make it onto the policy-agenda often are those forwhich solutions have already been identified by engineers.4 Engineers also can be extremelyeffective in the comment process, whether they are representing clients or simply themselves. Inthis type of forum, participation and advice from the engineering community has a much biggerimpact than many engineers perceive. From the perspective of agency leaders and employees,the attorneys and association members who regularly appear at meetings to

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Dardy; William Krantz; Kettil Cedercreutz

Graduate Student UC Chemical Engineering Class of 2001 “The University of Cincinnati co-op program is an essential tool in learning the chemicalengineering profession. Through my co-op experience I have learned to apply theories andprinciples taught in the classroom in a real world setting, such as heat exchanger design andworking within a team. My experience has also taught me valuable experiences in expanding onclassroom material, while also teaching real world applications that are never seen in aclassroom such as different areas and jobs with in the profession. The co-op experience hasreinforced my interest in being a chemical engineer and provided with me with an initial careerpath, something

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

; Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education2. Aldridge, M. D. (1994). Professional practice: A topic for engineering research and instruction. Journal of Engineering Education, 83(3), 231-236.3. Dyrud, M.A. (1998). Ethics education for the third millennium. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, CD-ROM.4. Raju, P.K., Sankar, C.S., Halpin, Gerald & Halpin, Glennelle. (2000). An innovative teaching method to improve engineering design education. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, CD-ROM.5. Herkert, J.R. (2000). Engineering ethics education in the USA: Content, pedagogy and curriculum. European

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Bernard Carlson; Rosanne Welker

that technology to advance, we can evaluate the method they used to makethose decisions, but we cannot always determine the personal forces that influenced thosedecision makers. Because hindsight is 20/20, it is therefore too easy for the students to judge thedecisions based on their consequences.Many traditional case studies, for example, teach students decision-making strategies, such as thestakeholder analysis. This method enables students to assign weights to each stakeholder in aseemingly fair, objective, and satisfying manner. Introducing a more personal testimonial fromone of the stakeholders, however, often changes the weighting of the stakes. For example, “ThePoletown Dilemma” cases describe a controversy initiated by General Motors

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnoldo Muyshondt; Ing-Chang Jong

-bird type, whose most effective hours of learning is in the early part of the day. Some students are of the night-owl type, who have difficulty in getting up early but have productive hours in the night. There are students who find it fun and challenging to inter- act with a computer and to learn from it at their own pace and in a time of their choice. Since computers are not persons, students are less likely to feel embarrassed to be initially given a low test score. The questions in each retake of a web-based test involve the same concepts to be mastered; thus, there is little uncertainty and much more learning for the students.■ To allow instructors to create teaching material of lasting value and to save overall efforts

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Kuder, Seattle University; Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2011-1950: IMPLEMENTING PEER-REVIEWS IN CIVIL ENGINEER-ING LABORATORIESKatherine Kuder, Seattle University Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle University, specializing in mechan- ics, structural engineering and cement-based materials.Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University Nirmala Gnanapragasam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at Seattle University and is the design coordinator of the senior capstone program for the depart- ment. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Washington. Her interests include the professional practice of geotechnical engineering and engineering education research

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip M. Gerhart P.E., University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

research literature establishes that most students are visual learners; material is bettercomprehended and retained when a student can see or visualize the concepts being taught.1, 2While energy, fluid flow, and heat flow can be experienced and felt, they generally cannot beseen. For this reason, thermal-fluids instructors should consider using everyday analogies –familiar or folksy comparisons – to describe difficult-to-comprehend concepts. In fact theinfluential publication called “The Seven Principles for Good Practice in UndergraduateEducation” stressed that students must relate what they are learning to past experiences.3 Keepin mind that analogies are different than classroom examples. For instance, if a student does notgrasp the concept of

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur F. Garcia Jr. P.E., Palm Beach State College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

London, England. During that year, Garcia had been approached by other companies interested in acquiring GCI Information Services, which led to his selling the company by the end of the year. The acquisition of his company was completed in Jan. 2000, and Garcia retired shortly afterwards. Prior to starting his own business, Garcia had 20 years of engineering experience. He initially worked for the U.S. Department of the Navy upon graduating from college in 1966 and into the 1970s. He wrote extensively on many technical topics and developed a number of computer programs (in Fortran and Basic languages) for designing various mechanical systems for ship propulsion systems and other special mechanical systems, as well

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

for improving the recruitment and retention of adiverse range of students [14, 15]. As such, robotics is an excellent fit for the undergraduateengineering education of 2020 described in the NAE report titled Educating The Engineer Of2020 [3]. In fact, over the past several decades, robotics has evolved to become a rather diversefield covering a wide spectrum of applications ranging from assistive technologies to consumerrobotics products, from complex industrial robots to humanoids. This variety providesopportunities for incorporating robotics into the undergraduate engineering not only in the formof coursework but also as research or capstone design experiences. As a result, students remainengaged in engineering design throughout their

Conference Session

Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl J. Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Dwight Harold Thomas Jr.

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. and Ph.D. from SIUC in 1991 and 2002, respectively. He teaches courses in electric power and machinery, industrial automation, and is the Program Coordinator. He has won departmental teaching honors three times in the last five years. His research interests include power systems economics, power markets, and electric energy management.Mr. Dwight Harold Thomas Jr. Dwight Thomas received his B.S. in electrical engineering technology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 2010. He decided to continue his education with a growing interest in quality and engi- neering management. He received his M.S. in manufacturing systems at SIUC in Dec. 2011. Growing up in Chicago, he had a strong interest in art and design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4831: UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLASS-ROOM LEARNING AND ONLINE LEARNING ON MEDICAL IMAGINGWITH COMPUTER LAB EXERCISESProf. Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology Hong Man joined the faculty of electrical and computer engineering at Stevens in Jan. 2000. He re- ceived his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Dec. 1999. Man is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of ECE. He is serving as the Director of the undergraduate Computer Engineering program, and the Director of the Visual Information Environment Laboratory at Stevens. His research interests have been in image and video processing, medical imaging, data analysis and pattern

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raul Ordonez; Hong Zhang; Ravi Ramachandran; Stephanie Farrell

potentiometer, which gives a voltage yxproportional to the actual valve position,y x = kv ⋅ xAn opto-electric sensor and the perforations on the flywheel sense the engine speed. The pulsesfrom the sensor are converted into a voltage yω, which is proportional to the engine speed.yω = k s ⋅ ωUnderstanding the complete models of the systems we can represent the equations in the LaplaceDomain. For the valve: G1y x (s) = u (s) sAll valves are subjected to some static friction in the drive gear. This friction, which is referredto as stiction, requires that a certain initial voltage be applied to before the valve will begin tomove. This gives rise to a non-linear gain characteristic for G1, with a dead band about zero.This concept

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Cottrell

substitutes for laborious manual calculations. The userneed enter only the cash flows and, if necessary, the time period of analysis.Nonetheless, engineering economics students are taught the trial-and-error and graphicalmethods as a means of developing an understanding of the concept of the IRR. Further,calculators and computers with the desired functions are not always readily available tothe analyst, so it is useful to know how to manually compute the IRR. This paper examines direct solution methods for finding the IRR. The need forsuch methods is evident in recognition of the monotony of trial-and-error and graphicalapproaches. Further, the students in the author’s engineering economics course havebeen, at least initially, confused and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Hobson; Esther Hughes

Session 1432 Utilization of Active Collaborative Learning in Three Electrical Engineering Courses Rosalyn S. Hobson, Esther A. Hughes Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAbstractEducational research has shown that students learn and retain information better when theeducational process includes active cooperative learning. As a result the face of the engineeringclassroom is changing to include more in-class and team activities allowing the students to take amore active role in their educational process. The use of teams not only enhances the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Kelly; Aaron Cowin

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationexcellence in teaching and research. In its role as a Catholic, Jesuit university Saint LouisUniversity has instituted a core curriculum that cuts across all academic departments and ensures abroad introduction to disciplines that historically have been beyond the scope of manyengineering/technology programs. The core curriculum complements the attempts of engineeringorganizations to offer a well-rounded education to its graduates.The current mechanism in place to evaluate programs under the auspices of the AerospaceTechnology Department must be modified to assess the quality of any and all program

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Copes; Willard D. Bostwick; Kenneth Rennels; Douglas Acheson

with test times and dates. Upcoming lecture outlinesand assignments are posted on this web. Compiling and reviewing these will assure success on tests and quizzes.Ã Page 6.205.4 Figure 1Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationFollowing the “Weekly Schedule” link from the initial opening page of the TG106 Web site,students are next presented with a weekly outline of topics to be covered in the course as seen infigure 2. The content for this Web page as

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen W. Fentiman

teams and metwith them four times: after the initial presentation of the design process and reportformat, when the two drafts were returned, and when the final report was submitted at theend of the course. During the interviews, they asked students to comment on theeffectiveness of the in-class instruction on writing, the handbook, the instructor’ssuggestions on the drafts, and how the students had used those suggestions whenpreparing their final report. The Engineering Graphics instructor was not present duringthe interviews, and students seemed to speak freely.Writing Center staff categorized the Engineering Graphics instructor’s comments on thedrafts as: 1. Editing (changing the words for students) 2. Directive (telling the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Milin Shah; Guoqing Tang; Bala Ram

different components of cost take on are linear, constant, andinversely proportional to a positive power of the decision variable of interest, namely,retention period of a vehicle for the car replacement problem, and order quantity for theinventory control of a retailer.The total cost for the car replacement problem consists of components such as purchaseprice, maintenance cost, insurance, property taxes, and fuel consumption. It is asuperposition of the following three costs: initial cost (IC), operating cost (OC), andmaintenance cost (MC) (cf. Figure 1). The functional forms of the three costcomponents and the total cost are: IC (t ) = k , where k is a constant, OC (t ) = a + bt ,where a and b are two constants, and t > 0 is the retention

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

are being met and if students haveacquired identified skills.In 1994, a partnership of universities - called the Manufacturing Engineering EducationPartnership (MEEP) - initiated the design and implementation of a novel undergraduatemanufacturing program, better known as the Learning Factory1,2. This paper describes howMEEP designed the assessment strategy to evaluate the curricular innovation project outcomes,and presents some of the assessment instruments/tools designed. The tools developed, some incollaboration with industrial partners, were utilized for assessing overall and specificqualitative aspects of the program as well as student performance (e.g., teamwork skills andoral presentation/written skills). A total of 9 assessment

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

are being met and if students haveacquired identified skills.In 1994, a partnership of universities - called the Manufacturing Engineering EducationPartnership (MEEP) - initiated the design and implementation of a novel undergraduatemanufacturing program, better known as the Learning Factory1,2. This paper describes howMEEP designed the assessment strategy to evaluate the curricular innovation project outcomes,and presents some of the assessment instruments/tools designed. The tools developed, some incollaboration with industrial partners, were utilized for assessing overall and specificqualitative aspects of the program as well as student performance (e.g., teamwork skills andoral presentation/written skills). A total of 9 assessment

Conference Session

Frameworks and Comparative Analyses in ECE Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkac, Seattle University; Margarita D. Takach, Seattle University; Shruti Singh, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Seattle University. She earned her PhD degree from University of Denver specializing in renewable energy and smart grids. Her research focus is on renewable energy integration into smart grids, ensuring efficient energy management and grid stability, aiming for a sustainable impact. She is a member of IEEE, ASEE and SWE and has worked on several NSF and NREL funded projects. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Teaching Digital Logic in the Quarter-Based EE CurriculumIntroductionCourses on digital logic are an essential part of all Electrical and Computer Engineeringcurricula. With the advent of FPGAs, the use of a

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth G. Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

RolloutThe new curriculum had an initial pilot in AY 2021-2022 with the curriculum being in place forstudents starting in AY 2022-2023 (Figure 3). By piloting our CIVE 101 in Fall 2021, thefaculty have been able to stay one year ahead in the development of the Design Spine courses.These courses generally have two to four faculty working collaborative to develop and deliverthem. Parallel to the Design Spine course development, a larger group of faculty have beenworking collaboratively to develop the professional and technical skill fabric through the DesignSpine. As the Design Spine is rolled out, the faculty are committed to continually improving ourcurriculum.Figure 3: Timeline for new curriculum rolloutConclusionThe curriculum change with the

Conference Session

Cybersecurity Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud K Quweider, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Liyu Zhang; Alexis Aaron De La Cruz

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

class. Therefore, part of the CTaaS objective is to continue CloudComputing education beyond the main course and into other courses and projects in the degree.We have identified two initial courses where students can benefit immensely from the CloudComputing environments. One class is a resource-intensive course in Machine Learning, and theother is a Capstone project required for graduation. Both courses are geared toward exploring thenature of data as it relates to cyber security The two courses are usually done in groups and requirea considerable amount of computing and storage, which are perfect for the metered utility natureof the Cloud.Job Support CertificationsOur Cyber Security degree requires two vendor-neutral certifications, and

Conference Session

Engineering Education Issues Relevant to Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Engineering: Part 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niroj Aryal, North Carolina A&T State University; Scott Osborn, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

aims to cure rather thantreat symptoms” [3]. It entails a number of National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, andMedicine identified current grand challenges such as carbon sequestration, managingbiogeochemical cycles, ensuring access to clean water, and restoring and improving urbaninfrastructure [4]. Its uniqueness lies in reliance on self-design of nature, systems thinking, use ofnatural energy and conservation of nature [5]. It emphasizes shifts away from growth-centeredsociety as it recognizes the biosphere’s ecological limits to human actions that conflict withgrowth and the technology-centered economy [3].Ecological Engineering is steadily becoming a research and academic program worldwide [6].Introducing Ecological Engineering into

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-1130: TEACHING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONCEPTS TONONCHEMICAL ENGINEERS: INDIGO: A WORLD OF BLUESPolly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College Polly R. Piergiovanni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engi- neering at Lafayette College. She teaches the introductory engineering and chemical engineering courses, as well as process control. Her research interests include process control, biochemical engineering and the dyeing process. Page 22.1375.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teaching Chemical Engineering Concepts to Nonchemical

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

, Swe- den. Her primary teaching and course development responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate level courses in computer-aided design, mechanical design and rehabilitation engineering. She served as the Director of Liaison for the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE from 1995-8, EDGD Pro- gram Chair for the ASEE Annual Conferences in 2002 and 2011, division vice chair in 2003 and division chair in 2004. Her teaching and research interests include computer aided mechanical design, geometric modeling, kinematics, machine design and rehabilitation engineering. She is a member of ASME, ASEE and ISGG

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention, and Diversity in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University; William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Romel W. Mackelprang, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Disability Studies peer mentoring class will be pairedwith students with disabilities, with an emphasis on matching them with STEM mentors.Mentors will provide support and will assist mentees to navigate the college environment.Mentees will be recruited to become mentors for future students. Project faculty will monitorenrollment and performance and will provide academic advising and mentoring for participants.A unique merit of the project is the program initiated by CDSUA in academic year 2009-10. Thisprogram connects students with the Disability Support Services office to ensure they receivereasonable accommodation. It also helps students apply for state vocational rehabilitationservices. In fall 2009, this program resulted in approximately 15

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Luiz Lourenco; Farrukh Alvi; Chiang Shih

, 1994.4. Kopf, U., "Application of Speckling for Measuring the Deflection of Laser Light by Phase Objects," OpticsCommunications, n.5, pp. 347-350, 1972.CHIANG SHIHChiang Shih is an Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College ofEngineering. He is the principal investigator of the NSF ILI-IP project. Dr. Shih received his Ph.D. from theAerospace Engineering Department at the University of Southern California in 1988. He is a member of theAmerican Society of Engineering Education.LUIZ LOURENCOLuiz Lourenco is a Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College ofEngineering. Dr. Lourenco is also the director of the Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory and is responsible forthe

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren D. Seider; J. D. Seader; Daniel R. Lewin

, andUNIFAC. Initially, use of equation-of-state methods was restricted to hydrocarbon and light gasmixtures. However, recent advances in the formulation of mixing rules, e.g. by Wong andSandler12, are permitting applications to mixtures containing polar organic molecules as well.The important result of all this effort in thermodynamics and mathematical modeling withnumerical methods is that computer-aided process design can be accomplished rapidly and moreaccurately than by pre-computer hand-calculation methods. Furthermore, the emergence of veryfast and inexpensive personal computers with large memory has given every practicing chemicalengineer easy access to such methods. Computer-aided process design has been wholeheartedlyembraced by the

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Howell, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

slopeof the line. Page 15.408.10ConclusionFrom a college perspective, the success of Engr 5 has expanded our view of the role of theCollege of Engineering in General Education. As do many other colleges of engineering, wehave several pre-college initiatives aimed at increasing the technological literacy of K-12students. We believe that these efforts should be supplemented at the university level topromote technological literacy for non-STEM students at SJSU. Because of our location inSilicon Valley, we have the expertise to offer technological literacy courses that could provideall students with a greater understanding of the local high tech