Conference Session

ETD Design II: Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roelof Harm deVries, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

evolution of Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) softwareplays a central role in shaping drawing classes in several ways. First, industry has migratedalmost universally to CADD as a method of design and documentation, and expects engineeringgraduates to be competent in its use. Second, ever-more powerful CADD tools bring with themthe possibility of new teaching methods. Finally, the rate of change in technology requires anEngineering Technology program to continually refresh its curriculum in order to best meet theneeds of its students.This paper illustrates a procedure for re-configuring a first-year Engineering Technologydrawing course in a way that connects instructional activities and exercises with clearly-definedgoals based on industry

Conference Session

Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Emma M. Allain, Louisiana State University; Harald Thomas Leder, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

created as a summer study abroadexperience was initiated so that engineering students would have an opportunity to study abroad.The result was Encounter Engineering in Europe (E3). This paper will detail the E3 program thatwas launched at LSU’s College of Engineering in the summer of 2010.Program Development Traditionally the number of engineering students who participate in study abroadprograms is not high. While study abroad numbers at LSU in comparison to general enrollmentare close to the national average of about 2%, the percentage for engineering students isconsiderably lower than that. Similar to our peer universities students had the option to studyabroad for a semester or a year, or to take electives or general education courses

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

plenty of literature in this area, andthere are several studies that show the benefits of using plain language.4-6 However as educators,we want our students to develop a deep and robust vocabulary as part of their engineeringeducation. This is particularly important because the mastery of technical and professionalcorpora of language is beneficial for students and practicing engineers alike. As a result,educators cannot simply use plain language at an elementary level to address this issue, butinstead need to investigate the issue of inaccessible language in their curricula.Our hypothesis is that word familiarity is correlated with word frequency. If this is true thenwords that appear frequently in teaching materials are better understood by

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody T. Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne C. Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, the shelving facilities were full, funding was not offered, and the timetable was 1 year.By creating Dim and Dark temporary storage, enlisting a student workforce, and benefiting froman ISyE student study of our workflows, we daringly set out to accomplish our goals. Thepurpose of this paper is to share our process so that other libraries facing similar circumstancesmay benefit.FEASIBILITYAs soon as the project was announced, we did a feasibility study to establish a broad brush project plan. Our student organizations had made it very clear that they did not want collection materials to take up

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John Parsons

Semester Total 15The intent of this paper is to describe the impact of these changes on our introductory course,Introduction to Biological Engineering and Computing. A description of the course is presentedalong with information on the inclusion of the interaction of biology with engineering. Studentfeedback on the course is also presented. Page 4.528.2Table 2. Typical course selections for BAE and Engineering Sciences Electives. Concentration Typical BAE Electives Typical Engineering Sciences Electives Agricultural BAE 361 Analytical Methods in Engineering BAE 462 Machinery

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles W. Green; John Krupczak

course. The surveys intended to sample student expectations and interests in learningabout science and technology. Later students wrote a short essay describing the information andabilities they considered desirable in the areas of science and technology. Focus groupdiscussions were also conducted. The responses tend toward a desire for information andabilities the non-engineers term as practical or useful in confronting the challenges posed byliving in a technological society. The ability to understand what is wrong when technologybreaks down, and technical knowledge of benefit to the consumer is highly valued. Specifictopics of interest include the automobile, the computer, and common household technologicaldevices. While the input from the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James Devault

, decoybeacons, and air cannons. Late night sessions in the laboratory, unique contest strategies,exotic robot features, and satisfying student outcomes provide an ample source of stories to beshared.BeginningsThe first Kansas State University mobile robot contest (1993) was an offshoot of an informalexperiment in undergraduate research, the MARS Lab (Mobile Autonomous Robotic SystemsLaboratory) [1]. The following year, a mobile robotics course was developed to support andenhance these activities. The contest is now in its seventh year and continues to serve as ashowcase of our students’ work and as a vehicle for interdisciplinary engineering education.This paper briefly describes the mobile robotics course and the mobile robot contest [2] andthen

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Bruninga; Dave D. Myre

practical laboratories andadvanced computer simulations and by the unique USNA capability to receive and displayengineering telemetry from a Navy UHF communications satellite as well as several amateurradio satellites via the Naval Academy Satellite Ground Station. This paper highlights practicallaboratories developed and showcases the classroom application of the Satellite Ground Station.The Space Systems Laboratory provides student interaction with each major spacecraftsubsystem with the focus on the space segment. It uses of practical laboratory exercises,computer simulation and live spacecraft data to focus on subsystem dynamics and system levelinteractions. The course also provides advanced instruction in computer simulationsculminating in

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Magaly Moreno; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman

. Page 4.133.2This paper documents a subset of the variables that are being examined. Specifically, this paperexamines the attitudes of entering engineering freshman in order to identify institutional differ-ences: public or private, size of the engineering school, the institution’s research focus, and it’senvironmental setting. Several significant differences were been found in each of the variablesthat were examined.MethodologySeventeen participating engineering schools administered the PFEAS (pre-questionnaire) to theirincoming freshman engineering students before or early in the fall semester of the 1998-99 aca-demic year. PFEAS is a closed-form questionnaire originally developed and tested at the Uni-versity of Pittsburgh to gather

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Holub; G.V. Loganathan; Craig Moore; Bill Greenberg

“ductility” properties of materials.The idea of “Area Moment of Inertia” is also introduced. Showing some dramatic failures endsthe 5-minute motivation lecture! Page 4.511.5Contents of the Procedural ManualEach experiment has an accompanying procedural manual. It contains the following sections: (1)Background. Examples of real world applications of the experimental object along with theappropriate figures should be included (for a beam it can be a bridge, a massive steel tower andso on). The technical definition of the object and a description of its operating environmentincluding the boundary conditions and mode of failure are provided. [A beam is

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Sara Skiles, University of Notre Dame; Sean Kelly, University of Notre Dame; Leo McWilliams, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

.”15 Analyses of these studies continues, but preliminaryresults from PIE, in particular, show that the 24 percent of study participants who did not persistin engineering were more likely to be motivated or influenced by family to study engineering,displayed lower confidence In math and science, and indicated lower engagement in both technicaland non-technical course work.12,16We have similar interests in the persistence of engineering students at the University of NotreDame College of Engineering. As a result, we have conducted surveys that gather much of theinformation discussed above, and have analyzed it in parts to examine, for example, the effect ofcourse grades on retention, the connection between SAT scores and Advanced Placement (AP

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Praveen Malali, Old Dominion University; Pooja Bais, Old Dominion University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Sushil Chaturvedi, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

a Web- Based Virtual ExperimentAbstractKey words: Web-based, Virtual Experiment, Instrument selection, Uncertainty Analysis.A methodology has been developed and successfully implemented for transforming physicalexperiments in an undergraduate thermo-fluids laboratory at Old Dominion University (ODU), adoctoral university, into web-based virtual experiments while the Mechanical Engineering (ME)faculty at Western Kentucky University (WKU), an undergraduate university, have developedand implemented a Design of Experiments (DOE) Plan to assure that graduates of their programhave acquired the skills necessary to design and conduct experiments and analyze experimentalresults. This paper presents details about a web-based

Conference Session

Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Glasgow, Kansas State University; David Soldan, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

undergraduate laboratory experience. In 2010 we addedthree completely new experiments to the course; these activities (a student-directedexperiment with thermoelectricity, a pump performance module, and a fluid flowexperiment of unparalleled flexibility) were designed to encourage exploration, to appealto students with different learning styles, and to promote physical contact between thestudent and the underlying phenomena. This paper describes our initial experiences with,student reaction to, and our assessment of, these changes to the laboratory course.Introduction The childhood environment for the previous generation of engineers was verydifferent. Grose1 recently reviewed the formative influences upon six accomplishedengineering educators

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

quantitative area of study and the study of functionswill significantly impact a student's understanding of these areas. In particular, a student whounderstands what a function is and who understands the kinds, forms, properties and the basicprinciples of working with functions will be better positioned to study other quantitativesciences. A number of applications of mathematical functions to the geometry of curves arelisted in Table 4.Summary Page 15.1246.14This main purpose of this paper was to provide the Algebra/Calculus structure chart, Figure 9,which depicts the natural algebraic structure which may not be evident in our conventional thickand heavy

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas; Nicholas Evangelopoulos, University of North Texas; Uyi Lawani, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Lawani, M.S. is a doctoral student in strategy in the Department of Management and also a Fellow of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies at the University of North Texas. While his doctoral minor work was in Economics, he has a B.S. degree in Microbiology and received his MBA in Finance from East Carolina University. His research interests include Organizational governance structures: mergers; acquisitions; and alliances. His solo authored refereed paper has been published in the proceedings of the Decision Science Institute’ Department of Management. Page 15.929.1© American Society

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Patterson, San Diego State University; Christopher Paolini, San Diego State University; Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

refined, theRIA does not have to be updated as data is not hard coded in the client application but deliveredthrough Web Services. Using this RIA as an example, the paper intends to establish RIA as anattractive and superior alternative to existing analysis tools for reacting systems for meaningfullearning.IntroductionA RIA is a web application that behaves like a typical desktop application because of the use ofrecently developed AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) technology. Because, most ofthe browsers support Adobe Flash plug-in, a rich interface for a combustion chamber can becreated using Flash animation, where a user can visually set the oxidizer mixture, fuel-air ratio,inlet conditions, and any other combustion parameter. User

Conference Session

Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugo Pirela, InterAmerican Development Bank; Gisela Coto Quintana, SINAES; Juan Luis Crespo Marino, Universidade da Coruna; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Miguel J. Escala, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo; Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

International

of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) International Division Page 15.334.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Creation of the Greater Caribbean Region Engineering Accreditation SystemAbstractThis paper describes the creation of a new Engineering program accreditation system for theCentral America and Caribbean Region, called the Greater Caribbean Regional EngineeringAccreditation System (GCREAS)1. This initiative was funded by the Inter AmericanDevelopment Bank through the efforts of the Engineering for the Americas (EftA) initiative2,uniting

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

thelaboratory requirement for the course. Since the dynamometer was leaking fluid, it neededservice also. Most of the dynamometer service was completed during the summer of 2002 as apart of an “ETME 499-Independent Research in MET” course. Installation of the instrumentationand the fuel consumption measurements were completed during the fall semester of 2002.Paper will cover:1. The experiences we had in servicing the engine and the dynamometer,2. Installation of the instrumentation,3. Discussion of the results of measurements, and4. How engine-dynamometer and other engine tests can be incorporated into a related Mechanical Engineering Technology or Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course.The Gasoline Engine Disassembly and ServiceThe EDTE 341-Power

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

dynamometer was leaking fluid, it neededservice also. Most of the dynamometer service was completed during the summer of 2002 as apart of an “ETME 499-Independent Research in MET” course. Installation of the instrumentationand the fuel consumption measurements were completed during the fall semester of 2002.Paper will cover:1. The experiences we had in servicing the engine and the dynamometer,2. Installation of the instrumentation,3. Discussion of the results of measurements, and4. How engine-dynamometer and other engine tests can be incorporated into a related Mechanical Engineering Technology or Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course.The Gasoline Engine Disassembly and ServiceThe EDTE 341-Power and Transportation course is a required course for

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mancine; Scott Harper; Ryan Scott; Hassan Rajaei

numbers from the random.org CGIapplication through HTTP sockets. Statistics collection is handled by the SampST object class.Description of the major individual classes and their methods are provided in the next section.More details can be found in the project technical report6.3. SimPlus KernelThe Kernel in SimPlus is implemented as a C++ class that encapsulates most of the functionalityrequired for small to medium scale simulation projects. The SimPlus class (See Figure 1)manages the creation and distribution of most simulation-related objects, such as events, RNGs,and several kinds of queues and keeps track of these objects so that it can clean up after itself.SimPlus is loosely based on the simlib.c code1 but has evolved as mentioned

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sally Blake; Eric MacDonald; Scott Starks

socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.In 2001, collaboration between TexPREP and PACES began with the objective of usingactivities with space-oriented themes as a means to stimulate student interest in science,engineering and mathematics. Over the past two summers, a variety of activities have beenconducted. These include (1) Remote sensing and image interpretation, (2) CricketSat electronictelemetry device activity, (3) Protein Crystal Growth experiment, (4) Rover design competition(5) “Mission to Mars” play, and (6) Field trips to NASA facilities. This paper presents adescription of these space-oriented program components and some results from the evaluation ofthe program.1. IntroductionUnderrepresented minorities now compromise over

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach; Heather Cooper; Bill Hutzel

Session 3133 Evaluating a Remotely Accessed Energy Laboratory William J. Hutzel, Heather L. Cooper, & Sarah E. Leach Mechanical Engineering Technology, Purdue UniversityAbstract Web-based monitoring and control of instructional laboratory equipment has becomecommon. It is less clear how well remotely accessed laboratories satisfy the learning objectivesfor engineering technology courses. This paper describes a web-enabled energy laboratoryfeaturing both solar energy and HVAC systems. Although the facility is physically located onthe West Lafayette campus of Purdue University, the

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason White; Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner; Vicki Eller

somewhere else in the talk. In addition to the standard presentation slides, we found it useful to have additional slidesand audio ready for special circumstances. An instruction slide was displayed an hour before theseminar for those checking their connection. This slide was the “first” slide of the presentation.It contained contact information, instructions for troubleshooting an audio feed, and theseminar’s start time. When a participant logged into the seminar and saw this first slide, theywould also hear a repeating sound clip of instructions that allowed them to check their audioconnection. The speakers voice automatically replaced the sound clip once the seminar started.A “Technical Difficulties” slide can be very useful if there is an

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michel Beaudin; Kathleen Pineau

Session 1620 Examples of How Symbolic, Hand-held Calculators have Changed the way we Teach Engineering Mathematics Michel Beaudin, Kathleen Pineau École de technologie supérieure†ABSTRACTSince the 1999 fall semester, the TI-92 Plus or the TI-89 (scientific calculators with symboliccomputation capabilities) has been compulsory for all full-time students entering our engineeringschool. The introduction of this hand-held technology has forced us to re-assess our goals andexplore new approaches in teaching mathematics.In this paper, we will present

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Lucas; Daphene Koch

team did not believe that thefield trip was an important aspect in the program due to the lack of actual documentation as proofof learning. But the faculty and students had many enlightening experiences, which facilitated theirunderstanding of the technical concepts initially taught in the classroom. So, the research began tocreate a methodology that could be used to assess a field trip. The guidelines for field trip andassessment shown illustrate the historical practices of field trips, give a generic outline applicableto any subject and demonstrate implementation concepts for future field trips.Historical ResearchExperience shows us that preplanning is an important factor in having success on field trips 1.Traditional field trips started in

Conference Session

Freshman Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lake; John Anderson; Charles Yarnoff; J. Edward Colgate; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

IDEO designers led us through a brainstorm based on one of theirpast projects. After they explained the problem to us—how to create a collapsible, reusablecontainer for collecting lettuce in the field and transporting it to market— we broke into groupsof eight, with paper, markers, and an IDEO facilitator. We played a few warmup games (a keyelement of the IDEO approach) and then participated in a 45 minute brainstorm, following theIDEO brainstorm rules, which are posted on every wall in the EDC Design Studio:• Defer judgment• Build on the ideas of others• Hold one conversation at a time• Stay focused on a topic• Encourage wild ideasEach group generated about one hundred ideas, sketching and numbering them, and posting oursketches on

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Catherine Molloseau, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Paper ID #41403Progress in K-12 Computer Science Education: are Engineering StudentsBeing Left Behind?Dr. Catherine Molloseau, Grand Valley State University Born and raised in Southeast Michigan. Attended Michigan Tech University, earning B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering. Earned M.S. and Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University in Materials Science and Engineering. Over 20 years industrial and academic experience. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Progress in K-12 Computer Science Education: Are Engineering Students Being Left Behind

Conference Session

Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elise K. Morgan, Museum of Science Boston, Engineering is Elementary; Erin M. Fitzgerald, Museum of Science; Jonathan D. Hertel, Engineering is Elementary, Museum of Science, Boston

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9880Linking the E and M in STEMMs. Elise K Morgan, Museum of Science Boston, Engineering is ElementaryErin M Fitzgerald, Museum of ScienceJonathan D Hertel, Engineering is Elementary, Museum of Science, Boston Page 24.869.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Linking the “E” and “M” in STEM (Research to Practice) Strand: Engineering across the K-12 curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common CoreDefining the NeedUnderstanding engineering, science

Conference Session

Supporting Diversity in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremy Lingle; Jessica D Gale, CEISMC Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #6831Providing an Engineering Context to Promote Global Awareness and EngageUnderrepresented Minority High School Mathematics StudentsMr. Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology Douglas Edwards is a Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) educational researcher with the Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational experience in the Atlanta area for the past twenty years includes high school mathematics teaching, Math/Science Magnet Program Director, Title I edu- cational data specialist, and Associate Professor of Information Technology. As a former US Air Force electronics engineer, Doug was

Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J Lesko Jr., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #6318Virtual Project Teaming: Incorporation of Immersive Environments and Role-played Case Study AssessmentsDr. Charles J Lesko Jr., East Carolina University Dr. Charles J. Lesko, Jr. is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the College of Technology & Computer Science at East Carolina University instructing at both the graduate and undergraduate-level course levels for the Department of Technology Systems. His current teaching and research regime focus on Information Technology Project Management, and Virtually Immersive Technologies. Throughout the course of his career, Dr. Lesko’s focus has been