Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Andrew Roney, University of Denver; Breigh Nonte Roszelle, University of Denver; Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley Davidson, University of Denver

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Mechanical Engineering

, completing her Masters and PhD in Bioengineering at The Pennsylvania State University. At Penn State Breigh worked in the Artificial Heart Lab, her research focused on studying the biofluid mechanics associated with the development of a pediatric ventricular assist device. After completing her PhD in 2010, Breigh came to Arizona State University to work as a post doc in the Image Processing Applications Lab. In 2013 she became a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Denver. Here Breigh teaches courses in the fields of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, biofluids, and introduction to engineering. Her educational research interests include

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanxiao Zhao, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Electrical and Computer

journals and conferences.Dr. Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Shaobo Huang is an Assistant Professor and the Stensaas Endowed STEM Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Her research interests in- clude student retention and academic performance in engineering, student achievement evaluation and assessment, and K-12 STEM curriculum design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Improving Student Understanding of Digital Systems Design with VHDL via Inductive InstructionAbstractThis paper introduces inductive instruction strategy that is applied to Digital Systems design withVHDL class. This

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan S. Hoback, University of Detroit Mercy; Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

chemistry curriculum is arranging student lab teams so that each person has a turninvestigating and monitoring the safety issues specific to a lab session [2]. Other appropriatepractices that include training teaching assistants in safety protocols [3], organizing a lab spacewith safety in mind [4], or making use of a virtual lab.In civil and environmental engineering, there can be many types of lab spaces. It depends on thefaculty members’ areas of interest and program emphasis. However, various types of labs can begrouped into three major categories based on the particular hazards they contain. In laboratoriesthat involve construction, materials and machinery, students encounter hazardous physicaldevices. In environmental and biological labs

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Teaching Methods for Engineering Mechanics Courses

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo

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Mechanics

Paper ID #21469Engaging Engineering Students in Lectures Using Anecdotes, Activities, andGamesDr. Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo Dr. Al-Hammoud is a Faculty lecturer (Graduate Attributes) in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a passion for teaching where she con- tinuously seeks new technologies to involve students in their learning process. She is actively involved in the Ideas Clinic, a major experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also re- sponsible for developing a process and assessing graduate

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Maker Communities and Authentic Problem Solving

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Educational Research and Methods

Making as a pedagogical approachcan increase student engagement and transfer of knowledge in engineering courses. Techniquesof engagement and knowledge transfer in engineering education are continuously evolving tomeet the growing expectations for developing students’ skill sets, mindsets, and technicalcompetency necessary to solve increasingly complex engineering problems. One such techniqueis the growing influence of the Maker movement into engineering curricula. Makers represent aculture encompassing, but not limited to, students and entrepreneurs that are technology-driventoward the creation of physical objects or software to gain a better understanding of engineeringproperties, concepts, and practical problem-solving skills. This work in

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Roberto Portillo, Universidad Galileo; Alberth E Alvarado, Universidad Galileo; Jorge Samayoa Ranero, Universidad Galileo

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Diversity

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Mathematics

research plans in section4.Experiment DesignIt is well-known that, in the last decades, universities offering engineering degrees have made adramatic change in the way they are instructing their students. More precisely, these engineeringinstitutions are moving from purely lecture based teaching methodologies towards active learningstyles. This is in part due to the initiative of developing higher order cognitive skills, in additionto the technical skills required for the engineering field [11]. As already mentioned, we selected aTBL-based methodology to teach a first calculus course to part-time students enrolled inengineering programs due to several reasons. First, active learning methodologies may enhancethe students’ knowledge and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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Environmental Engineering

in the active approach, the questionsthey generated were nuanced and thoughtful and required the instructors to cover unplannedtopics in class [9].Others describe using a hybrid Problem-based Learning (PBL) and traditional laboratorystructure to help connect course material to real-life situations. As part of the course, studentswere tasked with developing a water treatment system that would treat Ohio River water suchthat it would be compliant with EPA regulations. Students conducted traditional water treatmentlabs including measuring water hardness to assess the water quality, and at the end of thesemester competed with one another to build the effective treatment system. The authorsreported that this technique improved students’ attitude

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Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

. It was developed toaddress data analysis and technical writing for engineering students. The course includes sectionson technical writing, project management, Microsoft Excel, probability, statistical analysis anderror propagation. The course evolved over the years and two years ago a series of changes wereimplemented to improve the technical writing part. Before and after these changes wereimplemented, the students were required to submit a final project report on a fictitiousexperiment they have designed and executed. The idea is to force them to think of a particularexperiment with well-defined objectives and have them write about it. This includes anintroduction with a detailed section on the governing theories and equations, procedure

Collection

2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Odon M Musimbi, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Jean Paul Mulanza, University of Kinshasa

Engineeringcourses. Students learned the basics of Excel including cell address, absolute and relativemultiplication, plotting and formatting [13-15]. Following these basics, more advanced topics[16-25] were covered. These Excel concepts were then applied to solve homework problems andprocess laboratory data. Table 1 summarizes the list of topics developed in the Excel shortcourse, including the advanced topics.Table 1: Topics covered in Introductory Computational Excel Number Topics 1 Introduction and Excel Configuration 2 Cell addresses, Relative and Absolute Multiplication, Plotting 3 Matrices Operations: Addition, Multiplication, Inversion 4 Calculus Operations: Numerical

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Active learning in BME, Session II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering

experiences,other courses in the curriculum, and their own career goals. Some of these questions askedstudents to reflect on and self-assess their own learning processes. Practice problems were low-stakes, “lightly graded” (for completion only) problems that were similar to homework and testproblems. For the first unit of the course, students were required to complete Portfolio 2(blended) to expose them to the active learning–based style. This experience allowed them tomake an informed choice of their preferred portfolio for Units 2, 3, and 4. A student choosing thetraditional portfolio was instructed to complete only the homework and test for the unit. Studentswho were undecided were allowed to complete the low-stakes activities and choose

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Brielle Nikole Johnson

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #21737Succeeding but Doubting: Effects of Gender on Performance and Self-perceptionin Early Engineering CoursesDr. Jennifer Blue, Miami University Jennifer Blue is an Associate Professor of Physics at Miami University. She works to give more people access to physics. Sometimes that’s reforming the curriculum for introductory classes, sometimes it’s working with K-12 science teachers, and sometimes it’s advocating for traditionally excluded populations, including women in STEM. Her website can be found here: http://www.users.miamioh.edu/bluejm/.Dr. Amy Summerville, Miami University Dr. Summerville is an Associate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Summerville, Miami University; Jennifer Blue; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Brielle Nikole Johnson

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

utilize social cognitive psychology.Dr. Jennifer Blue Jennifer Blue is an Associate Professor of Physics at Miami University. She works to give more people access to physics. Sometimes that’s reforming the curriculum for introductory classes, sometimes it’s working with K-12 science teachers, and sometimes it’s advocating for traditionally excluded populations, including women in STEM. Her website can be found here: http://www.users.miamioh.edu/bluejm/.Dr. Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University Brian Kirkmeyer is the Karen Buchwald Wright Senior Assistant Dean for Student Success and Instructor in the College of Engineering and Computing at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His background includes BS, MS and PhD degrees

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rustin G. Vogt, California State University Sacramento; Gareth W Figgess, California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

. The experience,student engagement, and feedback on the behavioral energy automation system are discussed.Project based learning (PBL) incorporating students into full-scale design build projects such asthe 2016 Tiny House competition requires significant contributions of time and interdisciplinarycollaboration to accomplish at the college level [2], [3]. A competition with real deadlines,budget constraints and the tangible deliverable of a net zero tiny house made keeping the projecton track a necessity for faculty and students to accomplish the milestones along the projecttimeline [4]. The pedagogical approach involved integrating a real project into engineering andmanagement curriculum to provide context to student’s theoretical work. The

Conference Session

Viewpoints, Perspectives, and Creativity in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seamus F Freyne P.E., Mississippi State University; Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax, Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

authority or customary procedure that wastestime and resources. Rationals are often seen as cold and distant, absorbed in a drive to unlockthe secrets of nature and develop new technologies. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are examplesof rationals.Survey Results and AnalysisClass Rank, Discipline of Interest, Temperament, and Level of EnthusiasmThe survey was given to students in several courses to capture all class levels. Of therespondents, 29% were freshmen, 10% were sophomores, 25% were juniors, and 36% wereseniors. Approximately 20% of civil engineering students at MSU are female.Some 29% of students expressed the highest interest in structures, the most of all disciplines.Interest in structures was followed by construction and environment at 24

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yeow Siow, University of Illinois Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

, long-term understanding of the material by constructing 3-D objects. This method was implemented ina thermodynamics course over two consecutive semesters at University of Illinois at Chicago.Overall, the observations suggest that the proposed method can yield a significant improvementin student learning of the subject.IntroductionThe current mechanical engineering curriculum at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)includes introductory and intermediate thermodynamics courses. In the introductory course,instructors primarily use traditional lecturing method, supplemented by an in-class display of aplastic mold of the p-v-T surface – the first examples of which were constructed by JamesThomson1 in 1871 and James Maxwell2 in 1874. Despite the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Willietta Gibson, Bennett College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

long-term11-15. Case-Based instruction has been used extensively in medical andlaw schools to prepare students for the real world practices8,15-17. With the success of case-basedinstruction seen in medical and law curriculums, an increasing number of science, technology,engineering and math (STEM) instructors have begun to integrate cases into their courses. A newchampion for the use of cases in the sciences emerged in 1994 with the work of Herried andfunding from the National Science Foundation to form the National Center for Case StudyTeaching in the Sciences (NCCSTS). This educational pedagogy promotes the use of cases, orinteractive “stories”, to engage students in STEM courses and to help reform STEM instruction14,18-20 . These

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weifeng Xu, Gannon University; Aqeel Raza Syed, Gannon University; QING ZHENG, Gannon University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

theaverage number missing and incorrect test cases drops from 16% to 5.8% when the tool is uti-lized for generating test cases.1. IntroductionSoftware engineering, as an emerging discipline, has been distinguished from computer science.There are 22 ABET [1] and 101 Department of Education's recognized institutes in U.S [2] offer-ing a bachelor degree program in software engineering. In addition to the traditional needs ofpreparing graduates to analyze, design and implement systems, both organizations indicate thatsoftware engineering curriculum must prepare graduates to validate software systems.White-box testing is a critical validation technique commonly used by software testers to exam-ine if their unit code works as expected. White-box testing

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University

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First-Year Programs

Many first- and second-yearengineering students have little to no experience in a professional environment and have hadvery little opportunity to read, let alone write, items of a technical nature. Therefore, to providethem with some guidelines about technical report writing and a topic about which to write canleave the students overwhelmed and unsure where to begin.Studies of technical communication instruction in engineering schools has focused on whichdepartment teaches the technical communication class, whether the classes are required orelectives, and how technical communication in integrated across the curriculum. 5 There is littleinformation about specific methods of teaching technical communication and the effectiveness ofvarious

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Innovation Centre; Jayantrao Bhaurao Patil, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India; Pramod Jagan Deore, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India.

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Diversity

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International

. The co-curricular activities essentially included computer engineering related activities that were not apart of their curriculum. They consisted of participation in technical events such as codingcompetition, acquiring additional qualifications such as certification in a computer language,participating in workshops and presenting papers in conferences. The extra-curricular activitieshad a very poor or no relation with computer engineering. They included participation in varioussports activities, community services and other activities such as performing arts, fine arts andstage activities (dramatics, elocution, quiz, etc.). We used the Delphi method for rating ofindividual students with the help of the same experts. We retained the two

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Blais Dannemiller, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University

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First-Year Programs

, Texas Tech University Dr. Stephen M. Morse serves as an assistant professor at Texas Tech University. He has extensive expe- rience in model scale and full scale testing, numerical modeling and software development. His research interests include window glass strength, wind loads on structures and finite element analysis. Stephen serves as a technical adviser on the ASTM subcommittee responsible for maintaining and updating the national window glass design standard, ASTM E1300. Page 26.1518.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Direct Relationship between

Conference Session

Statics Online

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Mechanics

deeper understanding of these concepts, studentswere tasked with making regular posts to the microblogging service, Twitter, such that they mightconnect better with the course curriculum. The specific directions provided are given in Textbox1. Two cohorts of students were studied; a small cohort, which consistent of a class size of 16students and a large cohort, which had a class size of 46. Due to changes in the course offerings atthe author’s institution, the small cohort students were registered in a course covering both thetopics of Statics and Dynamics. The large cohort students were registered in a course focusedonly on the topic of Dynamics.Create one original Twitter post per week (photo/video + text) giving an example of something

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christi L Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Laura P Ford, University of Tulsa

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Chemical Engineering

classes and meetings more when they received Bragging Points that in earliersemesters without them, and the faculty felt greater pressure to be on time to class, too! Ananalysis of the correlation of grades with Bragging Points earned and compliance with courseexpectations will be presented in this paper.IntroductionLaboratory courses are a dreaded part of the chemical engineering curriculum for both facultyand students. Students see long hours working with a team of peers that they may or may notlike, gathering data, analyzing data, and writing “endless” summary reports of their findings.Faculty see the long hours making sure the equipment works, training TAs and students to usethe equipment, repeating safety rules on a daily basis, and helping

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Leo Braxtan, Manhattan College; Goli Nossoni, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Sustainable Thinking in Undergraduate Engineering Education.” International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(2) 2007: 218- 230. 6. Chau, K. W. “Incorporation of Sustainability Concepts into a Civil Engineering Curriculum.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, ASCE, 2007: 188-191. 7. El-Zein, A., Airey, D., Bowden, P., and Clarkeburn, H. “Development of a Course on Environmental Sustainability, Ethical Decision-making and Communication Skills in Engineering.” International Conference on Engineering Education, September 2007. 8. Center of Sustainable Engineering, “Adding Sustainability to Engineering Education Workshop.” Oral communication, Syracuse University, May 2011. 9

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter M. Osterberg, University of Portland; Aziz Sukru Inan, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

question). These excellent evaluations along withvery positive student comments reveal that the students’ understanding, interest, and enthusiasmfor nanoelectronics and electronic conduction phenomena was greatly enhanced, making this“Bottom-Up” approach very effective in improving EE undergraduate students’ fundamentalknowledge of electronic conduction phenomena. Based on these initial assessment results, it isconcluded that incorporating Purdue University’s new “Bottom-Up” approach in our EEundergraduate curriculum is successful, and we plan to continue using it. The authors willcontinue to assess the effectiveness of this new approach in our senior-level EE analogelectronics elective course each future fall semester, going forward.Conclusion

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Efficient Authenticity: Modeling, Labs, Real-World Applications in Aerospace

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy

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Aerospace

Paper ID #17789A Helicopter Flight Laboratory Experience in an Undergraduate HelicopterAeronautics CourseLt. Col. Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy LTC Rich Melnyk is an Army Aviator and Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point. He developed and implemented the first course offering of Thermal-Fluid Systems I in 2005. He was an Instructor and Assistant Professor from 2004-2007 and returned to teaching in 2015. He has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, a PE in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA in Technology Management and recently commanded a

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics in Teams and Communities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Johnston W. Peeples, The Citadel

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Engineering Ethics

Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Bower’s research into teaching and learning forces on improving active learning environments and the development of principled leaders attributes in engineering students.Prof. Johnston W. Peeples, The Citadel John Peeples graduated with a BSEE from The Citadel, and after a tour in the USAF completed his MSEE and PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Carolina. After 25 years in the computer industry he returned to his alma mater as a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Depart- ment. John completed 12 years of service as department head in 2015. He is the senior

Conference Session

Strategies for Effective Education in Manufacturing

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

. Current interests include bone tissue mechanics, engineering pedagogy, and robotic football. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Improving Student Engagement in a Senior-level Manufacturing Course for Mechanical Engineering StudentsIntroduction:The mechanical engineering curriculum prepares students for employment in a broad range ofindustries [1]. In the Midwest, many graduating mechanical engineering students will findemployment in manufacturing-related fields. This is especially true in Ohio, where 17.8% of thetotal gross state product is accounted for by over 12,000 manufacturing firms [2]. For this reason,manufacturing courses play an important role in preparing mechanical

Conference Session

FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

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ASEE Headquarters

, computer-aided design, kinematics and dynamics of machinery, and manufacturing science. He received his BSME from Ohio Northern University and a Ph.D in Bioengineering from the University of Notre Dame. Current interests include bone tissue mechanics, engineering pedagogy, and robotic football. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Improving Student Engagement in a Senior-level Manufacturing Course for Mechanical Engineering StudentsIntroduction:The mechanical engineering curriculum prepares students for employment in a broad range ofindustries [1]. In the Midwest, many graduating mechanical engineering students will findemployment in manufacturing-related fields. This is

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3: Veterans in the Lab Environment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Thad B. Welch, Boise State University; Harish Subbaraman, Boise State University; Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming

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Military and Veterans

primarily tasked with T&ME repair and calibration instead oflaboratory support and instruction.These issues combined to create a significant problem for the ECE curriculum. Specifically, thefour-semester circuit/lab intensive sequence represents half of the required course sequence, aswell as providing the basis for the two-semester senior design capstone sequence.BackgroundIn [1], Rabb, et al., introduced the idea of using veterans in leadership roles in the classroom.This reference emphasized the leadership capabilities of veterans and how they could fulfil asignificant role in facilitating organizational activities and eventual success.To address the T&ME problem and build upon the ideas put forward in [1], a current engineeringstudent

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Douglas Bohl

Use of Flow Visualization Projects to Personalize Introductory Fluid Mechanics For StudentsDouglas BohlDepartment of Mechanical and Aeronautical EngineeringClarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY 13676Introduction Introductory Fluid Dynamics classes are often viewed by engineering students as one ofthe most challenging courses in the curriculum. The course is content heavy with a strongreliance on complicated equations which can make the material appear dry and distant to manystudents. Beyond that, introductory fluids is a required course for many engineering disciplinesand has a wide range of student interest levels. At Clarkson University the introductory fluidmechanics class includes students from the