Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

J. M. Mendel; H. H. Kuehl

students, which has been identified as a principal attribute desired by the industries whichhire engineering graduates. (2) In addition to the two formal communications courses in the freshman year, thenew curriculum incorporates oral and written communication exercises in designated engineeringcourses throughout the four years of the undergraduate program. (3) A wide spectrum of up-to-date technical areas of specialization is available to students. Additional areas of specialization are being developed with interdisciplinaryelements. (4) A new course in technical entrepreneurship has been introduced, which isavailable to students as an alternative to the course in engineering economy. This course

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

differential equations of a system, to find the a system’sresponse to a particular input, to model sampled-data systems, to convert continuous-timesystems to discrete-time systems and vice versa, and to design proportional, integral, andderivative (PID) controller for a system and use it to obtain a desired response. Student also usebuilt-in functions, the response analysis GUI (the LTI viewer), and the interactive design tools ofthe Control System toolbox to analyze the response of a controlled system to pulse, step, andarbitrary inputs, and to view the root locus and the Bode plot of a system.In the introduction to computer-aided designs class and laboratory (ECE 480/483) students learna) the hardware description language (VHDL) and use it

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Guy Johnson

cutting edge technology.Before endeavoring to master this material, it is critical that the teachers are ready for thistraining. The new model employs an assessment of each teacher’s basic preparation, followedby individually prescribed instruction (pre-core training). The most intensive aspect of the planprovides an extended period of training during the summer in each of the PLTW courses,conducted at a training center, housed at RIT. Each course is instructed by a college professor,and a high school teacher experienced in the curriculum, working as a team. When schoolbegins in the fall, the period of training shifts to ongoing teacher development through seminarsconducted by other experienced teachers in the program. The following is a

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Alan Jacobs, Education Market Business Development Consulting; Ziqian Dong, New York Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

-experiment so students understand the need for flexibility and the ability to adaptto rapid, continuous or major changes. These materials are now beingincorporated into the curricula and are providing our undergraduate engineeringand technology students with the professional skills demanded of today’s “GlobalEngineer”Quanser Commitments • Quanser has provided NYIT with the specific pre-requisite skills needed by students participating in the pilot study. • Quanser has lent NYIT Quanser Turnkey Laboratories (QTLs) including hardware, software and curriculum for the duration of the pilot study. • Quanser’s engineers have worked with NYIT instructors to integrate the QTLs with NYIT’s existing equipment and licenses to ensure a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10013Organ-izing the engineering curriculum with biomedically related learningmodulesDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University (USA). She obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty at Rowan in 1998, she was an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University until 1998. Dr. Farrell has made contributions to engineering education through her work in experiential learning, focusing

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Hilda dos S. Alves COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and SciencesAbstractThe real challenge for all the Engineering Schools lately is to form the professional to act in thenew work market. Nevertheless many Institutions have been searching hard for the best way todo so. Some of them have promoted new kind of curriculum more flexible and more adequate tothe new student. One question remains: How to prepare the engineer for professional life? Forsome it is the internship that will provide the student the taste of what is to be an engineer. InCivil Engineer, the best way is also the internship at the building site if the choice of the studentis to make constructions. For Civil

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepak Gupta; Robert Creese

different shapes was very time consuming,and the program is used to evaluate approximately 80 percent of the shapes assigned. Thestudents must develop programs for two or three additional shapes. This permitted the projectteams to be reduced in size which increased the ability of the teams to meet and increased theamount of shapes that could be investigated. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the logic ofthe program with its benefits over the current approach (developing separate spreadsheets), topresent an example of the program input and results, and to describe the typical students usingthe program. The student teams previously have used spreadsheets to solve the problem, but when theyinvestigated complex shapes, such as the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Pawley

to address the content ofengineering courses, which has changed only superficially. This is despite considerabletheoretical and practical critiques of science and engineering practice in academia that have beenmade by feminist researchers and educators. This paper introduces the field of feminist sciencestudies to engineering educators, discusses various explicitly feminist approaches to changingcontent in engineering, and challenges engineering educators to consider what a “feministengineering classroom” might consist of with respect to content.IntroductionUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison professor Caitilyn Allen is an unusual hybrid – jointlyappointed in plant pathology and women's studies, she blends these two apparently disparatefields

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven S Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joshua David Carl, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was then a Senior Sensors Engineer with the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA from 2011 to 2013. Since 2013 he has been an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. His research interests include ultrawideband antenna arrays, electrically small antennas, Radar systems, analog circuits, and engineering education.Dr. Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Jennifer L. Bonniwell joined the Milwaukee School of Engineering faculty as an assistant professor in 2016. She earned her BS in Electrical Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and her MS and PhD in Electrical

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shakira Renee Hobbs, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teams of middle and high school-aged students tolearn and apply the engineering design process to build Rube Goldberg-style chain reactionmachines. These summer camp programs teach real-world engineering skills, provide experiencewith systems thinking and multi-team collaboration, integrate arts and STEM, and create apathway for student to better understand careers in engineering and other science, technology,and math fields.For the Summer 2013 implementation of the summer camp programs, new content modules onenergy and anaerobic digestion were integrated into the curriculum and introduced at three highschool sites, i.e.; two in Arizona and one in Trinidad and Tobago. A total of 65 students rangingfrom ages 13 to 18 participated in the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ku-Yen Li; David Cocke; John Gossage

Information Technology Driven Curriculum Design for Optimized Chemical Engineering Education Kuyen Li, John Gossage, and David Cocke Chemical Engineering Department Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710 AbstractThe Lamar Chemical Engineering Department is conducting a study to redesign thecurriculum that will: a) integrate information technology into chemical engineeringeducation, b) serve as a problem-based learning approach to the fundamental content ofchemical engineering, and c) develop computer skills with modeling and simulationpackages that the student will need in the co-op program with

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Catherine F. Cahill, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; John Monahan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #18333Low-cost Fixed-wing Construction Techniques for UAS CurriculumDr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Michael C. Hatfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University; an M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University Fresno, and a Ph.D. in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Dr

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Hyman, University of Missouri; Jim Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri

integrative,synthetic thought processes as well as reductive, analytical processes”.1 The National Academyof Engineering (NAE) adds to this call with its recommendation that “…the essence ofengineering - the iterative process of designing, predicting performance, building, and testing-should be taught from the earliest stages of the curriculum, including the first year”.2 Inaddition, a workshop sponsored by the National Science Board concluded that “Since traditionalcurricula are so full, it is difficult to add traditional courses to the curriculum. Thus, it may benecessary instead to integrate experiences throughout the curriculum…. Experiential learningcan …motivate student learning in the fundamentals(;) and can create opportunities to bringdesign

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

William H. Tranter; Theodore S. Rappaport; Jeffrey H. Reed; Donna M. Krizman; Brian D. Woerner

history of the United States when $7.7 billion was paid by wireless service providers forthe rights to use 60 MHz of personal communications systems (PCS) radio spectrum in the 1800/1900 MHzband. The winners of the auction are hiring aggressively, and the industry now faces an even greater shortageof young, trained technical experts who can make contributions in this rapidly growing field. New graduateswho have been exposed to research and modern communications topics are urgently needed to develop anddeploy new products. As part of the NSF combined Research-Curriculum Development (CRCD) program, Virginia Techand University of Missouri-Rolla faculty will develop a three-course sequence which integrates wirelesscommunications concepts into

Conference Session

Computer Programming and Simulation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregorio E. Drayer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ayanna M. Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

opportunity to take more active control on their learning by work-ing on real-world projects in a supervised environment. That is the goal of a multi-disciplinarydesign program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, called Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)Program,2 which offers undergraduate students a research and development opportunity to partic-ipate in team-oriented projects from their sophomore to senior years. Although the majority ofthese interdisciplinary teams are based on designing, programming, and deploying embedded sys-tems in various application scenarios, there is currently no common curriculum module focusedon embedded systems programming.Currently, students are forced to rely on themselves to acquire the skills on embedded

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)

university levels. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Designing a New Civil Engineering Curriculum to Prepare Tomorrow’s EngineerAbstractToday, the infrastructure challenges civil engineers face are complicated not only by acceleratingtechnological progress, rapidly evolving societal needs and expectations, and complex globalenvironmental challenges, but also by swiftly changing demographics. Changing demographicsrequire inclusive perspectives both in the formulation of engineering solutions and therecruitment and training of an increasingly diverse pool of aspiring engineers. The developmentof diverse civil engineers, as stewards of technology, the natural and built

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan; Vedaraman Sriraman

. Since about 1980, the focus of itsDepartment of Technology has moved from teacher education and an industrial arts emphasis toindustrial and engineering technology, providing training for technologists who find jobs in theincreasingly high-tech corridor of Central Texas, which includes the nearby cities of Austin andSan Antonio. The “hands-on” nature of technology education is a strength which has played animportant role in the development of the new Manufacturing Engineering curriculum. Page 8.435.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim; Sean Clancey

implemented in an effort to determine whether the curriculum meets educationalobjectives set forth by ABET EC2000 as well as program criteria set forth by the AIChE. Theseare the eight tools: (1) a department “skills test” administered to graduating seniors who volunteerto take the test; (2) internal and external reviews of plant design reports and AIChE senior designprojects; (3) an exit interview of graduating seniors, conducted by the department head, regardingtheir views of the curriculum; (4) a survey, conducted by the College of Engineering, of alumnitwo and five years after graduation; (5) portfolio of written material in capstone andcommunications classes; (6) internal and external review of oral presentations in capstone courses;(7) student

Conference Session

Integrating Systems Engineering into the Capstone Project

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Armand Joseph Chaput, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

isinterested in integrating SE Design into their course. Therefore, our 1st recommendation is tostart off with a singular focus on engineering discipline capstone learning objectives includinglevels of SE knowledge required for today's projects, most of which are multi-disciplinary.When you are satisfied with the learning objectives, superimpose curriculum and facility/facultyconstraints that limit course content and structure. Then within the constraints including credithours and semester schedule, functionally define what you think would be one or more idealprojects that satisfy your SE Design learning objectives. Generalize the results in the form ofproject selection criteria and then and only then start looking for company or organizationsponsored

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wu, University of Missouri, Columbia; Cerry Klein, University of Missouri; Michael Hosokawa, University of Missouri; Karen Cox, University of Missouri; Beilei Zhang, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

the basis of an integrated curriculum. • From a learning perspective, the framework will help the students to develop a coherent view of the subject area, and better understand how the multitude of individual concepts and techniques fits into the overall picture - what functions and analytical techniques are involved, where they belong and how they should be applied in a practical situation. Page 12.396.13Therefore, the approach provides a rational foundation of the subject area and, in the long-term,help to establish Healthcare Systems Engineering as a scientific discipline.Currently in the University of Missouri

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yahong Rosa Zheng; Sarat K. Chitneni; Daryl G. Beetner

andoutput audio signals are compared to demonstrate the functionalities of the filters as well as thebasic DSP theory such as A/D converter, D/A converter, digital filtering, and frequency analysis.Our design also makes use of DSP Builder and the IP (Intellectual Property) cores providedoriginally for Altera’s Stratix II and migrate them onto Cyclone II. This approach saves us fromwriting VHDL/Verilog codes for DSP functions from scratch and speeds up the designconsiderably.The designed experiments can be used either in an upper undergraduate level electronics orembedded systems course or in a stand-alone DSP course for both EE and CmpE. This approachoffers excellent integration of the DSP component with other components of the curriculum

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chin-Zue Chen, Austin Peay State University; Adel Salama., Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

theelectrical curriculum includes electronics and electrical with robotics concentrations. Themajority of students in the department are nontraditional students, primarily from the militaryand local industries; therefore, the department offers evening classes. Although AM technology Page 22.673.2is currently not popularly known in local industries, it has been implemented in some companiesin the nearby cities of Tennessee and Kentucky, and its impact will increase in this region. Inorder to expose the students to AM technology, the Engineering Technology Departmentacquired a 3D printer in 2009 to develop an introductory course. Before the course was

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Daniel J. Burroughs

. Therefore, it is necessary toeducate students not only in the technical aspects of security, but also in the situation-dependent way that it is applied. Such an education would provide students with theskills needed to enter the field and the in-depth understanding to be upwardly mobile. Tothis end, the curriculum is being developed to provide a mix of both technical skills andbroad knowledge. This is present both in the course material, and our commitments toutilizing the strengths UCF has to offer (National Center for Forensic Studies, PublicSafety Technology Center, etc.) and developing tight integration with other departments(Criminal Justice, Business, etc.). Additionally, all of the courses in this program aremade available through the FEEDS

Conference Session

Two-year College STEM Programs Meeting the Needs of Industry

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County; Eric Constans, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edem G. Tetteh, Rowan College at Burlington County

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

of AppliedScience (AAS) and Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees in Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) with an emphasis on Advanced Manufacturing. Through a collaborative curriculumdevelopment process, Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC) and Rowan University (RU)have created a clearly articulated pathway from the AAS degree to the BS degree. This academicpathway will include a “3+1” delivery model where the first three years of instruction aredelivered by the two-year college, and the final year is delivered by the university, on the two-year college campus. This curriculum development effort has been achieved through activitiesincluding an industry forum as well as a week-long faculty curriculum development workshop.Additional work

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine E. Scales; Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley

Page 3.446.53 Beasley, et al., “Curriculum Development: An Integrated Approach,” Proceedings of the 25th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 1995.curriculum changes might include an increased emphasis on industrial applications of thediscipline.Although the analysis of an existing curriculum must start at the course (or more detailed) levelin a bottom-up fashion, the process of curriculum change should begin at the top of the subjectmatter hierarchy in a top-down approach. To avoid turf battles, it is crucial to delay alldiscussion of individual courses, credits, prerequisites and the like until the final step of theprocess. The faculty should initially focus on the overall structure and composition of

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University; Chao Liu, Southeast University; Xiaodong Zhang, Southeast University

Tagged Divisions

International

Student Learning OutcomesAbstractThis paper presents an initiative of an engineering curriculum enhancement and an example ofcollaborative junior student’s project development, based on the enhanced curriculum. The maingoal of this research is to integrate the best practices from the American engineering educationprograms into existing engineering curriculum, and to study the effectiveness of theenhancement, made up of a number of new focus areas in critical thinking and practical problemsolving.The research is carried out to study the feasibility and effectiveness of newly designed projectcollaborations between an American professor and a Chinese student, involved in a juniorproject. American professor helps to integrate successful American

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Rutwik Dehade, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

research competency (ERC) andethical research self-efficacy (ERS) levels; 3) develop learning materials on topics related toethical STEM research and practices and integrate them into undergraduate curriculum in multipleengineering disciplines; 4) provide enrichment experience in ethical STEM research and practicesto high school teachers.Prior research shows that there is a lack of empirical work done with respect to engineering ethicseducation at the tertiary level. There is an even greater lack of ethics at the secondary level.According to a prior study, the authors saw significant improvements in ethical judgement andepistemological beliefs related to ethics as a result of incorporating ethics content into a highschool course; these

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers (FLATE); Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Mori Toosi

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineer in Florida.Dr. Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida Richard Gilbert is a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering . Richard is the Co-PI for the grant that supports the NSF designated Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 10 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Sabrina H. Buer, Tennessee Technological University; Carlos Roberto Galindo, Oakley STEM Center at Tennessee Tech University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

STEM, both for the students andthrough the community projects that they developed. Implemented over two semesters, thecurriculum created for the STEM FHF program included an interdisciplinary Directorship team,the creation of an expansive learning community, and intentional leadership training thatincluded issues of diversity, inclusion, community engagement, project management, andleadership skills.3,4As part of the creation of the STEM FHF program, the Foundry provided a guiding framework tobetter understand how the various elements of the program could be integrated to enhancestudents’ experience through the KAP and KTP. Table 1 (column 2) illustrates how the variouselements of the Foundry were represented in the curriculum development of

Conference Session

ECCD Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos, University of Texas, Pan American; Leonel Aguilera, University of Texas, Pan American; Elizardo Garcia, Universidad TecMilenio; Sanjeev Kumar, University of Texas, Pan American, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Roman Garcia, IEEE; Jose Sanchez, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

range of 5 Volts, which are suitablyhandled by the data acquisition system.Students will design voltage divider circuits and make experiments for their calibration, as wellas Hall effect current sensors.5- Integration to curriculumThe Energy studies option at the EE Dept in UTPA is formed with the following set of courses:a. ELEE 4333 Renewable Energyb. ELEE 4372 Electric Machinery & Power Systems Fundamentals.c. ELEE 3371 Electric Power Systems Design & Applications (Buildings)d. ELEE 3370 Power ElectronicsThe equipment and systems developed in this project will enable UTPA to support this string ofcourses, and make a better course curriculum for ELEE 3370 Power Electronics. The DC powersource from the ENGR PV array will