Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner

Session 1566 Developing an Industry Sponsored Capstone Learning Environment Harold A. Evensen, Paula F. Zenner, Thomas R. Grimm, Martin D. Tervo Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractA capstone learning experience that educates over two hundred mechanical engineering seniorsannually has been developed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-EngineeringMechanics at Michigan Technological University. The two-course sequence program draws onthe traditional academic elements of mechanical engineering while incorporating real industrialproblem solving, corporate environments, concept validation and

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Taconi, University of Alabama, Huntsville; R. Michael Banish, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students to produce their ownbiodiesel. Biodiesel production is a relatively simple, safe, and inexpensive laboratory exercise,making it well-suited for use in outreach activities and introductory-level chemical engineeringcourses. At UA Huntsville, the activity is currently being used to introduce high school studentsas well as freshmen and transfer students to the field of chemical engineering. A modifiedversion of the activity is utilized in the College of Engineering Summer Camp for high schoolstudents, while a more comprehensive version is used in the introductory chemical engineeringcourse that is part of the department’s core curriculum. The laboratory activity is supplementedwith a lecture that provides students with an overview of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University Calumet; Kim Nankivell, Purdue University Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

learning (EL) components in the CGcurriculum. Faculty within a CG degree program would benefit from an understanding of theexperiential learning instructional methodologies to pedagogically develop curriculum for an ELcourse in computer graphics.Generally, employers who hire CG graduates want proof of “real-world” experience and oftenask for a minimum of three years experience in the field. Real world experience, to employers,often includes not only the technical skills but also the “soft skills” of teamwork, appreciation fordiversity, and communication. Traditional classroom learning, as well as traditional classroomsimulations of real-world portfolio projects, may not always fully prepare the learner for the CGwork environment. Conversely

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

all four years of the curriculum, assuring student success in developing theseskills. It is also necessary to assess the results and progress of students as they move through thecurriculum. These outcomes can be difficult to define and therefore assess, so previouslyagreed-upon descriptions and measurement tools help this process. A final benefit of the plans is Page 11.754.3the opportunity to make adjustments as the students develop; instead of observing professionalshortcomings at the senior level, earlier results can allow for more timely corrections to be made.The demonstrated result has been that the capstone course is an integrative

Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Jon Whited, St. Jude Medical; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

experience provideopportunities to further integrate the public and private sectors.ConclusionIn summary, in cooperative education, several basic needs of industry, students, faculty and theuniversity are met. Nascent engineers get an opportunity to gain professional work experience,earn money and embellish their classroom learning with practical on-the-job training, makeprofessional contacts, affirm and develop informed career goals, build confidence and developthe traits ABET sees as critical to become an empowered global engineer. Faculty members areprovided the opportunity to expand their pool of colleagues, match their expertise to industrialneeds, be informed of industrial needs and develop capabilities which will allow them to interactwith

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University; Chansu Yu, Cleveland State University; Karla R Hamlen, Cleveland State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Karla Hamlen is an Associate Professor of Educational Research in the Department of Curriculum and Foundations. She specializes in educational research relating to both formal and informal entertainment technology use among students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Computer Engineering Lab Using Spiral Model1. Introduction 1.1 Motivation Recent engineering education studies call for change to enhance student learning and tobetter prepare graduates to meet the new challenge 1,2,3. A good engineer should have a deepunderstanding of a domain and can apply the knowledge to solve problems 4. This requires twotypes of practices – the “component skill,” which is the

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Aller; Andrew Kline

curriculum. Typically, the design course is designated ascommunication-intensive; such is the case with the design course reviewed here. Other non-technical issues these courses often address are engineering professionalism, awareness of socialissues, engineering ethics, and global awareness. Addressing these topics in design projects withknowledge of industry needs and opportunities for direct application in corporate settingsprovides motivation, reinforces learning, and demonstrates the integration of these crucial issueswithin genuine professional practice.In capstone design courses, communication activities are usually presented in some industry-likescenario. While this may provide a more interesting context within which students

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 14: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile; Sergio Celis, Universidad de Chile; Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III; Jorge Baier, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26544Work in Progress: Engaging Engineering Teaching Staff in Continuous Im-provement ProcessIng. Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile Isabel Hilliger is the Associate Director for Assessment and Evaluation at the Engineering Education Division in Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (UC). Isabel received a BEng from UC and an MA in Education Policy from Stanford University. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Computer Science at UC-Engineering. Her research theme is the use of methodologies and analytical tools for continuous curriculum improvement in Higher Education. She has

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island; Anett Geithner, University of Rhode Island; DAAD; Eric Kaldor, University of Rhode Island; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

University of Rhode Island (URI) participated inspring 2016 along with eleven other engineering schools. Since the cross-institutional evaluationis still on-going, we can only provide a small segment of the cross-institutional results. Part IIattempts to explain why those results may have come out the way they did for URI – what kind ofinternational programming inherent in the engineering curriculum at URI may differentiate it fromothers in the sample? The main set-up and design of international engineering programming at theuniversity will be described as background in front of which the NSF results ought to be examined.Within the context of part II we will furthermore present the outcome of an IDI assessment usedfor a short-term travel course in

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

 describes  the  initial  stages  of  a  longitudinal  project  to  design,  implement,  and  assess  an  ePortfolio  curriculum  that  supports  graduate  engineering  students  in  developing  professional  identities  both  as  educators  and  as  engineers.  It  is  part  of  an  NSF-­‐funded  research  study  that  addresses  the  major  task,  articulated  in  Jamieson  &  Lohmann’s  2009  report  Creating  a  Culture  for  Scholarly  and  Systematic  Innovation  in  Engineering  Education1,  of  institutionally  prioritizing  connections  between  engineering  education  research  and  practice.  The  purpose  of  this  project  is  to  use  electronic  portfolios  (ePortfolios)  to  help  engineering  graduate  students  achieve  the

Conference Session

Information Technologies Classroom Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Al-Rawi, KFU; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

University Azzedine Lansari received a PhD in Bioengineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. From 1992-1998, he was a senior researcher at Computer Sciences Corp. and MANTECH, Inc. He joined Zayed University in August 1998. Currently he is an associate professor of Information Technology. His teaching interests include instructional technology and statistical modeling. His research interests include systems modeling, educational technology and curriculum design. Page 13.768.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integrating the Security+ exam Objectives

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

students are successful in developing these skills. It is also necessary to assess theresults and progress of students as they move through the curriculum. These outcomes can bedifficult to precisely define and therefore assess, and in an effort to expend appropriate resourcesfor this task the ME faculty anticipate efficiencies from agreed-upon descriptions andmeasurement tools across the curriculum.2 Finally, the opportunity exists to make adjustmentsalong the students’ development path. Instead of observing a shortcoming in professional skillsin a senior year capstone course, measured results in the earlier years can allow timelycorrections to be made. This allows for the capstone course to be a truly integrative experienceinstead of last minute

Conference Session

Approaches to Curriculum and Policy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jinlu Shen, Zhejiang University; Tuoyu Li, Zhejiang University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

engineeringeducation reform, and give suggestions for the construction of the second round ofnew engineering research and practice projects.2 BackgroundAt the end of 20th century, international engineering education reform was surging.Return to Engineering Practice, STEM Education, Engineering IntegrativeEducation, Engineering With a Big E, An Integrative & Holistic EngineeringEducation, CDIO, Holistic Engineering, Systematic Engineering, EngineeringEducation as a Complex System, Engineering Education Ecosystem, and otherconcepts have been proposed successively, all of which reflect the internationaldevelopment trend of innovative engineering education.[5] With the gradualtechnological breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies such as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Mann, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Mikhail Chester, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Vertical IntegrationSustainability has been proven to be a significant need for the civil and construction engineeringand management (CCEM) industries. The concept of sustainability, however, is not commonlytaught in the undergraduate curriculum; it is generally covered and taught in graduate-levelcourses. Though undergraduate students may have an interest in sustainability, their exposure toit comes later in their educational curriculum. In this Transforming Undergraduate Education inSTEM (TUES) project, the researchers develop a problem-based learning framework that (1)introduces sustainability earlier in the undergraduate curriculum, and (2) provides an opportunityfor vertical integration across courses within CCEM curriculum. The goal of

Conference Session

Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #29812Ethical Development Through the Use of Fiction in a Project BasedEngineering ProgramDr. Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rob Sleezer earned his Ph.D. in Microelectronics-Photonics from the University of Arkansas. He attended Oklahoma State University where he graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a faculty member at Twin Cities Engineering which is in the department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato.Dr. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Alamgir Choudhury

modularcurriculum and laboratory is being developed in the subject area. These modules are (a)modern industrial processes, (b) sensors and transducers, (c) data acquisition and dataprocessing, (d) process control, and (e) integrated measurement, data acquisition andcontrol. This modular curriculum is designed to fulfill the need for two and four yearundergraduate programs in mechanical engineering technology (MET) and electricalengineering technology (EET), as well as training industrial professionals. By varying theemphasis on each module, the same curriculum and laboratory may be used for eachcategory of audience. While MET programs will emphasize more module (a), (b) and (e);EET students will focus more on module (c), (d) and (e). Training programs for

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Brian Resnick, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

student interest in RF communication concepts.This laboratory capstone project illustrates the integration of a 433.92 MHz wireless temperaturesensor into a PSK31 modulated audio beacon transmitter. The temperature sensor is a DallasSemiconductor DS18S20 integrated with a standard "off-the-shelf" 433.92 MHz RF transmittermodule that uses amplitude modulation. The transmission method known as "On-Off Keying(OOK)" transmits the temperature data by simply switching the carrier signal on and off. The RFdata-link serial receiver can be located up to 500 feet from the transmitter and interfaces to thePSK31 Audio Beacon via an RS232 interface. The Audio Beacon features PSK31 encoding andaudio waveform generation using a single-chip SX28 RISC

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering Education: Service Learning, Capstone Integration, Student Affect and Rating Systems

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University; Tricia Heather Hatley, Freese and Nichols, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

requirementwas instituted, LEED was essentially the only available rating system. The curriculum did notinclude formal exposure to sustainability prior to the two semester capstone design coursesequence. This course was taught several times by the first author between 2010 and 2016.There were also tools available to help students use the LEED rating system. The AmericanConcrete Institute (ACI) had a program to supply two important references to students free ofcharge 12 13. An outside guest lecturer, who was very active on the ACI SustainabilityCommittee, came in to speak to the students to introduce sustainability concepts and discuss theirprojects.However, limitations of the approach became apparent over time. As the LEED system focuseson human

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine L. Craft; James C. Wood

SC ATE curriculum development project seeks to improve graduation rates by addressingthese two problem areas and using the results of educational research. Educational research hasshown that the majority of students entering associate degree programs do not learn aseffectively in the traditional lecture, teacher-centered instructional mode as they can learn in acontextual, student- centered, active-learning environment 6,7,8. The SC ATE curriculum isdesigned to model the workplace by developing an integrated, problem-based approach toteaching the traditional mathematics, physics, communications, and introductory technologycourses9,10. For students who are under-prepared to enter beginning mathematics andcommunications courses, a one-semester

Conference Session

Approaches to Curriculum and Policy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

educationaloutcomes. The Center collects data, leverages Arizona State University’s (ASU) resources, and drivesstakeholders to impact education policies. The tool used in this study is composed of multiple interactivedashboards and visualizations that are at the high end of a computational model that describes students’performance. More specifics about the dashboards used in the experiment are provided in the followingsections. Figure 1. The Decision Theater at ASU. (“DT”, 2019) 4. Literature integration on the relationship between attention and emotion3.1 Selective attention and brain activityAttention to particular objects represented as a stimuli to an observer was recorded to activate the visualcortex of monkeys (Moran

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Walker; Chang Kim; Caye Drapcho

environment for modeling and solving scientific and engineering problemsbased on partial differential equations (PDEs). FEMLAB integrates computation, visualization,and programming in an easy-to-use environment. FEMLAB frequently uses MATLAB’s syntaxand data structures. One benefit of this integration is that you can save and export FEMLABmodels as MATLAB programs that run directly in that environment, which allows the freedomto combine FEM-based modeling, simulation, analysis with other engineering algorithms.Application of FEM to Biological Engineering Problems – Student Project An ion exchange model with linear driving force was developed to describe colorremoval from a biological mixture using ion exchange resins. Color removal in ion

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chen Xu, New York City College of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

according to theacademic calendar. There are multiple software applications integrated into the synchronousvirtual meeting. Microsoft PowerPoints was used to present slides; Microsoft OneNote wasused as a whiteboard to solve examples and derive formulas in real-time with a writing tablet'sassistance; MATLAB was used to do simulation and demonstration in class. Other featuresfrom Zoom, such as reactions, whiteboard, chat room, and poll, were used during the class tofacilitate the discussion and communicate with students. Another significant advantage ofZoom is that it has an option to record a meeting on a password-protected cloud environment.This feature is beneficial because students can review these materials any time after the class

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Curriculum Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Kim, State University of New York, Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

heightened interest level during pre-enrollment advisement. Themicro-credential program described in this paper not only provides a detailed coursework setup inRF engineering technology but also integrates real-world experience through applied learning suchas internships, co-op programs, or senior capstone projects.Micro-Credential Program - OverviewAccording to the State University of New York (SUNY), a micro-credential is a valid learningexperience with learning outcomes, assessments, and examples of student work [2]. Theprogram with a micro-credential will not only attract a higher level of interest from the studentsbut also reward the students in the form of a competitive edge in the job market for completingthe curriculum. According to the

Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Troy Harding, Kansas State University Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

can be an effective method forengaging millennial students.1,2 This paper highlights experiences of using a collaborative editorto facilitate learning in a first-year programming course. The paper will describe how thecollaborative editor was customized for the class and how it was utilized by the teacher and thestudents. The web-based editor allowed students to see and edit the same program file and thenexecute the program individually without leaving the web browser. The editor became aneffective classroom tool in the flipped learning model utilized in this course. Qualitative datawere collected through the use of observations and surveys. The author discusses what waslearned about the impact on students’ attitudes, learning and quality of

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Erol Inelmen

Session 2532 Proposal for Full Integration of Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Programs Erol Inelmen Bogazici University, Bebek-Istanbul, TURKEYAbstractElectrical engineering requiring an ability to integrate knowledge from various disciplines -informatics, economics, technology and science- continues to be one of the most popularbranches in engineering. Currently several engineering schools are introducing the "projectcentred learning" method to their educational system in order to “integrate” their curriculum. Thisapproach was suggested by ASEE in a

Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Kettil Cedercreutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

0.65 0.70 0.75 0.80 Chi STDEV Figure 6. Exit Level Performance MSDMThe MSDM indicates that “Integrity” (D3), “Ability to working with others” (E1)“Attendance” (K4) are the definite strong suits of the exit population. “Sets Goal”(J3)”Gives Direction” (F1), “Motivates Others” (F2) and “Conflict Management”(F3) represent the least stable characteristics of the curriculum. The weakness of“Project Management “(J1) could indicate that the curriculum lacks in projectoriented pedagogy at this level. “Punctuality” (K5) is an outlier. The average ofK5 is relatively good, but the individual diversity is bothersome. Some engineersare punctual

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Myron (Ron) Britton

University of Manitoba. Since thenadditional Chairs have been announced, with an ultimate target of 16 programs in universitiesacross Canada.Definition of Design EngineeringIn the Guide for Applicants issued by NSERC, Design Engineering is defined as; “. . . the enabler of innovation. It is the activity that creates the concepts and designs, and develops the new and improved products, processes and technologies that are needed in industry and in other sectors of the economy.”The Guide goes further to note that; “Design engineering is concerned with the design and development of new and improved products, processes and technologies that satisfy specified requirements in an effective and efficient manner.”Given

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

; whatmisconceptions, preconceived notions, and biases people bring to learning; how to work withdiverse groups; [and] how to use learning and collaboration technologies” 4, p. 11. However, manystudents do not have the opportunity to teach during their graduate career, and many teachingassistantship programs do not provide pedagogical training. Also, within prevailing academiccultures in engineering, teaching assistantships are often not as highly valued as researchassistantships.    Our project addresses this issue through an approach that promotes integrative thinking throughdigital portfolio construction. Our portfolio curriculum guides students through the process ofcollecting and posting evidence of their work in teaching, research, service and lifelong

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Janine Glathar; Michelle Oswald Beiler; Kevin Gilmore

Integrating GIS into Civil Engineering through Pedagogy and Scholarship Janine Glathar, Michelle Oswald Beiler, and Kevin Gilmore Bucknell UniversityOver the past five years, Bucknell has made a strategic investment in integrating GeographicInformation Systems (GIS) across the undergraduate curriculum in teaching and research.Providing students with multiple opportunities to use GIS in different learning settings helpsthem develop critical spatial thinking skills that go deeper than mere technical proficiency. Thispresentation will give examples of how extending GIS integration beyond its traditional useswithin the civil engineering major has enhanced student engagement and helped

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Feser, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science & Technology Policy ; Maura J. Borrego, National Science Foundation; Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama; Connie Kubo DUPE Della-Piana, National Science Foundation

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

TUES program solicitation explicitlysupports such aims.The purpose of this analysis is to study NSF’s Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM(TUES) program to understand the engineering education community’s views on transformationand change. TUES and its predecessor, Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement(CCLI), have been an influential and substantial source of funding for U.S. undergraduate STEMeducation change since 199015. For example, CCLI’s emphasis on project evaluation, coupledwith outcomes-based assessment driven by ABET’s EC2000 criteria, is a strong example of howpolicy can influence practice in engineering higher education. This paper also informsprospective PIs of program expectations, provides baseline data for