Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tan Ma, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University; Ahmed Taha Elsayed, Florida International University

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Electrical and Computer

electric machines, drive systems and other low frequency environments. He performed multiple research projects for ONR and NAVSEA since 1994 dealing with; power system analysis, physics based modeling, electromagnetic signature, sensorless control, electric machinery, high frequency switching, electromagnetic Interference and shipboard power systems modeling and analysis. Professor Mohammed has currently active research programs in a number of these areas funded by DoD, the US Department of Energy and several industries. Professor Mohammed has published more than 350 articles in refereed journals and other IEEE refereed International conference records. Professor Mo- hammed is an elected Fellow of IEEE and is an elected

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer M Peuker, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Jennifer McFerran Brock, University of Alaska Anchorage; Steffen Peuker, University of Alaska Anchorage

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Educational Research and Methods

,reporting and displaying project results, simple engineering mechanics and materials science,and simple circuit analysis. Students will ideally take this course during their freshman year incollege. The prerequisite for this course is pre-calculus, which is the mathematics requirementfor the engineering program in general, so some students will have had one or more semesters ofremedial mathematics and/or science courses upon enrolling in the introductory engineeringcourse. The class meets for two 75 minutes lecture periods per week, with class periods devoted Page 23.461.3to either traditional lecture or in-class group activities.For the final exam

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank E Falcone, Villanova University; Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Mark Edward Graham, Villanova University; Mark Doorley Ph.D., Villanova University

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Engineering Ethics

at the faculty member’s ownwillingness to assist in this project. How can you as a faculty member in the College ofEngineering help the college in its objective of educating ethically responsible engineers? Just asit is important to know where faculty stand in their understanding of the concept “ethics acrossthe curriculum,” so it is also important to know what responsibilities they are willing to assumein order implement Ethics Across the Curriculum. This question seeks open-ended comments, inorder to generate the most varied of responses from the participants.Survey Case StudiesThe next section of the survey centers around six case studies. The prior questions aim toascertain faculty familiarity with professional ethics, their practice in

Conference Session

Materials Science Education for the Future

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eunice Yang, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Materials

the mini- presentations, class discussions, POGIL activities, classroomdemonstrations were helpful in assisting them learn materials science.The author’s experience in implementing this new hybrid curriculum was positive and plans to implementit again in Fall 2013 with some changes as follows. In addition to using the MCI to measure learning, theauthor plans to develop assignments or tests to measure how well students learned the basic “ConceptsBeing Taught” and how well the mini-presentations accomplished the “Purposes” in Table 1 and Table 2,respectively. Assignments that will require higher level of critical thinking such as case studies or open-ended project assignments are in consideration

Conference Session

Computers and Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid W Khawaja, American University in Dubai

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Computers in Education

a high focusprogram-curriculum. However, the exception that is made in the capstone project coursewhere the students are assessed on several program outcomes must be looked into.Every program outcome is assessed by more than one course (high coverage and high validityProgram-curriculum). However, some of the program outcomes are assessed by only thecourses and no other tool, which is an issue that may require attention (high coveragemedium validity program). Again, excluding the capstone, the program assessment has Highfocus.Now looking at the capstone, not all the outcomes of the capstone are assessed. This could be Page 23.60.15an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Anthony Bourne, Wright State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

taught, whichwould ultimately translate into increased student retention and success in engineering programsacross the country. The dissemination component of the project has resulted in the addition ofnumerous unfunded collaborators, and the approach is now under consideration by at least twodozen institutions across the country. The recent publication of a nationally marketed EGR 101textbook26 is intended to encourage an even more widespread adoption of the approach.ConclusionThis paper has summarized an NSF funded curriculum reform initiative at Wright StateUniversity to increase student success in engineering by removing the first-year bottleneckassociated with the traditional freshman calculus sequence. The approach involves theintroduction

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Sally Sue Richmond, Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies

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Educational Research and Methods

enrolled in a first-yearengineering design course (3 sections) and 52 graduate engineering students enrolled in amaster’s level systems engineering course (2 sections) at Penn State University. Studentsvolunteered to participate based on a description of our research project and received nocompensation for their participation. Each student completed a concept map of a course-relatedtopic as a class exercise mid-way through each course; the topics were systems thinking(undergraduates) and creativity (graduates), respectively. All students were provided with briefinstructions about concept mapping and performed at least one “practice map” before completingthe maps of interest; they were given approximately 30 minutes to complete each mapping task

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., University of Toledo

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Engineering Technology

was no longer a priority.There are times that it seems that the new course may have reached too far and left theold equipment in its dust. Some content had to be eliminated, however, and this was acompromise that was made. While a demonstration was given using RSLinx with theDF1 communication path, the lab experiences requiring this activity are no longer beingused, as are most of the COM ports on the computers in the labs.The appendices contain a material list of what was ordered. The order was so rushed tomeet timing requirements of the grant that there was no time to critically question eachcomponent. The purchase, however, was overall very successful and the project was agreat success. The A-B network switches were a waste of money since

Conference Session

Visualization tools and uses in graphics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Delahunty, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Raymond Lynch Dr., University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

is very difficult to separate entirely from theverbal system and one can often take precedence over the other depending on the situation. Itis plausible that the students' long-term store of information regarding the solids presented inthis task has been coded in a standard orientation and possibly using a coding system whichhas become more verbal and semantic than visual. The geometries may have been codedverbally by using a verbal descriptive system, which is amodal in nature. Semantic codingmay also have been utilised where the representation of the geometry in long-term memoryhas been assigned to some class, possibly one governed by a pictorial projection system.This could be due to the conditioning effect, previously discussed by

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University; Richard W. Moodey, Gannon University; David Arthur Nordquest, Gannon University; Krishnakishore Pilla P.E., Gannon University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

original group attempt to persuade controllers of resourcesto support their project, market products, etc., they are agents of socialization.The point of these phases is to recognize that individuals produce candidate claims forknowledge, and these candidates become knowledge once they are endorsed by the appropriatecommunity using agreed upon standards. (9) The importance of the different stages is two-fold:first to recognize the importance of the inner mental state of a single individual, and tounderstand the difficulties this presents with respect to the certainty with which one can assertthat someone actually ‘knows’ something. Among philosophers, this has led to “devisingdoomed criteria by which we can determine whether an individual uttering

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Havener

, are being measured. Evidence that may be used includes, but is notlimited to the following: cadet portfolios, including design projects; nationally-normed subject contentexaminations; alumni surveys that document professional accomplishments and career developmentactivities; employer surveys; and placement data of graduates.DFAN Program – In 1997, DFAN drafted nine statements that defined the educational outcomesfor the aeronautical engineering program. After faculty and EPAC review, the nine statementswere adopted, and in 2000, they were reviewed, modified and reduced the six statements shownabove. These six statements are specific to the aeronautical engineering program, concurrentlysupport the Institutional Educational Outcomes, and are

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

and then later, in 1984 by Ranky at Nottingham and Siemens-Plessey in the UK,and then in 1992 when together with Mick F. Ranky, supported by CIMware Ltd.,http://www.cimwareukandusa.com and FESTO Ltd. an interactive multimedia CD-ROMwas developed as an electronic support system for servo-pneumatic positioning, as wellas part of another project for bio-medical engineering with Prof. T. Pato in Berne,Switzerland. In 1997 Paul G. Ranky and Mick F. Ranky developed a 3D browserreadable, virtual computer disassembly method, supported by industry, that has led toseveral other R&D grants (including major DOD grants for NJIT) and publications,including the 3D Multimedia Case Based Library (1995 to date).Since then the topic as well as the

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dhirendra Bhattarai; Christopher Ibeh

, destructive and simulation testing programs areemployed in the industry. The plastics testing lab at Pittsburg State University iscurrently undertaking a project, in collaboration with Able Manufacturing Corp., Joplin,MO, to develop a “J-Integral Method for Fracture Toughness of Composites (24).” Page 8.172.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 16492.3.c. Case Study: Materials Selection for the Directional Radar Unit

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Akinmusuru

include supervisory authority over severallicensed engineers, are sometimes unable to obtain the P.E. license. The EMF might be aneffective way of correcting this aberration. Principals of large consulting firms in the UnitedStates who have projects overseas are sometimes forced to undertake their work through localless experienced firms because of the local regulations concerning licensure. A register such asthe Engineers Mobility Forum would be a reasonable avenue by which such experienced engineerscould register as professional engineers in the foreign countries in which they have professionalactivities.V. ConclusionThe establishment of the Washington Accord is a most welcome process of enhancinginternational cooperation and unfettered

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

Session 2438 Dynamic Modeling with Constraint-based CAD in Introductory Engineering Graphics Eric N. Wiebe, Ted J. Branoff, and Nathan W. Hartman NC State University, Raleigh, NCABSTRACT: This presentation is part of an ongoing research project by the authors looking athow constraint-based 3D modeling can be used as a vehicle for rethinking instructionalapproaches to engineering design graphics. A particular goal is moving from a mode ofinstruction based on the crafting by students and assessment by instructors of static 2D drawingsand 3D models. Instead, an

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

satisfied with their grade.The overall result is that student learning is improved, and both the instructor and the student aremore satisfied with the course outcome.Bibliography1. Bowen, J.D. 2003. Using a Hands-On, Project-Based Approach to Introduce Civil Engineering to Freshman. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education2. Clough, D.E., S.C. Chapra, and G.S Huvard. 2001. A Change in Approach to Engineering Computing for Freshman – Similar Directions at Three Dissimilar Institutions. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education3. Devens, P.E. 2000. MATLAB &

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Hefley; James Lookadoo; Randy Winzer

accreditation criteria [1] and their implementation plans were presented. Thiswas our first real exposure to TC2K. It did not appear at that time to be a near-term challenge aswe expected to be reviewed using the existing TAC of ABET feature accounting format.Two months later at the beginning of the academic year, our department chair informed us thatwe had been invited to volunteer in the 2001 pilot visit project. Our other EngineeringTechnology programs were in good shape and could shoulder the responsibility. While the EETprogram circumstances were not ideal, we had sufficient positive factors and so we also agreed toaccept the challenge. Our three-member faculty group at that time consisted of a recently trainedTAC of ABET evaluator, a former

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

to mechanical engineering to which I have not yet been exposed. (1c)2 I am able to analyze and interpret experimental data. (2)3 I am able to design a system, component, or process to meet a desired need. (3)4 I am able to function and participate effectively as one member of a multidisciplinary team of engineers working on project. (4a) I feel I am able to be an effective leader of a multidisciplinary team of engineers. (4b)5 I learned how to think critically and analytically. (5)6 I have a sufficient understanding of professional ethics to guide the decisions I will make in situations I will encounter in engineering practice. (6)7 I am able to communicate

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heimdahl Peter; Brenda Puck; Danny Bee

in engineering careers is well established. In addition,there presently are 268,000 unfilled technology positions in the United States.5 By the year 2010these unfilled positions are projected to grow to 1.6 million.5 “Innovative programs for girls andyoung women provide opportunities for them to interact with women in science and technicalfields”.3 In addition, girls benefit from programs that build on their strengths and encouragethem to explore meaningful possibilities for their futures4.Society is denied the services of talented young women in technology fields, who, were it not forgender or cultural biases, have the potential to become excellent engineers. Withoutinterventions similar in spirit to those represented by the “STEPS for

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Jessica du Maine

.” Page 8.171.8 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Bibliography1. Reichert, M. and M. Absher, Taking another look at educating African American engineers: The importance of undergraduate retention. Journal of Engineering Education, 1997. 86(3).2. Besterfield-Sacre, M., C.J. Atman, and L.J. Shuman, Characteristics of freshman engineering students: Models for determining student attrition in engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 1997. 86(2): p. 139-149.3. Morning, C. and J. Fleming, Project preserve: A program to retain minorities in engineering. Journal of

Conference Session

Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida; Diane Johnson, University of Central Florida; Leslie Castner, University of Central Florida

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interest and preparedness. Along with teaching seventh grade science, she is now giving workshops to middle school teachers demonstrat- ing how to incorporate more STEM-based learning into the curriculum. She is also one of the coordinators for Expanding Your Horizons, sponsored by the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Uni- versity of Central Florida, an annual conference that encourages middle school age girls to realize their potential in science, technology, engineering, and math.Leslie Castner, University of Central Florida Leslie Castner graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in computer science. She worked for IBM as a software developer on projects for the FAA and the petroleum industry. She is

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs

this study. The course is designed to introduce students to engineering and its manydisciplines. It leans heavily on communication, teamwork and technical skill through designtasks, computational analyses and research-based projects while also attesting to the importanceof crucial soft skills often unrecognized by young engineering students. Each section averaged27 students, with one student assistant assigned to each. All courses were taught by a singleinstructor using the group blog format within the Blackboard interface for the first half of thecourse only (approximately 8 weeks).3.2 ParticipantsStudents were generally first-year students enrolled in one of several engineering programsoffered at the University. Although specific majors vary

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

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Computers in Education

added benefit of recording student responses and using it toquickly learn student names can become a handy assistive technology. With several new featuresbeing incorporated, Pikme with added functionalities has the potential to become an essentialtool in classrooms.AcknowledgementsMajority of the Pikme app development efforts were headed by Ryan Sikorski as part of hissenior year student project at Rowan University Mechanical Engineering Department. MichaelGoldberg assisted in the initial stages of the app development, while Robert Sheridan, AlexanderRedfield and Justin Litowitz were involved in the latest update. Pikme was developed usingfunding from the Rowan University’s Mechanical Engineering Department

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Tracy R. Rone, Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

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Minorities in Engineering

ofOccupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2002, Vol.125, No. 5.[4] May, G. S., Chubin, D. E., “A Retrospective on Undergraduate Engineering Success forUnderrepresented Minority Students,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2003.[5] Treisman, U., “Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the lives of minoritymathematics students in college”, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 23, o. 5, pp. 362-372. Page 25.730.12[6] Bonsangue, M., “An efficacy study of the calculus workshop model,” CBMS Issues inCollegiate Mathematics Education, Vol. 4, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI,1994. pp. 117

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson P.E., Bucknell University; David Kelley, Bucknell University

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.11. Nauhaus and S. Lord, “Know Your Lab Stuff: Laboratory Proficiency Exam for an Introductory Circuits Class,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.12. K. Saunders, J. Shanks, S. Mallapragada, M. Griffin, C. Glatz, and M.. Huba, “Using Rubrics to Facilitate Students’ Development of Problem Solving Skills,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.13. M. Parten, “Semester Long Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.14. J. Kang-Meiler

Conference Session

ETD Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

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Engineering Technology

to accomplish labs within a reasonable amount of time. However,experience has shown that since the simulations are executed on Windows XP computers withina laboratory shared with a wide variety of actively used software applications, unexpectedinterruptions due to computer freezes (etc.) can occur and spoil an unsuspecting student's work.Future work will concentrate on moving the lab work in two directions. One direction is to takea few portions within this material and move them into the program's sophomore year electronicsdigital logic course. An example would be to use encoding schemes such as AMI or NRZI as thebasis for digital logic projects. This will help students better understand the interrelationbetween areas of electronic

Conference Session

Ethical Cases and Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu, St.Joseph’s College; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Site) Hypothetical Case 8. Human Subjects (RCR Role Plays) (Web Page on this Site) Open-Ended Scenario 9. Hazardous Substances (RCR Role Plays) (Web Page on this Site) Open-Ended Scenario 10. Conflict of Interest (RCR Role Plays) (Web Page on this Site) Open-Ended Scenario 11. Whistleblowing - Professional Relationships (RCR Role Plays) (Web Page on this Site) Open-Ended Scenario 12. The Extended Project (Web Page on this Site) Hypothetical Case Page 25.836.14

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Onursal Onen, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

future directions and a section to which students writetheir comments on. The content of the lecture will be listed in the next section, followed by themethod and results of survey including student comments. In the last section, the effectivenessand outcomes of the lecture will be discussed based on the results followed by planned futurework. Page 25.850.4Lecture ContentThe microfluidics lecture was based on a presentation with 60 PowerPoint slides includingintroduction to microfluidics and scaling laws, basic theory, design methods, state-of-the-artapplications, current and projected market and career opportunities. The content covered

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

in the traditional Page 25.883.2classroom are largely left to figure this out on their own.The inverted classroomThe STEM disciplines include notable exceptions to the traditional classroom model. Laboratorycomponents to courses typically expect students to complete preparatory readings and exercisesbefore lab, and then the lab time is spent assimilating what they have read through hands-onactivities in the presence of a guide. Courses designed using project- or problem-based learning1extend this methodology sometimes to an entire course. STEM courses designed along theselines show evidence of being highly effective in preparing learners

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University; Xiongjie Dong, Kansas State University; Tim J. Sobering, Kansas State University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Director, Tim’s vision was realized as the laboratory came online and assumed the responsibility for supporting the instrumentation needs of research programs across all of K-State.Dr. Jason Yao, East Carolina University Jianchu (Jason) Yao received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. He is currently an associate professor of engineering at East Carolina University. His research inter- ests include wearable medical devices, elehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of re- search into undergraduate education. Yao is a member of the American Society of