Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Khalifa H. Harib, United Arab Emirates University; Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Rihab Kamal M. Hamza, United Arab Emirates University; Muthanna Ahmed Aziz, United Arab Emirates University

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Mechanical Engineering

introductorymechatronics hands-on course taught within the mechanical engineering program at the UnitedArab Emirates University. In particular, the development attempts to enhance the students’cognitive as well as their psychomotor skills by integrating the knowledge taught in the lectureswith the hands-on skills attained in the lab. Twelve well considered lab experiments were addedto the lab manual of the course. Microcontroller-based experiments were introduced to walkstudents, who have never been exposed to microcontroller use before, through the learningjourney using a number of mini projects. A survey among students to assess the developmentwas conducted. It showed 63% of the 35 students strongly agreeing that, the course has trainedthem well in building

Conference Session

Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Amy F. Golightly, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

in the ways hands-on activities such as making, technology, and games can be used to improve student engagement.Dr. Amy F. Golightly, Bucknell University Amy Golightly is an associate professor of education at Bucknell University. She earned her B. A. in psychology from the University of Saint Thomas, and her Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Iowa. Her main research interests lie in understanding factors that facilitate or hinder learning and conceptual change in undergraduate students, and in development of assistive technology to help college students with disabilities. She is currently involved in collaborative research projects focused on these topics in chemical and electrical engineering

Conference Session

Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Thinesh Selvaratnam

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #31353Peer Mentorship and a 3D Printed Design-Build-Test Project: Enhancingthe First Year Civil Engineering ExperienceDr. Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University Nicholas Brake is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Department at Lamar University. His research interests include engineering education, concrete pavements, fatigue and fracture of concrete material systems, the use of reclaimed materials in concrete systems, and wireless power transmission in concrete infrastructure. Dr. Brake received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University.Prof. Thinesh Selvaratnam c

Conference Session

Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware; Catherine A Fromen, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

learning was used to add additional goals in the affective domain. This systematiccourse design approach was found by Professor B to be not only straightforward, but empoweredher to design a course focused on integrating significant learning experiences a priori, ratherthan as an afterthought (an extra burden).Approximately two months before the course began, the professors discovered that the coursewas overenrolled due to an error in our university’s scheduling system. To compensate for thefact that nearly 40 students (roughly half the size of the entire senior undergraduate class) wereregistered for the first offering of this elective, with no graduate teaching assistant support,principles of team-based learning were applied. The major projects

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects III - Mechanical and Manufacturing Focus

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Aditya Akundi is currently affiliated to the Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Department, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He earned a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Com- munication Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India. He earned a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a concentration in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) in 2016. His research is focused on understanding Complex Technical and Socio-Technical Systems from an Information Theoretic approach. He has worked on a number of projects in the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daigo Misaki, Kogakuin University; Xiao Ge, Stanford University; Takuma Odaka, Kogakuin University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

multidisciplinary teamwork abilities. Despite heavyinvestment to improve mechanical engineering education in Japan, the effectiveness of theeducation has not been sufficiently discussed. Traditionally, students are assessed on their in-depthunderstanding of specialized knowledge. With the surge of project-based learning, evaluation islargely focused on students’ final product or research results. We take a different stance and jointhe emerging call to foster engineering students’ abilities of knowledge acquisition, communication,teamwork, and creativity. To evaluate these abilities, we have combined cultural perspectives witha student-centered approach to inquire what constitutes engineering and its practice in Japan. Wediscuss the challenges and propose

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College; David Wayne Kelley, Department of Geography, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; Warren Roberts

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Environmental Engineering

of Geography David has a B.A. in Biology and a M.S. in Agronomy, and spent almost 10 years working with international development projects in various African countries before moving to Minnesota in 1995. He earned his Ph.D. in soil science and wa- ter resource science from the University of Minnesota and joined the Geography department at St. Thomas in 2000. David currently teaches courses in GIS, physical geography, remote sensing, and weather and climate. He is particularly interested in working with students and other researchers to explore landscape processes related to environmental quality, and in the application of geographic information science for land assessment and management.Prof. Warren Roberts

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

). Ms. Sandekian joined the Engineering for Developing Communities Program (now known as the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities) in spring 2004, just as the first EDC graduate track was approved. With MCEDC, her main duties have included student advising and academic program development. In ad- dition to her management role in the Mortenson Center, Ms. Sandekian has taught an Engineering Projects course around the theme of appropriate technology and conducted research on social entrepreneurship and sustainable community development in Nepal in 2008. Ms. Sandekian earned a Specialist in Education (Ed. S.) degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Northern

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youngwoo Seo, University of Toledo; Kimberly Mary Coburn, University of Toledo; Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton

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Environmental Engineering

. Coburn completed co-ops or internships with the City of Toledo, Detroit Edison, and Poggemeyer Design Group. Currently, she is working with Dr. Youngwoo Seo at the University of Toledo studying the inactivation of bacteria in water distributions systems. She has participated in several studies and manuscript preparations regarding the analysis of bacteria through the operation of annular reactors, microbial flow cells, and batch experiments. Ms. Coburn has also worked on projects for monitoring water quality using both analytical and computational techniques.Dr. Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton Page

Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles C.Y. Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, CSUB STEM Affinity Group

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Mathematics

currently the Project Director of CSUB’s US Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant (P120A110050). He is also the co-PI of NSF Federal Cyber Service grant (NSF-DUE1241636).Dr. Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield Melissa Danforth is an Associate Professor and the Interim Chair of the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at CSUB. Dr. Danforth is the PI for a NSF Federal Cyber Service grant (NSF-DUE1241636) to create models for information assurance education and outreach. Dr. Danforth is the acting Project Director for a U.S. Department of Education grant (P031S100081) to create engineering pathways for students in

Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville

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Mathematics

includes an electronic copy of the course textbook,and additional types of media that provide course content such as videos, animations,presentation slides, and projects. MyMathLab also includes the MathXL engine which canpresent students with a problem similar to those in the exercise sets at the end of each section inthe textbook. Most problems are algorithmic, meaning that each time the question is presented itis slightly different, using different numbers for example. The MathXL engine allows for Page 24.43.5traditional multiple choice type answers, but it is also able to parse mathematical expressions,allowing problems to ask students to

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg P.E., Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6151Cold-climate Greenhouse and Food Waste DigesterDr. Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University Susan E. Powers is the Spence Professor of Sustainable Environmental Systems and the Associate Director of Sustainability in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at Clarkson University. Dr. Powers is using her current academic position to promote project-based learning experiences to promote sustainability for college students. She is working with several student groups to analyze and improve existing campus operations and design and innovate new facilities to reduce our campus’ impact on the environment and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

hardware in their hands to carry out the testing. Someamount of testing can be done virtually with a simulator or emulator, but full system verificationrequires access to the full system. Unless each student has their own development system, theyare limited on when and where they can work and this in turn limits the complexity of thedesigns that can be assigned.Soft: Configurable soft cores introduce an additional level of testing since the hardware that hasbeen implemented in the programmable device has to first be verified before softwaredevelopment can begin. In upper level embedded design courses student projects often includeboth hardware and software development. Each hardware component or IP created needs to befirst simulated and then

Conference Session

Demonstration and Project Enhancements in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Yang, Cornell University; Kathryn Dimiduk, Cornell University; Susan Daniel, Cornell University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2010-1056: APPLYING MASS BALANCES TO ALCOHOL METABOLISM: ATEAM PROJECT THAT APPLIES FUNDAMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGSKILLS TO BIOTECHNOLOGYAllen Yang, Cornell UniversityKathryn Dimiduk, Cornell UniversitySusan Daniel, Cornell University Page 15.187.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Applying mass balances to alcohol metabolism: a team project that applies fundamental chemical engineering skills to biotechnologyAbstractIn the last decade, chemical engineering has evolved to meet the growing challenges of the 21stcentury, particularly in the areas of biotechnology and sustainable development. However, thechemical engineering curriculum has somewhat

Conference Session

Demonstration and Project Enhancements in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polly Piergiovanni, Lafayette College; J. Ronald Martin, Lafayette College

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Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

of engineeringeducation is to increase the students’ perception of human dimension and how much it implies inthe search for answers to the several problems of engineering to the service of human kindaiming at a better future. With the advance of science and technology and the Internet haveincreased this kind of education all over the world, becoming now a powerful tool to provideeducation with efficiency and quality. “Opportunity” project aims to form a new kind of engineerprepared to work in the new world order of 21st Century. Because of in education field thetendency is “life long education” to the new professional practice distance learning plays animportant role for those who have to work and to study constantly. Another relevant aspect

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

isdifferent from the traditional educational planning. The desired outcome is first identified and thecurriculum is subsequently created to support the intended outcome8,9.The impact of technology to enhance teaching and learning has been very significant in almostevery subject discipline. Most faculty have become comfortable using personal productivitytools such as Microsoft Office, electronic mail, the Internet as well as a number of otherapplications. The 1999 National Survey of Information Technology in US Higher Educationidentified instructional integration as their single most significant Information Technology (IT)challenge. In fact the campus project survey indicated that assisting faculty efforts “ to integratetechnology into instruction

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana

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Environmental Engineering

Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. He also holds an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and served for 26 years in the USAF. Dr. Mitchell is a registered Professional Engineer, a LEED AP BD+C, and a Project Management Professional. Page 24.304.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Competitive Problem Based Learning in an Environmental Engineering Laboratory CourseAbstractThe Problem-based learning (PBL) pedagogical approach to instruction has become widely

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

, Commands, Data sets, Introduction to Database Administration (Concurrency issues, Transaction Processing, Backup and recovery), Introduction to Data warehousing, Introduction to Distributed databases. Prerequisite: CNS 2520 (Database Theory) or CITE 2950 (Database Fundamentals). 5. CNS 3400, Software Engineering I (3.0 CR) Presents concepts, methodology and best-practices necessary to develop large scale software projects. Includes step-wise software requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing and release. Discusses software generation, reuse, scheduling, verification, and maintenance. Emphasizes current “real world” industry best-practices and tools

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

, DMAIC is used for improvement of product, process and services, while DMADV andDMEDI are used for design and development of new product, process and services. The flow Page 9.776.3charts for application of DMAIC and DMADC are illustrated in Figures1 and 2 respectively [2]. Define • What is the business case for the project? • Identify the customer? • Current state map

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

techniques, tips, shortcuts, andinsights designed to increase student efficiency. Topics and tasks are carefully grouped to leadstudents logically through the AutoCAD command set, with the level of difficulty increasingprogressively as skills are acquired through experience and practice. High quality workingdrawings include a wide range of applications that focus on mechanical drawings but alsoinclude architectural, civil, and electrical drawings. Each chapter is also supported by anextended AutoCAD project. The objective of the course is to educate students so that theyflawlessly and efficiently produce industrial design projects. Figure 2: Course Chapters in WebCT-based ‘CAD for Technology’III. AssignmentsThe “Quizzes and Surveys

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Piacentine; Tonya Emerson

participating classrooms to introduce the kids to engineering, leadthem through hands-on activities and then introduce the grade specific competitions. At thistime, teachers are provided with the rules for each competition, and when applicable, supplies forthe students. A goal of Minds in Motion is to engage students in problems solving. As such,competition activities typically require the students to start a project from scratch during theactual competition. Teachers and students are encouraged to utilize the two weeks prior to theevent to brainstorm, build, test and redesign their solutions to the competition. If the competitionrequires the students to arrive with a pre-constructed model, e.g. a popsicle bridge, teachers arerequired to insure model

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

TechnologicalUniversity and Russel C. Jones, managing partner in World Expertise LLC, designed anelectronic conference that took the form of a global poster session using the Internet andthe World Wide Web. The intent was to simulate electronically a traditional session inwhich presenters gave summaries of papers describing and analyzing projects inengineering education, and engaged in dialogue with members in attendance at thesession. The hope was that such educators would use provided web locations to share'best practices' with their peers globally, and in the process of reviewing other such Page 9.516.2submissions would continue their own professional

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Tyler Schecklman, Savannah Technical College

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

infrastructure already exists and hence there is no need to install a medium forthe data to travel. This paper will present the home automation project designed/developed bythe students based on a socket connection functions from the Java.net library. Themicrocontroller and network connections in conjunction with sensors are used to control devicesin a typical home. For simplicity this paper will explore only three outputs from themicrocontroller and two analog inputs. The analog inputs will be used to measure temperatureand humidity. This system could be extended to run a whole home automation suite.IntroductionThe sensor network is a technique for implementation of ubiquitous computing environment. It isan environment that enables communications with

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao-Chia Cheng, National Central University; Lee king-lien, Department of Electro-Optic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 542, R.O.C.; Chih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University

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Instrumentation

, the integration ofthis measurement apparatus can be divided by four parts: “system design”, “optical systemintegration”, “data acquirement”, and “data analysis”. Students from Physics Department andDepartment of Optics and Photonics had been participated in this project in their “Special TopicsStudy” course. In this paper, we would like to share our approach to realize the physical conceptwith the community in the hope that this selected topic will be helpful for teaching the principlesand methods about index characterization.Measurement principle and resultAs shown in Fig-1, one laser beam is incident on a prism of apex angle . The first air-prisminterface which laser beam enters is regarded as “entrance face” and the one which laser

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Md. Rasheduzzaman, Purdue University, Calumet

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Instrumentation

Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Facility. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen pow- ered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process con- trol, modeling and simulation of Mechatronics devices and systems, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication

Conference Session

Outreach Projects: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Education in General

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

at UW, he was an assistant professor and the director of Architectural Engineering Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was re- sponsible for developing the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). During his stay at IIT, he taught fundamental engineering courses, such as thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervise many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects program (IPRO). In few months, Dr. Megri will defend his ”Habilitation” (HDR) degree at Pierre and Marie Curie Univer- sity - Paris VI, Sorbonne

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Adriana Becker-Gomez, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

architectures; platforms that could beprogrammed very efficiently in assembly language and others using very high level languages;platforms that do not have any open source libraries to perform input/output interfaces and otherones that have a complete set of libraries, and platforms that hide all the microcontrollerarchitecture and just focus on applications.What is a platform that could offer good exposure to microcontroller architectures and stillsatisfy these criteria: ease to program in assembly language and high level languages; ease toperform graphical system programming and configuration; and the possibility for students toapply it in project based learning. In addition there are a couple of other very important factors toconsider. Is the

Conference Session

Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raissa Seichi Marchiori, The University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

. The research process comprises three key phases: (1)Before pilot study: Introducing the project and guidelines and conducting a pre-summativeassessment of students' prior construction skills. (2) Pilot study: Students embark on theconstruction phase, facing various challenges such as constructing their houses within specifiedparameters, including size, limited pieces, design requirements, and adhering to LEGO's setcolor guidelines for the design. (3) After pilot study: This final phase uses a post-summativeassessment that evaluates the improvement in students' construction skills. The resultsdemonstrate that well-designed LEGO tasks can enhance students' skills by improvingcommunication, leadership, analytical, and decision-making skills