Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shinae Jang, University of Connecticut; Pablo Aguero-Barrantes, University of Connecticut; Richard Christenson, University of Connecticut

students, first responders, and K-12 students [2]. One of the keycharacteristics of VR is immersion through audiovisual stimulus in the first person, making it apowerful learning tool [1], [3].New technologies bring new challenges, advantages, and disadvantages in their implementationwhen being offered as an effective learning experience. An extensive literature review exposesthese factors and provides new approaches to offering students the best educational experience.However, the implementation of VR in undergraduate-level courses has not seen widespreadadoption for Civil Engineering education. At UConn’s Civil and Environmental Engineering(CEE) Department, a VR laboratory was established with funding from the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) to

Conference Session

Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christine Delahanty, Bucks County Community College ; Susan Herring, Bucks County Community College; Tracy Timby, Bucks County Community College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and laboratory curricula including online course platforms, and integrated technologies. She has been involved in both private and government grants as author and project director, and is currently PI of an NSF ATE grant, ”Increasing the Number of Engineering Technicians in Southeastern Pennsylvania.” A major goal of this collaborative effort with Drexel University is to connect for-credit, occupational technician education to workforce development certification programs. She was the faculty advisor to two student teams that made the final round of the NSF AACC Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) in 2016 and 2017. She and her students have been involved in STEM related outreach to local community groups

Conference Session

ChE: Outreach Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University; Eric Maase, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

principles and practice. This wasthe last module in the series. The primary goal was to expose the students to various activitiescarried out in bioengineering. Additional goals included teaching students good researchmethodology and presentation skills. The activities for the day and the scheduled events for themodule included an introductory presentation, a laboratory tour, and experimental work. Theapproach taken in presenting biochemical/biomedical engineering is described along with theeffectiveness of the approach. Pre- and post-assessment surveys found that the students wereinterested in the materials presented, actively involved in the experimental procedure, and themodule successfully increased the students interest in the field of

Conference Session

Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Simson, The Cooper Union; Laura C. Broughton, City University of New York, Bronx Community; Elizabeth J. Biddinger, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

engineering, incorporating laboratory experiences into traditional coursework, and bringing awareness of electrochemical engineering to chemical engineers. Biddinger’s research involves applications of green chemistry and energy utilizing electrocatalysis, batteries, and novel solvents. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Program evaluation of a high school summer bridge program in chemistry and engineeringAbstractIn this paper we evaluate a summer college preparatory program for New York City high schoolstudents housed at Bronx Community College. The program was titled “Introduction to EnergyTechnology” and it focused on teaching chemistry and engineering

Conference Session

EET Papers 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest; Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

optical/wireless networking systems. He has designed several models of high frequency oscilloscopes and other electronic test and measuring instruments as an entrepreneur. He has delivered invited short courses in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore. He is also the author of a textbook in power electronics, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. His other books are, Analog and digital communication laboratory, and First course in Digital Control, published by Creatspace (Amazon). His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences. His current research is focused on renewable energy technology and wireless power transfer.Prof. Omer Farook

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

is chair of the University Faculty Senate. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Programmable Logic Controllers and Data Traffic Handling SolutionsAbstractToday’s manufacturing industry depends on Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Throughout theindustry, engineers are using PLCs to collect and keep track of vast quantities of data. There are manydifferent ways that industry uses to accomplish the task of retrieving and reporting useful data fromPLCs. End-to-end transfers use large application tools, others use open software, and yet others useproprietary solutions. Incorporating laboratory instruction on the handling of such transfers in aneducational laboratory and making such capabilities

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Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University; Pao-Chiang Yuan, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Technology” and “NuclearEmergency Preparedness and Exercise” at JSU as well as “Radiation Safety and Health” atMVSU) and a virtual reality training program, revising several existing courses (“Principle ofHazardous Materials Management” and “Risk Assessment” at JSU, and “Environmental RiskAssessment and Management” at ASU), as well as establishing a laboratory. These efforts canpromote and encourage undergraduate and graduate students to pursue careers in the nuclearfield as well as ensure that they will better understand the problems of dealing with nuclearsafety and problems related to nuclear/radiation emergency preparedness and response.This paper describes the nature of this project, presents preliminary results, and discusses thechallenges it

Conference Session

Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

unique aspects of the course is the teaching format. In 2013, the College began aninitiative to double its enrollment over a period of about ten years. As part of this initiative,departments have been asked to find novel teaching approaches that allow for increased capacitywithout sacrificing quality of instruction. From this standpoint, a hands-on laboratory is one ofthe primary distinguishing components of engineering technology education and is also one ofthe major limiting factors to throughput. This course was the perfect opportunity to investigatemethods for offering a laboratory component without the requirement for a multiple, two to threehour, facility intensive laboratory sections. To this end, the course was designed to have

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy K Tang, Stony Brook University; Pao-Lo Liu, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Charles R. Westgate Sr. P.E., Binghamton University; Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York, HQ

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

in Electrical Engineering Program since its inception. He developed the electronics laboratory I and II to offer hands-on experiences to online students. Dr. Liu is a member of Optical Society of America.Dr. Charles R. Westgate Sr. P.E., Binghamton University Charles Westgate is a Research Professor at Binghamton University and a former Dean of the Engineer- ing School at Binghamton. He has been deeply involved in online course instruction at Johns Hopkins, Binghamton, and Stony Brook. He conducts research in semiconductor devices and materials.Ms. Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York, HQ Kim Scalzo is Director of the SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD). The SUNY CPD provides professional

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

-onexperiments and demonstrations. For many students, the concepts of vectors, particleequilibrium, and rigid body equilibrium can be difficult to comprehend. In order to improvecomprehension in these areas, we developed a single apparatus that provides for the operation ofat least five experiments relevant to the study of statics. These experiments are well-suited foreither laboratory studies or, due to the device’s portability, for in-class demonstrations.In this paper we present the complete design, including the bill of materials, assembly drawings,and assembly instructions for the apparatus. The apparatus is easily assembled from readilyavailable parts and materials, especially sturdy, easily expandable, and very affordable(approximate cost of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitat Berlin; Rudolf Reinhard, Technische Universitat Berlin; Thomas Richter, Technische Universitat Berlin

theaudience they are targeted at. Our proposal how to deal with this challenge is to deploy intelligentassistants using Bayesian learning which, given some initial knowledge on the audience, exploreuser behavior to build up a model of the learner within the system. This allows us to leave thechoice of the most suitable learning material to the learner. Thus, it enables an adaption of thesystem to individual learning styles while avoiding the risk of overwhelming the user by theplethora of choices of available material.Starting with models for learner and course, we present a prototypical implementation of such asystem within the virtual laboratory V IDEO E ASEL developed at the TU Berlin.1. IntroductionScientists’ and engineers’ workplaces are about

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-188: PERSPECTIVE OF A TRANSFER ENGINEERING PROGRAMAtin Sinha, Albany State University Atin Sinha is the Regents Engineering Professor and Coordinator of the Engineering Program at Albany State University. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1984. He had worked in aeronautical research and industry (National Aerospace Laboratory - India, Learjet, Allied-Signal) for 12 years before moving to academia in 1990. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Oklahoma. Currently, he is engaged in motivating undergraduate students in inquiry based learning through laboratory experimentations

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Frederick Doe, illinois institute of technology; Elana Rose Jacobs, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

ProgramAbstract Research experiences for undergraduates have increased in availability at universities andgovernment laboratories throughout the nation. Government agencies, universities and privatedonors support these activities with a variety of expectations, including providing a more skilledworkforce, creating a greater emphasis on graduate education and increased retention of studentsin highly technical fields. While the value of these programs has been well-established, there is apaucity of empirically-based research on the various models and practices of these experiencesthat have the greatest impact on the students. The focus of this study was a National ScienceFoundation funded Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program at a 4

Conference Session

Development of Computational Tools

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswanath Samanta, Georgia Southern University; Yong Zhu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Page 23.417.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Development of A Mechatronics Studio Course in Mechanical EngineeringAbstract: This paper reports the development of a mechatronics studio course in MechanicalEngineering (ME) undergraduate program at Georgia Southern University. The course coversthree broad areas: mechatronic instrumentation, computer based data acquisition and analysis,and microcontroller programming and interfacing. This is a required 2-credit course in the MEprogram. The course is delivered in studio format for four contact hours per week with one hourof lecture and three hours of interactive session of problem solving and laboratory

Conference Session

Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

Session 3513 Designing a Statistics Course for Chemical Engineers V.L. Young Department of Chemical Engineering, Ohio UniversityAbstractThe Department of Chemical Engineering at Ohio University redesigned an existing course inexperimental design and statistics. The revision was motivated by assessment information froma variety of sources: course-based assessment in our senior Unit Operations laboratory, exitsurveys of seniors, surveys of alumni 2 years after graduation and input from our departmentaladvisory board. The consensus of faculty, students, alumni, and the advisory

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M.L. Meier

richer and their use in the laboratory courses would be invaluable. The author is developing a series of tutorials that address a wide range of materials science topics. The spreadsheet exercises in each tutorial start with simple calculations and progress to project-level calculations such as modeling ionic bonding or processing data from experiments. Spreadsheet skills developed include performing simple and complex calculations, importing and exporting data, graphing data, using the numerical tools, and producing attractive, presentable and reusable spreadsheet applications. With spreadsheets already on practically every home and school personal computer implementation of these tutorials can be done

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosa Buxeda; Ramon Vazquez Espinosa; Jorge I. Velez; Lueny M. Morell

workshops, seminars & presentations,field trips to RS/GIS industry or laboratories, culminating in a poster presentation. After the Summer Station, they register in the introductory http://ece.uprm.edu/pascor interdi sci pl inar y teamwork & PaSCoR courses and are then assigned to a faculty mentor and Remote Sensing And GI S Opti on for communicat ion ski ll s Undergr aduate r esear Summer internshi ps his/her research team. For various semesters students take their ch

Conference Session

Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Allen; Mike Klein; Matthew Cunnington; Levi Westra; Ronald Smelser; Edwin Odom

. Our goal is to introduce an engineering project in the sophomore year thatgenerates a high level of student interest and aids student retention. To address similar issues,MIT includes the assembly and analysis of a Stirling engine by their sophomore students. Ourchallenge is to adapt the MIT Stirling engine project into the curriculum of a land grantuniversity with a different fee structure. The Idaho Engineering Works, a group of mechanicalengineering graduate students, modified the MIT Stirling engine to allow fabrication in thedepartment machine shop. We introduced the fabrication and assembly project into theSophomore Laboratory course and designed new laboratory exercises around the Stirling engine.The first iteration of the Stirling

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve R Marek, University of Texas, Austin; William Liechty, University of Texas, Austin; James W. Tunnell, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

teaching responsibilities comprises the biomedical engineering laboratory courses. His previous research interests included small- molecule organic synthesis, intelligent hydrogels for controlled drug delivery, pulmonary drug delivery, and materials characterization.Mr. William Liechty, University of Texas, Austin William B. Liechty is a NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, conducting research under the direction of Prof. Nicholas Peppas. He re- ceived a B.S.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Iowa in 2007 and studied at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar until 2008. His research interests include responsive materials, RNA

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

engineering, technology and scienceinstruction as well as having a secondary impact in the preparation of future teachers. Two workshopswere held in July 1998 and July 1999. Participants gained experience in process engineering throughhands-on laboratories, industry experts, and interactive demonstrations. Through industry involvementfrom 10 process engineering companies, faculty were given an initial networking base. Companiescontributing industrial speakers include Sony Music, Inductotherm, DuPont Engineering, Bristol-MyersSquibb, Chemical Industry Council of New Jersey, Cochrane, Tasty Baking Co., DuPontPharmaceuticals, DuPont Nylon, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, AE Technology-Hyprotech, and MobilTechnology Co. Participants use the given

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Lloyd Barrett; Edward Young; David E. Klett; Jeffrey Morehouse; Jed Lyons

. It shouldbe noted that these are nascent programs at these three institutions. Prior to 1998 and theinception of ICAR, none of the three schools offered motorsports courses or laboratories otherthan participation in the SAE sponsored vehicle design competitions including Mini Baja andFormula SAE.II. The University of Virginia Motorsports Engineering ProgramII.1. OverviewThe University of Virginia started its motorsports engineering program in the spring of 1998.The primary goals of the program are to provide a forum to teach engineering fundamentals; Page 5.369.1to provide a focus area for technical elective courses; to increase the range of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

David L. Walters

. This paper provides an account of a laboratory experience at the United States Coast GuardAcademy,(USCGA) in utilizing National Instruments LabView data acquisition equipment, Excel andMathcad analysis software, and Power Point presentational software in a Macintosh environment in theinstruction of a senior level engineering measurement course. The curriculum of the newly accredited Mechanical Engineering major at the USCGA not onlyemphasizes the design and open-ended problem solving elements necessary to an excellent engineeringeducation, but seeks to augment the communications and leadership skills which the entire academy hasembraced as desired outcomes. Experimental Methods in Fluid and Thermal Sciences is a senior levelcapstone

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael J. Caylor; Bruce Chesley

-semester sequence of courses in spacecraft engineering. Throughout the sequence, students andfaculty from multiple disciplines and academic departments play key roles in the developmentprocess. In addition, we receive support from several other capstone design projects to addressspecific needs of the small satellite program.As with any major curriculum effort, operating a small satellite program with undergraduatestudents can be a formidable task. In particular, our program requires a substantial commitmentof faculty expertise, laboratory resources, external consultants, and funding. These strategicassets must be managed carefully to achieve program objectives. Nonetheless, overcoming thesechallenges allows for substantial student learning to

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam W Davidson, Duke University; Kip D. Coonley, Duke University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #43127Board 149: Pioneering Pathways for High School Students in STEM Education(Work in Progress)Mr. Adam W Davidson, Duke University Adam is a seasoned educator and Senior Laboratory Administrator for the Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) department at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. With a degree in Technology Education from NC State University, his journey in education began as a Technology Education teacher at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts and later as a PLTW Engineering Instructor and Fab Lab Manager at Riverside High School and Technology Equipment Coordinator for Durham Public

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Hasler, Georgia Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

for in-class hands-on experimental activities. Flipped classroom techniques show thatstudents watching videos before laboratory experiences generally improves student confidence,knowledge, & attitude between sections on-line lectures & control sections [31, 32]. Typicallythese laboratory experiments are fairly generic science experiments (e.g. [31]), and yet, ECElaboratory knowledge improves as measured through quizes and prework improvement [33].These results would encourage development of flipped classroom techniques to encouragehands-on laboratory experiments. And yet, how does one build these kinds of ECE hands-onin-class experiments that are integrated with class objectives?This discussion presents our efforts to utilize open

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector A. Ochoa, University of Texas, Tyler; Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

Shirvaikar is the Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler, where he develops curriculum and laboratories in computer engineering. Prior to this he worked at Texas Instruments specializing in real time imaging systems. Dr. Shirvaikar graduated with his doc- torate from the University of Tennessee. He also has a M.S. degree from the University of Maine, and a B.Tech. from Banaras Hindu University, India. His current research interests include real time imaging and engineering education. Page 22.1455.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

ELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Liao, Wayne State University; D. Fu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

educating engineering students in this new and emergent technology of electricdrivetrains.In response to the need of a trained and educated workforce in vehicle electrification, severaluniversities and colleges recently have developed projects, courses, and degree programs fortraining students and automotive engineers and technicians in electric-drive vehicle technology[5-10]. Developing new education and training for electric-drive vehicles requires carefulplanning of support laboratory, equipment and facilities. Existing courses in power electronicsand electrical machines can be expanded and their laboratory resources leveraged with moderatecost. However, the costs will increase if the instruction includes hands-on experience withelectric-drive

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James Devault

Session 2220 Robot Stories: Interdisciplinary Design with Autonomous Mobile Robots James E. DeVault Electrical and Computer Engineering Kansas State UniversityAbstractOver the past seven years, interdisciplinary teams of engineering students have designed mobilerobots to compete in an annual robot contest. Open to all students that have completedengineering physics, the mobile robotics course requires teamwork, project management, and amixture of theoretical understanding and laboratory skills. Mobile robots are

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-2146: TEACHING ENGINEERING REASONING USING A BEAMDEFLECTION LABNatasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana Page 15.1173.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Engineering Reasoning using a Beam Deflection LabAbstractWell crafted laboratories reinforce theoretical concepts presented in class, but also sharpenstudents’ technical reasoning skills and provide practice in technical communication. This paperpresents an introductory mechanics laboratory on beam deflection, suitable for freshmenengineering courses or as an opening week experiment for Strengths of Materials. The labconsists of 4 distinct experiments, each requiring students to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

. Teams of students design, construct and calibrate aload cell through the phases of materials investigation and selection, programming, design,data collection, analysis and finally calibration and prototyping (Figure 1).The formal part of unit delivery format consists of one hour lecture, one hour tutorial andthree hours laboratory per week. Specific theory relating to the project (cantilever design,introduction to strain gauges) is covered early in the semester and the remaining lecturescover various aspects of experimental work. The exploration of topics is designed to providestudents with the theory required to complete each stage of the project, from system andexperimental design, data acquisition, probability and statistics relating to