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2008 GSW

Authors

E. H. Shaban

problems are faced in control as well. Both communication and control arerequired courses that every student must take and pass before they can graduate. The Communication course in the Electrical Engineering ProgramsMy experience in teaching undergraduate electrical engineers suggests that the communicationcourse as presently offered should no longer be a required course for graduation for a bachelordegree in electrical engineering. This paper provides discussion and reasons why thecommunication should be dropped from the requirement for graduation.An electrical engineering program has a communication course offering that has the followingpre-requisites [1]. These are: Fourier analysis and transforms, solution to ordinary and

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2008 GSW

Authors

Walter W. Buchanan

will also help the public understand ways that could Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque Copyright @ 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationboth conserve energy and lower our dependence on hydrocarbon fuels. The students whoparticipated on these projects were excited about contributing to a worthwhile activity.The projects also helped educate the students about energy. [1] NASA Training Project Contributions to Student Success at the University of New MexicoThe NASA Training Project (NTP) recruited and provided academic and financialsupport to underrepresented students

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2009 GSW

Authors

James (“Jim”) R. Morgan; Luciana R. Barroso

Session FA1-1 Helping Teachers Use Professional Learning Communities to Infuse Project Based Learning into the K-12 Curriculum James (“Jim”) R. Morgan, Luciana R. Barroso, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136 Kristin S. Huggins Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4226 AbstractThe experiences from National Science Foundation funded

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2009 GSW

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren

point to the fact that the world is headed for certain doom because of the perceivedshortage. “Airbus Seeks 500 Engineers: Company having trouble finding applicants inEurope,”1 “U. S. Aerospace Industry Facing Labor Shortage,”2 and “Brain Drain Could GroundAerospace Production: Industry Task Force Offers Dire Warning if Workforce ChallengesAren’t Met”3 are but a few of the headlines that reflect this need. However, other headlines justa few years earlier indicated otherwise or that the cause of the lack of engineers was unclear. In2005, Bill Schweber wrote that there is “No Shortage of ‘Engineering Shortage’ Talk”4. At thispoint in time, the media was saying there were too few students in math and science and that theperception of engineering

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2009 GSW

Authors

Kendrick Aung; Ryan Underdown P.E.

with the camp manager Dr. UrbinaActivities related to recruiting and selecting students were started in early January and completedin April. 50 students from 8 school districts were chosen among the applicants for the camp. Thediversity of participants can be seen from the composition of final participants: there are 8Hispanics, 34 African Americans, 2 Indians, 5 Caucasians and 1 Native American. The durationof the camp is one week and the students underwent many different activities such as computerand technology, engineering design activities, science, mathematics and a field trip to NASAJohnson Space Center (JSC). Engineering Related ActivitiesThe curriculum of the go W.E.S.T. Academy was designed to spark

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2009 GSW

Authors

Steve Weis; Michael Yakubovsky; Becky Bittle René Coté; Janet Kelly

to be used for insulation; and a team wind chimedesign, construction and test exercise. As a group, the teachers brainstormed ways that theseprojects could be used at their schools after each project. Preliminary results indicate that theworkshop was very successful, and some of the projects are being employed in classrooms. IntroductionThe research on professional development has shown that teachers respond positively to trainingthat includes content knowledge preparation in a hands-on context that includes problem-solvingactivity.1 Longer, extended sessions in which there are opportunities for in-depth discussion andactivity that includes pedagogical practices are considered more successful than the

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2009 GSW

Authors

Charles Baylis; Randall Jean

Session FA2-1 A Course Sequence in High Frequency Electronics with Hands-On Laboratory Experiences Charles Baylis, Randall Jean Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems Program Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Baylor University AbstractThis paper describes the development of a course sequence in High Frequency Electronics atBaylor University. This sequence has been designed to provide students with a balanced learningexperience consisting of

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2009 GSW

Authors

Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng; Richard Chou; Yongjin Kwon

Session FA2-1 A Course Sequence in High Frequency Electronics with Hands-On Laboratory Experiences Charles Baylis, Randall Jean Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems Program Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Baylor University AbstractThis paper describes the development of a course sequence in High Frequency Electronics atBaylor University. This sequence has been designed to provide students with a balanced learningexperience consisting of

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2009 GSW

Authors

Mariah S. Hahn

engineeringfields, such as oil and gas, will be exposed to and likely be required to draw on an understandingof biological processes. In recognition of this, institutions considered to be leaders inundergraduate engineering education, such as MIT, have now made biology a required course forall undergraduate students.1 The Texas A&M chemical engineering department has recentlyfollowed suit. However, when biological concepts are conveyed to chemical engineeringstudents in a traditional manner, the students often end up lacking the ability to translate theseideas to engineering applications. This discrepancy arises in part from the different way in whichengineering students think and approach problems relative to their natural science counterparts

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2009 GSW

Authors

Robert Fithen

engineeringfields, such as oil and gas, will be exposed to and likely be required to draw on an understandingof biological processes. In recognition of this, institutions considered to be leaders inundergraduate engineering education, such as MIT, have now made biology a required course forall undergraduate students.1 The Texas A&M chemical engineering department has recentlyfollowed suit. However, when biological concepts are conveyed to chemical engineeringstudents in a traditional manner, the students often end up lacking the ability to translate theseideas to engineering applications. This discrepancy arises in part from the different way in whichengineering students think and approach problems relative to their natural science counterparts

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2009 GSW

Authors

Dr. Lynn Peterson; Dr. Carter Tiernan; Lynard Broussard

Session FA3-1 Girlgeneering vs. Entry to Engineering: Engineering Outreach Program Comparison of a Girls-Only vs. Co-Ed Engineering Summer Camp Dr. Lynn Peterson, Dr. Carter Tiernan, Lynard Broussard College of Engineering University of Texas at Arlington AbstractThis paper will provide a comparison of two one-week long engineering summer day camps thatwere held in Summer 2008 by the College of Engineering at the University of Texas atArlington. One camp was a coeducational camp called Entry to Engineering for studentsentering 6th

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2009 GSW

Authors

Amir Karimi

Session FA4-1 Using Excel’s Goal Seek and Solver Functions as Effective Computational Tools in Solving Heat Transfer Problems Amir Karimi The University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractAn introductory course in heat transfer coves basic modes of heat transfer, namely conduction,convection and radiation. The analytical solutions to heat transfer problems are typically limitedto steady-state one-dimensional heat conduction, simple cases of one dimensional transientconduction, two-dimensional conduction, and calculation of radiation

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2009 GSW

Authors

John H. Ristroph

: Copying andpasting computer solutions is even easier than the time honored tradition of manual cheating.This paper examines the foregoing issues by first exploring simple solutions and then progress-ing to more advanced methods. The presentation is based on Microsoft’s widely used Excel soft-ware [1], but other systems can be used as long as they support user-written routines known asmacros to extend their capabilities. For example, OpenOffice.org’s free Calc [2] system has mostof the capabilities of Excel, but it uses a different dialect of Basic for its macro language. EIOf-fice [3] is an integrated office system with a spreadsheet very similar to Excel that uses Java toprogram its macros. Most engineers are familiar with engineering economics

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2009 GSW

Authors

Jerry K. Keska

according to a unique design. A statistical column (a key piece of hardware) had been previouslydesigned and it was built in the department’s mechanical shop (see Fig. 1). This piece was asubstantial element in the creation of the experimental station (see Fig. 2). For the lab, two majorgroups of activities were designed and developed: (1) a series of structured experiments, and (2) anopen-ended project (OEP). Both activities were designed in such way that the students could gainhands-on experience with sensors and measurement systems. They were also designed so the studentscould learn about data analysis using a computer-aided experimentation system for the application ofstatistical analysis, data validation using concomitant systems, the design

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2009 GSW

Authors

Dr. Farzin Heidari

geometry into different sections andcreating each section of a drawing on a specific level according to its toolpath requirements. Each layercan be selected at a time for certain toolpath operation. Combination of all toolpaths for each layerproduces the part. ExampleThe following drawing was created as an example to represent the application of layers in a complex part.The drawing is divided to five different sections. Each section presents a layer and toolpath (Figure 1).The drawing will require three pocket operation, a face operation, a drill operation, and a pocket withisland option operation at different Z depth to create the part. The combinations of all toolpaths result inthe creation of CNC

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2009 GSW

Authors

Melissa C Lott; Dr. Carey W King; Dr. Michael E Webber; Dr. Kathy J Schmidt

Session FB1-1 The Texas Interactive Power Simulator - an Analytical Tool for Direct Instruction & Informing the Public Melissa C Lott Mechanical Engineering Department The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Carey W King Center for International Energy & Environmental Policy The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Michael E Webber Mechanical Engineering Department

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AEE Journal

Authors

Gail Goldberg

design, portfolio assessment, scoring BACKGROUND Today, decades after the term “rubric” began to enter common parlance among educators, onemight well ask, “What more is left to say about rubrics that has not already been said?” Articles,book chapters, and entire volumes have been written about rubrics—what they are, what typesexist, how they are created, and how and why they should be used. Many of those involved in edu-cation were first introduced to rubrics in the 1970s and 80s as scoring tools to facilitate the directFALL 2017 1 ADVANCES IN

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AEE Journal

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E.; Joshua Fairchild

show correlations between theresults and other technical assignments.Key words: Team dynamics, cross-disciplinary Teams, multi-source Feedback INTRODUCTION Many engineering students do not know how to approach large complex systems due to theirexposure to idealistic examples (ASCE 2004). Additionally they not capable of providing criticalFALL 2017 1 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Survey Tools for Faculty to Quickly Assess Multidisciplinary Team Dynamics in Capstone

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AEE Journal

Authors

Jae-eun Russel; Mark Andersland; Sam Van Horne; John Gikonyo; Logan Sloan

specificinstructional strategies and technologies used in the student-centered section are discussed.Key words: Large classes, circuits, blended instructionFALL 2017 1 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Large Lecture Transformation: Improving Student Engagement and ­Performance through In-class Practice in an Electrical Circuits Course INTRODUCTION In traditional large lecture courses in engineering, most class time is focused on content delivery,and consequently, most practice occurs outside of class. This paper examines the potential

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AEE Journal

Authors

Claire Dancz; Kevin Ketchman; Rebekah Burke P.E.; Troy Hottle; Kristen Parrish; Melissa Bilec; Amy Landis

curriculum, the engineering community lacks consensus on established methods for infus-ing sustainability into curriculum and verified approaches to assess engineers’ sustainabilityknowledge. This paper presents the development of a sustainability rubric and application ofthe rubric to civil engineering senior design capstone projects to evaluate students’ sustain-ability knowledge at two institutions. The rubric built upon previous assessment approaches toFALL 2017 1 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Utilizing Civil Engineering Senior Design Capstone Projects to Evaluate

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AEE Journal

Authors

Katherine Fu; Robert Kirkman; Bumsoo Lee

broader implications of technological innovation.This basic responsibility has been encoded in the current version of the ABET accreditation criteriafor engineering degree programs (EC2000) implemented in 2001 (ABET Engineering Accredita-tion Commission 2015, Besterfield-Sacre et al. 2000). Criterion 3f requires “an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility” and Criterion 3h requires “the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societalcontext” (ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission 2015).FALL 2017 1

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AEE Journal

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Cheryl Bodnar; Matthew Markovetz; Renee Clark; Zachari Swiecki; Golnaz Irgens; Naomi Chesler; David Shaffer

2017 1 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Influence of End Customer Exposure on Product Design within an Epistemic Game Environment INTRODUCTION Success following graduation now requires more than just technical savvy from engineeringstudents (Byers et al., 2013). Adaptability, effective teamwork, creativity, and recognition of currentmarket-based needs and future opportunities are requisite skills in the repertoire of an engineeringgraduate (Bodnar, Clark, and Besterfield

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AEE Journal

Authors

Nicola Brown

1 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Updating Assessment Styles: Website Development Rather Than Report Writing for Project Based Learning Coursesthe method of teaching (Mohler, 2001). In response to this teaching styles are evolving. An exampleof a shift in teaching styles is the incorporation of project based learning into many engineeringcourses (for example Chandrasekaran et al., 2012; Hsu and Liu, 2005; Steinemann, 2003). However,even though the teaching method has changed the assessment of project based learning coursesis often via a traditional written report (for example Martinez, et al., 2011; Palmer et al., 2011

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AEE Journal

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova; Michele Eodice

, thermodynamics “Thermodynamics, what a wonderful class. It’s what Dr. B teaches us, with a tad bit of sass. We learn about heat energy, and what it can do. She makes it so fun and easy to learn, for me and for you.” Created by Kaamil DillFALL 2017 1 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Thermodynamics in High Rhythms and Rhymes: Creative Ways of Knowing in Engineering

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AEE Journal

Authors

Larry Shuman

the website allowed students to be morecreative; surprisingly, students not studying computing found the web-based reporting easier thanFALL 2017 1 ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION From the Editorthose with a computing background. Brown has proposed that using a website as an assessmenttool is adaptable to a range of courses in which enhancing written and visual communication, whileencouraging creativity, are objectives. Cheryl Bodnar (Rowan University) led a multi-discipline, multi-university team that

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

John Allen; Keith Berube; Brett Ellis

preparations, the sixelectromechanical projects, and the five mechanical projects, as well as compares results.Lessons learned and recommended best practices are presented on how to incorporateelectromechanical projects into an MET capstone sequence, which by extension should apply toother interdisciplinary capstone projects.1. IntroductionMechanical Engineering Technology (MET) capstone experiences are tasked to develop studentcompetencies in applying technical and non-technical skills via the design, implementation, andtesting of projects [1]. In 2015, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) revised MET program outcomes such that MET capstone projects should ideally bemultidisciplinary in nature [2]. The desired

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Ali Ansari; Nasser Ghariban; Pamela Leigh-Mack

engineering and manufacturing engineering curricula.Feedback from constituents indicated that the proposed mechatronics course is well-suited forthe engineering programs at VSU.Background The need for multidisciplinary collaboration in engineering fields is evident in industryand government in general, and found most exemplified in today’s manufacturing industries.Transformation is needed to ride the expected tide of change in the current manufacturingenvironment, particularly in the information technology and automation landscape.Multinational manufacturing companies strive to reduce computing costs; improve plant floorvisibility; achieve increased efficient energy systems; and use IT hardware and softwareinvestments more effectively [1

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Mohsen Ayoobi; Ana Djuric P.E.; Mukasa Ssemakula

Session ETD 305 ALERT: An Implementation of Active Learning Techniques in Engineering Technology Mukasa Ssemakula1, Mohsen Ayoobi1,*, Ana Djuric1 1 Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA* Corresponding Author: Email: mohsen.ayoobi@wayne.edu, Phone: (313) 577-5144 AbstractAvailable data show that many students entering the mechanical engineering technologyprogram at our university, either drop or fail to pass core courses with a C or better. In an effortto prevent this undesirable outcome, we are

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Rafic Bachnak; Susan Eskin; Dave Wirick

engineeringinto other fields of study10-11. The following sections describe the program activities and presentevaluation results.Workshop ScheduleAt the welcome session, parents and participants met the faculty and staff. Each student receiveda welcome package with a TI-80 calculator, T-shirt, drawstring backpack, notebook, pens, smallfootball and Frisbee. Pictures were taken with the University mascot. These pictures weremounted with a certificate of completion and presented to each student at the closing ceremony.Lunch and snacks were provided each day. Table 1 shows the workshop schedule.Table 1. STEM-SEP Workshop ScheduleThe program began with one week of science sessions: mathematics, computer science, physics,biology, and chemistry. The first week

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Ilka Balk; Zach Fuqua

…• Non-mandatory Co-op program – Highly encouraged but no curricular requirement for any experiences – Co-op / Internship separation – Co-ops register for 1 credit hour course, full time status – Credit hour tuition costs ($490 in state, $1150 out of state) + fees• 23% of graduates have co-op credit• 80% graduate with practical experience…wait, what? The Challenge• Who are we missing and why? – Valid and detailed data collection and control of our co-ops, but…• Co-op vs. Internship (Credit vs. No Credit traditionally)• Here’s the biggie: Non-credit bearing experiences self reported (and usually after the fact) The Challenge• Legislative Mandate• How can we quantify data for employers to