Conference Session

Simulations and Visualizations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Mark Randall, University of Southern Maine ; Mehrdaad Ghorashi P.E., University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-2971: DESIGN MANUFACTURE SIMULATION AND EXPERI-MENTATION OF SEVERAL TOOLS TO ASSIST IN TEACHING STRENGTHOF MATERIALS AND STATICS COURSESMr. Nicholas Mark Randall, University of Southern Maine Nicholas Randall came to the University of Southern Maine in the spring of 2009. He is majoring in mechanical wngineering and is expecting at the time of his graduation to have a major in mechanical engineering and a minor in applied energy. He became interested in statics after taking a class with Dr. Ghorashi and observing the complexities of the material. He then teamed up with this professor and developed a way of teaching statics with more hands-on and simulation activities. Randall has always liked working on

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Ramachandran; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Automated Approach to Assessing the Quality of Project Reviews AbstractPeer review of code and other software documents is an integral component of a softwaredevelopment life cycle. In software engineering courses, peer reviewing is done by other studentsin the class. In order to help students improve their reviewing skills, feedback needs to beprovided for the reviews written by students. The process of reviewing a review or identifying thequality of reviews can be referred to as metareviewing. Automated metareviewing ensuresprovision of immediate feedback to reviewers, which is likely to motivate the reviewer to improvehis work and provide more useful feedback to the authors. In this work we focus

Conference Session

Evaluation of Teaching Methods for Mechanics Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Anna Dollar, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2012-3478: RELATING USAGE OF WEB-BASED LEARNING MATE-RIALS TO LEARNING PROGRESSDr. Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University Paul S. Steif is a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Sc.B. in engineering from Brown University (1979) and M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1982) degrees from Harvard University in applied mechanics. He has been active as a teacher and researcher in the field of engineering education and mechanics. His research has focused on student learning of mechanics concepts and developing new course materials and classroom approaches. Drawing upon methods of cognitive and learning sciences, he has led the development and psychometric validation of the statics

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuyi Lin P.E., University of Missouri; Xiuting Wei, Shandong University of Technology; Lanmei Wang, Shandong University of Technology; Yanfei Zhang, Shandong University of Technology; Wenqiang Yu P.E., Shandong University of Technology; Yufeng Sun, Shandong University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-4654: SYNCHRONIZING THE TEACHING OF CAPSTONE DE-SIGN COURSE IN TWO COUNTRIESProf. Yuyi Lin P.E., University of Missouri Yuyi Lin received his M.S. from UCLA in 1984, Ph.D from UC, Berkeley, in 1989, and has been teaching mechanical design at the University of Missouri since 1990. He is a registered Professional Engineer and inventor.Prof. Xiuting Wei, Shandong University of Technology Xiuting Wei is currently working as the Dean and a professor of the College of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, China. He received his B.E (1982, in hydraulic machinery) from Jiangsu University, China, and Ph.D. (1999, in mechanical design and theory) from Zhejiang University, China. He has 30

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjiv Gokhale; Hadi Yamin

areconvenient to these students who are attempting to complete school while maintaining full-timejobs and family life. However, many educators are concerned with the “learning outcomes” ofsuch non-traditional courses and quite often the perception of both the faculty and students is thatthese time-shortened courses some how lack the academic rigor of the more traditional courses.This paper addresses the teaching techniques for intensive courses, the use of such courses in theconstruction discipline, and the student and faculty perceptions of these courses.I. IntroductionIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis is a comprehensive urban university locatedin the heart of Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. As is the case with other urban colleges

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

changing needs. Target areas whichrequire attention include those which directly or indirectly affect the students: to keep thosecurrently enrolled interested in staying within the department, to convince undeclared majors toselect a degree and a career from Engineering Technology programs, to actively recruit highschool students and older nontraditional students currently working, and to improve the attitudeand professional development of faculty and staff, as well as curriculums. A timeline should beutilized to structure the execution of these ideas. Innovative methods for recruiting are discussed. Implementation plans need to bedeveloped which are directed to these target areas. When any of the goals are achieved via theretention and

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott White; Kirsten Lowrey; George M. Bodner; Dawn Del Carlo; Ala Samarapungavan; William C. Oakes

Session 3653 The Freshman Engineering Experience: The Student Voice George Bodner, William Oakes, Kirsten Lowrey, Dawn Del Carlo, Scott White, and Ala Samarapungavan Purdue UniversityIntroductionDiscussions between program officers from the GE Fund and faculty in the Schools of Science,Education and Engineering that began in September, 1996 eventually lead to a multi-year commitmentto support an examination of the Freshman Engineering Program at Purdue University, as a first steptoward a re-examination of the process by which engineers are educated at that

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Giolma; Kevin Nickels; Farzan Aminian

FPGAs) exhibit a superset of SSI and MSIfunctionality, enabling instructors to completely eliminate construction of circuits using SSI andMSI chips if they so choose.This paper describes the approach taken by the authors for introductory digital design laboratoriesin the Engineering Science Department of Trinity University, and explains some of the reasons forthe given approach. The approach begins with construction of SSI and MSI circuits, includes abridging laboratory where a complex SSI/MSI circuit is reimplemented in a CPLD, and finallymoves to more complex designs utilizing no SSI/MSI constructs. The student base forintroductory digital logic in our engineering program is quite broad, with all engineering studentsutilizing digital design

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Kreppel; Beverly Swaile

Session 15470 Building Critical Thinking, Teamwork, and Communication Skills Through Professional Ethics in Engineering and Chemical Technology Beverly H. Swaile, Maria C. Kreppel University of CincinnatiAbstractAn interdepartmental faculty team has developed an upper-division general education coursedesigned specifically to introduce ethics into technical education using a case-study approach.The course is designed to place students in a team problem-solving environment forcing them tosift through and critically analyze information related to the ethical topics studied during

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor L. Paquet; Ann Bisantz

Section 1526 Case Study Based Laboratories for an Undergraduate Human Factors Engineering Curriculum Ann M. Bisantz, Victor L. Paquet Department of Industrial Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York Amherst, NY 14020 bisantz@eng.buffalo.eduAbstractThis paper describes the ongoing implementation and evaluation of a set of design-orientedlaboratory exercises for two undergraduate Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) courses,which draw

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph O. Buchal

Session 2358 Engineering Education in the 21st Century Ralph O. Buchal The University of Western OntarioAbstract Changing educational needs and reduced funding for traditional educational institutions are forcing a re-examination of the educational process. At the same time, emerging information technologies are enabling atransition from traditional instructor-centred teaching to a new model based on student-centred collaborativelearning. The importance of the physical university is diminishing as information technology

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade C. Driscoll

Session 2457 Parametric Case Studies - Closing the Loop Wade C. Driscoll Industrial and Systems Engineering Youngstown State University AbstractTraditional case studies have proven to be effective means for teaching engineering design.Unfortunately, traditional case studies, in which all students in a class simultaneously work on thesame case study, may result in inappropriate levels of student interaction. A parametric case studyis a generalization of a

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntryre

assignments, and 3)course assessment and evaluation. It is anticipated that this interactive and innovative style ofteaching should allow students to gain valuable experience in: teamwork, organizing anddelivering presentations, critical peer evaluation, and a better overall understanding the academicprocess. The contents of this paper document the procedures used to incorporate and integrate thisapproach into the instructional sequence of an existing course in construction management.Conclusions are formulated as a result of this $experiment in education.#I. Introduction$CME 425 - Risk Management and Decision Support# is a senior level course offered by theDivision of Construction Management within the Department of Civil Engineering andConstruction

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurel Lynn ONeill, Penn State University; Luis Delgado Jr., Penn State; Stephanie Cutler, Penn State University; Sarah E Zappe, Penn State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

Paper ID #42178”Tricks of the Trade”: Sharing the Experiences of Queer and Trans GraduateStudentsLaurel Lynn ONeill, Penn State University Laurel is a graduate student in electrical engineering with a dual focus on engineering education and environmental sensing. Laurel is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Past researh has included detection of fertilizers in water using deep UV Raman spectroscop, and measurement of the temperature of the water column using variations in the Raman spectrumLuis Delgado Jr., Penn State Luis R. Delgado Jr. is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Pennsylvania

Conference Session

Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Gail Ellen Gerdemann, STEPs at Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

://cbee.oregonstate.edu/education/.Gail Ellen Gerdemann, STEPs at Oregon State University Elementary classroom teacher for over 30 years including teaching junior high science as a Peace Corps volunteer in Montserrat, West Indies, 6th grade in Virginia, primary and intermediate grades in Albany and Corvallis, Oregon. K-5 STEPs Coordinator at Oregon State University funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant since 1994 working with classroom teachers and university/community scientists developing STEM curriculum and training teachers. Currently employed by Corvallis School District to develop, pilot, manufacture materials kits, and inservice teachers for a complete K-5 engineering curricu- lum to meet Oregon’s new standards

Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-459: PREPARING ENGINEERING STUDENTS FOR WORK INTHE 21ST CENTURYDean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY Dean C. Millar is an Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. In 1994, he began the Engineering Career Institute, a program that complements engineer- ing coursework and gives engineering students key career-professional skills, including pre-employment classes and credit-worthy industrial employment experience. Page 22.1173.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preparing Engineering Students for Work in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen O'Halloran Cardinal, Cal Poly, SLO

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2011-1983: EVOLUTION AND ASSESSMENT OF AN INDUSTRY/ACADEMICPARTNERSHIP TO ENABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASEDLEARNINGLily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State UniversityKristen O’Halloran Cardinal, Cal Poly, SLO Page 22.656.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 EVOLUTION AND ASSESSMENT OF AN INDUSTRY/ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP TO ENABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGAbstract The MEDITEC program is a multidisciplinary industry and academic partnership at ouruniversity that provides the forum and mechanism to enhance biomedical research and designthrough

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

experiment.BackgroundMany engineering faculty would like to include more writing assignments in their classes to helpimprove the communication skills of their students. The ABET 2000 criteria, for example,explicitly require that "engineering programs demonstrate that their graduates have an ability tocommunicate effectively" while data from employer surveys consistently mention the importanceof good communication skills as a requirement for professional success.1,2 The engineeringeducation community also knows from many years of experience that one freshman compositioncourse followed by a few junior-level lab reports and one senior design report is not an adequateamount of writing to develop competence in our students. Much like other cognitive skills thatwe are

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Rodhouse, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Benjamin Cooper, Savant LLC; Steve Watkins, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2010-843: PROGRAMMING FOR PRE-COLLEGE EDUCATION USINGSQUEAK SMALLTALKKathryn Rodhouse, Missouri University of Science and Technology KATHRYN N. RODHOUSE is a Computer Engineering undergraduate at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She has interests in programming and is active in Eta Kappa Nu.Benjamin Cooper, Savant LLC BENJAMIN COOPER is CTO/Managing Partner of Savant LLC. He is an entrepreneur with experience in several start-up companies. He attended Emory University and the University of California, San Diego.Steve Watkins, Missouri University of Science and Technology STEVE E. WATKINS received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas - Austin in Electrical Engineering in

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Alhassan, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; James Welch, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

packages available to professionals.Allowing students to learn the software step by step (modeling, analysis, and design) in asequential approach through successive interrelated core and elective courses (StructuralAnalysis, Reinforced Concrete Design, and Steel Design), supplies the students with thefundamentals needed to tackle large projects on their own. This paper illuminates the variouslearning projects that were given to the students in the courses mentioned above. The papercontinues with a demonstration to a practical application as civil engineering students usedSAP2000 to design a pedestrian bridge for the required capstone senior design course. Theproject allowed the students to further explore the various design capabilities of SAP2000

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Russel C. Jones, World Expertise LLC

Tagged Topics

Invited - Curriculum Development

Paper ID #8386Invited Paper - American Influence on Engineering Education in the MiddleEastDr. Russel C. Jones, World Expertise LLC Russel Jones is a consultant, working through World Expertise LLC. Until recently he was senior Advisor at the Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, a new institution in Abu Dhabi, UAE. KUSTAR offers undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and science. Prior to that, he served as Founding President of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, UAE – a new university dedicated to graduate education and research, focused on alternative energy. He

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

USB Data Acquisition Units Provide New Measurement and Control Options for Engineering Technology Students Dale H. Litwhiler, Terrance D. Lovell Penn State Berks-LehighValley CollegeAbstractThe Universal Serial Bus (USB) has become a ubiquitous technology for computer peripherals.It is available on virtually every new computer and in most cases provides a seamless connectionmethod for a variety of consumer electronics devices such as digital cameras, scanners andprinters. This ease of connection together with the inherent high data rate of USB also makesthis technology very useful for data acquisition and control units. This paper presents the use

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wierman; Lawrence Aronhime

IntroductionInnovation and entrepreneurship drive the capitalist process, which in turn depends uponindividuals willing to take a chance.1 As Howard Stevenson wrote, entrepreneurs are promoters,focused on opportunity, regardless of the resources controlled.2 Innovation can be an uncertain,even irrational act, where entrepreneurs endeavor to enter markets that may not exist withproducts that may not answer market needs, where traditional analytical tools are not likely to beuseful, and where the odds of success are dim. The willingness to take a chance, to innovate andbe an entrepreneur, requires two factors: “motivation, defined as market incentives to innovate;and ability, defined as the capability to obtain resources, craft them into

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Kramer

2463 MANUFACTURING SYSTEM DESIGN EXPERIENCES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: MEANS TO ADDRESS COMPETENCY GAPS Bradley A. Kramer, Farhad Azadivar, Jeff Tucker, Richard Windholz Kansas State University/University of Massachusetts @ Dartmouth/KSU/KSUAbstract – Engineering students are employed to design and improve manufacturing systems atthe Advanced Manufacturing Institute at Kansas State University (KSU). AMI created theManufacturing Learning Center (MLC) to accomplish a two-fold mission: to enhance theeducation of engineering students and to promote economic development in the state

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Caleb Edward Scheideger, Ohio Northern University; Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Xiangyi Cheng, Ohio Northern University; Anna Dillenbeck, Ohio Northern University

Paper ID #44636Photogrammetry System to Reconstruct Syndactyly Hand ModelsCaleb Edward Scheideger, Ohio Northern University Caleb Scheideger is a mechanical engineering student at Ohio Northern University with interests in bio- medical research.Dr. Hui Shen, Ohio Northern UniversityXiangyi Cheng, Ohio Northern UniversityAnna Dillenbeck, Ohio Northern University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Paper ID #9220Perceptions Regarding Cheating among CM and AEC StudentsDr. Gouranga Banik, Tennessee State University Gouranga Banik, Ph.D., P.E., PMP., F.ASCE Currently Gouranga Banik is the departmental chair and professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Tennessee State University. Dr. Banik completed his Ph.D. in Civil and Construction Engineering from Iowa State University. He has eleven years working experience in both private and public sector as an engineer and/or project manager. He is a registered professional engineer and certified project manager (PMP). Dr. Banik has more than forty refereed

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Peter H. Meckl, Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #6559Microcontrollers for Mechanical Engineers: From Assembly Language toController ImplementationMr. Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette Noah Salzman is a graduate student in engineering education at Purdue University. He received his B.S. in engineering from Swarthmore College, his M.Ed. in secondary science education from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He has worked as an engineer and has taught science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the high school level. His research focuses on the intersection of pre-college and

Collection

15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University; Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Michael Keith Brewster, West Virginia University

Paper ID #45100Work-In-Progress: Hands-on Activities to Improve Student Engagement andLearning in an Introductory Programming CourseDr. Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University Dr. Hulcher is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Fundamentals of Engineering Program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. He has been in his current role at WVU since 2020. Dr. Hulcher holds degrees in Civil Engineering, as well as Mathematics.Dr. Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University Dr. Todd Hamrick, Ph.D. is aTeaching Professor in the Fundamentals of Engineering

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

S.P.K. Sternberg; G.G. Botte

FUEL CELLS IN THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMS.P.K. Sternberg and G.G. Botte (Assistant Professors)Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota DuluthDuluth, MN, USA 55812ABSTRACTFuel cells are an emerging technology that promise high conversion efficiencies ofchemical fuels to electricity. Additionally, fuel cell technology can also greatly decreasethe release of pollutants during energy conversion. This promising new technology hascreated a demand from chemical engineering students for more information and practicalexperience. This demand has generated new course content across our curriculum.Courses in Material and Energy Balances, Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer,Chemical Reactor Design, Senior Capstone Design

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ed Clausen; Carolyne Garcia

Communication in the Chemical Engineering CurriculumEd Clausen and Carolyne GarciaUniversity of ArkansasModifications to the approach to teaching some courses have added a crucialcommunication component to the chemical engineering curriculum at theUniversity of Arkansas. This paper traces the history of adding communication tothe Chemical Engineering curriculum.