Conference Session

Outreach Projects: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Education in General

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-2741: INTEGRATION OF ARCHITECTURE AND SUSTAINABLEENGINEERING PRINCIPLES TO ACHIEVE AN ENERGY-EFFICIENTDESIGNAhmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, associate professor of architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming (UW), teaches several HVAC and energy courses. Dr. Megri is also teaching a course titled ”Compre- hensive Performance of Building Envelope and HVAC Systems” for Summer School at UW, and ”Smoke and Fire Dynamics” during summer session at Concordia University, Canada. His research areas include airflow modeling, zonal modeling, energy modeling, and artificial intelligence modeling using the support vector machine learning approach. Prior to his actual position

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Rich

design fromsome engineers who practiced in the 1700’s. Two of these engineers (artists, patriots, etc.),Charles Willson Peale and Thomas Paine, were bridge designers, and another, JohannChristopher Christensen designed and supervised construction of America’s first poweredwaterworks. Engineering student teams at Bucknell have studied these early designs and usedthem as a basis for senior design projects. Based upon their evaluation of the historic designs, theteams produced their own designs of replicas of the early works, and then they built and testedthem. Because of the relative simplicity of the 18th Century designs, students applied engineeringprinciples to them and saw new meaning in the fundamental concepts that they employed. Theyalso

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kelso; John D. Enderle; Kristina Ropella

with challenges like circuit board fabrication, software validation,design reviews, functional requirements, specifications, project scheduling, project management,FDA compliance, 510K’s, clinical trials, ethical debate, patient risk, intellectual property,documentation, and a variety of other responsibilities. Having spent four or more years studyingthe theory of p-n doping, free-body diagrams, Laplace transforms, Fourier transforms, Kreb’scycle and Poiseuille’s law, it is no wonder that the recent graduate is frustrated by the seeminglydisconnect between higher education and the “real-world”.Academicians struggle to establish that balance between theory and practice. Many fear that toomuch “real-world” is simply job training. Yet, too little

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas H. Baxter

employed throughout a four-year program. By taking advantage of the comput-ing power available to students in the studio classroom, key concepts can be visualized with theaid of solid models.IntroductionThe use of computers in engineering education has continued to increase. Computers were oncethe subject of courses, and were also used as one of the many tools engineering students needed intheir course work. Today, computers have become major teaching tools, the dominant tool for theengineering student. At Rensselaer, incoming students are now required to purchase laptop com-puters to a minimum performance specification. Many of the freshman courses now use the laptopcomputers in the classroom; the most common type being the studio classroom. Such

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nikolaos Katopodes; Donald D. Carpenter

redesigned course has similar objectives to the original course,however a computer laboratory section was added and the presentation of material was changed.Previously, numerous alternative solution methods were covered in a very deductive matter.Now, fewer solution methods are introduced and the class is taught more inductively with aproblem solution approach. The instructors consider the redesigned course to be a vastimprovement over the old course; however, a more quantitative evaluation of the effectivenesswas desired. The first comparison was of the student evaluations for the two courses. Whilestudent evaluations are not the best indicator of a successful course, they can give an indicationon how the course is being received. The second

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Benenson; El Hadji Diop; José Sánchez; Alphie Mullings; Nadine Simms

Session 3630 Engineering Graduates: The New Wave of Teachers Gary Benenson, El Hadji Diop, José Sánchez/ City College of New York; Alphie Mullings / Nadine Simms, General Electric Corporation / Air Products Corporation BACKGROUND: A PROBLEM OF THE “MISSING MASS” Seen through the glasses of professional policy makers and educational reformers, K-12math, science and technology education are scenes of fundamental and sweeping change. Broadnational standards are establishing both the need for new pedagogies and strategies

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert J. Hofinger

design our courses and properly prepare our students.What will the electrical engineering field be like in the future? What should our students preparethemselves for? What should we, as educators, be teaching the future engineers andtechnologists? An insight with leaders in the electrical engineering field presents a picture ofwhat the engineering profession will be like in the next five years. With this knowledge, we aselectrical engineering technology educators can improve our curriculum and better prepare ourstudents for a meaningful and prosperous career and future.IntroductionTake a step forward, into the 21st Century. Let us look at the beginning of a well-connected dayin the life of a systems engineer, starting with this teleconferencing

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Massoud Tavakoli; Gary Hammond; Jawaharlal Mariappan; Henry Kowalski

Session 3266 Integrating Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing at Sophomore Level Massoud Tavakoli, Gary Hammond, Jawaharlal Mariappan, Henry Kowalski GMI Engineering & Management InstituteABSTRACTThis paper describes the innovations implemented in a traditional sophomore-level introductorydesign course at GMI over the last three years. The evolution of the ideas, the philosophy behindthe innovations and the effects of the changes are discussed. Particular attention is paid to theintegration of engineering design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Lorna Treffert, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Alexis Gillmore, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #41969Board 314: Initial Explorations to Understand How Our Research TeamsThink About Knowledge and Make Research DecisionsDr. Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Courtney Faber, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo (UB). Prior to joining UB in August of 2023, she was a Research Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was also the Director of the Fundamentals of Engineering and Computing Teaching in Higher Education Certificate Program. Her

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2023 CIEC

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE; Christopher Gabany

ETD 445 Teaching Ethics to Meet Comprehensive ABET Requirements Maddumage Karunaratne, Christopher Gabany University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThe University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown promotes creative approaches to teaching ethics, inconcert with ABET assessment student outcomes, and preparing students for the real-worldexperience tailored more toward industry. The broad ethics arena includes a myriad of termsmentioned in various ABET student outcomes, including “professional responsibilities,consideration of global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts, and

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Fritzpatrick Roque; Aidan Murphy; Bijan Bayat Mokhtari; Joseph Kim; Alex Barbaran; Andy S. Zhang; Farrukh Zia

@citytech.cuny.edu New York City College of Technology 186 Jay Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 Abstract: When a doctor performs an endoscopic procedure, it is possible that a loop may be formed by the endoscopic tubing inside the patient’s body. This condition may potentially harm the patient seriously if the doctor who performs the procedure is unaware of the situation. This paper presents a technique on how to detect the formation of an endoscopic loop using stretch sensors. A custom-made loop detecting device using the stretch sensors was developed. Upon bending, sections of the endoscope will elongate while other sections will be compressed. The changes in dimension of the stretch sensor result in

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

Interactive exploration in Second Life environment to envision the invisible Ashraf Ghaly, Ph.D., P.E. Professor of Engineering, Union College Schenectady, NY 12308 ghalya@union.eduAbstractSecond Life (SL) is an Internet-based virtual world where three-dimensional modeling can beused to illustrate complex designs. It is an environment where the user can walk through and flyover designed features for best viewing experience. Union College offers a miniterm in Egyptdesigned to provide the students with the opportunity to experience engineering and

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sean K. Turner

The Case for Sustainable Engineering in Undergraduate Engineering Education Sean K. Turner, Rowan University, New JerseyAbstractPrivate sector and government programs represent investments of billions of dollars in therenewable energy field, which is experiencing unprecedented demand. There are many reasonsfor this demand including that it is a constant growing field due to the need for alternativegeneration means to address peak loads and to meet carbon reduction goals, among others.Renewable energy technologies are important on a global basis due to pressures on conventionalfossil-fuel energy resources used to power the majority of today’s societal needs. This

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS); Daniella Severs, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

effectiveness to the Committee forGovernment Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Performance Assessment, where it has alsobeen very well received. Project outcomes show that colleges that proactively recruit women intotheir technology programs will show a significant increase in the percentage of women studentsin those programs in a little over a year. Of the four community colleges participating in theProject’s first cohort, the two sites that implemented recruitment strategies within recommendedtimelines experienced a significant increase in women in targeted programs: City College of SanFrancisco’s (CCSF) Computer Networking and Information Technology (CNIT) program wentfrom 18% to 30% female students and San Diego Mesa College’s Geographic

Conference Session

Track 1b - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Mert Bal, Miami University

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

Paper ID #11057Assessment of Remote Laboratory Practices in Engineering Technology Dis-tance EducationDr. Mert Bal, Miami University Mert Bal received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Eastern Mediterranean Univer- sity, North Cyprus in 2008. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of Western Ontario, and a Visiting Researcher at the National Research Council Canada in London, Ontario, Canada between 2008 and 2010. He was involved in various research projects in the areas of collaborative intelligence, localiza- tion and collaborative information processing in wireless sensor networks, intelligent

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Achille Messac, Mississippi State University; James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

Paper ID #11048Engineering Education Outside the Classroom: Engagement in ProfessionalSocietiesDr. Achille Messac, Mississippi State UniversityDr. James N Warnock, Mississippi State University James Warnock is the Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the Bagley College of Engi- neering at Mississippi State University. His background is in biomedical engineering and he has been a big proponent of self-directed learning and active learning in his classes and was the first person to intro- duce problem-based learning in the department of agricultural and biological engineering at MSU. James is also the

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-1807: GIRLS, SOLIDWORKS, ROBOTS, AND MOUSE TRAP CARS….OH MYBarbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University Page 15.617.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Girls, SolidWorks, Robots, and Mouse Trap Cars…OH MYAbstractGeneration Y, Millennial Generation, or Generation Next are terms used to describe thedemographic cohort born in the early 1990s. Although their titles of Generation Y orGeneration Next mean they are following Generation X, this group of students currentlyin high school, have their own unique style and are not to be underestimated orunderrated. Given a challenge, they will rise up to master whatever is requested of them.As the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rassa Rassai; Mensah Patrick; Jean-Pierre Bayard; Valerie Young; Joseph Tront; Edward Perry

Making Use of the MERLOT Database Valerie Young, Edward Perry, Patrick Mensah, Jean-Pierre Bayard, Rassa Rassai, and Joseph Tront Ohio University / University of Memphis / Southern University and A&M College / California State University – Sacramento / Northern Virginia Community College – Alexandria / Virginia TechAbstractThe Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) databaseallows engineering educators to use online, interactive instructional modules in their courseswithout investing excessive time to develop them, search for them, or screen them for suitability.MERLOT provides two categories of

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hoffbeck

different solutions insoftware. An example of this method is presented where a caller identification signal is capturedfrom the telephone system, and is demodulated using the numeric computation packageMATLAB.IntroductionIt is often necessary to rely on simulations of complex systems in order to demonstrate theirbehavior to a class since access to real systems can be limited due to cost, space, and timeconstraints. While simulations are sometimes the only practical approach, they can be too farremoved from real systems to be convincing to the students or to really capture the imaginationof the students. Furthermore, simulations often produce results that are too good in that theyoften do not include the imperfections associated with real systems

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Sudhir Mehta

Session 2268 Math-Statics Baseline (MSB) Test: Phase I Sudhir Mehta, Scott Danielson North Dakota State University/Arizona State University EastAbstractAssessing student learning is important to engineering educators for a number of well-knownreasons. While methodologies exist, they are often either time intensive or provide onlyaggregate data at the end of a degree program. While physics instructors have access to severalassessment tools validated for introductory physics, none have been identified for engineeringscience subjects. This paper describes a Math-Statics Baseline Test that

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Farhad Sharifi

Session 3213 Chemical Engineering: Professionally Ignored? Farhad Sharifi Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary AB T2N 1N4, CanadaAbstract Chemical engineering was founded about a century ago, when the demands of the society forchemical products together with the modern life style enforced major evolutions in chemicalindustry. Educational programs at the universities had to change accordingly. Furthermore, thebroad application and importance of chemical engineering field has resulted in its division

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

adopted by the author for hisEngineering Graphics lectures, using some features of Microsoft PowerPoint software.Microsoft PowerPoint software capabilities can be used to create simple but effective,animated, multi-media, graphical presentations that enhance students’ visualization skillsand give them the know-how to hand-solve a variety of projection problems, geometricshapes drawings, and Descriptive Geometry concepts, in an easy and affordable way.From hand-drawing geometric shapes such as ellipses, to hand-solving DescriptiveGeometry problems such as piercing points, students’ comprehension of subject matter aswell as their problem solving ability are greatly enhanced through the “show-and-tell-and-let-apply” (SATALA) approach in lecturing

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Elizabeth Spencer, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

range from integrating engineering concepts into the K-12 curriculum to providing outreach and design challenge opportunities outside of school. Suchinitiatives are present in very isolated cases within Canada, however, their reach and impact islimited.In order to better understand the perspective of pre-high school students in Canada, samplegroups will be provided with a survey incorporating a variety of questions pertaining to whatthey understand about engineering as a profession. All questions have been structured as openended in order to promote individualized answers from the students. Survey questions will beanalyzed with NVIVO software to determine if there are common themes in the understandingand perception of engineering from the

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Technology

Corporation in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Brower was the Affiliate Director for Project Lead The Way – Oregon and served as associate director for Oregon Space Grant. He has represented ASME and served as a program evaluator for ABET for the past ten years. Page 24.1296.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Unique Collaboration between Engineering and Engineering Technology ProgramsAbstractColorado Mesa University (CMU), located in Grand Junction, and University of ColoradoBoulder (CU-Boulder) are partnering to deliver a mechanical engineering (ME) program

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Metaphors Matters: the implicit epistemology of how we talk about learning engineeringAbstractIn this scholarly discussion, we argue that multiple metaphors for learning naturally arise whileteaching engineering topics, and that being aware of them can aid student cognition. (Wepropose to use this topic for a discussion session, as noted in the CFP.) Many thoughtful facultyhave moved away from transmissionist notions of teaching, in which the student is analogous toan empty vessel to be filled or a blank blackboard to be written upon. However, it is still possibleto operate out of a dominant metaphor of learning as acquiring a thing, even if the mode ofacquiring it

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division: Curriculum Development

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

Paper ID #48196Mathematics and Physics Preparation and Requirements for ConstructionProgramsDr. Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, The University of Texas at San Antonio ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Mathematics and Physics Preparation and Requirements for Construction ProgramsABSTRACTThe core curriculum is essential to higher education, ensuring the knowledge and skills neededfor a successful college, career, community, and life experience and participation. Theconstruction degree programs include the core curriculum courses as a part of the degreerequirements defined by the state, regional

Conference Session

Poster Session-Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ze Yang, University Of Toronto; Hamid S Timorabadi P.Eng., University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #45709Work In Progress: Remote FPGA Lab - An Interactive Online Environmentfor Teaching FPGA Development FundamentalsMr. Ze Yang, University Of Toronto A master of engineering student at University of Toronto.Dr. Hamid S Timorabadi P.Eng., University of Toronto Hamid Timorabadi received his B.Sc, M.A.Sc, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has worked as a project, design, and test engineer as well as a consultant to industry. His research interests include the application of digital signal processing in power systems. ©American Society for

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology; David Frost

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #48111BOARD # 51: Fostering Engineering Enthusiasm and Inspiration: EngagingThrough Collaborative Mind-MappingXiaofeng Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology Xiaofeng Wu is a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, working under the supervision of Dr. David Frost. She holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Irvine, and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She recently obtained her Tech to Teaching certificate from Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL), and was

Conference Session

Redefining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krzysztof Kamil Jarosz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Trisha Gard-Thompson, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Chao Peng, Rochester Institute of Technology; Rui Liu, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Institute of Technology (COE) Rui Liu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Rochester Insti- tute of Technology. He received his B.S. degree at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, in 2005. In 2010, he received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University. In 2014, he completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Liu’s research covers a wide range of topics in advanced manufacturing, including AI-based tool condition monitoring (TCM), cognitive ergonomics for human-centered machining, and machining education mod- ernization for future workforce development. ©American

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #26153Work in Progress: Privilege and Diversity as Determiners of EngineeringIdentity and SuccessDr. John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University Dr. Sangster is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First Year Engineering program at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern in 2018, he served for three years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transportation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in