Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

)                                                                   Abstract:  This paper discusses a 3D printing project that students will complete involving an electronics kit and an existing robotic chassis kit. Students will be given a chassis built on the laser cutter, an electronics kit and instructions to design a 3D printed shell that will meet design criteria. Students will use one of the CAD software available at the school (Creo, SolidWorks, NX, Autodesk products) or another software approved by the instructor. In the Spring 2016 the shell design criteria will dictate form elements, size constraints, material limits and require that students use the Makerbot 3D printers available at the school. Arduino boards will be used to drive the motors and students will be given design requirements for the

Conference Session

Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhinan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Houzhi Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Lu Chen, Shanghai JiaoTong University; Yaxin Huang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Thispaper introduces the former capstone design course and presents the function, structure anda three years operation of the redesigned capstone design course at Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity.Keywords: capstone design, engineering design, engineering education; project-basedlearning1. Introduction The higher engineering education in China is reforming (e.g., New EngineeringEducation) for producing high-quality engineering talents with multidimensionalcapabilities, i.e., both professional skills and technical skills. The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) in the USA also emphasizes the importance of seniorstudents to attend at least one design-oriented (project-based) course [1]. It is widelyacknowledged that capstone design

Conference Session

Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Renae Miller; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Colorado State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Kelly Strong

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Professor Department of Construction ManagementKelly Strong Page 24.294.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Comparative Analysis between AIA and DBIA Contract Documents: AIA Document A295 and DBIA Document No. 535Megan Miller, Carla Lopez del Puerto, Ph.D., Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Ph.D., and Kelly Strong, Ph.D.AbstractIntegrated Project Delivery has emerged as a popular in project delivery methods in the pastdecade partially, because construction projects have become more complex with tight budgetsand more strenuous

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Khoa Ngac, George Mason University; Nirup M. Menon, George Mason University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

George Mason University George Mason UniversityAbstractIn a field where many entry-level jobs require one or two years of experience to qualify,students are finding it difficult to enter the technology field upon their graduation. This isespecially true when they did not work while going to school, or did not participate in aninternship prior to their graduation. Our Experiential Learning (EXL) program was created duringthe Spring 2021 semester, and focuses on two types of projects – Business ProcessImprovement (BPI) and Cyber Security (CySec). This effort has been popular with our studentsand industry participants resulting in 79 students completing the program across 25 projectsthrough 20 different industry

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen E. Schmahl

Session 3657 UNIQUE APPROACH TO TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN A QUALITY PLANNING AND CONTROL LABORATORY Karen E. Schmahl Ph.D., P.E. Miami University, Oxford, OhioIn recent years, Total Quality Management tools and principles have been increasinglyintroduced into engineering curriculum. This paper describes a unique approach to integratingTQM in the laboratory of a Quality Planning and Control course which had previously focusedsolely on statistical control of quality and precision linear measurement. The new approachincludes a team building component, Lab Development Project and TQM

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

mechanisms are used for outcomes assessment at WPI, including exit surveys, apeer review of the senior project, and alumni surveys. These mechanisms provide informationabout the extent to which our graduates meet a particular program outcome, but they do not tellus the extent to which our graduates meet all program outcomes. To develop insight into howcompletely our students meet program outcomes, we have devised a “portfolio” approach thatcombines specific course assignments with the senior project review to evaluate individualstudents across outcomes. We call the resulting collection of materials a portfolio because it tiestogether the work of individual students 4. We put the term “portfolio” in quotes because theprimary purpose is assessment

Collection

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Karl Benjamin Ernsberger, Graduation Solutions, LLC

fostercollaboration or exploration of evidencelike a true development project does.Moreover, most lab kits available toremote students are single-use to beshelved or discarded when complete, Fig.1 Timeline slide from startup presentation.which is neither sustainable for schools Presented to Graduation Solutions March 2023nor rewarding for students.Conversely, prevalent online educational platforms like Khan Academy or IXL, often rely on avideo-to-quiz content format without live lab experience or collaboration.To address this gap, I developed a remote-accessible program focused on student-driven STEMdevelopment exchange kits, guided by State Standards as research topic guides, which aims toprovide remote students with engaging

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor M Verner, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, interviews, and project assessment. In the paperwe report the results of this experiment and, based on those results, propose recommendationsfor fostering self-efficacy in robotics education.IntroductionRecent research has emphasized the role of affect in constructivist learning and revised thetraditional tendency to explore cognitive processes of science and engineering education inisolation from affective functions. Picard et al. [1] call for "redressing the imbalance betweenaffect and cognition" and "constructing a science of affective learning". This study focuses ondeveloping learning technologies, systems, and environments that incorporate affect.DeBellis and Goldin [2] in their study of affect in problem-based mathematical learning

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Central Piedmont Community College. He also has nine years of industrial work experience. Page 14.404.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Defining the Role of the Faculty Advisor in a Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design CourseAbstractThe mechanical engineering program at California State University Chico utilizes atwo-semester capstone course in senior design project. Project work is accomplished in groups,which are assigned a single faculty advisor for the duration of the project.Senior exit surveys, along with substantial anecdotal evidence, have repeatedly identifiedadvisement of

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Kowalec, University of Michigan; Andrew Deorio, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #18633Partnership Characteristics and Student Performance in an Introductory Com-puter Science CourseCharles Kowalec, University of Michigan Charles Kowalec is an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan interested in the science of how students learn.Dr. Andrew DeOrio, University of Michigan Andrew DeOrio is a lecturer at the University of Michigan and a consultant for web, machine learning and hardware projects. His research interests are in ensuring the correctness of computer systems, including medical devices, internet of things (IOT) devices, and digital hardware. In addition to teaching software

Conference Session

COED Modulus Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Department of Secondary Education University of Wyoming mike.borowczak@uwyo.edu , andrea.burrows@uwyo.eduWith the adoption of pedagogical practices such as Authentic Science and Inquiry-based projects withincollegiate level classrooms, researchers focused on delivering advanced concepts investigated the level ofstudent success in conducting authentic science during a six-week long inquiry project. Two main questionsare explored: 1) do students working on self-guided, problem-based projects, engage in active inquiry? and2) is there alignment between exemplar active inquiry projects and other assessments? This pilot researchstudy focuses on twelve self-selected projects from a group

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

their professional life and to ensure that students are on a path of life-long learning. Thefirst objective must include synthesis and application of knowledge acquired in the first threeyears of the program, namely application of advanced analysis techniques to design. The secondobjective involves exploration of important issues needed to prepare graduates for professionalpractice and/or graduate school. The third objective needs to instill student confidence in theirability to learn on their own. The mechanical engineering program at Union Collegeaccomplishes these goals through four complementary components of the senior yearcurriculum: (1) a required two term senior research/design project, (2) required capstone designcourses in mechanical

Conference Session

From Entrepreneurship Education to Market

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

managing partnerships in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Green’s research interests in- clude entrepreneurship education and the psychology of entrepreneurship. Prior to Mtech, he provided business development and product management to WaveCrest Laboratories (acquired by Magna Interna- tional, NYSE: MGA), an innovative start-up in next-generation electric and hybrid-electric propulsion and drive systems. At Cyveillance (acquired by QinetiQ, LSE: QQ.L), he served in operations, client service, and product development roles for this software start-up and world leader in cyber intelligence and intelligence-led security. While at Booz Allen Hamilton, he provided technical and programmatic direction to the DARPA Special Projects Office (SPO

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert P. Brazile, University of North Texas; Kathleen Swigger, University of North Texas; Matt Ray Hoyt, University of North Texas; Brian Lee, University of North Texas; Brandon Nelson, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the need for effective tools that will enable multi-universitiesto effectively schedule those distributed group projects. This paper presents a Web-based toolthat was developed in the context of a globally distributed software engineering course. TheWeb-based software enables instructors from multi-universities to view instructors’ informationand schedule projects throughout the year. The authors of the paper discuss the challenges increating multi-university projects, as well as present the main features of the software and anexample of how it is being used to create globally distributed software projects.1. IntroductionTeaching students how to work in globally distributed teams is difficult. But figuring out how toschedule the various

Conference Session

Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

field trips toinnovative project sites, presentations by guest speakers from industry, videos of innovativeprojects, selected readings on recent innovations, and lectures by course instructors regardinginnovations in practice. Each has advantages and disadvantages. This paper considers the use offield trips, guest lectures and videos as a way to present innovations to undergraduate CETstudents in a junior level Soils Engineering course.Field TripsField trips provide students an opportunity to see the actual application of recent technologicaldevelopments in construction and civil engineering technology. Students greatly enjoy the breakfrom classroom lectures and are left with lasting visual images. Field trips require a certaindegree of

Conference Session

Technical Session IX

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Leila Keyvani Someh, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference Sessions

Engineering Students for a Career where Communication Skills Matter!Communication plays a crucial role in today’s engineering workplace. ABET requires engineeringprograms to demonstrate their engineering students’ competency in communicating their engineeringwork effectively (3.g). Although this skill can be taught and assessed, the results of a survey show thatengineering students are inadequately equipped to meet this need [1]. In the project based first-yearCornerstone of Engineering courses at Northeastern University, we are addressing this need by teachingand assessing the three pillars of engineering communication: written, oral and graphical - in addition toteaching new skills in design, technical drawing, and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George A. Hunt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

nature of the teams were such that each student neededto provide specific skills in order to complete the project. After completion of the course,the authors noted that a key concern was that the civil engineering students did notparticipate as much as the students from the other disciplines.Another potential issue with multidisciplinary capstone design involving civil andenvironmental engineers is the scale of the infrastructure design projects that arecommon in these disciplines. Frank et al.5 described a multidisciplinary capstone seniordesign project program at Florida State University. Their multidisciplinary programincludes mechanical, electrical and computer, and industrial and manufacturingengineering. The authors report that the program

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. C. York; Tamara Knott

Supporting a Meaningful Design-Build Challenge for Freshman Engineering Students S. C. York and T. W. Knott Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)The second semester Introduction to Engineering course taught by the Department ofEngineering Education (EngE) at Virginia Tech contains a semester-long, design-build, team-based project that constitutes a significant portion of each student’s grade in the course. For thepast three years, EngE has directed students toward the ASEE Engineering Design GraphicsDivision (EDGD) freshman design challenge as the required design project and EngE hasutilized the ASEE project as a vehicle

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Clare Robins; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

Session 3453 Service Learning in the Freshman Engineering Course Laura J. Bottomley, Mary Clare Robbins, Elizabeth Parry North Carolina State UniversityAbstractThe College of Engineering at NC State University has had an NSF-sponsored GK-12 project forthe past four years that sent engineering students in to K-8 classrooms as science and/or mathresources for teachers. Using the same model, in fall 2002, the Introduction to Engineeringcourse that is required of all freshmen offered a design project that included service learning as anoption. The “Outreach Project” required students

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Thompson; Craig Gunn; Craig Somerton

Session 2425 The Role of the Faculty Advisor in the Capstone Design Experience: The Importance of Technical Expertise Craig W. Somerton, Brian S. Thompson, and Craig Gunn Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionThe capstone design experience in the mechanical engineering program at Michigan StateUniversity is achieved through the Mechanical Engineering Design Projects course: ME 481.This course utilizes industrially sponsored design projects for which the company makes both afinancial investment ($3500) and a personnel investment (a staff engineer is

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

Session 1648 Minority Student as a Scholar Program: A Research Grant Program for Minority Students at Penn State Altoona Sohail Anwar Penn State AltoonaAbstractThis paper describes an innovative research grant program for undergraduate minority students atPenn State Altoona. The program allows teams of faculty members and qualified minoritystudents to develop proposals for research projects in various academic disciplines includingengineering. These proposals are reviewed by a committee of faculty members and based ontheir recommendations, research grants are

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Schiano; Claudia Mincemoyer

program are to: 1) develop a series of hands-on activities thatintroduce youths to basic concepts of electrical science and technology, 2) foster a natural curiosityregarding electrical science and technology in youths, motivating their study of science and math, and3) develop important life skills. A key component of the program is the generation of an Internetresource that provides a repository of low cost projects with detailed assembly instructions andbackground material, information on careers in electrical science and technology, and links to otherrelevant Internet resources. We present an overview of the program by describing some of the projectsand discussing the logistics of recruiting and assisting adult leaders.ChallengesDespite the

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael A. Cornachione; Harriet S. Cornachione

has theresponsibility for the majority of design work performed on a project. Senior level engineerreview and comment on the progress and quality of the work, but most of the design is in thehands of the engineering team. New engineers-in-training may find they have what appears to befar more responsibility than they either want or feel they are capable of handling. Problems areno longer scripted with a single correct answer. In fact, there frequently is no clear right orwrong answer. Engineers must create a solution based on various parameters including soundengineering practices, time and budget constraints, and capabilities and best judgment of theengineering design team.To facilitate the successful transition from “engineering student” to

Conference Session

Transfer issues between 2-year colleges and 4-year Engineering and Engineering Technology programs 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Paper ID #43306A Model for Course-Based Undergraduate Research in First-Year EngineeringProf. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl serves as professor and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College in northwest Washington state. His current project involves developing and piloting an integrated multidisciplinary learning community for first-year engineering. More general teaching and research interests include designing, implementing and assessing activities for first-year engineering, engineering mechanics, and scientific computing. Eric has been an active member of ASEE since 2001

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard K. Sase; Julie H. Wei

Session 1421 Approaches in Teaching “Construction Estimating” Julie H. Wei, Ph.D., P.E. and Richard K. Sase, P.E. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona/ Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster “Estimating” skill is a basic requirement in the construction industry. Typicallycontractors specialize in one of the following two types of projects: 1) buildings and 2)industrial facilities and heavy civil work. Building construction can generally be classified intoresidential and commercial projects, and heavy

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gesink; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

senior status and permission of the department chair to enroll in thesequence. In the first course, students form design teams, identify a project topic, produce adesign project proposal and are instructed in topics relating to engineering professionalism.During the second course, the design teams, following their proposals prepared in Design I,implement their design project, evaluate it for compliance with their original specifications,create a project report and orally present their results at a public, formal, day-long, college wide"Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects".ECE Design I ECE Design I is a two credit course and formally meets twice a week in a class roomformat. To be admitted to the course, each student completes

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Leigh Weiss, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

State University in 1967/8. Page 15.597.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Fostering Entrepreneurship while Teaching DesignAbstractRowan University has a unique 8-semester Engineering Clinic sequence. Thissequence helps develop professional skills identified in the ABET A-K criteriathough project-based-learning. The Freshman Engineering Clinics are anintroduction to the profession, teamwork, and measurements. The SophomoreEngineering Clinics provide an introduction to technical communication andengineering design principles, and in the Junior/Senior Engineering Clinics, studentswork in multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyung S Kang, Marian University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

introductory first-year course, Introduction to Engineering, the engineeringdesign process was introduced with small practical exercises at major design steps, anddiscussion. Then, two different design projects were assigned to apply the engineering designprocess that they had learned. The learning experience as a team of 2-3 students through theseprojects is emphasized in this paper. The instructor provided a guideline for the design process,however, the instructor’s direct inputs towards the problem-solving in the projects wereminimized to encourage self-learning and learning while working together. These first-yearengineering students as a team independently navigated to complete these two engineeringprojects. The survey data showed that majority

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kauser Jahan; Douglas Cleary

developed following a review of other capstone courses describedin literature. Open-ended design projects are developed with assistance from industry advisorsand presented to the students at the start of the course. The students then spend two semesterspreparing solutions to the problems. The first year the course was offered went much asexpected based on the instructors’ previous experiences. Students complained of vagueinstructions, too much work, and lack of experience. However, additional student concerns withfairness and inequitable workloads were expressed. Refinements to the project selection processand course administration were made to address these concerns.1. IntroductionThe relative newness of the Civil and Environmental Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

Five Curriculum Tools to Enhance Interdisciplinary Teamwork Paul R. Leiffer, R. William Graff, and Roger V. Gonzalez LeTourneau UniversityAbstractAn ability to function well in a multidisciplinary team has become an expectation of modernindustry and a major goal for engineering students. Since LeTourneau University offers a generalengineering degree with five concentrations, multi-disciplinary design projects naturally arise atall levels of the curriculum. Current capstone projects involve student teams from up to threeengineering disciplines, plus computer science, design technology, and marketing. Obstacles tomulti-disciplinary teamwork, including disciplinary competition