Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brenda Morton; Raymond Thompson

Session 1347 Student Research Opportunities in Industry Raymond E. Thompson, Brenda A. Morton Purdue UniversityAbstractIn 1995 the Aviation Technology (AT) Industrial Advisory Committee suggested the need toprovide additional communication, team building, presentation, and business skills for ATstudents. In response, the AT department began working with several air carriers doing appliedresearch in the areas of human factors and safety. Projects include shift turnovercommunication, ramp safety, lifting ergonomics, flow mapping, and error prediction. Eachproject

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, East Carolina University; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

instructionalstrategies developed teaching graduate and undergraduate Industrial Engineering students andhow the author adapted them to teaching undergraduate Engineering Technology students.Examples of the strategies and tools used to teach the Six Sigma Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology and the quality concepts and tools, applied to thestudents’ Six Sigma projects will be discussed. The undergraduate senior-level Six Sigma coursecombines traditional lectures with experiential learning opportunities where the students applythe DMAIC methodology and Six Sigma tools to real-world projects within the College ofTechnology and Computer Science (TECS). Sample deliverables and templates from priorstudents’ Six Sigma projects are provided to

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mohamed Elzomor, Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University; Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

bachelor of science in Construction Engineering from American University in Cairo. Dr. ElZomor moved to FIU from State University of New York, where he was an Assistant Professor at the college of Environmental Science and Forestry. Mohamed’s work focuses on Sustainability of the Built Environment, Engineering Education, Construc- tion Engineering, Energy Efficiency Measures and Modeling, Project Management, and Infrastructure Resilience. Dr. ElZomor has extensive professional project management experience as well as a diverse cross-disciplinary academic knowledge. Mohamed, distinct expertise supports fostering interdisciplinary research in addition to embracing innovative pedagogical approaches in STEM education. Dr

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Engineering Design: An Emphasis on Communication For the last eight years, the Introduction to Engineering Design course at the Universityof Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) has evolved from a traditional lecture and design-on-paper course, to an active learning lecture and project-based learning engineering design course.The importance of learning teamwork skills and communication skills are emphasized in thecourse. Every effort is made to ensure that the design teams are diverse, interdisciplinary, yetacademically balanced. The design teams are required not only to research, design, construct,evaluate, test and present (through oral presentation and written reports) their product, but also todevelop a mathematical model to predict their

Conference Session

Microprocessor, Microcontrollers, and Embedded Systems Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nannan He, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Han-Way Huang, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

complex touch sensing devices (i.e., touch keys, touch slider andtouchscreen). The Atmel SAM 4S-EK2 board is chosen as the main development boardemployed for practicing the touch devices programming. Multiple capstone projects have beendeveloped, for example adaptive touch-based servo motor control, and calculator and games onthe touchscreen. Our primary experiences indicate that the project-based learning approach withthe utilization of the selected microcontroller board and software package is efficient andpractical for teaching advanced touch sensing techniques. Students have shown the great interestand the capability in adopting touch devices into their senior design projects to improve humanmachine interface.1. IntroductionModern touch

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Perry Parendo, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-278: SENIOR DESIGN COURSE DELIVERY MODEL USING ANINDUSTRY COORDINATORPerry Parendo, University of St. Thomas Perry Parendo received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota focusing on Design and Controls technology. He spent 20 years working in design and project management positions in various industries, most recently creating a consulting company called Perry’s Solutions, LLC focusing on R&D applications. He has taught Design of Experiments in the Graduate Engineering Program at the University of St Thomas since 1996 and added Senior Design activities in 2006.Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas Jeff Jalkio received his PhD

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

communication is frequently is used to convey ideas and project results. Reports, proposals, andproject results are transmitted to others in written form. These documents must be clear, concise, anderror free because there is no opportunity for immediate response from the reader. Oral presentations toan audience of peers and superiors also must be clear, concise and error free. In addition, key ideas mustbe presented visually in such a way that a knowledgeable audience can follow them without prior study.The effective engineer-leader must continually strive to improve both written and oral communicationskills.Two-way communication is much more commonly encountered in day-to-day activities. Here, of course,there is an opportunity for verbal exchange of

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

explored the chemical,ethical, physiological and economic dimensions of a (simple) question: Why do we eat what weeat? The students completed projects on subjects ranging from hunger in Worcester tocontrolling fertilizer runoff. Power the World focused on the physics, history, and theenvironmental and economic impact of energy technologies. The students completed projectsranging from an energy cost analysis of green roofs and photovoltaic systems for WPI to airpollution in China.This paper will describe the final student projects as well as the smaller projects and activitiesdesigned to help students develop the intellectual skills needed for research and professionalwork, including clear, succinct writing, oral presentation, pair and small group

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

explored the chemical,ethical, physiological and economic dimensions of a (simple) question: Why do we eat what weeat? The students completed projects on subjects ranging from hunger in Worcester tocontrolling fertilizer runoff. Power the World focused on the physics, history, and theenvironmental and economic impact of energy technologies. The students completed projectsranging from an energy cost analysis of green roofs and photovoltaic systems for WPI to airpollution in China.This paper will describe the final student projects as well as the smaller projects and activitiesdesigned to help students develop the intellectual skills needed for research and professionalwork, including clear, succinct writing, oral presentation, pair and small group

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

explored the chemical,ethical, physiological and economic dimensions of a (simple) question: Why do we eat what weeat? The students completed projects on subjects ranging from hunger in Worcester tocontrolling fertilizer runoff. Power the World focused on the physics, history, and theenvironmental and economic impact of energy technologies. The students completed projectsranging from an energy cost analysis of green roofs and photovoltaic systems for WPI to airpollution in China.This paper will describe the final student projects as well as the smaller projects and activitiesdesigned to help students develop the intellectual skills needed for research and professionalwork, including clear, succinct writing, oral presentation, pair and small group

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Brockman; Stephen Batill; John Renaud; Jeffrey Kantor; David Kirkner; Peter Koggel; Robert Stevenson

students have less of an understanding of thephysical principles and techniques used in other disciplines, a more serious issue is that students are less famil-iar with the interfaces between disciplines. This leaves students unprepared to confront the most difficult prob-lems faced by practicing systems designers: how to simultaneously meet all the constraints imposed bydifferent concerns, and how to effectively make trade-offs between concerns to optimize system performance. To address this issue, we have developed a multidisciplinary engineering design laboratory course forsenior-level undergraduates. The main goal of this laboratory is introduce both faculty and students to interdis-ciplinary group design projects. Projects were

Conference Session

Preparing and Retaining Engineering Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Margaret Nowicki, United States Military Academy; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

recently beenopened to students that have yet to declare their major. One intent of the original program was toenhance the students’ learning and problem solving experience in a real world environment andperhaps give them a start on their capstone project. The summer internship program allows themto conduct research and solve engineering problems with scientists and engineers in some of thenation’s finest facilities. The Academic Individual Advanced Development (AIAD) program ispurely voluntary, but nearly all of the civil and mechanical engineering majors forfeit some oftheir free time to participate in the program every summer. These internships are usually fourweeks in duration due to other institutional requirements that can only be

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John (Lalit) Jagtiani, University of Bridgeport; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

attributed toindustry and business climate forces, SE educators want to be sure that the foundation whichthey provide to students is sound, realistic and aligned with desired learning outcomes.In this paper, we explore how experience-based software project data can serve as predictors andplay an important role in the management of SE projects. Predominantly, today’s SE curricula donot adequately focus on these aspects. The goal is to present the case for change and to suggestpractical and flexible methods of improvement. To achieve the goal, this paper examines why SEefforts experience high failure rates, how current curricula are structured, the intended learningoutcomes of SE courses, and where there is a gap in the achievement of those outcomes

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Benneyan, Northeastern University; Corey Balint, Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute at Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

President of the So- ciety for Health Systems. He serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards, has received 12 research, teaching, and service awards, and has been principal investigator or co-director in seven research centers totaling over $32 million in funding.Mr. Corey Balint, Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute at Northeastern University Corey Balint, holds both a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University and cur- rently is a staff healthcare system engineer in the HSyE institute. Current responsibilities include: serving as day-to-day project manager of our AHRQ patient safety center, leading a portfolio of roughly 10 projects at any time, and assisting with senior team projects

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #14630Transforming the CREDLE (Capstone Research Experience for Distance Learn-ing Executives)Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam is an Associate professor with Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution. She teaches classes on strategic relationships for industrial distribution, distribu- tion information systems and new directions in Industrial Distribution. She is also the founding faculty and advisor for the Society of Women in Industrial Distribution (SWID). She works on many service learning projects with her students where they work

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

questionsthat could clearly show student understanding of the applications and fairly grading the studentanswers was challenging. In addition, over the past few years, the effect of test anxiety hasbecome noticeable – good students who have shown an understanding of the material whilediscussing homework problems during office hours perform miserably on the exam. Was thereanother way to fairly assess learning without causing student anxiety? Thus, in Spring 2017 thecourse was modified to address three research questions: • Can students learn the course material through inexpensive hands-on projects conducted during class time? • What project should be developed for each segment of the course? • Can the instructor assess individual

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenfa Hu, Tongji University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

previousconstruction practices, they have time on neither studying through all relevant constructiontechniques or management skills nor practicing through construction projects within 4 years.Students often feel frustrated when they try to illustrate how a construction project is managedand what construction participants communicate.One goal of Construction Management Program is to make students become successfulconstruction managers who are capable of solving both common and unusual problems. Butconstruction management problems usually are tangled with techniques with management issues,students must learn how to use both technical and management skills to manage constructionprojects properly. Usually undergraduate students learn basic civil engineering

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor

calculations, including analysis of therigid body motion of the catapult and the motion of the projectile, and created component andassembly drawings prior to constructing their catapults. They then constructed prototypes oftheir designs, tested them, revised them as needed with complete documentation of changes andcompeted in the contest.Evaluation of the project was based upon the accuracy of the analysis of the mechanism, theconsistency between the calculations and the completed mechanism, the engineering drawings ofthe mechanism and the conclusions drawn from the experience.This project gave students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in a normally purelytheoretical course to the design and implementation of a real, open-ended, design

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. Martin Pike

Session 1268 Session 1268 Design Using Spread Sheets By Dr. Martin Pike Purdue University AbstractDesign is an important factor in Mechanical Engineering and Technology programs. The morerealistic the design project, the better the learning experience is for the students. Often, designrequires many iterative calculations and “what if” parametric studies. For these types ofprocesses, spread sheets have been useful in

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard R. Schultz

involved in introducing undergraduate students to thejoys and frustrations of signal and image processing research. Experiences are described from worksupported in part by National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grantnumber MIP-9624849, entitled “A Career Plan for the Integration of Image Processing Education andResearch.” Research-based projects were included in several required and elective courses taught by theprincipal investigator, including Computer Aided Measurement and Controls; CommunicationsEngineering; Digital Image Processing; Discrete Real-Time Filtering; Capstone Senior Design; andIndependent Study. Some of the projects attempted by the students included a hybrid DiscreteCosine/Wavelet Transform for

Collection

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

Authors

Mohammad Heshmati, Mississippi State University; Bill B Elmore, Mississippi State University

Bill B. Elmore, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor and Director of the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, holding the Deavenport Chair in Chemical Engineering. Research interests: biotechnology for renewable energy and innovation in engineering education 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE): Boston, Massachusetts Jul 28Work in progress: Energy Sustainability for First-Year Engineering Students- Exploring Renewable Energy Production through Hands-on ActivitiesABSTRACTThis work-in-progress (WIP) manuscript aims to introduce hands-on experimental projectsfocused on energy sustainability for first-year engineering students. It is based on project-based,experiential learning (PBL) criteria. PBL is

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer; Kala Meah; James Moscola; Tristan Ericson

Building Community Relationships with a Senior Design Experience Profs. Scott Kiefer, Kala Meah, James Moscola, and Tristan Ericson Department of Engineering and Computer Science York College of Pennsylvania York, PA 17403The Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering Programs at York College havemandatory co-op programs in which each student receives three semesters of engineering workexperience. Our senior design courses further develop our students’ design and projectdevelopment skills by intentionally targeting projects that emphasize working within a largerteam. For example, we have built autonomous robots for the

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also a member of ASEE, Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.William Heybruck, University of North Carolina at Charlotte William Heybruck received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2001. Prior to becoming the Director of the UNC

Conference Session

Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Ronald Thomas, Raytheon; William Charlton, Boeing

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

AC 2008-1109: RISK MANAGEMENT – ARE ENGINEERS THE PROBLEM ORTHE SOLUTION?John Robertson, Arizona State University John Robertson is a Professor in the Electronic Systems Department at Arizona State University Polytechnic. He was formerly an executive with Motorola and now participates in many senior technical training programs with the JACMET consortium.Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Joe Tidwell is Managing Director of the JACMET consortium for industry technical training. He was formerly with the Boeing company and his current activities include ASEE industry programs and Project Lead-the-Way.Ronald Thomas, Raytheon Ron Thomas manages Raytheon’s Corporate Learning Center. He is

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, & Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Keiser, University of Tulsa; William Hamill, University of Tulsa; Bryan Tapp, University of Tulsa; William Potter, University of Tulsa; Jerry McCoy, University of Tulsa; Peter LoPresti, University of Tulsa; Donna Farrior, University of Tulsa; Shirley Pomeranz, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Enhancing Interdisciplinary Interactions in the College of Engineering and Natural SciencesIntroduction and Project GoalsA team of faculty members in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at The Universityof Tulsa (TU) began work in July 2004 on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Project (Proposal # 0410653). This two-yearproject was based on the use of Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects (ILAPs)1 as avehicle for strengthening connections among science, engineering, and mathematicsdepartments2. The concept of ILAPs originated from a consortium of 12 schools led by theUnited States Military Academy (USMA) with an NSF funded project, Project

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Dunn, Environmental Protection Agency

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

engineering course through a course project that focused on mobile sourceemissions. Six of the eight students enrolled in the course were third and fourth year mechanicalengineering students. Two graduate students from other engineering schools were also enrolled. To formulate my ideas for the project, I collaborated with staff at the City of ChicagoDepartment of the Environment, the Region 5 EPA office, and EPA headquarters. The resultingproject had two elements. Both originally focused on Pilsen, a Chicago neighborhood that isboth a trucking hub and a population center for working class families. As part of the firstelement, students assumed the role of fleet managers of small trucking firms in Pilsen seeking tojoin EPA’s SmartWay Transport

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Jones, Virgnia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, for advanced undergraduates andgraduate students, is proposed that uses a problem-based learning approach to teaching designusing industrial problems. The Course Description section for the proposed course includescourse objectives, outline of the weekly activities, and recommended textbooks. The CourseDeliverables section contains the assessments for the course that mimic the types of deliverablesthat are found in industrial projects. The Course Implementation section describes how thecourse would be implemented. There is no data on the actual implementation of the course sincethis is only a proposed course at this stage.Course DescriptionThis course is focused on advanced undergraduates and graduates students who havesuccessfully completed

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Garrett M. Clayton; Allen Tan; Jordan Ermilio; Aaron Wemhoff

engineeringstudents, with more than 10 students traveling to the GWHF’s facilities in Cambodia for designreview and prototype testing. In this paper, the VU-GWHF partnership will be presented fromthe project partners’ perspectives. Project details, including scope, selection, planning andimplementation, will be discussed.1. IntroductionIn this paper, we discuss an ongoing international partnership between the Mechatronic SystemsLab (MSL) and Villanova Engineering Service Learning (VESL) at Villanova University (VU)and the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation’s (GWHF’s) Phnom Penh Design Lab (based inCambodia). GWHF is recognized by the international humanitarian explosive ordnance disposal(EOD) community as one of the premier non-governmental organizations

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

2005, Dr. Campbell has served as faculty for the Penn- sylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences (a summer program at Carnegie Mellon) and currently sits on the Board of Directors for the PGSS Campaign, a nonprofit that is responsible for raising the funds to finance and sustain the program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Inspiring Future Engineers: Teaching Basic Electronics to Create Theremin Based Musical InstrumentsAbstract To encourage high school students’ interest in electronics and electrical engineering,team projects can be designed that involve adapting and integrating circuits to construct uniquemusical instruments. The Theremin was

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Hamid Vejdani, Lawrence Technological University; Wuming Jing, Lawrence Technological University; Kingman E. Yee, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Entrepreneurial Mindset within a Three- Semester Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Sequence Based on the SAE Collegiate Design SeriesAbstractMechanical engineering seniors at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) complete acapstone design project: either an SAE collegiate design series (CDS) competition or anindustry-sponsored project (ISP). Starting in 2015, the LTU CDS advisors worked together toredesign the five-credit three-semester sequence. The overall goals of the modifications were toimprove student design, project management and communication skills; integrate SAE CDSprojects into the actual class time; and increase faculty advisor involvement in the classroom. Inparallel with senior design modifications