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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Chih Liu, University of Wisconsin Stout

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Teaching Digital Designs by Building Small Autonomous Robotic Vehicles Using an FPGA PlatformThis article discusses the experiences of implementing a new model in teaching and learningdigital designs using Verilog in an embedded systems design course. This paper discusses thecourse structure, laboratory exercises, student projects and project evaluation process, and finallythe student evaluation outcomes. Students’ course assessment and student learning outcomeswere very positive. In many existing digital designs curriculum, students learn how to createstructural and behavioral models in Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL) to designsimple combinational and

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

length of the program through assignments, tests, andcapstone projects. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the assessmentprocess developed and adopted in our institution to evaluate the manufacturing designprogram. It provides details regarding how a curriculum map and a multiyear assessmentplan should be developed and what direct and indirect measures should be adopted forassessment. A recently completed five-year assessment data will be used to illustrate theeffectiveness of assessment. A list of do’s and don’ts are provided based on theassessment outcome.Description of National University and Its Student Body Founded in 1971, National University (NU) is an independent, nonprofitinstitution of higher education1. Since its

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John G. Cherng P.E., University of Michigan-Dearborn; Ben Q. Li, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Narasimhamurthi Natarajan, University of Michigan, Dearborn

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Page 23.424.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Development of a Mechatronics Course for Senior Mechanical Engineering StudentsAbstractThis paper presents the development of a mechanical engineering senior elective course titled:“ME472 Principles and Applications of Mechatronics System Design”. The main objective ofthis course is to teach students the principles and applications of mechatronic systems. Tenhands-on laboratory projects and two course projects were integrated into the course to enhance astudent’s comprehension of mechatronics concepts. Students were required to complete eachcourse project independently. The outcome of the course was

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Danner Friend, Norwich University; Jacques N Beneat, Norwich University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

students in aerospace-related research projects. Some of the research areas include autonomous navigation of micro-space vehicles, underwater robotic vehicles, and design of experiments for testing new materials for spacecraft thermal protection systems.Dr. Jacques N Beneat, Norwich University Dr. Jacques Beneat received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Massachusetts in 1993 with focus on advanced microwave structures for satellite communications. He is currently associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Norwich University in Vermont. He has been involved in undergraduate research for many years with international collaborations with

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; Morrie Walworth; Jim Devaprasad; Ray Adams; David McDonald

industrial environment isprovided to Lake Superior State University (LSSU) students in the junior year through some ofthe engineering lab courses. An overall goal in these courses is to entail the critical thinkingskills of the students to solve problems through open-ended lab assignments that are notcompletely defined. A project will be given to the student (the project engineer) from the faculty(the project manager) in the form of an industrial memo. The timelines and minimum expectedoutcomes of the project will be defined in the memo. Completion of the project satisfying onlythe minimum outcomes is considered average performance thereby encouraging students toexplore other considerations and outcomes for a superior evaluation. Both objective

Conference Session

ETD - A Technology Potpourri II

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Kennesaw State University; Eric Redding, Kennesaw State University

Thermal Scan that wasdeveloped as part of a Senior Capstone Design Projects course at Kennesaw State University(KSU).The design of the Automated Door System with Thermal Scan was tested to verify thefunctionality of the design, and most of the objectives for the design project were met. However,this is an ongoing project and recommendations for further research and development work willbe documented. Some specific recommendations for future work include more rigorous testing indifferent outdoor environments, designing a housing unit to house the components to create amore controlled environment for the system, and testing the performance at different distanceswith the thermal scanner.Background The project was undertaken to fulfill the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

actual hands-ondesign projects that range from the initial requirements of the authorized jurisdiction to thesystem final design.Many of the fire alarm code studies students are fire and safety personnel. In addition, otherstudents work in various related professions. The class students also have varied technicalexperience levels and backgrounds in academics.The students in the fire code studies become acquainted with the national fire alarm code byusing newly developed handouts and reference material, national fire alarm code handbooks thatcontains practical explanations of the code, and many actual practical design projects.A feature that makes these class studies unique is the heavy use of group efforts and interactionof the groups on many

Conference Session

Perspectives on Service Learning: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Che, Mount Vernon Nazarene University; Steve Feazel, Vision Word

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Community Engagement Division

author's teaching career, occasionally a local inventor would have a need foreither prototyping an idea or developing a drawing/CAD model for an existing prototype. It isquite possible for the academic institution of higher learning to partner with the inventor to meetthe needs of both the inventor and the educator. The educator is always searching for projectideas that are real and practical to give to students to work on. Students in general are moremotivated to work on a real project than a fictitious one. This paper documents a case study inwhich a group of engineering undergraduate students seized the opportunity to work with a localinventor and entrepreneur. The instructor will share the lessons learned and some assessmentresults.In spring

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2010-318: A MODEL FOR PROMOTING COGNITION, META-COGNITIONAND MOTIVATIONMoshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Page 15.55.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Model for Promoting Cognition, Metacognition and Motivation in the Technological Class: The Theory of Self- Regulated LearningAbstractEducators widely acknowledge the advantages of project-based learning intechnology and engineering over traditional schooling. However, teachers with astrong background in engineering often focus on learning specific subject matter andcompleting a technical work rather than developing students’ learning competences.To address

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

Authors

Toluwani Collins Olukanni, Norwich University; Majd Khalaf, Norwich University; Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Ali Al Bataineh, Norwich University

Paper ID #45016Full Paper: Future-Ready Students: Survey Analysis Utilizing Natural LanguageProcessingToluwani Collins Olukanni, Norwich UniversityMajd Khalaf, Norwich University Majd Khalaf is a senior undergraduate student at Norwich University, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is deeply passionate about DevOps engineering and machine learning. Majd has contributed to various projects and research in natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision. Currently, he is a Site Reliability Engineering intern at Walmart ASR and a Senior AI Researcher at Norwich University’s Artificial Intelligence

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Harvey Lyons

and introductory engineering technologycourses. The entering students were exposed to a multi-dimensional course whose basic purposewas to efficiently provide not only an understanding of what is involved in the ‘design process’performed in industry but also the opportunity to employ and develop those design functions andskills at the very outset of the students’ undergraduate experience. The several components ofthe course were integrated to include:  Use of technical resources  Technical report writing and oral delivery  Research into the functions of technical societies  Comprehensive discussions of fundamental manufacturing processes followed by design projects that would employ a given process towards the redesign

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf M. Ghaly

CUTTING STUDENTS’ IMAGINATION LOOSE PAYS RICH DIVIDENDS Ashraf M. Ghaly ghalya@union.edu Union College 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308 Abstract: The Technical Drawing course is a freshman level course taken by engineering students at Union College. The course covers the fundamentals of engineering graphics and heavily relies on the software package SolidWorks in drawing parts, assemblies, and engineering plans. Project GraphSpeak is an exciting design project that was introduced to give the students an opportunity to put into practice the knowledge gained in this course

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Chad S. Korach, University of Mount Union; Margo Miller, University of Mount Union

designers. To address this idea an integratedgeneral education capstone course is developed that intersects artistic design principles withengineering design. The course is co-taught by engineering and art department faculty membersusing project-based learning and delivery is through a lecture-studio model. Students from allmajors across campus enroll, these have included students from engineering, art, as well as thesocial and natural sciences and humanities which presents challenges for instruction andpedagogy. Structurally, the course is divided into three scaffolded projects beginning with anindividual project, followed by pairs, and the final project being a team of three or four students,respectively. Students work in broad-based

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Marie Mingee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Student

Paper ID #32678Work in Progress: Contextualizing Engineering Service Learning byApplying the Practices of Community OrganizingJessica Marie Mingee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jessica Mingee is a junior pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Sustainability, Energy, and Environment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a project lead within Engineers Without Borders, working with the community of Hopkins Park, Illinois to rehabilitate their wastewater system. Based on her interest in understanding how engineers gain the trust of their client communities, her research

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint COLE, Washington State University, Pullman; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Joe Harris, DigilentInc; Albert Fazekas, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Ioana DABACAN, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

community 4. Several students answering the surveys said that it sounded fun or cool, and one student was proud to represent his school. At both schools, the emphasis of the competition is on conceptual design, implementation andvalidation of original and projects using FPGA boards and HDL languages (VHDL at TUCNand Verilog at RHIT). The contest is mainly dedicated to undergraduate students, who enter thecompetition with original projects. In terms of logistics the idea is to have a “Call for Projects”in the fall quarter at RHIT /fall semester at TUCN, to assess and accept the projects in the Page 14.414.3winter quarter/ fall semester, and to

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session 3: Energy and Multidisciplinary

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacques Belanger, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andrew Davol, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Huy A Duong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Trent Hamilton

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, CAAbstractA multidisciplinary renewable energy laboratory has been established at Cal Poly, San LuisObispo to offer students the opportunity to work on projects related to the energy field that spanseveral disciplines. Currently projects involving five engineering disciplines are being pursuedwith undergraduate and graduate students being advised by faculty members from across thecollege. We are utilizing many of the instructional modes available to us spanning from a singleunit independent study to a master’s thesis. This paper details one of these projects, highlightingthe multidisciplinary nature of the energy field and the quality of the student experience.IntroductionRenewable energy is a topic of increasing importance for students in several

Conference Session

Educational Strategies in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

potential gap through extensiveinteraction between the Architectural Engineering (ARCE) and the Architecture (ARCH)Departments, two of five departments located within the college. The ARCE Department hastraditionally taught a sequence of five structural courses to ARCH students with the goal ofgiving them structural engineering skills so that in their careers as project leaders they will betterunderstand structural engineering systems and principles. With this ability they can betterproduce efficient integrated designs, collaborate effectively with their structural engineeringconsultants and lead more successful projects.Although the five course structural sequence has been comprehensive and has given theArchitecture students the skills needed to