Conference Session

Data-informed Approaches to Understanding Student Experiences and Outcomes

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mariem Boujelbene, University of Louisville; Khalil Damak, University of Louisville; Asuman Cagla Acun Sener, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Olfa Nasraoui , University of Louisville

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Educational Research and Methods

An instructor and postdoctoral researcher in engineering education, Campbell R. Bego, PhD, PE, is inter- ested in improving STEM student learning and gaining understanding of STEM-specific learning mech- anisms through controlled implementations of evidence-based practices in the classroom. Dr. Bego has an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering degree from Columbia University, a Professional Engineering license in the state of NY, and a doctorate in Cognitive Science.Dr. Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville Dr. Patricia A. S. Ralston is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. She received her B.S., MEng, and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl Siebold, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Mischa Kim, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Aerospace

- Table 1 – NASA Program/Project Life Cycle & Related Classes for the Capstone Design Sequence Simulation Concepts In order understand fundamental simulation concepts one needs to have a look at simple numerical integration concepts and their implementation /2/. It is important to visualize that only a first order differential equation of type r r r r s&= f ( s , t ) needs to be solved. s is the state variable and s& is the state derivative, which must be vectors of the same size. This is accomplished in the space systems engineering course using the single step Euler

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rob Reed, Hewlett-Packard Corporation; Jim Vanides, Hewlett-Packard

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Computers in Education

evidenced by comparison ofpre- and post-test scores, have been documented in classes at Colorado School of Mines.1 Page 12.1503.2This tool is also designed to allow for differentiated learning, since the instructor can activatemore than one question at a time and each student can choose the question(s) to which they willrespond. Since it is web based, “just in time” (JiTT) polling is easily implemented.InkSurvey is available for free to the higher education community(http://ticc.mines.edu/hp/survey/) and its use will be demonstrated during this presentation.Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyPen-based technologies like tablet PCs afford engineering

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Jarvis, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Marty Johnston, University of St. Thomas; Christopher Greene, University of St. Thomas; Mari Heltne, University of St. Thomas

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Computers in Education

instructions had to be doable andunambiguous. As the students quickly learned, even when the solution to a problem is wellunderstood, it is sometimes difficult to express the solution in elementary steps.The class then built on the idea of the kind of steps needed in an algorithm by writinginstructions for an imaginary S robot. The S robot was defined to be able to pick up one playingcard from a deck and hold it in its hand. It could make some determination about the card such asits suit or value and it could either put the card back on the top of the deck or discard it to thefloor. The students were again placed in groups, given some playing cards, and assignedproblems to solve of the nature: count the number of cards in the deck. New instructions

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi; Christopher Herrod, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Blesse, University of Southern Mississippi

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Information Systems

laboratories.Because of the small sample size, questions were limited to a small number that could beused to improve the learning experience for other students. Each survey question wasexplained to the students to eliminate confusion and allow students to provide an honestevaluation of their experience. For the convenience response, students were asked to ratethe user interface and their ability to access the remote server at any time. Equipmentaccess was related to their ability to schedule an equipment pod(s) needed for a Page 11.885.7laboratory exercise. The next question was directed toward the student reservationsystem, e.g. ability to reserve desired time(s

Conference Session

Back to Basics in Mechanics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Malmgren, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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Mechanics

. Another distinct advantagewith CAD visualization involves being able to modify the problem. As an example, whathappens to the tension in the cables if the angles of cables A and B are increased or decreased?Can you visualize that from the picture?Another basic problem which would not intimidate a CAD novice involves EngineeringDynamics to include the mysterious “acceleration” term which tends to bewilder students. Theproblem focuses on determining the total acceleration of a sliding collar on a straight rod rotatingabout a vertical axis when the rod’s current position is at 45° as shown in Figure 2 on the left. Atthis instant, the point P on the collar has a outward velocity along the rod of 4 m/s (relative to therod as shown) when the distance

Conference Session

Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Ben Latigo, University of the District of Columbia; George Karanja, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Wilfried Oshumare, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Figure 4.The controller must interface with the DC motors through an H-Bridge structure. A complexprogrammable logic device (CPLD) feeds the H-Bridge with two signals, S for activating themotor and D for the direction of the rotor movement. The duration of the signal S is calculatedbased on the amount of rotation required for every angular step and on the gear ratio selected forthe gear motor, and the panel-to-motor transfer gear ratio.Initially, once the location is selected, the azimuth angle range is determined with a tilt angle θcalculator, and the angular step value is subsequently set. The total number of tilt steps is 12 (6 ineach direction) for covering the whole calendar year. During the course of the year, the arraywill be tilted

Conference Session

Approaches to Emerging Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Boyer, St. Louis University; Dane Johnston, St. Louis University; Wesley Karmazin, St. Louis University

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Aerospace

™ uses this theory over the entirety of an aircraft. By sectionalizing the fuselage, wings,tail, control surfaces, and other independent surfaces, individual forces are then calculated in realtime into a resultant force that is worked into a function of velocity to give an accurate real timeflight model.According to the creators, the software calculates its flight model using BEMT in the followingorder:a) Element Break-DownX-Plane™ breaks the wing(s), horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer(s), and propeller(s) (ifequipped) down into a finite number of elements.b) Velocity DeterminationThe aircraft linear and angular velocities, along with the longitudinal, lateral, and vertical armsof each element are considered to find the velocity vector

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

(3)Equation (3) is solved numerically. Also, since Equation (3) is cubic, it has three roots, and thephysics of the problem need to be discussed to find the acceptable root.3. The data given in Table 1 needs to be regressed to develop a relationship between thecoefficient of thermal expansion and temperature. Questions include choosing the optimumdegree of polynomial for the regression model by plotting S r /(n − [m + 1]) vs. m, where Sr = the sum of the square of the residuals, n = the number of data points, and m = order of the polynomial.The order of polynomial for which S r /(n − [m + 1]) is minimum or does not change appreciablyis the optimum order of the polynomial.4. Regression models obtained using default Excel

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Ocean and Marine

 cos  0  0           0 0 1  r  Page 24.7.5A negative unity feedback control system can then be utilized to control as seen in Figure 4 theSea Fox modeled by a horizontal plane model described previously. The PID for the model canbe implemented for the simulation. Figure 4. Feedback Control System for Horizontal Plane Model [6] – modified from [11]2. Student DesignIf one assumes in the simulation that the USV’s speed is V m/s and is assumed constant, then theSea Fox model can be further simplified for the

Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles C.Y. Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, CSUB STEM Affinity Group

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Mathematics

knowledge inpractical applications, engineering applications were introduced to the student activity.Students agreed (on a yes/no scale, with 93.3% agree, n=15) to the statement that thismodel “help[s] you to understand the role of mathematics in physics and engineering”.The more surprising result was that students also agreed (73% agree, n=15) to thestatement that the co-teaching model “help[s] you to be successful in this calculuscourse”, when the applications are in the pre-calculus level. Attitudinal data will continueto be tracked for the rest of this academic year. Grade Distribution A baseline measurement through the X Calculus Readiness test is used to measurethe mathematics aptitude of students getting into calculus. The one

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia B. Paschal, Vanderbilt University

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Educational Research and Methods

higher response rates. Atthis institution, simple acknowledgement of those degree programs with 100% response rates inthe foreword to the summary report and in a meeting of department chairs motivates those withhigh response rates to continue their efforts in the following year. Embarrassment of thoseprograms with lower response rates motivates increased efforts in the following year to improveresponse rate.Finally, for the last two years, an anonymized summary of the survey results has been publishedonline and advertised to current students. Students have thus been able to access informationvaluable to them such as what companies have just recently employed graduates from theirmajor(s), what graduate and professional schools have admitted

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh V Shende, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Chemical Engineering

, thevelocity is zero everywhere, and for t ≥ 0, Vx at y=0 is 2 ft/s, and the fluid is water ( = 10-5ft2/s). Choose time interval of 2 sec and distance step (delta y) as 0.05 ft for the calculations. Vx    Vx  2     2   t   y Use discretized algebraic equivalent of the above equation and by creating a x-y grid calculatevelocity at nodes (1,1), (2,2) and (3,1). Predict laminar velocity profiles for a flow of twoadjacent fluids inside a tube.The above example problem is a typical textbook problem, however, before it was administered,author identified different concepts and concept levels (basic, moderate and advanced) anddeveloped three concept group exercises and administered them sequentially.Concept

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

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Mechanics

So in a sense the question here is: Do students who exhibit specific difficulties in de-scribing rigid body motion at the beginning of Statics exhibit specific difficulties in assessingequilibrium at the beginning or end of Statics? If so, might identifying these students at the startof Statics allow the instructor(s) to more effectively address these students’ expected challengesand give those students a better chance of exiting Statics with a consistent and correct approachto assessing equilibrium? This work attempts to answer the first of these two questions.MethodologyTo test the notion that understanding a dynamic rigid body gives a better foundation for under-standing a static rigid body, students complete a pair of simple questions

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Leonard

Session 2457 Department-Level Reform of Undergraduate Industrial Engineering Education: A New Paradigm for Engineering Curriculum Renewal M. S. Leonard, A. K. Gramopadhye, D. L. Kimbler, M. E. Kurz, R. J. Jacob, C. E. McLendon, and S. Regunath Clemson UniversityAbstractThe Roy Report serves as the basis for today's typical industrial engineering curriculum. Thatreport documents a 1966-1967 study led by Robert Roy, Dean of Engineering Science at JohnsHopkins University, supported by NSF and sponsored by ASEE. Unfortunately, few majorchanges have been made to the core

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen McClain; Bruce Cain

Session 1566 Teaching Modern Data Acquisition Systems with a Departmental Requirement for Student Laptop Ownership Stephen T. McClain Bruce CainThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Mississippi State University Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering BEC 358B, 1530 3rd Ave S P.O. Box ME Birmingham, AL 35294-4461 Mississippi State, MS 39762 smcclain@uab.edu cain

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ristroph

. This frequently isdone implicitly and only the result is noted, 5 in this instance. However, explicitly showing thesubtraction operation helps prevent careless errors and makes it much easier to follow logic, soTutor requires users to do this explicitly, referring to the last parameter as s-r. Figure 3 displays the Data window after entering equation (1), but before pressing theCompute button. The columns of the Main window show from left to right that the user: Place @ t = : places at time 0 Calc(ulation): an equivalent Amo / Cols: formed by multiplying the amount of flow B5 Page 8.446.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 2149 Planning and Execution: The Key to Developing a TC2K Quality Program David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper describes an ongoing process: the integration of the new ABETaccreditation criteria for engineering technology (TC2K) into the School of Science,Engineering, and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg.Currently three technology programs – Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,and Structural Design and Construction Engineering – are implementing outcomes

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Zoghi; Robert Bolton

. 1 I dot 12 1/.1 Id s I Constant Voltage 1/L Integrator 100 I R Figure 3. SIMULINK model of 1st order system. Page 8.517.4“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Design Cognition III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

Identified During Idea GenerationStrategy Description I. Reduce usage To reduce the usage of any energy-consuming device(s). This could be using the devices less often, turning them to a lower power setting, offering fewer devices, or reducing the amount a device needs to be used without changing its efficiency. Solutions ranged from turning off half of the lights to using personal fans instead of AC. II. Increase To replace current energy-consuming devices with those that will be similarly effective but efficiency use less energy. Common examples include replacing incandescent light bulbs with energy- efficient bulbs such as CFL or LED

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Gulsen Senol, Gediz University İzmır Institute of Technology; Sevgi Zeynep Dogan, Gediz University İzmır Institute of Technology

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Construction

, South Africa, May, 2007):2344-2357. 2. Watson, G., Gallagher, K. (2005). “Managing for Results”. 2nd ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 3. Schaffner, S., R. (2010). “An Examination of Communication Skills in Construction: Their Significance to Leadership”. Master of Science Thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 4. Hoezen, M., Reymen, I., Dewulf, G. (2006). “The Problem of Communication in Construction.” (paper presented at the CIB W96 Adaptables Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 3-5, 2006). 5. Dainty, A., Moore, D., and Murray, M. (2006). Communication in Construction; Theory and Practice. London & New York: Taylor and Francis, 2006. 6. Eilenberg, I. (2002

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; Yong Han Ahn, East Carolina University; Hyun IK Shin, Kumoh National Instute of Technology

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Construction

environment class 454 3.4978 1.22834[Integration] Interdisciplinary project and/or class including 454 3.4427 1.18677the concept of sustainability[Prior Experience] Experience and practice related to 454 3.6784 1.31978sustainable construction[Facility or Campaign] Sustainable facility or campaign in the 454 3.3612 1.20774university or college[Faculty] Professor(s) teaching sustainable construction 454 3.4361 1.21765The correlation coefficients between student’s attitude

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Okhtay Azarmanesh, Pennsylvania State University

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Electrical and Computer

must build and demonstrate an SDR that addresses the problem(s) defined by the WirelessInnovation Forum and supporting the target waveform(s). The SDR domains provides a methodto tie together many of the subjects in a typical electrical engineering and computer science andengineering undergraduate’s curriculum. Although student teams may choose to use whateverdevelopment environment they wish, we have had success with the GNU Radio developmentenvironment as well as the MATLAB Simulink environment. Simulink allows a model-baseddesign approach, which allows students to take a systems approach to designing the overall SDRtransceiver, which provides them with exposure to this important aspect of project development.In this paper, we discuss the

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Land, Penn State University - New Kensington

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Engineering Technology

. In the aggregate, the results did indicate a potential level of interestadequate to financially support a test should one be available. Survey questions and acompilation of the results are documented in the reference, which can be viewed on theAssociation‟s page of the ETD website.(ii)The key results, however, had to do with the costs which respondents were willing to pay foraccess to testing. Respondents were asked to identify a price level at which they would bewilling/able to take advantage of testing, and to estimate how many students they would test eachyear at that price level. Those results provided a basis for estimating a price point that wouldmaximize revenue from an ongoing testing program. When these results were reviewed with

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

Session 1332 UMIPS: A Semiconductor IP Repository for IC Design Research and Education Michael S. McCorquodale and Richard B. Brown Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2122AbstractSemiconductor intellectual property (IP) and design reuse have recently become cornerstones ofcommercial integrated circuit (IC) development because they enable significant gains in

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Elizabeth Leach, Western Kentucky University

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Architectural

and construction industry. Page 24.272.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Changing the Course Design to Include Habitat for Humanity Improved Course Outcomes and Broadened Student’s Perceptions of Community ServiceIntroductionArchitectural education often includes course(s) pertaining to the creation of architecturalworking drawings. Working drawings require the individual creating them to have knowledge ofprinciples, conventions, standards, applications, and restrictions pertaining the manufacture anduse of construction materials, components

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, Auburn University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

: Studio STEM Thanks to our Sponsors! This material is based upon workResearch-based supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grants DRL 1029756 and 1247287. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or Research about student science recommendations expressed in this learning, motivation to learn material are those of the author(s) STEM concepts, engineering design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Athos Chariton Petrou, SUBY at Buffalo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

undergraduate students. Current graduate students: • Yanshu Li, from F’2012, GRA, Ph.D. Student, SUNY at Buffalo, Buf- falo, NY. • Tim Yore, from S’2011, GRA, Ph.D. Student, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. • Guillaume Thomain, S’2011, GTA, Ph.D. Student, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Total number of graduate students advised = 22. Total number of postdoctoral scholars sponsored = 11.Prof. Athos Chariton Petrou, SUBY at Buffalo Athos Petrou is a professor of Physics at SUNY Buffalo. His studies the magneto-optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures Page 24.659.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

Class Size Figure 2 The smaller the class size, the higher the engagement level Engagement Score Vs. College 55 50 Engagement Score 45 40 35 30 25 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Colle ge s

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Chouikha; Don Millard

ObjectivesRensselaer’s vision is for students to have: immediate access to course materials, educationalresources, and interactive learning modules; ubiquitous Internet connectivity; and the ability tocommunicate and collaborate with anyone, from anyplace, at anytime. Rensselaer is PrincetonReview’s “America’s Most Connected Campus”, with many of our buildings also equipped withwireless LANs; which are typically used for file server access and communication (e.g. email,IM, etc.). We have begun to investigate how we can integrate un-tethered connectivity andmobile technology in the classroom for courses and the overall education process.Our goal is to expand the engineering studio pedagogy pioneered by Rensselaer by in the early90’s to have students learn with