Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Timothy A. Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Erin Elizabeth Bowen, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Carlos Alberto Castro, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Scrum as a Change StrategyWhile engineering programs are expected to graduate engineers who can work in teams, many, ifnot most, engineering faculty members have little practical experience with teamwork aspracticed in industry [1]. Eschenbach et al. [2] note that like IT and software developmentindustries, work in academia tends to be a collection of projects including teaching, conductingresearch, publishing, and providing service to the institution and field. However, faculty cultureremains individualistic within engineering departments and across the university: performanceevaluations rarely evaluate teaming effectiveness and collaboration within or across

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert P. Loweth, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Jiangqiong Liu; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

statements, even though this recommended practice was emphasized in theteam’s training. Based on these findings, we recommend that design instructors supplementneeds statement pedagogy with concrete examples of effective and ineffective needs statementsand use visual tools to illustrate different levels of needs statement breadth and specificity.1. IntroductionThe identification and subsequent definition of design problems is an important part of designprocesses [1]–[3]. The way that a design problem is defined establishes the project direction anddelimits a range of acceptable solutions [4]–[6]. A key aspect of problem identification anddefinition is the development of “needs statements” (also known as “How Might We” statements[7], [8]) that

Conference Session

M1A: WIP - Learning experiences 1

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Bonnie S. Boardman, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; Nancy L Michael, University of Texas, Arlington

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

-specific content.The learning objectives for UNIV 1131 and their origins are shown in Table 1.The COE committee developed course content for fifteen 50-minute class periods to cover theproposed learning objectives. All class periods were designed to include active learning studentparticipation. A course materials packet was developed for each class period. The packetincluded daily learning goals and objectives, class preparation tasks, lecture notes and slides,active learning exercise instructions and materials, and assessment instructions.The committee believed that standardizing a course packet for each class period was necessarygiven the COE would be responsible for 35 sections of the course in the first semester it wasoffered. The hope was

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Patricia Ann Maloney, Texas Tech University; Weilong Cong, Texas Tech University; Meng Zhang, Kansas State University; Bingbing Li, California State University, Northridge

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

UniversitiesWIP: Implementation and Assessment of ProjectAbstract: This paper documents the effects of an additive manufacturing course on two sets ofstudents: (1) the undergraduates who took the course and (2) the middle and high school studentswho visited our labs. At the time of the conference, nine semesters of data (three years at threeschools) will have been collected, as well as data from the middle and high school students whovisited our labs. Overall, our research questions were: (1) what is the effect of this course on thecontent knowledge of (a) enrolled undergraduates and (b) middle and high school students? And(2) what is the effect of this course on the attitudes towards engineering and self-efficacy inengineering for (a) enrolled

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Diversity 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicholas A. Bowman, University of Iowa; Lindsay Jarratt, University of Iowa; KC Culver, University of Southern California; Alberto Segre, University of Iowa

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

from their own nation. In contrast, the national origin of UScitizens’ partners generally did not affect their outcomes. These findings support the use ofmixed-nationality partners in pair programming and potentially other collaborative learningcontexts, which diverges from prior studies that suggest facilitating similarity between partnersin terms of demographics, personality, and prior programming experience.IntroductionScholars have explored the impact of active and collaborative learning on college studentoutcomes for decades. Relative to passive learning approaches, active and collaborative learningstrategies often provide notable benefits for learning, academic achievement, and retention incollege (for reviews, see [1] – [5]). However

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Regis University

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Educational Research and Methods

MotivationNationwide, need for U.S. engineering talent continues to grow, yet enrollment in and graduationfrom engineering institutions continues to decline. If engineering educators better understandhow students come to engage with their studies and chosen institutions as well as develop anidentity with the profession, engineering colleges can adjust institutional climates to encouragemore students to enroll in engineering studies and persist to completion.Methods and ParticipantsThe Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) is a study funded by theNational Science Foundation exploring the experience of undergraduate engineering studentswith the intended outcome of improving engineering education.1, 2, 3 The Academic PathwaysStudy (APS) is

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cleon Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

graduate program of study. In addition to thepositive impact the SURE experience had on the decision to attend graduate school (93.5 percentof respondents), this research uses logistic regression techniques to illuminate other relevantfactors on graduate school attendance--such as attitudes about graduate school before SURE, theenvironment of the home institution, academic encouragement from others, and frequency ofcontact with SURE faculty and mentors after program completion.IntroductionDespite some gains in the representation of minorities in engineering and science fields, arelatively small number of underrepresented minorities (16% in 1999) graduated with degrees inthose fields.1 Although this figure represents a modest increase over the

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Colorado School of Mines; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

knowledge of engineering before they begin college.In addition (and possibly as a result), students’ intentions to major in engineering waiver, evenwhile they actively complete engineering requirements. Nearly all students in our sample wereentrepreneurial in seeking experiences within and outside of engineering to help them decide ontheir major. Implications of this research are that 1) attrition rates from engineering may beinflated, and 2) classroom, departmental, and institutional adjustments could increase retention ofstudents in engineering.Persistence in Engineering EducationFrom the era of Sputnik through to the present, concerns about preparing sufficient numbers ofengineers to meet the demands of industry and national security have gained

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

greatertechnical self-efficacy than the females who graduate as engineers8.MethodologyThe method used to gather and analyze data was grounded in the descriptive study surveyapproach. The question posed was what technical and tinkering characteristics engineers deemedimportant and to what extent these characteristics corresponded to the ABET Criterion 3 a-klearning outcomes. To answer this question a volunteer sample of engineering faculty, students,and practicing engineers, who are members of ASEE, were recruited. They were asked torespond to two open-ended prompts on a survey in paper and pencil format and electronically.These prompts were; 1) List the characteristics of someone with good tinkering skills, and 2) Listthe characteristics of someone with

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael John Hargather, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Shannon Hussan; Timothy W Jacomb-Hood, The Pennsylvania State University; Zachary Francis, Penn State University; Carly Seneca; Martha Quinlin; Raveen Fernando

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Aerospace

sizes that most laboratories are limited to. One potential solution to enhancingstudent learning in the traditional classroom environment is to incorporate take-homeexperiments as part of individual classes as homework assignments or projects. Take-home experiments used as engineering course assignments are not a new idea, but theyare also not widely used. Some early work on take-home experiments included the work byBedard and Meyer 1 who developed two experiments investigating viscous properties of fluids.Scott 2 developed two fluid-statics experiments that were part of a laboratory class, but were Page 23.610.2assigned as take home

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Matos, Clayton State University; Tamara Pearson, Clayton State University

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Mathematics

are required to have access to a laptop computer that they can bring to class withthem each day. Enrollment in the Ordinary Differential Equations class is comprised ofmathematics majors and students in our dual degree and transfer programs for engineering. Asignificant portion of the students are non-traditional and/or have substantial work obligationsthat they need to balance with their coursework. Roughly 55% of our student body is enrolledfull-time (Figure 1), and about 45% falls into the traditional college student age range (Figure2).6 Differential Equations is a 3 hour course with no recitations and no teaching assistants. Whileclass size is thankfully small, many students have to work before and after class time, making itdifficult

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Salinas, ITESM; Eliud Quintero, ITESM

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Mathematics

with the 2011 Sim´on Bolivar Award for Doctoral Thesis in Mathematics Education and with the National ANUIES Award for Doctoral Research related with Education at College in 2011. At present she is Member Level 1 of the National Researches System from CONACYT M´exico. She has been addressing several projects promoting the use of technology in the teaching of Calculus and the implications of such innovation on the learning of the fundamental ideas that this scientific discipline encourages. She has also been participating in the development of the Educational Model that Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey promotes through the design of the syllabi of the Mathematics Courses for Engineering and its distribution with the use of

Conference Session

CIP Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Glover J.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Todd S. Keiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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College Industry Partnerships

Conference Session

CEED - Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Cameron M. Ford, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida; Divya Bhati, University of Central Florida ; Kim A Small, University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Science

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Page 23.808.7students (24% or 10/41) also reported having participated in co-op and internship experiencesoutside of the YES program. Forty-three STEM faculty have participated as mentors for theResearchh Path studennts and eightt companies have providded industry mentors for theEntrepren neurship/Internship Pathh students. The T YES parrtnership moodel and studdent outcomeesare descrribed in Figu ure 1. In thiss section, thee impact on sstudent succcess is descriibed below fforeach of thhe outcomess listed in Fig gure 1. For persistence to graduatioon, we look aat three aspects:1) actual graduation rates, r 2) actu

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B Kanipe, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

devoted to the development of a selection rubric that would be fair to all applicants whileproviding camp organizers with a clear indication of those students with comparable skills,education, and interests. As a first step, the team responsible for developing the selectionprotocol studied the rubric of the E&C Department at Texas A&M that had significantexperience conducting successful summer camps. While not adopted in its entirety, this examplewas crucial to the development of the selection process.Each student desiring to attend Camp SOAR was required to submit an application packageconsisting of the following: 1) transcript, 2) teacher recommendation, 3) honors and activities, 4)essay 1, and 5) essay 2. Applicants were evaluated only

Conference Session

CIP Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L Price, University of Tulsa; Geoffrey D. Silcox, University of Utah; Michael Newton, University of Utah, Chemical Engineering Department; Terry L Phipps

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College Industry Partnerships

videotaped by a multimedia company and put online for a distance course forstudents at a remote university. There were many benefits to the participants involved, but alsosome significant challenges. This paper discusses this unique multi-organization partnershipincluding the lessons learned to improve future collaborations.IntroductionThere are many ways that industry and academia can collaborate to educate engineering students.Industry can provide individual instructors to teach existing courses as adjuncts or visitingprofessors.1 Industry can help provide new course content, for example for emergingtechnologies, which can be taught by academia.2 Adjunct instructors from industry cantemporarily replace faculty on sabbatical or on leave,3 help

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid R. Parsaei PE, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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International

recognizes that post-secondary education is only one of several importantphases of that development process, and the initiative will endeavor to provide support,innovation and inspiration throughout Qatar’s educational enterprise to promote students totheir greatest potential to become engineering leaders. Page 24.80.2The initiative’s activities included several building blocks such as: (1) partnering withschools in Qatar to enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education toimprove students’ readiness for university studies; (2) offering enrichment programs topromote STEM studies among middle- and high-school students and to attract

Conference Session

General Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanshan Li, Purdue University; Yang Chen, Purdue University; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

bydigital means 1. However the potential of AR as a motivation-stimulated factor in languagelearning and vocabulary learning remains unexplored. The purpose of this study was to explorehow AR might affect student motivation for vocabulary learning.An exploratory pilot study of a freely available augmented reality English vocabulary learningapplication was conducted to assess AR’s influence on students’ learning motivation. Semi-structured interviews were used for gathering assessment data. By analyzing the gatheredqualitative data within the framework of the ARCS Model, our results suggest that AR may helpwith student motivation toward the beginning of the application session, but tended to decreasetoward the end of the session. Several potential

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, Oregon State University; Jaynie L. Whinnery, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

as “one of the more instructionally powerful and least understoodfeatures” of learning.1 Appropriate feedback can help to address student misconceptions,improve transfer of knowledge, and increase retention and satisfaction in school. However, bothimplementing and studying feedback is complicated; feedback content and effectiveness varieswidely depending on the learning environment and the people involved in the feedback process.Feedback effectiveness can change depending on its timing, complexity, structure and content.Furthermore, students react to feedback differently based on differences in their personalities,backgrounds, academic capacities, and understanding of the material.This paper empirically investigates feedback in a project

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University

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Design in Engineering Education

modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.In general, student learning outcome c focuses on the ability of students to follow the logical andorderly design procedures that can be manifested in the following statements: 1. Problem or opportunity identification supported by factual evidence. 2. Creation of an executable design strategy including timetable, critical path, major tasks, subtasks and their interaction. 3. Creation of clear vision of expectation and deliverables with the available resources and constraints such as economic, environmental, social, policies and legal, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability 4. Testing and evaluation of the product and the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Tague, Ohio State University; Jennifer Czocher, Ohio State University; Gregory Richard Baker, Ohio State University; Amanda Roble, Ohio State University

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Mathematics

outside of the traditional instructional setting. Thus,we sought instructional media that would realize our anywhere/anyplace attitude toward meetingstudents' needs. In our efforts to reconceptualize the course, we aimed to: (1) capitalize onengineering and science points of view to help students utilize mathematics within theirdiscipline, and (2) use instructional technology to help the professor in achieving this goal.Mathematical modeling is theorized as a cycle that links mathematical thinking to science andengineering, and so supports the first goal. In this paper, we report on the means we used tomeet the second goal and on our evaluation of our success. Our contribution to the engineeringeducation community is (i) a description of how we

Conference Session

CEED - Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

the semester; it might be preferable to distribute them at the same time as theSIRS forms or the last class period or during the final exam period. Please note below how manysurveys are needed for your classes.I need_______surveys to distribute to my class(es),______________________________________________________________________For each of the classes you are teaching this semester please respond to the following questions. #1 #2 #3Course Number ____ ____ _____Types of students in your class, please specify only those groups that account for a significantportion of the class population.Grad Student

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin; Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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Design in Engineering Education

development processesand suggestions, and proper testing strategies to ensure that physical models meet requirements.The authors recognize that while non-physical modelling is certainly important, designers musteventually move into the development and testing of physical prototypes[16].There have been interesting reviews of the effects of prototyping on designers during theprocess[20-34,40]. Franck and Rosen[20] showed that, from cognition view point, ‘low fidelity’prototypes encourage design teams in three distinct ways: (1) Failure is reframed as anopportunity for learning; (2) A sense of forward progress is fostered; and (3) Beliefs aboutcreative ability are strengthened. Linsey et al.[23] examine the impact of design fixation in virtualversus

Conference Session

CEED - Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

partnerships can provide multiple types of measures andfeedback mechanisms to assess student learning outcomes in an engineering program. At GrandValley State University, a cooperative education program is the catalyst for developing andmaintaing industry partnerships that provide consistent and regular external constituent input onstudents‟ knowldege, skills and abilities related to ABET student learning outcomes[1].Constituent input regarding students‟ knowledge and preparation is provided in multiple andvaried ways through direct feedback mechanisms in the workplace.Input is obtained at various levels, ranging from student-specific to program-level feedback.Individual employers are engaged in student and curricular assessment at various levels

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor J. Bennett, Texas A&M University; Kristin D. Nichols, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

thisknowledge and adapt it to changing environments. Table 1 lists several qualities an effectivedesign engineer should possess. These characteristics will be used later as a metric to measurehow well students exhibit these qualities in a design environment. Table 1. Qualities of a design engineer4. The Engineer or Engineering Student should be able to … QUALITY 1. Communicate, negotiate and persuade 2. Work effectively in a team 3. Engage in self-evaluation and reflection 4. Utilize graphical and visual representations and thinking 5. Exercise creative and intuitive instincts 6. Find

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Tech; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Dakota Farquhar-Caddell, School of Education

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Educational Research and Methods

ideas and solutions. One-way ANOVA was used to determine whether there are differences in frequency ofstudents innovative thinking and also their self-reported perceptions of level of innovativethinking based on the type of instructor facilitated use of slate enabled technology (e.g.,structured, unstructured, no use). Differences in innovative thinking skill frequency and level bytype of instructor-led use are reported in Table 1 and Table 2. In terms of specific innovative thinking skills, in the pre-survey students reported veryfew differences across groups (refer to Table1). During the initial start of the semester students’reported frequency of use of innovative thinking skills in the areas of Knowledge Acquisition,Scaling

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Cental Connecticut State University; Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University

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Educational Research and Methods

concepts of this course are fundamental for many subsequent courses like MachineDesign, Modeling of Dynamic Systems, Fluid Mechanics, and many other courses. The widespectrum of applications of these concepts in real-life engineering and daily life problemsprovides a rich source of lifelong learning problems. The pool of topics consisted of elevenresearch and open-ended problems. As shown (Figures 1 and 2), these problems covered a wide Page 23.479.3range of subjects including sports, entertainment, space mechanics, and meteorology to name afew. Figure 2: Sample dynamics problem - II5

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University; David B. Rank, Root Cause Consortium, LLC

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Design in Engineering Education

, Development,Production, Installation, and Servicing, requires a company’s product design and developmentprocess to include specific components.1 These include design and development planning, designinput, design output, design review, design verification and validation, and design transfer. Themore our students become familiar with each of these components, the better prepared they willbe for careers in industry. Ideally, capstone design projects would involve each of thesecomponents. In situations where this is not feasible, lectures regarding the details of each designcontrol component can be included in the capstone course.A recent survey of capstone design instructors indicates that the duration of capstone designcourses varies in length.2 As a

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman, Bill's Robotic Solutions

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Instrumentation

Page 24.466.3systems. Electrical circuit calculation using a traditional calculator is almost becoming a thing ofthe past. Students need to focus on understanding the concept behind an electric circuit instead ofjust plugging in numbers in a calculator. Electrical Circuits I is designed to introduce the basicconcepts in DC circuits, simulation and DC circuit labs, followed by Electrical Circuits II, whichcovers the advanced topics in AC, simulation and AC circuit labs.Following topics are covered in Electrical Circuits I and II sequence courses:1. Voltage and Current2. Resistance3. Ohm’s Law, Power, and Energy4. Series DC circuits5. Parallel DC circuits6. Network Theorems7. Mesh and Nodal Analysis8. Sinusoidal Alternating Waveforms9. The Basic

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University

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Aerospace

technology can provide a strong basis formotivating student interest in a course. Such a course, if based on military applications oftechnology, can also impart beneficial background to graduates who pursue careers in thedefense industry. Moreover, many of the topics are generally applicable, so even students whonever enter the defense sector can profit substantially from the experience.Electronic warfare (EW) is an activity the military uses in virtually all military operations. EWis using the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum for advantage, preserving its use for friendly forces, Page 24.176.2and preventing the enemy from doing the same.1 The