Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Bai, University of Kansas; Oswald Chong, University of Kansas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

literature review, there are severalmethods that have been used to assess program outcomes. Some of the examples include alumnisurvey, capstone project, employer survey, fundamentals of engineering (FE) examination,graduate questionnaire, focus group exit interview, and internship report5, 6, 7. Since there areeleven attributes in the ABET Criterion 3, it would be impossible to use only one assessmentmethod to evaluate the outcomes toward attaining acceptable performance of Criterion 3. Anengineering program has to use assessment portfolio approach, in which multiple assessmentmethods are utilized, to demonstrate that the program meets the ABET requirements.Assessment’s most powerful point of impact is the individual classroom8. Traditionally

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Bert, U. S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Academy. He serves as the Course Director for CE404, Design of Steel Structures and CE492, Senior Capstone Design course. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. MAJ Bert received a B.S. degree from Norwich University in 1995 and an M.S.C.E. degree from Virginia Tech in 2005. Page 12.144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Technique for Program-Wide Direct Assessment of Student PerformanceAbstractThis paper builds on previous work related to the direct assessment of student performance.Previous work assessed CE program outcomes using a single

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adel Shirmohammadi, University of Maryland-College Park; Arthur Johnson, University of Maryland-College Park

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

diversity of cultures and approaches than otherwise would be the case, and human tolerance improves.In other cases, especially in Capstone Design, where the project outcome requires a long period(2 semesters) of group continuity, groups are not changed. By that time, however, students havegotten to know each other very well.Tiny (to audience): “An’ I did know. I keep tabs on dem stiffs, and I have each an’ every one of dem tell me in writin’ how dey all is actin’ together. If dey wanna rat on each udder, dat’s ok, too. Da main t’ing is dat I get t’know who woiks well wid d’udders, an who don’t. Den I adjust their course pay-off accordin’ly. An’ I don’ mind sharin’ this stuff wid Big heah.”Peer

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James G. Brasseur; Laura L. Pauley

Engineeringprogram at Penn State.1. The Learning Factory brings hands-on experiences to freshmen in the product dissection classes and to seniors in the capstone design courses. Students pursuing the Product Realization Minor are even more involved with the activities at the Learning Factory. The Society of Automotive Engineers also uses the facilities at the Learning Factory when building the Formula Car. The Learning Factory received the Boeing Educator Award in 1998 and has also participated in outreach to elementary and high school students including Take-Your- Daughter-to-Work Day.2. The senior capstone design projects are almost entirely sponsored by industry. Each student design team works on a unique project proposed by industry

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Shoales; Cary A. Fisher

Empowering Cadets to take Ownership of their Learning Perspectives from the US Air Force Academy Cary A. Fisher, Fellow, ASEE and Gregory A. Shoales, Member ASEEAbstractEngineering faculty must not only facilitate learning the specific knowledge embodied bytheir major field, but also the progression of their students to higher levels of learning.Freshmen generally require significant guidance while learning core subjects of theirengineering discipline. As students progress through their undergraduate program,courses require more synthesis of the core subjects to the solution of increasingly open-ended problems. Most engineering programs culminate in capstone designexperiences for the students. Such capstone

Conference Session

Design Cognition II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don L. Dekker, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-4979: CREATIVITY GARDEN ANALOGYDr. Don L. Dekker, University of South Florida Don Dekker has been an Adjunct Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida since 2002. He is currently teaching the capstone design course. Before his retirement in 2001, Dekker taught at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He first joined ASEE in 1974 and some of his ASEE activities include Zone II Chairman (1986-1988), Chairman of DEED (1989-1990), and General Chair of FIE, 1987. His degrees include a Ph.D., Stanford University, 1973; a M.S.M.E, University of New Mexico, 1963; and a B.S.M.E., Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1961. He became a Fellow of ASEE in 2007.Dr. Rajiv Dubey, University of South

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

James L. Hales

Page 2.177.3paper in 1995, DeWitt and Skvarenina indicate they arrived at a similar laboratory curriculumwhen developing a power distribution course at Purdue[1]. Various software packages have been used with the power systems courses, some writtenby students (as term projects or as a senior-year or capstone project) and others written andmarketed commercially. Currently we are using ETAP, a commercial package developed byOperation Technology, Inc., of Irvine, California. THE POWER SYSTEM SIMULATORPurchasing Decision After reviewing the departmental objectives and past experience, alternatives for newpower systems/rotating machines laboratories were considered. The following observationswere made: 1

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cara J Poor P.E., University of Portland; Jackson Kaye, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

about green roofs, particularlythe importance of maintenance. Most traditional environmental engineering classes do not covergreen infrastructure or cover it minimally, including green roofs. Typically, the focus in theseclasses is on conventional water and wastewater treatment. Students need to be exposed to greeninfrastructure, including design features, limitations, and benefits before embarking on theircareers.Green roofs also have the potential to build community within the Shiley School of Engineering,as well as promote service learning. Many universities have implemented service learning incourses, particularly in first-year introductory courses and senior capstone design courses16,17,18.One university has implemented a multi-year

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

embedded hard core processors (available in the Virtex 5 board) or the downloadable soft core processors available to all boards to optimize the performance of the designed application.The skills gained from performing the above steps will enable students to: i) developprofessional capstone design projects and Master-level theses; ii) improve their researchcapabilities and their long-life learning skills; iii) enable student to design entire system (speechcoding, adaptive noise canceller, echo suppressor, etc.) from the built-in and designed blocks; iv)improve their marketability and enhance their professional careers.4. Adaptive Noise Cancellation systemIn adaptive noise cancellation, the adaptive filter is usually designed as a transversal

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Punya A Basnayaka, Cuyahoga Community College, School of Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering and Computer Science

Tagged Topics

Diversity

responsibilityregarding sustainability. As can be seen, 8% of surveyed students responded neutrally. Thisresult indicates that the lecture or case study should highlight the importance of ethical and socialresponsibility in engineering, particularly concerning sustainability and sustainable productdesign. Capstone project/machine design course is another excellent course to reinforce whatstudents learn at the entry level to solve real-world problems, enabling them to think holisticallyand consider the broader implications of their work. Do you believe engineers have a significant role to play in promoting sustainability

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv; Rosalyn Berne

to be considered, before placing limitations orrestrictions on the creative process itself. For example, the Eight DimensionalMethodology could be incorporated into Capstone projects in the proposal stages ofdevelopment. Obviously, not all solutions that are thought of as a result will be feasible,affordable, efficient, or even materially possible. That is not the point. The goal is tomentally stretch and stimulate the engineering student towards thinking creatively aboutproblems, towards realizing the vast possibilities of many diverse and otherwiseunconsidered solutions.We encourage faculty members to consider adoption of this process in technical courses,where students are challenged to think about solving problems. And, that in addition

Conference Session

ETD - A Technology Potpourri III

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Fayed, Southeastern Louisiana University

such as printing orientation, infill density, and infill pattern on the mechanicalproperties of the commonly used polylactide (PLA) and its Tough version. Figure 1 PCE Vertical Test Stand (left) and Tinus Olsen Charpy Machine (right).MethodsTwo ET senior design students were assigned to work on this project. The senior design classesare capstone courses where students utilize their cumulative engineering knowledge towards areal-life project through research and experimentation. They come in a sequence of two 3-creditclasses in 2 competitive semesters (Senior Design I & Senior Design II). ASTM standards werefirst researched to determine specimen size and dimensions for the tests performed. Tensile andCharpy impact tests were

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberto Cureg Cruz, California State University, Bakersfield; Dennis Derickson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Amin Malek, California State University, Bakersfield

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

important experience forthe participants. At first glance, not many applications were received, when compared to thenumber of expected participants (12). The compensation package was low. Finding corporationsor agencies willing to host an internship was difficult, and the MOU formalization process wasquite long. Formative evaluation of internship participants is critical to ensure students havesuccessful internships. Corporations A and D joined the Program for a first-round cohort. The program’s goal wasto hire six interns in year one, and six were hired. 17 applications were received for the first poolof applicants. The Department has approximately 600 majors, with 50 among them completingtheir capstone/senior project experience—who would

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristin Maria Repchick, Industrial/Organizational Psychology Consultant; Lauren Q. DiBianca Frye, Forsyth Country Day School; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #31053Understanding Impact of a Design Thinking Intervention on Students’Resilience (Work in Progress)Dr. Kristin Maria Repchick , Industrial/Organizational Psychology Consultant Dr. Kristin Repchick completed her Ph.D in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at George Mason Uni- versity (GMU) where she also obtained her Masters degree. She currently works as an independent consultant and has partnered with various agencies in the DC metro area on projects requiring HR ana- lytics or talent management strategies. Kristin has several years of experience analyzing workforce data, creating and validating assessments

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachael Paige Shemran, Arizona State University ; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Clemson University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

and Barnes 2009). When compared to writing code in atraditional programming assignment, the students that practiced the learning objectives within agame environment outperformed students who participated in the traditional assignment (Eagleand Barnes 2009).There are several ways to assess student progress towards learning goals. Traditional methodsinclude, but are not limited to, quizzes, papers, projects, reports, portfolios, exams, attitudesurveys, journal entries, and capstone design projects. However, entirely student-designed gamesas a method for assessing student learning is absent from the literature.This paper explores the use of student-developed board games as a method to assess studentmastery of construction and engineering

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Holger Dahms, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jens Thiedke, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

attractive forstudent participation. Hence, for MSOE and the Lübeck University of Applied Sciencesresolving details regarding length of stay abroad, tuition issue, capstone project, and numerousother points was central to the successful implementation of the exchange program. The majorstructural differences such as having a private university on a quarter system versus a foreignstate university on a semester system “pushed” the exchange program towards a year-longexperience, as opposed to a shorter stay. That, however, is not only more difficult to implementbut more difficult to maintain. At this point in time the MSOE-Lübeck University of AppliedSciences student exchange program is entering its 12th year for the Electrical Enginering (EE)program

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

George A. Bohlen; Donna C.S. Summers

, business process re-engineering, continuous quality improvement concepts, and activity-based-cost accounting. Students were divided into teams consisting of both business students and engineeringstudents to accomplish two major projects. One project consisted of flow charting the processes in theUniversity Bursar’s office. The students had to flow chart the existing process and recommendimprovements. As a term assignment, each student team was required to contact a local firm, interviewrepresentatives from all levels of management and evaluate the firm against each of the Malcolm BaldrigeNational Quality Award Criteria. Each student team was required to orally present their findings from theBursar’s office project and to present their conclusions

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt J. Colella; Vincent Wilczynski

presented to illustrate how students were able to design an automobile jack thatoperated on thermodynamic principles. The portfolio included artifacts from student experiments such as astudent built experimental apparatus, a poster-board describing experimental results, and videos of studentspresenting their results. The capstone experience in the senior year was used to select examples for the last section of theportfolio. Two projects were highlighted: a remotely operated vehicle and a solar powered boat. In each case,components from the design process were included as artifacts to show how the designs progressed from ideason paper, to computer simulations, to prototypes, and finally to the final product. In addition to these artifacts,a

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University; Terri Christiansen Bateman, Brigham Young University; Michaela Sutton; Ethan Hasler; Jessica Lee Williams; Jennifer J Irvin, Brigham Young University; Joseph Richley Hirt, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

development, engineering education, product design for developing areas, and the utilization of renewable resources for the production of chemicals.Ms. Terri Christiansen Bateman , Brigham Young University Terri Bateman is adjunct faculty in the Brigham Young University College of Engineering and Technol- ogy where she has worked with Women in Engineering and Technology at BYU, numerous mechanical engineering capstone senior design teams, the Global Engineering Outreach class, and the Compliant Mechanisms Research Group. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineer- ing from BYU and also worked at the Ford Motor Company as a manufacturing and design engineer in Automatic Transmission

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

, successfully accomplish and reflect upon an activityreferred to as a compassion practicum. The compassion practicum sought to begin thedevelopment of a critical consciousness in students. Students’ projects fall into two categories:(1) a service learning type project which must in some way improve the quality of life of othersand involves a minimum of 15 hours of actual service; and (2) a guided, extensive visit of ananimal rescue society farm in which students confront animals typically used in biomedicalresearch projects and reflect on the entire experience.IntroductionBiomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to medicine.It combines expertise in engineering with expertise in medicine and human biology to

Conference Session

Strategies for Effective Education in Manufacturing

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #23835Improving Student Engagement in a Senior-Level Manufacturing Course forMechanical Engineering StudentsDr. Joshua Gargac, University of Mount Union Joshua Gargac is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH, where he advises the mechanical engineering senior capstone projects and SAE Baja team. In addition, Dr. Gargac teaches first year engineering courses, computer-aided design, kinematics and dynamics of machinery, and manufacturing science. He received his BSME from Ohio Northern University and a Ph.D in Bioengineering from the University of Notre Dame

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Entrepreneurship

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #29345Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education in Physics: ThePIPELINE NetworkDr. Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society Dr. Crystal Bailey is the Head of Career Programs at the American Physical Society (APS) in College Park, MD. Crystal works on several projects which are geared towards marketing physics and physics career information to high school students, undergraduates, graduate students and physics professionals. Some of her principle projects include the Physics InSight slideshow, career events and workshops at APS annual and division meetings, the APS Job Board and Job Fairs, APS Webinars

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla López del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentín-Rodríguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

publishing for various research projects. She’s also the founder and advisor of the first ASEE student chapter in Puerto Rico. Her primary research interests include investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in en- gineering sciences, especially for underrepresented populations. She also works in the development and evaluation of various engineering curriculum and courses at UPRM applying the outcome-based educa- tional framework.Dr. Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Dr. Jimenez is a professor at the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department in the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM). He earned his B.S from Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Do- minican

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University; Daniel Ewert, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

prompted a conscious migration of the ‘scholar’ focus towards an ‘innovation’orientation, with explicit acknowledgement that useful invention is a purposeful goal and that thelaunching of new enterprises from the platform of scholar/innovation teams would be cause forcelebration. During the Autumn of 2006, the notion of a campus-wide Bison Ventures programemerged. [2] Bison Ventures is a collaborative between the College of Engineering and Architecture, theCollege of Business Administration and the Research and Technology Park. It is a multi-disciplinary, academic, economic development plan. At the core is the long-established practiceof the senior design or capstone project. Every academic year, approximately one hundred teamsof engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veekit O'Charoen, Boeing Commerical Aircraft Group (Seattle); Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

visual communication, creative problemsolving, project management, teamwork and self-learning skills.3 Students became familiar withconstraint-based modeling applications by following a workbook. Concurrently, they worked ondesign projects within the course that require the skills discussed in class. For the AdvancedCAD course, the authors wanted the students to experience the design process with a real client,prior to our senior project capstone course. The lack of a suitable text benefited students byforcing the authors to follow a Problem Based Learning model more closely. The authorsattempted to provide tutorials on specific skills as soon as students identified the need to havethose skills. For example, students measured an example kayak

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

manufacturing, communications and informationtechnology, defense and national security, energy, and health and medicine. While photonicsplays such an important role in enhancing the quality of our lives, higher education programs toprepare technicians to work in this area are few across the country. The existing programs do notproduce a sufficient number of graduates to fill the current and projected industry needs forphotonics technicians in our state and region as well as nationally2. Baker College has startedaddressing this gap by developing and introducing a two-year Photonics and Laser Technologyprogram, the only such program in our state. This initiative has received enthusiastic supportfrom the photonics industry in the state, and is also

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Waldo

design solutions. Because of the increased reliance on digitalsystems in engineering solutions, the demands on signal processing continue to increase. It is ofutmost importance that many of these systems operate in real-time. However, in most DSPcurricula, the importance of real-time is not emphasized. It is the goal of this project to develop alaboratory that supports the design and implementation of real-time systems. This laboratorysupports a three-course sequence in DSP with accompanying hands-on laboratories. Thislaboratory will also support the communications curriculum as well as the capstone designcourses. Material developed for the laboratory will be distributed electronically through theinternet.I. IntroductionA shift is being made

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Zorica Pantic-Tanner

solutionsinto undergraduate curriculum and has also developed an active undergraduate research programin the EMC area. The theoretical principles are integrated in two electromagnetics, onecommunications and one undergraduate EMC course, and are supported by hands-on experiencein a state-of-the-art EMC/Communications laboratory. Students capstone design projects canalso contain an EMC component. The seed money for the EMC curriculum development wasfunded by the Santa Clara Valley (SCV) chapter of the IEEE Page 6.604.1Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001, American

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Ibeh

writingskills, and report presentation for development of oral communication skills and dissemination ofresearch findings.1. IntroductionThe use of research as a viable instructional and educational tool is a current trend in academia.The concept of the 3Rs, research, report writing and representation (report presentation) is a veryviable medium for critical thinking and effective communication skills especially when utilizedas a total package, as is frequently the case. Invariably, accreditation agencies, funding agencies,educational organizations and even industry are requiring the dissemination of research findingsvis-à-vis project reports, publications and presentations, as standard operating procedure. It istypical for faculty who engage in

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Melvin Neville; David Scott; Bryan Knodel; Debra Larson

strengthen and expand our students’ design EGR 286 and problem solving skills. Teaching and learning relies on hands-on, mentoring-type EGR 186 experiences and the use of ill-defined, unstructured design projects to build A Traditional Curriculum technical, managerial, professional skills, as well as problem solving competency. Figure 1. Design4Practice Program The