Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 2: Students and Peer Mentors

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Javier Ortega, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Arturo A. Fuentes, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). His research interests include Tribology, Lubrication, Biomaterials, Additive Manufacturing, and Engineering Education. Dr. Ortega has been involved in different research projects, including tribological and corrosion studies of surface-engineered biomaterials intended for hip joint replacements and developing vegetable-oil-based lubricants modified with nanoparticles as lubricant additives.Dr. Arturo A. Fuentes, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Dr. Fuentes is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he has worked since 2001. He obtained his MS and Ph.D. degrees from the Rice University in 1997 and 1999

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - GIFTS

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niamh Williams, The Engineering Lab; Leah Bug, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Arin Morgan Crow; Erica Mahoney

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

development.Arin Morgan CrowErica Mahoney ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 GIFTS: Undergraduate Student Professional DevelopmentIntroductionThis paper explores the impact and effectiveness of the innovative approach taken by astudent-run Engineering Lab in the College of Engineering at NC State University, with guidanceand mentorship from a faculty lab manager, in promoting professional development through peermentorship. By providing students with hands-on experiences, collaborative projects, andguidance from experienced peers, The Engineering Lab fosters a dynamic and supportiveenvironment encouraging continuous learning and growth. The paper analyzes the benefits ofthis approach for the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio College; Carolyn Robinson, Mt. San Antonio Community College; Brandon Saller, Mt San Antonio College

engineering education practices in community colleges.Logic Model for Pathway DevelopmentPrior to this NSF-funded project, there was no formal body of data collected regarding Mt. SACstudents pursuing degrees and employment in engineering technology disciplines. Universitypartners and national databases provided an incomplete picture of transfer admissions, and therewas no industry-specific documentation Mt. SAC student employment. In the face of this ‘datadesert’, Mt. SAC convened an evaluation team to develop a logic model and evaluation tools thatwould identify correlations between student learning activities, institutional interventions, andindividual student success. This evaluation team included Wook Kim, Mt. SAC Research andInstitutional

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Kambiz Farahmand; Kai Jin

evolving processes that are mostlyproviding goods to the US and overseas automobile manufacturers. Program curriculumand teaching methods have also evolved over the years as originally expected. Thestructured curriculum presented originally provides two integrated portions (Industrial &Electrical) based on design, test, and manufacturing with respect to the knowledge baseand needs of the Maquiladora Engineers. This paper describes the program developmentand the long distance teaching techniques used in the graduate engineering degreeprogram offered by the Texas A&M University-Kingsville for educating the Rio GrandValley Engineers. The innovative features introduced to the program, teachingchallenges, student research projects, and the

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Malena Agyemang, Clemson University; Cameron J. Turner, Clemson University

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Design in Engineering Education

and project success [40]. It was found that when descriptions are poor, theproject tends to result in a cost overrun or failure. Purpose, overview, and general context ofrequirements were ample in normal projects and poor in overrun projects. Knauss, (2009)investigated the impact of requirement quality on project success as well [38]. Using metrics onrequirement quality such as # Critical Types, Grammar, Rules of Expression, Ambiguous Terms,Existing Identifier, and Unexpected Tech Terms, the research question was investigated. Using apoint system to rank requirement quality, it was found that projects that scored more than 44points were successful, while requirements scoring below 40 points were not satisfactory. When examining design

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #26340Work in Progress: Awarding Digital Badges for Demonstration of StudentSkillsDr. Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Joan Schuman is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department at Missouri S&T. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Arkansas and completed her Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Southern Mississippi. Schuman is a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified through the Project Management Institute. She worked for several years

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia A. Meyers, American International College; Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England University

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Biomedical Engineering

oc- cupational therapy, management, adaptive technology and adult physical disabilities. These reflect her interest in the history, philosophy and current research in the profession. Her work experience incorpo- rated interprofessional collaboration which she believes has positively influenced practical application in the classroom. This experience has also contributed to her interest in interprofessional education (IPE) as a component of student curriculum and expanded to assistive technology where occupational therapy and engineering students collaborate on project designs. Her interest and research in IPE has led to local, na- tional and international presentations related to this subject matter. She has

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown

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Computers in Education

simulationsoftware student and educational versions, and Visual Basic and the National InstrumentsLabVIEW student and educational versions. The industrial software includes the IntergraphSmart Plant Electrical industrial version. Advantages and disadvantages of the use of the types ofsoftware are considered. How each type of software is used to improve the curriculum andteaching practices is discussed. Innovative learning strategies and student project work are given.Many of the students in the four-year university programs have a wide range of technicalexperience and academics. These students often also work in quite different professions whileattending courses at the university even though most program graduates will later work in theengineering field

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daren Wilcox, Southern Polytechnic State University; Steve Wilson, Southern Polytechnic State University; Gerd Wöstenkühler

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Electrical and Computer

Embedded Design in a Sophomore CourseAbstractRecently in academia, a push has emerged to include engineering design early in a student’s coursesequence. The desired result is to captivate the student’s interest in engineering before the student hashad a chance to change majors. Otherwise, the student would not experience the design process until thecapstone courses in the senior year. In this paper, an embedded design project in a sophomore course ispresented. The design project is based on the USB Toolstick from Silicon Laboratories. The USBToolstick is an 8051 series microcontroller that is self contained, economical, and very student friendly.What follows is a discussion of the sophomore course, an overview of the USB Toolstick, and examplesof

Conference Session

Anything New in Dynamics?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts

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Mechanics

Investigating Impulse Loading using Model Rocketr yAbstractA project is presented that uses experimentally determined thrust data for a commercial modelrocket engine to investigate impulse loading relations. Certain model rocket engines approachimpulse loading; completely burning in a fraction of a second. Using a fixture instrumented withstrain gages and a high-speed National Instruments data acquisition system, the studentsexperimentally collect the thrust verses time response of several Estes model rocket engines. Thestudents formulate two flight models for a rocket of known mass loaded with the specific enginebeing investigated. The first model uses the measured thrust data directly as input to the governingdifferential equation for the rocket. The

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

engineerAbstractIn the fall of 2004 a college with five undergraduate academic programs decided to integrateservice-learning (S-L) projects into required engineering courses throughout the curriculum sothat students would be exposed to S-L in at least one course in each of eight semesters. Theultimate goal is to graduate better engineers and better citizens. Four of the degree programshave achieved on average one course each semester, with an actual coverage of 103 out of 128semester courses, or 80% coverage over the four years. Of the 32 required courses in theacademic year that had an average of 753 students each semester doing S-L projects related tothe subject matter of the course, 19 of the courses (60%) were considered engineering science,that is, not

Conference Session

Design Communications

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

undergraduate students. In order to effectively enhance creativity, tools have to bedeveloped to map it. Here an attempt will be made to differentiate team creativity fromindividual creativity. Individual creativity here will relate to the process of generating ideas onthe basis of learning types and brainstorming techniques. Team creativity will relate to theadditional creativity, which is generated through synergy and team dynamics. In this study, theauthors extended the use of design notebook used in design project to research notebook used ina research project on the selection of freshman design projects. For the research notebooks, acoding rubric will be constructed that is used describe and quantify the creativity instances thatoccur in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Sustainability

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Humberto Eduardo Cavallin; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jonathan Munoz Barreto; Jose L. Perdomo, University of Puerto Rico; Drianfel E. Vázquez, University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus; Fabio Andrade Rengifo P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Myagüez Campus; Ormari Troche

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering, forensic engineering and Professional Ethics in Engineering. He has been devoted to various Federal Sponsored Project, currently being the Project Di- rector of two projects for the US Department of Education and one project as Co-Principal Investigator for the NSF. Doctor V´azquez obtained his BS, MSCE and PhD from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez and a Juris Doctor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, all of them with honors. Finally, doctor V´azquez is both a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Licensed Professional Attorney at Law and Public Notary in Puerto Rico’s jurisdiction.Prof. Fabio Andrade Rengifo P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Director of the

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 6 - Technology & Simulation

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Mah P.Eng., Northern Alberta Institute of Technology; Neetu Sharma, MacEwan University

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Construction Engineering

area of curriculum and academic program development, construction management, construction material waste minimization, sustainable residential construction, greenhouse gas reduction, green building rating programs and process evaluation. Don possesses diverse work experience in the design, construction and project management of various types of building and infrastructure projects.Mrs. Neetu Sharma, MacEwan University Neetu Sharma is an Associate Professor with the Department of Accounting and Finance at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Canada. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Experiential Student Learning through Collaborative Simulated

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Components

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gregory Hislop, Drexel University; Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

intended to foster discussion within the software engineeringcommunity about developing and maintaining shared curriculum resources on an on-going basis.The paper approaches this topic by summarizing the experience of the SWENET project increating shared curriculum materials for software engineering. SWENET, The NetworkCommunity for Software Engineering Education, was an NSF funded project to developcurriculum modules for faculty members wanting to incorporate software engineering conceptsin new or existing courses. The paper discusses the project results, focusing on lessons learned.Although the benefit of sharing course materials is obvious, the practice is not particularly widespread in higher education. Reasons for this low level of sharing

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Kuczenski, University of Notre Dame; Joshua Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Mark McCready, University of Notre Dame; Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

educational process outside the classroomand ways to encourage students to have a more direct role in their own personal development.For this purpose, we present here the Notre Dame Electronic Portfolio (NDeP) project, which isdesigned to help us meet this goal. To date, we have successfully launched the NDeP project to aclass of ~80 chemical engineering sophomores who were able to create electronic portfolios, andwe were able to assess these portfolios using a rubric developed for this purpose.IntroductionThe primary goal of our undergraduate program is to produce engineers who are one step aheadof their peers, who have begun to prepare themselves for more than just their entry-level jobs. Inorder to reach this goal for our students, our department

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

José O Valderrama; Carolina Ponce; Zenaida Otero Gephardt

general agreement includes student and faculty exchanges, research opportunitiesand collaborations in the development and exchange of teaching methods. It is a great benefit tostudents and faculty in both universities. The agreement can serve as a template for internationalcollaborations between institutions in the United States and Latin America.A research project involving supercritical fluid extraction of a salmon food additive from microalgae is currently underway. The additive, astaxanthin, is a natural pigment and antioxidant.Chile is the second largest exporter of salmon in the world, second only to Norway. Ajunior/senior level engineering clinic has been jointly developed for the Control and Dynamicscourse in the Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Laura Sullivan

scientific advances are being made atthe interfaces of traditional disciplines and approaches to science are becoming more integrative.(2003, p. 2) As such, an interdisciplinary engineering education is a realistic model for trainingfuture leaders in the engineering sciences for the purpose of advancing the research abilities ofengineering graduates. The National Science Foundation funded Project Kaleidoscope in 1990, a study toidentify best practices in the teaching of undergraduate math and science. In “The Women’sCollege Difference,” Sebrechts (1999, p. 47) discusses the report generated at the conclusion ofthis project. This report recommended that “mathematics and science education be driven bycollaboration among students and faculty

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeid Moslehpour

of this projectwas to investigate the use of the Freescale Semiconductor Microcontroller Student Learning Kit(MCUSLK) in combination with National Instruments Educational Laboratory VirtualInstrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS). We used Code Warrior development studio.IntroductionThis paper investigates the Freescale MCUSLK in a distance laboratory setting. The purpose ofthe project was to understand how to use the Freescale kit and the NI ELVIS system over theInternet. This would lead to a virtual lab environment where students could create, upload andtest microcontroller programs remotely.First, we wrote and simulated computer programs using the Code Warrior development studio.Next, we uploaded the program to the microcontroller and ran it. We

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

overall number of minorities entering the United States labor force. 2 This means that mostminority students are not pursuing degrees in engineering. Since the VaNTH ERC’s SLC iscomprised of a diverse group of students, however, K-12 minority students will be involved inoutreach projects led by some minority engineering students. Third, engineering outreach allowsVaNTH SLC engineering undergraduate and graduate students to teach K-12 students to applyengineering principles that they themselves are being taught in undergraduate engineeringclasses. 3 This not only reinforces their own education, it also allows SLC students to gainexperience teaching engineering at an undergraduate level with a possibility of pursuing careersin academia

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven O'Hara; John Phillips

the structuralconcepts to their future design projects, as well as build on their knowledge of structures.Architecture : Shading indicates level of Architectural Engineering Faculty contact/emphasis Page 8.690.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Oklahoma State University’s School of Architecture offers five year professional degrees inArchitecture and Architectural Engineering. The first two years of the five year curriculumconsist of the pre-professional program, in which architecture and architectural

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Schmidt

graduates to receive training in statistics for design of engineeringexperiments and interpretation of data. A key element of this course is an experimental designproject based on applying statistical methods to an existing engineering standard. This projectprovides students with a real-world example of how to apply statistical principles to practicalengineering problems and experiments. Student assignments for this project demonstrate 8 outof 11 outcomes required by ABET 2000 criteria.Design of Experiments CourseThe Design of Experiments course teaches basic statistics skills and introduces the principles ofexperimental design. This is a required course in the junior year of the BME curriculum and isthe only statistics course that BME

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Liapi

projects are included.IntroductionThe invention of new building conceptions is usually driven by specific needs. The urgentneed for shelter that occurs after natural disasters, or the need for rapidly erectedbuilding structures due to extreme or unusual environmental conditions, such as thoseexisting in the outer space, are some examples. Deployable structures recently attractedthe attention of many researchers because of their obvious advantages when speed oftransportation and erection are primary considerations (Escrig 1996; Hanaor 2000). Adeployable structure is one that can be pre-assembled, relocated to a site, erected andused, then disassembled and moved to another site. Possible applications of deployablestructures include emergency

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert D. Knecht

Environmental Science (CEES) at the University of Oklahoma8 proposedcurriculum changes that would incorporate a single design project integrated throughout thecurriculum. This common design project would bring the curriculum together and integratematerial learned in early courses. A primary goal of the project is to produce graduates who areself-disciplined, responsible, computer literate, and who can communicate effectively withfellow engineers, management, and the public.Examination of the literature concerning engineering design provides diverse views of whatengineering design is. For example, the Engineer’s Council for Professional Developmentdescribed design in terms of the processes that are required to optimally “meet a statedobjective” whereas

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Plumb; Jerry Fong; Arnold Peskin

. The teams work on problemsselected by staff members at both Corning and Brookhaven that span the gamut of thesciences and engineering technology, and which take advantage of capabilities unique toBrookhaven or Corning: e.g. scientific visualization facilities, advanced scientificinstruments, cutting edge material science and world-class staffs.Following internship, the lead teams are responsible for transporting key pieces of theseprojects back to their home campus, and involve other faculty and students. Thisprogram, which represents a next step in distance education, creates an extended learningcommunity that emphasizes campus-based, real-time interactions between participants atdifferent sites. The earliest projects involve construction of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifford R. Mirman

project where the engineer must usenumerical work and experimental methods. In the Mechanical Engineering program at Wilkes University,students of senior standing must take a capstone design laboratory course which integrates the stems ofthe program into a semester long design project incorporating a laboratory and numerical component.The ability to set-up and apply both experimental and numerical analysis to a design problem, andinterpret the results, is very important to the mechanical engineering student. The results of this projectsare presented both in written and oral form to fellow students, faculty, and industry. The combination ofanalysis techniques in the different areas of mechanical engineering give the students a completeintroduction

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan F. Brennecke; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz; Mark A. Stadtherr; Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin; Mark J. McCready; Roger A. Schmitz; Wallace B. Whiting

/ † University of Nevada, RenoIntroduction Knowledge of technologies and strategies for pollution prevention and the remediation ofhazardous pollutants, as well as the environmental impact of pollutants that are released into theenvironment, is an increasingly important part of the average Chemical Engineer's jobresponsibilities. Therefore, in the Departments of Chemical Engineering at the University ofNotre Dame, West Virginia University and the University of Nevada at Reno, we areimplementing through courseware, research and design projects a program to 1) develop thestudents' appreciation of the impact of pollutant release from chemical processes and of theenvironmental, ecological and long-term economic benefits of pollutant minimization

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Medoff, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz; Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Design in Engineering Education

-autonomous operation and vehicle response tosensors (such as an ultrasonic distance sensor) under computer control. This flexibilityallows this electric car platform to support a wide range of future experimentation anddesign projects. Educational resources (lab exercises, team projects) developed tosupport this activity will be presented.1. Introduction Penn State University was awarded an NSF grant ‘Toys and MathematicalOptions for Retention in Engineering (Toys ‘N More) in 2008. This is a five year grantextending to 2013. This project is being conducted at the University Park campus, as wellas fourteen other Penn State campuses throughout Pennsylvania. The overall goal of thegrant is to improve the numbers of students enrolled in retention

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lance W. Traub, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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Aerospace

Aeronautical University, Prescott AZAbstract The development of an undergraduate advanced experimental aerodynamics course isdiscussed in this article. The aim of the course is to allow an easier transition to graduate levelresearch through development of problem solving skills as well as exposure to the researchprocess. The course comprises a mixture of applied theoretical and hands on project basedlearning. The theory component is modular, with coverage of topics supportive of the assignedprojects. Use of numerical tools for airfoil and aircraft analysis is required, as is proficiency inLabView for data acquisition. Projects are performed in groups. Students generally conduct twoprojects. One is equipment based, where students become proficient

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh M. Sbenaty

Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies at MTSU has participated forthe first time in Sunrayce 95 through its entry SOLARAIDER III. The biennial solar car race isdesigned to promote the use of renewable energy sources, the efficient use of energy, andinnovation in engineering and technical education. The author has served as a faculty advisor tothe undergraduate student team overlooking the design, construction, and testing of the solar car.Benefits of this project to MTSU students, the younger generation in particular, and the public ingeneral are described below.INTRODUCTION Sunrayce is a biennial solar car race sponsored and organized by General Motors (GM),Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE