Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Essam K. Zaneldin P.E., United Arab Emirates University; Amr M.I. Sweedan, United Arab Emirates University; Munjed A. Maraqa, United Arab Emirates University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Arab Emirates University. In addition to his experience in the academia, Dr Zaneldin has more than thirteen years of work experience in areas related to design, construction su- pervision, and project management of mega size projects in North America and the Middle East. He has authored and co-authored several journal and conference publications in topics related to engineer- ing education and course management, design coordination, change management, site layout planning, constructability, claims and disputes, and simulation of design and construction operations.Dr. Amr M.I. Sweedan, UAE University Amr Sweedan is an associate professor of Structural Engineering and the Chairman of th Department of Civil and

Conference Session

Issues in ET Education I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

againstproposals made at the ETLI meeting and elsewhere to rebrand ET as General Engineering orApplied Engineering which would subsequently lead to the elimination of the B.S.E.T. degree.Second, a features table is drafted based on the ASEE annual profile metrics for the purpose ofrestarting the conversation on national ranking of ET programs. Third, the article promotes theneed for universities to work toward establishing and nurturing graduate ET programs as a meansto strengthen ET’s footing in academics and scholarship. A generic M.S.E.T. degree plan isoffered as a starting guide. And finally, a cost-effective national marketing strategy is outlined tosignificantly increase ET awareness in the community.On Rebranding ET: Is there really a problem

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

notions have been introduced to undergraduatestudents through an undergraduate design course. Two case studies from building engineeringare presented: thermal comfort and indoor air quality (sick building syndrome) taken fromundergraduate design courses. A flow chart is presented and discussed for both cases.We discuss the design program from students’ point of view, and the experience earned indesign, experimentation, and also in written and oral communication skills. Future plans toevaluate the effectiveness of the case studies in terms of learning outcomes, as well as plans toevaluate it in undergraduate architectural engineering training are also presented. 1. Introduction:Teaching a design course is challenging and differentiates from

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of Utah; Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Crystal Orantes, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

toinitiatives within the College of Engineering, including the first-year experience, transfer studentsuccess, summer camp coordination and development, lesson plan development, and diversityinitiatives. The Ambassadors still bring modules out to high school classes and promoteengineering at community events; however, they also serve as a focus group for opinions andinitiatives on retention issues. The current group of ambassadors is a varied group with highpercentages of female (70%) and ethnically diverse (60% non-Caucasian) students. The majorityof the applicants for the ambassador positions are ethnic females, a disproportionate Page

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn K. Byers, Quinnipiac University; Justin W. Kile, Quinnipiac University; Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, and aerospace and mechanical engi- neering design. She is a licensed Professional Engineer and is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft.Dr. Justin W. Kile, Quinnipiac University Dr. Kile is the associate dean of engineering and an associate professor of industrial engineering at Quinnipiac University. Prior to joining Quinnipiac in 2012, he was an associate professor and program coordinator for the Industrial Engineering program at the University of Wisconsin – Platteville. His research interests include material handling, facilities planning, and logistics. Additionally his education based research is in the areas of communication skills and lean curriculum development. He earned his Ph.D. and

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Ramirez Apud Lopez Zaira, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

conditional knowledge(knowledge about when and why to use strategies). KC includes knowledge of task, strategy, andpersonal variables. RC covers five areas: planning (goal setting), information management(organizing), monitoring (assessment of one’s learning and strategy), debugging (strategies usedto correct errors) and evaluation (analysis of performance and strategy effectiveness after alearning episode). RC includes the ability to monitor one’s comprehension and to control one’slearning activities. The self-regulation factor of metacognition describes activities that regulateand oversee learning such as planning (predicting outcomes, scheduling strategies) and problem-monitoring activities (monitoring, testing, revising and rescheduling during

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seth Bates; Patricia Backer

the minicurriculum face design challenges whilebeing instructed about the constraints of manufacturability. In each course, students developthree to four products. All products are developed using advanced solid modeling software,donated by EDS Unigraphics, capable of high levels of simulation and analysis. Instead ofsegregating the design, materials, and processing instruction, the minicurriculum uses designprojects as a medium to learn product design basics including CAD, manufacturing materials,design for assembly, planned innovation process, and functional aesthetics. This initiative, apartnership between the College of Engineering and the School of Art and Design, modelssuccessful industry examples of integrated design and manufacturing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Jones; Karen Berger; Tamara Knott

major engineering concepts of problem solving and teamwork. Exploring Engineering Dayaimed to promote engineering as a stimulating, exciting, and rewarding field of study as well asto dispel the idea that engineers must wear hard hats or work on trains. It was also our goal tohave the children see that engineering is not just for men but to show the young women that theytoo can pursue a career in the fields in engineering, math, and science.Previous experience has indicated that educational outreach events such as ExploringEngineering day benefit not only the participants but also the volunteers involved in the project.This paper provides details of the organization, planning and implementation of the event, aswell as an analysis of the

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Massarani Marcelo; Jose Siqueira; Celso Furukawa

hours7 Entrepreneurial skills Training on writing a business plan8 Creation of a Business plan Developing, proposing and defending a business plan for a technology-based companyThis work describes each activity of the EM and discusses the motivation for each of its sessions. Page 9.1259.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe reasons behind the Entrepreneurship MarathonThe first efforts toward creating a class for extra-curricular study

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alvin Lester; Bruce Mutter

. Software Applications (COSC 201), Statics and Strength of Materials (CIET203), Hydraulics (CIET 212), Environmental Systems (CIET 301), and Construction Estimating(CIET 220). We plan to have all civil engineering technology courses facilitated by the web by Page 10.464.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Educationthe fall of 2006. The students will have global “24-7” access to course materials, as well as,meeting face-to-face in the classroom. B. Blended/Hybrid Course DevelopmentBlended/Hybrid

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

solves that problem. Equally important, this four-semester program models theindustry process: engineers pass their original designs to designers who prototype and model;designers pass the designs to drafters who complete the working drawings.While this program was designed for a four-semester, community college setting, it isadaptable to other timelines and other college settings. It is a replicable, cost-effective model.The origin of the capstone projectTen years ago, the engineering design instructor and a business instructor at Illinois ValleyCommunity College developed an innovative plan to provide their students with workplaceexperiences. As a project in one of their courses, the instructors integrated their students intoteams to develop

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Teri Rhoads; Kurt Gramoll

Paper 2005-2156 A Pilot Study for a “Course-less” Curriculum R. L. Kolar, R. C. Knox, K. Gramoll, T. R. Rhoads University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractIn 2002, we received an NSF planning grant (NSF EEC 0230681) that builds upon our SoonerCity project, which was funded through the Action Agenda program (NSF EEC 9872505).Briefly, Sooner City is a comprehensive, integrated, infrastructure design project that is threadedthroughout the OU civil engineering curriculum, beginning in the freshman year. For practicalpurposes, the original Sooner City project was implemented in the

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Valentina Cecchi; Karen Miu

reconfigurationcan also be performed to balance load across three phases using single-phase switching. For the above reasons, electric power utilities plan for the installation of network switchesand perform network reconfiguration to balance loads and reduce losses. Therefore, it is veryimportant to provide students with practical experience as well as theoretical analysis skills onnetwork reconfiguration, specifically planning and operation techniques. At Drexel University, a network reconfiguration experiment has been developed to providestudents with hands-on experience on how to balance loads and reduce real power losses usingnetwork reconfiguration. The objectives of this experiment include for the students to: 1) Understand the need for

Conference Session

Novel Courses for ChEs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Dickson

Skills in: • Communication and Presentation. • Analysis and Numeracy. • Information Technology. • Planning and organization. • Teamwork and Collaboration. • Innovation and Creativity.These are represented in the core Mathematics, Science and Chemical Engineeringsubjects through years 1-5, with a “business outlook” covered with a full module in Page 9.1255.2Process Economics and attempts to bring in “commercial judgments” made in Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Kissoff

own project information and choose which portions to sharewith which organizations. ProjectVillageTM offers the ability to create custom online workflowpaths to route construction documentation to the proper project participants. It also includes anonline plan room where bid and construction documentation is stored for use in the managementprocess8. Whether there were uses available for construction education or opportunities forresearch to further develop the system, the ProjectVillage organization had no firm objectives intheir offer. However, one facet of the initial meeting between the parties was very intriguing tothe CET program. The construction of the new $45 million residence hall on The University ofToledo campus was to be

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

Office, which allowed students to download lecture notes. TheTablet then allowed students to take additional notes on the lecture slide with their Tablet pen.Using the Journal program, example problems that I presented in class could be taken on theTablet and saved with lecture notes. Another important factor in the selection of the Tabletrelated to the term project, which involved a geotechnical analysis of a problem site off campus.Site plans and boring logs were presented on WebCT, which students could download. Theycould then take their Tablet to the site and take notes and sketch existing conditions and possiblesolutions on the loaded plans

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

F.C. Lai

considered. In addition, the floor plan of thebuilding is fixed and it is chosen to be a single-family detached house (Fig. 5). The air-conditioning equipment is located in the garage where no air-conditioning is provided. In thecalculations, the internal loads contributed by occupants and appliances are predetermined forsimplicity. Thus, the factors that have direct influences on the cooling load of the house are:building orientation, outdoor and indoor design conditions, construction tightness, constructionmaterials, infiltration, and ventilation of outdoor air. The equations used for the load calculationare summarized below. (1) qd = Ud (CLTD)d Ad

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

anengineering program would already be familiar with the methodology. A non-traditional studenttaking courses at multiple academic sites would be more productive. This approach would allowthe coalition to market a suite of educational modules and course to regional industry under aunified umbrella. Finally, the breakdown into a modular structure is essential in that courses aredifferent institutions do not necessarily conform to a single model and modularity is desirable.Development of this framework was achieved by comparing the curricular needs at eachinstitution in light of industry needs, accreditation requirements, and articulation plans. Theresults of these deliberations appear in Table I, which shows areas where the institutions havecommon

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

, comprised of multiple stand-alonelessons, form the backbone of the teacher workshop offerings. Teachers benefit by having atested set of standards-based curricula to take back into their classrooms, coupled with theconfidence of having learned how to teach the content. The university K-12 EngineeringProgram benefits from observing the lesson plan presentations made by the teachers during theworkshop and incorporating the teachers’ suggestions to improve the curriculum. Page 9.1154.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

skills and managerial skills through theory and practice in four semesters of MEPH 5811/6811 Operations Management. • Creating a forum for focused discussions in the application of ethical behaviors in professional environments through a full summer seminar series MEPH 5821 Ethics for Scientists and Engineers. • Creating a full summer course in funded program management that requires each student to submit a full funding proposal with his or her major professor to an appropriate agency at the end of the course (MEPH 5831 Proposal Writing and Management). • Requiring each student to use Microsoft Project TM to plan their research activities with monthly reporting of Project Gantt

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mellinger Margaret

entrepreneurship endeavors.Austin Entrepreneurship Program at Oregon State UniversityOregon State University (OSU) is a land, sea, and space grant institution with a studentpopulation of around 20,000. It is one of four universities in the Northwest to be granted aranking of Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive. There were over 3,000 undergraduatestudents in engineering and over 2,000 undergraduates in business as of Fall term, 2002.1 In2003, the university completed a strategic plan emphasizing five multidisciplinary themes. Oneof the thematic areas is “optimizing enterprise, technological change and innovation.” 2 Tocapitalize on this theme, university administrators are looking at greater levels of collaborationacross disciplines, departments and

Conference Session

BME Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wagner; Daniel Cavanagh

that might affect dissolution rates such as temperature, surfacearea, drug and surrounding fluid composition. Conservation of mass concepts were utilized torelate the rate at which the drug dissolves into the liquid regions near the pill to the rate at whichthe drug is transported to areas far away from the pill. Following the overview of dissolutionmechanics, the students were provided with an in-class activity where their three person labgroups were assembled in order to carry out some initial planning for the first lab session. In thisplanning session, the groups were given a memo from a fictitious drug company requesting themto design experiments which will help analyze the dissolution of a new throat lozenge. Thestudents were restricted

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabriel Ferrer; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

2002 and resultswill be presented at the 2003 ASEE meeting in Nashville, TN.There are several other courses from which to draw resources and ideas. The SwarthmoreCollege course, entitled “Building Intelligent Robots”9, is an introduction to bothcomputer science and artificial intelligence. This course uses the C programming language.Students read and discuss research papers from the literature in addition to the laboratoryexperience of robot building and programming. In the Hendrix course, we plan toemphasize issues in robot construction to a greater degree, leaving less time for in-depthreadings from the robotics literature. We also intend to emphasize the relationshipbetween reactive and traditional symbolic artificial intelligence in our

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

encouraging younger students to consider engineering careers.Walk On Water at USD is a great learning experience that serves several purposes. It is a designproject for freshmen engineering majors at USD, a project for high school science classes, anevent which creates awareness of engineering in the local community, a forum for interaction ofhigh school and college students, and a vehicle for upper-class engineering students to developskills in planning and executing an event including fundraising and publicity.The paper will introduce the WOW event and then show how the competition provides a vesselto promote engineering and applied science throughout many areas within the local community.IntroductionThe annual Walk On Water (WOW) competition has

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saumitra Mishra; Boris Ramos; Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

developing our approach,we examined how lean principles were taught in a number of settings and reviewed pedagogicalapproaches.Teaching Process Design and Lean Principles. We reviewed courses taught in IE programs ata number of universities and found that relatively few had developed a separate course focusingon with lean topics at the undergraduate level. Those that had lean courses typically geared thesecourses to upper-level undergraduates or graduate students. More typically, courses had beenrevised to address the individual tactics associated with lean design, but typically as an add-ontopic (for example, in production planning and control, one might add a session on kanban). Wehad traditionally taken this approach at WPI. As a consequence, we

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Amey; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher

the incentives/disincentives for faculty to teach various courses, to participate in various planning and assessment activities, and to assist the department in meeting its collective responsibilities in certain areas. Consistent with Massy and Wilger 5, most faculty members will not pay sufficient attention to collective responsibilities without some modification in reward structures. Comprehensive reforms involve challenging promotion and tenure criteria, spelling out the relative value of meeting collective obligations. Less radical reforms include giving release time for course preparation and additional conference travel for faculty members involved in educational reforms. In either case, bringing key

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Lundstrom; Ram Chandran; Arnaldo Mazzei

. We plan to move from a content-intensive, faculty-centered wayof delivering information and skills to a problem-driven, inquiry-based approach with embeddedassessments of student’s outcomes throughout a series of integrated courses. A new set ofintegrated core curriculum is planned which emphasizes the development in stages of specificlearning skills such as critical thinking and collaboration between students and instructors in anactive mode of learning. The integration of a knowledge set involving dynamics, vibration, systemmodeling and analysis, and control systems is the subject of this text. It is believed that thisintegrated experience will culminate in an integrated capstone or specialty experience in which thestudents will apply

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Chmielewski

not a raft; it is a ribbed boat thatrequired planning and careful execution. (Odyssey 5:244-231) It is the sort of tight work thatAthena upholds. And, for the Greek mind, it is the technology that makes cities, centers for theexchange of goods and ideas, possible. A ship is a system tool that enables the mind and thecommon life to move out and learn.13:121-122 Building a boat, however, is only one example of “metis” at work. Cunning intelligencemust be carefully distinguished from craft activity. “Metis” involves sizing up a problem, setting agoal, and securing the execution of each directed step. Such planning and one specific form ofexecution required Odysseus’ metis when he had to face the plague of suitors and, thereby

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

construction involves certain challenges that must be tackled in a well-planned manner.For non-engineering students, the module intends to make a meaningful contribution to theircomprehension of the complicated nature of construction. This will be coupled with assignedtechnical readings on simple principles of load-supporting structural components. It is hoped thatthis module will serve as an eye opener for those who have never had any exposure to the buildingindustry. It is also anticipated that the technical content planned for this course will help non-engineering students achieve a reasonable level of understanding of what could be a life-longuseful knowledge

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sundiata Jangha; Richard Peltier; Pamela Reid; F. Scott Cowan; Christal Gordon; David Woessner; Douglas Edwards; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

chapter representing these highschools, GTSBE is responsible for planning programs, events, and activities that cater to the highschool students. GTSBE also provides mentors and access to a leading research institution thatotherwise would not be available.Although GTSBE does programmatic planning for the NSBE Jr. chapters, it is the goal of theorganization to have independent and self-sustaining NSBE Jr. chapters at local high schools.The collegiate mother chapter, ideally, should only serve as a guide and advisor. The NSBE Jr.chapters aim to replicate the structure, mission, and programs of the collegiate chapters, whichincludes active planning and ownership by the students themselves.Implementation: What does NSBE Jr. do?StructureNSBE Jr. at