Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rhode; Allen Jaedike; Michael Hennessey

presented. The CAD projects vary widely, e.g. as characterized by the geometric features present in the parts,assembly structure, number of parts in the assembly, overall complexity, physical scale, industry represented, inaddition to coloring and other presentation and viewing issues. The primary purpose of this effort is to elegantlyshowcase the body of quality work generated in a relatively compact manner to permit an enjoyable perusal andreflection that may be of use to others teaching future CAD courses or others, such as students interested in CADwork in a BSME program. In addition, one can see the natural evolution of the course since it was first taught overthe past 3 ½ years. The projects demonstrate the application of CAD knowledge

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials & General Mechanics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

as a full class and in small groups, andproblem- and project-based learning experiences (PBL). When the full class cooperates insolving a problem, all students get exposed to the different possible solution strategies fortackling a problem. Small groups allow students who may be hesitant to ask questions in front ofthe entire class an opportunity to ask questions of their peers or even of the instructor in a moreprivate setting. The use of PBL reinforces the concept that multiple strategies for approaching aproblem are possible. Students are asked to produce a specific outcome, such as the developmentof a reduced order model, but they are not told what method or approach to use for this process.At the end, the students must evaluate the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

courses leading to a minor in mathematics. Communication, Interpersonal, and Leadership Skills – Special attention is given to the development of students’ communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. Writing and presentations skills are practiced and developed in many courses, as are discussion, speaking, and teamwork skills. Undergraduate Research – Engineering students have the opportunity to participate in undergraduate research projects supervised by individual faculty members. Life Long Learning – Engineering graduates are educated to become self-learners, life long learners, critical and creative thinkers, creative problem solvers, effective communicators and wise

Conference Session

Issues in ET Education I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Joseph Michael PE, Gannon University; Fredrick A. Nitterright, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

1989 from Westmoreland County Community College, the B. S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology in 1991 from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and the M. S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. Mr. Nitterright is a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers SME, and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education ASEE . Fred Nitterright began his career as a machinist at Elliott Support Services in Donora, Pennsylvania in 1986. He was employed as a computer-aided draftsman at Powerex, Inc, a project engineering at Stanko Products, a process engineer at Ami-Doduco, Inc., and a project engineer and team leader at Classic Industries, Inc., in

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

Collaborative Efforts in Engineering and Technology Education R. Sterkenburg, D.L. Stanley & J. Lampe Purdue UniversityAbstract - Over the last two years, Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Aviation Technology (AT)students at Purdue University have been collaborating and competing in several aviation relateddesign-build projects. This paper will describe three such projects: The Personal lifting vehicle(PLV), the lighter than air vehicle (Blimp), and the Hovercraft. Elements of collaboration,competition, and design-build strategies were utilized in an effort to increase student motivation.In the first project students of ME and AT worked together to design and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

Making Industry Meaningful in College Dorene Perez, Jim Gibson, Rose Marie Lynch Illinois Valley Community CollegeMaking Industry Meaningful in College (MIMIC) is an innovative, multidisciplinarycurriculum project that places students from engineering design, electronics, and business intoentrepreneurial teams to select, design, prototype, manufacture, and market a product. Itspurpose is to provide students with opportunities to implement and sharpen their technical andother critical workplace skills in a simulated industrial setting. Pioneered at a comprehensivecommunity college, MIMIC is adaptable to a variety of disciplines and to a variety of schoolsettings from

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Farbrother

Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA. m-launsbach@onu.edu6 J. T. Wagner, EE Undergraduate, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA. j-wagner@onu.edu7 K. J. Zwingler, ME Undergraduate, Unit 3594, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, USA. k-zwingler@onu.eduASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. June 20-23, 2004works two to three days a week in the EiR office at ONU and the remaining time atMAP’s headquarters located in Findlay, Ohio.The EiR serves two functions. The first is as a supervisor, handing out assignments andkeeping track of the progress of those projects. The EiR also functions as a mentor –training, explaining and instructing the students about MAP, job responsibilities

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

and organizational issues (Vaughn, D, 1996).In addition to crisis cases, where the AEC student is backed into a dilemma late in the designprocess that involves whistle-blowing and resignation as possible options, there is a need for casesinvolving preventive measures early in the design and construction process. The advancedtechnology has created enormous environmental, social, and cultural stresses, and enormousopportunities for improving the quality of projects. Often AECs fail to see their part in this bigpicture. But then who designs energy systems that can be efficient and environmentally sensitive,manage the project with safety and quality or use up valuable natural resources and producepollution? Ethical choices in construction are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Qaissaunee

Session #: 1526 Wireless Communications Model Program Development Michael Qaissaunee, (mqaissaunee@brookdalecc.edu) Brookdale Community College Newman Springs Road Lincroft, NJ 07738 732-224-2879 This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DUE-0302909 ABSTRACTThe goal of this project is the modification of an existing Electronics Engineering TechnologyAssociate of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in CET and MET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Sprinsky

Session 1449 Integrating Instruction in Geographic Information Systems with a Civil Engineering Technology Curriculum William H. Sprinsky Pennsylvania College of TechnologyAbstractAt the Pennsylvania College of Technology, we feel that the tools of project design andmanagement, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), should be taught along with themore usual subjects in a Civil Engineering Technology curriculum. Such a tool is an applicationof some very basic concepts to design and construction. Students learn the use and constructionof coordinated

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Trioloa; Charles Garnett; Barry Mohle; Alfred Wicks; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

growing number of Federal agencies which is expressingconcern about its ability to meet its future workforce needs. A variety of strategies has beenproposed that address this situation. One of the approaches being considered is the establishmentof collaborative research connection with universities in areas of mutual interest. Two suchprojects involving Virginia Tech and the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia, aredescribed in detail including a discussion of benefits from both the points of view of the Universityand the Center. These projects as well as others which are more briefly described representexamples of ways in which university research connections could be used as a part of ananticipated nation-wide Navy R&D Center

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Burt; Krishna Athreya; K-Y. Daisy Fan

engineeringexperience comprising field-specific information sessions, panel discussions, team andleadership building, hands-on activities, all focusing on a complex, multi-disciplinary project.The CURIE 2000 project was a water quality management problem that highlighted technical,social, political, and economic aspects of “real life” engineering. The project was created anddelivered by a graduate student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with support from fiveundergraduate Program Assistants who facilitated the group interactions and provided socialmentoring for the girls. The challenges and rewards of such an ambitious project were plentiful.The CURIE experience not only increased the girls’ awareness of the opportunities and technicalchallenges in

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Bilbeisi; John Phillips

fundamentals of astructural system. By organizing the session in this way, the students are eager to learn what wasright and what went wrong with their design process!The first architectural design studio is conducted in the second semester of the first year of study.Like all architectural design studios at OSU, this is a six credit hour course which meets forsixteen hours a week. In this course, students undertake a variety of simple design problemsaimed at increasing their intuitive sense of order and design logic. The course begins with aseries of abstract design problems demonstrating ordering principles, patterns, and focal points.3D Nine Square Project Point, Line and Plane CompositionThese abstract problems

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Harwood; David Shaw

. Introduction to engineering design and decision-making. Christian world-view applied to engineering. Use of logic, experimental design and design criteria. Project oriented. Page 7.927.1 "Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education"The class meets for lecture two hours per week and for a weekly three hour laboratory period.In an audit of departmental objectives1 using the Levels of Learning (LoL) defined by Bellamyand McNeill2,3 it was determined that two of the objectives receiving special

Conference Session

Global Education in Construction Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Grau, University of Alabama; Edward Back, University of Alabama; Guillermo Mejia, University of Alabama and Universidad Industrial de Santander

Tagged Divisions

Construction

construction workforce. Currently, he investigates the effect of a novel program to increase the retention of first-year undergraduate students enrolled in an engineering college. The program also aims at increas- ing engineering student success, enhancing the sense of community and belonging by the students, and improving the transfer of knowledge in the engineering disciplines. In order to succeed in his research endeavors, Dr. Grau frequently collaborates with social scientists and educators. Prior to his academic career, he worked for more than seven years both leading an engineering department and managing com- plex industrial projects in South and Central America, and Europe. He is a registered Industrial Engineer in

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Officer at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Her portfo- lio is the Diversity of the Engineering Workforce program with a charge to provide staff leadership to the NAE’s efforts to enhance the diversity of the engineering workforce at all levels including the diversity of those being prepared to enter the future workforce. She is the project director of a $2 million dol- lar National Science Foundation grant to increase the number of women receiving baccalaureate degrees in engineering. In addition to her duties at NAE, in March of 2007 Didion became the Director of the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. This is a standing committee with a new mandate to work as a focal point on gender

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Classes?AbstractThe paper discusses two different challenges, presented in the form of two projects, as apart of the Introduction to Mechanical Design class at California State UniversityFullerton, using inductive techniques. The students take the theoretical ideas ofmechanical design and implement them with moderate guidance for the first project andlimited faculty involvement in the second project. We use techniques to uncover what thestudents are asking themselves as they try to solve each challenge, in order to asses theapproach and get ideas for possible enhancement. Based on these questions, the mainproject objectives: critical thinking, responsibility for students’ own learning andintellectual growth, are discussed. The approach itself is

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi; Lewis Frederick Jones III, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Construction

AC 2012-5325: UTILIZING A COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL REALITYENVIRONMENT AS A TRAINING TOOL FOR CONSTRUCTION STU-DENTSDr. Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi Tulio Sulbaran received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology with a con- centration in construction management and with a minor in computer engineering and strong statistical background. He has more than eight years of work experience in the A/E/C (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry with office and field experience in scheduling, estimating, and project man- agement in the United States and several international locations, including Venezuela, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Thailand. Sulbaran is an

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; J. Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

two multidisciplinary service-learning programs: the Access by Design project that has capstone students design devices for people with dis- abilities to participate in adapted physical activity, and Organic Twittering that merges social media with sustainability.Dr. James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is a professor of mechanical engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently, he is a visiting Fulbright scholar at Kathmandu University in Nepal. He teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of machine design, fluid power control, and engineering

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha W. Ostheimer; Elmer Grubbs

Session 3232 Real World Capstone Design Course Elmer Grubbs, Martha W. Ostheimer The University of ArizonaAbstractRecent feedback from industry and our alumni indicates that graduating engineers need betterpreparation in solving open-ended problems, thinking "outside the box", working in teams, andin developing strong communication skills. In response to this feedback, as well as ABETProgram Outcomes Requirements, we redesigned our senior capstone course to include realworld and multidisciplinary technical projects proposed and sponsored by eleven companies

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Kleppe; Eric L. Wang

. The lectures cover areas including: patent law, financial records, venturecapital, SBIR, product liability, ethics, product development, creative thinking, invention, andstarting your own company. Perhaps the best known of all the guest speakers is Dr. PaulMacCready from Aerovironment, developer of the human powered Gossamer Albatross5. Byproviding students with a broad experience of relevant lectures, it is hoped that the students willinfer what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.Like many capstone courses, the lectures are supplemented with a large-scale project-basedlearning activity. In the span of 90 days each E-Team must go from concept generation toworking prototype. Along the way they work within a budget, order supplies

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Hussen; Jose Castro; Robert J. Gustafson

importance. A listing ofall responses given to the “Other” option are shown below in categories designated by the TaskGroup.Rank Topic Mean Std. Dev. 1 Project management 4.24/5 0.70 2 Other (See list below) 3.96/5 1.20 3 Cost accounting/cost estimating 3.68/5 1.00 4 Decision analysis 3.63/5 1.03 5 Finance 2.97/5 0.96 6 Organizational behavior/organizational theory 2.94/5 1.03 7 Marketing 2.83/5

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

Session 3538 Developing the EDG Curriculum for the 21st Century: A Team Effort Ronald E. Barr The University of Texas at AustinABSTRACTA Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Instruction (CCLI) proposal was submitted to the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) in November 1998. The title of the proposal was “Engineering Design Graphics Summer School1999: Planning the Engineering Design Graphics Curriculum for the 21st Century.” The project proposes toestablish a team of highly-motivated Engineering Design Graphics faculty who

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence B. Korta

included 47 participants from sixteenuniversities located in eight different countries.This paper describes the curricular content of the program and its development from the initial1991 offering limited to Czech and Slovak students. Special note is made of the unique “live”industry sponsored multinational team engineering project which has become the cornerstone ofthe program and which presents some interesting challenges not unlike those encountered insimilar situations in industry.The paper concludes with some comparisons of this industry sponsored “short course” to the moreconventional international exchange programs also offered by Milwaukee School of EngineeringBackground…initial programIn 1991, representatives of Rockwell Automation (then

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Ruggles

provide each student with anunderstanding of the various fields within the engineering profession. In order toaccomplish this, a design project was selected that incorporates each of the fourengineering disciplines (Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical) offered at LafayetteCollege. The project was to design and construct a water monitoring device that can besubmerged in a river and collect data for extended periods of time. The course is brokeninto four blocks each taught by a faculty member from each of the four engineeringdepartments. A total of 162 students were divided into eight sections. Students rotatethrough each of the blocks developing a portion of their design project within a designteam of about five students. Each block has

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Marybeth Lima

Session 1308 Principles of living systems and engineering design for freshmen level students in biological engineering: design of a tiger habitat Marybeth Lima Louisiana State UniversityAbstractThe design of a tiger habitat for LSU mascot Mike the Tiger was assigned as a class project forBE 1252: Biology in Engineering, a required freshmen level course in the BiologicalEngineering Curriculum. This project was chosen because of its relevance in illustrating theboundary between living systems (animal, human and plant) and the environment, because of itsproximity to and

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Paul Yoder, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ilie Talpasanu, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Radu Ceausu, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Yusuf Eid, Wentworth Institute of Technology; HAN THANH HUA, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nathanael Hillyer, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests include dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing, artificial intelligent in manufacturing, and engineering education.Yusuf Eid, Wentworth Institute of Technology Yusuf Eid received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Throughout his time at Wentworth, he studied various subjects focusing on stress and strain analysis as well as simulation-based design. Yusuf also participated in various internships throughout his time at Wentworth, including project management and manufacturing roles

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LaTricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University; Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Micaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University; Aaron Arenas, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Careers in Rural Middle SchoolsAbstractThis paper explores lessons learned about the developing and sustaining high-quality industrypartnerships during a NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers(ITEST)-funded community-based engineering design course centered on advancedmanufacturing. The three-part course for underrepresented middle school students in rural NClaunched in 2020 and has served over 100 students to date. The project aims to allow studentsand teachers the opportunity to explore the full range of STEM advanced manufacturing careeroptions available in their local community. Students learned STEM content as well as technicaland job essential (soft) skills necessary for future employment; while, teachers boosted

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 6: Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, Rowan University; Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Mitja Trkov, Rowan University; Wei Xue, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

student-generated soft robotics modules to impact the learning andinterest in soft robotics of both the students designing the modules and the students participatingin the modules once they are developed. Our project leverages a course structure called‘engineering clinics’, which are modified versions of capstone design experiences. Within clinics,third and fourth-year students engage in team-based projects with faculty or industry mentors. Theten students in our clinic were split into three teams and tasked with 1) surveying existing softrobotics designs and applications, 2) creating a soft robot prototype, and 3) designing a learningactivity around their prototype. At the end of the semester, student module designers were askedto self-report

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Morteza Sameei, Houston Community College Northeast

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2322: MENTOR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR A PEER-TO-PEERLEARNING ENVIRONMENT: LEADERSHIP VS. CURRICULUM BAL-ANCEFarrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston Farrokh Attarzadeh earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1983. He is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983. Dr. Attarzadeh may be reached at FAttarzadeh@central.uh.edu.Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston Deniz Gurkan received her B.S. (1996) and M.S