Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

by implementingmultidimensional projects such as the solarbike, moonbuggy, and SAE formula one withthe final goal of competing in national competitions. It is through these projects thatstudents are able to see the big picture.Freshmen students are paired with a senior mentor and together, these teams are requiredto complete all aspects of the project from the initial research and the design process tobudgeting and manufacturing nearly everything from within the laboratory. In the end,the students are able to see the outcome of their projects by competing against top-notchuniversities in a national competition. Freshmen students complete the project as part oftheir fulfillments for the Introduction to Engineering Fundamentals course while

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Electric Circuit problems and their interest level was alsoincreased which resulted in better retention in the course. The name MATLAB stands forMATrix LABoratory. MATLAB was written originally to provide easy access to matrix softwaredeveloped by the LINPACK (linear system package) and EISPACK (Eigen system package)projects. MATLAB is computational in nature which provides conceptual approach for designingand solving problems in Electrical Circuits. MATLAB has embedded software calledSIMULINK which provides an essential way to model, simulate and analyze Electrical Systemswhich are characterized by some inputs and outputs. This paper will discuss the summerundergraduate research training project in which the students tested the basic electrical

Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Tom G. Thomas, University of South Alabama; Kuang-Ting Hsiao, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

composite materials. A companion thread for the program is LabVIEWprogramming, which is integrated into each topic. Robotics and the associated programming areintriguing topics for the students and provide immediate motivation for studying engineering.The students explore instrumentation, sensors, and control using Lego Robots. They useLabVIEW to investigate material properties and behavior for metals, polymers, and composites.The LabVIEW and MINDSTORM combination provides immediate, visual, verification ofproject solutions. Each topic is introduced by a series of short lectures followed by hands-oninteractive laboratory sessions. The students quickly gain skills and facility with both tools,using creative approaches to accomplish the various

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Berenice Verdin, University of Texas at El Paso; Ricardo Von Borries, University of Texas, El Paso; Patricia A. Nava P.E., University of Texas, El Paso; Andrew C. Butler, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Science Board and the Director of the National Science Foundation. As a Ph.D student she worked on a project sponsored by Army Research Laboratories. In addition, she worked as a graduate intern for Locked Martin Corporations. She presented her research results on SPIE Symposium Photonics + Applications. She earned her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in August 2009. After completing her Ph.D, Dr. Verdin taught several electrical engineering courses at the University of Texas at El Paso.Dr. Ricardo von Borries, University of Texas, El PasoDr. Patricia A. Nava P.E., University of Texas, El PasoDr. Andrew C Butler, Duke University

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10694C-STEM Curriculum for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (Cur-riculum Exchange)Prof. Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis Harry H. Cheng is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate Group in Computer Science, and Graduate Group in Education at the University of California, Davis, where he is also the Director of the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (http://c-stem.ucdavis.edu) and Director of the Integration Engineering Laboratory. His current research includes developing computing and robotics technologies and integrate them into

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Marie Bergen, Cal Poly State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-grade students and their teachers. She went on to become head naturalist at Foothill Horizons and later performed a variety of roles in Oakdale schools, including GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) teacher/coordinator, district science mentor teacher, elementary science special- ist, and district science fair coordinator. During her final ten years in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District, Anne Marie was the District Science teacher /coordinator creating a science program that was laboratory and field based reaching over 2500 students and 120 teachers annually. Currently she is the Sci- ence Teaching Specialist for the Liberal Studies Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She has a B.S. in Biology from Cal

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Michael Hutchison, University of Illinois

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Research Fellow and recipient of the University of Illinois Clean Energy Education, Mavis Future Faculty, and Kuehn Fellowships. Page 24.653.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Graduate students help to create a discovery-based and cooperative learning experience about clean energy for high school students (curriculum exchange)Target Grade Level: 9-10th grade basic science and 11-12th grade advanced science classes.Authors’Names: Justin M. Hutchison, Alicia Burge, Katie M. HutchisonCorresponding Author: (J.M.H.) 4125 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, MC250, 205 N

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Wang, University of Illinois, Chicago; Lin Li, University of Illinois, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as the director of Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Research Laboratory. His research inter- ests include real-time energy management of manufacturing systems, multi-machine system modeling and throughput estimation, discrete event simulation, joint throughput and energy control, Lithium-Ion vehicle battery manufacturing and reliability assessment, and intelligent maintenance of manufacturing systems. Page 24.727.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Inclusion of Renewable Energy

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Kyle Jeffrey Benalil, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Francisco Martín Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

pursue a graduate education at the University of New Mexico. Throughout his undergraduate degree, Francisco was the President of the NMT Society of Automotive Engineers Student Chapter. During his time as president, the chapter grew to become one of the largest chapters in the world. He also volunteered at the NM State Science and Engineering Fair and NM State Science Olympiad. Francisco was awarded the NMT Student Appreciation Award (2013), the DOE Summer Visiting Faculty-Student Fellowship at Sandia National Laboratories (2013) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Outstanding Scholarship Award (2012

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Omnia El-Hakim

fostering socialresponsibility, community service and scholarly research that contribute to the social, economicand cultural well being of the Navajo Nation. CO-AMP has moved quickly to achieve program effectiveness within the participatinginstitutions and among its tribal partners, and has entered into several collaborative efforts withexisting federally- and state-funded programs, professional non-profit organizations,corporations, and government agencies/laboratories. Also, CO-AMP has aimed for thecontinued institutionalization of its programs through in-depth communication and collaborationwith CO-AMP partner institutions and with Colorado Institute of Technology (CIT) activitiesinitiated by Colorado Governor Bill Owens. CO-AMP’s

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Liou

in the hope ofimpacting the career choices of their students. Some high school students alsoparticipated in the workshop. The material presented in the workshop included CADmodeling, rapid prototyping, and lean manufacturing. Some industrial representativescame to the workshop to interact with the teachers and students on the prospectives ofadvanced manufacturing technologies. The participants also toured manufacturingresearch laboratories on campus and two local manufacturing facilities. This paperdetails the experiences of both the participants and facilitators of the workshop.I. IntroductionIt is a common misconception that jobs in the manufacturing industry consist of onlymachine operators. However, industry’s needs are much broader

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

textbooks [1,2] on relatingtheory to industrially relevant chemical reactions. There is an ongoing effort at RowanUniversity to integrate these new tools and ideas into the chemical reaction engineeringcourse. This paper describes reaction experiments that have been developed, and howthey are intended to complement other activities in the course.The Rowan chemical reaction engineering class has a weekly 3-hour laboratory period,which, until recently, has been devoted to virtual experiments conducted usingPOLYMATH, HYSYS and ASPEN. These computer laboratories are valuable becausethey illustrate many of the same concepts as wet-lab experiments with less substantialtime, cost and space requirements. Students can use a simulation to explore

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Nastasi; Leslie Brunell; Keith Sheppard

, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Product-Architecture Digital Media Laboratory supports the Masters program. Thelaboratory focuses on advanced digital design environments including geometricmodeling, interactivity, scripting languages and virtual reality. The laboratory is equipedwith a full Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA) suite.Interactive Digital Media is explored using scripting capabilities in Maya, ActionScripting and Rhino and the laboratory includes a full set of ceiling mounted cameras,blob tracking devices and projection systems for full scale performative environmentstudies. Three dimensional scanning technologies are explored using a wide array ofdevices including a Cyrax - Lidar type

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

group of students to discuss the project, to keep trackof the progress, and to learn the problems. During the semester, each design group makes twoprogress presentations followed by the question and answer session. At the end of the semester,the students complete the final report and make the final presentation of their design.Descriptions of the Projects The author has guided 8 design projects during the last three years at Lamar University.Only two projects from these classes were discussed in this paper. The first project involved thedesign of a laboratory-scale test stand for demonstrating air-conditioning processes using theSenior Design Grant from American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioningEngineers (ASHRAE

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Cordelia Brown

and final phases were applied to all students in theIntroduction to Digital Logic course. The second phase was applied to selected sections of thecourse. In the initial phase, students in all sections of the course were administered the Index ofLearning Styles Questionnaire, a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and a laboratory experiencessurvey. In the second phase of the learning model, the students in the selected sectionsparticipated in weekly learning sessions. The weekly learning sessions provided students withpractice problem sets and a structured environment to collaboratively practice problems anddiscuss Introduction to Digital Logic concepts. The final phase of the learning model evaluatedthe performance of students in both environments

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viveca Deanes; Olakunle Harrison

teams to make good first starts, yet still be involved in learning independent of the instructor • Plan to be flexible regarding shifts in product design specifications and deliverables • Be reasonably familiar with the operation and nuances of primary components used in hands-on exercises and projects to reduce student frustration • Be proactive in dealing with team related problems • Make adequate provisions for hardware failuresV. SummaryFor most ME students, the mechatronics course is their first real hardware experience withelectronic and electrical devices in a non-laboratory environment. Most laboratory exercises arepresented in such a way that students seldom have to engage in the kinds of

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suryaprasad Jayadevappa; Ravi Shankar

hands-on laboratory intense course with three laboratoryassignments, two tests and one term project. Some of the laboratory assignments involvedextending few of the design examples developed and provided in class. For example, partof the first assignment involved reusing the 1-bit adder to develop a 4-bit adder. Theother part of first assignment involved reusing the 4-bit adder to develop a 8 bit adder.For the term project a simple instruction set computer was first discussed in detail inclass. This involved the various stages of the processor design including the SystemCdesign code being made available. Later the students were given a specific instruction setwith few addressing modes and encouraged to develop the design for the processor

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Rogers; Phil Lunsford; Paul Kauffmann

identifiedrecommendations for best practices in new engineering curricular models and the bullets belowsummarize these points. • Implementation of “engineering up front”: the exposure of freshmen to hands-on, real- world engineering practice early in their undergraduate education, ranging from ‘professional level’ laboratory facilities to realistic design projects. Many engineering programs have postponed this experience until the junior or senior year. • Integration of students working in teams rather than independently, including cooperative learning, especially in the earlier undergraduate years. Although the study found an emphasis on a team approach as a difficult process (including problems related to team composition, organization, methods

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Sauer; Pedro Arce

described above has been implemented and studied at the FAMU-FSU College ofEngineering, Tennessee Tech University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, in a varietyof courses such as Momentum Transfer, Heat Transfer, Kinetics, and Introduction to ProcessDesign. A close coordination with the laboratory work associated with these courses has beenfollowed in some cases in order to assess the impact of the approach on the students in other Page 9.1207.4team settings. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Sheinberg; Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

established.The paper describes development of the Safety and Fire Engineering Technology program,institutional response to community needs, curriculum, facilities including laboratories andsimulation programs, student background, and depicts program growth. Finally, conclusionsdescribe reasons for success of the program and future plans for continued development.IntroductionThis paper describes the Safety and Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at theUniversity of Houston-Downtown (UHD). The historical development of the program isdescribed to emphasize how UHD meets the needs of the community. The objectives of the Page 9.906.1program were

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker

lecture material based on a standard Page 10.511.2textbook10, laboratory testing, and use of the ANSYS finite element software “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”package. The process involves moving from simple lumped spring-mass systems,to continuous systems (beams), for which there are closed-form solutions fornatural frequencies, and finally to a slightly more complex system, a compressorstator vane, for which the system natural frequencies can only be obtainedthrough modal testing or finite

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Physics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McNeil

, averaging just 15 credits per semester in thejunior and senior years1. A traditional physics program will contain core elements frommathematical physics, intermediate mechanics, intermediate electricity and magnetism, thermaland statistical physics, quantum mechanics, electronics, and advanced laboratory methods. Wecompressed these traditional core physics courses into the sophomore and junior years leavingseven electives in the senior year. These curricular changes coupled with a high level oftechnical literacy typical of physics students provided the flexibility needed to allow motivatedstudents to pursue a wider spectrum of engineering and applied science graduate tracks. The first track is for the 30% or so of our students intending to

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

straight-forward, but tedious. It is believed that a laboratory experiment specifically designed toillustrate dimensional analysis would increase the students’ interest in the subject andwould significantly enhance the students’ comprehension of the technique.Accordingly, we have developed an experiment dealing with natural and forcedconvection from heated horizontal cylinders. There are three cylinders of differentdiameters, each having an internal electric heater. The heat transfer rates from thecylinders to the surrounding fluid can be changed by varying the power input to the Page 10.42.1heaters. Steady-state measurements are made of the power

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Niebuhr

Table 1. Winter 2000 Failure Analysis Course OutlineThe course was taught as a two laboratory / one lecture mode, which gave ample time forstudents to complete their projects but lacked sufficient time for lecture on advanced topics. Thefirst week in lecture and lab introduced students to the expectations and deliverables for thequarter. Beyond that the labs were loosely structured with students working in parallel to eachother, with the instructor available for consultation. The lecture topics covered included: • NDT, non-destructive testing. This review covered details of each method and focused specifically on the equipment / methods available for use in class. • Fracture modes: brittle, ductile; DBTT in steel

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krupczak

engineers andcontemporary engineering problems. Seven one-hour laboratories are included during thesemester. Homework focuses on the development of an ability to solve engineering scienceproblems in the topic areas. There are two semester exams and a cumulative final, allemphasizing problem solving.Table 5: Schedule of Topics in Introduction to Engineering.Topic WeeksFields of Engineering 1Engineering Design 2Units and Dimensions 0.5Engineering Estimates 0.5Introduction to Electrical Engineering 3Introduction to Mechanics 3Mass and Energy Conservation

Conference Session

Current Issues in Aerospace Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

emphasis coincided with a reduction in engineering curricula that hadfocused on application related design activities. Prior to that time, undergraduate engineeringprograms were typically of five-year duration, with 170 or more credit hours. In response toconsiderations of economy and declining enrollment, universities were forced to reduce credithours and program length. Courses eliminated during this time typically included theapplication-based laboratory classes, which, in the short term, allowed engineering to fall in linewith the program lengths of other disciplines. Unfortunately, the long-term impact of thesedecisions was to be largely negative for engineering graduates. Observing this, McMaster andMatch said that “Too few of our

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor Giurgiutiu; David Rocheleau; Jed Lyons

developing this emerging engineering educationfield. DME-USC established a course for teaching microcontrollers to mechanical engineeringstudents – EMCH 367, www.me.sc.edu/courses/emch367. The course consists of four majorcomponents: (a) classroom instruction; (b) homework; (c) laboratory; (d) project. The classroominstruction is focused on instilling in students the basic knowledge related to programming andusing the microcontroller. Part of the classroom instruction is performed in a computerlaboratory, where the students interact with simulation software on a one-on-one basis. Thehomework is focused on the students’ understanding and retention of the concepts in a self-teaching style, and it consists of examples that students follow and exercises

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

Paper 2004-1243 Real or Simulation: Experiences Using Computer Simulation versus Remote Operation for Process Control Jim Henry Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598 Richard Zollars Department of Chemical Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2710AbstractThis paper has a comparison of student reactions to having laboratory experimentsconducted

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Stewart; David Elrod

, classes meet for two hour-long lectures and athree-hour laboratory session each week. The lectures are taught by a team of four faculty. Eachlaboratory session is led by two teaching assistants. A total of ten teaching assistants support thelabs and hold office hours during the fall and spring.Initially, ME/CEE 1770 was a text-based course. Lectures were from presentations that Page 9.228.1accompanied the required course textbook. Laboratory activities were established to go with the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri

some of the “typical” skills that are expected of “typical”software engineer.3. Softwar e Quality Assur ance at Milwaukee School of Engineer ingThe academic schedule at MSOE is based on a quarter system with three quarters in an academicyear. Each quarter involves ten weeks of instruction with the eleventh week devoted to finalexams. Typical software engineering courses are three or four credits, and most have anassociated laboratory session. The undergraduate software engineering program at MSOE [4]began operation in 1999 and had its first graduating class in spring 2002. The SE program wasvisited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in September 2002and is one of the first accredited SE programs in the United