Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

toemphasize both the simplicity and complexity of the problems that they will encounter asengineers. The Shewhart Cycle was used as a tool for continuous learning and improvement inthe design of this course.9 The Shewhart Cycle consists of four continuous steps: Plan, Do,Check, Act, and then repeat as necessary. If we discovered that the students did not learn whatwas intended in the check portion of the cycle, we would move through the cycle again underslightly different conditions. The syllabus reflects the Shewhart Cycle, because it leaves roomfor change by keeping the subjects somewhat vague, such as “Pit and Pit’um Laboratory” orComplex Systems (see the class web page at http://www.me.sc.edu/courses/U101E/). Thisallowed room in the course for

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

provide. With the advent of high-speedInternet communications an alternative approach to providing hands-on experiences hasbecome possible – remote operation of real equipment. Such remote operationexperiences are fully learn-by-doing with nearly all the positive and negative aspects oftrue hands-on laboratory work. Such an approach can, however, be frustrating forstudents at the remote site if the equipment malfunctions.During the past two years the process control class at Washington State University(WSU) was taught using both of these approaches. Computer simulations for processidentification and control were provided using Control Station®(http://ww.controlstation.com). Remote operation of actual equipment for the samepurposes was provided

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bahr; M. Grant Norton

requirement has not been used as a deciding factor inselection. Instead we have targeted recruiting directly at institutions, majors, and organizations,which result in an application pool that is more representative of the general population than theaverage demographic pool in engineering at Washington State University.Our REU program starts at the beginning of June and runs for ten weeks ending the first week ofAugust. We have found that interactions between the students are increased if they all stay indormitory accommodation on campus. These interactions are important not only on the sociallevel but also appear to increase collaborations in the laboratory. During the first week of theprogram the students meet each other, are introduced to the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

projects. 12. To develop skills in locating information resources (library and other). 13. To introduce some of the computer tools and laboratory equipment available in the department.The list of objectives is a tall order for a course that meets for two “lectures” a week, onMondays and Fridays and a three-hour lab period on Wednesdays. Traditionally, the lab periodshave been used for special topics related to the design project in the beginning and to theplanning and construction of the project in the latter part of the semester. The lectures arefocused on the subjects from the textbooks4-6 and some in-house papers. Topics covered in thelectures are: 1) Team Work, Personality Type, Conflict Resolution; 2) Keys to Success

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Heenan; Hector Estrada

Engineering Department) has averaged 270 admissions applications per year over thelast two years. Freshman admission into the program is limited to an average of 78 students or29% of the applicants according to Dr. Edward Gibson2, former Associate Chairman forArchitectural Engineering. The main reason for limiting enrollment of freshman students Page 10.455.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationaccording to Dr. Gibson is limited space, including laboratory and studio facilities. The studentswho are not

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

) per week, with four hours oflecture or, when the course requires, a lecture and a laboratory (both consisting of two hours).For basic design courses, where no laboratory is included or in-class activities are not required,the two-hour lecture blocks can be more efficiently utilized if part of the block is used for studentlearning of the material presented by the instructor instead of using the entire block just forinstructor presentation.This paper presents a simple idea for achieving this goal. The idea was implemented and testedin three distinct engineering courses, namely ME-309 (Vibrations), MECH 210 (Mechanics I –Statics), and MECH 310 (Mechanics III – Dynamics). For evaluation purposes, student feedbackand comments are included in the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Morgan; Beverly Davis

Promoting Engineering Education as a Career: A Generational Approach James Morgan, Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory Beverly Davis, Purdue UniversityAbstractCurrently, there is a fundamental paradigm shift in society with regards to attitudestowards the sciences. In higher education, this shift is especially noticeable withinengineering programs. Many educators are encouraged to shift the traditional teachingfocus and concentrate on student learning. A disturbing trend finds many young peopleare unaware what a career in engineering entails, are unaware of the job opportunitiesafforded to them with an engineering degree, or for numerous reasons decide early on

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Johnson; Jason Lynch; Michael Butkus

breadth of material coverage while simultaneouslypresenting courses in a logical fashion so that they build upon and reinforce one another and notappear as individual, disjointed topics. Aligning courses and their content with the engineeringthought process is one approach that can achieve both objectives. This paper describes how thisconcept is applied to a three course engineering sequence offered as a part of a core curriculumto non-engineering students at the United States Military Academy. Engineering design stepssuch as problem definition, design and analysis are linked with fundamental environmentalengineering concepts like risk assessment, pollutant partitioning, and materials balance.Examples of how course objectives, laboratory

Conference Session

New ET Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American society for Engineering Educationsubstantial and the program has a great deal of potential to serve an important need for themilitary and for the country._________________________________Bibliography1. Crossman, G. The Logistics of Teaching an Interactive Television Course to Remote Sites, Proceeings of the1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1649, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.2. Verma, A. & Crossman, G. A Mobile Instructional Laboratory to Supplement the Televised Program inEngineering Technology, Proceedings of the 1995 ASEE Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 1995.3. Crossman, G. Teaching Laboratories in Distance

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Dana Burnett; Michael Warren; Rainer Fink

ofteaching concepts in mixed signal test. [1] This initiative began with the donation of a Teradyne A567automated production (ATE) tester by Texas Instruments, Inc. and Teradyne, Inc., which is currentlybeing used in the advanced mixed signal test course. This is one of two mixed signal test courses that arecurrently offered within the EET program. The introductory and advanced mixed signal courses givestudents a hands-on experience in the field of mixed signal test. By using both the ATE tester and aPC-based lab station, a variety of topics in mixed signal test taught in the classroom can be reinforcedthrough a laboratory experience. One topic that is of particular interest is that of data correlationbetween test platforms.Data correlation refers

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Benson; John Baker; David Silverstein

students in mechanical engineeringtechnology enrolled at MuSU and mechanical and chemical engineering students at UK.This collaborative effort involves utilizing the design skills of the UK students to developtransfer functions required to model and design a control system for an ElectrohydraulicActuation (EHA) position control apparatus located in the Motion Control Laboratory onthe MuSU campus. MuSU students use their hands-on skills to develop the hardwaresystem and implement the control scheme. Students at UK and MuSU then jointly (viathe Internet) operate the equipment, conduct experiments, report observations,troubleshoot problems, and evaluate both success and failure. In addition to the practicalexperience in controls education, students

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Heidi Newell; Kevin Dahm

- A hazardous operations (haz-op) report - One final examination from a junior level chemical engineering class (Reaction Engineering or Heat Transfer) - One laboratory report from the senior level Unit Operations Laboratory Course)These items were all “constructed-response formats” (5-7) in which a student furnishedan “authentic” response to a given assignment or test question. These were selected overmultiple choice “selected response” formats because they better represented realisticbehavior (8).Although the items contained in the portfolio provided a wide range of samples of studentwork, they could not be as neatly mapped to the ABET criteria. There was simply noway to look

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudhir Mehta

Mechanical Engineering (ME) curriculumat North Dakota State University, like in many ME curriculums at other universities. It consistsof two 50-minute recitations and one two-hour laboratory. Typically, the course contains erroranalysis, different types of sensors, signal conditioning, and computerized data acquisitionsystems.A PBL module for the temperature measurement unit was introduced using a real-world problemof instrumenting some parts of a power plant (please see Appendix). In this exercise, students,working in small groups, identified what they needed to know (learning issues) to solve thisproblem. The instructor’s role during this exercise was that of a facilitator, pointing students inthe right direction mainly by asking questions (as in

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

the freshman year.First semester engineering freshmen at Youngstown State take a three semester hour coursewhich is taught with two lecture hours and three laboratory hours per week. One of the activitiesthese students complete is a model rocket project. Teams of up to five students investigate theproblem of predicting the height a model rocket can obtain and compare this prediction with theactual height achieved by a model rocket launched by the group. Page 7.54.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Robert Doty

are discussed. Finally,results of an alumni assessment survey are presented. The goal of the practice-based seniordesign experience at Baylor University is to produce engineering graduates who have the self-confidence and practical knowledge necessary to become immediately productive in today’sproject-oriented workplace. Interpretation of these assessment results supports the conclusionthat this goal has been met.I. IntroductionEngineering design is integrated throughout the curriculum at Baylor University, and meaningfuldesign work is required of students in many courses beginning with the introductory freshmancourse and progressing through the senior electives and laboratories. However, EGR 4390Engineering Design II is the capstone design

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Tragesser; Gregory Agnes

Session 2793 SIMSAT: A Ground-based Platform for Demonstrating Satellite Attitude Dynamics and Control S. G. Tragesser and G. S. Agnes Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765 J. Fulton U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO 80841AbstractA laboratory platform capable of demonstrating the attitude dynamics of an orbiting satellite wasdeveloped at the Air Force Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrzej Filipkowski; Krzysztof Zaremba

, the engineering education was delayed as compared to the Western Europeancountries. Many elements of education had to be changed with a view to preparing ourengineers for entering the European labor market: · curricula · laboratories · teaching and learning system · industrial training · foreign language teaching · attitude open to international orientationIt was a great advantage that education decision makers had become well aware of what wasgoing on in the world and could try to introduce the most desirable changes.Let me discuss the above mentioned elements of engineering education one by one.Curricula. In this respect the situation was not so bad. Polish universities of technology wereresistant enough during these

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz

cylinders on an internal combustion engine.Basic sensor assembly was completed as a laboratory requirement for the course. The sensorassembly consists of an optical encoder, a sensor holder frame and a handle. A pulley is attachedto the shaft of the encoder. An O-ring is fitted over the groove of the pulley. When pressedagainst it, the pulley can ride on crankshaft belt of an idling internal combustion engine. Pulsesgenerated by the encoder are acquired and stored in a file using National Instruments 1 PCI 6023Edata acquision board and National Instruments LabVIEW data acquisition software. Stored datais processed using LabVIEW software and results are displayed. Variation of frequency of thesignal is proportional to the belt speed. Belt speed is

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Biswajit Ray

experience.Direct and indirect assessments of the established student outcomes for the project experiencewere conducted to evaluate the pedagogical effectiveness of the PBL approach.End-of-semester projects, a key component of the PBL methodology, provide opportunities tostudents for developing the project idea, preparing the project proposal, specifying all of thenecessary sensors and actuators, implementing the project including necessary shop work,preparing a final report, and orally presenting their work including demonstrating successfuloperation of the project.The following sections present a summary of the course-level assessment approach, pre-projectcourse-embedded laboratory experience, PBL structure and management, two sample studentproject

Collection

2023 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Michael Marsolek, Seattle University; Katie Kuder, Seattle University; Joseph Pacini; Patricia Jones; Luis Jaramillo Gomez; Manuela Estrada Giraldo; Manuela Torres Giraldo; Juan Camilo Valencia Reyes; Jose Manuel Rangel Gutierrez de Pineres; Zainab Ahmad, Seattle University; Ian Woodley, Seattle University

initial analyses, and plan exchange visits. In spring, students at SU carried outlaboratory work to create synthetic coffee wastewater. PUJ visited Seattle University in earlysummer to conduct laboratory tests using the synthetic coffee wastewater with granular mediaand bag filters. Seattle University went to Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá in latesummer to tour coffee farms, see various coffee bean harvesting and water processingtechniques, and conduct laboratory tests using the same filters but with real coffee wastewater.Experimental results show that sand filters could significantly improve turbidity but suffer fromsevere head loss, while the bag filters perform poorly with synthetic wastewater but showpromise with real coffee

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Ayse Tekes, Kennesaw State University; Razvan Cristian Voicu, Kennesaw State University; Coskun Tekes

laboratory environments. To give an example, theeducational laboratory equipment favorably utilized in mechanical vibrations and control theorycourses is tailored with custom software and data acquisition systems to implement inputs and recordoutput data. This inhibits students’ understanding of signal flow and data recording. Consequently,students struggle to replicate similar tasks using low-cost alternatives to actuate the mechanisms ordesign a controller to accomplish desired tasks. To address this problem, we collected feedback fromundergraduate mechanical engineering students enrolled in mechanical vibrations (junior level) andcontrol theory courses (senior level) to assess their confidence levels and proficiency inprogramming, identifying

Conference Session

Research in Biomedical Pedagogy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Rae Papich; Christian James Kennett, Gannon University; Davide Piovesan, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Page 24.956.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Open-source software in Biomedical Education: from tracking to modeling movementsProject OverviewA curriculum in biomedical engineering requires a set of laboratory experiences which allowstudents to familiarize with a number of medical equipment and simulation software that arecommonly used in the health care industry. Typically, engineering tools such as force plates,electromyography (EMG), and motion capture systems are used to acquire subjects’ data to beused as input for simulation software, so to characterize human movement performance.Movement analysis is a topic of extreme importance to be presented to the

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sabrina Grossman, CEISMC: Georgia Tech; Jessica D. Gale; Beth A. Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nancy Anna Newsome, Georgia Tech - Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing; Brian Douglas Gane, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jayma Koval, Georgia Tech, CEISMC; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

worked as a faculty member of the Biology Department and was Director of the elementary school outreach program in the Office of Science Teaching at Florida State University (FSU). In her 21-year career she has worked with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the National Park Service as a science educator and researcher and has been executive director of multiple non-profit environmental organizations. This experience has given Beth a strong background in grant writing, partnership building, laboratory research, teaching across K-12 and adults, as well as program development and curriculum writing.Miss Nancy Anna Newsome, Georgia Tech - Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Com-puting

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Fred Richard Beyette Jr., University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

/ Laboratory) Retrospection Reflection Examination (Co-op Experience) Figure 1 Instructional Model of UnLectureMethodsImplementation of UnLecture in an engineering classroom requires meticulous assessment ofseveral aspects of the course. First, class time and student workload for existing traditionallecture modules and other course components such as laboratory projects need to be re-evaluatedin order to make time for the UnLecture activities. This is important because UnLecture requiresa reasonable amount of time and work, both inside and outside of the classroom. An UnLecturerelated to a certain topic is typically held after that topic is covered in a

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

. He served as chair of manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Facility. In 2010 he as Co-PI received NSF-ATE grant entitled Meeting Workforce Needs for Mechatron- ics Technicians. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen-powered automotive. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer

Conference Session

Implementing Transfer, Exchange, Research Programs and Professional Development; in Asia and Far East

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

International

7000m2 (75,000sf) of laboratory space.The University of Dayton (UD) 3 was founded by the Society of Mary (the Marianists) in 1850.It has evolved from a boarding school for boys into a top-tier national, private university and oneof the 10 best Catholic universities in the nation. The University of Dayton has over 7300 full-time undergraduate students, over 3000 graduate students, and 508 full-time faculty.The University of Dayton School of Engineering has 1827 undergraduate students, 68 full-timefaculty, and over 100,000sf of laboratory space. The School has undergraduate programs inChemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Jephthah Rajarathinam, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Joshua E. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kristin M. Chochola, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice of teaching and learning human-centered design in formal and informal learning environments. My Research focuses on studying students’ collaborative problem solving processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in STEM classrooms.Dr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Briel, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Deesha Chadha; Chris Dakes, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Erica Jean Hagen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; James Iain Campbell, Imperial College London; Umang Vinubhai Shah

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

has developed surface preferential approaches for nucleation and crystallisation of biological and complex organic molecules. More recently, he has worked as a Research Associate investigating the role of surface properties on particle-particle interaction and developed approaches for decoupling contribution of different surface attributes on powder cohesion. In 2012, as recognition to his contributions to Undergraduate laboratory teaching, he was been nominated for the Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards for the Faculty of Engineering. Umang currently has a role in leading the operation and innovation of the teaching laboratories and he manages Graduate Teaching Assistants for the Department of Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning in ET II

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

adopted within thepackaging industry to establish standardized control protocols for packaging machinery.Development of the PackML standard was facilitated by the Organization for MachineAutomation and Control (OMAC), garnering substantial recognition across the packaging sector.The integration of PackML has yielded notable benefits, including heightened operationalefficiency, cost reduction, and increased machine adaptability.The paper explores the conceptual foundations of PackML and the practical aspects of itsimplementation. It highlights four dedicated laboratory exercises created to empower studentswith hands-on experience in utilizing PackML with modern automation systems. These exercisesaid in acquainting students with standardized and

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Reza Raeisi

arrangement of toolsand experiments through the Internet. The instructor could easily teach and monitor his labequipment or observe students and his teaching assistant’s performance all at a distance while heis away from his class.In our research laboratory, we are developing such a system. This paper reports our initialfindings. Motorola 68HC11 microcontroller single board computer and wireless 802.11b/g wereused to implement the ceiling robot control and communication system. Three motors and fourwheels were used for the ceiling robot to move the following directions: forward, backward,right, left, up, and down. A webcam and ultrasonic range sensors were used to implement thevision function of the ceiling robot. A video and audio stream server was