Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alan Johnston, Villanova University; Edward Stephen Char Jr.

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #29234Electrical and Computer Engineering CourseDr. Alan Johnston, Villanova University Associate Teaching Professor at Villanova University, and Vice President for Educational Relations, AM- SATProf. Edward Stephen Char Jr. BS EE Villanova University 1996 MS EE Villanova University 1998 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The CubeSat Mini Project: Experiences with an Introductory Freshman Electrical and Computer Engineering CourseI. IntroductionCubeSats are a type of nanosatellites that have become very popular in recent years ineducational settings [1

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

technical studio space.When creating an online or hybrid course there are number of factors that must be taken intoconsideration. [4] These factors were researched in Lessons Learned from the Hybrid CourseProject. This project identified ten elements that need to be considered when developing a hybridcourse. 1. There is no standard approach to a hybrid course. 2. Redesigning a traditional course into a hybrid takes time. 3. Start small and keep it simple. Page 12.992.3 4. Redesign is the key to effective hybrid courses to integrate the face-to-face and online learning. 5. Hybrid courses facilitate interaction among students, and

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhengtao Deng, Alabama A&M University; Cathy Qian, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

) Qian is an Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Qian earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Qian is the principal investigator of the high performance computing research and education project at AAMU.Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University Dr. Ruben Rojas-Oviedo is a Chairperson of the Mechanical Engineering Department at AAMU. Page 12.863.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Improving Teaching Technique for Outcome Based Fluid Mechanics

Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; David Shonnard, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

in other climates. Therefore, an effortmust be made to determine the process feedstocks for different regions of the world. In theSpring of 2008, first-year engineering students at Michigan Technological University willinvestigate the potential of fuel ethanol produced from lignocellulosic (woody) biomass.During the course of this project, students will utilize the “waste equals food” principles ofsustainable design outlined by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Using theseguidelines, students will learn to incorporate the principles of sustainable development in thedesign and simulation of an ethanol production facility. They will investigate the sustainabilityof the production of the ethanol product from a regional feedstock and the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Stone, Western Carolina University; Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

industry to access universityresources—personnel and facilities. Engagement is the title typically used to describe thisrelationship between industry and academia. The engagement process at Western Carolina hasbeen successful in coupling graduate students with industry projects, and now it is being used toprovide undergraduate students with that same exposure. One of the benefits of thisundergraduate involvement is that there is now a conduit in place to generate additional interestin the graduate program, as well as a means for student and faculty to interact in an industrialproject setting. The next step in this progression is to couple graduate students withundergraduate students, as they embark on challenging projects that will benefit

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Jessica Jenness, University of Central Florida; Jessica Steinberg, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

multi-year effort to reengineer the undergraduate IndustrialEngineering program. With the onset of more service industries and Information Technologyfirms, Industrial Engineering programs need to revise their curriculum to educate and preparestudents to meet the expected workforce demands resulting from the shift of traditionalmanufacturing industries to non-traditional industrial sectors, and to incorporate additionalemerging topics in the field. A critical part of this research project was to obtain the voice of thecustomers, industry and academia, that employ and receive our graduates once they successfullycomplete our undergraduate IE curriculum. The customers, through a series of surveys appliedwithin a multi-round Delphi study, defined

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Student Project Assessment Creativity Tools Individual Team Creativity Creativity Student Student Assessment Assessment Complete Project Course Assessment

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marc Christensen, Southern Methodist University; David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

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First-Year Programs

Learning for Signal Processing since 1999. He has given a number of keynote and invited lectures as well as short courses on topics ranging from adaptive signal processing and control to innovative engineering education methods. Most recently, he has co-authored a textbook, Engineering Our Digital Future (Prentice Hall, 2004), that is a key component of The Infinity Project, a multi-faceted effort to establish a nationwide engineering curriculum at the high school level. Dr. Douglas is a frequent consultant to industry, a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of both Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Wang; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

engineering through exposure to four engineering disciplines: civil,mechanical, electrical and computer, and biomedical engineering. For each unit, studentstypically work in groups of three to five to complete a project under the guidance of one of fiveundergraduate Pratt Engineering student teachers. A graduate student coordinates each team ofundergraduate teaching fellows. In Techtronics I, students build balsa wood bridges,programmable robots, heart monitors, and solar powered devices. In Techtronics II, returningand new students are participating in an entirely new curriculum during the 2002-2003 academicyear. Techtronics II is comprised of approximately half returning students and half new students.Though some students have been lost, the 50

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wilson; Kim Needy; Karen Bursic

Session 1639 Integrating Engineering Economic Analysis Across the Engineering Curriculum Karen M. Bursic, Kim LaScola Needy, James P. Wilson University of PittsburghAbstractA three-phased project is underway in the School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburghthat is aimed at integrating engineering economic analysis across the curriculum. In the firstphase, an engineering economic analysis needs assessment was done. During the second phase ofthe project, the course content for the engineering economic analysis courses is being modifiedbased on the needs

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

, but in terms of his career, the almost simultaneous commencement of the Space Shuttle Program in Nov. 1972 was to have far more impact. As a result, Kanipe was able to begin his career working on what he says was the most interesting project he could possibly imagine: the Space Shuttle. Kanipe became the Deputy Branch Chief of the Aerodynamics Branch in May 1990, and in March 1996 was appointed as Chief of the GN&C Analysis and Design Branch. Subsequently, he became the Deputy Chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division in Dec. 1998 and was selected as Chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Me- chanics Division in the Engineering Directorate at the Johnson Space Center in Jan. 2001. Subsequently

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn F. Trenshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Renata A. Revelo Alonso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Katherine Earl Earl, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-scaffolded design projects which replacedthe midterm examinations in the traditional offerings of the course. Course lectures were taughtaccording to each instructor's preferred teaching style. To build students’ competence, discussionsessions led by teaching assistants (TAs) focused on collaborative solving of design problems.Further, the redesigned course included increased contact time outside of lecture and discussionwith team-based meetings led by an instructor or TA to assist students with their projects and Page 24.551.2homework. Following the precedent set by the SDT literature, our redesign focused on autonomyand competence as the most

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luz M Rivas, Iridescent; Dara Olmsted, Iridescent

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #6189Be A Scientist: Family Science for MinoritiesMs. Luz M Rivas, IridescentDara Olmsted, Iridescent Dara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Harvard University and a Master’s in Environmental Policy and Urban Planning from Tufts University. She has taught science overseas and at Harvard, worked for a watershed association, helped to make Harvard more sustainable, run farmers’ markets, and directed Harvard’s Food Literacy Project. Page 23.241.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Boyer; Taryn Bayles

Grumman selects at least 10 Baltimore inner-city high school students forthe program who are entering their sophomore or junior years, based on their interest in pursuinga technical or business degree, academic performance, leadership skills and communityinvolvement. The students work with two Northrop Grumman mentors during the school yearon selected projects tailored to their business interests and technical level. Northrop Grummancollaborates with the University of Maryland Baltimore County to provide a six week summerprogram for the high school students focused on developing technical, business and leadershipskills. Upon graduation from high school, qualified students receive multi-year partialscholarships, in addition the students can return

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Lyall; Rachel Shinn

-semester design sequence with the first semester being a Page 9.444.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ÆÉ 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationpaper design of an entire spacecraft and mission. The second semester is dedicated to design,build, integration and test. In order to accomplish this in a single semester, only a fewsubsystems can be done in detail, so the project is de-scoped from the previous semester’s designto be some portion of the design that the students can complete in a single semester.The benefits

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Leake

, American Society for Engineering”OverviewThe class meets four hours a week, with students receiving three semester credits (or 0.75 unitsin the case of graduate students) for their efforts. The only prerequisite is an engineering graphicscourse that includes parametric solid modeling, although students are also expected to be familiarwith solid mechanics concepts. Class time is divided between a classroom equipped with acomputer and projection system, and a computer laboratory.In the classroom either the instructor gives lectures, or the students themselves makepresentations on topics that they have previously researched. Lectures cover such subjects astransformation matrices, geometric modeling (solids, splines, and surfaces), finite

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Goeres; Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

the protective world of academia, something that has to do with thehuman dimension, the cultural baggage and with the need for lifelong learning skills required tomaintain competitiveness in all fronts.For the past six years, a program developed by West Virginia University in collaboration withuniversities and industry from Queretaro, Mexico has been addressing many of issues cited abovein the context of an experiential exercise. Each year, the program takes place during six weeks ofthe summer session, in which students and faculty from West Virginia travel to Mexico to join asimilar team of Mexican students, faculty plus industrial liaisons to work as a team, despitelanguage and cultural differences. A challenging industrial project (or

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft; Mike Xie

Session Number: 1608 Civil and Infrastructure Engineering for Sustainability Assoc. Prof. Roger Hadgraft, Prof. Mike Xie, Mr Nomer Angeles School of Civil and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University Melbourne, AustraliaIntroductionIn 2002, the School of Civil and Chemical Engineering at RMIT University began a project torenew its Civil Engineering program, ready for the new 2004 academic year. This programhad high acceptance in the marketplace (high graduate employability) but average studentsatisfaction scores (as measured by the national CEQ data).As part of this renewal process

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

, and the role ofsenior capstone design in the curriculum is more summative than formative, leaving little roomfor remediation and subsequent improvement. First-year design experiences can providecontext, motivation, and excitement, but first-year students are typically without the technicalbackground to experience a genuine electrical and computer engineering (ECE) design processthat fills an unmet need and addresses all of the tradeoffs between technical and nontechnicalmatters that occur in product design.For over 30 years, the undergraduate engineering programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) have featured a substantial senior capstone design project as one of three degree-requiredproject experiences. While faculty reviews of the

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

student involvement and for increasing the quality of the experiences. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringTypes of Research Experiences Available to Lafayette StudentsLafayette College facilitates three different mechanisms for student research, as described in thefollowing paragraphs.Independent StudyA student takes an independent study during a semester for course credit (for a Civil Engineeringmajor, this course typically counts as a civil engineering elective). Any student may request towork with a faculty member on an independent study project, and the project may take a varietyof forms

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Will Cluett; Peter Weiss; Kim Woodhouse; David Bagley; Susan McCahan

cohesive course outline. The newcourse, entitled Engineering Strategies and Practice (ESP), is a two-course sequence (26 weekstotal) that was offered on a pilot basis for 100 students in the 2003-04 academic year.There are many different elements that have been developed for design courses.1 The two-course sequence that was piloted this past year combines a number of these elements and hassome special attributes. There is a major design project carried out for a real client. The team ofinstructors is a mix of engineering professors, communication instructors, and industryprofessionals. In addition, considerable class time is allocated to understanding how human,social, and environmental issues are brought into the design process. This is done, in

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

Galileo Project, is an extension of the university’s already-successful da Vinci Project, now entering its fourth year. This paper describes the goals andobjectives of the program and documents progress made during the first nine months.IntroductionThe University of Connecticut School of Engineering, in partnership with the UCONN NeagSchool of Education, selected local school districts, the Greater Hartford Academy for Math andScience, and local industry, received an award from the National Science Foundation’s GraduateTeaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Program1 to develop and implement an innovative,comprehensive, affordable, and accessible program to integrate engineering into the secondaryschool curriculum. This program, called the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry L. Ballinger; Craig W. Somerton

school teacher for each academic class. The mechanical engineering class wasdivided into ten units, coinciding with the ten class periods. Each unit covered one of the basictopics of mechanical engineering. The standard format of a class period involved threecomponents. First, a relatively brief lecture was given on the topic of the day. This was doneusing a Microsoft PowerPoint slide show, which conveyed a certain level of professionalism inthe class and the use of technology. The second part of the class period involved a hands-onproject. The project tied in with the topic of the day and was of such a form that the studentscould test their projects against each other in a competition. Finally, the class period concludedwith a review of the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

separate capstone courses for eachdegree program (construction engineering, construction management, and civil engineering).During the Spring Semester of 1998, a single overall departmental capstone course was created.The intent was to provide a true “capstone” experience, where students in each degree programcould combine their skills to achieve the successful completion of a project. The primaryobjective of the capstone experience is to combine all aspects of the planning, design, andconstruction phases of a project into meaningful education experience which mimics “real-world”design and construction practices. Students are required to use all of the knowledge and skillsthat they have acquired throughout their educational experience to develop

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

-altitude balloon project which received NSF funding in 2008 originated with TaylorUniversity in Upland, Indiana. Since that time numerous other universities have becomeinvolved in the project by way of Taylor's ongoing summer workshops. A typical balloon travelsto about 100,000 feet in a two to three hour period, bursts, and parachutes its payload to earth. Aballoon can be used to launch a 12 pound load into a near-space environment for a modest cost.The balloon and the load can be tracked and the load can be recovered using the GlobalPositioning System (GPS). This system allows undergraduate electrical and computerengineering students to design instrumentation packages for a harsh environment and therecovered data can be used to judge the

Conference Session

Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

important to not only look at what is going on in the classroom but to investigate theadded influence of any contact the students have with industrial employers. Another area ofimportance that links the classroom, internships, co-ops, experiential learning experiences, andindustry is the growing contact that comes with project based courses that deal directly withindustry to accomplish their ends. Many schools are promoting the work that can be done bystudents integrating their work in the classroom with industrial influence. There are also thenumbers of students who participate in extracurricular activities that produce many contact hourswith engineering alumni through those projects. While the major focus for accreditation is theclassroom, there

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-5024: RATEMYTEAMMATE.ORG: A PROPOSAL FOR AN ON-LINE TOOL FOR TEAM BUILDING AND ASSESSMENTDr. Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego Nathan Delson’s interests include mechatronics, biomedical devices, human-machine interfaces, and en- gineering education. He is Co-founder and Past President of Coactive Drive Corp., which develops novel actuators and control methods for use in force feedback human interfaces. Medical device projects in- clude an instrumented mannequin and laryngoscope for expert skill acquisition and airway intubation training. He received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from University of California, San Diego, and then went on to get a doctorate in mechanical

Conference Session

Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

International

students1, 2. Most of the online education or hybridcourse offering had been at the master’s and certificate level. Limited activity has been noted atthe Ph.D. and pre-engineering level 3, 4 this case study had been directed towards the freshmenengineering design course. In this paper authors would discuss how they used the hybridprogram to work on one of the sub goals set by the institution.The course that is chosen for the hybrid program is the freshmen engineering design course.Since many engineering educators have recognized project based learning, service learning, andfreshmen engineering projects have lasting impact on students learning compared to thetraditional classroom set up. In this paper authors would discuss about the project based

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Bogaty

Session #3586 Implications for Technology Curriculum – Outcomes of a DACUM study in Tennessee Lisa Bogaty Pellissippi State Technical Community CollegeAbstractThis paper describes the three major outcomes of using the DACUM (Developing aCurriculum) process in developing curricula for the Tennessee Exemplary FacultyAdvanced Technology Education project, an NSF-funded precursor to the currentsoutheastern Advanced Technology Education (SEATEC) project. The project had threemajor goals: Faculty development, curriculum and curriculum support materialsdevelopment and developing

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Fulton; Barbara L. Licklider

sea changeof re-engineering efforts, however, is the vast amount of knowledge now needed by faculty tobring about the complex outcomes now desired for students. Hence, realizing the hopes ofcurrent restructuring efforts hinge on a major investment in faculty development - yet not justmore of what we’ve always done - a different kind of faculty development is needed. This needled to the creation of Project LEA/RN (Learning Enhancement Action/Resource Network), aninnovative faculty development project designed to improve learning and teaching in the Collegeof Engineering at Iowa State.Project LEA/RN traces back to the year 1993 and to the efforts of 18 faculty in the Departmentof Mechanical Engineering. Noticing discrepancies between the