Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, San Francisco State University; Juan Carlos Miranda, San Francisco State University; Jose Coto, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

engineers need to be able to implement simple control designs using real-time programming techniques or their design skills will be of no use.To address these issues at San Francisco State University, a hands-on project was added to agraduate-level control system design class. The project requires that the students learn controlimplementation skills as well as giving them practical experience with modern microcontrollerhardware. Students in the class have good design skills before the project, able to designcontrollers and simulate them in Matlab1, but they are inexperienced in implementation. Forexample, the students are often confused when asked to distinguish between the simulation of theplant and the control law (particularly when observers are

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; David Quick; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

national interest.This paper describes the critical skills identified by industry as essential for early careerdevelopment of engineers at the project management level and formulates an integrativeeducational approach leading to the professional Master of Engineering for responsibleengineering leadership of systematic technology development & innovation.2. Professional Education for Engineers –The New Challenge for Industrial InnovationWhile the U.S. system of graduate education continues to set the world standard and sustains thepreeminence of the U.S. scientific workforce for basic research at the universities, the NationalCollaborative Task Force is leading a major reform in professionally oriented engineeringgraduate education to enhance

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Engineering Students Using Fun Animation in MATLABAbstract - This paper describes an approach to teach computer programming concepts tofirst-year engineering students. The environment of choice is Matlab, and the teachingmethod consists of requiring the students to create a project in which they will code acomputer game with the use of functions that are provided to them. The gaming aspect ofthe project generates a high level of fun which enhances the learning process. The projectis one of the four modules that Engineering Freshmen work on while taking their twoIntroduction to Engineering Systems courses. It spans half a semester, and, unlike theother three group-based projects, is individually-based.Matlab provides a wide range of animation tools

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin Cook, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

of teaching methods; utilizing acombination of simple strategies, with the goals of re-emphasizing the communicationsaspect of engineering graphics, giving students improved tools and techniques fordrawing, modeling, and analysis, and increasing learning and retention of thosetechniques. The individual methods used in combination include: extending the graphicsexposure throughout the first three years of the curriculum, making the courses designproject centered - with the integrated physical production of the projects as an essentialpart of the learning process, adopting a “corporate work environment” in some portionsof the classes, emphasizing the use of reference materials in the design and drawingprocess so that students will learn to be

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

andtechnology to students.The collaborators began an investigative phase of the project to identify and evaluate materialsand curricula that were currently available and used by similar schools. In addition to disciplinespecific resources, the materials reviewed included:Project Lead the Way 4Tools of Discovery 5Teach Engineering 6Engineering Your Future 7Imagine 101 8Scientific and Technical Visualization 9The Infinity Project 10The review team was pleased to discover the significant diversity in resources to facilitate thenew program. The collaborators refined their review to identify the most appropriate materialgiven the following considerations: 1. Could be taught without significant, additional classroom materials 2. Would not require

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Burke P.E., Western New England University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

are given table thatlists various costs such labor rates, use of the lab space, and an overhead rate. Thecreation of the budget is a pre-lab task. A post-lab task that is included in the lab report acost report. The cost report details the actual cost of performing the experiment andcomparing the actual costs with the predicted costs.The lecture-based courses all have at least one design project. Modifications were madeto the current design project to include the components that would typically be found in abusiness setting (for example, cost proposals). Students are required to bid on theproject. Students must submit a final report which includes the cost report – including ananalysis of the bid cost versus the actual cost. The professor

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammoad Saifi; Julie Wang

students involved, we have developed several teachingmethods for student active learning from the lectures of engineering fundamentals courses tohands-on design laboratory courses. The methods include teamwork, class/group discussion, peertutoring/teaching, and problem solving skills. In each activity, students can be a learner or can bea teacher, to lead or to be led. It creates interaction between teacher and students. The hands-onlaboratory courses reinforce the basic concepts that the students have learned from the lectures.To enhance the students’ laboratory experiences, computer-based design software has been usedin the measurement and the design process. The student design projects are interdisciplinary. Theprojects integrate the knowledge

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Sullivan, University of Florida, Gainesville

Tagged Divisions

Construction

) Goldbuilding in the State of Florida; the M.E. Rinker Sr., School of Building Construction was thefirst such LEED project on campus. In 2001, the university adopted LEED certified criteria fordesign and construction for all major new construction and renovation projects to deliver highperformance and sustainable buildings. In 2006, Silver certification became the design andconstruction goal. This bar was raised in 2009 with Gold now being the certification attemptedon each project. By the end of 2009, the USGBC ranked the University Florida as the number 1campus for LEED project registrations. Table 1 summarizes the projects by certification orregistration level iv.Table 1: LEED Certifications since 2001Certification Level Number

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roy McGrann, State University of New York, Binghamton; Wayne Jones, State University of New York, Binghamton; Susannah Gal, State University of New York, Binghamton; Andy Cavagnetto, State University of New York, Binghamton; Dan Brennan, Broome Community College - SUNY; Thomas O'Brien, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, scientists, andeducators serving fourteen middle-school school districts in southern New York. The institute’saim is to increase students’ understanding of science concepts and skills related to environmentalsustainability and broaden students’ perceptions of engineering, science, and math careersthrough a range of exciting activities that students do not experience in school. The resulting 10-day learning experience integrates (1) Biology/Life Science, (2) Chemistry/Physical Science, and(3) Math/Engineering by framing instruction and activities around climate change andsustainability issues. Students participated in advanced coursework in the form of interactivecontent sessions, fieldtrips and guest speakers, and experiments/team projects

Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Oyemayowa Luqman Abioye, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

inthe program. For students, mastering computer programming can be challenging, and thelearning experience can be even more difficult if done in an online environment.This paper introduces the audience to the format of an online computer programming coursedeveloped to teach first year engineering students how to solve engineering problems usingMatlab. The course involves the use of online videos, the implementation of group projects, andthe continuous assessment of learning through homework and reading comprehension activities.The course promoted student-instructor interactions through the implementation of a blog andthe participation of students in the online chat room.This paper discusses the format of the course, student participation

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Peter Y Wu

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

are to improve software education at the undergraduate level and enhance on-the-job professional training, thereby increasing the pool of professionals with V&V knowledgeand skills. The existing V&V course at Author’s institution is critically examined with a view toenhance and modularize selected topics, and improve delivery strategies by incorporatingacademic research findings and industry best practices. The cogent modules and strategies beingdeveloped in this work will be shared among project participants and disseminated to otherinstitutions through multiple channels. Students and practitioners will be equipped withfundamental theoretical knowledge and invaluable hands-on-experiences that will measurablyincrease their ability to

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Bower; Timothy Mays

attitude and personality driven, a significant component involves the appropriateunderstanding and expectations of members representing other engineering disciplines that workon the same design project. The Citadel in Charleston, SC is a military college with traditionalcivil and electrical engineering programs. Traditionally, ocean and marine engineering subjectcontent has only been introduced in a few classes as related to faculty experience. During theirfinal semester, students select and take one of four Capstone courses that include (1) structural,(2) environmental, (3) transportation, and (4) site development. Students in these courses worktogether on multidisciplinary teams to design roadways, subdivisions, buildings, bridges, and awater

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Annette George; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

strategic and successful vehicles used in achieving this goal. This paper reports on theimpact of funding through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Agreement, between theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA), a federal agency, and Morgan State University (MSU),a minority institution. Under the agreement, a grant was awarded to MSU allowing students toparticipate in research projects at various EPA facilities across the country. From 1991 to presentover one hundred and sixty (160) students have participated in the program. The execution of theprogram and outcomes of this program are presented in this paper. As a result of the success ofthe program, the grant was recently renewed to continue the program for another three (3) years,with renewable

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nick Salamon; Gautam Wagle; Cliff Lissenden

should be. Furthermore, it is verydifficult to get consensus from any one of these three groups. Should the focus be on usingcommercial software? On writing software? On the finite element method itself? Onunderstanding finite element results? Our course objectives are to produce students capable ofundertaking linear finite element modeling, who understand the basics of how commer cialsoftware packages work and the results they give, and what errors could be present. We describethe course content, which includes a mix between the finite element method and applicationsusing a commercial software package. Special attention is given to each of the four projects thatare assigned during a semester, with emphasis on learning objectives, project

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Scanlon; Andrea Schokker

Session 1395 Integration of Analysis and Design in the Structural Engineering Curriculum Andrea J. Schokker, Andrew Scanlon The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractIn the Civil Engineering curriculum, coursework tends to be compartmentalized with the resultthat students often find it difficult to understand the relationships among concepts covered indifferent courses. Even within individual courses, students sometimes have difficulty tyingtogether material from different parts of the course. In an attempt to overcome theseshortcomings a project is

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Require ME Courses to Program Outcomes 3 = Strong Emphasis, 2 = Some Emphasis, 1 = Little or No Emphasis ME 481 Mechanical Engineering Design Projects

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney Rogers, Alignment Nashville; Sandra M. Harris, Alignment Nashville and PENCIL Foundation; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; David Conner McNeel, Alignment Nashville

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

to Alignment Nashville. The project seeks to impact the number of middle school girls enrolling in STEM-focused Career Academies in high school. Sandra was formerly the Technical Director and Community Access Coordinator for The Renaissance Center.Dr. Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University Ismail Fidan is a tenured Full Professor at the College of Engineering of Tennessee Tech University. His research and teaching interests are in additive manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, distance learn- ing, and STEM education. Fidan is a member and active participant of SME, ASME, IEEE, and ASEE. He is also the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology.David

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganesh V. Kudav

courses, in addition to theconventional experiments during the weekly meetings, I assign one significant developmentproject to student teams of two or three. The special project is assigned in the first week of the10-week course to allow students sufficient time for the completion of their project. Thispaper discusses some of student projects, my philosophy behind the implementation of labdevelopment projects, and the feedback I received from the students.Philosophy Traditional undergraduate labs usually concentrate on demonstrations of physicalphenomena [Ref. 1]. As a result, when it is time to replace a particular equipment, the facultymember in charge of a lab, reviews the catalogs of engineering lab equipment vendors todetermine which

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Fahmida N. Chowdhury

, Macmillan, 1994) for basic theory. 2. Technical articles were used for illustrating applications (papers from IEEE Spectrum, AI Expert, IEEE Proceedings, etc.). 3. Homework problems (actually, these were computer projects) were as- signed, collected, and graded: these were typical neural network implemen- tations such as pattern storage and retrieval, Hopfield nets, Hebbian learn- ing, delta learning, and backpropagation. Students formed two-member teams for these projects.l A midterm grade was assigned based on the homework projects.l During the fifth week, the students started a literature search for a final project topic which would be an application of neural networks in their own area of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Funk, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jim Lewis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Leilani Pai, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Johan Benedict Cristobal, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Brittany Rader

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #42109Board 185: ”Someone has Invested in Me to Do This”: Supporting Low-IncomeStudents to Persist in STEM Through a NSF S-STEM GrantDr. Rachel Funk, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Funk has served as a research scientist with the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Computer Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) since 2021. She specializes in research about student experiences. Dr. Funk currently serves as the project coordinator and lead researcher of a S-STEM grant seeking to better understand factors that influence the persistence of students in STEM.Jim Lewis, University of Nebraska

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Evan Jackson; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy, Pennsylvania State University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

. Page 22.1083.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 MOUNT TIMPANOGOS COMMUNITY SPECIES DATABASEAbstract The Biology Department at Utah Valley University runs the Mount Timpanogos CommunityBiology Project. We were approached by a professor of our Biology department to design adatabase for his project. The aim of the project is to document the various plant species found onMount Timpanogos. Researchers involved in the project will hike the mountain and take aphotograph of the various plant species they encounter. Along with the photograph they recordthe exact latitude and longitude and elevation of each plant. The goal is to get an accurate pictureof all of the plant species on the

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; Douglass Klein, Union College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

conference. Her teaching interests are in the Computer Engineering area including Digital Design, Embedded Systems, and VLSI. She has co-taught international project courses in Turkey and in Spain. Her research has been focused on timing issues in digital systems. She has directed local and national outreach programs, including Robot Camp and the P. O. Pistilli Scholarship.J. Douglass Klein, Union College J. Douglass Klein is Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies and Special Programs and Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of Economics at Union College. Klein joined the Union faculty in 1979, after earning a BA in Mathematics at Grinnell College, and a PhD in Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has written on

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University; Spencer Smith, McMaster University; Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

industrial projects and taught. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, State University of New York at Oswego. Dr. Ieta is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Page 22.331.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Closing  the  Design  Loop  in  Freshman  Engineering  AbstractTeaching engineering design and graphics to a freshman class presents the challenge ofbalancing prescribed lessons vs. open-ended questions. Given that few students haveexperience with the design process, and fewer still have formalized designs using CADsoftware, the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

withdisabilities still is a considerable concern.In an effort to ease some of those challenges, a semester long team design project has beenintroduced, to encourage the students to develop technologies that can empower people withdisabilities to overcome barriers to employment. The students are challenged to design the assistivedevice in direct collaboration with a particular person who is disabled, a physical therapist at the localhospital, as well as with the disability services at Texas A&M University.The project gives undergraduate students a chance to make a difference, by developing technologiesto aid people with disabilities. It also enhances the design experience and self-learning of theundergraduate students in our department.I expect that

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John Spinelli; Cherrice Traver

requirement.The Union students cooperated with a team of French students from ESIGELEC whowere also entered in the competition. They designed an autonomous robot to play a typeof table-top soccer against a competing robot. The Union team included sophomore,junior, and senior students majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering,Computer Systems Engineering and Computer Science. The Internet was used forcommunication with their cooperating team in France. The students traveled to Francefor final debugging and testing as well as to participate in the competition itself.The potential educational benefits from this type of experience include exposure to open-ended multidisciplinary design, development of teamwork and project managementskills

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, University of Texas at El Paso; Heidi Taboada, University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Espiritu, University of Texas at El Paso; Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

opportunities for them. Figure 1. Interaction between Sustainability, Design & Manufacturing, and Agriculture.This project aims to attract underrepresented students to newly developed courses in the area ofbiomaterials engineering manufacturing. At least 100-120 undergraduate students during the next3 years will be mentored with state-of-the-art topics related to this area. One of the term projectsfor the undergraduate students will be the preparation and presentation of a topic regardingsustainability of our environment to high school students of the El Paso area. The Texas StateData Center predicts that by 2025 the Hispanic population of Texas will exceed non-Hispanics inthe state.5 We hope that by exposing minorities early in their academic

Conference Session

Integrating Math and Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Vanisko; John Scharf

Criteria 2000),both in Carroll’s mathematics and engineering programs. The mathematics curriculum atCarroll supports satisfaction of the ABET criteria, while at the same time, engineeringapplications enrich the study of mathematics, not only for engineering majors, but alsofor mathematics, mathematics education, science, and computer science majors.Interdisciplinary student team projects, written reports and oral presentations, and theextensive use of computing and information technologies are all part and parcel ofCarroll’s mathematics curriculum. These features support EC2000 beyond the basicrequirement for a sequence of courses to satisfy the mathematics content requirements ofthe engineering program. In particular, the mathematics curriculum

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Alyssa J. Ball; Brandon Crisel

resources fortroubleshooting. The team determined that sophomore level Industrial Engineering (IE) and onefreshman honors course were early enough in department/college curriculum to introducestudents to the content, enabling them to graduate with the most robust collection of documentedacademic experiences while still ensuring that students were exposed to the appropriate amountof code writing before attempting to code their portfolio. Not only does this introduce the contentat a great time in their learning journey, but courses in the CoE at the university beginimplementing projects as early as freshman year. This means that students are showcasing skillsas early as their first semester as undergraduates, and they are able to use this to aid in

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shahryar Darayan; David Olowokere; Xuemin Chen

85 ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM MODIFICATION INELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM Shahryar Darayan David Olowokere Xuemin Chen Darayan_sx@tsu.edu Olowokeredo@tsu.edu Chenxm@tsu.edu Department of Engineering Technology 3100 Cleburne, Houston, Texas 77004 Abstract: The Electronics Engineering Technology at Texas Southern University has been actively involved with course embedded assessment techniques for more than nine years. The assessment project has spanned the engineering technologies programs, the

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Tom Goulding; Durga Suresh

traditional computer We have previously shown [ 2, 6 ] that encryptionscience classroom. We begin by contrasting the systems and game projects provide an instructor withinstructional style found within traditional pedagogy the opportunity to challenge students to reach a verywith that of a Socratic practitioner. We subsequently high level of software programming achievementpresent a case study in which juniors being educated while at the same time providing the instructor anin a traditional manner were called upon by a visiting opportunity to explore the power found in SocraticSocratic practitioner to develop the German WWII pedagogy.ENIGMA encryption system in assembly language infive weeks