Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Atif Qamar; Zahed Siddique

user can now try to create the solid model in Pro/ENGINEER.IV Observations and lessons learned from using the training environment The training environment, presented in this paper, has been used to provide instructions forstudents to self learn Pro/ENGINEER in the Product and Process Design Laboratory at School ofAME of University of Oklahoma. Observations and lessons learned from the preliminaryimplementation are: The training environment provided a tool for students to perform solid modeling operations in a CAD software like environment. This helped students to understand the material without using the software, which students did not have access to if they were not on campus. The training helped

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ghanashyam Joshi

: High school trigonometry.MEEN 201: Manufacturing Processes laboratory – Study of fundamentals of engineeringmaterials and processes in manufacturing as related to design and production. Students willdevelop short seminars on the new advances in manufacturing processes and examine theeconomics of processes. Students will be given laboratory assignments in material removal,forming, casting, joining, heat treating, and computer-aided machining. Students will beprovided SAP/R3 experience with job order, process costing, and manufacturing/maintenancescheduling through educational demonstrations. Prerequisite: MEEN 120.MEEN 570: Engineering Management - Introduction to the broad field of engineeringmanagement with specific emphasis on subjects such

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth M. Purcell, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

enrolled. Like the results from PHYS 205, during one semester no online system wasused. Timed in class problems worked in with partners made up most of the homework grade,although End of Chapter problems were assigned throughout the semester.Along with the use of online learning systems, many other variables are involved includingvariation in student population, textbooks, changes in my presentation of material in lecture, andchanges in the accompanying laboratory section make it impossible to suggest that onlinelearning systems alone affect student critical thinking skills and conceptual understanding ofphysics as measured by the cumulative final exam. Along with these other variables, the smallsample size make any significant conclusions about

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Ahmad R. Sarfaraz, California State University, Northridge; Sina Talebian, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

community service learning course projectsand capstone course design projects. Students have access to the well-equipped laboratories,including computing laboratories with discipline-specific software that are essential toachievement of program objectives. (CSUN, 2014)This was further emphasized by Sorto (2008) when he stated that increasing competition in themarketplace as well as the need for improved productivity had put more of an emphasis on amore effective management of technical functions of a company. Moreover, in search of betterflexibility and efficiency, many companies have reduced the numbers and levels of managementpositions and instead are giving more decision making power to the teams at the operationallevels. In high tech companies

Conference Session

Renewable Energy Topics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint; Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Toufiq Hussain, University of Michigan, Flint; James Tristan Pung, University of Michigan-Flint

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

is strong in the winter when there is less sunlight available. Today, U.S.wind energy installations produce enough electricity on a typical day to power the equivalent ofmore than 9.7 million homes [5].The goal of this research is to develop and evaluate a custom constructed wind tunnel attachmentfor an experimental small scale wind turbine with 400W power rating in the natural environmentand inside a controlled laboratory. A cone shaped wing guide apparatus (WGA) is constructed toforce air away from the wind turbine hub toward the tips of the wind turbine blades. Air sent tothe center of the turbine does not cause the wind turbine to rotate thus producing no usablepower. The wind velocities at the inlet and the wind speeds at the outlet

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

institutionalization of V&V bestpractices. Figure 1: Why Software Fails?This V&V research is student focused and will contribute to knowledge about STEM education.The work will transform the existing undergraduate V&V course at the Author’s institution(ENGR3400 – Software Verification and Validation). The proposed course enhancements andsubsequent content modularization will respond to the National Research Council’s (NRC)challenge “to deliver effective undergraduate education in STEM disciplines,” namely answeringthe challenge of providing engaging laboratory, classroom, and field experiences throughimproved communication skills, applied knowledge of methods and tools, and research exposurethat will improve the

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Gurau P.E., Kent State University, Tuscarawas

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

to communicate effectively through reports, engineering drawing, oral presentations supported by PowerPoint and through poster presentations.The course is divided into a lecture session and a laboratory session. In the spring semester of2011 the lecture session covered an introduction to fuel cells, CNC programming, roboticstechnology, robot programming and notions of engineering communication including progressreports, oral presentations supported by PowerPoint slides and poster presentations. The classnotes which are supported by PowerPoint slides were made available to students on BlackboardVista. During the laboratory session, students familiarized with PEMFC manufacturingprocesses, developed G-codes for machining fuel cell

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Les Kinsler, Kansas State University, Salina; Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

industrial arts-technology education perspective; the other with the technology/engineering- academic c perspective. Those who were watching this process, including school science staff, curriculum coordinators, and administrators, saw the unresolved conflict as a reason to delay the incorporation of technology/engineering concepts into school programs.”This leads to our second question: What form should this initiative should take? From theprevious discussion of the survey and related literature, a hybrid high tech careers course wasone possibility. The course would consist of an online component of web lectures and face-to-face lectures and laboratory exercises. In this format, four-year engineering technology

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

actively being integrated into several core engineeringcourses (25.108 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, 22.202 Mechanical Engineering De-sign Lab I and 22.423 Senior Capstone Design).2.0 CNC Platform SelectionThis section presents a brief survey of desktop CNC machine platforms and the associated sup-port hardware necessary to implement a safe and meaningful CNC machining laboratory experi-ence. Platform selection in this first phase of the project is also described.2.1 Desktop CNC MachinesA broad range of commercial desktop CNC machines are now readily available in assembledand/or kit form. Numerous desktop CNC machine specifications were considered for student usewithin engineering curricula and include: overall dimensions, design

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick P Rentsch, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

of a university professor and a graduate student mentor. Developed through a grantfunded by the NASA Curriculum Improvements Partnership Award for the Integration ofResearch (CIPAIR) program, the summer internship program integrates research with curriculumimprovements by providing the framework for students to use their research experiences todevelop instructional materials to improve the engineering curriculum. The paper highlights theresults of the research done by the mechanical engineering student group who helped develop anovel haptic apparatus and associated curriculum for teaching upper division mechanicalengineering laboratory courses in control systems, mechatronics, and haptics. Over the ten-weekprogram the group made significant

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

. Page 24.842.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 LabVIEW: A Teaching Tool for the Engineering CoursesAbstractComputer programming in languages such as Visual Basic, C++, or JAVA follow a control flowmodel of program execution. In the control flow model, the sequential order of program elementsdetermines the execution order of a program. A program written in LabVIEW uses a slightlydifferent approach compared to the conventional method known as dataflow programming.LabVIEW stands for Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench. This powerfulgraphical development system, developed by National Instruments (NI), is a widespread teachingtool and is used in many industries. LabVIEW can

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

theSummer Science Institute, is for high school juniors and seniors. The other program, calledSummer Odyssey, is for middle school students. Both programs explain what engineers are,explain what engineers do, and promote problem solving skills. The students also experiencevarious disciplines (or sub-disciplines) of engineering through a combination of presentations,laboratory experiences, and design work. In other words, much of the same material andactivities are used for both programs. Although neither of these programs are specifically forminorities or women, a large portion of the students are female and approximately half areminorities. A review of the material/activities for the summer of 2004 is presented. In addition,in the summer of 2004

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Luiz Perrone; Maurice Aburdene

Analysis of Wireless and Mobile Computer Networks Courses Maurice F. Aburdene, Xiannong Meng, L. Felipe Perrone, and Gregory L. Mokodean Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of wireless and mobile computer networks courses. The resultsare based on information collected from course Web sites of universities and colleges incomputer science, electrical engineering and information science departments. The dataanalyzed include course titles, course structure, textbooks, major topics and their presentation,projects, and laboratory exercises. We found that wireless and mobile computer networkeducation can be divided into three

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

impressions about their career choices, and will soon be able to select their coursework.Multiple efforts are in place to encourage students to pursue manufacturing careers, includingtechnology and engineering. Students are also given access to existing activities, such as FIRST[11] and STEPS [10] to help keep them engaged. Careful advising helps the students select theappropriate math and science courses to ensure that they can pursue technical studies at the col-lege level.The second goal involves a launchpad course that will be offered for college credit at Grand Rap-ids Community College to help students in their transition from high school to college. The courseis designed to address topics such as math, science, writing and laboratory skills

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar

, sanitary and storm sewer systemsfrom house outfall to the plant, storm water retention ponds, roads – slopes, intersectionsand vertical and horizontal curves. Planned Unit Developments (9 days)Subdivision Design and Presentation (1 day) The course material has been written in html and is currently available athttp://wwweng.uwyo.edu/classes/ce2100, however that site may change in the future.CAD Laboratory Given this topic material, it was important to integrate the CAD portion of theclass into the lab. The lab time is devoted largely to development of drawing skills and Page 9.1111.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson; Mary Vollaro

Session 1464 Materials Education 2004 Topical Trends and Outreach Efforts Mary B. Vollaro, Craig Johnson Western New England College / Central Washington UniversityAbstractThis research explores the history of topical trends in the ASEE Materials Division. This historywill be compared with national trends. It is observed that creative materials education efforts innon-major curricula are highly sought, following national trends of higher contact numbers ofstudents in related engineering programs versus relatively small numbers of students in materialsprograms. Issues of implementing laboratory

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Mohammed Haque

animation and visualization in a virtual soil mechanics laboratory” the 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, session T1C, Reno, NV, (2001) 7. Kocijancic, S. and O’Sullivan, C. “Integrating virtual and true laboratory in science and technology education” the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, session T2E, Boston, MA, (2002) 8. Tatum, C. B. Balancing engineering and management in construction education. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 113, 10-17 (1987). 9. AbouRizk, S. M., & Sawhney, A. Simulation and gaming in construction engineering education. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education conference

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

course.Current MERLOT Chemical Engineering ContentAs of January 2005, MERLOT catalogued 326 engineering learning objects, 24 in chemicalengineering. These include simulations, virtual laboratories, tutorials, calculation tools, andother collections of links and objects. For example, “McCabe Thiele Method” is a tutorial byVenkat R. Bhethanabotla of the University of Southern Florida that includes text background ondistillation, describes and illustrates the McCabe-Thiele method, and includes a self-test. Page 10.994.3“Chemical Reactivity Worksheet”, produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

the student as a complement to the lectureand laboratory classes. The Matlab and its toolboxes work with the Guide in an interactivemanner to provide a flexible simulation environment where the user can observe the behavior ofan engineering system or process without going into detailed implementation of the algorithm(Marchand and Holland, 2003). Page 10.1221.1This paper presents the development of a highly interactive user-friendly environment for thesimulation of digital modulation and demodulation techniques. After this introduction, the first Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pat Leelani; Hector Estrada

importance of science, mathematics, and computers were emphasized. The participants resided on campus for the duration of the program. Most of the activitieswere conducted in the Civil Engineering Laboratory. The costs of room, board, and other costsrelated to the activities and prizes, were covered from public and private funds. Following is abrief description of typical activities.Introduction and Advisement The first day, participants were directed to the dormitories to situate themselves. Acoordinator assisted with the logistics of room and board. A brief introduction was made by thedirector, including a discussion and overview of the program. Also, with the guardians present, apresentation about the nightly activities and the dormitory

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

instruments commercially available to measure the impedance of acapacitor. LCR meters are general impedance-measuring instruments that have limited Page 9.1115.1* Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.Contribution of the U.S. Government. Not subject to copyright in the U.S.accuracy, while automatic capacitance bridges are commercially available with very highaccuracies but with more limited measurement ranges.An automatic capacitance bridge is very convenient for measuring standard capacitorswith precision, reliability, and uncertainty at metrological levels. Measurement

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Keith Clutter; Alberto Arroyo; Amir Karimi

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationObjective C: Provide students with opportunities to develop the ability to use modernexperimental techniques; collect, analyze, and interpret experimental data; and effectivelycommunicate the results.Outcomes for Objective C: Students will develop the following abilities through theirundergraduate education in this department:C-1 to design and conduct experiments to analyze and interpret experimental dataC-2 to use modern engineering tools, software, and laboratory instrumentationC-3 to communicate effectively through technical presentationsObjective D: Provide opportunities to prepare students with the diverse skills

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Kasra; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

the ABET team site inspection visit.As indicated above, questions about the program, particularly any potential areas of concernwere anticipated, discussed among program faculty and appropriate actions were initiatedimmediately to correct the small number of potential problems identified. The BME programoffice and laboratory facilities were cleaned and organized as needed. A BME laboratory underrenovation was selected to be showcased as a prime example of continuous program updatingand a high level of commitment of College of Engineering to the funding of the BME program.Additional recent improvements to the teaching classrooms including the installation of "SmartBoard" computer-operated interactive display monitors were selected to be

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

additional expenses except for travel and living costs. • The students be at least at sophomore and preferably at junior level • The schedule at international institutions be compatible with UM-D schedule. • There be a reciprocal student exchange arrangement with the selected institutions abroad (this was needed to address issues related to tuition and fees of international students.)Program GoalsThe major thrust of the international program was to expose our undergraduates to academic andstudent environment at an international institution. In addition, it was expected that 1. UM-D students would work in a team environment in a laboratory setting or on design projects with students from the host institution and students from other

Conference Session

BME Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Christensen

. Page 9.265.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationStudent Evaluations – Evaluations of the class and the Major Project have reinforced the fact that the project is avaluable part of the class. In an end-of-semester survey in fall 2001, 83 students (out of 107students enrolled) responded. When asked about the benefit of the laboratory project to the goalsof the class, the score was 5.70 out of 6.00. When asked about the overall effectiveness of thecourse, the score was 5.72 out of 6.00. Several students commented on the effectiveness andreal-world nature of the Major Project exercise

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Niemi

course titled “Oceanography,” a senior levelcourse titled “Fluid Mechanics II,” and a graduate course titled “Coastal Structures.” TheOceanography course was a general summary of physical, chemical, and biologicaloceanography for Ocean Engineering students. The Fluid Mechanics II course included materialon calculation of resistance and performance of ships, as well as marine propeller selection. TheCoastal Structures course was a detailed course in wave mechanics, as well as calculation offorces on coastal and offshore structures. Contacts were also made with faculty doing researchin this area, attendance at seminars, and field trips and laboratory experiences. Highlights of theprogram included wave tank demonstrations, flow around model ship

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

physicsclasses of up to 200 engineering students at a time. The laboratory exercises and reports, andtheir associated assessment system, have all been specially designed to encourage thinking,questioning and creativity2. The Department of Civil Engineering was among the firstdepartments at the university. Currently, the department of Civil Engineering has more than 30faculty members in 6-technology areas3.In this paper, the civil engineering curriculum of both universities are described and comparedbetween course administrations in terms of credit hours, program durations, number of exams,grade distribution for various activities and criteria on the procedure to obtain the professionalengineering licenses.Course AdministrationsUniversity of FloridaThe

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Morcechai Shacham; Michael Cutlip

Slab tiona These problems are taken in part from “Problem Solving in Chemical Engineering with Numerical Methods” by MichaelB. Cutlip and Mordechai Shacham, Prentice-Hall (1999). An addition set of problems referred to as the “assignment” problems set that was intendedfor a “hands-on” computing laboratory at the Summer School is summarized in Table 2. Thecombined problem sets in Tables 1 and 2 and their detailed solutions with Excel, MATLAB, andPolymath provide a very substantial base of numerical problems for faculty use.Table 2 Set of Assignment Problems Illustrating the Use of Numerical Methodsa

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grasman

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education 1. To enhance courses and curricula, 2. To provide a supportive and cooperative environment where research can flourish, and 3. To create a synergetic learning and research environment through cooperative partnerships among faculty, consultants, industry, and state/federal assistance programs.A main vision of the program is to establish the University of Missouri Virtual Enterprise, amulti-disciplinary, distributed laboratory supporting the university’s educational vision.University of Missouri Virtual EnterpriseA virtual enterprise is a temporary consortium of independent

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Szaroletta

Engineering Technology curriculum, there has been little opportunityfor hands-on experimental and finite element analysis verification of overhung beam theory. Tofill that void, several experimental mechanics class projects were devised and successfullyimplemented by the author and these experiences are documented in this paper.Introduction:This paper describes a series of reproducible projects, including discussion of the major benefitsof utilizing the overhung beam: flexibly supporting multiple experiments with similar set-ups;providing a relatively simple and effective means towards achieving a repeatable, uniformdistributed loading in a laboratory environment (through gravity and beam material density); andproviding a relatively low cost platform