Conference Session

Technical Session III

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

BALRAJ SUBRA MANI, New Jersey Institute of Technology; I. Joga Rao, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions

, Determination, and striving for Excellence, in thisendeavor. This represents the art of building character in the minds of the young students.Non-pedagogical as it may be, that is exactly what we did in 2010 in a pilot project and found itvery rewarding. That is what we continued to do since then making this program a success. Thispaper describes the steps in this systematic approach to implement RE.What is reverse engineering?Experience is the teacher of all things. [2] RE is an invaluable learning experience and ateaching tool. It is “a scientific method of taking something apart in order to figure out how itworks.” [3] The technique does involve “an act that would otherwise be considered a copyrightviolation.” [3] Whereas, “copyright law has allowed

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; David Adams, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

beingincorporated into academic programs creating new classes and opportunities for students to workon very sophisticated and technically relevant applications during their undergraduate education.Programs, like that of North Texas, incorporate game design with a focus on getting studentsinto the gaming industry and have had reasonable success3.In contrast, many programs are aimed at simply increasing student motivation to explore currenthot technologies and programming techniques on a large project and to work in multi-disciplinary teams. For example, the College of New Jersey offers a design course where Page 12.767.2students from a variety of disciplines

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College

Tagged Divisions

Construction

AC 2008-1480: PEER ASSESSMENT OF TEAM WORK AND COLLABORATIVELEARNING IN CONSTRUCTION/CIVIL ENGINEERINGEnno Koehn, Lamar University Enno “Ed” Koehn is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. Dr. Koehn has served as the principle investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects of construction. He also has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. He has authored/co-authored over 200 papers in engineering education, as well as the general areas of civil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and is a registered Professional

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

AC 2008-1512: CONNECTING ARCHITECTURE WITH STRUCTURESKevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University Kevin Dong, S.E. is an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering (ARCE) at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo. For the past six years he has been teaching classes that emphasize structural systems and structural design to various majors (Architecture, Architectural Engineering, and Construction Management) within the College of Environmental Design and Architecture. His class work utilizes his 13 years of experience with Ove Arup & Partners (ARUP), where he worked in both the San Francisco and London offices. A trademark of all the projects was the concept of integrated design where

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Sam Ramrattan, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

provide students a strong theoretical foundation on the subject covered in the class, and create opportunity to practice current industrial methods prior to graduation. Beyond theoretical learning, these practices with industrial processes, sensors, data acquisition hardware, and application programs in the laboratory will enhance technical skills of program graduates. Finally, the project evaluation, assessment, and dissemination process for monitoring and evaluating project activities, outcomes assessment of student learning and feedback for continuous curriculum improvement is presented.IntroductionIn the State of Michigan the manufacturing is the most critical component of theeconomy and has been contracting due to competition

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Boutell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Fisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

robotics certificate will help withrecruitment efforts3. In addition, faculty and students enrolled in the certificate program willparticipate in K-12 outreach such as mentoring middle school and high school robotics programs.Students in the program will also demonstrate their robotics projects to tour groups, increasingvisibility and attracting students to our institution. In fact, the final project robotics competitionfor one of the early courses in the robotics curriculum has already been featured on the campusweb site and in the local newspaper. Additionally, faculty with an expertise in robotics will beattracted to a school with a visible, established robotics education program and research.Multidisciplinary TeamworkRobots are mechanical

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangram Redkar, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

engineering. This paper describes the course structure, objectives;challenges faced by the instructor because of diverse class composition and differentstudent expectations, project based learning approach adopted in the course, studentparticipation and the course outcomes. It is interesting to note that some of the projectassigned in this course were ‘real life problems’ faced by a leading aftermarketautomotive manufacturer. The class, as a team, brainstormed on appropriate strategies toaddress the project problems. The computational tools and instructional material for thelab were donated by MSC software that actively participated in enhancing the educationalexperience. This course presents one of the many efforts pursued by the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Lee Tuttle

course took nearly two years.The format of the course from the beginning was two lecture hours per week and one two hour practicum session per week. The originallecture topics included DFM Methodologies Material/Process Interactions Value Analysis Design for Assembly Boothroyd-Dewhurst DFA Group Technology Future Directions for DFMThe original practicum topics included: Process Routing Analysis Product Redesign Term Project Function Analysis Creative Enhancement Techniques VANE Problem Peppy Robot Assembly Analysis BDI-DFA Exercise ( 2 sessions ) Part Classification for GT Term project Presentations

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John T. Berry; Gregory L. Ferguson

manufacturing process have been removed frommany undergraduate curriculums. The University of Alabama now offers an integrated pair of courses onmanufacturing processes and design. A central theme behind the courses is that manufacturing topics are cast ina concurrent engineering design context. The introductory first course is taught at the junior level, while thesecond course is a more comprehensive senior offering. Both courses require the student to participate in designand build projects. The students are placed in teams and must learn to communicate and work effectively in theteam environment. Further, both courses make use of the state’s educational manufacturing resources in anovel, collaborative arrangement. This approach allows the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; Victor Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Reddy Talusani, Houston Community College System

contributions made within theComputer Engineering Technology discipline.Research ActivitiesThe need for increased students’ capacity to engage in real world problem solving in engineeringtechnology continues. Various pedagogical tools and models including peer-to-peerundergraduate mentoring have been used to enhance student learning as well as retention. Thispaper presents the preliminary results of the development and implementation of peer-to-peermentoring with concept mapping as a primary pedagogical learning tool.The project has three components: CLABS for hands-on project based learning experience,concept maps as a tool to facilitate discussions between peers, and mentoring sessions that usethe concept maps to create a peer-to-peer learning

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

important features of the LabVIEW software program. The assignedproject allows the students to develop their own interface with the features that are intuitive tothemselves rather than using a “canned” GUI to illustrate the Fourier series process. Tutorialmaterial describing LabVIEW overview and individual tools needed are presented in class andavailable as voice annotated Flash file overview. Students have used both “canned” MATLABGUIs and standard laboratory exercises using an actual FFT analyzer with signals generated by afunction generator to observe the same phenomena. The students have overwhelminglyindicated that the individual development of the Fourier transformation via LabVIEW was amuch better learning experience. The project, the

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2: Instructional

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

projections and 19 related to standards. The results for both group of students are summarized inTable 1:: Senior Engineering Technology Students Total 51 respondents: Total answers: 2542 Answers to questions on Correct 53.41% Standards & Basic Wrong 46.59% Geometry Table 1 Survey Results - SummaryIn the engineering technology B.S. program, 53.41% of

Conference Session

Pre-College: Evaluation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuldeep S. Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Robin R. Mangham, Elizabeth City State University; Orestes Devino Gooden, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Implementation and Evaluation of an Engineering-Focused Outreach Program to Improve STEM Literacy (Evaluation)AbstractThis paper presents implementation and evaluation of an engineering-focused outreach programgeared towards exposing the middle and high school student population, especiallyunderrepresented and underserved groups, to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) fields and careers. The STEM Academy project is a partnership between NASA,Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), school districts, state agencies, and other STEMenrichment programs. The program adopted a well-established NASA STEM curriculum withproblem-based learning at its core and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

,and Introduction to Design. The program is a living-learning community where students livetogether on two floors in the same residence hall, participate in co-curricular professionaldevelopment activities, and work on co-curricular team projects. For its fifth iteration of freshmanstudents in the program, we introduced a new approach of presenting content throughimplementation of a basic design process in all courses. By working through the design process ineach course, students in the HERE program made connections among various sustainability issues,created value by formulating solutions to global, regional, and campus-based problems, andfostered curiosity through co-curricular professional development opportunities and project work.We have

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Keshmiri, University of Kansas; Aaron Blevins, University of Kansas; A Ram Kim, University of Kansas

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

-practice model was developed when a team research component was included into theundergraduate aerospace engineering courses of Flight Dynamics and Control I and II. By takingadvantage of the unmanned aerial system fleet owned by the Department of AerospaceEngineering at the University of Kansas (KUAE), students were tasked with developing a physics-based model for one of eighteen different unmanned aircraft platforms, comparing the dynamicmodels to actual flight test data for the platform, and writing papers and presenting them to a panelof KUAE Faculty. As a result, forty-eight independent research projects were conceived, designed,built, and tested by teams of juniors in the aerospace engineering department. Since 2011, eightresearch projects

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Shelly Tornquist, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

classroom in Texas and was awarded the PTA District School Bell Award for her service in STEM Education. She has been a leader in engineering education in the state of Texas throughout her career. Projects include creating and leading new teacher boot camps, developing the Texas standards for the Math/Physical Sci- ence/Engineering teacher certification and most recently developing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills frameworks in STEM education. Widely known for her work with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), she served as the State Lead Master Teacher training over 700 teachers in PLTW Core Training Institutes for 15 years. Shelly holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Design and Development and an M.Ed. in Teacher

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah Matthew Stache P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brad Wambeke P.E., United States Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

design and construction briefing, andoral exam. The briefing and oral exam is intended to simulate a realistic environment typical ofrecent graduate military engineer officers, and with a project that is based on the real-worldexperiences of the faculty. The paper will detail the course, the road design and constructionproject, and the briefing and oral exam. An assessment will then be presented with respect to theCE495 Transportation Engineering course objectives, civil engineering program studentoutcomes, and department mission to educate and inspire. 3 Literature ReviewThe original concept of the experienced based learning in the CE495 – TransportationEngineering was presented in the 2010 ASEE

Conference Session

SDR & Programming in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Cutno, Miami University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Deng Cao, Central State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

enrolledin the class of “Digital Signal Processing (DSP).” Two undergraduate students who have takenthe course of “Signals and Systems” but have not yet taken or finished “Digital Signal Processing”were invited to test laboratory exercises developed in this project. The goal of this project is todevelop laboratory exercises to demonstrate theories covered in fundamental signal processingcourses. Such courses are mathematically orientated and students often feel challenged in theseclasses. We believe that experimental exercises with real-life application examples can motivatestudents and help them to develop a better understanding of signal processing theories.IntroductionOne of major issues an electrical engineering undergraduate student encounters

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University - Erie; David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

as well as computercircuits. Typical courses over multiple semesters include analog electronics, digital electronics,C/C++ programming, instrumentation and measurement systems, communications systems, andmicrocontrollers. Each of these courses also includes a lab component that provides studentswith hands-on projects which are intended to reinforce the lecture material.The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that a Programmable System-On-Chip embedded board(PSoC 5LP) can be used as a basis for multiple lab projects in these courses. The intent is to alsoinclude examples of the types of lab projects that can be used within these courses. Possible labprojects include: function generator, audio collection, digital processing, serial

Conference Session

Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Wright, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #14207An Assessment of the Graphic Communications Skills Needed by Construc-tion Management GraduatesDr. Joseph A Wright P.E., University of Wisconsin Stout Joseph A. Wright has 21 years as a university lecturer/professor in construction management with an em- phasis on contract administration. He has 15 years experience in industry as a Project Engineer/Manager on oil and gas and infrastructure projects. Current research interests include pathways for integrated project delivery and the use of software to enhance communication through the project process

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Conference and has served as symposium and session chairs for many ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. He is the general Conference Co-Chair for the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC/CIE). Dr. Purwar is also the department’s representative to the NY state-funded Strategic Partnership for In- dustrial Resurgence (SPIR) program. As the SPIR representative, he identifies and coordinates projects between the department and Long Island based industries. SPIR projects include joint proposals for fed- eral funding, manufacturing and quality assurance improvements, research and development, and testing and evaluation. He won a SUNY Research Foundation Technology

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Leslie Seawright, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ibrahim Hassan P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Ali Darwish Alashar, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The STEM Loop: Undergraduate Engineering Students Create a STEM Children’s BookAbstractThis paper documents an innovative project in which undergraduate mechanical engineeringstudents created and produced a children's book about combustion engines. Funded through agrant provided by Texas A&M University at Qatar, students researched, designed, and wrote achildren's book intended to promote interest in STEM fields. The book, written in both Englishand Arabic, will be used in Qatari public schools and in the Texas A&M University at Qatar’sSTEM Outreach Program. The interdisciplinary project was co-led by a mechanical engineeringprofessor and an

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

sustainability b. Evaluate a product/ engineering system’s environmental impacts using Life Cycle Assessment c. Design/ redesign a product/ engineering system to using the engineering principles to improve environmental impactsThe achievement of these goals was assessed through students’ self-evaluations and analysis ofstudents’ coursework. In addition, the objectives are also planned to be assessed throughstudents’ capstone senior projects. But at the time of creation of this work-in-progress paper, thestudents who took this course have not worked on their senior project yet, as a result, this part ofthe assessment is planned to be conducted once the students worked on their senior projects. Toextend and complete this work-in-progress, it

Collection

2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Jikai Du

harvesting research on the project “Scattered Electric PowerConversion–Door Generator” during summer 2017. The project involves both mechanicalengineering and electrical engineering research. During the research procedure, a faculty mentorestablished clear expectations with the student about work schedules and responsibilities. Thefaculty mentor also provided timely feedback to the student. In the project, the student learned toformulate and test a theoretical model, develop an experiment plan, collect and analyzeexperimental data, develop prototypes, acquire knowledge of the scientific literature in therelated research area, and finish a final project report. In this paper, challenges and problemsfacing to both faculty and student are also

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

through the virtual assembly of LEGO blocks. Thesecond laboratory experiment uses LEGO Mindstorms NXT systems to provide students withhands-on team projects to design and build an automated system while applying concepts learnedin the classroom. Data from students’ projects and surveys is presented to evaluate the efficacyof the designed laboratory experiments on student engagement and conceptual understanding.1. IntroductionConcepts in manufacturing can be very challenging for engineering students to understand inclassroom lectures alone. This paper focuses on two particular areas of manufacturing:micromanufacturing and industrial automation. In micromanufacturing, the layer-by-layermanufacturing process for microdevices becomes a challenge for

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Education, 2014 Interactive Probabilistic Risk Analysis for Construction Engineering and Management Jing Du, Ph.D.1, Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, Ph.D.2 and Rui Liu, Ph.D.31 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX;PH (210) 458-3053; email: jing.du@utsa.edu2 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX;PH (210) 458-3099; email: yilmaz.karasulu@utsa.edu3 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio,TX; PH (210) 458-3054; email: rui.liu@utsa.eduAbstractRisk analysis is critical to the success of construction projects. Traditionally, probabilistic riskanalysis is based

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yuko Hoshino; Wayne Sanders

Session 3661 Harmonious Combination of Tradition and Innovation – Making a Connection between Liberal Arts and Technical Courses, and East and West– Yuko Hoshino, L. Wayne Sanders Kanazawa Institute of Technology/Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper is the result of collaboration between a foreign language and cultural studiesprofessor in Japan and an engineering professor in the United States. It discusses a casestudy of the similarities between foreign language study and engineering courses at a privateengineering college in Japan. Project study in a Chinese language

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

be done during school breaks andsummer time. This paper outlines the background behind this new collaborative undergraduateresearch program. It gives details on the pilot project, which started this program.IntroductionUntil recently, undergraduate students were excluded from the business of research. Onlyfaculty and graduate students in the academic circle and research organizations outside academiaused to conduct and benefit from research. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aleading research institute ended this practice by establishing the Undergraduate ResearchOpportunities Program in 1969.1 The academic community recognized the importance ofundergraduate research to the students themselves in particular, and to the society

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Billy Koen

studentsresearch and analyze the heuristics or sota that professional engineers use to make decisions, wepiloted a new research assignment in our Engineering Communication course in the summer of2005. The assignment challenges students to research and write about how professionalengineers and corporate leaders face challenges. Simply put, students are required to pursue asemester-long research project focusing on a corporation that employs engineers and that hasfaced a crisis. Because the assignment requires students to investigate the practices and policiesthat companies use to address the challenges they face, it obliges students to examine the state ofthe art in corporate practice and evaluate the ways professionals respond to problems. Thisarticle

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

the SUCCEED“best practices and lessons learned”, and involved local faculty in role playing exercisesin order to create new versions suitable for local piloting and installation. The positivereceipt of such workshops encourages the present summative article on this approach tocreation and piloting of multidisciplinary design courses and projects. A second dimension of course creation is also considered, namely, creationconsistent with the existing or modified administrative requirements of institution andengineering school. In particular, it was found desirable that each college provide anatmosphere conducive to supporting such design experiences via arranging for thefollowing circumstances: (1) The scheduling of courses must