the University ofIndianapolis R.B. Annis School of Engineering to develop an intelligent visual factoryannunciation system. The system utilizes moving head lighting fixtures from theentertainment/concert industry to provide immediate visual feedback for problems,troubleshooting, and process guidance in a manufacturing environment. This project requiredthe student design team to evaluate existing protocols from multiple industries and create acommon platform applicable to a factory environment. The end product will be able to directattention to specific 3D locations andl be integrated into already existing systems using aProgrammable Logic Controller (PLC).Footer: © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021
. As justification for theproposal, the executive summary states:“This project will benefit all NDSU students by improving their access to a specificcategory of technology which is presently grossly underrepresented at the University:technology for measuring, displaying, and predicting the energy efficiency of buildings.... students in NDSU’s professional design and engineering programs will benefit fromaccess to technology which improves their ability to design, construct, and manageenergy-efficient buildings.”The team’s proposal was partially approved in Spring 2011. Among the approved portions of theproposal were several tools and technologies related to the investigation and diagnosticevaluation of environmental conditions. The approval
creating thin interfaces in analogue as well as digital media and about using design as a catalyst for the empowerment of women. Currently he is working on projects related to: micro financing with an NGO in India; the use of cell phones for creating a more efficient process in maintaining immunization records for developing countries; and developing a foot measurement system with jaipur foot. He is also working on a new methodology for easier learning of 3D modeling applications for design students. He divides his time between the United States and India.He obtained his BArch from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi and his Master of Science in Design from Arizona State University. Professor Sharma is
researchers both nationally and internationally. She has been PI or co-PI on multiple NSF awards and leading PINC project (Promoting Inclusivity in Computing) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
Paper ID #17911First Year Experience of Running the Research Experience for Teachers inAlternative Energy and Automotive Engineering ProgramProf. Xia Wang, Oakland University Dr. Xia Wang is an associate professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Oakland Uni- versity. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, with an emphasis on fuel cell and battery technology. She was the program director for the NSF-funded project entitled ”Research Experience for Teachers in Alternative Energy and Automotive Engineering: Energize K-12 Teaching and Learning” at Oakland
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,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The goals of this project were to develop anintroductory engineering design course for MSEN students with mentoring from undergraduatesin MEP, improve the self-efficacy and interest in engineering among student participants, and builda pipeline of minority students interested in pursuing an engineering degree at NC State.It has been widely reported that the U.S. must produce more highly skilled individuals in the STEMfields in order to sustain its historical competitive advantage in these areas. According to anexecutive report issued by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology(PCAST), the U.S. will need to increase the number of students who receive undergraduate STEMdegrees by
Programs at the Batten College of Engineering & Technology.Edwin Merino, Old Dominion UniversityJayson Carl Alberto Kreger c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work-in-Progress: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Undergraduate Research in Augmented Reality SystemsAbstractThis Work-in-Progress paper presents a multidisciplinary undergraduate research project todevelop an augmented reality system for the U.S. Marine Corps weapon maintenance andoperation. The project utilizes low-cost, market-leading AR hardware and software to developan interactive AR application for maintenance and operation of M16A4 rifle. The ARapplication contains interactive presentation and visualization of
Full Paper: A Systems Engineering Approach to Conceptual Design in a 1st-Year Engineering Program1st-year engineering students engage in three projects over the course of the fall and springsemesters. In the fall semester students build, test, and present at an exposition an Arduino-basedgame. While students are provided the design for the game, they are strongly encouraged tomake creative modifications. Following this, students complete a reverse engineering activity ona simple household appliance or medical device. The result is a CAD model of the device and adetailed report, typically of about 40 – 50 pages. Students work in teams of three or four on bothprojects.In the spring semester work consists of a
Process Design IIand Design III course sequence at our minority-serving institution (MSI), Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville (TAMUK). In this two-semester course sequence, students are introducedto sustainability concepts during instruction in chemical process formulation and processsimulation (Design II). Subsequently, students are further instructed on this topic during theirsemester-long senior design project (Design III) course. For the senior design experience,students are required to form into groups of four and complete a senior design project thatinvolves process simulation, using Aspen Plus software, and cost estimation of a chosenchemical process. The author has been the primary course instructor for this two-coursesequence for only
Sue Kemnitzer Deputy Division Director skemnitz@nsf.gov Rose Wesson Program Director rwesson@nsf.gov ASEE ERC March 2014NSF ENG/CBET Strategy Attract, stimulate, catalyze and challenge research communities to think big, enable transformational research advances, and expand national innovation capacity Portfolio balance between fundamental, applied and translational as well as small, medium and large projects Collaborate and partner within and outside NSF to maximize opportunity for the engineering research and education community to address major national priorities Goal: Maximize long term expected societal benefit 2CBET’s vision and mission is to: Vision Be a global leader in
. 30 licenses via 18 agreements. 6 inventions via 4 licenses generated $92,380.OSU Center for Automotive Research• FY1992 – FY2011. 52 IPDRs from industry sponsored research. IP protection costs of $201,935. Licensing income of $7,000.• One experiment…a-priori rights fees of $759,020 from 8 projects sponsored by 2 customers.The not so obvious…relationship philosophy (external facing)Companies are always at risk (and managing risk) when investing in their business. No risk, noupside. Without sharing in the risk, partners have little to no leverage to share in potential upside.Partners who do not share in the risk may, however, price their engagement as a function of theknowledge, skill, and track record that they bring to the table.The really
in their courses to publish coursedevelopers to manage their software development projects material, share code samples, and collect programmingand collaborate with each other. Recently, educators also assignments. In this study, our objective is to examine howstarted using GitHub as a teaching tool for programming GitHub is being used in academia and discuss thecourses by hosting code samples and managing student motivations and the benefits of using GitHub inassignments. In this study, we examine how GitHub is programming courses.being used in academia, and we discuss the motivations andthe benefits of using this platform. We also present authors’ 2. Use of GitHub in Educationexperience of using
AC 2007-2527: MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING STUDENTSFred DePiero, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects including a high-compression video transmission system for remote driving and several laser-based ranging systems. Fred began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and completed it in May 1996. His research interests include
for the past 7 years, while continuing his research in Biofluids, sports engineering and design methodology and teaching.Mohamed Nazir, University of CalgaryMarjan Eggermont, University of CalgaryDiane Douglas, University of CalgaryBrigit Knecht, University of Calgary Page 12.437.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Curriculum Enhancement to Promote Environmental Awareness among EngineersIntroductionThe University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering has introduced a set of first yeardesign projects aimed at preparing engineering students to be both technically
engineering software programs tocreate project documentation and/or 3D models for analysis and manufacture. Thiscomputer graphics course requires students to become proficient with the graphicssoftware through lecture, demonstration, lab projects, and online tutorials.Usually, the graphics courses taught in engineering technology programs do not integratedesign topics along with the operation of the software. During a recent restructuring ofthe BSMET program at Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) certaintraditional courses were eliminated and embedded into new courses. Some of the coursesthat are not offered as stand alone courses are geometric dimensioning and tolerances,descriptive geometry, manufacturing processes, and machining
toward a focus on innovative productdevelopment, toward entrepreneurship and better utilization of student ideas. The intention wasnot to create new educational programs in innovation engineering, but rather to create a changein existing programs and curriculum. Examples are introduction of new courses in innovationengineering, integration between project courses, research projects, entrepreneurs and companiesto better utilize student ideas and projects.The aim of this article is to present the overall goals of the program, experiences from theestablishment together with experiences and results from the introduction of a new large courseaimed at bringing student ideas to the market.Industrial and Educational contextThe industrial history in
idea to a practical implementation possibility. In the followingsections we will highlight two such examples, the first example is the use of an embedded deviceto promote excitement in science and engineering in the high-schools and introductory classes atthe University level and the second example is from a senior design project from RPI where ateam went from design and simulation to deployment in one semester4.1 Use Case: Embedded Devices in the High-school and Freshman levelsThe Infinity Project[10] is an award-winning high school and early college program developed atSouthern Methodist University(SMU) in Dallas, TX and is aimed at creating excitement inscience and engineering in high school. The aim of the program is to bring math and
Page 12.17.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A College-University Partnership for Developing A Learning Environment for Hybrid Electric Vehicle TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes a college-university joint project supported by the Advance TechnologyEducation (ATE) Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) for developing a learningenvironment for hybrid electric vehicle technology. The partnership was established betweenMacomb Community College (MCC) in Warren, Michigan and the Division of EngineeringTechnology at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit, Michigan. WSU has developed a setof short courses for community college instructors and automotive engineers, and MCC becomesthe first
that low performers overestimate theirabilities across multiple contexts 14, 15. In evaluating peers in engineering courses anothervariable is where the teamwork experience falls on the spectrum of team projects. On oneextreme of this spectrum are fully cooperative experiences in which the team works togethertowards a common goal. This extreme is defined by a single shared experience. On the otherextreme are “divide-and-conquer” projects. Here a team assigns each individual separate taskswhich each contribute to a shared team goal. Such approaches—an example is the jigsawteaching technique—are defined by unique experiences for each individual. This approach iscommon to many capstone design courses.This report looks at peer evaluation in a
AC 2008-1106: ENGINEERING FACULTY BECOMING ENGINEERINGEDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERSWendy James, Oklahoma State University Wendy James is a PhD student in the College of Education at Oklahoma State University. Currently she has a fellowship promoting collaboration between the College of Education and OSU's Electrical and Computer Engineering department on an NSF funded curriculum reform project called Engineering Students for the 21st Century. She has her M.S. in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership from OSU, and her B.B.S. in Mathematics Education from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She has nine years teaching experience at the high school and college levels with courses in math and
design skills for students in our electrical engineering technology program. Student teams design, build, and troubleshoot FPGA-based projects composed of common embedded systems peripherals, including input/output and/or electromechanical devices, and complex digital integrated circuits. The design experience is progressive, requiring each successive subsystem to be incorporated without disturbing previously completed subsystems. Furthermore, the design experience is based on a learning approach that motivates student learning and develops skills required by the student in a future professional capacity. These skills include designing to specification, teamwork, communication, and lifelong
means to interact with students and parents, opened their minds on Page 13.29.2females’ opportunities when pursuing challenging STEM fields, instilled confidence in the girlsand provided a continuing information resource to them.The problem addressed by this project is the critical need for a more diverse work force inscience and engineering fields and a declining number of students entering the technical workforce, an aim that many are striving for today.10 The UA-SHS day camp goal was to provideawareness and generate enthusiasm for technical fields in northwest Arkansas, a diverse regiongeographically close to the university. Springdale has a
,math, engineering, or teaching degree and career. This program has been specifically designed tomotivate personal development and excellence in scholastic performance of youth. The presenterwill share information about the success of this program through its interdisciplinary projects,experiments, field trips and interaction with visiting scientist and educators. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education
Force Inaugural Environmental Civic Leaders Tour (1996); and Certificate of Commendation and Distinguished Service, Embassy of the United States of America (1989).Karen Peterman, Goodman Research Group, Inc. Karen Peterman, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Associate at Goodman Research Group, Inc. Dr. Peterman manages multiple projects, ranging from a needs assessment for an upcoming television series to summative evaluations of several national outreach initiatives. She has experience designing and carrying out evaluations for a variety of funding agencies including US Department of Education, National Cancer Institute and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Peterman is currently
communications systems in aircraft, including intra-vehicle MIMO performance. She has been involved in the Society of Women Engineers and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers chapter government and activities. She is presently involved in the TA Scholar Program at the University of Utah working on a project to improve teaching and learning in her department.Cynthia Furse, University of Utah Dr. Cynthia Furse is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah and the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. She is the PI of an NSF DLR project – Integrated System Level Design -- and an NSF STEP program -- Utah’s Engineers: A Statewide Initiative
. For theengineering technology students, a more direct connection between the engineeringprofession and issues of importance in the global community was desired. To accomplishthis, a critical thinking assignment and guest speaker were used. For the critical thinkingassignment, students had to research and write about an engineering project that improvesthe quality of life for a given population. These were chosen from a series of web sitearticles highlighting humanitarian engineering projects, development initiatives, andsustainability projects in third world countries. To provide a more personal andinteractive aspect, guest speakers from a nearby university gave a presentation on theirEngineers Without Boarders (EWB) student chapter and their
required for the course areprogramming using a high level language such as C/C++ or Java and an understanding of logicdesign, both which a typical undergraduate computer engineering student acquires at thesophomore or the junior level. An associated laboratory component was also developed, whereweekly hands-on laboratory sessions serve to reinforce the ideas learned in the lecture. Thecourse projects are drawn from a variety of disciplines which use high performance computingincluding bioinformatics, scientific computing, and signal processing. The course was assessedthrough pre and post tests, focus groups, and external evaluators drawn from faculty from otherdepartments. Our assessments indicate that the course has had a significant impact on
stillongoing. The author started teaching the class in Spring 2006. Since then each semester between19 and 33 students have been enrolled in the class, forming between five and nine teams.Status before RedesignThe senior design course prior to the redesign was structured as follows: • Each project became its own section of the senior design class. • Individual students or a team of students would work on a project, no rule existed on how many students were a minimum or maximum number for a team. • Each project had a faculty advisor. • The faculty advisor decided what deliverables were necessary for the project; no consistency existed for the whole class on reports or presentations. • The faculty advisor graded the projectThis