Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Profession andEducation chaired by Professor Johnson2 .The two semester-long materials science subject was taught to second year undergraduates inBuilding, Civil and Mechanical Engineering courses. The relative high pass and low attritionrates in this subject ensured its victim-hood subject when it was swapped in 2003 in thecourse curricula with a less performing first year subject. In 2006 the subject becameProblem-based learning (PBL) designated and was transferred back to the second year level.PBL designation significantly altered the course delivery. Initially the subject organizationwhich consisted of 2 hours of lectures for 2semesters supplemented by 1 hour tutorial perweek in the first semester and a 2 hour laboratory session per fortnight in

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1996 Annual Conference

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Jerry W. Samples; Colonel Kip P. Nygren

. Page 1.86.1 - $iiiii’ }- 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..,~yyc,? . Figure 1. Teacher Development Model. Our teachers are not lecturers in the classic sense. As a matter of fact, they are excellent facilitators,using a myriad of techniques in the classroom. They use many of the eight lecture methods outlined in Lowmanlas they take their classes through their paces. Relevance is ensured through introduction of equipment andthrough laboratory exercises. The normal classroom is interactive and fin. Group discussion is important in theadvanced courses and team projects are the norm in the design courses. These

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy M. Aller

was usuallybecause that student knew a lot about the topic and cared deeply about passing that knowledge on to others. Iincreasingly became aware that a key problem with poorly-written papers was the lack of “ownership” by theirauthors, many of whom were uneasily just “killing ink” on an unfmiliar topic in order to get a grade. This can hold true with engineering repom as well, as many of us have experienced. If even seniorstudents in a capstone laboratory course don’t understand the audience for their report, the objectives of theirexperiment, what data they ‘re supposed to end up with and what it means when they do get it, they tend toproduce poorly written reports--vague, unsure of claims, disorganized. They ‘re uncomforrdble writing

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Boyd; P. Dutta; K. Pugsley; J.T. Demel; Audeen W. Fentiman

an elevated bonus zone beyond the finish area. The robots aretested, both individually and in head-to-head competitions, at the end of the ten-week quarter.Points earned in the individual runs and the head-to-head competition contribute to the team’s course grade.Other activities that are graded throughout the quarter include written and oral reports and laboratory exercisesrelated to various robot subsystems.At the beginning of the design project, each team is required to prepare a detailed design schedule. Theschedules are reviewed by the faculty and suggestions are made to help students prepare realistic schedules.Teams in the first pilot group (Spring 1995) were expected to follow their schedules, and faculty informallymonitored their

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel S. Lee; R. Narasimhan; M. Lewis Temares

will be introduced to variousdisciplines by working in selected laboratories and machine shop areas. This course will consist of threeelements, namely, Engineering Design Process and Problem Solving techniques, Shop Practice and LaboratoryExperience, and Group Design Project. They are described in more detail below.a) Engineering Design Process and Problem Solving Techniques Problem Solving is the foundation of all engineering activities. This part of the course is designed to helpstudents develop problem-solving skills and to understand the general process in engineering design. Therewould be lectures on this subject and illustrations by case study. Certain relevant topics such as Product Safetyand Liability, Professional Ethics and

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Jacobs

audience.NOTE: This experiment was initially presented at NEW: Update 95, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,November 8. 1995.References:Jacobs, James A. and Thomas F. Kilduff. Engineering Materials Technology. 3rd cd., Prentice- Hall, Inc. 1997.ASM International. Advanced Materials & Processes. Selection and other volumes.ASM International. Engineering Materials Handbook - desk edition. 1995. Page 1.315.2Many supplementary ideas for pre-college level are found in Resources in Technology: Volumes 5-9. Order from International Technology Education Assoc. 1914 Association Dr. Reston,VA 22091.Journal Entries Observation

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Watts; George E. Piper; Carl E. Wick; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

later course work, or a student or student team will adopt theproject for their own capstone design experience. The course that this design exercise was used in is a course in the Systems Engineering department of theUnited States Naval Academy that provides students with theoretical and practical aspects of closed-loop control.Fundamentals of statistical measurements, sensors, motors, motor drivers, and closed-loop control are all subjectsthat are introduced in the classroom and reinforced in the laboratory through several practical experiments. Thus,the subject matter of the course provides a near perfect environment for an applied design project. Furthermore,all of our system engineering majors know that they must successfully

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Rabiee

assignments prior to actual buildingof the circuit(s) in the laboratory. This paper intends to familiarize the reader with simulation software, inparticular, with the Electronic Workbench for Windows version 4.0.Introduction: We will first explain the commands, and the method of drawing an electric circuit on the EWB 4.0 screen. Then,we will describe the Component Icon groups, and the Instrument Icons. Five examples will show the convenienceand the speed of Electric and Electronic circuit simulations. In the first example we will discuss the use of afunction generator, oscilloscope, multimeter, ammeters, and voltmeters to supply and display AC and DC signals.The second example will be a two-stage amplifier with a voltage gain of two. In the third

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Drake

collect data and to do control operationsis demonstrated in the laboratory experiments. Certain elements of the course touch upon the following:(1) Measurements of physical quantities. Here the student is introduced, for the first time in some cases, to the concepts of Page 1.389.2 imprecision and noise corruption in practical measurements. ?&iii’ ‘..+,ym } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings “y,..’” 1

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1996 Annual Conference

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Ph.D., P.E., Peter A. Keen

,” Harvard Business School Press,Boston, MA., 1991. VI. Biographical InformationPETER A. KOEN recently joined Stevens Institute of Technology as a full time Associate Professor in theManagement and Engineering Management Department. Dr. Keen’s background includes over 19 years ofexperience in companies such as Becton Dickinson and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Dr. Keen is supporting theInstitute by doing this survey in order to better align curriculum initiatives with the needs of the employers. Page 1.496.5 $iiii’ F 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guido Lopez, Old Dominion University; Anthony Seaber, Old Dominion University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

installedand implemented at ODU’s Engine and Drivetrain Laboratory located at the VirginiaInternational Raceway located near the City of Danville, VA. Such laboratory isoperational and is currently being used for student instruction and training. Additionalinformation about this facility is presented below.Examples to illustrate the character of this educational aspect within ODU’s motorsportsengineering curricula are presented and discussed in this paper. They are examples thathave been performed with student participation, and have been developed for field-testingon a professional race track with the specific objective of providing real-life training tostudents enrolled in the motorsports program.DATA ACQUISITION, AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL IN AUTO

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ping Ren, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Dennis Hong; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-671: BRIDGING THEORY AND PRACTICE IN A SENIOR-LEVELROBOTICS COURSE FOR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERSPing Ren, Virginia Tech Ping Ren is a PhD candidate working under the direction of Dr. Dennis Hong in RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory) of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. He is passionate about advancing research in robotics and innovations related to robotics education.Dennis Hong, Virginia Tech Dennis Hong is an Assistant Professor and the Director of RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory) of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. His research expertise lies in the area of mobile robot locomotion, humanoid robots

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

students’ understanding of platform commonality,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 120-130, 2007.15. S. Goel, D. Pon, “Innovative model for information assurance curriculum: a teaching hospital,” ACM Journal of Educational Resources in Computing, vol. 6, no. 3, Sept. 2006, Article 2.16. E. Granado, W. Colmenares, M. Strefezza, A. Alonso, “ A web-based virtual laboratory for teaching automatic control,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 192-197, 2007.17. T.W. Simpson, “Experiences with a hands-on activity to contrast craft production and mass production in the classroom,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 19, no. 2, 2003, pp. 297-304.18

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Anderson, United States Air Force Academy; Matthew Snyder, United States Air Force Academy; Michael Maixner, United States Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

facultyand lab technicians. The course was scheduled, on average, for 2.5 hours per week in aclassroom embedded in the Applied Mechanics Laboratory. Such proximity enabled timelytransition between classroom and lab topics. No work outside of class, or prior preparation wasexpected of the students, so that no course credit was offered; the course is, however, arequirement for the Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Mechanics majors. Despite therestrictions on homework, students were expected to accomplish a final capstone project withinthe time available during regularly scheduled class.Most lessons were taught by subject matter experts throughout the department, and not by theparticular instructors assigned to each class. For example, the

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul King, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical

, defibrillators(external and implantable), transmitter systems, Holter Monitors, databases, andfuture directions. Invited speakers typically include a cardiologist and aMedtronic field engineer, tours include a visit to a Human Patient Simulator and aClinical Pharmacology research laboratory, and demonstrations involved use of afree commercial package on biological signals. The course further covers anoverview of the following engineering topics: data capture techniques, sampling,and A/D conversion. The major computational experience for the studentsinvolves basic ekg rhythm analysis using Excel, using data collected from thestudents or (optionally) from an unknown subject. This is followed by a similaranalysis using MATLAB (in parallel with a required

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado-Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado-Boulder; R. Scott Summers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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International

them can be found at www.edc-cu.org/Education.htm.Starting in spring 2004, an outdoor teaching laboratory has been created on the CU Boulder campusthat gives students the opportunity to practice sustainable building techniques in an outdoor setting.The Field Laboratory for Applied Sustainable Technologies (FLAST) allows students to gain Page 11.566.7experience with low cost, low maintenance green building materials through active and experientiallearning (www.edc-cu.org/FLAST.htm). In 2004, the laboratory was used as an integral part of theteaching of Sustainability and the Built Environment, which wastaught to graduate and undergraduate

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

-scale sail planes. Over thecourse of ECSEL program, the sailplane project eventually became integrated into thecurriculum in such a way that students receive up to 11 credits toward their degree requirementsif they complete four years in the program, which involves 20 credits of effort.7 In ElectricalEngineering the changes included creation of a laboratory course on micro-controllers thateventually became a required course and redesign of laboratories to be fully integrated withlectures in two other courses, Circuits & Devices8 and Electronic Circuit Design I. The CivilEngineering project integrated industrial design cases into the entry level structural design class.9The Chemical Engineering project entailed the creation of two detailed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

defined a set of accreditation criteria (3a-k) which identify 11 outcomes expected ofengineering graduates. The Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education(LITEE) team at Auburn University obtained funding from the NSF and, working with industrialpartners, has developed award winning multimedia case studies to address these expectations.These case studies make it possible for students to visualize the problem posed in the case studyand work in teams as they play the roles of concerned engineers and managers. In classpresentations, students present solutions to the problem and defend them. Evaluation data showsthat implementing LITEE case studies in classrooms improves the higher-level cognitive skills ofstudents, stimulates

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Mckinney and Evans LLP, that has partnered with the EEI. • Enabling student teams to develop commercial-grade prototypes by providing laboratory facilities in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. These facilities, which are approximately 1800 ft2 in size, first support teams interested in entrepreneurship by providing the same engineering resources available in other EPICS prototyping facilities. They go beyond this basic capability because they are located in a building, in which they are surrounded by other programs, students, and faculty interested in entrepreneurship. This creates many opportunities for both informal and formal education and mentoring in many aspects of entrepreneurship. • Establishing

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Christopher Garay, Vanderbilt University; Aubrey McKelvey, Vanderbilt University; Patrick Gonzales, Vanderbilt University; Alex Nguyen, University of Rochester

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

generate ideasabout what more they need to learn. Careful selection of this challenge is critical tomotivating the target student populations and preparing for a guided inquiry experience Page 11.756.2into the field of biomedical imaging.Each curriculum unit is provided in three parts – an instructor’s manual, slidepresentations, and a student edition of the laboratory manual. The instructor’s manualprovides an overview of the curriculum, including the challenges and suggestions forhow to engage the students in those challenges, and gives specific suggestions about thehands-on exercises. The slide presentations describe and illustrate the

Conference Session

Design & Development Projects and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mingshao Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Zhou Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Manufacturing

Robotics, Internet of Things, Mechatronics Laboratory for Education, Machine Vision and Motion Tracking.Mr. Zhou Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Ph.D Candidate, Mechanical Engineering Department, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030. Email: zzhang11@stevens.eduDr. Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Nima Lotfi received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran, in 2006, his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2010, and his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Sci- ence and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

classroom initiative todevelop a series of instructional videos for laboratory and design project skills at New YorkUniversity. Previously, a video was created to assist with prototyping and wiring a breadboardfor a lab experiment. The next video in the series is part one of a two part sequence on theengineering design process. Over the last three semesters 3D printing and computer-aided design(CAD) have been integrated into the course design project. Part one of the video uses the firsthalf of the engineering design process to 3D model a potential print to help with the courseproject. The second half of the video will document printing the part and completing the rest ofthe engineering design process cycle.The investigators wish to study the

Conference Session

Practices for Student Learning Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Djuric P.E., Wayne State University; Jeremy Lewis Rickli, Wayne State University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Daniel Foster, Old Dominion University

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Manufacturing

. Rickli received his B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech- nological University in 2006 and 2008 and received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech prior to joining Wayne State in 2013. At Wayne State, he has created the Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Systems Laboratory (MaRSLab). MaRSLab targets fundamental and applied research in manufacturing and remanufacturing processes and systems while encouraging considerations for sus- tainability and life-cycle thinking in design, manufacturing, use, and recovery. Specific research thrusts include: transforming manufacturing quality monitoring and remanufacturing core condition assessment via automated laser line

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 11

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven P. Jacobs, University of Pittsburgh; Alaine M. Allen, University of Pittsburgh; Linda W. Demoise, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

circuit design, digital systems design, signal detection and parameter estimation, radar systems, and automated detection of disease in medical images. His teaching and administrative activities include development of laboratory experiments and courses, and ABET accreditation. Prof. Jacobs is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE.Ms. Alaine M. Allen, University of Pittsburgh Alaine M. Allen is the director of the Swanson School of Engineering pre-college and undergraduate di- versity initiatives - INVESTING NOW and Pitt EXCEL. Her work includes providing oversight to these two programs, developing partnerships with professionals from key educational and non-profit communi- ties, maintaining relationships

Conference Session

Programming, Virtual Reality, and Dynamic Systems

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

. No required courses feature Mechatronics as a prerequisite, though some technicalelectives do. While cataloged as a 3000 level course, the majority of students are seniors withjuniors and new graduate students making up the balance.   Figure 1. The interdisciplinary nature of Mechatronics [14]. Figure 2. EME 3214 – Mechatronics with prerequisite courses.The four-credit course is taught with three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory. Becausethe lecture and laboratory sessions are considered a single section, class size is capped at16 students per section to accommodate the available laboratory stations. Both daytime andevening

Conference Session

Pre-College: Resource Exchange

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidaa Makki, University of Akron ; Nicholas G. Garafolo, University of Akron; Wondimu Ahmed, University of Akron; Kristin L. K. Koskey, University of Akron; Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Katrina B. Halasa, Akron Public Schools

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

contractor, under the umbrella of a multi-million dollar contract, in space flight hard- ware research and development to NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Garafolo was instrumental in developing a synergistic approach in the research and component modeling of elastomeric space seals for manned spaceflight; an asset to NASA and the development of advanced aerospace seals for the next generation of manned spacecraft. The unique problem necessitated a grasp of both fluid dynamics and material science, as well as experimental and computational analysis. As a DAGSI/Air Force Research Laboratory Ohio Student-Faculty Fellow, Dr. Garafolo gained experimental knowledge in structural dynamics of turbomachinery. In

Conference Session

Strategies for Effective Education in Manufacturing

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Keegan O'Bannon, Urick Ductile Solutions

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Manufacturing

effectivelyconvert this information to knowledge if they use it in real life problems or projects8. Unlikesome other topics that undergraduate students must comprehend such as mechanics,thermodynamics, or control systems, the issues of manufacturing systems integration are difficultto demonstrate, explore or manipulate in conventional lecture or laboratory sessions9. In practice,manufacturing engineers are under constant pressure to meet production targets and deliveryschedules and reduce or eliminate disruption to normal production activities9.This study discusses the integration of industry projects into an undergraduate manufacturingsystems course. Students are given a solid background on manufacturing systems design,analysis and improvement. Students

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward H. Currie, Hofstra University; Kevin C. Craig, Hofstra University

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Mechanical Engineering

mechanical-nuclear design department of Ebasco Services, Inc., a major engineering firm in NYC, and taught and received tenure at both the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Hofstra University. While at Hofstra, he worked as a research engineer at the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) Automation and Robotics Laboratory. He received the 1987 ASEE New Engineering Educator Excellence Award, a national honor. In 1989, he joined the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). At RPI, he further developed his leadership and administrative skills as Direc- tor of Core Engineering, the first two years of the School of Engineering, and as Chair of the Engineering Science

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Steve Sandelin

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Electrical and Computer

Boolean algebra Digital devices Interfacing and the major functional unitsTable 1: Major Topics Covered in Introductory EE CoursesBoth Circuit Analysis II and Digital Electronics courses consist of weekly three-hour lectures andtwo-hour lab sessions. The laboratory activities are aimed to provide students hands-on practiceon course content and to enhance students’ understanding of important topics covered in lectures.Given that the integrated course project is offered in the Circuit Analysis II class, we next providesome course information and desired learning outcomes of this course in Table 3 and Table 4. Course information of EE210 Circuit Analysis II Prerequisite

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 6 - Energy & Thermodynamics

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

author at University of Maryland Eastern Shore forengineering undergraduates, two web-based tools -(i)BITES ( Buildings Industry Transportationand Electricity Generation Scenarios) developed at National Renewable Energy Laboratories(NREL) and (ii) TEST (The Expert System for Thermodynamics) developed at San Diego StateUniversity are introduced to the students and integrated with the course project and classroominstruction.The BITES tool provides a framework to discuss thermodynamic cycles related to power,refrigeration, Otto, and Diesel cycles to energy production and utilization in commercial andresidential buildings, as well as the transportation and industrial sector at large, and their relevanceto carbon emission, ozone depletion, and