Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Melinda Gallagher; Lawrence Genalo

included in this course. Creatinglesson plans for its use is also a part of this graduate course8. A web site and database ofSEM lessons for use in K-12 and college classrooms has been created and the practicingteachers contribute to this database during and after enrollment in the Toying WithTechnologySM course.The first LEGO®-based exercises in the course are highly structured and lead to lessstructured, more open-ended design problems throughout the semester. In the firstexercise the students (whether they are preservice teachers, inservice teachers, or 4thgraders) are given pictorial directions to build a car out of LEGO®s. They are given thefollowing program employing Dave Baum’s “Not Quite C” language (see the web site athttp

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorcan Folan; David Doucette; Gunter Georgi

communication skills, project management, as well as overview lectures on major technical and non-technical disciplines.2. Creation of a large, interdisciplinary undergraduate laboratory, used by students from many disciplines to plan a variety of engineering experiments in a common space.3. Use of laptop computers as design tools that are integrated into the Engineering courses.I. IntroductionOur world is becoming ever more complex. It is no longer possible to cope by relying onexpertise from a single discipline. Concurrent Engineering is now a practice used throughoutindustry, and its participants are expected to be able to work in an inter-disciplinary environment.A second trend is the renewed emphasis on design, as opposed to analysis, in

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirankumar Gundrai

variety of measures to increase performance, such as improving thedesign of systems, installing more reliable equipment, using better information systems,enhancing integration of systems and coordination of their operations, observing betterwork planning and work management, sharing lessons learned about plant operationsthroughout the industry, and providing higher levels of training.Continual plant modernization. Although the first commercial nuclear power plant began commercial operations in1969, there is really no "old" nuclear power plant. Systems are continually beingredesigned and replaced such that the original plant is substantially new and improved

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Yuille

NSBE Boeing Flight Design Build and Fly Snowmobile Destination Imagination (formerly Odyssey of the Mind) Solar Car Racing Environmental Design Steel Bridge FIRST Robotics Timber Bridge Formula SAE Racing Car The fall semester is dedicated to recruiting members and team building, conceptualizing anddesigning the projects, as well as developing business plans and budgets. During the springsemester, the teams construct their projects for the competitions using the university’s machineshop facilities under the supervision of the machine shop staff and the guidance of the facultyadvisers. In an effort

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. William Shelnutt; S. Gary Teng

to industry. Its curriculum provides students with flexibility in their pursuit ofthe Masters degree so they can tailor their study plan according to their needs and interest.Meanwhile, the program wants to ensure the quality of its graduates with excellent technical,managerial, communication, and people skills in managing technical operations. Programfaculty constantly evaluates and improves the curriculum with input from industry to meet theneeds of Charlotte area companies.The Original CurriculumThe original curriculum includes two options: (1) 24 semester-hours of coursework along with 6hours of thesis research, and (2) 30 semester-hours of coursework. Both options include thefollowing 6 core courses plus four elective courses for non

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Zarrugh

surveyed 47 different companies about their then current manufacturingpractices and how these were expected to change over the next five years. The survey also Page 7.179.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationsolicited recommendations for improving manufacturing engineering curriculum. Respondentsranked 21 manufacturing technologies as to degrees of importance to their current and futureprofessional needs. Fifty percent of the respondents ranked six technologies: ManufacturingResource Planning

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Terry

Competency Exam to be administeredduring the senior year. One of the observed benefits of the exam is its role in focusing theattention of both students and faculty members on the core elements of our program. Theexam also provides a quality check for graduating students, and feedback for programimprovement. Our experience to date indicates that the Core Competency Exam, alongwith other elements of our assessment plan, will have a significant positive impact on theeducation of our students.IntroductionAs part of our assessment plan, the Chemical Engineering Department faculty at BrighamYoung University have defined a set of core competencies that we have designated formastery by all of our graduating students1. The intent of these core competencies

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

solutions and demonstrating openness to new ideas. The assessmentrubric includes demonstrating awareness of how various engineering disciplines complementeach other, understanding the design process from concept to prototyping, problem definition,analyzing problems from different viewpoints, and anticipating problems and developingcontingency plans. Throughout their college career, students are encouraged to develop a strongwork ethic, and to be self-motivated to achieve excellence in the field in which they work. Theassessment attributes include a measure of their professionalism, their response to suggestions orcriticism, and their use of ethical component in their decision-making strategy and considerationof the implication of the project for

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vernon Lewis; Paul Kauffmann

the support of technical operations including manufacturing, maintenance, planning, and other related areas. This option is designed to support career interests in this general area. · Geomatics and GIS: Geomatics is an emerging field involving integration of data from a wide range of sensors (satellites, photographs, etc.) to develop geographical information systems (GIS). This option develops skills to enter this emerging field and is of interest in land development, site planning, and environmental issues. · Computer and Network Operations: Design, operation, and maintenance of computer networks require a person with knowledge of electronic hardware, software, and topology (network planning) skills. In addition

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Eugene Audette; Debra Ricci

prepared for accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (EAC of ABET) in 2000 and for itsBaldrige Quality Award application in 2002. For two consecutive years, parents of currentBSME students were invited to a day-long campus visit in April into which activities to gatherimpressions via a two-step focus group were imbedded. Data collected over two years wasanalyzed for results in accordance with the department Continuous Improvement Plan. Resultsconfirmed positive aspects of the program and provided important feedback for improvement.Actions taken on results include EAC of ABET accreditation for the BSME program and thelaunching of a BSEE program. This qualitative approach

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

that significant resources or reputations are at stake.This paper will focus on what the Department of Construction Technology intends to do inspecific for its ABET assessment. Our plan is that our assessment will essentially entailassessment at several levels as a combination of assessing all courses plus a capstone course, exitexams and surveys, and involving the Industry Advisory Board in the process. The paper willalso detail the total spectrum for different kinds of assessment activities being undertaken bydifferent departments from the perspective of showing the wide range and scope. It is hoped thatthe presentation will lead to a lively discussion as to what is enough and what is too much andmaybe bring out what the feelings are on this

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Moreau-Jones; Albert Peng; Daniel Jones

of correspondence, primarily through email, a detailed itinerary wasplanned for the first CMU visit to NCUT. Page 7.735.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAcademic AspectsAdvanced planning was crucial to the success of the trip. Advertisement for the course beganseveral months before the trip. Posters and in-class announcements proved to be very effectiveat generating student interest. All of the fourteen interested students were able to make the trip.Eleven of these students

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawna Fletcher; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Strategies and PlanningUnder the leadership of a new director, a dedicated staff held a comprehensive staff retreat inOctober of 2000. The staff outlined a two-year plan with goals and objectives to increase studentinvolvement in WISE programs. They outlined an overall mission to include a strongcommunity and diversified programming agenda with the goal of creating a more well roundedgraduate. After compiling a comprehensive report, the staff began holding WISE Memberforums in the spring of 2001 to discuss ideas and to receive student feedback. The memberforums are held on a continual basis twice a semester to evaluate the success of the programsoffered each semester. Next, the staff began fundraising to meet their objectives. They wereable to

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

William Evans

control from the PLC. It was used from about academic year 2004 to 2020. The reason forits abandonment was that the water flow would sometimes back up in the drainpipes with theresult of flooding in downstairs areas. The flooding in year 2020 was the last. This lab was sadlyabandoned after this third major flood over the years from the experiment [11]. A ¾ inch waterpipe can supply about 90 gallons of water per minute – a lot of water! This lab is shown above inFig. 6.In the WorksThere are still plans for future experiments that challenge the student and keep the instructoractively designing new labs. The latest is a Bruder toy conveyor belt. First, the crank was Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education

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2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Erick Benjamin Butler, West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University; Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

programs in mechanical (2003),civil (2010), environmental (2012), electrical (2016), and master’s level (2017). All of theseprograms are now consolidated in a College of Engineering (2020). The programs are tailored for21st century needs with all four engineering programs gaining successful ABET accreditation as thefirst graduates were produced. This paper will discuss the process to build ABET accreditedengineering programs as well as current and future plans for these growing and vital programs. IntroductionWest Texas A&M University (WTAMU) is a regional Master’s level university in the Texas A&MUniversity (TAMU) System located in Canyon, TX (Amarillo, TX metropolitan area). Theuniversity was

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute

the course is that the best way for students toimprove their performance on the FE exam would be to improve their attitudes towards theimportance of professional registration [3]. This has proved to be a valid premise. Since thecourse has been offered more cadets have expressed the desire to pursue professionalregistration. It is challenging for cadets that plan to commission in the armed forces at the timeof graduation to realize the importance of preparing for, taking, and passing the FE exam. Manyhave expressed the attitude in the past that they plan to be an officer in the armed service, and donot see the need to pursue professional registration even though many promotions in the militaryrequire a PE license [4]. The presence of the

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Adam Kaplan, Kennesaw State University; Jayhyun Kwon, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

engagement.Clear Communication and Reminders (5 responses): Several students emphasized theimportance of instructors making their office hours known to the class and sending regularreminders. Clear communication helps students remember and plan their attendance,promoting a proactive approach to seeking assistance.Friendly Attitude and Welcoming Environment (5 responses): Students value a friendlyattitude from instructors, emphasizing the significance of creating a welcomingenvironment. This includes being approachable and encouraging, fostering positiveinteractions during office hours.Preparation and Specific Questions (4 responses): Encouraging students to come preparedwith specific questions was suggested to maximize the effectiveness of office hours

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Deirdre Donovan Dr., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Durga Suresh-Menon, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

, and diversity and equity issues in mathematics.Durga Suresh-Menon, Wentworth Institute of Technology Dean, School of Computing & Data Science ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Student Recruitment and RetentionImprovements through Success in First Year Mathematics: A Multi-faceted Approach Deirdre Donovan and Durga Suresh-Menon Wentworth Institute of Technology • Original calculus sequence andGoals of approachPresentation • New multi-faceted approach ○Discuss each aspect • Call to Action and future plans 2 Traditional

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Elin Jensen, Lawrence Technological University

subject; hence, this iswhere the educational strategy is implemented.The key element of the educational strategy is a term project addressing one of the needsidentified by a local city in their draft Sustainability Action Plan (SAP). The need is mobility byway of improving public transit and non-motorized transportation networks. The city’spopulation (75,000) is diverse in terms of ethnicity, race and religion. The majority theresidents fall, on average, in the low-income group ($36k+ per year), and the percentage ofseniors is higher than the national average. The SAP suggested mobility hubs (transit centers) aspart of the solution to address mobility issues. The city planner and sustainability planneridentified key design features and

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

International

beconducting research and the sheer number of students that would be abroad each year, faculty-directed programs may be a component of the international program portfolio; however, they areinsufficient to enable WCOE to meet the goal of an international experience for all students.The international experienced was proposed in Fall 2012 to all of the WCOE engineeringdepartments. The plan was pitched at the department level to provide opportunities fordiscussion and feedback to improve the proposed plan. In Spring 2013, the internationalprogram was adopted and incorporated in the 2013-2014 course catalog so that the requirementcould be placed into effect for the entering class of 2013. Due to this timeline, limited work wasperformed in building programs

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Sirkin, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

historical concepts and controversies, as well as leading figures, in de-sign practice. The last two homework assignments ask students to develop and then refine/updatea final project plan, building up from details such as required materials, their cost, and the timerequired to source them, to key design challenges such as evaluating which features could be re-moved if time becomes scarce, while still presenting a viable, working music player.Design Project: Sending Students Into the World, Bringing Them BackThe final design project take the last four weeks of the ten-week term, and follows a structureddesign process that includes planning, observation, ideation, prototyping, implementation andreflection/documentation. Students typically work

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona; Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

students integrate knowledge and skills learnt in the previous courses.In the first course (ECET-390, Product Development) students from Electronics and Computerprograms are asked to form teams, and then required to research, plan and develop a projectproposal. Then in the next three senior project courses (ECET-492, ECET-493 & ECET-494: 24Weeks) students implement the project plan by building and testing a prototype. A typical projectinvolves a solution to a software/hardware-based engineering problem. The process of developingand implementing a solution to the problem offers a unique learning opportunity for students togain new insights and competencies and their team-work, problem-solving and analytical thinkingskills.Senior projects, also

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(Mathematica, MATLAB, Maple, and LabVIEW). This willprovide an opportunity for all CSET-STEM participants to learn technical skills improve theirperformance in their classes, in their jobs, and in their future careers. These activities are estimated torequire an average of about 1 hour per week.Professional Development ActivitiesIn order to enhance the educational performance and retention of CSET-STEM Scholars, the followingactivities are planned. These activities are estimated to require an average of about 2 hours per month:(a)Monthly Seminars -- All Scholars will be encouraged to attend a monthly seminar. Talks will begiven by faculty and industry guest speakers. In addition, students will share their experiences. Thisinteraction will aid the

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Harpeth Hall School and Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

used the engineering design process to manage the designs along withappropriate scientific inquiry, statistical analyses, CAD drawings, and hands-on prototypebuilding to accomplish this task. Each group also prepared an oral presentation and a video oftheir fish pond or oven in action. These videos ran while the girls stood in front of the posters,giving their oral presentations, to judges, parents, and teachers from their home schools on thefinal engineering design competition day. We also did things to make this feel a bit more like atraditional camp - and not just academics – such as making ice cream, making shrink-dinks,going to the playground, etc. We also included topics like college planning and building up thegirls’ social capital

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut (Beirut)

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Community Engagement Division

Lebaneseengineering institutions and an active engagement of the engineering community in planning andpreparing for future earthquakes. Senior students attending engineering colleges in Lebanon(n=378) were surveyed to: assess their awareness and preparedness to earthquakes, to ascertainwhether there is a link among their awareness and preparedness, and to determine howengineering educational programs have affected their current awareness and preparedness.Although the findings indicate satisfactory seismic risk awareness across the majority ofparticipants, a poor level of earthquake preparedness was revealed. The role of engineeringinstitutions and organizations has insignificant influence on both awareness and preparedness ofparticipants. This article calls

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, NC A&T State University; Brianna Shani Benedict, Industrial & Systems Engineering; Garner Ted Stewart II, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering; Elaine Smith Vinson, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Agricultural and Technical State University. She has more than 20 years’ experience in academia in recruitment and retention. Prior to joining the ISE Department, she spent 13 years working in industry in forecasting and planning for a textile company. Ms. Vinson holds the Bachelor’s of Science degree in Administrative Systems with a concentration in Economics and the Master’s of Science degree in Adult Education with a concentration in Instructional Technology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. Ms. Vinson’s research interests are in developing and validating recruitment and retention techniques

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

contacted members of the SEDS leadership team in summer 2012, receiving favorableconsideration. At the same time, a new SEDS chapter was formed on our campus. The 37charter members were told of the plan to engage SSP researchers, with the appeal that thischapter could become the nexus for this nationwide student movement. The OSER directorserves as faculty advisor for the campus chapter, but has imposed no requirements forparticipation in the movement.III. Appealing to SSP PunditsOSER has developed an extensive database of those who have published, advocated for, orexpressed interest in the development of space, and in particular in generating power from spacefor use on earth. During spring 2013 these pundits will receive two appeals. The first is

Conference Session

Thermal Sciences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Jackman, Iowa State University; Stephen B. Gilbert, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University; Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University; LeAnn E Faidley, Wartburg College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Identifying relevant phenomena Stating an assumption Describing a relevant principle Justifying phenomena, assumption, principle… Metacognitive Developing a plan/approach to solving the problem Activity Monitoring their current status Evaluating their approach Justifying their plan or evaluation Other Any other activity (e.g., calculating)Pencasts and screen capturesUsing the problem sets implemented in ThinkSpace, we simultaneously collected pencasts usingSmart pens and screen captures using Camtasia. Student data were collected by schedulingindividual sessions with each

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

skills such ascommunication, teamwork, planning, example-setting, result-driving, innovation-driving,rapport-building and enablement. Page 23.1011.2Addressing the concerns of the National Academy of Engineering[2], which calls for betterleadership development initiatives for engineering students, requires many strategies. Oneapproach would be for an engineering curriculum to incorporate leadership development coursesinto students’ requirements before graduation. This would speak to engineering students the needand the value of leadership skills, since it is accommodated in their engineering curriculum.However, such an approach may not be popular

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Graham C. Archer P.Eng, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Pablo D. Ramos

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

structure basedon a simplified set up plans and a quick site visit. At this stage in their education (UG Seniorsclose to graduation) they have taken a matrix structural analysis course, an introductorystructural dynamics course, and at least two design courses. Thus they can rapidly model thesmall structure and predict the natural frequencies and mode shapes within a few hours work. Itis however in the subsequent physical testing of the structure, the students learn of the maturityof the their modeling skillsUltra-Low Forced Vibration TestingThe authors have developed and implemented5,6,7 a new concept in Forced Vibration Testing(FVT) for low-rise building structures using ultra-low force amplitudes. Using low-costequipment (