Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Paul Blowers; Kim Ogden

possible to integrate the material into the senior capstone course byrethinking the topics in that course and shifting focus slightly. The prior formulation of the capstone course had focused on technology and economic assessment.Students did two team-based projects, one a smaller scope project involving mostly economics of a small sizedchemical facility with few pieces of equipment. A second, more complex, and much more open ended designproject was then completed during the second half of the semester. Students were also involved with learningminimum energy analyses, heat exchanger thermal analysis, and pollution prevention strategies that are traditionallyend-of-pipe treatments. In the combined course that includes sustainability

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Danielle Julie Carrier; Katherine S. Vaughn; Carl Griffis

brainstorming, creation andevaluation of alternatives and, its prototyping. Throughout the semester, the studentspractice their design skills on three sequential projects. This presentation will go overtypical roadblocks encountered by Biological Engineering freshman, while tackling thedesign problems.

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

K. Madhavan

Engaging Students in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Course K. Madhavan, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 650 East Parkway South Memphis, TN 38104-5581AbstractThe components of the undergraduate course in Design of Foundations in the Civil andEnvironmental Engineering Department (CEE) at Christian Brothers University (CBU)are discussed. The course consists of the following: classroom lectures, project casestudies, failure case studies, ethical case studies and open-ended design problems.Examples of case studies with discussion questions are provided in this paper.Undergraduate CEE Program

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jared Rainwater; Steve E. Watkins; Benjamin Cooper

computing is investigated. Theapproach, which is called Seed since it is patterned after biological systems, consists of Seedvirtual machine (VM), Seed composer, and Seed user interface (UI). The VM facilitates all thecomputations happening in the system. The composer breaks up the code to be ran into smallersegments for future optimization and more fine-grained control over what is running. The UI isthe interface a user will interact to use the system. This project examined the feasibility of anobject-oriented VM based on C++ programming. The VM was implemented with an object-oriented memory system to store all the data being computed on, an interpreter which executesthe bytecodes associated with computation and updates the data in the Object

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gaffar Gailani; Sidi Berri; NIEVES ANGULO

expertise is in Manufacturing, Robotics andComputational Mechanics.NIEVES ANGULO, ED.DMathematics Dept. Hostos Community College, Bronx, New York is an Associate Professorin the Mathematics Department and the Coordinator of the Engineering Program in thedepartment. She has a pure B.A. and M.A. in Mathematics from Hunter College of CUNY, andan M.S and Ed.D in Mathematics Education from Columbia University. She has been veryactive in externally funded initiatives dedicated to improve proficiency in STEM educationincluding collaborative projects with NSF, DoE and NASA. 101 Undergraduate Research Through NASA InitiativesAbstractThere was a common belief that research should only be introduced

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kevin R. Lewelling

How a Sabbatical can be used to Improve Course(s) Instruction Kevin R. Lewelling University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 5210 Grand Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72913-3649AbstractMost universities offer sabbatical leave to faculty for various purposes that range frompursuing in-depth research projects to updating professional knowledge. This paper willinvestigate the “who, why, and when” a sabbatical is applicable. Suggestions will also begiven on selecting an appropriate sabbatical topic that will improve course instruction. Anexample of this author’s sabbatical content used to improve student instruction is included.IntroductionThe University of Arkansas

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Neville Jacobs

that IEEE started 2 years ago, and whose purpose is to exposestudents at every level to technology projects of about 2 hours duration. The projects would conform to,and be part of the ongoing school science and math curriculums. I will not dwell on this program, as I’msure that others at this conference who will be talking about it. I see it as a key way to start getting agreater number of students, of all ages, familiar with what technology is all about.THE ROBOT CHALLENGE. This is an initiative from the Baltimore, Maryland, Section of IEEE, and is now in its 13th year.The purpose is to expose teams of boys and girls in High School (grades 9 though 12) to all the elementsof an engineering project, so that they can really see if this

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Neville Jacobs

that IEEE started 2 years ago, and whose purpose is to exposestudents at every level to technology projects of about 2 hours duration. The projects would conform to,and be part of the ongoing school science and math curriculums. I will not dwell on this program, as I’msure that others at this conference who will be talking about it. I see it as a key way to start getting agreater number of students, of all ages, familiar with what technology is all about.THE ROBOT CHALLENGE. This is an initiative from the Baltimore, Maryland, Section of IEEE, and is now in its 13th year.The purpose is to expose teams of boys and girls in High School (grades 9 though 12) to all the elementsof an engineering project, so that they can really see if this

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Brian Surgenor

the mechatronics course has left the instructors with oneoft repeated question: “can we continue to afford such courses, given that they are expensive interms of both time and money ?” This paper reviews the offering of the course in Mechatronicsand discusses the underlying resource issues and future implications.IntroductionA recent article in ASEE Prism extolled the virtues of courses with the “wow factor”1. These arethe courses that are oversubscribed and sustain their popularity from year to year through wordof mouth. It’s no surprise that the majority of such courses are hands-on and project based. TheASEE Prism article wasn’t the first appearance of the phrase. For example, Simcock talkedabout the need to reintroduce the “wow factor” to

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Katie Knowles; Nick Bovee; Duc Le; Keith Martin; Mollie Pressman; Jonathan Zimmermann; Rick Lux; Raymond Ptucha

carsare a hot research area for car manufacturers. By the mid-2020’s, most agencies predict this newphenomenon will transform the automobile market. These cars will make our roadways safer,our environment cleaner, our roads less congested, and our lifestyles more efficient. Because ofsafety, manufacturing costs, and limitations of current technology, autonomous off-road vehicles,such as people movers in large industrial or academic institutions, will probably emerge beforeautonomous high-speed highway driving. A three year multidisciplinary capstone project isunderway which will transform a golf cart into an autonomous people mover. In year one, thecart will be converted to remote control. In years two and three independent

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Moijue Kaikai; Erin D. Baker

, discussions, and oralinterest solving energy issues, and spread awareness across their presentations; and to improve student skills in critical thinkingown communities. and problem solving, especially engineering problem solving, Keywords—renewable; sustainable; curriculum; and sharpen student skills in math and science. The variouseducation; energy; awareness; lesson plans; wind lessons plans are framed around a hands-on wind turbine project to achieve these objectives. I

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Puteri Megat Hamari

industrial-grade IC design tools were used as the primary toolset. 1 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)This paper discusses the course content, hands-on exercises, final project design and theeffectiveness of using a state-of-the-art, industry-grade CAD tool in the introduction andinstruction of VLSI design to students.Course OutlineThe course material for EE584/484 covered everything from MOS transistor theory and CMOSprocess technology through circuit and logic design, to

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mostafa Batouli, The Citadel; Rebekah Burke, P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Nahid Vesali, P.E., Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He taught at The United States Military Academy during his 25 year military career. After retiring form the military he has taught at the University of Texas at Tyler and The Citadel, where he was the Dean of Engineering for 10 years.Dr. Nahid Vesali, P.E., Pennsylvania State University Dr. Nahid Vesali is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. She joined the program in Aug 2020. She teaches project management, technical planning ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From Need Assessment to Accreditation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Hills, Northwest State Community College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

person and remotely is to usean online virtual environment [6]. This project combines Internet accessible written materials,videos, and a virtual industrial control system (ICS). All materials are available free of chargeand the virtual ICS can be downloaded and run locally or used as cloud hosted service.The training scenarios included in this project have successfully been taught to high schoolstudents, two-year college students, four-year college students and professionals currentlyworking in advanced manufacturing organizations. The training has been delivered as remoteindependent learning and in a traditional instructor led lecture format. Collected assessment datahas shown that students’ knowledge of the learning outcomes has increased

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Dylan Brady Wolter, Northeastern University ; Julia Ariano; Gabriella Marie Green

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

. Coupled with a boat, or other aquatic vehicles, that can travel faster than the flowprovided by the scooter, even more energy could be created by this turbine. For now, however, theturbine we created has successfully conveyed our idea and could be used and modified in the futureto fully realize our idea for this device.The SeaVolt turbine was created as a final project for a project-based learning first-yearengineering course that followed a model of experiential learning. Experiential learning stressesthe importance of student-led experience rather than textbook memorization. Throughout thecreation of the turbine, we conducted our own research and tests, seeking guidance from theProfessor or our peers as needed. While aiding in the enrichment of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University; John Komlos, Villanova University; Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

-year engineering programming from acommon first-year experience with multi-disciplinary projects, to a common first-yearexperience that spans multiple engineering disciplines with smaller projects, or to morediscipline specific courses for students with direct matriculation into a specific major. Thesecourses aim to provide an early introduction to the engineering discipline3 thus positivelyimpacting a student’s engineering identity5, which has been shown to increase studentpersistence within the engineering field1.Applicants to Villanova University’s College of Engineering are directly matriculated into theirselected engineering discipline (civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemicalengineering, or electrical engineering) but were

Conference Session

Studies of Student Teams and Student Interactions

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Work in Progress: Development of a Simplistic Agent-Based Model to Simulate Team Progress within an Innovation-Based Learning CourseAbstractThis work in progress discusses the development of a simplistic agent-based model used tosimulate probabilistic team behavior within an Innovation-Based Learning (IBL) course.Innovation-Based Learning is a non-traditional learning model that encourages students to learnboth technical and entrepreneurial skills by working on a team project. The course pushesstudents to think innovatively, especially on problems with “unknown unknowns” typical ofcomplex systems. In IBL, students are expected to learn and then apply the core concepts theylearn into their innovation projects and track all

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Todd France, Ohio Northern University; J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Patrick James Herak, The Ohio State University; Sherri Youssef, The Ohio State University

Paper ID #35460Building Informed Designers with Engineering Problem Framing ToolsDr. Todd France, Ohio Northern University Todd France is the director of Ohio Northern University’s Engineering Education program, which strives to prepare engineering educators for grades 7-12. Dr. France also helps coordinate the first-year engi- neering experience at ONU. He earned his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in Architectural Engineering, and conducted research in K-12 engineering education and project-based learning.Dr. J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University Dr. Hylton is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Jafar F. Al-Sharab; Curtis Desselles; Robert Dalling; Mauricio Escobar; Ariell Shield; Hoa Nguyen; McKenzie Cutrer; Will Heitman

experiential learning is to have a positive atmosphere, to allow students to make and learn1. Introduction from their mistakes, and to provide the freedom thatSince the 1960s there have been lots of efforts to develop students need to experiment during the task. A lot ofcurriculum projects for science and mathematics Efforts to students can and has benefited from experiential learning.improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) education in grades K–12 are not new. Yet, In

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of students pursuing engineering related majors, the University of North Carolina atCharlotte has adopted a comprehensive and integrated approach involving three separate National ScienceFoundation (NSF) funded projects. Together, the projects are designed to raise the engineering awarenessof middle and high school students, teachers and guidance counselors.The central project is the Enhancing Diversity in Engineering Technology (EDIET) project which focuseson the establishment and support of North Carolina Junior Engineering and Technology (NCJETS) clubsat local area high schools. In order to receive project support, a high school club must have a populationof at least 50% non-traditional engineering student types. The clubs compete in

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Chou, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

had worked briefly(about 1-½ years) as a structural engineer in a fairly large engineering firm specialized inhydropower projects, the author still felt inadequate when attempting to relate the engineeringconcepts to engineering practice. Her work was focused on finite element analysis of varioussections of a dam. As a junior faculty in a research oriented university, the first author felt thepressure of “publish or perish”. Early in her career, she was contacted by ASCE regardingopportunities available for faculty members like herself to engage in practical engineeringexperience in the summer. The caller also indicated the lack of interest among faculty membersin this opportunity. The first author offered her dilemma of “publish or perish

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald N. Merino; D. W. Merino

know. The accuracy ofthe cost estimate increases as the design cycle progresses (Figure 1). Typically a knowledgeable designershould be able to estimate the cost of a plastic part to within + 30°/0 to t50°/0 at the initial feasibility stage. Asthe project progresses and the design team spends more time they can increase the accuracy of the estimate.Increased effort in engineering design and cost estimation results in increased accuracy. A *500/o Variation in cost 0/0 o } Design Budget

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell J. Deaton; Michael J. Bartz

Network Analysis,and additional elective courses that are offered as separate Honors sections or taken on a contract basis.The Honors program culminates in an Honors research project and thesis, which is defended before afaculty committee. The emphasis in the Honors program is not on more advanced work or material,but upon a different pedagogical style that involves more discussion and active learning, consideration oflarger issues in science and technology, has a larger project and design component, and allows the studentto participate in exploratory research and analysis.Requirements Students are eligible for the honors program in electrical engineering if they maintain a GPA of3.25 with junior or senior standing or have received

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

this objective. These examples illustratehow several readily available computer programs along with traditional hand computationalmethods may be used to enhance and enliven the subject of mechanisms analysis.Traditional computational methods augmented with computer programs familiar to allengineering technology students, are used to compute kinematics and kinetics quantities. Strongemphasis is placed on the verification and accuracy checking potential of this computerintegrated approach.IntroductionA typical course in mechanisms analysis frequently requires the use of traditional computationalprocedures that may place unnecessary limits on assigned projects. This paper suggests onepossible alternative to the “snap-shot” approach to the

Conference Session

Installing & Assessing Technology Literacy Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Voss, Smith College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

auditory system. Page 11.567.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering for Everyone: Charging Students with the Task of Designing Creative Solutions to the Problem of Technology LiteracyIntroductionThe first year Introduction to Engineering course at Smith College, “EGR100: Engineering forEveryone,” is designed to be accessible to all students, regardless of background, yet it alsoserves as the foundation for students who choose to major in Engineering Science. In this course,students are introduced to the engineering design process via “mini-projects” that

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #19299Evolution of an Introductory Electrical Engineering and Programming CourseProf. Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University Branimir Pejcinovic received his Ph.D. degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Pro- fessor and former Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education at Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. In this role he has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, semiconductor device characterization, design and

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

investigates the adaption of the Competing Values Framework (CVF) for use instudying behavioral complexity and leadership in engineering students working in project teams.Based on a foundation of other studies that leverage the CVF in an engineering educationcontext, the CVF survey was slightly modified to be appropriate. Data were collected fromstudents working on projects both in curricular and co-curricular settings. The data demonstrateslevels of complexity among example student profiles and draws comparisons between curricularand co-curricular settings as well as between genders. Results show that while there are genderdifferences in the curricular setting, there are no significant differences in leadership rolesbetween genders in the co

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Hannah Stewart-Gambino, Lafayette College

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First-Year Programs

require Grand Challenges Scholars to work ininterdisciplinary teams. To foster such collaboration and lay a foundation bridgingengineering and the liberal arts, we developed a linked pair of first-year-seminars addressinga “grand challenge.” Building on the WPI Great Problems model [2], these two First YearSeminars are team taught by a mechanical engineer and a political scientist, each addressingthe problem of global hunger. Students from both sections work together in project teams andparticipate in discussions of course topics and shared readings. The course includes acommunity-based learning component as well as the development of a research &development plan for future engagement.Table 1. The 14 Grand Challenges issued by the National

Conference Session

Student Teams, Groups, and Collaborations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Miller, Ohio State University; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Laura Hirshfield is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Purdue University, both in chemical engineering. She then transitioned into the engineering education field by completing a post-doctoral appointment at Oregon State University investigating technology-aided conceptual learning. She is currently doing research on self-efficacy in project-based learning.Prof. Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Debbie Chachra is an Associate Professor of Materials Science at the Franklin W. Olin college of Engi- neering. Her education-related research interests include self-efficacy, design, intrinsic

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elissa T. Morris, Texas A&M University; Daniel A. McAdams, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

curriculum. Therefore, practical methods of design integration toexisting curriculum may prove more useful to these institutions. This paper includes a review ofpractical methods used to incorporate design in various engineering courses. Specific designintegration methods reviewed in the paper include examples of project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, design competitions, case study modules, reverse engineering, and design-basedlearning. Assessments of these methods are qualitative in nature thus the comparisons are alsoqualitative. The goal of this research effort is to provide a brief review of current methods foundin the literature. While a qualitative comparison of the methods is discussed, providingassessments of each method lies