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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Muhammet Ceylan; Aybala Usta; Fatma Barut; Nur Ergul; Ramazan Asmatulu

train the selected high school students.2.2 Hands-on Nanotechnology ExperienceIn the present study, we invited 10 high school students, and trained them in Spring 2013semester. The research plan was to fabricate several nanomaterials, and test and evaluate theirperformances with the high school students. The nanotechnology training activity was the firstsuch endeavor, and unique to WSU, the State of Kansas and the entire Midwest. We haveconducted 10 different experiments for the high school students in the following areas: Week 1: Magnetic nanoparticles fabrication and characterization Week 2: Ferrofluid fabrication and characterization Week 3: Carbon nanotubes nanocomposites fabrication and characterization Week 4: TiO2

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Chang-Soo Kim; Steve E. Watkins

including project planning, Phase-I wrap-up and final presentations tomonitor the progress of other groups’ projects and learn from each other. All groups wererequired to turn in 1-page laboratory report every week.III. Biosensors courseIn 2008 spring semester, another experimental course, EE 401 Biosensors & Bioelectrodes(lecture 1.5-hr / laboratory 1.5-hr), was offered emphasizing bioelectronic devices of microscaleor mesoscale. Similarly with the microoptic class, the course composed of an 8-week lecturesession and a 7-week hands-on laboratory session as in Table 1. Major lecture topics included; Proceedings of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education(1) a brief review of microfabrication

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; S. Hossein Cheraghi; Janet Twomey

,1999). Allowing the student to practice decision-making in this environment is theprimary objective of simulation. Traditional textbook and lecture methodsnormally have exercises designed around individual concepts. “This instructionalmethod, while somewhat attributable to the usual trend to compartmentalizecourse material into homogeneous blocks, is more often due to an attempt tomodel traditional manufacturing organizations in which the product designfunction, manufacturing engineering, and production planning are separatecorporate entities” (Randhawa and West, 1994).This paper reports on the use of simulation to enhance learning in a productionsystems course at Wichita State University. Production systems have becomemore complex due to

Collection

2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman P.E., Wichita State University; Don Malzahn, Wichita State University

severalindustrial partners. The process of gathering potential projects becomes easierwith time. Potential industrial partners are contacted about submitting candidateprojects for the faculty to review. Industrial partners are specifically instructed tonot provide a project plan or even to completely define or scope the problem. Akey learning objective of the senior design class is to provide experience for thestudents to define the problem. Students must define the problem in the terms ofthe sponsor, in terms of the faculty providing a grade, and in terms of theirunderstanding of the requirements. The sponsor typically provides a candidatearea of their facility. After enough candidate projects are submitted, students areplaced in teams and on projects

Collection

2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Avery Schwer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; James Goedert, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

, measurements of sitesand planning meetings with project partners. CCANO understands the community and works closely with St. Peter Claver Parish thisincludes the Esplanade Ridge neighborhood. Father Michael Jacques, the pastor of St. PeterClaver Parish. Father Jacques created Ujamaa CDC, a nonprofit corporation, to help rebuild thecommunity which indicates the level of commitment to housing development in this area. Theirmarket analysis will provide the team with the necessary information including demographictrends in a range of residential markets to match the design to the area. Considerations such asincome and diversity of the population will be paramount in this analysis. The measurableobjective for this activity is completion of the

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

. Thecourse was also greatly concerned with policies related to infrastructure financing and newmodels of public-private partnership, or design-build-manage operation for a certain concessionperiod. Students in general, and non-engineering students in particular, appreciated themultidimensional nature of the issues related to sustainability as it became clear that these aremultifaceted problems that require a holistic approach in addressing them.IntroductionInfrastructure is the society’s inventory of facilities that require long term planning, construction,management, operation, maintenance, and upgrading. These are facilities used by members ofthe public on a daily basis. The extent to which infrastructure impact a person’s daily life cannotbe

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Andrea L. Welker; Leslie McCarthy; John Komlos; Alfred Fry

Knowledge4: • an ability to communicate effectively (ABET g, BOK 16) and • a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (ABET i, BOK 23).Outcomes by yearTo guide our instruction, 26 outcomes, which were based on those developed by ACRL1, werecreated for each year of study within our curriculum.By the end of the sophomore year, the students should be able to:1. explore general information sources to increase familiarity with a topic2. identify key concepts and terms that describe the information need3. define a realistic overall plan and timeline to acquire the needed information4. read text, select main ideas, and restate textual concepts in their own words5. identify verbatim material that can then be

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

regularly. To be sustainable, assessment plans must makeefficient use of faculty time. This paper will present strategies for integrating thecollection of assessment data with the process of grading individual student assignments.The Rowan Chemical Engineering programs’ identified objectives are all summative innature: e.g., “Graduates will have the ability to do…” Consequently, programmaticassessment strategies are based upon two courses that offer a culminating experience withrespect to these desired outcomes; namely, the capstone design course and theJunior/Senior Engineering Clinic. In both courses, the major deliverables are final designreports and final presentations. Detailed grading rubrics have been crafted for theseassignments in both

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

completed in a short amount of time. The student team approachesthe problem as they best see fit – this may include trial and error, design-build-test-redesign, andany number of different design approaches. When complete, the designs are tested to determine a“winner” based on some predetermined metric. Examples of impromptu design exercisescurrently being developed for a diverse range of classes across engineering disciplines arepresented along with a discussion about some of the challenges of developing an adequateassessment plan. Relevant curriculum theory, such as that of Jerome Bruner’s spiral curriculum,will provide a backdrop for this discussion.1. IntroductionIn ABET’s 2010-2011 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs 1 , engineering

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Imin Kao

teaching, and tocontinuously make improvements to the development of better approaches and the integration ofnew technology.3. Podcast as an Asynchronous Tool to Enhance the Learning ExperienceIn this section, podcast as an asynchronous tool to enhance the learning experience of students inengineering courses is discussed. First, the design and planning of courses/lectures is presented,followed by discussions on the issue of interaction with students. The assessment and peerevaluation are presented after that.3.1 Course Design and Lectures PlanningThe author found, through the experience of teaching engineering courses with podcasting, thatin order to publish lectures in video podcast format, course contents often need to be re-designedor re

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank Lanzer

engagement in math and sciencecourses. A grant was used to fund the staff for the planning and conduct of the first techcamp for girls. This allowed the college to charge a minimum tuition of only $75. “Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 5With such a low fee, the staff envisioned a maximized enrollment of forty girls. Thisproved overly optimistic. Publicity and access to the target population was more difficultthan anticipated. Design and production of college-approved fliers were time-consumingand expensive. This caused distribution to be at

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard J.H. Gash; David Fedroff

Getting Students to Think Green: Incorporating Green Building Rating Systems into Undergraduate Reinforced Concrete Education Major Richard J.H. Gash, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY Major David Fedroff, United States Military Academy, West Point, NYAbstract This paper presents a plan for introducing undergraduate students studying reinforced concretedesign to sustainable engineering. As increased emphasis on sustainable development initiatives continueto gain popularity it is imperative that young engineers entering into the design and constructionindustries understand the potential that concrete has for building green. Beginning

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

although ABET1Criteria 3 (d), (f) and (h) are being achieved, morecoursework addressing these criteria could prove highly valuable. The decision was made thatincluding RFID in the curriculum, and crafting it in such a way that business students can take itat the same time, would significantly strengthen the curriculum in addressing those outcomes.The department’s overall assessment process, the assessment results leading to decisions onincluding the course and what to include in the course, and planned course assessment are alldiscussed below.First Offering of RFIDThe course was offered as a 3-credit advanced elective in the spring semester 2007. There wasone lead instructor, with lectures taught by one other EE department instructor and experts

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Linda Ann Riley; Charles Thomas

three year grants guarantee that 90% ofmathematics and science teachers in the applying school districts fully participate in the conditions of thegrant. Those conditions involved engaging in common planning times, participating in 100 hours ofprofessional development each year of the grant, providing programs in an “extended day” format,acquiring increased content knowledge in mathematics and science and demonstrating improvedpedagogical curriculum plans in the classroom. The latter two requirements are externally validatedthrough the ETS Mathematics and Science Teacher tests and consultant observations of classroompractices.As the higher education partner, faculty members from mathematics, science and engineering departmentshad to agree to

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 7: Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nazli Aslican Yilmaz Wodzinski P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

– 20 AY. While 2019 – 20 AY graduates are the first group ofstudents that did not take the FEDT test that ME and CIVE programs used to offer,there might be many external factors affecting this decrease such as fluctuations inoverall (national) pass rates, motivation, and the like (7, 8). Bringing FEDT back as aLMS module should improve both preparation and motivation of the students; henceimprove the FE results in the upcoming years. Moreover, CIVE and ME programs arealso planning to use FEDT as an assessment tool. Utilizing the FEDT in short-term andlong-term improvements of respective programs are explained in detail in the followingsection.METHODOLOGY: FEDT LMS MODULETo prepare the FEDT LMS module, first the author of this paper conducted

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Selma Awadallah, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Mohammad AlShaikh Saleh, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Adel Mohamed, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

equipment for itsdesign life. Such considerations were taken into account by teaching the students failure modeeffect analysis (FMEA) along with the “potential failure curve”, methods that address all the latterpoints. An overview of the implementation of maintenance plans was given, including the basicplan elements such as time, place, people, materials, and tools, along with maintenance work types,e.g., inspection, planned and reactive works. Managing spares was also discussed with more detailson how to determine the economic order quantity (EOQ).2.2.2 Industry talkAn expert from a central cooling company participated on the day and talked about theirmaintenance practice and which maintenance strategy is adopted. He also showed the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Vicki V. May P.E., Dartmouth College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

several that integrate the technical andhuman-centered aspects. Human-centered engineering is emerging as a field; for example,Boston College launched a human-centered engineering program and major in the fall of 2021(Hayward, 2020). At most campuses, however, human-centered design and technical knowledgeare taught in independent courses whereas at our school, human-centered design and technicalaspects are holistically interwoven and integrated. We plan to use that same transdisciplinaryapproach for our new HCE pathway courses. What is Human-Centered Engineering (HCE)? People and societal needs are at the heart of HCE, which is a collection of habits, abilities, frameworks, and processes that enable systematic consideration of human needs and

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mauro J. Caputi; George DeMarco; Jacqueline Pierson; Brittney Schmidt; Evan Sick

recorded is the distance the vehicle travels backwardsalong the trajectory line after the vehicle stops its forward travel. The backward travel distancecannot exceed the forward travel distance. 2PLANNING ASSIGNMENTS The first three weeks of the GDC are used to progressively plan the design of the GDCproject. Three Planning Assignments (PA) were developed requiring Teams to work throughDesign Steps Two through Five for their GDC project outside of Lab. The PlanningAssignments are completed and returned with constructive feedback and comments before theTeams begin construction on the GDC projects in the Lab. A list of the Planning Assignments with a brief description of each is as

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Julius J. Marpaung; Jeff Burke; Josh Weibling

properly without a flicker and we have notbeen able to get such refresh rate using Arduino and Matlab. In fact, it was found that the processof shifting and displaying data to the LED matrix using only Matlab functions resulted in aprocessing time on the order of 1.2 seconds. Future Work We plan to add more multicolor LED matrices in order to come up with more games such asBattleship and add an MP3 shield to give it a sound. Conclusions The availability and affordability of a microprocessor such as Arduino have given educators amean to push students to a new level. More and more engineering students want to have a hands-on experience in early classes and here at

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Neil J. Hutzler; Joanne S. Chadde; David Heil; William E. Kelly

University, Foundation for Family Science and the American Society for Engineering Education.Key words: STEM, education, engineering, elementary school, parents, family, technicalliteracy.IntroductionEnrollment in many engineering fields is static or declining and the number of science andengineering graduate students in the U.S. has continued to fall since 1993. However,demand for scientists and engineers is growing steadily, but the US is unable to meet thatdemand. The resulting shortage of technically skilled employees threatens nationaleconomic and technological competitivenessEfforts must be made to educate and inspire students to pursue STEM careers. A recentNational Academy of Engineering plan, “Taking Action Together: Developing aational

Collection

2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo

appliances create, the buildings orientation to the sun for winter solar gain and the thermal storage capacity of certain building materials. South-facing windows can be screened/shaded in the summer to reduce solar heat gain. The architect can plan for enough thermal storage mass in a house by specifying tile floors, finished concrete slabs, concrete or granite countertops, stone fireplace surrounds, adobe walls or earthen plaster. The Passive House Institute US recommends 5-6 thermal storage surfaces per room for optimal effect. [12] 5. Heat Recovery Ventilation/Heat Exchanger: The key to indoor comfort in passive homes is a central ventilation system that is widely used in Europe but still relatively unknown

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank Lanzer

, in order of preference, were architecture,programming, web design, digital photography and cryptography. Over the years therehave been activities that were not as successful as we had hoped and anticipated. Thisrelatively short (thankfully) list includes working with concrete and survivor-typecompetitions.A Bold Opportunity in 2008The initial plans for 2008 were to continue the Tech Camp for Girls but to also offer anImaginary Worlds Camp (IWC) based upon the work of Joel Adams at Calvin College9. Ina discussion with Adams, he emphasized the need to keep the boys and girls separate. This Proceedings of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of 5 the American Society for Engineering

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

planning toadd sustainable site and water efficiency to our current curriculum. The traditional hydrauliccourse has been teaching in state college did not include the sustainability. In this course we areimplementing the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria. There aresix categories for LEED credit. We are including part of subcategory 6 from Sustainable Sitescategory. Subcategory 6 includes Stormwater design management both for quality and quantitycontrol. Limit disruption of natural hydrology by reducing impervious cover, increasing on siteinfiltration and managing stormwater runoff moreover using rational method to estimate runoffwill be covered from subcategory 6. In addition we will consider the strategies of project

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Peter J. Sudbeck; Amy D. Schlechte; Thomas W. Ligouri; Pat N. White; Larry F. Hanneman

fulfillcurrent or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.Key Actions: o Collaboratively establishes development goals o Collaboratively establishes development plans o Creates a learning environment o Monitors progressThe award winning student organization, Engineers’ Week (E-Week), is responsible fordeveloping and delivering a week-long collection of activities that include the largest, indoorengineering career fair in the United States, a high school Senior Visitation program servingover 400 students and parents, and a collection of intramural sporting, social and communityoutreach activities. The core leadership team of E-Week, E-Week Central Committee, iscomposed of approximately fifteen students that

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bradley A. Hyatt

  105 2006); (2) building information modeling (BIM) (Jones, et al 2009); and (3) integrated projectdelivery (Johnson and Gunderson 2008). Collectively, these trends are changing the way thatindustry members operate and the way that many projects are executed.The second step of this initial research focused on current practices and trends the in delivery ofsenior project or capstone courses in engineering and construction programs. The literaturereview provided three primary practices: (1) problem based learning [PBL] (Savage, Chen, andVanasupa 2007); (2) multidisciplinary approaches; and (3) service learning [SL] opportunities.The final step was a review of the current CM Program Student Outcomes Assessment Plan(SOAP). The SOAP listed the

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Frank Lanzer

, in order of preference, were architecture,programming, web design, digital photography and cryptography. Over the years therehave been activities that were not as successful as we had hoped and anticipated. Thisrelatively short (thankfully) list includes working with concrete and survivor-typecompetitions.A Bold Opportunity in 2008The initial plans for 2008 were to continue the Tech Camp for Girls but to also offer anImaginary Worlds Camp (IWC) based upon the work of Joel Adams at Calvin College9. Ina discussion with Adams, he emphasized the need to keep the boys and girls separate. This Proceedings of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of 5 the American Society for Engineering

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

although ABET1Criteria 3 (d), (f) and (h) are being achieved, morecoursework addressing these criteria could prove highly valuable. The decision was made thatincluding RFID in the curriculum, and crafting it in such a way that business students can take itat the same time, would significantly strengthen the curriculum in addressing those outcomes.The department’s overall assessment process, the assessment results leading to decisions onincluding the course and what to include in the course, and planned course assessment are alldiscussed below.First Offering of RFIDThe course was offered as a 3-credit advanced elective in the spring semester 2007. There wasone lead instructor, with lectures taught by one other EE department instructor and experts

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Kara Cokeley; Claire Mockler; Min Feng Zheng; James Patrick Abulencia

alternativeenergy, they will be more interested, as it will not be something they are assigned to do. Theresearch will likely be more thorough and all around a better project because the students will beinvested in what they are learning and researching. After they have chosen a topic, they are towrite a proposal that is to be handed into their advisor before the year’s end. The proposal willinclude what alternative energy they are researching; what is the purpose of the research; whatare they trying to conclude; and how they are performing the experiment. Once the proposal isaccepted, the group should have several meetings with their advisor to start planning theirresearch and to develop a timeline of their project. At this point, materials should be

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Zhengyan Wang; Yuan Yuan

 numerical example, data of power consumption in 5 houses load fails to be balanced, frequency and/or voltage in power grid will  processing and network communication technologies  are applied. during the night is recorded. All 5 houses have to finishing charging  change, resulting in damage to equipment. We can roughly summarize the information that needs to be  EVs before 6am.Traditionally, we  manage and control generation side  to follow the  gathered locally for effective planning and design as well as efficient  Without load scheduling, EVs start and keep being charged until the demand and keep the load balance. operation and

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

although ABET1Criteria 3 (d), (f) and (h) are being achieved, morecoursework addressing these criteria could prove highly valuable. The decision was made thatincluding RFID in the curriculum, and crafting it in such a way that business students can take itat the same time, would significantly strengthen the curriculum in addressing those outcomes.The department’s overall assessment process, the assessment results leading to decisions onincluding the course and what to include in the course, and planned course assessment are alldiscussed below.First Offering of RFIDThe course was offered as a 3-credit advanced elective in the spring semester 2007. There wasone lead instructor, with lectures taught by one other EE department instructor and experts