Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Simona Dana Dimitriu, Pat Neff Middle School - Northside Independent School District (NISD); Thomas Gadsden Jr., Our Lady of the Lake University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

by 2010 [4].The problem presented by these new facts is not new but has becoame more pressing with thedevelopment of a global economy. So, how do we help the teachers find new ideas and newmethods that will attract and excite students to learn difficult subjects such as Math and Science?How do we empower them to take initiative and develop new projects and lesson plans that willhelp students accept and overcome the modern world’s technical challenges?In the 1950s, a famous French mathematician, Hadamard [5], found a massive disconnectbetween how we teach math and science and how mathematicians and scientists actually work.He concluded that what the intellectual tools mathematicians and scientistsy used to accomplishtheir work was more

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

Session #2793 Use of Computers in Undergraduate HVAC Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractA senior capstone design course in Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), withemphasis on the use of computers, has been given at Hofstra University for the past severalyears. After learning the fundamentals of psychrometrics and HVAC processes, students areassigned the task of designing an air conditioning system for a commercial or institutionalfacility. Past projects have included university buildings, retail stores, and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Eugene Niemi

are described, and are evaluated relative to the course objectives. Thesimulator selected is a personal computer aviation training device (PC-ATD), not a full motionsimulator. Students calculate the performance of a typical four place lightplane and then fly thesimulator through a series of flight profiles to compare theory with experiment. The simulator istreated as if the students were flight testing an actual aircraft. Performance measured includesstalling speed, maximum speed, and rate of climb versus velocity. The results obtained are goodenough to justify the use of an inexpensive simulator to provide an effective flight test program.The project has turned out to be highly motivational for the students, as well as a goodeducational

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Rich

design fromsome engineers who practiced in the 1700’s. Two of these engineers (artists, patriots, etc.),Charles Willson Peale and Thomas Paine, were bridge designers, and another, JohannChristopher Christensen designed and supervised construction of America’s first poweredwaterworks. Engineering student teams at Bucknell have studied these early designs and usedthem as a basis for senior design projects. Based upon their evaluation of the historic designs, theteams produced their own designs of replicas of the early works, and then they built and testedthem. Because of the relative simplicity of the 18th Century designs, students applied engineeringprinciples to them and saw new meaning in the fundamental concepts that they employed. Theyalso

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilya Grinberg; Jack Waintraub

reflected in the identification of competencies and their interrelations(scope and sequence). The next three concepts include the development of learning activitiesbased on the predetermined competencies (synthesis), practical implementation of theseactivities in a team-oriented industrial/commercial type project (testing), and demonstration ofthe results through efficient and authentic written and oral presentations (communication).II. Functional AnalysisThe study of electrical power distribution is no longer a popular topic taught in majority ofEngineering and Technology Programs, as pointed out earlier. However, the need for personnelwith a working knowledge of these systems is in demand by many industrial, commercial, andinstitutional

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Gerstenfeld

Session 2793 Africa: A Focus on the Southern Cone Arthur Gerstenfeld, Ph.D. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 01609AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to discuss an innovative project, partly based on a recentlypassed law entitled "Africa Growth and Opportunity Act" and to show how this presentsopportunities for universities and for businesses. The first part of this paper discussessome of the background regarding U. S. and Africa. The second part of the paperdescribes a project starting in summer 2001 that we believe may impact many studentsand faculty at our university

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Marin; James E. Armstrong

successfully bringing to light the key design issues is to scope and bound theproblem. To scope a design project means to understand why the project is necessary, who willuse the results of the design effort and how they will use them, what the stakeholders intend toaccomplish with the project, and how to measure project success. In systems engineering terms,this means identifying the needs, objectives, and criteria for the design. The needs tell why theproject is necessary or what void or deficiency the design will fill or improve in some way. Aneed is a lack of something required or desired. Page 2.197.1 To bound a design problem means to

Conference Session

Broadening Perspectives in Construction Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Manuel Fuentes-Cid; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

, research-based methodologies, community engagement projects, evaluation tools and technology, and gender issues in STEM education. https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-0383-0179 ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Beyond the Classroom: Problem-Based Learning in Real Scenarios, Fostering Self- Efficacy and Sense of BelongingAbstractThis complete research presents how engaging students in practical, real-world activitieswithin the Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach enhances their sense of belonging andself-efficacy. Situated in the practice course 'Building Processes I' of the ConstructionEngineering program at a private university in Chile, this study aims to address the issue oflow

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naiquan (Nigel) Zheng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Biomedical

biomechanicalengineering students, which can significantly prolong their 4-years to 6-years college life.WWW-based e-Learning enables students to learn medical knowledge (i.e., human anatomy andphysiology) that are needed in solving their PBL problems or DBL projects on their own pace, attheir preferred time and location. In addition, e-Learning allows students to select learningmaterials that meet their level of knowledge and interest. The overall purpose of the project was to develop an interdisciplinary course formechanical engineering students with an emphasis on student-centered education and use ofinformation technology. This project integrated WWW-based e-Learning, PBL and DBL toimprove our engineering students’ knowledge and skills in orthopedic

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration and Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Durkin, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

EducationAbstractSmall businesses face extremely difficult times in the current economic climate. They are facedwith international price competition, yet are unable to afford the very resources needed to helpthem become more competitive. At the same time, Engineering Technology education focuseson practical engineering methods, but has few opportunities to offer students practical casestudies in which to apply their training. This is an opportunity to match these needs, and perhapsexpand the potential employment base for our students.This paper explores the development of hands-on, project-centered learning opportunities byapplying engineering technology coursework to specific small business productivity and designproblems. A case study illustrates why these

Conference Session

Information Systems and Computing Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

roles and as the Director of the National Technology Training Center for the K-12 program and pre-engineering program Project Lead The Way. Page 22.1068.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Mobile GIS in a Multidisciplinary Academic CenterIntroduction and rationale for the Mobile GIS courseThe evolution of mobile Geographic Information Systems (GIS), utilizing Global PositioningSystems (GPS), remote sensing, and location based computing, is leading to new and excitingapproaches for problem solving in STEM careers. The National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

student design competitions. Student design competitions oftenprovide projects that can be used as course material for independent study courses involvingsmall groups of students that benefit both the students and the faculty member involved. Themost immediate benefit to the students is the application of material they may have covered inlecture courses but never applied to real-life problems. This setting is the definition of problembased learning. The students also develop skills that will later be used at industry jobs orgraduate school. Furthermore, the contact time with the students is beneficial in determining ifthe students are well suited for a graduate research program, and can stimulate discussions aboutgraduate school. Offering an

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Grandahl; Gianfranco Biondi; Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

situationis even worse for undergraduates who want to study energy storage, as typically even lessfunding is available to support them, regardless of their talent, enthusiasm, and dedication.We believe the lack of affordable electronic load banks, chargers, data acquisition systems, andsoftware to run these systems is one barrier to rapid progress in energy storage systems. In 2009we began a project to develop an affordable open source, open hardware system for performinglife cycle measurements on energy storage systems including batteries and ultracapacitors. Thispaper describes the system design philosophy, design choices, the initially targeted load cycle,and the integration of students into the development of the open source system.System

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Architectural

professor and the director of Architectural Engineering Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was re- sponsible for developing the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). During his stay at IIT, he taught fundamental engineering courses, such as thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervise many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects program (IPRO). In few months, Dr. Megri will defend his ”Habilitation” (HDR) degree at Pierre and Marie Curie Univer- sity - Paris VI, Sorbonne Universities

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Amr Safwat, The University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

this program have apositive effect on the communication abilities of the graduate students. In particular, thestudents’ ability to take their current research and effectively communicate it to high schoolstudents with limited technical knowledge and experiences will be showcased. The focus of thispaper will be on the previous engineering graduate students, each assigned to a different schoolwith diverse culture and economic backgrounds and each working with four different teachers inthat school.Project STEP OverviewOur project is currently in its ninth year of funding. Bringing well communicated engineeringconcepts, based on a city theme and graduate student research, into high school classrooms is themain focus of the project. The graduate

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova

2 M5 Sociology 1 M6 Engineering Ethics 1 M7 Intercultural Competence 1 Page 19.35.3 Practice Modules 5 M8 Presentation and Communication Skills 2 Credit Points (at Module Description least) M9 Scientific Writing 1 M10 Working with Projects

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russ Pimmel

,environmental technology, information technology, manufacturing, and many otherscience- and engineering-related fields that drive the U.S. economy. The program targetsboth the undergraduate and secondary school levels. Two-year colleges are expected tohave a leadership role in all ATE projects. Collaborative efforts involving secondaryschools, two-year colleges, four-year colleges and universities, businesses, nonprofitorganizations, and government agencies are encouraged. The ATE program has twotracks. Projects adapt and implement exemplary educational programs and materials,develop new materials, provide professional development for college faculty andsecondary teachers, provide technical experiences for students, or conduct researchrelating to the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Budwig; Beyerlein Steve; Matthew Cunnington; Levi Westra; Donald Elger

Session 1526 Design of a Wind Tunnel Facility for Hands-on Use by Beginning Engineering Students J. Matthew Cunnington, Levi J. Westra, Steven W. Beyerlein, Ralph S. Budwig, Donald F. Elger University of Idaho Mechanical Engineering Moscow, ID 83844-0902AbstractThe best way to learn engineering is by doing engineering. To foster appropriate types ofexperiential learning, we have created a unique project called a Design for Lifetime Learning(DL2) project. This paper addresses

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Robert Doty

Session 2793 A Practice-Based Senior Design Experience Robert T. Doty, Stephen M. Williams Baylor UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an overview of a practice-based capstone design experience. Informationabout past industrial sponsorship of course projects, course structure and requirements,professional practice integration, and assessment results is provided. A primary objective of theexperience is to transition students from their classroom roles into their professional roles aspracticing engineers. Details of how the course facilitates this transition

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jin-Lee Kim

Framework for Sustainability Practices in Construction Education Curriculum using BIM Jin-Lee Kim, Ph.D., P.E., LEED AP BD+C Department of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840 - U.S.A Email: jinlee.kim@csulb.eduAbstractThis paper presents a framework to develop a unique and innovative virtual approach in order todeliver sustainability practices using Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology forundergraduate students and implement it as a new hands-on laboratory- and project-based coursein the

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

S. B. Pidugu; S. Midturi

applications of fuel cellsand to stimulate enthusiasm for engineering and technology at a crucial stage in their education.Three high schools were selected and the project began in Fall 2003. The project wassuccessfully implemented during Fall 2003 at Central High School located in Little Rock.IntroductionThe EPA’s draft on Strategic Plan (2003-08) sets out five goals—Clean Air, Clean and SafeWater, Protect and Restore the Land, Health Communities and Ecosystems, and Compliance andEnvironmental Stewardship—and describes the work they plan to do over the next 5 yearstowards achieving the set goals [1]. Community awareness of environmental issues is vital to thesuccess of such a strategic plan, and this project, as small as it is, can make a

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Birou; Alistar Erickson-Ludwig; Mira Olson; Kevin Scoles

A Capstone Course Integrating Student Leadership Development  and Community­Based Service Learning    Jeffrey Birou, Alistar Erickson­Ludwig, Mira Olson, Kevin Scoles, Drexel University  The Paul Peck Scholars Program in Drexel University’s College of Engineering provides a curriculum framework that helps develop students’ skills in leadership, management, communication and mentorship. The capstone course of this three­year sequence is an engineering service­learning project, where students must address the needs of a community partner by dovetailing their engineering coursework and internship backgrounds with the skills gained through the Peck Scholars program, in

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Steve Klosterman; Simon Pitts; Steven McGonagle; Carey Rappaport

engineering workforce, most criticallyin training technical leaders capable of competently bringing a product to market. Thetraditional leadership path using apprenticeships, mentoring, and gradually increasingresponsibility in running progressively larger teams, is heavily dependent upon opportunity. Theperfect alignment of these opportunities to lead, and availability of talented engineers who areready to lead rarely occurs in today’s lean corporate environment. Hence in many cases, highpotential employees are put in positions to lead, beyond what their level of genuine experiencehas prepared them for. Engineering executives have estimated that when relatively unseasonedengineers are tasked to run their first team or project, nearly 80% fail in

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E.; Ali Moazed; Anthony Duva; Richard Roberts

virtual component and virtualassembly are introduced in this paper for effectively teaching engineering design for mechanicalmajor. In our class design projects, students were guided to use SolidWorks for creating virtualcomponents and further building virtual assemblies in the digital forms. The applications ofvirtual component and virtual assembly helped students to solve the problems mentioned above.From our direct observations on several classes, students through class design projects bycreating virtual component and virtual assembly had better understanding of engineering designand gained hands-on experiences which could be directly implemented in real industries.1. Introduction One of the main activities of engineers is to provide

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Hasmik Gharibyan

mainly on student performance in tests, while setting a minimum composite score for non-test components of coursework (homework, lab, and project assignments, etc.) as a requirementfor passing the class.PrefaceThe author of this paper has been teaching Computer Science for over three decades: first fifteenyears in the USSR and remaining years in the United States. During her lengthy academic careershe attended many major conferences in CS education, interacted and collaborated with manycolleagues internationally, and published several papers related to the teaching of ComputerScience. Observations and statements made in this paper are a result of discussions with aboutseventy five individuals teaching introductory Computer Science Courses in

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Elaine Gilbert

344 RFI DISCUSSION FORUM Elaine Gilbert1,21Former Graduate Student, Department of Civil, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA/ 2Civil Engineer, Fuscoe Engineering, San Diego, CAAbstractThe construction process involves many different professionals that are in charge of makingimportant project decisions in their own area of expertise. In many projects there will beunforeseen circumstances that arise that will require the contractor to request additionalinformation from the professional

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Grace Hattery, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Dax Amburgy, Ohio Northern University

of increasing the number of women in STEM and creating effective methods for introducing young children to CS concepts and topics. Dr. Coffman-Wolph’s research interests include: Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, Software Engineering, STEM Education, and Diversity and Inclusion within STEM.Dax Amburgy, Ohio Northern University Dax is a Senior Computer Science Major with a Concentration in Cybersecurity. He has experience in many different programming languages including C++, Java/Kotlin, Python, and Powershell. Dax has worked in many different areas including data analysis, operating systems, task automation, networking/network security, and microcontrollers. His largest solo research project was Text To

Conference Session

Design Courses 2, Aerospace Assets

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

the Rutgers School of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, and is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021A Scaffolded, Semester-Long Design/Build/Fly Experience for the Mid-Career Aerospace Engineering StudentAbstract A mid-career Design/Build/Fly (DBF) project which is part of a larger Introduction toAerospace Engineering course is demonstrated to show student growth in a wide array of learningoutcomes. The DBF experience (rocket flight) is highly scaffolded, leveraging traditional systemsengineering and integrated vehicle design approaches detailed in lecture with hands-on laboratoryexperiences

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #16261A Civil Infrastructure System Perspective - Not Just the Built EnvironmentDr. Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah Dr. Schmucker has 20 years experience in teaching and consulting. Focused on high quality teaching following the T4E, ExCEEd, and NETI teaching models, he currently is a full-time teaching professional with a focus on practice, project, and problem-based teaching methodologies.Dr. Joshua Lenart, University of Utah Dr. Joshua Lenart is an Associate Instructor with the Communication, Leadership, Ethics, and Research (CLEAR) Program at the University of Utah where he teaches technical

Conference Session

Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Nick Patrick Rentsch, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering through a two-week residential summer camp. The Summer Engineering Instituteprovides participants an insight into the engineering profession and the engineering educationalsystem through a combination of lectures, hands-on laboratory activities, field trips, workshops,panels, and projects. Among the strategies employed in developing the program are emphasizingall the major fields of engineering and the various paths to an engineering career, including therole of community colleges; targeting first generation students and underrepresented minorities;collaborating with high school faculty and staff through a nomination process to identify andselect potential students; collaboration among community college and university faculty indeveloping