Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Director where she was responsible for the structural and thermal analysis of payloads. She served as Director of the Space Engi- neering Institute and in 2010 she accepted a position with the Academic Affairs office of the Dwight Look College of Engineering where she oversaw outreach, recruiting, retention and enrichment programs for the college. Since 2013, she serves as the Executive Director for Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships with responsibilities to increase opportunities for undergraduates engineering students to engage in experiential learning multidisciplinary team projects. These include promoting capstone design projects sponsored by industry, developing the teaching the Engineering Projects in Community

Conference Session

Course Development / Curriculum Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

field. The first step involved determining what topics toemphasize as well as how to meet the learning objectives. This course was created to have aspecial emphasis on HRI design as it applies to mobile robotics. The presentation will providethe learning objectives as well as the details of the assignments necessary to meet thoseobjectives. These assignments included weekly readings, quizzes, labs and projects. A big partof this course involved the implementation of the HRI concepts on an actual robot platform. Thelabs included creating a robot dancer, music machine, touch free robot racer, robot conga line,robot remote control, and Braitenberg vehicles. The first phase of the final project involved thecreation of an urban search and rescue

Conference Session

Construction Session 1: Sustainable Practices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University; Annie R Pearce, Virginia Tech; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Myung Hwa Jeon, POSCO A&C

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Alternative Energy Systems. Research interests include: low power energy harvesting systems, renewable energy technologies and education.Dr. Myung Hwa Jeon, POSCO A&C c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Training and Education for Green Construction: Corporate Education Provision in the U.S.AbstractThe construction industry is rapidly becoming convinced of the benefits to begained by introducing green building design and planning technologies andstrategies that affect green building operation and maintenance processes duringthe post-occupancy phase. Innovative green construction technologies are alsoreceiving considerable attention as a way to ensure that projects will not

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

transferring new technologies to Panasonic product divisions in Japan. He was also responsible for managing his groups’ patent portfolio. From 2002 to 2004, he was a man- ager at the system group of Panasonic’s sales company in Secaucus, NJ providing system integration and software development for clients. He was also an Export Control officer. Dr. Kanai joined the Design Lab at RPI in 2004. He is currently the Associate Director of the lab and and Professor of Practice of in the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering department. The Design Lab provides industry spon- sored and service oriented multidisciplinary design projects to 200 students/semester. His responsibilities include managing the operation of the

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Frederick Berry; Anne Lucietto; Andrew Scott

Session ETD 5225 Engineering Technology Students: Do they approach capstone courses differently than other students? Anne M. Lucietto1, Andrew Scott2 and Frederick Berry1 Purdue University1/Western Carolina University2Using data collected from students in engineering technology, engineering, and other areas suchas computer science a comparison of student reactions to the capstone course are coded andsorted. Using content analysis methods, the researchers compare and contrast the variousstudent groups and their reactions to assigned capstone projects. They are also able to assessstudent

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

International

, decision-making,communications skills, and graphical demonstration.The authors wanted to know what our Arab engineering students knew about sustainability.What were their perceptions about their responsibilities as engineers in the 21st century? Didthey care? What’s being done to foster awareness in this part of the world? Shouldenvironmental sustainability and global stewardship be at the core of our engineering designprogram? How could we introduce our students to humanitarian engineering? The answers tothese questions along with data collected over two semesters are discussed in this paper.The Fall 2006 STEPS II project involved the development of a Plastics Recycling Plan for thePetroleum Institute, with applications locally and globally. The

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clint Kohl, Cedarville University; Keith Shomper, Cedarville University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

concludes with some lessons learned through the Senior Design Capstone experiencefrom which this multi-threaded software was designed, written, debugged, revised and releasedfor experimentation in DLD. CedarLogic's 10,000+ lines of code is written in C++ and utilizesthe wxWidgets GUI library and OpenGL to render the graphics. CedarLogic can be freelydownloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cedarlogic .Background and NeedDigital Logic Design is a foundational course for many engineering and computer sciencestudents. The first author has been teaching a freshman level Digital Logic Design course forover twelve years. The course includes laboratory projects in which students physically wire upTTL gates on a breadboard, use the CedarLogic software

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Heidar Malki, University of Houston (CoT); Xiaohui Yuan, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Paper ID #8146Developing System-Thinking Oriented Learning Modules of Networked Mea-surement Systems for Undergraduate Engineering CurriculumProf. Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT) Dr. Xiaojing Yuan is Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Technology program of Engineer- ing Technology Department. She is the founder and director of the ISGRIN research lab and actively incorporating undergraduate research activities as part of final project requirements in several undergrad- uate junior and senior level courses dealing with sensors, instrumentation, and microprocessor hardware and software. Her research

Conference Session

Simulation and Programming

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

CAD/CAM knowledgeand promote creativity and innovation. In the last two years, almost 40 students in our programwere involved robotic workcell design projects. In general, all of the students are givenfoundational manufacturing and design concepts, principles, and methodologies of theengineering disciplines during their first two years. MET students have to finish their study ofMaterial Processing I (MET 177), Computer Aided Drafting (MET 142), and productdevelopment and design (MET 144) courses before they are accepted by the program (see Figure1). Page 23.159.3 Figure 1 - MnSU MET program of study

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Eric Lachance; Allen Estes

efforts on short duration activities, tryingto get the biggest benefit for the most valuable student resource: time. With limited and tightlycontrolled increments of available time, we attempt to tailor our activities to accommodate thisconstraint. Those USMA chapter activities that add the greatest value to our CE program, arelisted below, and described in the sections that follow: • Community service and outreach through adopt-a-highway clean up, Habitat for Humanity participation, and support of those community service independent study 6 projects in the CE program . • Exposure to professional societies such as ASCE, ASEE, The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), and the

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Mosto; Gregory Hecht; Kathryn Hollar; Stephanie Farrell

to introduce students to avariety of biological principles that are relevant to chemical engineering. Additionally, Page 8.722.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationseveral laboratory modules and projects that can be easily incorporated at the freshmanand sophomore levels have been developed. These modules include reverse engineering ofthe human body, reverse engineering of the beer making process, and designing amicrobial fuel cell. Modules developed for the freshman year expose students to

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Harding

environmental burden of a product, process or activity byidentifying and quantifying material and energy usage and waste outputs at every life stage.LCA involves three steps: identification of scope of analysis, life cycle inventory, and impactanalysis. Such an approach has two attractive features for engineers. First, it is a rational andquantitative process that is easily appreciated by engineers. Second, because it examines allstages of the life cycle, it allows engineers to easily identify what design or processimprovements will lead to the greatest reduction in environmental impact.The present paper will describe a laboratory experience used in a senior level materials andprocess selection design course developed by the author. The project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10330Development of Agent-based Tutor & Simulator System and Assessment ofInstructional Modules Implemented in areas of Quality Control, Metrologyand PrototypingDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ciobanescu –Husanu received her PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 2005 and also hold a MS degree in aeronautical engineering from Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Her dissertation was on numerical investigation of fuel droplet interactions at near zero Reynolds numbers. Other research projects involved computational evaluation of Icing Scaling Methods

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Shirley Fleischmann

of tools, machines, and components), and cultural literacy(knowledge of how to communicate and how to properly place a design into a socialframework). Design-based instruction includes aspects of all 5 steps in design and alsoincludes the supporting types of literacy for those steps. A planning matrix that enablesthe instructor to plan the mix and balance of design steps and types of literacy ispresented. This approach can also be used to clearly document how ABET 2000 criteriaare met in a given project or course presentation. Specific projects used by the author arepresented to illustrate the planning matrix and also the ABET 2000 documentation.IntroductionImagine having a major design project that is so popular that students enter

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University; Matthew R. O'Toole, Kettering University; Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University; Steven Nartker, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

23.10.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Motivating Student Learning Using Biofuel-based Activities AbstractStudent learning is greatly enhanced when students are intrinsically motivated by the subjectmatter. For many students the topic of biofuels appeals to their intrinsic desire “to make adifference” with respect to the environment. At Kettering University an interdisciplinary groupof engineers and scientists have found success in motivating students by introducing biofueltopics into the classroom and by offering undergraduate research and project experiences.Through these experiences students are learning both the fundamentals of their disciplines anddeveloping an understanding of the

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

knowledge and conceptual knowledge can be challenging. Ideally,teachers would be able to trace thinking through the design rationale as the design proceeds, notjust retrospectively or from static project artifacts. They would also be able to use technology tosupplement teaching documentation and communication. The use of technology and culturaltechnology methods of communication has potential to impact assessment in K-12 engineeringeducation. Seventy-five percent of teens have cell phones2 and over 50% of teenagers 17 andyounger have access to the Internet outside of school and send email or text messages at leastonce a week. Twitter and other text-messaging tools help to motivate and encourage students todo more writing and encourage interactions

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David H. Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

FPGAsAbstractState-of-the-art Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) can now implement designs withmillions of logic gates at speeds and power dissipation that rival custom integrated circuitdesigns for many applications, but at a fraction of the development cost. This paper will discussrecent experiences on working with undergraduate researchers in the area of FPGA design at theUniversity of Texas at Tyler. Criteria for the selection of appropriate research projects will begiven. Issues such as methods for supervision, motivation, and funding will also be discussed.Assessment of using undergraduate student researchers in the area of FPGA design are carriedout through faculty observations, generation of conference paper submissions and posterpresentations

Conference Session

Integration of Research and Education in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tali Moreshet, Swarthmore College; Uzi Vishkin, University of Maryland, College Park; Fuat Keceli, Intel Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

underrepresented groups of undergraduate engineering studentsto pursue an engineering career path, academic or otherwise.In this paper, we describe a pilot of an on-going, multiple-year research project, carried out byundergraduate female students incorporating research and education in computer science andengineering (CS&E). Many-core processors are becoming increasingly popular ingeneral-purpose computing. While most researchers agree that this requires introduction ofparallelism to mainstream CS&E practice, and hence education, parallel programming difficultiesremain obstacles that are yet to be overcome. For concreteness, the research project involves acertain many-core framework, called eXplicit Multi-Threading (XMT). The XMT

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong; Ken Van Treuren; Don Farris; Cindy Fry

, and data collection and analysis. The students ultimately develop their confidencein problem solving and design skills using a balsa wood bridge design project. The skills, tools,and techniques developed during the semester in class and in laboratories are applied to thedesign and construction of the bridge. Students, operating in teams of three to five, also learn towork with their peers. The teams are given a Request for Proposals (RFP) and allowed toexercise creativity within the scope of the RFP. Students progress through the design process(concept, preliminary, and final phases) using both written and oral communication. The finalgrade of the design process is based on their prototype and on written and oral presentations. Atthe

Conference Session

Advancements in Sustainable Manufacturing Practices

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

women. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Design of a Monitoring System for Manufacturing Processes AbstractData collection and visualization is a key enabler technique in the Industry 4.0 era. This paperdescribes a senior project that designs a monitoring system for manufacturing processes. It deploysmulti-heterogeneous sensors for cutting force and vibration to monitor CNC machining processes.Students were trained to understand the working principles of sensors, data acquisition (DAQ)devices, programming, and data analysis. The development work includes: 1) part design andmanufacturing process design in Siemens NX; 2) prototype the part using CNC

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Florence Emilia Castillo, University of Texas at Dallas; Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Sherri S Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Sheryl Skaggs, University of Texas at Dallas; Tiffany Bisbey, The George Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

Paper ID #43814Understanding Organizational Cultural Influences in Multisector Multi-TeamSystemsDr. Florence Emilia Castillo, University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Florence Emily Castillo is a research associate in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Trained as a sociologist, her work focuses on qualitative data analysis of both the student and employee climate surveys at her university. She is also researcher on an NSF project where she explores team dynamics and working in collaboration across engineering departments at multiple institutions and industry.Dr. Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas at Dallas

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank J. Fronczak; John G. Webster

Session 2309 A Series of Design Courses in Biomedical Engineering Frank J. Fronczak, John G. Webster University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstractThe curriculum for the BSBME degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison requires a seriesof six design courses. Students begin in their third semester with prerequisites of calculus,physics and chemistry. We solicit real projects from faculty in biomedical engineering and thelife sciences. Groups of two or three students interact with these clients to define thespecifications for their projects. Instructors teach them design principles and

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shreyas Vathul Subramanian, Purdue University; Mushtak Al-Atabi, Taylor's University; David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo and IFEES; josé aquiles grimoni jabg P.E., polythecnic schoool university of são paulo

Tagged Topics

International Forum

David A. Delaine has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Drexel University, in Philadelphia, USA. He currently serves as an executive member of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), as Vice President for Student Engagement, Diversity, and Inclusion. IFEES aims to strengthen engineering education practices around the world. He has recently completed his tenure as a Fulbright Scholar and is currently performing research as a FAPESP postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. Jose Roberto Cardoso at the Escola Polit´ecnica da Universidade de S˜ao Paulo for his project titled ”Assessing the Impact of One Boundary Spanner on University-wide STEM Educational engagement” where he will

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghuram V Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Steven Y. Liang, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

knowledgeprovides learners with a relevant context in which new information can be integrated [7].The undergraduate “Machine Design” course taught in many engineering universities isprimarily focused on teaching the fundamentals of designing mechanical elements for meetingengineering specifications, functionality and failure. It is a content-intensive course in generaland traditionally taught with information based lectures and textbook problem solving, andstudent’s learning is tested with time-bound tests and exams. Teaching the Machine Designcourse using some hands-on activities, projects and case-studies have been reported in theliterature [8-12].In this paper, prior knowledge supported process oriented approaches on students learning in the“Machine

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Romain Kazadi Tshikolu, University of Detroit Mercy; Alan S Hoback, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Paper ID #49546Improving the use of online resources to enhance efficiency of the ProblemBased Learning in Engineering EducationRomain Kazadi Tshikolu, University of Detroit MercyDr. Alan S Hoback, University of Detroit Mercy Professor of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, University of Detroit Mercy ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Improving the use of online resources to enhance efficiency of theProblem/Project Based Learning in Engineering EducationRomain Kazadi Tshikolu, Loyola University of Congo, DRC, kazadiro@udmercy.eduAlan Hoback, Department of Civil, Architectural

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University; Saraj Gupta, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Patrick Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

tasks/projects, designs the process that teaching will be based on, setsthe assessment/expectation standards, and forms the teams. Teams that are given the design taskinfluence team composition by providing feedback to the instructor, the design process theyfollow, and expectations. All these actors and their activities in this dynamic design learningenvironment are influenced by predominantly outside parties setting the desired outcomes fordesign learning (individual and team level learning, and grades), design outcomes (perceptionsregarding teaming, communication - design report and artifact performance), and long termeffects (retention, increased interest in engineering). Figure 1 depicts these relationships. In thefigure, arrows indicate

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Ryan McGhee, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University; Elizabeth Lemus, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

December 2008 with a joint M.B.A. degree and Master of Engineering degree. His graduate project included the creation of the company described in this paper.Brian Thomas, Baylor University Brian Thomas is a Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. His research is focused on appropriate technology for the developing world, and in particular, electrification systems using renewable resources. He has deployed wind power, solar photovoltaic, and hydro power systems in Kenya, Uganda, Honduras, and Texas. He is co-founder and board member for the 501(c)3 organization Engineers with a Mission.Elizabeth Lemus, Baylor University Elizabeth Lemus in a junior

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Cherbaka, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

the bridge between the engineering and management disciplines.6  The engineering manager possesses both the ability to apply engineering principles and a skill in organizing and directing people and projects.3EM programs are distinguished from systems engineering (SE) programs primarily by themanagement aspect. SE focuses on the development life-cycle from an operational andmathematical perspective with heavy emphasis on decision analysis, structured problem solvingapproaches, and the interaction/integration of systems. In contrast, an EM program focuses onmanaging SE efforts and engineering relationships with the rest of the organization. Along thespectrum of programs labeled as EM, those that rely heavily on industrial

Conference Session

Design Methodology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvonne Toft, Central Queensland University; Prue Howard, Central Queensland University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-2395: VIRTUOUS REALITY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE DESIGNTHROUGH TRANSDISCIPLINARY TEAMSYvonne Toft, Central Queensland UniversityPrue Howard, Central Queensland University Page 14.1353.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Virtuous Reality: The Development of Safe Design through Transdisciplinary TeamsAbstractThe development of safe design as an aspect of professional practice has been the impetus for anaction learning project, using an innovative teaching model at CQUniversity, Australia. Thistransdisciplinary, project orientated, teaching and learning model, brings together the twodisciplines of ergonomics and

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Michael Vitale, East Carolina University; Lisa Greenberg, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

is related to increasing pipeline, graduation rate as well as future jobs in the State of Florida related to STEM graduates especially Computer Science and Engineering fields. His recent projects have been funded by DOE, Florida BOG, National Science Foundation, Florida Power and Lights (FPL), Broward County School district and several other sources. His recent research works related to alternative energy applications includes Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for Solar Systems, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) and battery technology to transportation technology. In addition, he has conducted research on the applications of soft computing methodologies to industrial pro- cesses including, desalination