Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Phillips, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Society for Engineering Education, 2006 “Assessing the Comprehensive Design Studio Course through Alternate Methods”AbstractCourse assessment typically consists of the review of a course by the teaching faculty memberbased on student grades from the course. This process, without additional methods, can lead to afalse sense of success in a course, and it becomes necessary to find alternate methods for furtherassessment.For the comprehensive design studio course, alternate methods of assessment have beenemployed. This course is a semester long architectural and engineering design studio where allphases of an architectural design project are covered, from schematic design through designdocumentation. In

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

cutting-edgeNASA-related research into the undergraduate curriculum. Cal Poly Pomona chose toincorporate the Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) robotic technology research into theundergraduate curricula of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, theEngineering Technology Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, and the ComputerScience Department. We proposed to conduct an interdisciplinary project, "Deep SpaceExploration using Smart Robotic Rovers", and develop an autonomous robotic rover.During the last three years, students and faculty participating in this program have developed arobotic rover that has successfully accomplished the initial goals of the project: (1) semi-autonomous navigation systems for remote robots, (2

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Smith; Angela Quick

to Georgia Tech's French campus (Georgia Tech Lorraine) is the Frenchhigh school, the Lycée de la Communication. In early 2002 and with the support of the GeorgiaTech’s Atlanta and French administrations, the Lycée de la Communication (in Metz, France)and Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology (25 miles from Georgia Tech’sAtlanta campus in Conyers, Georgia USA) agreed to an experiment in which French and USstudents are paired to perform joint research projects. In autumn 2002, ten US students visitedFrance to meet with their French research partners. In April 2003, French students willreciprocate and visit Georgia. Each visiting group resides in local homes and participates in theacademic and home life of their host families. The

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2010-1457: ASSESSMENT-DRIVEN EVOLUTION OF A FIRST-YEARPROGRAMRick Williams, East Carolina UniversityWilliam Howard, East Carolina University Page 15.210.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Assessment Driven Evolution of a First year ProgramAbstractThe general engineering program at East Carolina University (ECU) was established in 2004. Inthe fall of 2007, a major curriculum change was initiated that introduced three new courses intothe first year. These courses are Engineering Graphics, Introduction to Engineering, andComputer Applications in Engineering. Each of these courses contains projects or assignmentsthat directly assess the achievement of

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Helps Engineering Technologists Hit the Job Market!IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the “laboratory/design based problemsolving learning environment” that has been developed with financial and technicalassistance from local industries. The discussion will also identify how the “need” for thistype of project based curriculum became obvious. Four prerequisite courses are brieflydescribed before focusing on the project based capstone course. These four coursesprovide the students with the technical skill sets needed to succeed in the senior levelcapstone course. Accomplishments and outcomes from the student perspective, theUniversity perspective, and the industry perspective will also be shared.Our advancing world

Conference Session

Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa M. Holliday, University of Oklahoma; Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth F. Robson, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Construction

inconstruction management faculty and has sponsored summer internships to increase facultyindustry experience. The internship program is structured by a three party agreement betweenAGC, the sponsoring university, and a local contractor. Each of the three parties pays a third ofthe faculty intern’s regular monthly salary. Thus, each entity has a vested interest in the facultyintern’s success in the program and its benefits to education.The University of Oklahoma took this opportunity to partner with a local general contractor toincrease faculty construction experience and to train the faculty member in the use of RevitStructure. The faculty intern joined the contractor’s pre-construction team and developed theRevit model for an upcoming project. The

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jimmy Antoine Chahine; Minh Nguyen Ha, Forum Energy Technology; Vong Hem, Lectrus Corporation - Applications Engineer; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, the design of a photovoltaic system is presented for a small model house along with itsassociated instrumentation, real time data acquisition and automation using NI® LabVIEW. Thestudy clearly shows that energy requirements can be met using renewable energy sources andthat the goal of a zero energy house is attainable in many locations.This work was performed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Senior CapstoneProject course in controls and instrumentation of the Engineering Technology department at theUniversity of Houston - Downtown and then was continued as research project as part ofcontinuing education. Student experiences are summarized and the need for teamwork andeffective project management methods is emphasized.I

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samantha Richerson; Daniel Cavanagh

for the final project thatintegrated concepts from these three areas.The final project description (as given to the students) is provided below to further provide thereader with insight in to goals of the course. The overall goal of this project is for each group to proceed through the process of designing and making experimental measurements within a fluid flow system. After constructing the recirculating system used in prior experimental protocols, each group will design their own additional modifications which will individualize each group’s project. The objective of modifying the experiments is to create a setup with will permit your group to quantify the effect of the changes to the system. Each group will be monitoring

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Justine Stiles; Ashly Middelberg; Farhad Reza; Subhi Bazlamit

who choose to do so. Students areencouraged to develop their full intellectual potential within a continuing community ofscholarly excellence that offers exciting and enhanced varieties of academic experiences. Honorsprogram experiences are designed to nurture students' curiosity, their written and oralcommunication skills and their leadership capabilities as well as to provide an opportunity forstudents to be more actively involved in their education.Each honors student is required to complete a series of honors seminars, "contract" courses and afinal honors project. The project is a major research, performance or creative endeavor guided bya full-time faculty member. Two existing courses at the junior-level or higher must be completedwith

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

and Depar tment of Electr onics and Computer Engineer ing TechnologyAbstr actThe Microelectronics Laboratory Curriculum development, for both associate and bachelordegrees, is a project between Arizona State University East (ASU East), three communitycolleges in the Maricopa Community College District, and Maricopa AdvancedTechnology Education Center (MATEC) and is funded by the National ScienceFoundation. This paper describes a model curriculum development strategy to create user-friendly material for students and the instructor. The development team consists of facultyfrom community colleges, ASU East and industry subject matter experts (SMEs). Tomaximize the efficiency of the development team an Online Authoring Tool is

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

from two-year collegesthat have differing academics. The software is used to both create standalone projects, and todesign and interact with course hardware projects.Innovative laboratory exercises to acquaint the safety and fire students with LabVIEW areused in the “Fire Alarm” course. The exercises both familiarize the students with the use ofLabVIEW and the subject area of alarm systems.The alarm systems software exercises incorporate the detection of fire signatures that includesmoke, heat, and other changes in ambient conditions. The exercises also include thelogic to activate alarms and fire suppression. Use of both digital logic and analog functionsand systems are included in the exercises.The exercises for the alarm systems laboratory

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hanus; Stephen Ressler

transfer of learning in an introductory course inStatics and Dynamics at the U.S. Military Academy. The authors developed a rather unorthodoxcourse project that was explicitly designed to provide students with an opportunity to practice theapplication of newly learned concepts in an unfamiliar context.The Statics and Dynamics course is taken by second-semester sophomores and first-semesterjuniors at the Academy. The student population includes approximately equal numbers ofengineering majors and non-engineering majors (to include many humanities and social sciencesmajors). Thus the course must address a broad range of student capabilities and motivations. Inpractically all cases, students are taking this course as their first engineering course

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh; Mulchand Rathod

Session 3547 Enhanced Electric Machines and Power Course Chih-Ping Yeh, Mulchand S. Rathod Wayne State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents our experiences in developing a NSF-funded CCLI project for enhancing the‘Electric Machines and Power’ course. The objective of this project is to provide a new structure tothe existing course to enhance student learning of electric machines. The project involves (1) improvingthe long existing rotating machine laboratory by adding modern power electronic drives and devisingreal time data acquisition for measurement and analysis

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard D. Wilk; George H. Williams

assignments[Oakes, 1999], engineering economic case studies, and studio exercises that cover designmethodology and that prepare students for the culminating design project and competition.Course Organization and AdministrationThe First-Year Design course is taken by all majors in engineering (civil, computer systems,electrical, mechanical, and undecided), and majors in computer science. The course schedule isa two-hour classroom meeting and a three-hour studio/laboratory meeting each week. Thesetime periods are used for lecture, discussion, studio/laboratory time as appropriate for the coursemodulesEach offering of the First-Year Design course has involved a multidisciplinary team of faculty[acknowledged at the end of the paper] who administer, teach

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William Marshall, Alief Independent School District

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

industries. The discussion will also identify how the “need” for thistype of project based curriculum became obvious. Four prerequisite courses are brieflydescribed before focusing on the project based capstone course. These four coursesprovide the students with the technical skill sets needed to succeed in the senior levelcapstone course. Accomplishments and outcomes from the student perspective, theUniversity perspective, and the industry perspective will also be shared.Our advancing world of computer integration, process control, industrial automation, andtelecommunications requires technical problem solvers and knowledgeable decisionmakers. “The activities of problem solving and decision making are closelyintertwined”,1 and both skills can

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Marian S. Stachowicz; Christopher R Carroll

Duluth (UMD) in whichstudents implemented microcontroller applications using the principles of Fuzzy Logic as Page 5.312.1contained in the features of the MC68HC12 microcontroller. This workshop providedstudents with a unique opportunity to merge their academic understanding of FuzzyLogic techniques with their ability to design and implement microcontroller systems.The paper describes the MC68HC12 microcontroller features that support Fuzzy Logic,introduces Fuzzy Logic and intelligent control, and details student projects suggested inthis design workshop. The goals of these studies are: to illustrate Fuzzy Logic theory, to apply Fuzzy Logic

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael B. Kelley; Joseph D. Myers; John H. Grubbs

, we need to realize that theproblem was born on a two-way street. Until now, collectively we have done very littleto improve the situation. This paper describes continuing efforts1 to effect a culturalchange in the interaction between the mathematics and engineering communities.Through the use of ‘ILAPs’ - Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects - this initiativefocuses on insuring the mathematics education serves as a ‘pump’ for student success inengineering, as opposed to being a filter. An environmental engineering example of the‘ILAP’ is presented using concepts in hydrogeology. In solving problems related togroundwater flow in their junior year elective mathematics course, cadets from the UnitedStates Military Academy who are

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort; William F. Reiter; Milo D. Koretsky

the electronic classroom, where very fast and cheap computers wouldmake the virtual chemical engineering laboratory a possibility. All of these concepts areaddressed with the curriculum development project described in this paper.There are a number of excellent examples where programs have been developed to address achange in undergraduate engineering education to emphasize the practical experience andinterdisciplinary teamwork concepts suggested by industry (2 - 7). The unique aspects of thecurrent project are that the curriculum and laboratory development focus on two distinctphilosophies: Page 2.75.1 • Providing the students an interdisciplinary

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Morrie Walworth; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

the senior design project experience at LakeSuperior State University. The School of Engineering and Technology offers a verystrong senior design experience that involves inter-disciplinary student teams.[3,4]During the 1997-98 school year, a senior design team made significant progress on thelaboratory by identifying the six unique lab stations, purchasing or building the systems,and providing development work on each. During the 1998-99 school year, a secondsenior design team is completing the development work in the laboratory, focusing on thegeneral-purpose stations and implementation of the lab exercises for the specializedstations. The remainder of this paper will expand upon the integrated concept, outline theintegrated set-ups, and

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Brett Barraclough

Problems (EDPs) were linked by a common theme. In 1998, thedepartment began coordination with the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) touse the weapon as a thread of continuity to show how all the topics taught in EM370 arerelated to real-world problems. The new series of ATACMS EDPs demonstrated howdesign information could be shared in a collaborative engineering environment.Moreover, the course improvement project included an opportunity to incorporate theway the Department of Defense (DoD) uses top-down design in the acquisition process.Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA) is a proposed system to apply top-down design andensure that product data can be transferred across all the phases of the acquisitionprocess. One of the main goals of the SBA

Conference Session

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Case Studies in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector Buyones-Gonzalez, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

Paper ID #42079Artificial Intelligence in the Construction Industry: A Competency-BasedExamination Through Expert LensProf. Hector Buyones-Gonzalez, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile Hector Buyones Gonzalez is a professor in the School of Engineering’s Construction Engineering program at Universidad Andres Bello and Universidad Autonoma de Chile in Santiago, Chile. He earned his degree in Civil Engineering and Civil Construction, as well as a Master’s degree in Construction Management. With extensive experience coordinating and executing construction projects across diverse sectors—including the oil industry (refineries

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert H. Mayer

opportunitiessuch as birdwatching, fishing, and hunting. For better or worse, natural wetlands have also beenused for wastewater discharge. Even so, drainage and filling of wetlands, principally foragricultural use, were common practices 2. Fortunately, increased public awareness of wetlandfunctions and values led to the “no net loss of wetlands” policies of the Bush and ClintonAdministrations. Today, engineers will find it useful and often necessary to include wetlandsrestoration and conservation among project objectives.Accordingly, instruction in wetlands function awareness and design procedures has been intro-duced in the ocean engineering curriculum at the U.S. Naval Academy. Also, capstone designprojects have been initiated which include wetlands

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fleisig, McMaster University; Harry Mahler, Ontario College of Art and Design

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

tend to reject any inquiry that strays outside of a strictly positivist or perhaps post-positivist paradigm. This paper outlines our vision and understanding of engineeringdesign and communicates the approach we have taken to defining a Master of EngineeringDesign degree that at the same time is acceptable to the scholarly sensibilities ofengineering faculty and pushes the boundaries of the practice of engineering design. Todevelop the program, we believe that engineering scholarship must extend beyondproblem-solving to include inquiry approaches from the arts and humanities2.The Nature of Engineering DesignMany of the early projects performed by students in the Master of Engineering Designdegree resembled in every way a research Master s

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

presentation, it tracks the development of atechnique the authors call “project-directed mathematics” and its incorporation with writing as alearning strategy. Data gathered from mostly female students taking courses in ContemporaryMathematics over the five years support the authors’ claims, which include new observations andrecommendations that may be adapted to transform other “Western” courses into culturally-appropriate studies.IntroductionVirginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUR) is a stateresearch university located in the heart of metropolitan Richmond, Virginia’s capital since 1779.Over 32,000 students enroll on its two Richmond campuses. VCUR’s mission is to educate “full-time and part-time students of all ages

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziqian Liu, State University of New York, Maritime College

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

is a powerful tool for efficiently and effectively developingsophisticated control systems in a wide range of applications. In the laboratory, a series of eightapplication projects were elaborated, which include the following design themes: ship controlsystem, submarine depth control system, DC motor control system, machine tool control system,automotive power train control system, PID controllers, aircraft control system, and satellite-tracking antenna control system. Through the above hands-on projects, students not only learnedhow to design, analyze and synthesize a control application system, but also strengthened theirunderstanding of theoretical and abstract subjects in control theory. With the feedbacks fromstudents, we are confident

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh

animated educational simulations of various processes, such as traffic control andbatch mixing, to show how a ladder diagram relates to an automated process5. Students can startand stop the animations, and study the corresponding ladder diagram for certain conditions orcases. However, students do not have the opportunity to build a system. In addition, the numberof models available for students to explore is limited to those included in the package. Animprovement would be to allow students to design and assemble their own automatedmanufacturing systems, run them, and view the associated control logic.Another common approach is to use a capstone course or senior design project to allow studentsto design and develop a system level project6. The

Conference Session

Professional Practice in CE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

understanding of various subject areas required by ABET has been enhanced byattendance at and/or participation in class field trips in addition to lectures and seminarspresented by practicing professional engineers. In particular, the findings suggest that bothundergraduate and graduate students believe that three areas have been greatly enhanced withthis activity. They include environmental engineering, project management/scheduling andestimating, and team work. In addition, undergraduates perceive that their understanding ofhealth and safety issues, and ethical considerations has also been increased at a high percentage.In contrast, graduate students believe that their knowledge of hydraulics/hydrology/waterresources and geotechnical engineering has

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Karweit

Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” university setting. The question is: can these elements be integrated into universitycurricula in a different way. Engineering educators agree that laboratory and project work can provide some ofthese elements. Experiments provide hands-on experienced for validating or discoveringphysical principles; projects provide contexts in which to exercise these principles.These projects should require students to synthesize and apply their theoreticalknowledge. Performing experiments and carrying projects are examples of “contextuallearning”. But, simply assigning a contextual problem does not ensure that the learning gapwill be spanned. How the project is presented and taught can

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University; Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin; Carlos R. Corleto P.E., Texas A&M University

-Rosen, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the J. MikeWalker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology.Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin Possesses a multidisciplinary background in Mechanical Engineering (BS and MS) and cardiovascular physiology (Ph.D.). Currently working as an Instructional Assistant

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Daren Wilcox, Kennesaw State University

a challenging experience. In this paper, anembedded design project in an online only sophomore course is presented. The design project isbased on the EFM8BB1 from Silicon Laboratories. The EFM8BB1 is an 8051 seriesmicrocontroller that is self-contained, economical, and very student friendly. What follows is adiscussion of the sophomore course, an overview of the EFM8BB1, and an example of theproject design based on the EFM8BB1.1. IntroductionThe sophomore course referred to in this paper is the second course of the digital designsequence in the electrical engineering technology program at Kennesaw State University.Kennesaw State University was founded in 1963 as part of the University System of Georgia. In2015, Kennesaw State merged with