Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mazen Hasna, Qatar University; Abdelmagid Hamouda, Qatar University; Boualem Boashash, Qatar University

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2010-827: PREPARING AND EDUCATING THE QATARI ENGINEER OF 2030Mazen Hasna, Qatar UniversityAbdelmagid Hamouda, Qatar UniversityBoualem Boashash, Qatar University Page 15.973.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Preparing and Educating the Arab Qatari Engineer of 2030AbstractThis paper addresses the issue of adapting Engineering Education to a changing situation inQatar, a small country that is part of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council. It presents theframework for a national project planned to take place in the State of Qatar during the 2010/11academic year.Over the past few years, several professional organizations started reviewing the issue

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Curran, University College Dublin; Colleen Doyle, University College Dublin; Enda Cummins, University College Dublin; Kevin McDonnell, University College Dublin; Nicholas Holden, University College Dublin

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

of a problem-based learning module called the BiosystemsEngineering Design Challenge. The focus of the module is on designing and building a working,bench-scale device that solves a practical problem relevant to Biosystems Engineering. Itprovides an early opportunity for students to learn about engineering design, project managementand teamwork. The module aligns well with the academic policy of University College Dublin tointroduce alternative teaching and learning strategies compared to the conventional lecture.While the original aim of the module was to enhance the learning experience specifically forBiosystems Engineering students, it was considered beneficial to adopt a multi-disciplinaryapproach by allowing students from a wide variety

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Herbert Detloff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

mobilerobotics learning platform was developed by faculty and students of the department to be used asthe centerpiece of outreach efforts to middle school math and science teachers in order todemonstrate STEM concepts at the K-16 levels and to provide a sense of excitement and buy-infor University students enrolled in the CEEN program. The platform, named the CEENBoT™,was first introduced to freshman CEEN students in the fall semester of 2008, while currentCEEN seniors, projected to graduate in 2010, possess no direct experience with the newplatform.This paper gives the results of an assessment conducted in the fall semester of 2009 with the goalof measuring the educational impact of senior students’ project-based experiences with theCEENBoT™ mobile

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Gally; Steve Chadwick; Randy Shaffer; Milton Cone; Jim Helbling

Interdisciplinary Freshman Experience Chuck Cone, Steve Chadwick, Tom Gally, Jim Helbling, and Randall Shaffer College of Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott, ArizonaAbstractThis paper summarizes a cooperative effort undertaken by the Aeronautical, Electrical, andComputer Engineering Departments at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University that led to thedevelopment of a team-taught interdisciplinary engineering course offered to incomingfreshmen. The authors discuss the inception of the project, the development of the coursecontent, and the lessons learned from the first year of teaching the

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Phillips-Lambert; Charles Camp; Paul Palazolo

2004-824 Changing the paradigm of power in the classroom to teach, promote, and evaluate leadership training within an existing Civil Engineering curriculum Authors: P. Palazolo, C. Camp, A. Lambert, E. Lambert, N. Dennis University of Memphis/University of Memphis/University of Memphis/ University of Memphis/ University of ArkansasAbstract:This project evolved out of three years’ worth of data from junior/senior-level engineeringmajors who completed both pre and post-semester surveys asking them to rate their perceptionsof preparation and training in a variety of areas. Not surprisingly, the majority of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leroy Oberto; Sheryl Sorby

: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayIntroduction to the Introduction to LEGO project-- Mechanics of Project Schedulingcourse and to the Spatial Visualization, Phase II Materials and Trussprogram, Pre-testing Graphics, and Analysis Engineering DrawingsEngineering history, LEGO project-- Basic Statics and Guest Speaker Engineering Econ andprofession, and Phase I Mechanics of Design Project Assigned discussion of the non-disciplines Materials

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

Analysis of Team Learning Experiences and Educational Outcomes in Robotics David J. Ahlgren1/Igor M. Verner2 Trinity College/Technion—Israel Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper argues that educational research, which assesses learning and instruction inintroductory robotics courses, is essential to the evaluation, improvement, anddissemination of robotics programs. The authors consider their experiences in teachingrobotics as an introductory engineering subject at Trinity College in the United States,and as a graduation project course at the Mevohot E’ron High School in Israel. Bothprograms focus on team-based design of fire-fighting mobile robots to compete in theTrinity College Fire

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

. Thus, in the spring of 2001, community service-learning concept was introduced into two Manufacturing Systems Engineering senior courses atCalifornia State University, Northridge (CSUN). In the first community service-learning project,students shared their knowledge and skills gained in a senior level course, Facilities Planning andDesign, with a small company located within a federal enterprise zone. The second communityservice-learning project integrated a senior design class with a local high school as part of theFIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics organization.Engineering students mentored Granada Hills High School (GHHS) senior students in building arobot to compete in both regional and national

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Eman Hammad, Texas A&M University; James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., Texas A&M University; Yuehua Wang, Texas A&M University - Commerce; Heather Manley Lillibridge, Texas A&M University; Chris Scarmardo, Texas A&M University

Supply Chain Defense (CBTS) Center ofExcellence (COE) partnered with the Texas A&M University System RELLIS Academic Allianceand Texas A&M University-Commerce to establish a “Summer Research Institute” in the disciplineof cybersecurity. This paper describes and details the inaugural edition of this annual program thataims to help build a future homeland security science and engineering workforce by engagingundergraduate students on research projects encompassing prevention, detection, assessment, andremediation of cyber incidents. In its first year, the CBTS Summer Research Institute innovativelycreated internship positions and selectively sponsored a team of eight undergraduate students whoworked closely with two faculty subject matter

Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Sacred Heart University; Kevin N. Bowlyn, Sacred Heart University

, 2024Building an Innovative Engineering Curriculum from the Ground Up: Lessons and SuccessStoriesTolga Kaya, Kevin Bowlyn, Cedric BleimlingSchool of Computer Science and EngineeringSacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, USAAbstract:It is challenging to build brand new Engineering programs at a liberal arts college. This workoutlines the 5-year development process of Electrical and Computer Engineering programs.While challenged with limited number of major classes besides liberal arts courses,engineering courses were developed by embedding lab components for each one. Thesequence and course content structure were discussed throughout the paper with projectexamples. Creative ways of a large makerspace utilization for projects and teaching

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

A. Anil Kumar

– implementation at each level is somewhat unrealistic, owing to the non-/semi-quantitative nature of assessment. Specific implementations in three electrical engineeringcourses – Network Theory 1, Physical Principles of Solid State Devices and CommunicationTheory – will be presented. The approach is based on assessing students’ progress via four levelsof ability – unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence andunconscious competence. Both formative and summative assessments will be discussed based onimproved performance on tests as well as on an end-of-semester project that requires navigatingthrough open-ended scenarios. IntroductionCritical thinking, creativity and ability to solve as

Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; J. William White, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Dan D. Koo, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #9515Program Accreditation: Developing a Methodology to Retrieve and MaintainRelevant Data for Course Improvement and Provide an Assessment ProcessWhich Closes the LoopMr. Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Matt Ray is a lecturer for the Construction Engineering Management Technology Program offered through the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University Purdue University In- dianapolis. He currently provides instruction for Soils and Foundations, Construction Cost and Bidding, Construction Project Cost and Production Control as well as managing the

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University; Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

27 years as a teacher and researcher. He has extensive research and curriculum development experience in STEM disciplines. His research includes the study of thinking processes, teaching methods, and activities that improve technological problem-solving performance and creativity. He has expertise in developing technology education curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathe- matics (STEM) concepts. Currently, Dr. DeLuca’s research includes projects to develop curricula to teach STEM concepts associated with renewable energy technologies by providing a living laboratory of perfor- mance data from numerous renewable energy systems. The overarching goal of the project is to develop middle

Conference Session

Visualization tools, modeling abilities and grading models

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Modris Dobelis, Riga Technical University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

students’ ability to create solid models when givenan assembly drawing and their spatial visualization ability. Students were administered thePSVT:R and the MCT and were then given an assembly drawing and asked to model as many ofthe seven parts as possible during a 110 minute class period. The parts in the assembly ranged incomplexity from a ball to a valve body. Students were given a ruler to measure parts on the B-size drawing and determine sizes of features based on the given scale (2:1). Relationships wereexamined between the PSVT:R, MCT, modeling activity, final project and the final exam. Thispaper will present the results of this study and discuss implications for future research.IntroductionWith the reduced amount of instructional time

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Mohamed Zeidan; Ahmad Fayed; Mehmet Bahadir

]. Between accreditation requirements, general education courses andother school/department policies and obligations, there is a very limited number of credits thatcan be dedicated to classes that focus mainly on specific industry code, standards and commonpractices.To approach this problem, educators typically respond by introducing industry standards andpractices through projects/case studies in higher-level courses (usually 300/400 levels) and, morecommonly, in capstone projects and internships [11]. However, the authors believe that thisapproach may limit students' exposure to industry standards and practices to only the onesdirectly related to their projects. Moreover, students may sometimes confuse industry standardsand codes with textbook

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; S. Hossein Cheraghi; Janet Twomey

atenhancing student’s education by complementing the lecture and textbookmaterial. This paper presents a simulation-based project for various ProductionSystems/Operations Management courses. The challenge is to develop asimulation that is flexible to cover basic course content as well as recent industrytrends involving theory of constraints and the lean enterprise. This proveschallenging for instructors, because many of these concepts are counterintuitive totraditional manufacturing logic. The developed simulation model meets thechallenge faced by instructors and students as they try to expand currentcurriculum and get the most out of the simulation experience. The paper comparesother production system projects, presents the project itself, describes

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

interdisciplinary course that combines engineering arts and the liberal arts has beendeveloped and offered. The course materials were designed to appeal to both engineering andnon-engineering students. The class was equally split between these two groups of students. Thecourse required high technical skill and ability to operate advanced software, which some did notpossess. The course explored the tightly knit relationship between the art of constructing some ofthe most sophisticated projects and other non-engineering requirements such as political,economical, historical, cultural, and public perception factors. The course offers an insight intothe role engineers play to find a common ground that satisfies all needs and meet

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jesse E. Jaeger; Jibin T. Chacko; Richard A. Maier; James Patrick Abulencia

students can relate to. The goals were to 1) generate a scenario wherestudents can better learn course material by requiring them to teach their peers, and 2) create arepository of videos that can be used in subsequent iterations of the course.Surveys were given out to the student participants at the conclusion of the project, and consistedof five questions evaluated using a five level Likert rating scale, as well as three free responseprompts. The major conclusions derived from the data are: 1) this assignment was enjoyable toexecute, and useful for participating student to learn major concepts in the course, 2) the videosgenerated were useful in teaching their classmates, and 3) this assignment can be extended toother courses. Overall, the paper

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael P. Hennessey

To promote creativity and inspire innovation through the use of unstructured and open-ended problems, the design project for Machine Design this past year at St. Thomas was based on a national collegiate design contest: the 2003-4 ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Student Design Contest, Mine Madness. Mine Madness entails designing and manufacturing a vehicle from scratch to retrieve simulated mines from a simulated minefield within an allotted time. Students embarked upon an exciting educational journey which is documented (through text, photos, and available video) from the professor’s perspective; starting with project inception through course end, to the official design contest itself at the

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

interdisciplinary course that combines engineering arts and the liberal arts has beendeveloped and offered. The course materials were designed to appeal to both engineering andnon-engineering students. The class was equally split between these two groups of students. Thecourse required high technical skill and ability to operate advanced software, which some did notpossess. The course explored the tightly knit relationship between the art of constructing some ofthe most sophisticated projects and other non-engineering requirements such as political,economical, historical, cultural, and public perception factors. The course offers an insight intothe role engineers play to find a common ground that satisfies all needs and meet

Collection

2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Jesse E. Jaeger; Jibin T. Chacko; Richard A. Maier; James Patrick Abulencia

students can relate to. The goals were to 1) generate a scenario wherestudents can better learn course material by requiring them to teach their peers, and 2) create arepository of videos that can be used in subsequent iterations of the course.Surveys were given out to the student participants at the conclusion of the project, and consistedof five questions evaluated using a five level Likert rating scale, as well as three free responseprompts. The major conclusions derived from the data are: 1) this assignment was enjoyable toexecute, and useful for participating student to learn major concepts in the course, 2) the videosgenerated were useful in teaching their classmates, and 3) this assignment can be extended toother courses. Overall, the paper

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Vivek Singhal, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin - Stout

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

knowledgeacross diverse areas such as biological testing, human factors, usability engineering, riskmanagement, and regulatory frameworks. Recognizing that no single academic instructor canprovide expertise in all these areas, we designed the course to leverage contributions fromindustry professionals. These experts bring real-world insights to the classroom through guestlectures, project guidance, and case studies, ensuring that students gain practical knowledge thataligns with current industry practices.The course takes an active learning approach, incorporating hands-on projects that simulaterealworld applications. Students engage in designing simple medical devices, such as weightscales, pedometers, shake detectors, and water tank level meters, which

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Lianjun Wu, Mercer University; Arash Afshar, Mercer University; Dorina Marta Mihut; Belle Lin; Melanie L McElroy, Mercer University ; Jordi Riera Shephard, Mercer University; Michael James Norenberg, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Mercer University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research in Prosthetic Hand Development: Bridging Mechanical and Biomedical EngineeringAbstractThis paper presents our initial progress on an innovative undergraduate research project thatbridges mechanical and biomedical engineering disciplines in the field of prosthetic handdevelopment. A group of undergraduate students, majoring in mechanical engineering andbiomedical engineering, are engaged in a collaborative effort to design, fabricate, and characterizeactuators for prosthetic devices. The project aims to provide students with hands-on

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Norman Ettedgui; Joe Cooney; Brian LaBar; Ernest Frimpong; Gilbert Szeto; Amelito G. Enriquez; Kwok-Siong Teh; Cheng Chen; Hamid Mahmoodi; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser; Xiaorong Zhang

improve undergraduate STEM education and increase the recruitment and retention of STEMstudents, engaging community college students in cutting-edge STEM research is a significantstrategy for inspiring students’ interest in STEM and enabling them to discover their capacity touse STEM to make a difference in the world. With support from the NASA CIPAIR (CurriculumImprovements and Partnership Award for the Integration of Research) program, in summer 2014,four sophomore engineering students from Cañada College, a Hispanic-Serving community college inCalifornia’s Silicon Valley participated in a ten-week summer research internship project in aresearch lab on intelligent cyber-physical systems (CPS) at San Francisco State University, apublic

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Todd W Polk, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas

of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes re-source sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. Upon joining UTD in 2012, he developed the capstone design course sequence in the newly-formed mechanical engineering department and has been responsible for teaching it since. In 2017, he was a recipient of a University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. His professional interests are in the areas of engineering education, fluid mechanics, and thermal science. Robert is an active member of ASEE and the Capstone

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 8: Skill Building

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Haslam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Jonathan M. Adams, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Robert Gerrick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

block of instructiontime.As part of the paired cornerstone courses students completed two engineering design projectsthat were intended to mirror what students are required to do in the capstone courses. The initialindividual assignment asked students to design a 3D-printed water rocket. Students documentedtheir particular design in a written proposal. The second project was team-based, and it involveddesigning a system in response to a provided RFP. The teams were tasked with refining therequirements and then developing possible design concepts, which they presented in a ConceptDesign Review; the presentation was accompanied by a written proposal. Subsequently, teamsdeveloped the details of their design, and they created more refined CAD

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Eakalak Khan; Om Prakash Yadav; Manan Shah, Texas A&M University

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research on Big Data in Energy and Related InfrastructureAbstractThis paper describes the first year of the implementation of a three-year long NSF-fundedInternational Experience for Students (IRES) Site Track-1 project. As a part of the IRES SiteTrack-1 project, three engineering programs at three U.S. universities have collaborated on aproject to increase the global competencies of undergraduate engineering/computer sciencestudents through a summer international research training program in big data in energy and relatedinfrastructure in partnership with the Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Perak, Malaysia. The U.S.Universities included Texas A&M University, North Dakota State University, and University ofNevada at Las

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Badir, Florida Gulf Coast University; Seneshaw Tsegaye, Florida Gulf Coast University; Long Duy Nguyen, P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Tsegaye, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Seneshaw Tsegaye is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is the Backe Chair of Research for Sustainable Water and Renewable Energy. He has 10 years of experience in the fields of integrated urban water management, water-energy-food nexus, infiltration-based best management practices, flood modeling, and decision support systems for transitioning to vegetation-based stormwater systems. Dr. Tsegaye’s latest research project is focused on the application of Virtual Reality for flood resiliency and engineering education. With many years of teaching and research experience

Collection

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kathleen M. Hill, Pennsylvania State University; Somayeh Asadi, Penn State ; Matthew M Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Tiffany M. Lewis

Control from Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. Living in Arizona, she worked in environmental consulting for 10 years, which involved a wide variety of projects across the desert southwest region. With a transition to teaching middle and high school science, she served as a teacher leader on the NASA Phoenix Student Internship Program and founder/coordinator of a school-wide middle school science and engineering fair.Prof. Somayeh Asadi, Penn StateDr. Matthew M Johnson, Pennsylvania State University Matt is an Associate Professor of Science Education and Associate Director with the Center for Science and the Schools in the College of Education at Penn State University. His research interests focus on how teachers learn

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John J. Classen, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Alison V. Deviney, Biological and Agricultural Department, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

students appreciate the technical, economic, and socialchallenges related to implementing new animal manure management technologies in aproduction environment that already includes an established regulatory framework.The first tool was the concept map. The goal of the project was to explore the complexinteractions of various stakeholders and agents of food animal production. Students in theundergraduate class were asked to create a concept map, in the form of a diagram, of the NorthCarolina swine industry with a focus on manure management and environmental impacts andprotections. Each of the six students in the graduate class additionally created their map from theperspective of a different stakeholder group. Students also reviewed and provided