Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark McNeill; Steven Shooter

through meaningful reflection. The result is thatstudents gain more than just the experience of completing a design, but an enrichment andrealization of the methods and skills developed.I. IntroductionMany engineers contend that design is the heart of engineering. Traditional engineeringcurricula were based on the concept that a strong foundation in engineering sciences wouldnaturally lead to better designers. The curriculum would often contain some form of a capstonedesign experience where students would be given a design problem to resolve. The students mayor may not have been taught how to best approach the solution to the design problem. At the endof the allotted time period (a semester or some other number of weeks), the design project

Collection

2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jeanne Radigan

implementing an effective program will be addressed as well as the importance of evaluating internship programs on an ongoing basis. Findings in this paper conclude that internships have fast become an integral component of many academic programs, offering benefits to all participating parties: students, schools and employers. However, care must be taken in the design and implementation of such programs and evaluations should be conducted on a regular basis to ensure that the internship program and academic curricula are meeting industry demands. Key words: internships, experiential education, work-based learning Introduction: History of Internships

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brendon Lumgair P.Eng., University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

a long running online course experienced“a significant overall improvement in learning and learner attitude in the treatment course…[that] used integrated formative assessment as opposed to a more extensive reliance onsummative assessments in the control course.”. This assessment strategy had also been found tobe beneficial for the online flipped classroom delivery of mechanical engineering courses (Hugo& Brennan, 2016).While it is possible to issue many small assessments in a traditional in-person course they wouldall need to be hand-marked by TAs (unless they were completed on a computer during classtime). Online quizzes can be set up in an LMS to provide a range of input variables forcalculation questions. Each student is issued a

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Huh? What Did You Say? What Does That Mean?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Cristina Torres-Machi; Qin Lv, University of Colorado Boulder

competences in data analysis. Theintuition driving this research is that the approach currently used to teach data science in civilengineering is failing to gain the interest of students. This study has two objectives: (1) toexplore the attitudes and beliefs of civil engineering students towards data science and (2) topropose pedagogical activities aimed at integrating data science into undergraduate civilengineering courses. Toward the first objective, an instrument was developed using itemsadapted from the Computing Attitudes Survey (CAS) and the Engineering ProfessionalResponsibility Assessment (EPRA). The survey was administered to civil engineering students,with responses received primarily from senior-level students. An exploratory factor

Conference Session

EET Papers 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest; Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and in achieving economic and educational equity.Dr. Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest Dr. Wangling Yu is an assistant professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology De- partment of the Purdue University Northwest. He was a test engineer over 15 years, providing technical leadership in the certification, testing and evaluation of custom integrated security systems. He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York in 1992, specializing in control theory and electronic technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 CASE FOR A COURSE IN DIGITAL CONTROL IN THE UNDERGRADUATE

Conference Session

The Big Picture in Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #18030Putting Diversity in Perspective: A Critical Cultural Historical Context forRepresentation in EngineeringDr. Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park Stephen received a PhD in education at the University of Maryland researching engineering education. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught an introduction to engineering to undergraduate engineers and to practicing K-12 teachers. Stephen’s research interests include equity, culture, and the sociocultural dimensions of engineering education

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

curriculum improvement.Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the Center for Advanced Materials andSmart Structures (CAMSS) for providing access to several laboratories that were used forproviding students hands-on experiences. We would also like to thank NSF-NIRT (DMR-0403480) and NSF-NUE (EEC 0634218) grants which have helped in the development of newcourse/course modules.Bibliography1. W. D. Callister, Jr., “Materials Science and Engineering: An Integrated Approach,” John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 20052. W. D. Callister, Jr., “Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,” John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 20033. L. Dee Fink, “Creating Significant Learning

Conference Session

Simple Classroom Demonstrations for Mechanics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kiefer, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

engineering principles. In an attempt to boost retention by better connecting with today’s engineering students,eight universities participated in a National Science Foundation sponsored project to change theundergraduate Mechanical Engineering Curriculum to make it more attractive to a diversecommunity of students.4 One of the efforts of this project was to develop application-basedlesson plans that would use real life examples to demonstrate basic engineering concepts.Specifically, Eann Patterson developed a set of example problems that could be used in anintroductory solid mechanics course.5 This paper provides an instructor review of five of these

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 10

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Octavio Mattasoglio Neto, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Gabriel Monesi Souza

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

structure, developingtheir own models of PBL. Conversely, as instructors increasingly recognize Project-BasedLearning as a productive and promising strategy, they begin to employ it with greater enthusiasm,resulting in improved learning outcomes. The primary objective of this study is to provide insightsof the effectiveness of Project-Based Learning, show how instructors perceive the outcomes whenimplementing this strategy, and identify the challenges associated with its application. In thiscontext, "fertility" corresponds to one of the stages of the Conceptual Change Model (comprisingIntelligibility, Plausibility, and Fertility), which determines whether a concept is effectivelyassimilated by an individual. This study draws an parallel between the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

-strategy in this case is “using feedback”. Feedback can be added to a systemor may be an integral part of it. Examples: Cruise control system of a car uses velocity feedbackto maintain a constant speed. Some eyeglasses adjust to the ambient light by changing the colorof the lenses.a7) Example for the Similarity strategyHow can sunflower seeds be separated from their shell? How can parts wrapped in protectivepaper be unpacked?An inventive (patent-based) solution to both problems is: place some quantity of the product intoa hermetic chamber. Slowly increase the pressure inside the chamber. Then abruptly let thepressure drop. This will result in an explosion that will split the product.a8) Example for the Experimentation strategyThis strategy refers

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

today,chemical engineering educators must be provided with current information pertinent to existingclasses that will empower tomorrow’s engineers to function effectively. A module developed to integrate topics in homeland security into a course in Ethics,Safety, and Professionalism is described. This module introduces students to the role ofgovernment, industry groups, and individual plants in maintaining as safe an environment asreasonably possible in an age of terrorism. The focus of the module is to tie elements of thecourse and curriculum previously discussed to a rapidly changing contemporary issue. Topicstied to the module include the role of government (executive and legislative roles and currentactivities in both with regard to

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-5480: USING ROBOTICS TO PROMOTE LEARNING IN ELE-MENTARY GRADESMr. Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Akim Faisal is currently pursuing a master’s of science in mechanical engineering.Dr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Vikram Kapila is a professor of mechanical engineering at NYU-Poly, where he directs an NSF-funded Web-enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF-funded Research Experi- ence for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio. His research interests are in cooper- ative control, distributed spacecraft

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Katherine Snyder, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

the next term something like “Whichobject (or objects) never speed up?”We believe that the time and effort spent on analyzing these graphs has significant value becauseas students’ progress though the curriculum, the graphical representations become morecomplex. For example the spectral radiance involves a variable like wavelength on the horizontalaxis but the vertical axis is a derivative with unfamiliar units and interpretation. In an upper levelmodern physics course we introduce the idea of a cumulative distribution functions in thefollowing manner. Suppose we have a large population of people and need to determine somestatistics of a particular physical feature such as height in cm, h. We imagine setting up a polewith a bar at height h

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Tammy Yut-Ling Chan; Gustavo Borel Menezes

faculty to learn new teaching methods, mismatch between active learningtechniques and learning styles for instructors and students, and lack of administrative support4.Nevertheless, several examples of active learning methods have been successfully implemented.MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, for example, overcame such challenges inusing active learning in the curriculum with strong institutional support, faculty team teaching,careful planning with faculty involvement, and training on active learning methods5.Careful planning also minimizes time in preparing active learning activities. Texas A&MUniversity developed a series of in-class exercises in an upper-division course in biological andagricultural engineering, which

Conference Session

Pedagogy in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Adler, University of Washington

undergraduate curriculum. As a result, the course had a significantfraction of molecular content that was poorly covered by existing textbooks. This content had tobe covered exclusively in lecture, created an ongoing tension between use of class time forcontent delivery versus working interactively with students. A second factor was thestewardship of the course. Most of our core courses have a 3-4 year instructor turnover, and aretaught by research-active faculty who do not conduct education research as a scholarly activity.Thus the activation barrier to flipping a class is prohibitive for most of our faculty. However, inthis particular instance, the course had been taught by a single instructor (the author of thispaper) for more than 3 years using a

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Page 15.34.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 AC 2010-1255 A GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EFFICIENT ENERGY TECHNOLOGYAbstractThe paper presents the design of a graduate certificate in Efficient Energy Technology (EET) inthe Engineering Technology (ET) programs. The certificate aims to prepare professionals in anarea that is extremely critical for the survival of humanity and our civilization. The curriculum isdesigned to deal with all aspects related to source and consumption of energy. The intendedaudience comprise of post-baccalaureate students in Engineering Technologies and the workingsupervisor

Conference Session

Evidence-based Practices in Faculty Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vittorio Marone, University of Texas, San Antonio; Robin L. Nelson, University of Texas, San Antonio; Stephanie Ann Garcia, University of Texas at San Antonio; Emily Peterek Bonner, University of Texas, San Antonio; Timothy Yuen, University of Texas, San Antonio; Joann Browning P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development Constituency Committee

UTSA.Ms. Stephanie Ann Garcia, University of Texas at San Antonio Stephanie Garcia is a Graduate Research Assistant with a MAED from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction. Her work with TRESTLE involves training Peer Assisted Learners (PALs) and supporting engineering faculty in implementing culturally relevant pedagogy and other course transformation projects.Dr. Emily Peterek Bonner, University of Texas, San Antonio Emily Bonner is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction specializing in mathematics edu- cation. Her research interests focus on professional development and equity in schools.Dr. Timothy Yuen, University of Texas, San Antonio Timothy T

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

based on the developments overtime. Certainly, the use of technology in engineering and mathematics is necessary in the modernworld. Technology is integrated into everything engineers do, and engineering students mustdevelop skills with learning and using various forms of technology.For mathematics, utilizing technology leads to faster and larger quantities of calculations that canbe performed, which are clear advantages. However, it has been shown that the theoreticalmathematical ability of modern undergraduate engineering students has mostly decreased overthe decades. Part of this decline is due to the focus in classrooms on application-based teachingand using technology to perform calculations instead of allowing students to think

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

toidentify “design” as a vital component of the curriculum. In fact, Criterion 3.c requires that “…programs must demonstrate that their graduates have an ability to design a system, component,or process to meet desired needs” and Criterion 4 requires a “… curriculum culminating in amajor design experience …”. Such a capstone experience is a major component of the Design ofThermal Fluid Systems course (MECH 4314), required of every student, in the MechanicalEngineering program at The University of Memphis. Continuous improvement processesconducted by the faculty of that program have identified a need to improve the ability of itsgraduates to effectively plan and execute an engineering project of significant scope to beconducted by a multi

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

April Wilson; David Ollis

. Thispace in "language immersion" left the students tired in the evenings. While bus service todowntown Lyon was good, the distance of dorms from center city limited weekdayevening social life and cultural possibilities. The largest benefit of the courses, asintended by CPE, was undoubtedly hearing technical French spoken in several subjects,and by several different speakers. b. French classes French classes were also an integral part of the daily curriculum. The Frenchinstructor tested all members on day one, discerned two levels of competence, andmanaged to provide conversation and pronunciation for the more advanced, while givingvocabulary and grammar as well to the less experienced. An invitation for an afternoon atthe

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Bondaryk

Session 3264 Implementing New Media in Materials Science Education Leslie Bondaryk PWS Publishing Company -897,.9 New media offers a chance for the Materials Science instructor to rethink course structure and content. New media is just an addition to the variety of tools available to the Materials educator. I will give some examples of hypertext, video and animation, and simulations that are successfully being used to address educational goals. Through wise

Conference Session

K-12 Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Mansour Tahernezhadi, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

knowledge and integrate with existing knowledge to solve the problem. Inthe recent years, problem-based learning (PBL) has seen significant development in engineeringand technology education. Compared to the traditional lecturing that is instructor-centered, thePBL approach is an active, student-centered, and problem-centered method. Problem-basedlearning was first applied in medical science education at medical schools. Recently, PBLapproach is used for computer network design, electronics circuit design, biomedical engineering,chemical engineering and physics. The approach has mostly been used for university students.but has not been applied adequately to train middle and high school teachers. This paper describes the alternative energy

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kevin R. Lewelling

Using In-Class Teamwork Learning Modules in Digital Systems to Improve Conceptual Understanding Kevin R. Lewelling University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 5210 Grand Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72913-3649AbstractThe pedagogy associated with using in-class Teamwork Learning Modules (TLMs) has beenused to improve understanding of key concepts in Digital Systems. TLMs can be incorporatedinto current Digital Systems courses with minimal changes to existing curriculum. The processis based on students working with each other to solve digital systems problems while providingrapid feedback from the instructor needed to strengthen proper

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

technology. The primary elements of this laboratory are establishing acomprehensive facility in an interdisciplinary, team-oriented environment, and developing alaboratory curriculum based on hands-on experience. The key hardware element of suchcapability is an embeddable dSPACE digital signal processor (DSP) that can be connected tovarious sensors and actuators, depending upon the system objectives. The key software used inthe laboratory exercises is based on MATLAB/Simulink environment. The MATLAB/Simulinkenvironment is used to build the control algorithms, allowing the students to design, and testtheir controllers without being distracted by software implementation issues. The controllers arefirst designed in Simulink. Then, the Real-Time

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Kyle Joseph Wheelhouse, Utah Valley University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

temperature,light, and vibration.Educational excellence requires exposing students to the current edge of research. To ensure thatstudent projects are along the same trajectory that the industry is moving, educators mustcontinually introduce emerging techniques, practices, and applications into the curriculum. Thefield of wireless sensor networks is growing rapidly, and there is increasing interest in providingundergraduate students with a foundation in the area. It is crucial that the emerging field ofwireless sensor networks be integrated into the undergraduate computer science and engineeringcurricula. This paper presents the details of two WSN projects that our undergraduate computerengineering students have done in their senior capstone

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida; Bill Blank, University of South Florida; Victor Hernandez-Gantes, University of South Florida; Maniphone Dickerson, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

as teamwork, ethics,and the benefits of diversity, and capstone courses that seek to integrate work through teamprojects, many of the mathematics based courses still teach in a passive manner. Formulas arepresented to students, a few example problems are solved, and students practice by doinghomework. An assessment of student learning is to solve similar problems on an exam.However, what is generally not assessed is a student’s understanding of the very formulas thatare employed. In fact, students can perform quite well on such exams with very littleunderstanding at all.At its core, engineering is the application of mathematics and science to solve practical problemsof the human race. That is, at its core, engineering is not just problem

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

universityeducation and hopefully develop some professional identity as students. In this work, students’reflections about learning and critical evaluation of systems will be evaluated. Variations in thetexture of the students’ reflection over the course of the semester will be described.IntroductionDeveloping a sense of purpose, belonging, and a personal identity are all parts of anundergraduate student’s college experience [1]. In fact, under many circumstances, students formlifelong connections and with the right teams, many important technological and socialdevelopments occur right through one’s college years. An integral contributing factor behindthese is the environment and the team of learners with whom the student can think, grow, andlearn. More

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mary Andrade, University of Louisville; Michael Scott Keibler, University of Louisville; Josh Rivard

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #30677High Altitude Water Shortage Issues in Peru.Mrs. Mary Andrade, University of Louisville Mary Andrade is the Director of the Career Development and Cooperative Education office at the Uni- versity of Louisville - J.B. Speed School of Engineering. In this role she oversees the mandatory co-op program for more than 1000 students each year. She is an active member of the Cooperative and Experi- ential Education Division of ASEE.Mr. Michael Scott Keibler, University of LouisvilleJosh Rivard c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: Relationship Based

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hank Javan; Mark Rajai

the 2-wattmeter method without evaluation of short and opencircuit parameters.Next to this section a brief discussion of power supplies such as discrete, integrated, andswitching power supplies with effect of filtering, load and source regulation is provided.Originally we performed an experiment with our existing power supply but since their outputimpedance fluctuated and satisfactory results were hard to obtain, we eliminated thisexperiment. Our first lab started with the use of function generator. After a completediscussions of methods of generating different waveforms such as sine wave, square wave, andsaw tooth waveforms, the frequency response of our function generator was measured andplotted in order to determine its bandwidth. We

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth E. Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

programs, especially those who have the interest to deal with energyissues. Many teachers are working to integrate energy related topics into their curriculums andinvolve students in “a community based sustainable energy project that will give them theopportunity to make a difference in their local community and the world”.[2]At the university level, various “Energy Engineering” programs have begun to emerge to addressthe anticipated shortage of energy engineers. In a 2009 industry survey by the Center forEnergy Workforce Development [3], it was found that over half of engineers engaged in powergeneration could leave their jobs by 2015, due to retirements and other attrition. This anticipatedshortage of traditional energy engineers, along with the