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Innovative Pedagogical Strategies I

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Lucas, Purdue University; Bhavana Kotla, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs; Katey Shirey, EduKatey; Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

todevelop and employ innovative pedagogies to address the impediments to learning in an onlineenvironment. This proceeding describes the motivational impact on students from participatingin a semester-long asynchronous project to create a nature-inspired and entrepreneurially mindedpodcast in an online Engineering Technology course. The project's duration was intentionally anentire semester to encourage students to remain engaged in the overall course content. Thematicanalysis of student reflections indicates that participants were motivated in areas correspondingto Alderfer’s proposed categories of basic human needs: existence, relatedness, and growth. Theresults are presented and discussed concerning the motivational framework. Additionally

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Hands-On Learning in ET I

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gang Sun, Northern Kentucky University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

; digitalcircuits and modules, serves as major experimental equipment in our embedded systems designeducation. Through two pivotal microcontroller courses at Northern Kentucky University(NKU), students engage in hands-on exploration of microcontroller architecture, coveringregisters, memory addressing, subroutines, stacks, peripheral Inputs/Outputs, clock systems,interrupts, timers, as well as advanced microcontroller techniques and real-time operatingsystems. The proposed practical experiments and course projects, conducted on the MISL-ASEboards, empower students with invaluable insights and skills. Survey results from anonymousstudent feedback indicate heightened interest in microcontroller courses and improvements inhands-on knowledge and skills

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Jeffrey S. Bates; Taylor D. Sparks

request, two faculty membersgained approval for a new course entitled Materials Innovation. The purpose of this course was tointroduce MSE students to problem solving, the engineering design process, and technologycommercialization. Students designed a project based on design constraints, materialrequirements, and user needs. Students made team decisions, developed prototypes, and presentedtheir solutions to Industrial Advisory Board members to receive expert feedback. This paperdiscusses what worked well in the course, and lessons learned from our first attempt.KeywordsTeaching innovation, materials science and engineering, engineering design process, creativeproblem solvingIntroductionMany undergraduate students choose to study engineering

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston - Downtown; Amy Heilig, Dlubal Software, Inc.

that performs the structural analysis and designof structures. The agreement allows our undergraduate students to be exposed to professional andadvanced software that is used for courses in structural analysis, structural dynamics, and thecomprehensive capstone design course. The full version of the software allows the study of structureswith different complexity without restriction due to their size, type of loads or design requirements.The projects presented in this paper are examples of a successful technology transfer from industry touniversity using professional software. The active support of Dlubal Software, Inc. allowed studentsto correctly apply the software capabilities. Projects of this nature require interaction between student

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle N. Wagner, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Ashish Dahiya, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engi- neering and Technology Education and the recipient of the National Society of Professional Engineers’ Educational Excellence Award and the ASEE Chester Carlson Award. He is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the National Society of Professional Engineers.Mr. Ashish, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Ashish had been working with RuTAG IIT Delhi as a P.A. Tech. for the past five years. He has conducted extensive research on rural problems and worked on community-based projects aimed at improving the livelihoods of marginalized people. Ashish’s commitment to

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Work in Progress Papers in ECE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Pavlina Ph.D., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; William Spencer Darby, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Parker D. Landon, Boston University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

is often difficult for students to find interest or value in a first course on electric circuits.Students outside the field of electrical engineering may also experience greater difficulty. Thiscourse, primarily for aerospace and mechanical engineering majors, focuses on exposingstudents to basic circuit methods and terminology to prepare them for future courses and careerin industry. The current dilemma professors experience while teaching these courses is providingrelevant coursework while also improving class engagement. We propose using the QuestionFormulation Technique (QFT) coupled with simple research projects in our circuits course toincite curiosity and develop a questioning mindset. QFT developed by the Right QuestionInstitute was

Conference Session

AERO 2: Innovative Pedagogy and Hands-on Learning 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicleese Sloan, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Department of Engineering and Aviation Science, Aviation Management Senior Student; Fasil Tesfaye Amado, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Cameron Smith; Bryan Stivell Campbell, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Willie L. Brown Jr., University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Lanju Mei, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

Paper ID #37967Learners’ Peer-to-Peer Interactions of Aerospace and Aviation Educationwith Unmanned Aerial Systems Designs Using Data Methods IntegrationVicleese Sloan, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Department of Engineering and Aviation Science, Avia-tion Management Senior Student My background experience in education with The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has been on two recent applications of model-based learning with developing solutions in mitigating coronavirus in avia- tion. I’ve also worked on the 5G Smart City Model for Project Based Learning, also in the Student Model Project Based Learning. AREN/NASA

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boshra Karimi, Northern Kentucky University; Mahdi Yazdanpour, Northern Kentucky University; Sean Foley, Northern Kentucky University

of International Studies and Outreach at Oklahoma State University, and a teaching associate in School of Construction Management Technology at Oklahoma State University. I have also over 14 years of experience in industry. I have worked in Neyrperse company as an Engineering Expert, as a Technical Office Supervisor in Mapna group, as a Mechanical Engineering Supervisor in construction (Professional Engineer) in Iranian Construction Engineers Organization, and as a Consultant in Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC in Oklahoma. My research interests include sustainable project management, sustainability assessment, sustainable technology implementation, supply chain management, decision-making modeling, and big data

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Broadening Participation and Inclusion in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 8

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Andrade, University of Maryland College Park; Elisabeth Smela, University of Maryland College Park; Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland College Park; David Bigio, University of Maryland College Park; Adjoa Egyen-Davis, University of Maryland College Park; Daniela Nganjo

conscientious engineering aspects throughout the undergraduate educational experience. His efforts include formally integrating sustainability design requirements into the mechanical engineering capstone projects, introducing non-profit partnerships related to designs for persons with disabilities, and founding the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award. He manages several outreach and diversity efforts including the large-scale Get Out And Learn (GOAL) engineering kit program that reaches thousands of local K-12 students. He has received the Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME) 2020 Faculty of the Year award, Engineering for US All (e4usa) 2021 Most Outstanding University Partner Award, and the VME 2021 Volunteer of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Asghar, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Anika Banerjee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ebenezer Ewumi, Washington State University; Candis Claiborn, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University

utility is widely agreed upon [5].Importantly, it has been shown that both academic and extracurricular aspects of a student’slearning processes are characterized by engagement [6]. High Impact Educational Practices(HIP) provide useful opportunities for deep student engagement and, thus, positively influencestudent retention and persistence [4]. Kuh [3] identified eleven curricular and extracurricular HIP(i.e., collaborative assignments and projects, common intellectual experiences, eportfolios, firstyear seminars and experiences, global learning and study abroad, internships, learningcommunities, senior culminating experiences, service and community-based learning,undergraduate research, and writing intensive courses). In computer science and

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division (EED) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huseyin Sarper, Old Dominion University; Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Engineering Economy Division (EED)

), the M.S. in industrial engineering (1992), and the Ph.D. in industrial engineering from The Ohio State University (2000). Currently, he is a Professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Dr. Jaksic has over 100 publications and holds two patents. His interests include robotics, automation, and nanotechnology. He is a licensed PE in the State of Colorado, a member of ASEE, and a senior member of IEEE and SME. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Investment Exercise for First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractThis paper describes a long running individual student project aimed to teach basic engineeringeconomy concepts to the first-year engineering students. Engineering

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Wong, San Francisco State University; Shah Rukh Humayoun, San Francisco State University; Khanh Nguyen; Yongjian Pan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

related to post-hazard structural evaluation training. Supported through a grant byStructural Engineer’s Association of Northern California, SFSU is progressively developing animmersive experience for trainees to explore a structure damaged from an earthquake event.Trainees will need to navigate around the structure and control their point-of-view to examinethe evidence of damage. Ultimately, the trainees must classify the structure based on acceptablelevel of occupancy access (i.e. red card - no access, yellow card - limited access, green card - okfor occupancy). This environment is being developed progressively with the first stage of workfocusing on a desktop version of this training. Through this project, three computer sciencegraduate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Madison Andrews, University of Texas at Austin

(RIEF) program, thisproject seeks to increase student sense of belonging in undergraduate engineering studentsthrough the integration of social engagement activities into an academic makerspace. Socialengagement activities, in this context, are events, projects, discussions, and workshops that havea strong emphasis on supporting the social and emotional development of students. Supportingstudents’ social and emotional development is an essential component to creating culturallycompetent, well-rounded engineers. Due to the flexible and informal nature of the makerspaceenvironment, it is an ideal place to build and create these social connections between students.The engagement activities were designed to encourage students of all backgrounds

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Julie Martin, The Ohio State University; Chiebuka Egwuonwu, The Ohio State University; Isabel Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

engineering faculty who have little or no experience conducting socialscience research. The NSF considers support of engineering faculty in EER a major initiativebecause it increases and diversifies the community of engineering education researchers. Thesenew engineering education researchers work collaboratively on a two-year project withexperienced research mentors in pairs or in larger groups. Despite the NSF’s significantinvestment, there is no overarching structure to support awardees’ completion of successfulprojects and facilitate their continued engagement in the EER community after completion of theRIEF grant. To that end, our ongoing project (NSF-2029446 and NSF-2029410) has developed aseries of virtual workshops within a VCoP to support

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2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

2022 ASE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36137 Individual Capstone Assessment Using Z-Scores M. Austin Creasy* Purdue University mcreasy@purdue.edu L. Eric Stacy Purdue UniversityAbstractCapstone courses and the associated projects are the culminating learning experiencefor many engineering programs. Students are placed in teams with an assigned projectthat simulates working in an industrial setting. Grading individual students within theseteams can be challenging for an instructor because many of the course deliverables arethe

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lighting Talk Session 1: COVID-19 Focus

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Joshua M. Hamel, Seattle University; Claire Strebinger, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University

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Faculty Development Division

served as Chair for the ASEE Energy Conversion and Conservation Division. She received a Dipl.Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from Belgrade University, and an M.S.M.E. and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Lessons Learned - Making the “New Reality” More Real: Adjusting a Hands-On Curriculum for Remote LearningIn 2017, the Mechanical Engineering Department at Seattle University was awarded a NationalScience Foundation Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) grant. The project focuseson creating a department culture that fosters engineering identities by immersing students in aculture of

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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First-Year Programs

Handling Systems, Women in Academia in STEM fields, Engineering in Education and Access to Post-Secondary Education. From August 2006 through February 2008, she was the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of the College of Engineering. She was Co-Pi of the NSF’s UPRM ADVANCE IT Catalyst Project awarded during 2008. From 2008-2016, she was Co-PI of the USDE’s Puerto Rico Col- lege Access Challenge Grant Project. From 2015-2018, she was the Coordinator of the UPRM College of Engineering Recruitment, Retention and Distance Engineering Education Program (R2DEEP). Currently, she is Co-PI of the project ”Recruiting, Retaining, and Engaging Academically Talented Students from Economically Disadvantaged Groups into a Pathway to

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Victoria Bill, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Ariane Schoenwiesner, New York University

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Design in Engineering Education

themakerspace opened, there was no required 3D printing or prototyping training. A short ComputerAided Design (CAD) keychain design activity was introduced in 2016; this started as asimplified first week lab activity. In Fall 2018, it was redesigned as a full lab activity and movedto the fourth week of the class. Students now must learn both Fusion 360 and Autodesk Revitand then complete a short design activity using each software.The primary semester-long design project for the course has been also developed over the pastthree years to allow a combination of the original highly structured, robotic projects and givenprompt-based and student-initiated concept open-ended design challenges [1]. As the fabricationof the less strictly defined projects can

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Natalie Grace Bowen, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University

mathematics in order for them to becollege- and career-ready. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for secondarymathematics aim to have students practice applying what they learn to real-world scenarios andproblems, while also emphasizing communication, collaboration, problem solving, and criticalthinking skills, similar to the NGSS [2]. Currently, many K-12 science classrooms are faced with challenges when giving studentsreal opportunities to do science involving true inquiry and hands-on learning, especially in high-minority enrollment schools, as they face underfunding and under resourcing, and haveincreasingly less access to certified science teachers [3]. This project, a mobile multifunctionalweather station, utilizes a fairly simple

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cristinel Ababei; Anca M. Miron

% − ofwomen in electrical and computer engineering fields. Its goal is to address this gender gapproblem by exposing women to electrical engineering at an earlier age, thereby fosteringexcitement about pursuing careers in electrical engineering and higher confidence in theirmath, science, and problem-solving skills. Designed for the duration of one week, the campactivities include hands-on microcontroller based projects using Arduino boards, classdiscussions, meetings with female professors and students, and tours of local high-techcompanies. Utilizing entry and exit questionaires, we found that 50% of the participantsfelt empowered and declared that they wanted to become electrical engineers. We alsodiscuss several suggestions for improving future

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

-Maker Faire would involve students from both universities.One option was to stop the implementation of Maker Culture until Covid-19 goes away. Of course,nobody knew when that would happen. The other option was to do as many things online aspossible. This paper discusses the detail implementation of Maker Culture in the Electronic SystemsEngineering Technology (ESET) program at Texas A&M University with Prairie View A&MUniversity participating as reviewers of the projects. The focus is on the organization of the Mini-Maker Faire and the related evaluations. Course ProjectStudents in the Control Systems course were told in the first lecture that they were expected to formteams to create a product

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Matthew Stephen Barner, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, such as sight distance and vertical curve equations. Five themes emerged from theethnographic data relating concept and context1:Theme 1 - Sequential relationship between project constraint identification and utility ofthe concept.Identifying project constraints preceded the utilization of concepts during the roundabout project.Project constraints consisted of client preferences, minimum standards set by relevant regulatingagencies, right-of-way limitations, scheduling, and stakeholder perception. Conceptmanifestation, such as roundabout and curve geometry, always followed site planningconstraints, such as right-of-way limitations and water drainage. Therefore members of theproject team utilized explicit transportation engineering design

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M3B: Learning in Context 2

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2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Richard T. Cimino, Rowan University

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

is in progress at time of writing, is incorporating two major projects, each ofwhich is 5 weeks in duration.Rowan University is also a partner institution of KEEN, the Kern Entrepreneurial EngineeringNetwork. The goal of KEEN is to promote “entrepreneurial mindset” in students. Theentrepreneurial mindset as defined by KEEN is embodied by the “three C’s”: curiosity,connections, and creating value [1]. One of the predominant features of KEEN network activityis the collection and dissemination of exemplar curriculum that promotes the three C’s. Asearchable collection is available at [2].Faculty at Rowan University have devised a five-week project for FEC II that explores algaefarming, focusing on the production of algae-derived biofuels but

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

education to prepare engineeringgraduates for the competitive global market place1, 2. Among capabilities cited as deficient instudent preparation are professional skills and abilities to innovate technical products in thecontext of business conditions3, 4. Oftentimes, these topics are not given appropriate attention inengineering programs.Important professional skill development is often assigned to capstone engineering designcourses. These courses are the culminating experiences for undergraduate engineering students,and they often incorporate client-driven design projects that have significant professionalchallenges. Surveys of capstone design instructors, however, indicate that instructional focus andassessment of student learning vary greatly

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Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danny Bee, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Manufacturing

, utilized a problem-based learning approach. It is important to understand each of the twomethods of teaching the course.Previous OfferingIn the Fall of 2005, the first time offering of the Manufacturing Process Engineering I course wastaught in a traditional lecture based manner. The course included the application of finiteelement analysis (FEA) utilizing Microsoft Excel. Individual modeling assignments tookextensive amounts of time and were applied to the modeling of chip-tool interface temperaturesin a machining operation and modeling the forces and pressures in metal forming processes suchas forging and rolling.1 In addition, multiple text book assignments were utilized, a 3-D solidmodeling project was created, one published research issue was

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Systems Engineering Constituents Tech Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Walter, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

IPFW Professor of Systems Engineering and Director of the Center of Excellence for Systems Engineering. He is a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering, Project Management Institute, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Page 13.122.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Systems Approach to Engineering “Economics”IntroductionA new course has been instituted at the graduate level that emphasizes a systems approach toteaching finance, economics, cost accounting and cost

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2003 GSW

Authors

A. C. Rogers; Amir Karimi

design projects such as those involving cooling towers, heatpipes, convection test systems, cross and counter flow heat exchangers, a solar powered car, afurnace camera cooling system, flow network automation and control system, engine thermalcoatings, an engine test stand, and testers for thermal contact conductance and fluid viscosity. IntroductionThe mechanical engineering BS degree program at the University of Texas at San Antonio(UTSA) has placed into practice an emphasized process by which students gain experiencetowards implementing their academic knowledge towards the design and development ofoperational devices and systems. Such experience is associated specifically with the fields ofheat

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FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; Michael Parke, Ohio State University; John Merrill, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

education, corporate training, and contract research. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for Engineers for Community Service (ECOS), a student-run organization at Ohio State; and teaches a Service-Learning course for Engineering students who travel to Honduras during Spring Break to implement projects on behalf of a rural orphanage. Page 13.352.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Decision-Making in the Design-Build Process among First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractStudents in a first-year engineering program at The Ohio State University are required

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Curriculum in Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

servo motor. The Ultraware setup and programming software for Ultra series acservo motor will be examined. The final design project is given to three student groups with fourmembers each. Each group builds a four-level elevator using a stepper motor as the prime moverand necessary sensors. The major criteria for the elevator project are application of HMI terminalfor the elevator control and accurate position control of the stepper motor. The assessmentmethod of the developed motion control components is included as the conclusion of this paper.IntroductionPenn State Berks offers a year-long PLC course for both EET (Electrical EngineeringTechnology) and EMET (Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology) students. Thefundamentals of PLC (EET220

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New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuang Xu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

something about it.Leading a student initiative to bring research opportunities to freshman and sophomore electricaland computer engineering (ECE) students, Xu directed the creation of the PromotingUndergraduate Research in ECE (PURE) program.The primary aim of PURE is to provide motivated undergraduate students with researchopportunities while they are freshmen and sophomores. At the beginning of the semester, PUREactively recruits both graduate and undergraduate students and facilitates the mentor-menteematching process. Then, over the course of the semester, the graduate student research mentorguides the undergraduate student through an educational research project. For manyundergraduate participants, PURE provides their first real exposure to