Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy L. Denton, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Wei Dai Vian, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

(MET) and Manufacturing Engineering Technology(MFET) programs were among the first to be developed in response to the Grinter Report’srecommendation to create two paths to engineering careers, where engineering technologyprograms focus on educating engineering practitioners.8 Several factors have contributed torecent jumps in popularity and corresponding enrollment growing pains, e.g., pre-collegecurricula like Project Lead the Way and the re-shoring of a number of manufacturing operationsto the United States.9 While industry acceptance of the engineering technology baccalaureatedegree still lags engineering, the outstanding placement rate of graduates from these MET andMFET programs indicates their widespread recognition.10At Purdue

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

H. Bryan Riley, Ohio University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701 {rileyh1,cs044712,jp953310@ohio.edu}Abstract— Active learning occurs on different levels and we engineering students may undertake highly self-define a relevant problem for which students may achieve directed projects to engage learning about sensors,“hands-on” learning. The Infra-Red (IR) spectrum sensing for software design, and hardware development. One ofautonomous vehicle applications is a compelling approach to these self-directed student projects considers thedetecting objects in the path of vehicle travel. Official data

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Margaret Carroll; James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Roxanne Pinsky, University of Michigan; Charles William Schertzing, University of Michigan; Julia T. Toye, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, California Institute of Technology; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Sangam Munsiff, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Student

instructor for several courses including Introduction to Engineering, Introduction to Materials and Manufacturing, and Structural and Chemical Characterization of Materials.Dr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Gender

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

embedded systems in a variety of courses.Typical courses can include C programming, microcontrollers, instrumentation and measurementsystems, wireless communications systems, networking, and control systems, and they can belower-division and/or upper-division courses. Lab content within these courses provides studentswith hands-on projects which are intended to support the lecture material. The intent of this paper isto demonstrate that an inexpensive Programmable System-On-Chip embedded board (PSoC 5LP)can be used as a basis for many lab projects within a wireless communications systems course. Thesoftware development environment for the PSoC provides the flexibility to program in C as well asto use the schematic entry capability. The goal of

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-478: TECHSTEP: CONNECTING HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ANDSTUDENTS TO INTEGRATED ENGINEERING AND SCIENCEKelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Kelly Crittenden received his BS and PhD in BioMedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 1996 and 2001 respectively. He is often involved in multidisciplinary work at Louisiana Tech, either through the Integrated Engineering Curriculum or through the IMPaCT (Innovation through Multidisciplinary Projects and Collaborative Teams) program. He is also very involved in STEM education at both the pre-college and college levels.James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Jim Nelson is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies for

Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

engineering societies (including the American Society of Civil Engineers,the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the National Academy of Engineering)formally stated the need for engineers to “deliver solutions that are technically viable,commercially feasible, and environmentally and socially sustainable.” As civil engineers designpractical solutions to include economic feasibility and environmental impacts of a project, thereis a need to develop more engineers who are aware of and equipped with the ability to designsolutions that include sustainability principles, enhancing their services to society and theenvironment3.Although the need exists, as

Conference Session

Design in the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristine R. Csavina, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

initiates with team formation andthe rapid design challenge, then assignment of teams (of two to four students) into their full two-semester design projects (typically with clients in local industry and/or health care), and throughthe remainder of each fall semester progresses teams through the design process (includingproblem definitions, team mission statements and contracts, development of project Houses ofQuality including competitive benchmarking, pertinent FDA regulations and engineeringstandards, patents and intellectual property, and structured brainstorming leading into projectdesign solution concepts and selection). The course also includes aspects of professionaldevelopment, and post-graduation planning. A roundtable design review late

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

first-year student by introducing him or her to engineering design through five design projects.Specifically, the goals of the project are to:1) Create a “portable” first year Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICEE) course based on the Sooner City program.2) Assess the success of the ICEE course at meeting the following global objectives: a) Stimulate interest in engineering among freshmen; b) Provide freshmen with an understanding of the breadth of the civil and environmental engineering profession; c) Positively impact retention of freshman civil and environmental engineering students.3) Provide course materials on a web page to

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt

first year students were introducedto the design process through the realization of an actual product (e.g., human powered waterpump) by working in small teams, Teaching Fellows (called TFs) have a variety of roles atypicalof most undergraduate teaching assistants.2 Specifically, TFs act as role models, tutors, and teamfacilitators in addition to assisting the faculty member with tasks such as grading, supervisingstudy sessions and occasionally teaching a class section on material related to the class project orteam dynamics. The purpose of the present paper is to describe the Teaching Fellows programtoday, ten years after its inception. While many features have remained virtually the same,significant changes in the students targeted for

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Poling; Emily Blakemore; Lee Greguske; Glenn Wrate

to determine if additional funding of either technology was warranted. Theresults were also published on a student-developed web page. Since the study was performedwith students, in a high traffic area, this research was a wonderful vehicle to increase studentinterest in the energy efficiency area. This paper documents the two technologies, the students’response to the different technology, the methods used to compare the technologies, and thedevelopment of the web page. In addition, suggestions for further work in the area are made, andlessons learned on this project are discussed. It was found that while the amount of energy savedis small for an individual machine, Wisconsin alone has over 75,000 of these machines, so thetotal energy

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Nordstrom, Lipscomb University; John Pettit, David Lipscomb University

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Electrical and Computer

information can be gathered by interviewing previousinstructors and/or the department chair. The review is documented with dates, comments, andrecommendations regarding the upcoming course, including changes to lectures, homework/labassignments (if applicable), projects, quizzes and tests. This is demonstrated in Figure 4 below.Non-bold entries represent data provided by the instructor

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education

of artistic cognition and the transformative potential of aesthetic experience as an educative event. She is exploring this topic in an interdisciplinary curriculum project funded by the National Science Foundation with colleagues from engineering and creativity studies. In addition to numerous published articles and book chapters, Costantino has served as the editor of the Arts & Learning Research Journal and associate editor for the International Journal for Education & the Arts.Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia. An international and

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Beheshti; Edwin Dado

importance Page 9.394.11 In the continental Europe, “civil engineering” is considered as the most generic discipline. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationof IT for the BC industry. However, researchers still seem to live under the impression thatthey have all these fantastic solutions and the only thing lacking is a way to make the BCindustry using them. Several EU research projects have tackled this issue from theperspective of educating the practitioners and tried to bring

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Eliot; Jennifer Turns

How can user-centered design help us think about the challenges of engineering education? Jennifer Turns, Matt Eliot, Steve Lappenbusch, Roxane Neal, Karina Allen, Jessica M. H. Yellin, Beza Getahun, Zhiwei Guan, Yi-min Huang-Cotrille Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education (LUCEE) University of WashingtonAbstractBecause engineering education is a complex endeavor, tools that help educators understandengineering education can be valuable. User-centered design is a conceptual tool that educatorscan use to understand current projects and imagine new opportunities. This paper focuses on theconcept of user-centered design and its application

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

producing parts in a real environment. Since the hands-onlabs are very important to concrete the CAD/CAM/CNC concepts, lack of adequate CAM andCAD application hardware is the “weak link” in the current enhancement effort. MIT students’lab practices were limited to conventional CNC turning and milling projects. There was no hightechnology equipment beyond a couple of CNC machines. Therefore, implementing RP filledthe gap between CAD/CAM and provided MIT students with the opportunity to practice hightech prototyping assignments.A Generic Overview on RPRP consists of various manufacturing processes by which a solid physical model of a part ismade directly from 3D model data, without any special tooling. CAD data may be generated by3D CAD modelers or

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Mason; Arthur Western

engineer need intelligence, knowledge, courage, people skills,communication skills, and facility with uncertainty and risk. Rose-Hulman believes thatit has found a number of ways to provide experiences in applying these traits within anundergraduate engineering education.II Projects and Curricular Change at Rose-HulmanFrom the beginning, Rose-Hulman has recognized that realistic projects represent greatvehicles for weaving the complex combination of forces affecting innovation directly intothe learning process. In 1985 Rose-Hulman established, under the leadership of Dr. BrijKhorana, the Center for Applied Optics Studies (CAOS). The Center was the first formalindustrial outreach program at Rose-Hulman. It was established to complement the thennew

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter

at TennesseeTechnological University have strongly recommended the implementation of leadershipdevelopment education within the industrial engineering curriculum. After study in response totheir recommendations, a new one-credit elective course, IME 490 Engineering Leadership, wasdeveloped. Feedback from this course, from graduating senior exit interviews, and fromassessment of junior- and senior-level courses requiring team-based projects pointed to the needfor additional and earlier introduction of teamwork and leadership skill-building in thecurriculum. This paper describes a framework that has been used to design experiential learningprograms for developing teamwork and leadership skills in undergraduate industrial engineeringstudents at

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

Session 2330 Peer Evaluations in Teams of Predominantly Minority Students Richard A. Layton, Matthew W. Ohland North Carolina A&T State University / University of FloridaAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of student peer evaluations in project teams where the majority ofthe students are African-American. Peer evaluations were used to assign individual grades fromgroup grades for design projects in a junior-level mechanical engineering course taught byLayton for three semesters in 1997-99. This study is similar to and complements a 1999 study byKaufman, Felder, and Fuller. The results of the two

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

development of pre-existingprograms, the size and complexity of a particular program may become overwhelming.Universities are faced with preparing the students to cope with the challenges that theyare faced in their work environment in the context of simulation and modeling. Differenttools may be adopted in various departments for training the students in programmingsuch as C, C++, Basic ,Visual Basic, Fortran, or Matlab to name a few and thedepartments are faced with the question of what environment to adopt to train thestudents.One of the requirements of the Mechanical Engineering program at Alabama A&MUniversity is that all students participate in a project in every course. These projectsrequire utilization of computer programming. Two

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Skip Rochefort; Keith Levien

Session 1313 Lessons with LEGO® - Engaging Students in Chemical Engineering Courses Keith L. Levien, Willie E.(Skip) Rochefort Oregon State University "How can we generate more enthusiasm and improve the team skills of our studentsthrough incorporating hands-on experiences in chemical engineering based projects?" This isthe question we have tried to address at Oregon State University by initiating projects whichinvolve the popular LEGO® building system. This was initially motivated by the realizationthat the robotics line of these kits could

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

powered water pumps with specified head and flow rate in the spring and fallsemesters of year 2001. The project outcomes are elaborated from the perspective ofKolb’s experiential learning cycle. The assessment techniques and their strengths andweaknesses are also discussed.I. IntroductionEmerging trends in engineering education facilitated by the Engineering Criteria2000(EC2000) developed by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology(ABET) 1 is encouraging integration of design throughout engineering curricula includingthe freshman and sophomore years 2, 3 . It is also promoting a holistic integration of 'soft'and 'technical' skills encompassing academic knowledge and life skills consistent with theengineering profession.The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gisemba Bagaka's, Cleveland State University; Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul A. Bosela P.E., Cleveland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

stronger technical background. Work on this project is continuing with additionalcourses at the participating universities, and with additional university partners. This additionaldata will allow the researchers to investigate whether these patterns continue to hold.IntroductionA number of studies have assessed the value of including failure case studies in the civilengineering curriculum. It has been argued that failure case studies should be integrated into theengineering curriculum, early enough in order for young professionals to connect with theproblems encountered by engineers and perhaps trigger interest, excitement, and relevance of theprofession. In other words, exposing students to factors that result to failure and disaster canhelp them

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan W. Bjerkaas, Johns Hopkins University; Mary L. Fletcher, Johns Hopkins University

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Graduate Studies

concentrations thatrequire one or more of the courses that use the simulation approach: OrganizationalManagement, Project Management, Project/Organization Management, Technical InnovationManagement, and Quality Management. The simulation approach courses are also electives forthe Master of Science in Systems Engineering.Project ManagementThe first course in which the student encounters this simulation is entitled Introduction to ProjectManagement. In this course, the students learn about planning, organizing, and monitoring aproject. The scenarios involve the sequences of activities involved in bringing a new project intoAVI. Each student takes on the role of the manager of this new project and learns about all theactivities and interactions with others

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Miguel Perez; Ryan Wicker; Bill Diong

Session 3220 Tele-experimentation: The Emerging Approach to Science and Engineering Lab Education Bill Diong*, Miguel Perez** and Ryan Wicker** *Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering **Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering The University of Texas at El PasoAbstract A project has been initiated to enable students and researchers to conduct Science andEngineering (S&E) experiments via the Internet as an answer to the dual needs for improveddistance education in those fields as well

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Hart; Ronald Welch

Session 2793 USMA Regionalized Drinking Water Treatment Facility Multidiscipline Capstone Ronald W. Welch, Steven D. Hart United States Military AcademyAbstractLast spring, 95 civil (CE) and environmental (EV) engineering majors in the ABET-accreditedCE and EV programs at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) worked on a multidisciplinarycapstone project to design a regionalized drinking water treatment facility for West Point andsurrounding communities. This paper assesses the project through student comments andinstructor evaluations. The one-semester

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Tze-Leong Yew; Kurt Gramoll

with a brief review of commonproblems in conducting such a course.The paper also examines the software tools and hardware that is used to teach the students. Abrief overview of the software tools for authoring and editing different media types is presented,along with hardware issues. In summary, student responses and examples of student projects aregiven. The overall responses were found to be positive with strong approval to the inclusion ofstudent projects.I. IntroductionDuring the past decade, the Internet has grown into a potent medium for disseminatinginformation. The proliferation of the World Wide Web (WWW) in particular, provides a fertilemedium for interaction between instructor and student. A case in point is the multimedia

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Zulinski; Jon A. Soper; Dennis O. Wiitanen; David Stone; Allan R. Hambley; Martha E. Sloan; Noel Schulz

Session 1526 Professional Design Laboratories: Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Industry in the Senior Year Allan R. Hambley, Noel N. Schulz, Martha E. Sloan, Jon A. Soper, David Stone, Dennis O. Wiitanen, Robert E. Zulinski Michigan Technological University James C. Rogers California Maritime Academy This work is supported by the NSF ILI-LLD Program.The Electrical Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University is integratingsenior design projects with its elective

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Yargo Teixeira Gomes de Melo, York College of Pennsylvania; Alex Suarez, York College of Pennsylvania

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

the student's educational journey, supported by testimonialsand educational insights from the academic advisors, illustrating the pedagogical value and theinnovative potential of hands-on, goal-oriented academic projects.IntroductionThis paper delineates the efforts of an engineering student in advancing the endurancecapabilities of small multi-rotor autonomous aircraft, herein referred to as Unmanned AerialVehicles (UAVs). This ambitious project began with the innovation in rotor-prop design andadvancing through a comprehensive model for predicting UAV endurance. This evolved into aseries of aircraft concept generations, ultimately leading to the final design that promises toredefine industry benchmarks.The realm of small multirotor

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kazi Md Masum Billah, University of Houston, Clear Lake

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

course was developed based onthe seven different process categories of AM. There are three parts to this course: (a) introductionto seven different AM process categories (b) generative design for AM, and (c) design-manufacturing-testing project. Early in the semester, students were introduced to materialextrusion AM and the generative design module of Fusion 360 CAD software. In parallel to theregular in-class meeting for seven different AM processes, students were tasked with self-pacedgenerative design for AM-based course modules. In the mid-semester, a comprehensive guidelineand rubric of design, manufacturing, and testing (DMT) based projects was provided to thestudents. Due to the availability of low-cost material extrusion 3D printers

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatemeh Mirzahosseini Zarandi, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

interests include transfer student information asymmetries, threshold concepts, curricular complexity, and advancing quantitative and fully integrated mixed methods. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Work In Progress: Influences of Team-Based Activities on Engineering Students' Identities and Careers in University and Co-op Settings AbstractThis work-in-progress (WIP) paper describes preliminary analyses for a qualitative study aboutthe impact of team-based project participation on two constructs: (1) engineering students'professional identities and (2) career goals. In this paper, we describe how we are leveragingexisting data from