Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

An Assessment of the Impact of Exploring Engineering Through An Experiential Learning Course on Student Attraction and Retention Julio Urbina and Hirak Patangia Donaghey College of Information Science & Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock jvurbina@ualr.edu; hcpatangia@ualr.eduAbstractWith funding from National Science Foundation, a project-based experiential course has been introducedat the freshman level to acquaint students with the engineering field, and to attract students intoengineering technology from the general pool of undeclared majors at the university. The course

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Refai; James Sluss

principles and to expose students to research tools that can be used in carrying out their capstone research projects. Through a series of sequential laboratory modules, students learn to setup and configure simple to complex computer networks and to effectively employ commercial software tools for network design and performance analysis. Near the end of the course, working independently, each student is required to complete a final project that assimilates much of the reinforced and/or newly acquired knowledge and skills. This paper provides a detailed description of the laboratory course and its key project modules.1. IntroductionThe University of Oklahoma - Tulsa offers a Master of Science in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Enger; Sudhir Mehta

, and student affairs staff who are participating in this project. • Conducting workshops for instructors, faculty advisors, student affairs staff, and student mentors. • Randomly selecting a cohort of 25 students from a group of freshmen in a particular discipline who have volunteered to participate in this project. Four, eight, and sixteen cohorts will be selected in the first, second, and third year of the grant respectively. Each cohort will be residing in a close proximity (not as roommates) within in a residence hall. • Forming learning communities, each one consisting of a group of 25 students, one faculty advisor, other instructors who are teaching this group of students, student

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Ogilvie

in academia and industry. Hosted by the EqualOpportunity in Engineering (EOE) Program for more than 11 years, this paper captures lessonslearned over the years and describes how to create a successful undergraduate research programon your campus. Along with an overview of the TREX program and its benefits, the followingessential program components are covered in detail: program funding, partnerships with faculty,promoting the program, the application and selection process, student placement, managing theprogress of multiple research projects, and project close out requirements. In addition, studentperspectives on the benefits of the TREX program have been incorporated into this paper.The EOE Program at UT Austin was established in 1970 for

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Niemi

human-powered submarine projects in previous years (seeRef. 2). A number of graduates from the program had gone on to work in such organizations asthe Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Electric Boat, and the Office of Naval Research. In order toformalize this past experience for the new IGS program, and also to provide increased courseopportunities for students in Mechanical Engineering, it was decided to create a new technicalelective in Ocean Engineering, to be offered at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Thesequence of events was to include a sabbatical leave for the author to develop additionalbackground in this field, followed by creation and offering of the courses. The sequence usedcould be used by any college or university to develop

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

MICHAEL HOLTZ; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session 1311 INTERNET BASED LESSON AND TEST DELIVERY, AUTOMATIC GRADING AND RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM Omer Farook, Chandra R. Sekhar, Jai P. Agrawal, Ashfaq Ahmed and Michael Holtz Purdue University CalumetABSTRACTThe paper describes the “Internet Based Lesson and Test Delivery, Automatic Grading and RecordKeeping System”. This system is conceived and designed as part of the Senior Design Project ofElectrical Engineering Technology curriculum during a two-semester course offering. These twocourses are the capstone courses in Electrical Engineering Technology curriculum offered in 7th and8th semester. This

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael S. Pritchard; Edmund Tsang

societalcontext.” Most literature on engineering ethics and, to a lesser degree, on societalaspects of technology, focuses on the negative of wrongdoing, its prevention, andappropriate sanctions of misconduct. This paper proposes a more positive approach toteaching engineering ethics and social impact of technology via service-learning byoffering justifications for the pedagogy based on engineering codes of ethics. This paperexamines reflection issues in engineering, without which the full benefit of the service-learning pedagogy cannot be realized. The paper concludes by offering suggestions onreflection course materials for three types of service-learning projects found commonlyin engineering.Service-learning is “a form of experiential education in

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jagannathan Sankar; Juri Filatovs; Devdas Pai

Session 2425 Integration of Materials Science into an Industrially-Sponsored Engineering Design Course D. M. Pai, G. J. Filatovs and J. Sankar NSF Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures Department of Mechanical Engineering NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411AbstractAn industrially-sponsored aluminum product design elective course offered over the past six yearshas dealt with a range of design projects principally chosen from the transportation and structuralfield. Engineers from industry present the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

factors of real-life applications.This approach is vital for reinforcing basic principles (Newton’s Laws in Mechanics, First andSecond Laws in Thermodynamics, etc.). But, by itself, it ignores the interconnectivity of theseconcepts and how they are interwoven in the fabric of real engineering problems—i.e., system-level engineering. This big-picture view is often covered in capstone design courses, butcapstone design projects themselves cover a broad spectrum of applications, and don’t guaranteethat all students leave with the same exposure to system-level integration and interactions.In addition, the development of engineering science core concepts relies upon pre-requisite pathsthat allow advanced topics to be built upon more basic concepts

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; David J. Elton, Auburn University; Kirk Vandersall, Arroyo Research Services

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

AC 2011-2384: INCORPORATING VARIOUS LEARNING STYLES IN AGEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORYJames L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering DepartmentDavid J. Elton, Ph.D., P.E., S.M., Auburn University Dr. Elton is a professor of Civil Engineering at Auburn University. He has taught geotechnical courses for over 25 years.Kirk Vandersall, Arroyo Research Services Managing Director of Arroyo Research Services. Vandersall has over 20 years of experience in leading evaluations and policy studies at the federal, state and local levels, and providing a range of profes- sional services for education organizations. STEM-related work includes current projects funded by

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raju Dandu; Doug Oliphant; David Delker

package. I was able toconvince the company that the gift was mutually beneficial for industry and our students. Second, Istressed the importance of faculty internships to update my technical currency in terms of knowledgebase, skills base, and teaching for transfer. The knowledge base includes information about real worldhands-on experience on state-of-the-art equipment, accurate information about projects,communication skills and social skills, ways to sequence the presentation of concepts to students andbring the best practices from industry to the classroom. Skills base involves effective teaching andspecific strategies such as role playing, hands-on learning, (which is part of the ET curriculum) andinformation about social skills with an

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto

hands-on learning, and the success of the close tie between theory and applicationhas led us to consider introducing laboratory experiences in courses that have traditionally beenlecture-only courses. The just-in-time design principle led us to conceptualize the other threecourse design concepts.2.2 Attached Learning.Attached learning [6, 7, 9] is a course development principle which requires that instructorsopenly promise students that all course contents would not only be delivered just-in-time forapplication on their weekly laboratory projects, but will also help them be successful on anexciting, hands-on, industry-style design project. Thus, all course contents would be “attached”to something they will look forward to with high anticipation

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Basantis; Zenaida Otero Keil

Engineering curriculumand had committed their companies to providing industrial experience for Rowanstudents. The internship program was a natural development of Rowan's commitment tocollaboration with industry. The benefits to students of exposure to engineering practiceas part of the curriculum are well documented [Chaplin, 1997]. There are manyexamples of engineering programs that include industrial projects in the curriculum Page 5.95.1[Bendrich and Pugsley, 1998]. The internship program at Rowan has many uniqueaspects that benefit students, the College, industrial partners, the University and thecommunity. The Internship Coordinator was hired to

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas M. Pai; Shih-Liang Wang; Juri Filatovs; Richard Layton

manufacturing; invention, as a wag has remarked, becomes the necessityof mother. In this paper, the authors describe their experiences with the use ofdesign contests as a tool for manufacturing engineering education.BackgroundSince engineers are valued for their creative and problem-solving skills, it is butnatural that project work constitutes a large part of their professional training. Theundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum at NC A&T State University isno exception to this norm. The mechanical systems stem of this curriculum beginswith a manufacturing and instrumentation lab course, followed by courses inmachine design, manufacturing processes and industrial automation. Most of thesecourses entail design projects. Having to work on

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz

Session 3548 WHEEL BALANCING MACHINE DESIGN Emin Yilmaz Department of Technology University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853ABSTRACTThe goal of the Wheel Balancing Machine Design project was to introduce students to designingmechanical systems in the ETME475-Mechanical Systems Design course. Project was completedin stages as a laboratory requirement for the course. The machine consists of a frame, an electricmotor, a belt driven shaft on two spherical bearings, an anchoring system to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

understanding of various subject areas required by ABET has been enhanced bypart-time and summer work experiences. In particular, the findings suggest that bothundergraduate and graduate students believe that three areas have been greatly enhanced withengineering work. They include structural engineering, project management/scheduling andestimating, and team work. In addition, undergraduates also perceive that their understanding ofhealth and safety issues, and ethical considerations has also increased. In contrast, graduatestudents believe that their knowledge of hydraulics/hydrology/water resources, constructabilityand economic factors has been enhanced by work experiences.I. IntroductionThe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) believes that

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott A. Starks; Reza Torkzadeh; Michael E. Austin

UTEP activity in the UNEX project will be focused on the following areas:x Communications Subsystemx Control and Data Handling Subsystemx Mission Operationsx Data Archival and DisseminationAnnually, UTEP plans to involve students from eight to ten students from theDepartments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Information and DecisionSciences in meaningful activities relating to these areas. In doing so, the studentparticipants will constitute a pool of highly trained manpower capable of entering thework place at NASA as well as at supporting laboratories and contractors. The area ofMission Operations will present opportunities for the involvement of both engineeringand business students. Through this activity, students will be

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry G. Ansell

coursecalled Activity Analysis: Therapeutic Devices is that occupational therapy students design andconstruct a therapeutic device. This course is given in the second semester of the four-semesterprogram. In the spring 1995 semester this writer taught a one-credit introductory electricalengineering laboratory course, called Electrical Engineering Laboratory, given concurrently withan introductory electrical circuits course. No design project was required. These two courseswere normally taken in the fourth semester of a student’s electrical engineering program. It was apparent that encouraging cooperation between the occupational therapy andengineering students would enrich the engineering lab course by inserting a bit of design

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra K. Varma; Mohammad Najafi

minimizes the need for spoil removal, toxic disposal, and therefore, is more environmentally friendly. The successful planning, design and execution of underground construction for conduits, pipelines andutilities ultimately depends on people who know how and when to bring the particular pieces of knowledge orskills to bear on the projects. The objectives of this paper are to recognize additional educational needs and toidentify strategies for meeting these needs. At the outset, it is important to recognize two key points:5 1. Most of the trenchless technology methods have been in existence less than 15 years. 6,7,8,9 2. The trenchless technology methods which are currently considered unconventional have not

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter J. Shull; Joseph C. Hartman; Jerome P. Lavelle; Robert Martinazzi

this “first” and sometimes only course inthe subject. This also leads to a variety of topics covered [1]. On the other hand, faculty with littleor no formal education or experience in the subject are greatly disadvantaged and may tend to treatthe course material from a “survey” perspective. They do not have an in depth understanding of thematerial and its application to a wide variety of engineering projects to rely on for guidance. Thecourse syllabi of faculty on both ends of the education and experience spectrum may varysignificantly resulting in a wide variety of material taught in an introductory EngineeringEconomics course.In view of the above, the purpose of this paper involves laying out a multiple year projectculminating in a series of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

institution. Examples of types of exercises and projects for solving problems infields of production control and planning of manufacturing operations, and GeometricDimensioning and Tolerancing. Project requirements for students to fulfill learning objectives offorming important professional abilities of engineers and technologists. Learning advantages ofworking with spreadsheets and influence on teaching environment and difficulties encounteredon different stages of simulation exercises are described.1. IntroductionIn science and engineering, the relationship between previously acquired knowledge, reasoning 1, 2, 3, 4ability and structured problem solving

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Wallace Fowler

self) - Each member of the team isrequired to evaluate the work of every members of the team. These peer evaluations are used indetermining relative grades of members of the team.Receive grade credit for their work based both on individual and team contributions - Itis made clear at the beginning of the semester that the grade of the individual members of theteam will be based on both the effort of the individual and the quality of the work (designpresentations, reports, models, and posters) done by the team.Goal 2: As a result of working in teams on a project, some very important skills will bedeveloped by the students. Students will:Develop the ability to find, interpret, share, and evaluate information pertinent to theirdesign task - Design

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert H. Mayer

remediation. The second, Ocean ResourcesEngineering, emphasizes methods for ocean resource assessment, recovery and utilization. Otherenvironmental engineering opportunities include the capstone design course required of allengineering majors, and elective courses in such disciplines as environmental economics,environmental oceanography, environmental security, and marine environmental engineering.The purpose of this paper is to address the evolution of this environmental engineering optionand to describe the content of its two fundamental courses. The paper also provides a briefdescription of recent environmental-related capstone design projects and reviews topicalcoverage of selected elective courses.IntroductionNearly 80% of the earth’s surface is

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Benenson; Benjamin Liaw

laboratories, whichare used in several required courses in our ME curriculum. Modern equipment procured forthese laboratories is used for education in CNC machining, robotics, computer-integratedmanufacturing, flexible manufacturing cells, and mechatronics using programmable logiccontrollers (PLC’s) and microcontrollers for measurement and control. Perhaps the most unique feature of our approach is the very extensive involvement ofstudents (both graduate and undergraduate) in all phases of the project. From the very beginningstudents formed teams, each of which took charge of a major piece of equipment. Theyparticipated in the planning of manufacturing courses; got involved in the selection process ofequipment purchase; learned to operate the

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

AC 2010-640: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCTION VISUALIZATIONSWITH EXAMPLES: SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR GRADUATE COURSEMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University MOHAMMED E. HAQUE, Ph.D., P.E. Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is a professor of Construction Science at Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas. He has over twenty years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Gadalla, Central Connecticut State University; Mahdy Alam, UTC; Yepery Soro, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, it suffers a major drawback. That is, when theproduct and/or the product mix changes, a cell reconfiguration may be required. This leads tomovement of heavy machinery inside the work area. Besides being a time consuming activity; itis a major contributor to employee dissatisfaction. This paper is based on extending leanmanufacturing systems by enabling machine mobility through converting static machines intomobile ones.IntroductionThe research in this paper is based on work done by two undergraduate students as their capstonesenior design projects at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) and Texas A&MUniversity at Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). The work was not only indented to expose students tointeresting projects, but also expose them

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Greg Burnham, Allen High School Allen ISD; Kenyan D Burnham

Paper ID #14311Play Drive Electric Car ChallengeMr. Greg Burnham, Allen High School Allen ISD Greg Burnham has been integrating engineering projects into science classes in Texas for thirteen years. Currently he teaches engineering and robotics and coaches FRC Team 5417 at Allen High School in Allen, Texas. Greg spends his summer months collaborating with Texas Tech University WCOE and IDEAL Institute to conduct science and engineering camps and teacher training. He received a Bachelor’s of Science in Multi-Disciplinary Science from Texas Tech University.Mr. Kenyan D Burnham

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Teofilo Caceras; James Ochoa

peripheral interface, a time processing unit, and a systemintegration module. In the first several weeks of the semester, students study the processor’soverall architecture and then focus on the CPU (i.e., instruction set and addressing modes).Students then explore the architecture and operation of each of the other modules. As themodules are covered in lecture, students are given laboratory problems that involve interfacingthe 68332 to external circuitry. The individual labs lead up to a final project that is completedduring the last four weeks of the semester. The project requires interfacing the microcontrollerto multiple external devices (incl. analog-to-digital converter, H-bridge motor controller, etc) andcreating a real-time user interface

Conference Session

Visualization and Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jerz

identified competency gaps concerning EG included:CAD/CAM, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and blueprint reading. The report makes astrong argument for engineering education to improve students’ blueprint reading skills, and totie blueprint reading to CAD, to include solids modeling, and to improve shape visualization.The National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) has also set forth some CADDSkills Standards, which are part of their National Skill Standards Project for Advanced HighPerformance Manufacturing. NACFAM believes that students should have both CADD skillsand blueprint reading skills.While teaching CAD and engineering graphics concepts, I discovered that with our CADproduct, Solidworks5 , more than half the engineering

Conference Session

New MET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Zecher

with topics such as: meshsize, aspect ratio, poorly shaped elements, boundary conditions, and use of symmetry. The remainder of thecourse deals with the use of various element types and different solution types. The majority of the coursecovers FEA from a stress analysis point of view, thus, reinforcing concepts from previous courses inStatics, Strength of Materials, and Machine Elements.Format of the course is 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab per week. Ten written lab report projects areassigned during the semester. Most of these lab projects consist of preparing and analyzing finite elementmodels of parts that have known theoretical solutions. This approach gives students “theoreticalbenchmarks” against which they can compare their FEA