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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

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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

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Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University

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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

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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

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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

Conference Session

Professional Practice in CE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Cleary

Session 3215 Bringing Constructibility Issues to Design Courses Douglas B. Cleary Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractThis paper describes a teaching tool being developed to fill gaps in the typical student’sknowledge of the construction process. A CD-ROM and/or web site is being created todocument construction practices in transportation, bridge, utility and building projects. It

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

these tools for student projects, both simple and advanced, is outlined.IntroductionTeam-based, hands-on, multidisciplinary design projects have seen an increased place in thechemical engineering curriculum, especially w ith the advent of the new criteria set forth by theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. However, even with these efforts, studentsare often challenged to learn advanced engineering topics outside of their major discipline ontheir own or with help from their instructor. This often results in student frustration and a lack oflearning.At the same time, engineers inherently are fascinated with children’s toys that focus on or utilizesimple engineering fundamentals. For example, there are many simple wooden puzzles

Conference Session

Construction Materials and Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neil D. Opfer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; David R. Shields P.E., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

government experience in construction, engineering, and research and eight years of academic experience. He was Co-Chair of the ASCE Civil Engineering in the Oceans V conference. He was the only manager in the 55-year history of the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory ever to win the Employee-of-the-Year Award. He has won numerous awards for project management. He has conducted research for the Construction Industry Institute, Center for Construction Industry Studies, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, OSHA and other organizations. He has published 45 journal and conference pa- pers. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and the M.S. and B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University

Conference Session

Topics in Energy Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

monitor daily electricity consumption has becomeincreasingly important with the ever growing demands for energy. Monitoring and quantifyingpower consumption enables engineers to notice problems with systems while in operation, andalso better plan future systems from the data gathered. As a result, power quality (PQ)measurement concepts are evolving from instantaneous metering to continuous monitoring andrecent developments in measurement technology make PQ monitoring systems more powerful.This equates to the construction and utilization of more flexible, compact and intelligent PQsystems.The goal of this project was to design, construct and test a monitoring system that is cost-effective, reliable and easily deployable in any environment. The

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ameneh Akbari; Karla Ananias; Jeffery Bouchard; Qian Wang P.E.; George Law

New Technology and Design Methodology for Micromouse: Challenges and Solutions Ameneh Akbari, Karla Ananias, Jeffery Bouchard, Qian Wang, and George Law Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering California State University, Northridge, CA 91325AbstractThe micromouse project has been integrated in many university curricula internationally. In theproject, the students design and build an autonomous robot which explores and maps a fixed sizemaze, and races to the center of the maze in the shortest time. These mice will compete in IEEEor other engineering society sponsored competitions every year. Normally, the students will usea microcontroller or a microprocessor

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Edward F. Glynn; Frank E. Falcone

andcommunications skills. The authors agreed with their colleagues that sophomores should beexposed to these professional practice issues; the challenge was how to do so in a course that islargely devoted to technical topics.The Fundamentals course is structured around five group projects: surveying a closed traverse,mapping and gauging a stream, conducting hydraulics experiments in a flume, measuring theproperties of civil engineering materials, and the design/construction/testing of a model truss.The professional practices component of the course is integrated into and among the fiveprojects. It includes three activities: (1) a mentoring program; (2) leadership exercises; and (3)communications skills. The three activities are discussed in detail in the

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Marlor

organization.Once the funding and facilities are in place, the Baja SAE program can provide a good setting forproblem-based learning. In this paper, the insights gained from the author’s first three years indeveloping a new SAE program at NMU will be presented so that other faculty advisers of SAEstudent design projects can benefit from this experience.IntroductionTo design, build, and race a successful Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Baja car, a newSAE club faces a variety of challenges. In 2008, a new SAE student chapter was formed atNorthern Michigan University (NMU) and the author became the faculty adviser for this club.This paper presents the insights gained from the author’s first three years of developing a newSAE program at NMU.The primary

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

R. Radharamanan; Jeng-Nan Juang

DETERMINING SIGNIFICANT FACTORS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS QUALITY R. Radharamanan Jeng-Nan Juang Mail to: radharaman_r@mercer.edu juang_jn@mercer.edu School of Engineering, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 USA Abstract This paper analyzes the quality of an ongoing software maintenance project by using defect density data from prior and current release changes. The objective is to test the significance of factors such as developer experience, the complexity of the change, the size of the change (measured in lines of

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

John Mirth

What are They Thinking? – Assessment and the Questions Students Ask John A. Mirth, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Wisconsin – Platteville Platteville, WI 53818 608.342.1642 mirth@uwplatt.eduAbstract This paper presents an assessment method whereby an instructor can gain insight into howa student is thinking about a project. The method relies upon the submission of a series ofindividual progress reports during the course of a semester. Each progress report is submittedas the set of questions that the student has

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

M. Zoghi; L. Crask; B. Hyatt; V. Luo; W. Wu

that will have great potential to improvemankind’s quality of life. The overarching thematic areas include energy and environment,health, security, and learning and computation. The GCSP has five components: (1)interdisciplinary curriculum, (2) hands-on projects or research experience, (3) entrepreneurship,(4) service learning, and (5) global perspective. The aforementioned roadmap will not onlyenhance students’ skills and knowledge needed to solve complex societal problems, but willprovide realistic and exciting opportunities for students to get engaged.There is an increasing number of engineering programs worldwide adopting the GCSP roadmapwithin their existing undergraduate and/or graduate education. The details of a proposed GCSPin the