Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Schertzer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Patricia Iglesias Victoria, National Technical Institute for the Deaf; Kate N. Leipold, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); John D. Wellin, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE)

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

programs in the United States1,2. The changes to the EngineeringMeasurements Lab provided an opportunity for the instruction team to examine the tools fortechnical communication that were used in the course. An A3 reporting format was instituted inthe course. A3 reports are used as the standard reporting format at Toyota Motor Corporation andconsist of a single-sided A3 paper (11.7” x 16.5”)3,4. The limited footprint available in thesereports requires that authors summarize critical ideas in a project in a clear and concise manner.This forces students to develop concise, high-quality figures that convey their message with littleor no text. In an effort to give students the opportunity to develop the iterative problem-solvingskills often associated

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Matt Parkinson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Yoke-San Wong, National University of Singapore; Brian D. Jensen, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Gregory M. Roach, Brigham Young University, Idaho

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International

capabilities in global competence and leadership. His research and teaching interests include developing global agility, globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufac- turing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places including North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked for Becton Dickinson, a Global Medical Technology fortune 500 Company. In this capacity he worked as a product development engineer, quality engineer, technical lead, business leader and pro- gram/project manager managing many different global projects. Gregg received his PhD in Educational Leadership and Higher Education from

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Barbara Bogue

management and planning to succeed.The development of the AWE Project coalition, an NSF funded (HRD 01 20642) projectdesigned to develop effective assessment tools and models for WIE and similar programs (11,12). AWE comprises seven very different institutions, programs in varying states ofdevelopment, and a range of staffing and funding resources. AWE Partner Institutions are theUniversity of Missouri (Marra), Penn State (Bogue), Georgia Tech (Mimi Philobos), theUniversity of Arizona (Marie Reyes), the University of Louisville (Brenda Hart), the Universityof Texas – Austin (Tricia Berry) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Barbara Ruel). The threeyear project required that each institution and WIE director or research associate participate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Welker

have been discussed in the literature. Theseinclude having students work in teams on various projects; providing training in effective teamfunctioning; and providing learning objectives that cover elements of effective multidisciplinaryteam functioning. Upon examination of our curriculum in the Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering Department at Villanova University, we discovered that our students are oftenrequired to work in groups, but that we did not provide training nor did we routinely providelearning objectives relating to teams. Modules on team functioning have been developed and arecurrently being implemented in sophomore, junior, and senior level classes. These modulesinclude in-class activities and homework. The students are also

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Fouad; Tarek Rizk; Fouad Fouad

undergraduate and graduate levels. The objective is to graduate engineers who are familiarwith the construction industry and have a better understanding of the role of the civil engineer inthe construction process. Courses offered include project management, project planning,contracts, bidding, estimation, and other topics that are of importance to construction.As a means to provide an incentive to the student, a certificate in Construction EngineeringManagement is awarded upon the completion of a required number of credit hours. Thecertificate prepares the undergraduate civil engineering student for a career in the constructionindustry. For those students who are not interested in a career in construction, the certificateprovides them with sufficient

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

engineering curriculum andprofessionalism. Service learning is easily implemented in engineering communicationscourses because the nature of the courses lend themselves to written and oralpresentations to a professional audience, and, in the case of service learning, acommunity audience. In the IE Communications for Engineers course, students developprofessional written and oral communication skills by writing technical documents,giving oral presentations on those documents, and writing and delivering professionalemails. However, the team projects for the course are geared toward teaching studentsabout civic responsibility by having them design, develop, and deliver exercises geared topublic schools that demonstrate and teach elements of engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tang; Lynn Johnson

into a four-year engineering degreeprogram. In this paper we will describe the:• FEST Program design and organizations,• Academic objectives using learning technologies,• Development of blended online versions of the FEST core courses,• Integration of engineering applications into the FEST core courses,• Development of a Collaborative E-Learning Library System (CELLS), and• Lessons learned.FEST Program Design and OrganizationsThe FEST project involves collaboration among faculty and administrators from severalinstitutions, including the CU at Denver College of Engineering and Department ofMathematics, the Arapahoe and Red Rocks Community Colleges. These are the peoplethat develop and deliver pre-engineering courses preparatory to a four-year

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Elzey; Dan Bauer; Paxton Marshall; Kathryn Neeley

describes the integration of theengineering in context philosophy, which incorporates “real world” aspects, into the engineeringcurriculum.Four features of the EIC initiative are particularly worth noting at the outset. Specifically, theprogram is designed to: 1.) Cr oss engineer ing depar tmental boundar ies. It is administered on a school-wide basis, and the students not only work on multidisciplinary projects, but also on multidisciplinary teams (there may be no more than two engineers from any one discipline on a particular team). 2.) Be scaled up so that all students who want a truly multidisciplinary experience can have one, regardless of their major. 3.) Eventually encompass the entir e cur r iculum so that the

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jackie Sullivan; Daniel Knight

-Year Engineering Projects course at the Universityof Colorado at Boulder. Moreover, instructors in this course have observed a pattern of femalestudents choosing other activities within their teams rather than engaging in the hands-onconstruction aspect of product development. To address these concerns, a Women’sManufacturing Workshop (WMW) series was piloted during the 2002-03 academic year througha partnership between the Women in Engineering Program (WIEP) and the Integrated Teachingand Learning Laboratory (ITLL). Another aim was to provide women students a context forpursuing engineering through acquisition of knowledge and skills applicable to the design-buildprocess in a low-risk setting. This paper discusses the effects of the WMW on

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

Page 8.1133.1problems, perform testing and analyses, make recommendations, build prototypes, manufactureProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education. Session 3454parts, stay within budgets (real and imaginary), and manage multiple projects. The objectives ofthe Enterprise Program are to • provide opportunities for students and faculty to develop entrepreneurial and innovative engineering skills, • provide students with a multi-disciplinary design experience that involves other baccalaureate

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nanette Keiser; Gloria Tressler; Arlen Gullickson

ASession 1526@ Communication with Recipients of a Web-Based Evaluation Survey1 Gloria R. Tressler, Arlen R. Gullickson, Nanette M. Keiser The Advanced Technological Education Project, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan UniversityAbstractA current method of conducting evaluation surveys is by using the World Wide Web as a delivery vehicleand computer programming to collect and process submitted responses. Benefits of this method includesubstantial savings in postal mailing costs, rapid access to survey assistance, and efficient

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

, have launched an Engineering School-Industry Outreach Program inwhich students and faculty from the USA and Mexico reciprocate visits in order to teamup and "work together" in industrial projects in realistic professional settings. Studentsfrom both universities get credit from their home institution and are assessed based ontheir engineering performance on each project, despite the evident cultural, languageand environmental differences between people, universities and industries from bothcountries. While the main objective is to bring an international dimension toengineering education a proactive approach brings new perspectives to industry andacademia from which new lessons have been learned. For the participating students it was made

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld

spoken language is only one aspect of communication. For true understanding, inaddition to hearing what is said, the recipient of the spoken word, also, must be able toprocess the messages and set them into context. To complicate matters further, thecontext is dictated by cultural cues. Thus, in business, native English speakers shouldbear significant responsibility for their ability to conduct at least part their work in thelanguage of their hosts and cannot rely on translators to provide them with fully accuratetranslations.This paper discusses WPI’s ten-year history at its project centers in Puerto Rico andCosta Rica and the impact of knowing Spanish on the student experience inorganizational settings, on the outcome of their projects, and on

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terra Smith

needed to be developed. This paper discussesthe nature and overview of the project, undergraduate engineering students contributions to theproject, and the benefits to engineering students and community health care because of theproject.Nature of the project This project represents service learning (SL) with community-based research (CBR) andoutcomes research. This study is also reminiscent of appropriate engineering. The description ofservice learning that describes the project is also the description embraced by Messiah College'sengineering program12: Service-learning is a method and philosophy of experiential learning through which participants in community service meet community needs while developing their abilities

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder; David Ollis

Session 2475 Introducing New Engineering Faculty to Multidisciplinary Research Collaboration David F. Ollis, Richard M. Felder, Rebecca Brent North Carolina State University AbstractIn recent years, a large and rapidly growing body of academic research has invo lvedmultidisciplinary collaboration. This trend has been driven by a dramatic rise in funding formultidisciplinary projects and research centers, along with a growing recognition that few trulyimportant unsolved research problems involve only one

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

and consideration to the economics of fluid systems performance. The student will beable to identify the parameters that characterize the operation of fluid flow in incompressible andcompressible flow problems and its application on turbo-machinery systems. Computer programin FORTRAN or in C, MATLAB, and Lab View will be developed and used to support designand Lab projects and analysis.III. Developing Teaching Strategies: SEAARK Teaching ApproachThe faculty of the mechanical engineering department at Alabama A&M University adoptedSEAARK system approach for instruction and teaching. It starts from the basic to the complexlevels or learning. SEAARK stands for (in reverse order) Knowledge, Repetition, Application,Analysis, Evaluation and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Ferguson; Lisa Anneberg

Session 2525 FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSE MODULE UTILIZING A 3 D MODELING TOOL Lisa Anneberg Departments of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI Roger Ferguson Department of Computer Science and Information Technology Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MIABSTRACTInstructors of freshman level Introduction to Engineering and Design courses are facedwith numerous objectives, some of which are conflicting:1. interesting projects - from both the professor

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Engineering Education, 2011Information Literacy as part of the Materials Science CourseThe Materials Science course is taught at an introductory level to a vast majority ofengineering students at many institutions around the country. In one semester, it may benearly impossible to cover all the information, with significant breadth and depth. Toaddress this and give the students tools for lifelong learning, a project is assigned tostudents that include a paper and a poster. To give students research skills above andbeyond Google or Bing searches, an information literacy session is integrated into thecourse. The instructor and the librarian collaborate to develop an exercise that providesthe students with basic literature research skills, yet is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

, technicians, and designersfrom various disciplines to possess broader knowledge beyond their specialized fields and towork together concurrently. This concurrent engineering and mechatronic design approach,which emphasizes team collaboration, has become the new industry standard in product designand development. Mechatronic technology has been identified as one of the top 10 highlyinfluential emerging technologies of the 21st century by MIT’s Technology Review and by theInternational Center for Leadership in Education.Students from both departments were given mechatronic/robotic design projects that requiredthem to use actual mechanical, electrical/electronic hardware and software that are currentlybeing used by the industry. This enabled the

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3881: CAPSTONE DESIGN: INSIGHTS FROM AN INTERNA-TIONAL COLLABORATIVE STUDENT TEAMProf. James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology James Hanson is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where his teaching emphasis is structural analysis and design. Over the last nine years, he has taught or co-taught capstone design. For eight of those years, he has been in charge of recruiting external clients and coordinating projects for capstone design.Dr. John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 25.285.1 c American

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

applications without much difficulty.Key Words: Temporary construction structures, Construction, Architectural Engineering,Structures, Learning outcome.1. IntroductionTemporary structures are the essential components required to complete a construction project.Temporary structures are also a significant cost component on many projects, and in some cases,exceeds the actual cost of the in-place construction items such as formwork. Recent studies have Page 6.958.2been found that 40% to 60% of the cost of concrete work for the building construction is for the"Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth M. Bryden; Donald R. Flugrad

design objectives and constraints.2. The student should be able to implement various phases of the design process and use different tools and solution methods in each phase in the context of engineering design problems.3. The student should be able to use a wide variety of creative thinking methods and tools to develop unique, meaningful, and viable design options.4. The student should be able to incorporate analysis tools into the design process, choosing the correct tools for each aspect of the design process and each type of design.5. The student should be able to determine the best engineering design that satisfies all implicit and explicit constraints.6. The student should be able to schedule and plan engineering projects

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Nazalewicz; H. Hadim; D. Donskoy; B. Gallois; Keith Sheppard

” demanded of engineeringgraduates, as embodied in ABET EC Criteria 2000, by evolving them over the four years of thedesign sequence. Examples include effective team skills, project management, communications,ethics, economics of engineering, etc. It is also a means to enhance learning, as each of thedesign courses is linked to engineering courses taught concurrently. Students see this stronglinkage for the first time in the second semester of the freshman year when they take Mechanicsof Solids concurrently with Engineering Design II. Mechanics of Solids is a four-creditlecture/recitation course that integrates the topics of statics and strength of materials courses thatwere taught separately in the previous curriculum. In the two-credit Engineering

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Zelmanowitz

Session 3251 Incorporating Political, Social, and Legal Issues into an Environmental Engineering Course Sharon Zelmanowitz United States Coast Guard Academy 1. IntroductionEnvironmental Engineering is largely driven by the political and social forces that shapeenvironmental legislation and that influence the feasibility of environmental projects. As such, itis essential that environmental engineering be taught in the context of these issues rather than asa purely technical subject with no social or political relevance

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

R. J. Helgeson; Douglas Sterrett

have been added to the course to morerealistically reflect a real-life design project. These enhancements include a number of features,all of which attempt to show the relationship between analysis and design. The studentsemployed spreadsheet based mathematical models to optimize key parameters in their designprojects. Experiments were carried out to empirically determine energy-related parameters thatmay affect their design. Finally, limited application of error analysis was introduced byencouraging the students to examine expected performance when key parameters were varied.This paper discusses the success of this modified project approach, and possible improvementsthat might be incorporated in the future

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning in ET I

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

, KEEN Ambassador and a 2021 Fellow, etc. She has numerous awards and recognitions to her credit, including several best paper awards.Dr. Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo Dr. Sorin Cioc is a clinical associate professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Enhancing MET Education: Innovations in Laboratory Equipment DevelopmentIntroductionSenior Design Capstone courses provide a hands-on learning environment where students gainvaluable experience in project management, collaboration, problem-solving, and technicalexpertise. They

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Alan Gow, Alan Gow and Associates; EunSook Kwon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2562: INTERACTIVE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH:Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston FARROKH ATTARZADEH earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1983. He is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983. Dr. Attarzadeh may be reached at FAttarzadeh@central.uh.edu Page 22.938.1

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Otie Kilmer, Purdue University; Zhenyu Cheryl Qian, Purdue University; Rosemary L. Kilmer, Purdue University; Clark A Cory, Purdue University; Travis Horton, Civil Engineering; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University; Raymond Patrick Hassan, Purdue University; Jonathon Day, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

professional responsibility is undergraduate instruction in architectural and construction graphic communication and visualization. He currently continues to develop & improve the Construction Graph- ics Communication specialty area within the Computer Graphics Department at Purdue. Clark has had over 35 years experience in the AEC industry with positions ranging from general laborer to project man- ager of residential & commercial structures and even designer. In addition to professional experience, teaching, and student organizations participation; Clark is currently involved in industry/educational part- nerships with such companies as Holder Construction, Saterfield & Pontikes as well as software develop

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

tight integration of mechanical components, electrical/electronicsystems, industrial design ideas, computer-control systems, embedded systems, and intelligentsoftware into the product design and development processes. Most of the products now beingdeveloped are mechatronics in nature. To help students to understand the multidisciplinarynature of the product design, various hands-on product design projects have been developed bythe faculty members in the two engineering departments. Students from four different fields ofthe two departments (mechanical engineering technology, industrial design technology,electromechanical engineering technology and computer engineering technology) have beeninvolved in these projects. Students are divided into

Conference Session

Professional Development and Scholarship

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy W. Feola, Sinclair Community College; Steven Wendel, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1709: ENHANCING THE STUDENT JOB SHADOW EXPERI-ENCE WITH INDUSTRYSandy W Feola, Sinclair Community College Sandy Feola works in the National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME) as Customer Engage- ment Manager supporting the METEC Online digital clearinghouse for manufacturing and engineering technology resources and provides project management. She is also a part time instructor for The Uni- versity of Dayton Engineering Technology Department (since 2007) and Sinclair Community College’s Operations Technology Department (since 1995) teaching industrial engineering and quality engineering curriculum. Over the past 25 years, Sandy has held engineering, contract support and management roles in