Conference Session

Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Mechanics

a necessity for the today’sundergraduate mechanical engineering programs. At Grand Valley State University (GVSU), westrive to keep our curriculum up to date, reflecting the demands of industry. We have thereforebegun the process of integrating the use of FEA tools throughout the curriculum, instead ofdelaying it until the senior year either for senior design or elective courses. This paper describesthe introduction of FEA to students in the first course of Statics and Solid Mechanics. The firstpriority of this course is to build the foundation for Mechanics. The challenge therefore was todetermine the content without compromising the priority. Keeping this in mind, 1-D Barelements and 2-D Truss elements are introduced in the course. These

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

Session 3286 Graphic Claymation – Visualization Through Sight And Touch Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Michael Lobaugh Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeIntroduction:“Introduction to Graphics and Solids Modeling” (METBD 110) is a first semester freshmen classfor all students enrolled in the Plastics Engineering Technology (PLET) and MechanicalEngineering Technology (MET) programs in both the associate and bachelors programs offeredat Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. This class is a three-credit course, which meets fivehours per week for 14 weeks in a supervised lab setting. Since it is a

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

., & Hackerman, N. (Eds.). (2002). Evaluating and improving undergraduate teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved October 3, 2003, from http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309072778/html/.[6] Sanders, J. R. (Ed.). (1994). The program evaluation standards: How to assess evolution of education Programs (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.[7] Bransford, J., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R., (Eds.). (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Retrieved September 18, 2003 from http://www.nap.edu/htm/howpeople1/ch10.html.[8] Frechtling, J., Stevens, F., Lawrenz, F., & Sharp, L. (1993). User-friendly handbook

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

? How many people are there in the United States? Page 9.891.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3464 How many rolls of toilet paper would we consume per year based on the number of rolls/week each person uses in your family?Mind Trap® - Mind Trap® is a game by Pressman® that asks questions or presentsscenarios that try to make you think “outside the box.” There is always some catch ortrick or even

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

of I vs. V and P vs. V are then constructed (by hand!).Experiment 5 - Electricity on Campus – A Walking Tour of Watt’s UpObjective: To become familiar with electrical distribution systems. Equipment: Feet (1 or 2), eyes,pencil or pen, pad or clipboard to write on, a curious mind. Description: The path taken by electrical Page 6.159.5energy, from the point where 3-phase power at 23 kV enters the campus, is then stepped down to 4.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationkV by a 5,000 kVA

Conference Session

Hands-on Learning in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachael Schmedlen, University of Michigan; Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan; John Gosbee, University of Michigan; Jennifer Chen Lee, University of Michigan; Jan P Stegemann, University of Michigan

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Biomedical

, and the few that I had spoken with were very experienced surgeons. They’re brilliant, but extremely stubborn… it’s very difficult to change their way of thinking. I was interning at a medical device company and that was what was more concerning, was trying to get them to agree, or we would show them statistics and they would say ‘I don’t think so’. Working with doctors, or future doctors, they haven’t yet been locked down in their way of thinking. They still had their non-engineering mind providing ideas, but they were open to other ideas. That was really refreshing. Not all doctors think they’re the smartest ones in the room. It changed my perspective of doctors.”Similarly, students also provided

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, plusmembers of the public sector interested in thermodynamic principles.This project is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) TransformingUndergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES)program.ReferencesBaser, Mustafa (2006), 'Promoting conceptual change through active learning using open source software for physics simulations', Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 22 (3), 336- 54.Bo-Kristensen, Mads, et al. (2009), 'Mobile City and Language Guides - New Links Between Formal and Informal Learning Environments', Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 7 (2), 85-92.Bransford, J., A. Brown, and R. Cocking (2000), How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, (Washington

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

topics such as production design and, mechanics,engineering material, finite element analysis, mold design, enterprise CAD managementand others.As one example, first-semester students initially learn CAD techniques in a basic servicecourse taught by the Computer Graphics department. They subsequently migrate toProduction Design and Specifications where they polish 3D skills as they learn about fits,tolerances and other aspects of design for manufacturing and design for assembly.In Applied Strength of Materials and Experimental Mechanics, students utilize the sameCAD application to initially construct 3D models and then analyze those models using avariety of analytical techniques.Similar to capstone experience, students later in CAD in the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Mark Tufenkjian, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Eva Schiorring, Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

the course was very successful in increasing students’understanding of and commitment to the engineering andtechnology profession. During the focus group, studentshighlighted both the conventional aspects of ENGR1500 withcomments like “I’m a procrastinator. ENGR1500 really Figure 5. ROV competitionhelped me with time management skills” and “I thought Iwould just come to class and start out slowly. Then they[Career Development Center guest speakers and ENGR1500 faculty] told us that you have tostart thinking about finding mentors and internships and creating a resume….. from the verybeginning”, and the new aspects of the course, “I realized that doing the physical work ofengineering opens the mind,” one student commented. One of his classmates

Conference Session

The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville; Matthew A. Verleger Ph.D. (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Farshid Marbouti, San Jose State University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #25455Impact of a Modeling Intervention in an Introductory Programming CourseDr. Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Kelsey Rodgers is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She teaches a MATLAB programming course to mostly first-year engineering students. She primarily investigates how students develop mathematical models and computational mod- els. She also conducts research around effective feedback and nanotechnology education. She graduated from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University with

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Judson Singer

& Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationsays founder Johnny Deep. Moreover, AOL does not seem to mind that the fledgling effort is soblatantly dependent on its AIM technology. Barry Schuler, chairman of AOL Time Warner'sonline unit, says of Aimster, "They're not doing anything illegal, and so we'll see where it goes."The structural and institutional barriers which hinder educators from catering to the differentlearning styles of students are falling very fast. Some of theindividual students really enjoy hearing exactly and only music oftheir choosing as they study and work. It is easy for the author tomake music available to them through tapes, compact discs, MP3files, and online

Conference Session

Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani

Session 2602 Experiential Learning in Aircraft Structures Masoud Rais-Rohani Mississippi State UniversityAbstractA design-build-test project is used as means of providing an academic-based, industry-focusedexperiential learning opportunity for students in a senior-level aircraft structures course taught inthe Department of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University. Initiated as a paperdesign project in 1998, the project has rapidly evolved into a comprehensive learning experiencewith prototype development and testing as its two major elements

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow

Session 3425 Invention and Creative Design: Getting from Thought to Thing Kathryn W. Jablokow The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a course entitled Invention and Creative Design that is currently taught aspart of the Systems and Software Engineering programs at Penn State University’s School forGraduate Professional Studies. The course was designed to support several modules in theseprograms, including a core skill-based module and a module focused on innovation. This paperwill provide an overview of the objectives and the content of this

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Ravi S Thyagarajan, Texas A&M University; Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Arun R Srinivasa, Texas A&M University

Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright  2024, American Society for Engineering Education 3 4 Simple to operate 4 5 Engaging to students 4The students then utilized various concept generation and refinement techniques such as the 6-3-5and mind map methods to develop preliminary ideas for the exhibit, keeping in mind their researchon visits to local STEM museums. Of these, the 6-3-5 method proved most effective 3. From thismethod, the team narrowed down to a shortlist of ideas

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

David B. Beyer

communications will be delivered on a “just in time” basis. As material is coveredby the major technical courses, the supporting material will be introduced and developed withinthe mathematics or science course, timed to be introduced to students as needed.The general approach in the ongoing development of this program was to create a list oftechnician competencies upon which the actual courses would be developed. The essentials ofthis list were provided by our industrial partners. These include: AT&T Corp., Siemens Rolm,York Engineering, Visual Media Group, Madge Networks, Inc., Lucent, and Eastern Datacom.The entrance requirements to this program are one year of high school algebra and one year oflaboratory science. The program is being designed

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Lance Breger; Kenneth Markowitz

DIAGRAMS TO EXPLAIN THE OPERATION OF AM AND FM TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS Professor Lance Breger Professor Kenneth Markowitz lancebreger@hotmail.com kmarkowitz@citytech.cuny.edu New York City College of Technology 300 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201ABSTRACT At New York City College of Technology, many students in electrical engineering technology are mathematically challenged. By this we mean that they are unable to relate complex formulas to a physical electrical system. To reach these students, mathematical

Conference Session

Unique Student Opportunities in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University; Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Julie Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Bourgeois, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

Page 13.128.7than rules. Our goal in the REU was to help students become aware of key communicationconcepts that experts have internalized, such as the following: ‚ Technical communication is multifaceted – combining writing, speaking, figures, and numbers. ‚ Technical communication takes place through different “channels” and uses different technologies: face-to-face meetings and teleconferences, slide presentations and reports ‚ Communication is a problem-solving process, and one’s final products are improved by reflection, feedback, revision, and editing ‚ Good engineering communicators: o Have a clear purpose in mind and tailor their communication to their audience o Master a number of

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Zuhdi Al-Jobeh; James E. Schueler; Gerald R. Seeley

quantities to be representable by a single number (i.e., E =29,000 KSI). This nearly ubiquitous mind set has generally prevented engineers from viewing andevaluating their projects as systems of interrelated random variables. Additionally, the “factor ofsafety” approach to managing the variability inherent in all physical quantities and propertiesprecludes quantitative estimates of the chances of “failure.” Page 1.309.1 ?@X&) 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,+,yyy%.~ . The “Monte Carlo Simulation

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Johnson; Bill Kitchen

approach requiresstudents to build a case as a result of solving the problem. Barrows argues that this approach is Page 8.287.1much more in keeping with the way real problems are addressed in the world outside of school 1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineer Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”As a result of Barrow’s influence the development team from NSTCC in cooperation withresearchers from Vanderbilt designed a framework for thinking through the process of developingand delivering a case. The Case Files Learning Cycle, shown in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Valarie Arms; J. Weggel; Aly Valentine

Session 2453 Assessing Innovative, Project- Based Learning In Drexel’s Freshman Core Curriculum Aly Valentine, Valarie M. Arms, J. Richard Weggel Drexel UniversityIntroductionAlthough ABET and ASEE have cited the importance of innovation in engineering curriculumdevelopment, one of the enduring challenges is their assessment. In fact, ABET’s EC2000criteria reflect the program goals initiated by Drexel’s E4 (An Enhanced Engineering Educationfor Engineers), a program initially funded by the National Science Foundation. That programwon ABET’s

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2023 CIEC

Authors

Sarah (Yin Yin) Tan; John Irwin

ETD 345 Examining the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on S-STEM Financially Supported Students’ Change-Readiness and Self-Efficacy Sarah (Yin Yin) Tan and John L. Irwin Michigan Technological University1. IntroductionS-STEM financially supported students: ETS-IMPRESS (The Engineering Technology Scholars –IMProving REtention and Student Success) participate in the Honors College Pathway Program(HCPP), where they write reflections frequently. All reflections are written and follow a “What/SoWhat/Now What” format that instructors also describe as “Present, Analyze

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Raluca I. Rosca

. Introductory courses provide important opportunities for encouraging this diverse group of students to pursue further studies in engineering. I was taught during the ETPP program, that the main goal is to ensure that students develop a solid knowledge base of fundamental engineering topics and mathematical methods.Keeping in mind that the diversity statement had been developed as part of an engineeringteaching portfolio, we can conclude that it has be used for its purpose by all the program’sparticipants who are presently teaching or are still interested in an engineering faculty career.This conclusion is moderated by the small number of respondents to the survey and needs to beintegrated in a larger survey for all ETPP

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Raluca I. Rosca

. Introductory courses provide important opportunities for encouraging this diverse group of students to pursue further studies in engineering. I was taught during the ETPP program, that the main goal is to ensure that students develop a solid knowledge base of fundamental engineering topics and mathematical methods.Keeping in mind that the diversity statement had been developed as part of an engineeringteaching portfolio, we can conclude that it has be used for its purpose by all the program’sparticipants who are presently teaching or are still interested in an engineering faculty career.This conclusion is moderated by the small number of respondents to the survey and needs to beintegrated in a larger survey for all ETPP

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

covers the fundamentals of patents and intellectual property for undergraduate andgraduate students in engineering. The first part of the course focuses on the rules and codes thatgovern patent prosecution in the U.S. The course covers most parts of the Manual of PatentExamining Procedure (MPEP), with a special emphasis on patents and patentability. The secondpart of the course focuses on strategies and methodologies for claim drafting and patent prosecu-tion. Since it is important to write a patent with the opponent in mind, some lectures also examinelitigation issues and common techniques used to overturn patents. Finally, the ethics, codes, andlicensing agreements are covered briefly. As a final project, the students have an opportunity

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Salem

Session 3575 Striving to Balance the Faculty Load Thomas Salem Elizabethtown CollegeAbstractNew colleagues in engineering education are faced with an assortment of time demands andconstraints. Typically, these demands may be grouped into four broad categories: professionalgrowth, service activities, pedagogical development, and personal life. Obtaining a balance inthese areas is critical for personal health and well being. This paper will explore three primaryactivities that have significantly impacted my efforts to balance the faculty

Conference Session

Topics in Energy Management

Collection

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

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #7655The Design of a Wi-Fi Enabled Cloud Monitoring DeviceDr. Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Ososanya is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. During her career, Dr. Ososanya has worked for private industry as a circuit development engineer and as a software engineer, in addition to her academic activities. Her Research Interests are in VLSI ASIC design, microcomputer architecture, Embedded Systems design, Biosensors, and Renewable Energy Systems. Dr. Ososanya has managed and Co-PI several research grants, and has

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Earl Owen

selected topic in class, demonstrating in detail the principles studentsare required to understand; but later, when the students need to use this information in thelaboratory or on tests, they appear to have little understanding of what presented. Over time, Ihave concluded that wholly teacher-directed lecture fails to create long-term learning, eitherconceptual or procedural--except perhaps in the teacher who has generated the work. Andthough a teacher may enjoy the clarification that occurs in his own mind while he actively toils Page 6.490.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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2004 GSW

Authors

Tariq A. Khraishi

meets with the groups, onceor better twice, before the project deadline to make sure that they are on track to accomplish theirtasks. This would eventually make it a happier and more successful experience for all. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education References 1. National Research Council, 2000, “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School,” National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 2. Edens, K., 2000, “Preparing Problem Solvers for the 21st Century Through Problem-Based Learning

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9478Improvements through the Second Year Research Experiences for TeachersProgramProf. Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University Dr. Tolga Kaya currently holds a joint Assistant Professor position in the School of Engineering and Technology and the Science of Advanced Materials program at Central Michigan University (CMU). Prior to joining CMU, Dr. Kaya was a post-doctorate associate at Yale University (2007-2010), a research and teaching assistant at ITU (1999-2007), a consultant at Brightwell Corp. (2007), Istanbul, a senior VLSI analog design engineer and project coordinator at Microelectronics R&D Company

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Megan Rothney; Robert Roselli

the first question, students made statistically significant gains on allthe questions. Though we have no way to directly measure the gains that can be attributed theremediation as opposed to the tutorial these results validate the effort that was put intodeveloping these materials for out of class use.(This work was supported primarily by the Engineering Research Centers Program of theNational Science Foundation under Award Number EEC9876363).Bibliography1. Howard LP. Courseware and Packaging Environment (CAPE). http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/projects/VaNTH/index.htm2. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds). (1999). How People Learn: Brain, mind, experience