Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Kahn; Marina Bers

An Examination of Early Elementary Students’ Approaches to Engineering Jason Michal Kahn, Marina Umaschi Bers Tufts University A five-week interactive workshop gave us the opportunity to study the engineering learning processes of early elementary children, allowing us to gain a sense of their innate engineering abilities and the processes they could be taught in the context of the Project Inter-actions study at Tufts University Department of Child Development. Forty children participated in the research, split into four groups of 10 each, each group participating in 5 workshop sessions of 2 hours each

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Charles Winton

Botball Challenge, and how it can be used as a class project.1 IntroductionIntroductory engineering courses are used to teach general principles while introducing thestudents to all of the engineering disciplines. Robotics, as a multi-disciplinary application can bean ideal subject for projects that stress the different engineering fields. A major consideration inestablishing a robotics course emphasizing mobile robots is the type of hands-on laboratoryexperience that will be incorporated into the course of instruction. Most electrical engineeringschools lack the machine shops and expertise needed to create the mechanical aspects of a robotsystem. Most mechanical engineering schools lack the electronics labs and expertise needed forthe

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

-long learning of not only technical skills, but also peopleskills, written and oral communication skills, and teambuilding skills.6Institutions of higher learning have responded to the new demand with a variety of degreeprograms and special centers at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. These educationalopportunities can be classified into several categories: engineering management, systemsengineering, engineering entrepreneurship, and leadership, internship, and other multi-disciplinary programs. Most of these programs are designed to introduce engineers to thebusiness world through courses, project teams, and interaction with business enterprises andbusiness leaders.The overall purpose of this study is to summarize the approaches

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brown; Patricia Click

education, student groups work closely with a faculty member to tackle variouscourse-related projects within the classroom. In contrast, collaborative learning, which is morewidespread in higher education, entails a faculty member acting as a mentor or facilitator tostudent groups that do most of their work outside of the classroom (Matthews, Cooper,Davidson, and Hawkes). Collaborative learning promotes discussion, peer teaching, and criticalthinking (Russo).The primary difference between active learning and older models of learning is that the teacher isno longer the sole source of knowledge in the classroom. Much of the recent fascination withcollaborative learning has, in fact, grown out of our changing view of what knowledge is--ourassumptions

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-2360: INSTRUCT INTEGRATING NASA SCIENCE, TECHNOL-OGY, AND RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM AND TRAIN-INGRam V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng) Dr. Ram Mohan is currently an Associate Professor with the interdisciplinary graduate program in com- putational science and engineering (CSE). He serves as the module content director for the INSTRUCT project. Dr. Mohan currently has more than 90 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and con- ference proceedings to his credit. He plays an active role in American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and serves as the chair of the ASME materials processing technical committee and a member of the ASME Nanoengineering Council Steering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

AC 2011-2781: USING PORTABLE ELECTRONICS EXPERIMENT KITSFOR ELECTRONICS COURSES IN A GENERAL ENGINEERING PRO-GRAMJason Yao, East Carolina University Dr. Jianchu (Jason) Yao joined the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University as an Assistant Professor in August, 2005. He received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Shaanxi university of Science and Technology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in elec- trical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. His research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

developed for superior educational experiences7, 8, including thelegacy cycle, i.e., an approach to design a challenge-based learning environment in classrooms.The legacy cycle is widely used from K-12 to post-graduate education to help educators focus ondifferent aspects of developing the initial challenge and guide students throughout the learningprocess, including the engineering design process. It also gives students a framework to organizeand manage their learning activities to assess their knowledge. The implementation of theengineering design process with the legacy cycle in the current robotics project is also a viableapproach to attract, and guide freshman college students to do research in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton L. Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

SE also presents some challenges. There are not many POGIL activities for CS and SE,and developing them requires significant time and effort. CS and SE courses and curricula varywidely, and portions of the content change rapidly, making it more difficult to adapt or adoptmaterials developed elsewhere.This paper describes an ongoing NSF funded project to develop POGIL activities for CS and SE.First, it reviews relevant background on effective learning and POGIL, compares POGIL toother forms of active learning, and describes the potential of POGIL for CS and SE. Second,it describes a sample POGIL activity for SE, including the structure and contents, student andfacilitator actions during the activity, and how activities are designed. Third, it

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

seated around a table in their simulated office, modeling adesign-related activity. They might brainstorm solutions to a problem, make an objectives tree,or interview their “client” for the quarter, a local bike manufacturer who has asked them to helphim design a recumbent bike for campus use. At some point in the hour, students are drawn intothe discussion, becoming an integral part of the NU Concepts Design Team.Later in the week, EDC students meet in groups of 16 with pairs of the design faculty—onecommunication specialist and one engineer—at the new Engineering Design Studio. Drawing onwhat they saw and heard on Monday, student teams work on design projects for clients of theirown. During the first quarter of this two-quarter course, the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Agogino; Ann McKenna

), and was designed to give students an overview of the diverse field of engineering. Inorder to learn what engineers actually do, the students engaged in a variety of projects and hands-on activities to find out how things work and to practice their own engineering skills. This paperwill provide an overview of the syllabus and goals of the course. Specific activities and designprojects will also be documented such as the mechanical and computer engineering designchallenges, teamwork and student presentations, and the on-line web-based assignments.Detailed examples of student work and student feedback will be reported. The quality of studentwork, as well as the positive feedback about the class, indicates that these high school studentswere not

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

programs haveworked with the authors in numerous “research” projects. These experiences have beenrewarding and fulfilling to both constituencies.IntroductionNew Jersey Institute of Technology is an inner city urban institution located in Newark, NewJersey with a social, economic, and academically diverse student body consisting of 5007undergraduate and 2830 graduate students. The undergraduate population is approximatelycomposed of one third (women, Hispanic, and Afro-American) minority.NJIT has a long history of outreach programs for elementary through college level students withmany originating in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry over the past 30plus years. It is therefore not unusual to find departmental faculty being

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Daniel Austin Darcy, Illinois State University; Cheron James Elms; Kaitlyn Marie Quinn; Douglas Andracki

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

with Renewable Energy TechnologiesAbstract The DESSERT (Designing Equitable and Sustainable STEM Education with RenewableTechnologies) project focuses on designing equitable STEM education modules centered onrenewable energy technologies to engage middle and high school students from underrepresentedgroups in STEM fields. Led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and undergraduate studentsfrom two universities, the project aims to inspire interest in sustainable energy-related careersamong students from diverse backgrounds. The activities emphasize hands-on learning, empathy,and STEM literacy integration. Two sets of lab activities were developed. The first set of labactivities focuses on energy storage with a classroom set of pumped

Conference Session

ELOS Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Brackett, Bradley University; David Zietlow, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-2498: OPTIMAL DESIGN OF A PUMP AND PIPING SYSTEMCurtis Brackett, Bradley University I am a senior mechanical engineering major at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. I am originally from Aurora, IL. I am the team captain for Bradley’s Formula SAE senior project. I am very interested and plan on developing my career in the field of energy generation.David Zietlow, Bradley University Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bradley University The primary author is Curtis Brackett, candidate for BSME May 2011 Page 22.1126.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

William W. Durgin

, therefore, more like an industrial setting than an academicone. Only two engineers and a technician were involved and only a few high school students -just enough to provide a pool of drivers - were involved. This same model was essentiallyutilized in the second year as well.In the third year, WPI sought to fully utilize its project based educational program by havingsenior engineering students design and fabricate the robot. High school participation wasexpanded to include the Massachusetts Academy of Science and Mathematics, an on-campustwo-year high school. A single faculty member provided leadership and high school facultybegan to become involved. The robot design was divided into three portions, with anundergraduate project team responsible

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall Brouwer, Calvin College; Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College; Paulo Ribeiro, Calvin College; Robert Medema, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 15.843.2learning some of the concepts of entrepreneurship. The students in our engineering classes areeager to learn about entrepreneurial opportunities and ideas. A recent survey 1 of undergraduateengineering students at five different schools showed that most (82%) were interested inpursuing some form of entrepreneurship after graduation. Students want to know how to taketheir ideas and get them into the marketplace. They want to use their engineering skills to helpreal people with real problems (and they see entrepreneurship as a means to that end). Theyunderstand that competing for engineering projects in a global context requires not only strongtechnical knowledge, but also business acumen. This strong interest translates into

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

Ship builders Mechanical c,d,e,f SKM Civil consultants Civil c,d,f Furntech Furniture research Mechanical b,f Zentel Medical software Mechatronics f Pasminco Co Smelting Mechanical c,f Rolls Royce Turbines Mechanical a,b,c,d,f a. General coursework content, b. Case studies within coursework c. Honours projects (unfunded) d. Honours projects (funded

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Steve Schiffman; Sean Munson; John Bourne; James Krejcarek; Dan Lindquist; Susan Fredholm

College are described. The major elements of thecurriculum that is being planned include: (1) a set of modules for learning the basicsof entrepreneurship, (2) interaction with several on-campus and distributedhatcheries, (3) a set of in-depth learning interactions (projects, modules, courses) thatprovide depth of knowledge in engineering entrepreneurship and (4) capstoneexperiences in entrepreneurship during the sophomore year and the final year of theundergraduate curriculum. New courses/modules specifically targeted on technologyentrepreneurship are being designed between Babson College and Olin College.Babson College’s number one ranking in entrepreneurship is being fully leveraged byjoint appointments of faculty, cross registrations between

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishna Krishnan; Janet Twomey; Vis Madhavan; Don Malzahn; Lawrence Whitman

manufacturing line in a sequence of models thatwill mimic experience that could be gained by rotations through a series of jobs on the line. Thispaper describes competency gaps, project-based learning, case studies, and virtual reality. Thepaper then presents an approach to using virtual reality and to addressing the competency gaps.BackgroundCompetency GapsThe success of a manufacturing curriculum depends on its effectiveness in ensuring that the Page 7.1285.1graduates, in addition to understanding the principles and theory in manufacturing processes and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Dessert; Subramaniam Ganesan

simulation,testing and debugging. Design of DSP embedded system using Synopsys COSSAP tools. Thestudents will do a set of lab projects and a large embedded system design project.A list of books and web references used in this course are given in the reference.The course topics are listed below and the time spent on these topics. 1. Introduction to Embedded System hardware, software and selection consideration (2 hr) 2. Quick review of DSP theory: Sampling, aliasing, quantization, fixed point / floating point arithmetics, Convolution, FIR/IIR Filters, DFT, FFT, Z Transform (2hrs) Page 7.447.1

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Dessert; Subramaniam Ganesan

Design in Real time systems course Subra Ganesan and Pat Dessert Product Development and Manufacturing Center, Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309 Email: Ganesan@oakland.eduAbstractThis paper describes the design topics and projects done in a course titled “ Real timeSystems”. The advancements in technology is taken into account in this course. Thiscourse emphasizes hard and soft real time computer system design for a single processorembedded system applications and distributed real time systems. Topics covered includecharacterizing real-time systems, performance measure, task

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Evelyn Abagayle Boyd, Clemson University and Colorado School of Mines ; David E Vaughn, Clemson University; Jeffery M Plumblee II, JMP2 LLC; Bridget Trogden, American University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

within Clemson Universityˆa C™s Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, the Founder and Owner of Integrated Resilience, LLC, he is a former Fluor Fellow, Director of Resilience Solutions, and Secretariat of the World EconomicDr. Jeffery M Plumblee II, JMP2 LLC Jeffery Plumblee is a project management, innovation, sustainability, and education consultant. He holds his BS, MS, MBA, and PhD from Clemson University, where he focused on civil engineering. Plumblee has managed a faculty grant and training program for an innovation and entrepreneurship nonprofit; served as a tenure-track faculty member in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management at The Citadel; and developed and managed multiple

Conference Session

Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G Brown, The Boeing Company; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Corporate Higher Education program man- ager in 2004, Brown became the leader of various programs and projects for predominately domestic higher education engagements. Due to Boeing’s desire for international expansion, the responsibility of growing Boeing’s Higher Education International engagements was added to her preview. Brown devel- ops corporate policy, procedures and guidelines for international university relationships for workforce needs, continuing education requirements, potential research projects, building the Boeing brand and rep- utation. She also establishes corporate infrastructure and leads a global network of Boeing executives for implementing Higher Education engagements for the company, and works

Conference Session

K-12 Robotics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Devayani Tirthali, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College, Columbia University; Elisabeth W McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Jason Sayres, Stevens Institute of Technology; Karen A DUPE Peterson, EdLab Group

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #6311Transforming a Middle and High School Robotics CurriculumMs. Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Mercedes McKay is Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. She has led several national and statewide K-14 teacher professional development and curriculum development programs in STEM education. McKay is co- PI and Project Director for the NSF-funded Build IT Scale Up project to develop and disseminate an innovative underwater robotics curriculum for middle and high school students. She is a former practicing

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Deirdre D. Ragan, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

materials science, the neuroscience of learning, humanitarian engineering, and undergraduate research involvement. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Implementing Entrepreneurial Minded Learning in a First-Year Seminar CourseEntrepreneurially minded learning (EML) was implemented in a first-year seminar course at ateaching-focused public institution in the Southeast United States. Entrepreneurial mindset (EM)is characterized by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)’s 3Cs, which arecuriosity, connections, and creating value. To assist the first-year students with the developmentof EM, a 7-week long project was developed and incorporated into the course

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

James Edward Toney, The Ohio State University; Kristina Kennedy, The Ohio State University; Julie Rose Cupka, The Ohio State University; Roger Allen Bailey, The Ohio State University

Director for the Integrated Business & Engineering Program (IBE) – a multidisciplinary, cross-college program serving both business and engineering honors students. In this role, Kennedy teaches the IBE First-Year Cornerstone and IBE Senior Capstone courses. Additionally, she oversees the program – creating meaningful experiences for students, raising funds, and forging industry partnerships for student success. Prior to her current role, Kennedy worked as an engineer with Honda Research & Development. Her roles included test engineer, interior quality lead and most recently, project leader for the Honda Odyssey and Acura MDX. During her time with Honda, she founded the first global Business Resource Group

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jason Moore; Mitchell A. Thornton; Ronald W. Skeith

enough to coverseveral of these topics should be used. The choice of what language to use for an indrotuctoryprogramming class is in fact a greedy algorithm in which you choose the most versatilelanguage. This greedy algorithm should yield the selection of the Perl programming languagesince Perl is a versatile enough language to cover all of the mentioned programming skills plusmany more. However, programming skills to be taught is not the only variable that should be takeninto consideration. One most also consider whether or not students will have access to theprogramming language on their personal computers. Since students are likely to spend more timeworking on programs and projects that can be done on their computers as opposed to

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gregory S. Parnell; Michael Kwinn

Series in early 2008. The authors redesigned the introductory course, now titled“Fundamentals of Systems Design and Management,” around a system thinking presentation, anindividual decision problem, and a group design project. We have continued to improve the course forthe past two years.IntroductionDesigning the first course of any academic program is always challenging. There are more foundationalconcepts than time in one semester. The first course of any engineering program is especiallychallenging. Several key questions need to be answered. What are the foundational topics that will beneeded in future courses to provide the knowledge for follow-on courses? Will students have thenecessary prerequisites? What pedagogy should be used?In the

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gregory S. Parnell; Michael J. Kwinn

Series in early 2008. The authors redesigned the introductory course, now titled“Fundamentals of Systems Design and Management,” around a system thinking presentation, anindividual decision problem, and a group design project. We have continued to improve the course forthe past two years.IntroductionDesigning the first course of any academic program is always challenging. There are more foundationalconcepts than time in one semester. The first course of any engineering program is especiallychallenging. Several key questions need to be answered. What are the foundational topics that will beneeded in future courses to provide the knowledge for follow-on courses? Will students have thenecessary prerequisites? What pedagogy should be used?In the

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Matthew Foley; Matthew Janiga; John Adams; Yan Zhang; Leffi Cewe-Malloy; Aaron Sakulich

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Case Study: A Model Interactive Qualifying Project Energy Efficiency of the Worcester Friends Meetinghouse Matthew Foley, Matthew Janiga, John Adams, Yan Zhang, Leffi Cewe-Malloy, Aaron Sakulich College of Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America Abstract — Every student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute make the house impractically expensive for the groups thatis required to complete an interdisciplinary

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

James M. Widmann; Brian P. Self

create a Model-Eliciting Activity (MEA) in which the students were required todevelop multi-media example problems. This work in progress describes the basic objectives ofthe project and a preliminary assessment of its effectiveness through a thematic analysis ofstudent reports and a student survey. We will discuss what students thought was important inmultimedia example problems, show samples of what the students developed, and offerrecommendations for implementing this MEA.Course InformationThe Multi-Media MEA developed by the authors was used in an introductory, sophomore levelEngineering Dynamics course. The course format is three, 50-minute sessions per week insections of 35 students. Approximately 30 sections are offered each year, serving