Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Mana Seifaei; Salah Badjou

all aspects the design over its lifecycle. The context and the general methodology followed, the challenges encountered, and thelessons learned in teaching electrical engineering capstone design in Academic year 2018-2019,using a multidisciplinary mechatronics systems approach, are discussed. This is followed by thepresentation of a successful case study involving the design of a solar-powered tennis-ball-fetching robot and the demonstration of the prototype that was developed. This experience couldbe used as a model for introducing a mechatronics systems design approach in traditionalcapstone design courses. !1. IntroductionThis paper discusses the implementation of a multidisciplinary

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid R. Parsaei PE, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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International

journals and five book series. His research, in excess of $22 million, has been funded by numerous government and private institutions.Dr. Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Elbashir is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) and the Director of Texas A&M University Gas & Fuels Research Initiative (an initiative for a major research center involves 17 professors from Texas A&M University College Station Campus and Texas A&M Qatar Campus from both Chemical and Petroleum Engineering departments). He has over 16 years of research and teaching experience. His research activities are mainly focused on design of advanced reactors and processes for the gas to

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yogesh Thakar; Vinay Kadekar; Todd Sparks; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

EDUCATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN RAPID PROTOTYPING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES Todd Sparks, Vinay Kadekar, Yogesh Thakar, Frank Liou University of Missouri-Rolla Ashok K Agarwal St. Louis Community College at Florissant ValleyAbstractPresented in the paper is an analysis of the experience of teaching rapid prototypingtechnology to groups of high school students and teachers at a workshop sponsored byNSF during the summer of 2003. This workshop was a collaboratory effort betweenthe University of Missouri-Rolla and the St. Louis Community College at FlorissantValley. Its purpose was to expose high school students and teachers to

Conference Session

New Trends in Computing and Information Technology Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicky L. Smith, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Computing & Information Technology

Chair of the Department of Computer Information and Graphics Technology in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. She is a Fellow of the Mack Center at Indiana University for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning and an Editor of the Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Her research focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning related to learning with technology. Page 24.592.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Factors Affecting First Year Retention of CIT

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Fisher; Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0086427. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors.Biographical InformationDr. Lyons is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and the Directorof the South Carolina Center for Engineering and Computing Education. He teaches laboratories, design, andmaterials science to undergraduates, graduate students and K-12 teachers. He researches engineering education,plastics and composites. He is the principal investigator for the GK-12 program.Dr. Fisher is a Research Associate in the College of Education’s Office of Program Evaluation. He received his PhDin

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhanmin Zhang; Susan Tighe; Gerardo Flintsch; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

Academia is to train engineers who are knowledgeable in various infrastructure management areas, such as deterioration modeling, life cycle economic analysis, management tools, statistics, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and in-service evaluation and monitoring. It should also conduct state-of-the art research and provide courses that encourage inquiry-based learning and are up-to- date, interesting, and relevant to the industry. • The Government can provide support to universities in the form of research contracts and grants; support for teaching programs, including guest lecturers and government publications and literature for possible use on

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

technology equipment. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationJOEL LENOIRJoel Lenoir is the Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamicsystems and instrumentation areas of the curriculum. His industrial experience includes positions at MichelinResearch and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design andmanufacturing firms.KEVIN SCHMALTZKevin Schmaltz teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering, including theFreshman Experience course, Sophomore Design, Junior Design and the

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Giesey

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”After deciding on the award, the nextstep is to complete the application. It Nambiaincludes a project title, list of COMPUTER SCIENCE OR ENGINEERINGaccomplishments, list of accompanying Award#1804dependents, and description of past Category · Lecturing/Researchinternational experience. There is a Grant Activity · Teach undergraduate courses infive-page project statement that computer software development, datatbaseaddresses topics such as how the development or network administration; electrical orapplicant’s background relates to the electronics engineering. Assist with curriculumneeds of the host institution, the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Eaglin; Z. Qu; Q. Zhang; P. Wahid; Issa Batarseh

Session no. 3232 MULTI-MEDIA ENHANCEMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CORE COURSE I. Batarseh, Q. Zhang, R. Eaglin, Z. Qu, P. Wahid University of Central Florida Orlando, Fl 32816 Tel (407) 823-0185 Fax (407) 823-6332 Email: batarseh@mail.ucf.edu AbstractThe objective of this paper is to present a new multi-media teaching enhancement tools for theprinciples of electrical engineering core course at the University of Central Florida. The newteaching environment

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas L. Jones; Bunny J. Tjaden

the lecture hall), and five classrooms for the labs. Our faculty and staff include fourprofessors and five teaching assistants from the engineering school. The faculty and TAsrepresent of the main SEAS disciplines. We consider the instruction of this course to be a teameffort that includes weekly meeting of professors and teaching assistants to discuss concerns andstrategies, plan labs, and coordinate teaching assignments.The hub lectures consist of topics that are of interest to all students and are usually presented bya guest lecturer who is an acknowledged expert in the field. The hub lectures this semesterincluded an introduction to engineering, design, engineering ethics, basic statistics anddeceptions, and a virtual reality lecture on

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University; Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Mark J. Stratton, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology

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Manufacturing

academic’s duties. However the resources, encouragement, andmotivations can vary significantly between faculty and institutions. The recommendations in Table 3 aredirected to helping these faculty set personal priorities when developing new courses, revising programs,adding new programs, developing new laboratories, adopting new teaching methods, and adding newtopics. Table 3 – Curriculum Revision C2015 Category C2015 RecommendationsCurriculum Revision and 3. Develop stronger ties between research and the classroomDevelopment 4. Identify and teach new technologies 7. Encourage

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V. Ernst, Virginia Tech; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in Engineering and K-12 Outreach programs and Teaching As- sociate Professor, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1984 and an M.S. in electrical engineering in 1985 from Virginia Tech. She received her Ph D. in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. Bottom- ley worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff in Transmission Systems from 1985 to 1987, during which time she worked in ISDN standards, including representing Bell Labs on an ANSI standards committee for physical layer ISDN standards. She received an Exceptional Contri- bution Award for her work during this time. After

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Carrie Girstantas; William Scherer

. Integration of material and assessment most commonly takes theform of problems sets, laboratory exercises, exams of various types, with some limiteduse of various types of cases1. Most assignments are individually completed andpresented, and more in-depth contact occurs with an individual professor usually within a Page 6.777.1specific to predetermined research interest. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education On the other hand, the weekend format is designed for a student engaged in fulltime professional

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Maynard; Anneta Razatos

biological problems with mathematical solutions by incorporating biological applications,examples, and bench-top experiments into the traditional chemical engineering curriculum.Consequently, students learn to use engineering fundamentals to explain and control biologicalphenomena.This paper will discuss methods of incorporating biological applications into fundamentalchemical engineering courses, such as thermodynamics, kinetics & reactor design, and transportin order to:1) teach students how to apply basic science and chemical engineering fundamentals to describe complex biological phenomena,2) help students understand chemical engineering concepts using biological examples,3) raise interest in chemical engineering by

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mel I. Mendelson

consist of engineering courses that emphasize management techniquesor business courses that emphasize the management of technology. Although severaluniversities offer such programs, few universities offer a focused and integrated curriculumbetween two or more colleges [4].An example of an integrated curriculum is having both engineering and business courses withinthe same program. It also involves team teaching courses with engineering and businessinstructors. Based upon the author’s discussion with others, smaller universities offer moreinnovative strategies in higher education [5]. However, this is more anecdotal without anystatistical evidence to verify the hypothesis.The challenge is to prove that smaller universities in the U.S. offer more

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J. Ash, Oklahoma State University; James E Stine, Oklahoma State University; Erin Dyke, Oklahoma State University; John Hu, Oklahoma State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #42858Board 422: What Does It Take to Implement a Semiconductor Curriculumin High School? True Challenges and The Teachers’ PerspectivesAndrew J. Ash, Oklahoma State University Andrew J. Ash is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering in the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OSU and he is a research assistant in Dr. John Hu’s Analog VLSI Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University. Andrew’s research interests include hardware security of data converters and engineering curriculum development.James E Stine, Oklahoma State University I am a Professor

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott McNamara; Martha Cyr; Barbara Bratzel; Chris Rogers

Experimentation, J. of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 167-171, 1997.3. John Paul Osborne, B. Erwin, M. Cyr, and C. Rogers, A Creative and Low-Cost Method of Teaching Hands-onEngineering Experimentation Using Virtual Instrumentation, Laboratory Robotics and Automation, Vol. 10, No. 2,pp. 63-66, 1998.4. URL: http://LDAPS.IVV.NASA.GOV Page 4.369.6SCOTT MCNAMARAScott McNamara is an undergraduate robotics nut at Tufts University. He spent many hoursmaking sure everything would work for the students.MARTHA CYRMartha Cyr is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education Outreach at Tufts University.She received her doctorate from WPI

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

summary evaluation only containsevaluations discussing general team dynamics and the strengths and weaknesses of that one teammember.This paper describes the peer review process used in teaching ENGR 111: Introduction toDesign. An example of a midterm peer evaluation is provided. The paper will present how bothstudents and instructor benefit from the peer evaluation process.Previous Use of Peer Evaluations to Assess Team Work EffectivenessThough their use has not been well documented, peer evaluations have been used in engineeringeducation as well as other disciplines. Rhinehart [1] provides a description of a junior levelchemical engineering transport course, which is team project based. He uses a group memberevaluation form to assess team

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Abaté; Ramesh Gaonkar

are steadily declining. The project is concerned with preparingunderprepared students for the technical workforce in an environment of globalization, rapidlychanging technology, and the declining of basic skills (communication and mathematics) ofincoming students.Our traditional approach to resolve these issues of underprepared students has been to offerdiscipline-based remedial courses. However, this compartmentalized teaching has notsucceeded in meeting the expectations of these students and reducing the attrition rate which isgenerally higher than 60%.Our project attempts to build a bridge between the skills of incoming students and the skills theymust have to meet the demands of the future workforce. This bridge is being built on a

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Afshin Zahraee; Cheng Zhang; David Pratt; Chandramouli V. Chandramouli

process, subjectmatter of study, the context, and the human condition [2]. Kolb classified “engagement with thesubject matter of study” as experiential learning in which students learn by engaging themselvesin the field case studies or laboratory experiences, or computer simulations [4]. This engagementstimulates student learning through an intervention based on real-world experience. Wrightindicates these interventions can take place with minimal logistic constraints when applied shortterm [5].One of the leading and well-researched models for EL is Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle [4].The application of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory consisting of a four-stage cycle(experiencing, reflecting, thinking, and acting) is widely popular in many

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Paul M. Jones; J. Richard Phillips

Initiatives at CSULA, Arizona State Polytechnic University, and U. C. SantaCruz that feature adaptations of the Harvey Mudd (HMC) Clinic model. The goal of aprofessional practice program should be to prepare students for engineering practice in allits aspects: technical and social. Resistance to incorporating professional practice into anexisting curriculum takes many forms. This includes a natural resistance to change andinadequate rewards to faculty for teaching and advising team-based projects, especiallysponsored senior design (capstone) projects. For those institutions interested in aprofessional practice program, there are a number of other academic issues to beovercome. For example, there may be concerns about teaching credit for project

Conference Session

Strategies and/or Approaches to Engage Students in Agricultural, Biological, or Similarly Named Programs

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Bigonah, Auburn University; Fatemeh Jamshidi, Auburn University; Aparana Pant, Auburn University; Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

research and the broader industry landscape.Dr. Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University Dr. Daniela Marghitu received her B.S. in Automation and Computing from Polytechnic University of Bucharest, and her Ph.D. degree in Automation and Computing from University of Craiova. She is a faculty member in the Computer Science and Software Engineering Department at Auburn University, where she has worked since 1996. Her teaching experience includes a variety of Information Technology and Computing courses (e.g., Object-Oriented Programming for Engineers and Scientists, Introduction to Computing for Engineers and Scientists, Network Programming with HTML and Java, Web Development and Design Foundations with HTML 5.0, CSS3.0

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Wenli Guo; Weier Ye

to learning4.Description of the ActivitiesPH 101 Principles of Physics is a general education introductory physics course focusing onconcepts with minimum math requirements for non-science majors. This course has three 50-minute lectures and one 1 hr 50 minute long laboratory per week. This is a co-teaching researchproject involving inter-disciplinary collaborations. Co-teachers, Dr. Guo from the Department ofPhysics and Dr. Ye from the Department of Academic Literacy, are peers having equivalentteaching qualifications and thus can truly be partners in the instructional effort. To ensure thatinstructional strategies engage all students in ways that are not possible when only one teacher ispresent, throughout the semester, Dr. Guo and Ye

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Dongyang Deng, North Carolina A&T State University; Cheryl Monique Stevens, North Carolina A&T State University; Kayla Gore; Iyshea Borders-Taylor, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

development in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) students. In February 2019, Andrea received the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to re- search professional identity development processes in undergraduate AEC women. She has also received grants from East Coast Construction Services, Engineering Information Foundation, and the National Association of Home Builders. Dr. Ofori-Boadu was selected to participate in the 2019 QEM-NSF INCLUDES summit. In 2018, she was selected as a 2018 National Science Foundation - NC A & T ADVANCE IT Faculty Scholar. She also received the 2018 CoST Teaching Excellence Merit Award. Dr. Ofori-Boadu received both the 2017 NC A & T - CoST Rookie

Conference Session

Instrument Design and Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yashin Brijmohan, University of Nebraska Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

60% ofstudents pursuing a major in a STEM degree in the US do not complete their degree [3].At the national level, it is evident that there is a need to change STEM education in order to bemore effective and accessible to all students [3]. A similar sentiment has been echoed by studentswho have indicated that their undergraduate engineering education experience could beimproved by changing teaching styles and techniques [4]. There is some indication that highereducation is beginning to implement a wide range of teaching practices and strategies (WATPS)[2]. Including a WATPS is not only beneficial for higher education in terms of attracting andretaining students but also for students and industry as a WATPS assists with preparing work-ready

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 10: Capstone and Design Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Pierson; Benjamin Fleming; Han Hu, University of Arkansas

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

current research interests lie in theapplications of materials science and advanced manufacturing methods.Ben FlemingBen Fleming is the long-time machinist of the mechanical engineering department at theUniversity of Arkansas. He has a career of knowledge in manufacturing and over 20 years ofexperience helping students build their senior design projects. He offers an outside-of-classopportunity born out of his own passion to teach students about design for manufacturabilitythrough machine shop instruction.Han HuHan Hu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Universityof Arkansas. He leads the Nano Energy and Data-Driven Discovery (NED3) Laboratory, and hisresearch includes experimental characterization and

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Waddah Akili

involvement in his or her academicwork, resulting in better retention of new knowledge and acquisition of desirable personal traits.Any such method that engages students in the learning process is labeled as: “active learning”method. In essence, active learning requires doing meaningful learning activities in groups underthe guidance of an informed and experienced teacher. As stated by Christensen et al (1991), “Toteach is to engage students in learning.” The main point is that engaging students in learning isprincipally the responsibility of the teacher, who becomes less an imparter of knowledge andmore a designer and a facilitator of learning experiences and opportunities. In other words, thereal challenge in college teaching today is not covering

Conference Session

Course Structuring for Effective Student Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Solonsky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Civil Engineering

. (2005). A Method to Demonstrate the Importance of Homework, Innovations in Engineering Education, Mechanical Engineering Department Heads, v. 2005Phelps, A., Sliger, L., Degracia, S., and Ganzerli, S. (2008). “Integration of New Teaching Methodologies into a Laboratory Based Course.” 18th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference, 1-11.Prince, M. Does active learning work? A review of the research. J. Eng. Educ. 93, 3, 223–231 (2004).Rafiq, Y. (2010). “A Radical Rethink in Educating Engineering Students”, 19th Analysis & Computation Specialty Conference, 366-376.Savin-Baden, M. (2003). Facilitating Problem

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Economy

Paper ID #15953ABET Data as a Model for Improving Engineering Education: A Pilot of theEngineering Economy CourseDr. Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University Jerome P. Lavelle is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of engineering economic analysis, decision analysis, project management, leadership, engineering management and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 ABET’s Self Study Report: a New Model for Improving

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville; Campbell R. Bego, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

. She researches STEM learning with a focus on math learning and spatial representations. Ms. Bego is also assisting the Engineering Fundamentals Department in the Speed School in performing student retention research. She is particularly interested in interventions and teaching methods that allevi- ate working memory constraints and increase both learning retention and student retention in engineering. Ms. Bego is also a registered professional mechanical engineer in New York State.Dr. Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville Dr. Patricia A. S. Ralston is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. She received her B.S., MEng, and PhD degrees in chemical