Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

potentially enhance learning processes across the world.University MOOC AdoptionWhile MOOCs have provided the educational arena with a lot of excitement and opportunity,higher education institutions are still undecided (55%) or have no plans (33%) for offering aMOOC6. Many institutions are waiting to see whether the movement is sustainable or becomesan educational fad. One of the biggest proponents of MOOCs and leaders in their developmenthas been Georgia Tech, which plans to offer a computer science master’s degree program on theUdacity platform beginning in January 2014. This program will greatly reduce the cost of thedegree program for students, and enrollment in the Udacity-based platform will be less than$7,0007. It remains to be seen how the

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yichong Zeng; Patrick Kwon; Muhammad Sohail Ahmed; Jenny Wang-Chavez

8.826.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationpart. When the design changes, the operation sequence has to be rearranged and redesigned andnew operations must be added between appropriate operations. This, in some cases, may betrivial. However, the interactions among the operations can be quite complex. The students whohave not planned out the complete sequence of operations are not ready to deal with the processplanning under the changes in design, machine and materials. One way to address suchchallenges is to have students work through the real world problems while they are learning themachining

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Behbood Zoghi; Joseph Morgan

, evaluate potential project opportunities, arrange for faculty andindustry support and sponsorship, and prepare the written documentation and technical presentationsthat culminates in a formal technical proposal. Using the Project Management Institute (PMI) Body ofKnowledge, the students plan the work they will accomplish in their capstone senior design course.I. IntroductionAs part of an overall strategic planning function, numerous faculty members of the Electronics andTelecommunications Engineering Technology (EET/TET) Programs at Texas A&M University met withrepresentatives from a wide range of industries during the Spring and Summer 2001 semesters. Thesemeetings were attended by representatives from the semiconductor, semiconductor

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; LeAnn E. Faidley, Iowa State University; Terrence R. Meyer, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

coefficients for flow over a sphere over a range ofReynolds numbers. The students were required to formulate the theoretical approach and solvebased on given information and assumptions. Subsequently the students were required to plan anexperiment using available equipment to obtain data to support their theoretical approach. Oncethe experimental plan was reviewed to avoid critical errors, students completed the experimentand compared solutions to theoretical predictions. Students write a paper on the laboratoryexercise, which is graded against a defined rubric that assesses the work on various areasincluding theoretical approach, experimental approach, data reporting and discussion of results.The overall feedback from students (through online surveys

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

about graduate school until they became a part of thisprogram.The programming changed every semester. The paper will describe the Academic ScholarshipClass that goes with this program and the changes that have been made over the four years,including a paper assignment on career plans after graduation. The students were encouraged todo research and to take internship positions. Twenty-one of the 30 students in the programworked during Spring 2011, the last semester of this program.Challenges that still remain will be discussed including: convincing students that 18 hours is too Page 25.110.2large a load of classes if they are also working

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen; Larry Groser; J. Michael Hassler; Douglas C. Stahl; Craig Capano

for students to organize, archive, and display their work. This paper describes some of theissues we have addressed during implementation of PSWS in the capstone projects. Theseinclude creation of hierarchies of data and hierarchies of rights to see or modify data in thePSWS, as well as strategies for presenting the concept of PSWS to students and faculty.I. IntroductionFinancial realities have encouraged the growth in popularity of the “design-build” concept,where planning, design and construction of a building take place simultaneously. The design-build team may consist of hundreds of people representing dozens of specialty design andconstruction firms. Successful implementation of this method requires quick and accuratetransmission of

Conference Session

Using Web-Resources and Literature to Teach Engineering in P-8

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Garene Kaloustian, Lebanese American University; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University Osman Cekic holds a Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University at Blooming- ton and a master’s degree in secondary school administration from the University of Arkansas at Fayet- teville and a Bachelor’s degree in educational administration and planning from Ankara University in Turkey. He previously worked at the Indiana Education Policy Center, Project on Academic Success (PAS), as a graduate assistant to the vice president for enrollment services for Indiana University, and as a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Dr. Cekic’s research interests include higher education policy, finance and the linkages between budget and organizational culture, and col

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

three-phase WEC process is (1) to develop awriting plan based on discipline-specific writing outcomes desired for graduating majors, (2)implement the plan and (2) assess the plan and revise based on the assessment. The plan formechanical engineering defined nine attributes of mechanical engineering writing and 14 desiredwriting ability outcomes for graduating majors. Stakeholders agreed that problem sets were thenumber one form of writing for engineering students and that attention paid to writing a problemset would help students to learn the material. The plan was implemented by targeting three corecourses for explicit writing instruction and raising the awareness of writing in other requiredcourses in the program. Assessment is on-going and

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University; Srinivasa Vemuru, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, embedded developers are designing their applications using a hybrid approach wherethe configurable components of the design are implemented in software, and the time criticalcomponents are implemented in hardware. Most of the universities, on the other hand, are stillteaching these two design approaches separately. A typical electrical and computer engineering(ECE) program includes a class on embedded software design using microcontrollers and a classon hardware design using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This paper explains ateaching plan to introduce this hybrid design approach at the undergraduate level. The plan wasapplied successfully in an elective class at the University of Akron. A similar approach is used ina required course for

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Esmaeily, Kansas State University; Anil Pahwa, Kansas State University; J Thompson, Kansas State University; Donald Watts, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

International

in this paper are the result of a three-year partnershipbetween Kansas State University and Kabul University, as the first phase of a potentially 10 yearproject, funded by the World Bank; as well as the familiarity of a couple of the authors of thispaper with the cultural, social and economical facts in the region due to their much longerperiods of living in the region. The partnership started by an assessment trip to Kabul by a groupof administrators and faculty members from three major engineering departments, colleges ofArchitecture and Planning and Department of Modern Languages at KSU, on November 2006.Technical issues and the progress in rebuilding Kabul University Engineering Program areaddressed in another paper. This paper

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

involved would also work as a team to provide amultidimensional educational experience.This paper describes the planning process, implementation, assessment methodology, challenges,and future plans. While this project certainly fulfills most of the EC2000 program outcomescriteria, our project vision extends further: to underscore the symbiotic relationship betweenengineering and communication and to afford students a realistic glimpse into their chosenprofession.Planning ProcessPlanning began approximately one year before the initial course offering in fall term, 2001. Priorto this class, the civil senior project consisted of a series of loosely related courses, designed togive students an greater understanding of the many sub-fields of the

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B. Guthrie, California Polytechnic State University; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, particularly, are developed.Following Structures I and Structures II, is a course entitled Structural Systems (ARCE 226).This course is for ARCH and CM students only. This is the course in which the focus shiftsfrom structural elements to building structural systems. Working with the knowledge studentsgained in Structures I and Structures II, students develop the skills to analyze simple buildingscomposed of axial and bending members. They learn about structural stability in 3D, gravity andlateral loads, the development of framing plans, the behavior and comparison of structuralbuilding systems, framing schemes and building configuration related to vertical and lateralloads.Following the Structural Systems course, the ARCH and CM students took Small

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

, and civil engineering). During theSpring Semester of 1998, a single overall departmental capstone course was created. The intent wasto provide a true “capstone” experience, where students in each degree program could combine theirskills to achieve the successful completion of a project. The primary objective of the capstoneexperience is to combine all aspects of the planning, design, and construction phases of a project intomeaningful education experience which mimics “real-world” design and construction practices.Students are required to use all of the knowledge and skills that they have acquired throughout theireducational experience to develop the documentation required for actual project construction (designdrawings, cost estimates

Conference Session

COED: Student Perspectives of Instructional and Advising Approaches

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahbub K. Ahmed, P.E., Southern Arkansas University; Kendra J. Ahmed, Southern Arkansas University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

tool, a set ofsurvey questions were given to those students whose schedules have been made using theadvising tool. The collected survey data has been analyzed statistically to determine the tool'sefficacy from students’ perspectives. The analyzed data indicate that the students were overallsatisfied and had positive attitudes towards different aspects of the tool.MotivationIn any major, preparing an effective and error-free course plan for undergraduate students eachsemester is crucial for their timely graduation. However, various constraints may arisethroughout the student’s four-year program, which can cause uncertainties in their graduationtiming. Students also often want a clear picture of their projected graduation date, including

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Brennan, Tufts University; Mohammed Tonkal, Tufts University and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia; Chris Buergin Rogers, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

questions during projects 4 . Thestudents enjoy project-based learning classes, and it increases motivation to complete theassignment among students 5 . Though there are some set backs, as with any type of teachingapproach, researchers have addressed the various challenges in applying project-based learningwhen it comes to complex projects that requires multi-team collaboration and interactions 6 . Wetook into account these various issue in the process of developing our project.Tools DevelopmentIn general, implementing a systems engineering project requires using project management toolsto allow teams to plan, execute and monitor the project through its life-cycle. People haveadopted different methods to manage projects, including waterfall and

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Mahbub K Ahmed P.E., Southern Arkansas University; Kendra J Ahmed, Southern Arkansas University

this web app has been specifically customized for this curriculum. The application takesthe necessary input, such as a student’s ACT Math score, the courses the student completed, andthe courses the student is taking currently (if any). Once the required information is entered inthe corresponding fields, the application provides a detailed output of semester-wise proposedcourses that the student needs to take to graduate on time.The application has options for adding summer courses, reordering specific courses, andchanging the anticipated hours per semester. Thus, a student can vary the parameters and createthe optimum semester-wise course plan for the remainder of their education at SouthernArkansas University. The adviser can print it for

Conference Session

High-School Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Kehnemouyi, Montgomery College; Uchechukwu Abanulo, Montgomery College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

FutureProject’ was recently added to the curriculum for the College Institute ES 100 taught to12th graders at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland. This projectinvolves motivating students to develop an academic map/career plan for themselves byobserving and interviewing successful engineers in different fields, creating overviewprofiles for each of them, and studying these profiles to determine how they connect withtheir career intentions.A detailed explanation of the Engineering your Future Project and how it fits into the ES100 curriculum is given in this paper. Results from qualitative and quantitative evaluationof the project will be presented. In addition, since the project was also added to one of theES 100 sections taught to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Byron Williams, Mississippi State University; Gary Butler, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Operating Officer of Deka Medical, Inc. Nelson was selected as Director of the Engineering Entrepreneurship program through professional association with Dr. Wayne Bennett, Dean of the College of Engineering. The program is funded through an endowment given by MSU Alumnus and Entrepreneur Jack Hatcher of Pinehurst, NC. The Entrepreneurship Program is designed for engineering students who plan to pursue a career combining technical and business skills. It features a Certificate Program that includes completion of 15 hours of selected business and engineering classes, the Engineering Seminar Series, and completion of a Team Project with commercial aspects

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 6 - Technology & Simulation

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Michael Leathem, Auburn University; Lauren W Redden, Auburn University; Jeffrey Kim, Auburn University; Wesley Collins, Auburn University; Ishmael Boynton Preer

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

often unable to connect the use of technology to a learning experience [6], therefore,instructors must be willing and able to make those connections for them. Construction facultymust seek ways to actively engage Generation Z students [7] in ways that these tech-savvystudents prefer to learn. Unfortunately, construction academics continue to struggle to define aclear path regarding how technology can be used in the classroom [4] which could be a detrimentto the learning experience [8]. Moreover, the utilization of technology in a constructionmanagement classroom can be cumbersome if there is not a well-thought-out plan to do so, andthe instructor is not aware of the impacts (good or bad) of introducing new technology.The incorporation of one

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lightning Talks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura E. Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University; Patricia R. Backer, San Jose State University; Ravisha Mathur, San Jose State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Constituent Committee

in the lecture portion of their courses. As the threeuniversities are CSUs, our class sizes typically range from 25 to 75. Physics I flipped thelaboratory portion of the course. The instructor developed pre-lab example problems and labpresentations which the students did before the lab. When the students went to their lab sections,they participated in workshop-type activities where they solved problems, performed labactivities and participated in discussion sessions. The individual lesson plans are available on theproject website at http://www.sjsu.edu/firstintheworld/.Faculty Survey on Active LearningDespite increasing research on active learning, the teacher-centered lecture model still persistsin STEM fields [8]. Although the number of

Conference Session

Programs and Pedagogies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Elizandro, Tennessee Technological University; Angelo A. Volpe, Tennessee Technological University; David H. Huddleston, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

, distributed simulation, adaptive control systems, digital signal processing, and integrat- ing technology into engineering education. He has also been an industry consultant on modeling for strategic planning. Professor Elizandro received the University Distinguished Faculty Award, Texas A&M, Commerce and College of Engineering Brown-Henderson Award at Tennessee Tech University. He served as Governor’s Representative for Highway Safety in Arkansas and member of the National Highway Safety Advisory Commission during the Jimmy Carter presidency. He is also a member of Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon honor societies.Dr. Angelo A. Volpe, Tennessee Technological University Dr.Angelo A.Volpe served as

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Gallagher, Montana State University; Natalie Marie Villwock-Witte P.E., Western Transportation Institute

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

upon graduation reflect this emphasis.Respondents expected most or all graduates to be able to: identify and assess safety risks (88%);communicate the importance of safety to a broader audience (80%); identify and implementregulatory safety requirements (71%); develop a safety plan (66%); implement a safety plan(63%); and assess the effectiveness of safety measures (59%). These skillsets map back tocompetencies outlined in the ARTBA certification exam blueprint and reveal that some topicsgain more emphasis at the degree level than others.The authors utilize survey results to develop recommendations on how professional certificationsin general can be used by education providers as “industry benchmarks” to drive curriculumdevelopment. In

Conference Session

ET Administrative Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University; Robb E. Larson, Montana State University; Daniel Miller

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Using Lean Principles to Improve an Engineering Technology Assessment ProcessIntroductionA commitment to quality engineering technology education requires a well-defined process ofcontinuous improvement, as well as a commitment to maintenance and management of that plan.According to Juran [1], managing for quality requires three components: 1. Planning - to determine and understand who the customers are and how to respond to their needs with appropriate processes. 2. Control - to evaluate how well the processes are meeting those needs, as well as providing feedback to all constituents 3. Improvement - to maintain and further improve the

Conference Session

Sustainability in Construction Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Han Ahn; Hyuksoo Kwon; Annie Pearce; John G. Wells

Tagged Divisions

Construction

course, organizing the chosen contents of the course, and planning the course schedule. Atthe improvement stage, the proposed course is improved, reviewed and evaluated by expertsfrom both the construction industry and academia through an in-depth feedback process. Fromthis systematically developed sustainable construction course, students in construction programscan learn basic knowledge of sustainability and the importance of sustainable design andconstruction. They will be exposed to different sustainable building rating systems such asLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), collaborative skills amongconstruction participants and the advantages and pitfalls of sustainable construction. In addition,these sustainable construction

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan K Donohue, University of Virginia; Ali Bouabid, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

education.Mr. Ali Bouabid, Piedmont Virginia Community College Page 23.545.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Establishing A Community College Pathway to Baccalaureate Systems Engineering ProgramsAbstractA fundamental principle guiding engineering course schedules and student advisement atPiedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) is to offer courses a student would take inhis/her second year at target universities to minimize the chance that s/he would be on the “five(plus) year plan” after transfer. We describe how the model is implemented with respect

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Hefley; James Lookadoo; Randy Winzer

challenge implementing these curriculum changes, finding temporary instructorsfor existing courses, and conducting a search for a new permanent faculty member. In addition toall of this, we knew that we were scheduled for an accreditation visit in 2001. At this time, ourgroup was vaguely aware that TAC of ABET was planning a major shift in accreditation style.We were also aware that EAC of ABET had already undergone such change. As all our energieswere focused on our immediate challenges, we were not very attentive to TC2K. However, thatwas about to change.In the summer following this tumultuous year, one of us was accepted as a TAC of ABETprogram evaluator and underwent the requisite training session. As part of that training, thepreliminary TC2K

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jiunn-Chi Wu

theassessment instrument and the consistency between learning materials and the educationalobjectives. Although there are various reform activities of engineering education in Taiwan, few ofthem are focus on integrating the engineering education outcomes into the academic program.Two year ago, several faculties from two institutions (National Central University andYuan-Ze University) who are aware of the impact and importance of the ABET EC-2000 andthe outcome-based course planning. This is the background of how we initiated this study.Six faculties from the ME department of two institutions participated this study. Our aim is toexperiment the feasibility of the outcome-based course planning so as to redesign our currentcourse planning in

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Somchan Vuthipadadon; Jie Li; Piyamart Kumsaikaew; Shantha Daniel; Patrick Patterson; John Jackman; K. Jo Min

project in a required course IE341-Production Systems. This is motivated by the discussion on production systems teamprojects between our department and DMEM Department at University of Strathclyde,Scotland. We do note that there were other thrust areas in the collaboration project suchas team management and effectiveness, even though the global perspective was a primarythrust area.For the collaboration project, we chose to build the strategic production planning modelof a global supply chain around a traditional Scottish food product called haggis, whichhas significant cultural and regulatory implications ([3] and [4]). Haggis is a Scottishfood product consisting of minced sheep meats such as liver boiled with oatmeal [5].Subsequently, a

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

cover a wide range of projects we will encounter. Move into a generic product development (waterfall) format. Close with DesignPlannerTM. 3 An Introduction Defining objectives, goals, tasks, work Professors post the student developed list, to Project breakdown structure. Introduce PERT and from the team exercise, to the web site. Management Gannt for planning projects, discuss Each student downloads a copy of the task estimating completion times, slack, and list for individual use. critical path. Use Plan Do Check Act as a theme for each facet

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

inherent ability of a processto produce planned results. This paper presents an overview of the CMM and proposes threeCMM-based models for improving the process capability of the engineering institution, theengineering faculty and the engineering student.IntroductionIn 1986, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University with the MitreCorporation began developing a multi-level model-based process improvement model called theCapability Maturity Model1,2 (CMM). The CMM model was based on earlier qualitymanagement work by Deming3, Crosby4, and Juran5. The model determines an organization’sprocess capability, the inherent ability of a process to produce planned results, as the capabilityincreases the results become predictable