Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

competencies, professional ethics and the development of a basic engineeringproject. The project includes engineering analysis, market outlook, basic productiontechniques, economic assessment, planning, design, manufacturing, testing and productevaluation. The focus of the other course is to further develop required skills in mathematicsand engineering science and learning the use of computer programming for the solution ofengineering problems. The approach taken in both courses is project/goal oriented, learningtopics are “discovered” as part of the project development. In one course, hands-onexperimentation is emphasized while in the other analysis and numerical simulation arepromoted. The experience of the past few years indicates that retention

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Morel

require the students to construct sensors for the LEGO robot as well as program thesensors to complete a final problem-solving project. The short-term results include increasedinterest in the course objectives and graded assignments. Long-term results have yet to bemeasured but we are encouraged by both the students’ and instructors’ positive feedback.Introduction The United States Military Academy requires all incoming plebes (freshmen) to enroll inCS 105 – Introduction to Computing. This 40-lesson course provides an introduction to theprinciples of computing along with an overview and introduction to information technology (IT).The course has two objectives, which are accomplished using hands-on activities, group projects,and active

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; John Gambatese

through to heavy construction.In addition, we wanted students to gain insight into construction problems faced by firms inthese markets. These insights might help students to focus on areas of exploration in completingthesis or project requirements for their particular degree study plan. Also, we wanted to exposestudents to research that involved our construction faculty members. A further goal was toencourage student presentations on their selected topics.In order to address these above concerns, it was decided to implement a graduate seminar inconstruction. This is a two-course one-credit (two total credits) sequence spread over twoconsecutive semesters. Currently, we are in the second year of offering this graduate seminar.The subject paper

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Denise Nicoletti; John Orr

Session 2532 An Implementable/Sustainable Outcomes Assessment Process for an Electrical Engineering Program Denise Nicoletti John A. Orr Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractThe ECE department at WPI has adopted four principal means of assessing program outcomes:course-based assessments, assessments of each senior project by the project advisor, acomprehensive biennial review of senior projects, and an annual senior survey. The course-based assessment component is both one of the more important assessment aspects, and one ofthe more difficult to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lizette R. Chevalier; James N. Craddock

Page 6.636.1I. IntroductionThe Introduction to Environmental course is a junior level Civil Engineering course required forall civil engineering majors. In addition, students from the environmental studies program maytake this course. The laboratory component of the course includes, but is not limited to, measuringbiochemical oxygen demand, determining solids content, measuring the temperature, pH, anddissolved oxygen profiles in a lake, and conducting coliform bacteria tests. To date, the main focusof the project has been on the development of the environmental laboratory, due in large part to thetime required to purchase new equipment for the mechanics of materials laboratory.Mechanics of Materials is a second-semester sophomore or first

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Soto-Caban, Muskingum University; Emre Selvi, Muskingum University; Ferdinand Avila-Medina, Ohio State University, Newark

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

22.831.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improving Communication Skills: Using PechaKucha Style in Engineering Courses      AbstractIn an effort to improve oral communication skills in engineering students, MuskingumUniversity, a traditional liberal arts institution, tested the PechaKucha presentation style. In thisstyle, students were required to present their design and/or research projects in 6 minutes andforty seconds. The presentation included 20 slides with duration of 20 seconds each. This stylewas used in two different courses with different kinds of projects. Senior students presented theirresearch project for the Electromagnetics course, and

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Glenn R. Blackwell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

• Total: 19 class hrs/week, X15 weeks=285 class hrs/semester, X2 semester/year = 570 class hrs/year.How does the ECTS system require 1500-1800 hours? They consider the number of hours spentin preparation, report writing, project work, research hours, independent study hours, etc. in thenumber of hours expected for each credit. This means that there is no universal equivalencystandard for acceptance of courses from the ECTS system. Just as is the case when acceptingcourses from a non-ABET accredited US program into an accredited program, it is up to astudent’s home university to decide on the acceptance criteria.There are concerns about the overall student workload and the ability to match credits withlearning outcomes: “there are two main

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University; Brian William Loss J.D., Purdue University; Kevin Rodgers LEED AP, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Law.Kevin Rodgers LEED AP, Purdue University Kevin Rodgers is a second year graduate student in the College of Technology at Purdue University. He also holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering Technology from Purdue. While at Purdue, Rodgers narrowed his focus and interests toward sustainability in residential and commercial buildings with a specific research interest in passive design. Most recently, Rodgers held the Project Manager position for Purdue’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, where he was responsible for guiding the efforts of close to 200 students on designing and constructing a net-zero solar powered residential home. One innovative feature of the home is a biofiltration

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Burton, North Carolina A&T State University; Shawn Pope; Ibraheem A. Kateeb, North Carolina A&T State University; Craig Rhodes, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert Cobb Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Tony E. Graham I, North Carolina A&T State University; Li-Shiang Tsay, North Carolina A&T State University; Cameron Seay, North Carolina A&T State University

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College Industry Partnerships

Davidson County Community College (DCCC) for the purpose ofestablishing state-of-the-art IT data center research and experience-based learning labs.The long-term goal of this project is to improve data center management techniques for betterinformation availability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency. Several additional projects haveemerged and are reported in this paper. The broader impact of this project includes developmentof advanced IT skills in the Triad workforce. This project has enhanced learning outcomes ofenterprise computing technology students at NCA&T, area community colleges, and highschools by engaging students in applied research and providing hands-on experienced-basedlearning. Additionally, the authors expect

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

, project management, experimental, ethical, andprofessional issues faced by practicing engineers on a daily basis. Even though space missionsand spacecraft systems are designed to operate in the presence of multiple failures, occasionally,these systems will still fail spectacularly. The reasons for failure include incorrect designdecisions, operator error, manufacturing defects, and lack of proper subsystem and system levelintegration and test. The odds of these failures occurring can be significantly reduced throughgood systems engineering practice. But, in some cases, the very systems engineering practicesthemselves directly contribute to the failure. The lessons learned from success and failures are apowerful aid to understanding, but it is

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jemison; James Schaffer; William Hornfeck

undergraduate research atLafayette College, has enabled many of the participating students to gain valuableresearch experience which in turn has given them excellent opportunities to go on tograduate school. Further, this formal program enables the College to sustain its strongrecord in graduate school placement. The program was started in 1986 with fourteenstudents. Now a $250,000 per year program, it supports approximately 100 students eachyear in high quality undergraduate research projects. Support for EXCEL comes not onlyfrom outside faculty research grants but also from endowments, private foundationgrants, and College funds. It is open to students in all majors at the College who havecompleted their first year of study and have achieved a GPA of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Redfield; Brian Self

physicalunderstanding of dynamics and problem-solving methods.Each area of interest will be presented, with a brief description of student survey results. Thestudents scored the various projects on a five-point Likert scale shown below: Table 1 - Five Point Likert Scale 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly AgreeStudents rated “interest/motivation” and “understanding” for each activity. We makerecommendations for others that may wish to use these projects at the end of the projectdiscussions. We also compare the motivation and understanding derived from the projects tothat obtained from simply doing homework.ROCKET LAUNCHOne of the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Igor M. Verner; Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

provided an ideal medium for introducing talented, under-represented female and minority Hartford-area high-school teams to the field of engineering.Through the United Technologies Trinity College Engineering Initiative (UTCEI) these students(UTCEI scholars) engage in research projects working with Trinity faculty and students duringthe school year and the summer. UTCEI robot teams have designed fire-fighting robots andparticipated in the contest for three years [4].This paper presents a survey study that was conducted at the 1999 competition in Hartford inorder to examine the nature of robotics as a medium for educating students and to evaluateachievement of outcomes. The survey data were collected by means of questionnaires andpersonal

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Milne; Pascal Rol; Jean-Marie Parel; Fabrice Mann

Engineering is presented. The objective of this curriculum is toprovide students with a general knowledge of the principles of geometrical and physical optics,optical instrumentation, optical fibers and lasers, as well as a hands-on practical experiencethrough laboratory sessions and individual projects. The ultimate goal is to give biomedicalengineering students the ability to understand the principles of medical optical instruments andlaser systems, and sufficient knowledge and practical experience to be able to design and operatebasic optical and laser systems for biomedical applications.1. Introduction and ObjectivesAlthough light has been used in medicine and biology since ancient times, and opticalinstruments, such as microscopes and endoscopes

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

problem solving skills are presented via both“open” and “closed” design projects. Three projects are completed during the four-week Page 3.96.1program. All projects are design, build, and test. All projects are done in groups with anemphasis on teamwork as well as oral and written communications. At least two oralpresentations are required. Written communications include poster papers as well as formalword-processed reports, which must include concept sketches.Feedback provided by the students has been very positive. The students enjoyed the experienceand feel that they gained a better understanding of the type of work engineers really do and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

V. Waheed; V. Nallaperumal; S. A. Chickamenahalli

Session 2259 LABVIEW BASED ELECTRIC MACHINES LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION S. A. Chickamenahalli, V. Nallaperumal, V. Waheed Wayne State University/Wayne State University/Patti EngineeringAbstract This paper presents an innovative instrumentation project that consisted of interface of adc motor-generator set to an IBM PC using National Instruments Data Acquisition (NIDAQ)tools and display of experimental data using LabVIEW software. The goal was to achieve real-time measurement and display of experiment waveforms on the PC screen and store thesewaveforms for later use in reports, illustrations

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Schneider, University of Dayton; Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado, University of Dayton; Corinne H Mowrey, University of Dayton; Michael Moulton, University of Dayton; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Matthew A Witenstein, University of Dayton

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Administration (MBA) from Temple University, and Engineering Education (PhD) from Virginia Tech.Dr. Matthew A Witenstein, University of Dayton Matthew A Witenstein is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Educational Administration at University of Dayton ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Collaborative Research: Research Initiation: Assessing Global Engagement Interventions to Advance Global Engineering Competence for Engineering Formation1. IntroductionThis paper summarizes the work performed during the first year of a collaborative ResearchInitiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF) project focused on assessing the formation of aglobal learner mindset in

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacey Forsyth, University of Colorado Boulder; Tim Ogino, University of Colorado Boulder; Angelina Ong M.A., J. Sickler Consulting; Jessica Sickler, J. Sickler Consulting

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

outreach programs. She also serves as Co-PI of the NSF ITEST-funded Build a Better Book Teen Internships project, which engages youth from underrepresented backgrounds in the design and fabrication of accessible books, toys and games for children with visual impairments. Stacey is passionate about inspiring and supporting kids and teens to ask questions and find creative solutions for real world problems, and in diversifying the future STEM workforce by expanding opportunities for youth to explore STEM fields. Prior to joining CU Boulder, Stacey taught biology at a small liberal arts college in New Hampshire and led science outreach efforts at the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute. She received her Ph.D. in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Moffat, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Rebecca L Matz, University of Michigan; Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Spencer JaQuay, University of California, Irvine; Madison Jeffrey, University of Michigan; Mark Mills, University of Michigan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #43578Board 286: Formative Assessment of Equity and Inclusion in Student TeamsAndrew Moffat, University of Michigan Andrew Moffat is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, working with the Engineering Education Research Unit and Center for Academic Innovation on an NSF-funded project to assess the effectiveness of Tandem, an in-house software platform designed to support and nurture teamwork skills in undergraduate engineering students. Andrew has a background in education research and evaluation, having previously worked on a project at the University of Leeds, UK, evaluating an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vellore S. Gopalaratnam, University of Missouri, Columbia; Douglas J Hacker; Sarah Lynn Orton P.E., University of Missouri, Columbia; Rose M Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

developing graduate and faculty programs in infrastructure research. He was awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship in 2020 to collaborate with colleagues at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) to develop solutions for more widespread implementation of precast prestressed concrete in housing and infrastructure applications. He is currently at the IIT-M in this capacity for a second visit of the Fulbright Flex Option project. He is the Coordinator of the Minor in Engineering Sustainability at Mizzou and serves as the Director of the Mizzou Engineering STEM Scholars’ Program, a project funded by the US National Science Foundation. His research interests include sustainable

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aaditya Khanal, The University of Texas at Tyler; Prabha Sundaravadivel, The University of Texas at Tyler

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

, Texas 75701 mbiswas@uttyler.edu1 aadityakhanal@utyler.edu2, psundaravadivel@uttyler.edu3AbstractCourses based on experiential learning provide an excellent avenue to promote problem-solving andcollaborative skills among the students in STEM. However, the current engineering curriculum does nothave sufficient project-based learning emphasizing collaborative research on renewable energy to supportthe government’s goal of Net Zero emissions by 2050. So, this work-in-progress presents the results fromour recent implementation of project-based learning assignments to existing courses to model and analyzerenewable energy systems while introducing machine learning methods. We used assignments and selectedprojects to introduce concepts related

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

public university overthe course of a semester during the weekly meeting time allocated by the program. (Outside ofthe meeting time, the team members met in small sub-groups a couple of times). The servicelearning program collaborated with stakeholders in the community to provide real projects forstudents majoring in engineering and also students outside of engineering. Each project teamdiscusses the major they feel suitable for the current state of the project each semester, and thatinformation is listed on the website. Students wishing to participate but unsure of where theirexpertise lies can use the website as a resource when making team selection

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Soldan, Kansas State University; Noel N. Schulz, Kansas State University; Blythe A. Vogt, Kansas State University; Don Gruenbacher, Kansas State University; Rekha Natarajan, Kansas State University

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NSF Grantees

consulting firm in Madison, WI where she held several roles includ- ing: project manager, project engineer, commissioning agent, conference speaker, and business develop- ment/marketing liaison. She also collaborated with the University of Wisconsin Construction Engineering & Management as an adjunct faculty, teaching one course each fall semester related to building systems (2002-2007). Mrs. Vogt was awarded the 2008 National Electrical Contractors Association Faculty Award for her instruction and mentoring of construction science students.Don Gruenbacher, Kansas State University Don Gruenbacher is an Associate Professor and Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. In addition to

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

delivery of a new graduate biomedical engineering masters degree with a focus on the medical device development Page 22.261.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011A Preliminary Assessment of the CATME Peer Evaluation Tool EffectivenessAbstractIn project intensive courses student teams are used to enable completion of significant work and,hopefully, significant learning in one semester. Faculty desire to use peer evaluations and self-evaluations to assess how much each team member contributes to the overall effort and successof the project. Ideally, the evaluations and assessments will lead

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1353: CREATING GREEN THINKING ENGINEERS THROUGHTHE CREATION AND USE OF AN INDUSTRIAL ENERGY MANAGE-MENT COURSEDonald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Pro- fessional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation, Energy Manage- ment and air pollution dispersion modeling Page 22.394.1

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

Session 2553 Using Peer Evaluations for Design Team Effectiveness Elizabeth A. Eschenbach Humboldt State UniversityAbstractAll Humboldt State University Environmental Resources Engineering (ERE) students arerequired to take ENGR 111: Introduction to Design. The course has no prerequisites andrequires students to work in teams of 3 to 5 students on a 10 week long design project. An houra week is spent on team building skills during the first 4 weeks of the semester. During the fifthweek of the semester, the design project and the design teams are assigned.Three weeks into the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting; Tom Weller, University of South Florida

, which we call CLIO,facilitates team-based student projects that can integrate sensors, embedded computing, energymanagement and wireless communications. The CLIO hardware and software package includesthe development board along with experiments that build upon each other. Experiments basedon the simulator are complementary, allowing students to explore circuit- and systems-levelwireless design parameters and the links between them. This paper describes the capabilities andsuggested use for the development board, associated simulation projects, and supporting coursematerial. We also present assessment results based on surveys and focus groups, conducted attwo universities in Fall 2009. Two additional universities will be implementing the course

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Foster, George Fox University; Chad Hammerquist, George Fox University; Robert Melendy, George Fox University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

designs of new machines and operator interfaces.Unfortunately, many engineers lack knowledge in areas of cross-discipline knowledge. Theybecome specialized in their own field to the fault of not considering (or even knowing) how theirrole in a project impacts the other participants. 17 If students can gain a strong understanding ofhow to apply control theory in real-world applications, they will diversify their knowledge set andcan communicate and design more effectively. Additional arguments have been made forincluding PLCs in controls education. 13,14,18BackgroundThis section highlights the history and context for the PLC and the motivation for pursuing thisinvestigation.HistoryPLCs were first developed by Information Instruments, Inc

Conference Session

Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Frances C. Ray-Earle, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Center for Biorefining & Biofuels (C2B2); Nancy S. Tway, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Foundation REU SiteProgram is a 10-week summer program that involves participation from active researchers in acenter specifically set up to facilitate collaborative research in biofuels and biorefiningengineering including feedstock engineering, biological and thermochemical conversions, andprocess and product engineering. The center is a collaboration of the University of Colorado atBoulder, Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines and the U.S. Department ofEnergy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area. Inaddition to an independent research project, written report, peer presentation and final posterpresentation, undergraduate program participants engage in weekly group seminars, unique site

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung

classroom and industry?This question has been asked many times. In this paper we consider only the differences in thegoals, the quality and the scale of work between industry and academia. Because delivering themost marketable products in the shortest amount of time is critical in industrial projects, workingengineers are usually more interested in learning application-specific knowledge and skills as Page 10.179.1quickly as possible. On the other hand, engineering education usually deals with more general Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright