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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry M. Lunt; C. Richard Helps

jointly and comprehensivelyreviewed the syllabus to identify those skills which can and should be taught at the freshmanlevel. We have also identified a mechanism whereby these skills can be blended into a singlecoherent freshman course. Students can establish relationships with faculty early on. This not only exposes them todifferent teaching styles but also to faculty who are enthusiastic about specific technical topics.It also helps students and faculty to develop mentoring relationships around common interests.Freshman educational needs College freshmen are often considered to be more “at risk” than other college students.The term “at risk” in this context encompasses several meanings, such as high drop-out rates,lower grades or

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Swanger

as theoretical knowledge, it was determined that we would benefit from abenchmarking study of existing ways to grant credit for experienced based learning outside ofthe traditional laboratory or classroom. Five types of models were explored.Benchmark #1 Medical School -- ApprenticeshipThis model employs the learning methodology of coaching-mentoring by an expert. It is aknown and time honored model. It is also extremely time and labor intensive as well ashighly subjective. It generally is time based rather than competency based which leaves roomfor crucial gaps in knowledge. Nonetheless, we used the rotational aspects of this model inour own structure.Benchmark #2 Directed StudyIn this model, the Academic Dean of the CAT works with the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry W. Kraebber

to develop the infrastructure andfacilities supporting the new Purdue degree program in Computer Integrated ManufacturingTechnology (CIMT). CIMT is an ABET accredited degree program following the criteria ofSociety of Manufacturing Engineers. The focus on the development of the CIMT laboratory Page 3.374.1facilities led to corporate donations of nearly $4 million supporting a unique teaching laboratoryfor manufacturing. During 1994 a team of undergraduate students helped make the equipmentcome to life to produce the first products from the CIMT model factory.During 1994 the number of students entering the last two years of the CIMT program

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian S. Mitchell

accustomed toworking in groups on substantial problems for extended periods of time. The sooner they beginto develop these skills, the more effectively they can work on design problems as upperclassmen.To aid in the development of group skills, alternative teaching techniques such as cooperativelearning4, Thinking Aloud Pair Problem-Solving (TAPPS)5, and think-pair-share are usedextensively in Design I, in addition to the traditional lecture and electronic classroomdemonstrations. There is a definite “activation energy barrier” that must be overcome to thealternative techniques; that is, students must shift the paradigm of the college lecture that theyhave from their freshman year, and open themselves to developing creative solutions andworking with

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

James C. Wood

needs of industry in this changingsituation. It is important that the educational programs model the workplace environment andnot just teach about it.Educational research provides guidelines for curriculum reform. Gardner1, in his concepts ofmultiple intelligences, indicates that students have seven different intelligences with each havingvarious degrees of development. Felder2 has stated that the learning styles of students vary andthat each style requires a different instructional strategy for effective learning to occur. Redich3 Page 2.175.1states that in the physics class "we will have to shift our emphasis from the physical content weenjoy

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles N. Eastlake; Alfred L. Stanley

?Students in the design sequence began using Computer Aided Design (CAD) in 1983 andby 1993 the CAD system had evolved to the point of having the capability of doing 3-dimensional solid modeling. At that time Dr. Jim Ladesic acquired a National ScienceFoundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant to acquire astereolithography rapid prototyping system which could create actual parts from the CADsolid models. Students learned many lessons about the realities of making three-dimensional shapes from this system and took great pride in showing off their designs.But the STL machine is limited to relatively small parts, about 9 inches in the longestdimension. And the polymer material made by this system is both expensive andsufficiently

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Williams; Judith Ramey

problem. A team that believes that freshmen-level physics courses are ineffective may, forexample, propose a "get your hands dirty" alternative to the current course, or a course thatencourages student collaboration, or that pairs students with differing levels of relevantbackground knowledge. What approach to teaching freshman-level physics, in other words, dothe team members believe will be successful in addressing the problems the team has defined?Let's say that the team has chosen to design a hands-on alternative to the current course. Theirstatement might (at least in its first version) identify the proposed instructional or curricularintervention as "present freshman-level physics content in a more concrete, contextualized way."To the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Mavromihales; K. Sherwin

. Hence theneed to teach design through projects.It is important that students realise that they are aiming at the definition of an end product.Many undergraduate design projects end up as paper studies. This is inevitable, owing to theconstraints on time and finance within the curriculum. Unfortunately, paper studies do notprovide students with the feedback on how well their designs work, or whether they willwork at all. Therefore, at Huddersfield, a conscious effort is made to include some projectsof a design-fabrication-test nature so that students do have direct feedback on the success, orotherwise, of their designs. One such project, used in the first year of the course, was thedesign of a compressed air engine (2).Design is open-ended and

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kavon Karrobi, Boston University; Angela Lai, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

of Biomedical Engineering. I am involved in mentoring students in both the laboratory and in the classroom and have research interests in peer feedback, team dynamics, and incorporating more translatable skills to my classes. Currently, I teach senior capstone, research and experimental design, and medical device design. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Towards Self-reported Student Usage of AI to Direct Curriculum in Technical Communication Courses1. IntroductionThe use of AI by students in biomedical engineering courses has rapidly grown in the past year[1]. Courses that prioritize critical thinking and technical writing have seen students relying

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Walters, University of Washington; Kayt Frisch, George Fox University; Zaher Kmail, University of Washington; Heather Dillon, University of Washington; Chris Sharp, George Fox University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

teaching my students the theory and application of systems thinking and modeling to promote social justice and global prosperity.Dr. Kayt Frisch, George Fox UniversityDr. Zaher Kmail, University of Washington Zaher Kmail, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Washington Tacoma in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences’ Division of Science and Mathematics. His general areas of research are in theoretical and applied statistics with a specialization in the design and analysis of experiments. His current research focuses on causal structure modeling, optimal design and its applications, multivariate analysis, and mathematics and statistics education. In addition to applied statistics, Dr

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder

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NSF Grantees

David L. Silverstein is the PJC Engineering Professor and an Associate Professor of Chemical & Materi- als Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He is assigned to the College of Engineering’s Extended Campus Programs at Paducah, Kentucky. Silverstein received his B.S.Ch.E. from the University of Al- abama in 1992, his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1994, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt in 1998. He is the 2007 recipient of the Raymond W. Fahien Award for Outstanding Teaching Effectiveness and Educational Scholarship.Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Ronald L. Miller is professor of chemical engineering and Director of the Center for Engineering Ed

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michio Tsutsui

), Battelle Pacific-Northwest National Laboratories (3), and other companies (2)who took the first-year and second-year Japanese courses through the University ofWashington’s distance learning program. The main purpose of this survey was to find out whatthose professionals wanted to do using their Japanese skills. The survey asked the subjects howoften they meet business people from Japan or in Japan, how and how often they communicatewith Japanese people in either Japanese or English, and what professional duties or tasks theyperform, or want to perform, using their Japanese skills.The following is a summary of the survey responses.(1) How often the survey subjects meet business people from Japan or in Japan: rarely: 13

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Devens

engineers. Thenet result is a positive, efficient, and effective learning environment.Bibliography1. “MATLAB”, MATrix LABoratory, is a trademark of The Mathworks, Inc..2. “TK Solver”, Tool Kit Solver, is a trademark of Universal Technical Systems, Inc..3. “MS Excel”, Microsoft Excel, is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.4. “Mathematica” is a trademark of Wolfram Research, Inc..5. “Mechanical Desktop” is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc..6. Joe King, Engineer’s ToolKit, MATLAB 5.0 for Engineers, Addison-Wesley Select Edition (1998)PATRICK DEVENSPat Devens is a professor at VPI & SU and teaches computer-aided-design, programming, and engineeringfundamentals. He received his B.S. at the United States Military Academy and M.S. in Civil Engineering

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Y-K Lai; W. S. Chung; Billy L. Crynes

learner needs, subject, and technology, resulting inquestionable returns in learning/teaching for the time and dollar investment. Then, too, much ofthe evidence is only anecdotal, lacking statistical data.The purpose of our project, which began a year and a half ago, is three fold: develop a different way for our chemical engineering students to learn fundamentals design an instrument and process to obtain statistical evidence find a better use of faculty time and effort compared to traditional lecturing methodsThe changes of this Chemical Engineering Fundamentals course are only a small part of the majorchanges in our Engineering College that includes: all new students owning laptop computers (Fall ‘98) use of a wireless network for

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Don L. Dekker

DEKKERDon, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, teaches, among other courses, Thermal Design, Internal CombustionEngines, Kinematics, M.E. Laboratory, and Creative Design. He has been active in ASEE and was Zone IIChairman and Chairman of the Design in Engineering Education Division. His Ph.D. is from Stanford(1973), hisM.S. from the University of New Mexico(1963) and he earned his B.S. from Rose Polytechnic Institute(1961). Page 5.11.4

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa A. Riedle; Jill M. Clough

knowing the composition of the dust, the group carefully packaged asmuch of it as possible and then made an appointment with their chemistry professor. That professorhelped the group run a series of simple experiments to determine the dust’s properties. The groupdiscovered that an Etch-A-Sketch is filled with aluminum dust. These students stated that they gainedmore from that chemistry experience than in their regularly scheduled laboratory projects because “it wasfun”.From the instructor’s view, the project reports were engineering-related and well organized. Studentswere less nervous while giving presentations because the topic (their object) was very familiar and theexpectations had been well defined. Every group had a unique object. Students

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

shouldparticipate in one of these courses not only for improving their paper presentation skills, but alsoto enhance their teaching. If a course is not available on your campus, consult one of the many"how to" books on the subject. (See bibliography.)Rehearse the presentation in front of the entire team. If this is not possible, find a substituteaudience. For best results, rehearse the presentation two to four times with a day between eachsitting. Too much practice can make the presenter go too fast, or lose enthusiasm in the subject.Videotape your presentation and watch it at home. Your family may get a laugh from it! Youmay spot annoying mannerisms that you had no idea you were doing. In any case, BEPREPARED. As an audience member, it is insulting to

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Guccione, Eastern Illinois University; Thomas McDonald, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

factors, the healthcare industry appears to have begun usingDES to improve its services and care.The authors have taught with and used DES software, Arena® and ProModel, in processanalyses over the past decade and were intrigued by the usage of DES software especially in thehealthcare field. Using healthcare problems that have been analyzed using DES software wouldgive students exposure to realistic situations which they may actually experience (e.g., waiting tobe seen in an emergency room).This concept has application, especially in engineering and technology education, through beingable to use real life examples in teaching DES concepts and software. This would give students abetter appreciation of the use of DES software in analyzing processes

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Raju S. Dandu, Kansas State University, Salina

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2011-2270: ACCLIMATING MECHANICAL DESIGNERS TO MANU-FACTURING TOLERANCES IN THE FRESHMAN YEARJulia L Morse, Kansas State University, Salina Julia Morse is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Mechanical Engineering Technology at Kansas State University, K-State Salina. She teaches lecture and laboratory courses in the areas of computer-aided design, manufacturing and automation. Ms. Morse earned a B.S.I.E. from the Univer- sity of Tennessee-Knoxville and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Auburn University, where she also worked with Auburn Industrial Extension Service. Her work in industry includes engi- neering experience in quality control, industrial engineering, and design and

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Youakim Kalaani

publicawareness of the requirement to protect the environment by promoting the use of green energy.The project will also provide a platform to help teach about renewable energy by developingcurriculum material with applied projects to boost creativity in students at all levels.I. IntroductionThe use of renewable energy is increasing with applications including green power generationfor homes, cottage industries, health clinics, and community centers. Illinois has abundant solarand wind resources and students will soon be asking for more curricular support in this area. Asissues such as climate change, global warming, increased blackouts, and oil price fluctuationcontinue to pepper the news 1-3, it is likely that the use of renewable energy will become

Conference Session

Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Bankes; Michael Eastman; Anthony Trippe; Jeffrey Lillie; George Zion

their ownpersonal desires. The course and laboratory work is rigorous, consisting of 192 quarter-creditsover a 5 year period. Additionally the students are required to participate in a co-operativeeducation experience that totals a minimum of 50 weeks over the last three years of the program.The co-operative education requirement normally consists of two 6-month blocks and one 3-month block, but the exact configuration may vary from student to student. While on co-op,students are not required to pay tuition, and often make reasonable salaries. Recent salaryfigures have been in the range of $7.50 – $23.00 per hour with an average of $13.34 per hour.Typically students with one or two co-op experience under their belts command a higher salarythan

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Balasubramanian Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

, however,curricular-level educational reform is hard for an individual instructor to implement. It is far Page 7.1131.1easier to influence pedagogical outcomes in one’s own classroom – at the course level, than atthe departmental level. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMethodologyWith this in mind, the authors focused on a 3-credit-hour (2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours)course in Manufacturing Processes taught to junior mechanical engineering students. Course-level competency gaps were

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Larisa Olesova, University of Florida; Ayesha Sadaf, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University

for Graduate Studies in the Department of Informa- tion Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. She received a B.S./M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Automated Control Systems Engineering and Information Processing. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Data Science and Big Data Analytics, Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Educational Data Mining, Personalized Learning, and STEM Education.Dr. Mihai Boicu, George Mason University Mihai Boicu, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Information Technology at George Mason University, As- sociate Director of the Learning Agents Center (http://lac.gmu.edu), Co-Director of IT Entrepreneurship Laboratory (http://lite.gmu.edu) and Co-Director ofHarry J Foxwell

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harley Hartman, P.E., Pennsylvania State University, York; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

improve the effectiveness of teaching as well asstudents’ performance 2-3. The illustrations, such as would be found in a textbook become activewhen the user manipulates the controls provided. This new level of engagement moves thelearner from a passive to an active role, with the potential for more enthusiastic involvement inthe learning process, as well as independent integration of concepts to be learned in the course4-10 .There are a number of visualization tools already available for AC systems and electricalmachines. These cover a broad range of subject material where the depth of coverage varies andis usually specialized. Many of the computer applications available are rather advanced forintroductory courses or are narrowly specialized

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sohum Sohoni; David Fritz; Wira Mulia

Transforming a Microprocessors Course through the Progressive Learning Platform Sohum Sohoni, David Fritz, Wira Mulia Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes an innovative learning platform called the Progressive Learning Platform(PLP), and its use in an introductory microprocessors course. The discussion covers the overalltransformation of the course from the examination and modification of existing course objectivesor Be-Able-To‟s (BATS), to the development of laboratories and other curricular materials for ahighly collaborative active-learning approach. Decisions made by the instructors during thisprocess, and the reasons behind

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

José L. Torres; Vijendra Agarwal

,technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines has existed much longer than socialsciences and humanities. It is not surprising given the fact that faculty in STEM areas havebeen discussing ways to integrate UR as a capstone experience longer and found that URenhanced student learning, increase critical thinking skills and steered students into successfulSTEM related careers. It has also been relatively easier to provide UR experiences in sciencesand engineering because faculty typically have their research laboratories to fit in one or moreaspiring undergraduates. In the current global competitive environment and United Statesfacing a critical shortage of students majoring in STEM areas, it is more critical than everbefore that institutions

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

E. N. Bart; J. Kisutcza

picture of the occurring phenomena.As a teaching tool this was indispensable. However, the graphical solutions were often veryapproximate and took a great deal of time and effort. The author has written several hundredroutines in Chemical Engineering, with an emphasis on graphics and iterative computations.“Mathcad” was the software of choice because no writing of code was necessary and thegraphics produced were superb. Often the programs written were capable of solving the problemcompletely. For example, the binary distillation program can be used to completely design thecolumn. It could also provide graphics that could be supplied to students, so that they couldgenerate their own graphical solutions to the engineering problem. For example, in

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Melinda Gallagher; Lawrence J. Genalo

as a leader in global affairs and to solidifying ourposition in the emerging global economy (Report of the Expert Panel for the Review ofFederal Education Programs in Science, 1993). Furthermore, this situation placesspecial responsibility on American educators to guarantee that students at all levels gainexposure and encompass opportunities to pursue quality science, mathematics,engineering, and technology (SMET) education. To ensure that students are receivingquality educational experiences in the above areas, teachers must be competent andcapable of providing their students exemplary learning experiences, yet many educationprograms are currently graduating future teachers that are unprepared to teach science,math, and technology. K-12

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

leader for specialty products (lube oils, asphalts, waxes, cokes) at Petroleos de Venezuela, PDVSA (1983-1998). He is a founding member of Universidad Monteavila (Caracas, Venezuela) (1998—2018) and became the Chancellor of this university (2005-2015), and the President of the Center for Higher Studies (2015-2018), including teaching in the Humanities. After rejoining the University of Pittsburgh, he has been teaching Pillar courses on Reactive Process Engineering, Process Control, Process Control Lab, Process Design, and Green Chemical Engineering and Sustainability. In addition to technical courses, his service extends over curriculum development, outreach programs, alumni network, team and leadership skills

Conference Session

Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Christian Cardinale, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Michael James Deigert P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John W. Lawson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

civil engineering and BA in Spanish language & literature from North Carolina State University, and a MS/PhD in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Prof. John W. Lawson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo John Lawson is Professor in Architectural Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where he primarily teaches structural design courses to undergraduates. He obtained his Bachelors of Science in Architectural Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and his Masters of Science in Structural Engineering from Stanford University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer in California and Arizona with over 25 years of design experience