Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Nelson; Osama Abudayyeh; Edmund Tsang; Molly Williams

application of this information is becoming more challenging. • The diversity of society is challenging our traditional views and people skills. • New technologies in engineering and construction are emerging at an accelerating rate. • Enhanced public awareness of technical issues is creating more informed inquiry by the public of the technical, environmental, societal, political, legal, aesthetic, and financial implications of engineering projects. • Civil infrastructure systems within the United States are rapidly changing from decades of development and operation to the renewal, maintenance, and

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

Session 3142 Incorporating Industry-Based Research into an Undergraduate Course Terry R. Collins, Alisha D. Youngblood, Manuel D. Rossetti University of ArkansasAbstractThere are many benefits associated with including industry-based research into an undergraduateengineering curriculum, but often academic and industry participants have different perspectiveson project deliverables. This paper features a case study where senior-level students collect andanalyze data in a retail environment, develop conclusions and recommendations for theorganization, and present

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Thompson; William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke; B. Lee Tuttle; Henry Kowalski; Douglas Melton; Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

managerial pole. Potential departmental barriers are discussed andpossible ways of quenching faculty and departmental traditional cultures are introduced. Thestructure for the lecture and laboratory sessions, the timing, the logistics of shuffling studentsfrom one area to the next are ironed out. Common times for lecture and labs are established.Students also work in teams to perform projects. Students are evaluated in the separatedisciplinary areas as well as on a final integrated project where they are asked to combine aspectsof mechanical design with electronic control and manufacturing processes. The assessmentprocess will also be described. Fun objects are used in the laboratories, such as; battery operatedmechanically animated pig

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael Hoge Carriere, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ABSTRACTThis paper describes the way innovation and entrepreneurship have been integrated intoan engineering curriculum through a year-long liberal arts seminar. This three-coursesequence has “The City” as its topical focus, and it incorporates principles ofentrepreneurship and innovation through course content specifically centered on theseconcepts through experiential learning in a service project, and through critical thinkingand rhetorical analysis of students’ own research strategies using the Burkean parlormodel of academic and professional conversation.In Fall Quarter, students read texts, view films, and study other cultural products relatedto the concept of “The City.” They examine how depictions of entrepreneurs andindustry illuminate our

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Coleman; Hisham Alnajjar; Hesham Elsaghir; Alan Hadad; Donald Leone

Teaching Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Including Laboratory Sessions, using a Combination of Distance Learning and Distance Teaching Techniques. Donald Leone, Alan Hadad, Susan Coleman Hisham Alnajjar, Hesham Elsaghir University of HartfordAbstract The primary objective of this project was to teach sophomore engineering students thefundamental concepts of geographic information systems (GIS), but with the teacher andstudents in different locations. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems is a 2 credit half semester course with 6contact hours including 3 hours of laboratory work

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Materials

processes, machine tool accuracy characterization and enhancement, non-invasive surgical tool design and bio-materials applications. During his career, Dr. Ertekin published papers in referred journals and in conference proceedings in his area of research interest. He has also been PI for various NSF research projects including NSF-TUES and MRI programs. Dr. Ertekin is an active member in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and currently serves as a chair of Philadelphia SME Chapter-15.Dr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)Dr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng.) Page

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack; John Farris

Session 3625 Teaming Freshmen and Juniors Hugh Jack, John Farris Associate Professor / Associate Professor Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, MI email: jackh@gvsu.edu, farrisj@gvsu.edu1. IntroductionA novel design project involving freshmen and juniors was begun in the fall of 2002. This projectinvolved teaming students in a freshman graphics and design course (EGR 101 [4]) with

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramana Pidaparti; Hasan Akay

assessment and graduates.Deng et al. [5] discussed the evaluation of assessment tools for outcome-based engineeringcourses for mechanical engineering program at Alabama A & M University. They adopted anapproach based Bloom’s taxonomy and is called SEAARK (Knowledge, Repetition, Application,Analysis, Evaluation and Synthesis) in reverse order. Specifically, they discussed the assessmentevaluation for data on fluid mechanics course. Schmidt and Beaman [7] discussed a department-wide major curriculum reform effort, PROCEED, an acronym for Project-Centered Education. Following ABET [1], each engineering department, the program outcomes aresummarized as educational objectives that describe the unique characteristics of that program.Similar to

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim White; James White; David Barnhart; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

/ Student Survey4 Design Project Intro/Payload and Chapter 11.1 1,3,7 Spacecraft Design5 Remote Sensing Chapter 11.2 17,246 Understanding Orbits: Basic Laws Chapter 4.1-2 1-3,6,10,13,15 (Kepler and Newton)7 Understanding Orbits: Restricted 2- Chapter 4.3-5 17,20,22-23,28 Body Equation of Orbital Motion and Orbital Constants ( i and h )8 Describing Orbits: Orbital Elements Chapter 5.1 1,5 Design Project: (Definition) Part I9 Describing Orbits: Orbital Elements Chapter 5.2 10,15,16

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald G. Kander, Philadelphia University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

  Arts/Culture   Business  Models   Capstone  Project   History/Language   Business   Systems  Analysis   Humanities   Design   Research  Methods   Integrated  Teams   Seminars/Capstone   Engineering   External  Customers   Real  Deliverables   First, College

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rema Nilakanta, Iowa State University; Giada Biasetti, Iowa State University; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

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Minorities in Engineering

develop online environments that promote democratic and equitable learning in secondary and higher education. Nilakanta has worked closely on national and international projects funded by the NSF and FIPSE-EU.Dr. Giada Biasetti, Iowa State University Giada Biasetti is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Iowa State University. Her areas of interest are 20th century Latin American literature, as well as translation and interpretation studies. She obtained her Ph.D. in Spanish at the University of Florida and an M.A. in comparative literature at Florida Atlantic University. She also holds a B.A. in foreign languages and linguistics with a double major in Spanish and Italian and a degree as a professional translator and

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin A. Gary, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Yegeneswari Nagappan, Unicon, Inc.; Supreet Verma, Delasoft, Inc.; Russell J. Branaghan, Arizona State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2012-5188: ASSESSING EVOLVING CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGEIN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUDENTSProf. Kevin A. Gary, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Kevin Gary, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering within the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus. At ASU, Kevin led the development of the new bachelor’s of software engineering program, and the revised design of the master’s of computing studies. Gary designed and implemented the Software Enterprise, an NSF-funded hybrid pedagogical method for conducting project-based courses. More than 40 industry projects have been conducted by the Software Enterprise over the past eight years, and the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; A. Dean Fontenot

traditionally have been underrepresented in science and engineeringdisciplines into educational and career paths in these fields. In addition, the program alsodirectly addresses the problem of the growing “digital divide.” This program putscomputers in students' homes and teaches them meaningful ways to use the technology torelate to their schoolwork, family, and community. At-risk students work side-by-sidewith their parents and teachers to build their own computers and learn to use them byparticipating in community-oriented projects that incorporate essentials of science,mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) disciplines. They also developcommunication and writing skills with curriculum components involving essay writing,business

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael J. Caylor; Bruce Chesley

-semester sequence of courses in spacecraft engineering. Throughout the sequence, students andfaculty from multiple disciplines and academic departments play key roles in the developmentprocess. In addition, we receive support from several other capstone design projects to addressspecific needs of the small satellite program.As with any major curriculum effort, operating a small satellite program with undergraduatestudents can be a formidable task. In particular, our program requires a substantial commitmentof faculty expertise, laboratory resources, external consultants, and funding. These strategicassets must be managed carefully to achieve program objectives. Nonetheless, overcoming thesechallenges allows for substantial student learning to

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth G. Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

environments, andpublic health, who are as well versed in professional skills as they are in technical skills is thechallenge we face as engineering educators.This paper describes a new civil engineering curriculum designed to meet these challenges. Ournew curriculum, that was the result of a multi-year effort, is centered around a “design spine”.The design spine, series of eight courses, is expected to improve the development of professionalskills, improve fluency with data analysis and computing skills, improve critical thinking skills,and integrate systems thinking through project-based learning. The design spine helps connectand integrate the separate subdiscipline courses typical of most civil engineering curricula as asystem of systems.The

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Vonder Haar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-2061: ENGINEERING IN HEALTHCARE: A HEART LUNG SYS-TEMMr. Zachary Vonder Haar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Zachary Vonder Haar graduated Cum Laude in 2010 with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. While an undergraduate at UMBC, he participated four years at the varsity level on the swimming and diving team while leading his team to a seventh consecutive America East Championship in his senior season. He will finish his Master’s degree in May 2011, also in Chemical Engineering from UMBC. He has been working on the INSPIRES project since May of last year.Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Taryn Bayles, Ph.D

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Claire Hill; Gulcin Cribb; David Radcliffe

definingcharacteristic of a gateway is the quality of the resources it locates. Resources are selected andincluded based on a defined selection criteria. The resources are described and organised using astandard national or international classification system (metadata). The most common metadatastandard being used and adapted is the Dublin Core.This paper describes a new gateway for Australasian sources on the web in the fields ofengineering and information technology. We discuss the strategies adopted and the lessonslearned in the creation of a subject gateway.II. Objectives of the AVEL ProjectThe Australasian Virtual Engineering Library (AVEL) has been established with initial fundingfrom the DETYA. Development commenced in late 1998. It is a project

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Lynn Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan L. Hotle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

simulation. After the second year of simulation, groups were asked to reflect on how thechanges they implemented affected their performance. Finally, students were asked to submit apaper on “lessons learned” from this experience. Page 22.19.2This project was unique and rewarding. It gave students a broad understanding of tradeoffs thatare made, not only by airlines, but by any organization that make decisions. The project fosteredhealthy competition between students, which in turn motivated students to investigate manydifferent strategies airlines implement when making decisions. This module was very wellreceived; consequently, co-authors Dr

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University; Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Margaret Phelps, Tennessee Technological University; Roy Loutzenheiser, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

alignment with thosestandards. To further enhance the standards-based emphasis of the project, master teachers inboth mathematics and science conducted sessions throughout the summer institute during whichthe participating teachers developed their own lesson plans utilizing information and tools fromthe project that were more finely aligned with specific curriculum standards. These lesson planswere published on the web in PowerPoint format to be available to all teachers in the project.The approach used in the two MSP programs is supported by the results of a 2009 study by theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE). “Ad hoc infusion, or introduction, of engineering ideas and activities (i.e., design projects) into existing science

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Murali Paranandi

thecourse. The objective of the course is to provide the student an experience that helps gainan understanding of “what we can and should do with computers and what computersmight do to and for us” [SIMON, 1987]. This is accomplished through two successiveprojects. The first, normally four to five weeks in duration, focuses on “what we can dowith computers and what computers might do to us” portion; the second, lasting for therest of the semester (about 10 weeks) addresses “what we should do with computers andwhat computers might do for us”. The project 15 described in this paper provides anexample of the effectiveness of the first project.The ProjectThe design challenge was to design and build a small inspirational object to be placed ontheir

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ristroph

EducationTypes of TablesTables need to be developed to describe entities and processes, but which tables? A good ap-proach to specifying tables is first to be aware of the different types of tables, and then use thetable types as a checklist to see which tables are needed for each entity or process. Tables can becategorized as descriptive, transaction, child, reference, summary, or historical, as well as tablesserving multiple purposes. From the onset, it must be stressed that the only fields that should bein more than one table are identifiers, such as for employees (EmpID ) or projects (ProjID ).1. Descriptive or master tables typically contain fairly static data typically dealing with entities, such as employee, product, or customer tables. A

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, University of Georgia; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Scott R. Bartholomew, Brigham Young University; Wonki Lee, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jessica Marie Yauney; Scott Thorne, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Bayah

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Learning by Evaluating (LbE): Engaging students in evaluation as a pedagogical strategy to improve design thinking Navigating the engineering design process is a central aspect of K-12 technology andengineering education. Students are presented open-ended design challenges and given theopportunity to generate ideas, make decisions, and present their solutions. However, a traditionalapproach to this assessment in design, with fairly independent (or group) work and thenpresentations at the end of the project, limits student learning because learning is seen to stopwhen the assignment is submitted for evaluation. In this paradigm, evaluation is solely theresponsibility of

Conference Session

Transfer issues between 2-year colleges and 4-year Engineering and Engineering Technology programs 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Dillon, University of Washington; EC Cline, University of Washington Tacoma; Emese Hadnagy, University of Washington Tacoma ; Sarah L Rodriguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amanda K Sesko, University of Washington Tacoma; Rebecca N Sliger, Tacoma Community College; Noelle Wilson

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

historically marginalized populations at higher education institutions. Currently, Dr. Rodriguez is involved with several large-scale interdisciplinary research projects focused on institutional environments and STEM identity development are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kapor Center. In recent years, she was selected as an Early Career Awardee and Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and a NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader. She also received the Barbara Townsend Early Career Scholar Award by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) and gave the distinguished ASHE-CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture. To learn more about her current projects

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarira Motaref, University of Connecticut; Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, think-pair-share activities using real-world examples,polling on mechanics concepts, and strength-based projects. Classroom activities were carefullycrafted to align with neuroinclusive teaching practices, aiming to empower every student, withparticular emphasis on supporting those who are neurodivergent. Instructors and the threeteaching assistants provided consistent support during these activities, while students had theopportunity to explore the application of mechanical concepts in topics of personal interestthrough strength-based projects. Having a tenure-track faculty member as one of the instructorsenriched the experience, providing interested students with the opportunity to participate inresearch-focused strength-based projects using

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher C. Ibeh

functionalized with projects. A 9.3 participants’satisfaction index indicates that course is desirable. IntroductionA paper entitled: “Nanocomposites Entrepreneurial Education” presented at SPE-ANTEC 20081,indicated CNCMM’s entrepreneurial education initiative and efforts to develop ananotechnology entrepreneurship three course series at Pittsburg State University. This paperdiscusses the second of this course series. The course focuses on product design anddevelopment with emphases on the entrepreneurial elements of team-based design,benchmarking for competiveness and cost-effectiveness, specifications, design optimization, on-time market entry, life cycle cost analysis [LCCA], data mining, patenting, safety

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Adams, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Aturika Bhatnagar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jeff Knowles, Oregon State University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Postdoctoral Researcher Award at the University of Michigan; and serves as a PI/Co-PI on multiple projects funded by the National Science Foundation. He currently serves in editorial capacity for the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, and Journal of International Engineering Education.Jeff Knowles, Oregon State University Dr. Jeff Knowles is an engineering instructor at Oregon State University who began teaching courses in 2015. His current pedagogical research is related to barriers associated with implementing Evidence-Based Instructional Practices (EBIPs) in STEM-related courses and determining what affordances can be granted to overcome

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn J Bradford, University of Melbourne; Gavin Buskes, The University of Melbourne; Paul N Beuchat, The University of Melbourne

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

focuses on devising new and adapting existing project-based learning pedagogies for educating the next generation of engineers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 WIP: An Interdisciplinary Subject on Hardware Accelerated ComputingAbstractIn this paper we report on the initial design and delivery of a hardware accelerated computingsubject targeted at an interdisciplinary cohort of engineering and computing students. Within thesubject, students explore different approaches to accelerating computationally intensivealgorithms through customized hardware, with a particular emphasis placed on the use of FPGAsand high-level synthesis (HLS) tools. The subject aims

Collection

2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sarai Hedges

June of 2008 and decided the scope of the project would focus on improving the assessment of ABET Criteria 3h (lifelong learning) and continuous improvement in accordance with the documented process. In Six Sigma process improvement, a process that works at a “Six Sigma Level” only has approximately 3.4 defects per million opportunities. This represents near perfection and is often not physically possible or financially desirable. The college’s process of assessing graduates’ abilities to recognize the need for and to engage in lifelong learning had a baseline defects per million opportunities (DPMO) of 625,000, which corresponds to a Sigma Level of 1.2. Using the evaluators’ ratings and Six Sigma tools, the team determined to improve the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Carter Kreipke, CSC, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, serve as a fundamental goalfor engineering curricula. This study seeks to provide further insight into what types of activitiescontribute to the development of student self-efficacy towards common fabrication methods inaerospace and mechanical engineering, particularly exploring potential differences between theeffects of shorter practical assignments and longer design projects. Undergraduate engineeringstudents enrolled in 3 different 200-level design courses in the aerospace and mechanicalengineering department at a medium-sized, Midwestern, private university were asked toparticipate in a survey characterizing their comfort level with and prior exposure to variousfabrication methods. The fabrication methods analyzed in this study included

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Nagel, James Madison University; Melissa Aleman, James Madison University; Kelly Sadel

Paper ID #37711Features of Continuity and Change through COVID-19 in anUndergraduate Engineering ProgramKelly SadelMelissa Alemán Dr. Melissa Aleman (Ph.D. University of Iowa) is Professor of Communication Studies at James Madison University and has published research using qualitative interviewing, ethnographic and rhetorical methods to examine communication in diverse cultural contexts ranging from multicultural families to engineering education and makerspaces. She has advised undergraduate and graduate students in autoethnographic, ethnographic, and qualitative interview projects on a wide- range of topics