Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Wang, University of Illinois, Chicago; Lin Li, University of Illinois, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

1. Cellulosic Biofuel Manufacturing ProcessesEach process may influence the overall biofuel manufacturing performance. Since thismanufacturing technology is still not so mature, there are still a lot of parameters (or factors) tobe determined for each process in order to obtain the best manufacturing performance. Twoleading performance measures of the cellulosic biofuel manufacturing system are production rate(or throughput) and energy consumption. This course project is only concerned with energyconsumption. More specifically, we plan to analyze the provided experimental data of the firsttwo steps, size reduction and pelleting, to see what factors have the main effects on these twoprocedures regarding energy consumption, and then recommend

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

initially high and did not change.After two years of data collection, ways to improve the usefulness of the pre and postcamp surveys are being considered. For example, Q8 will likely be removed. Q6 mayalso be removed, as the camp does not currently provide students with an opportunity totake anything apart. In addition, it may be more informative to use more directedquestions, such as Chen et al used in their assessment of the EPIC program at Cal Poly5.For example, instead of a Likert scale, they asked camp participants, “How committedare you to studying engineering. Please choose the statement that best fits you.” • I plan to study engineering in college. • I’m considering engineering but am also considering other majors for college

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 24.791.5year and more in depth instruction in the senior seminar. In between, we do not stress the word“sustainability,” but simply use sustainability topics throughout the courses. We now giveexamples of changes made in specific courses that demonstrate these strategies.We have added topics on sustainability in first year courses including introduction toengineering, engineering computer programming, and engineering graphics. In the introductionto engineering course, we include a module on sustainability (with pre and post tests of studentknowledge and attitudes). Material from our city’s sustainability plan is used as well asinformation on the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Engineering Challenges; of these14 challenges, the

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

execution (Fig4). The class was finally required to develop up to 50 risk items. Feasibility Analysis Business Planning Project Financing Project risk Conceptual Planning Pre-project planning Detailed Scope Definiton Legal/Issurance/Risk Review Desgin Project Execution Construction Facility Operations

Conference Session

Construction Materials and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

structure to deliver BIM content to servedifferent needs of the students at different computer skill level and various industry experiences.This structure can also be adapted for BIM education for experienced industry practitioners.Feedback from the students, instructor observations, and recommendations for the computerexercises are also included in the paper.Course Components and Grading StructureThe “BIM for Construction Management” course was offered as three-credit hour electivecourse. The target audience was mainly senior and junior construction majors, who alreadycompleted basic construction courses including plan reading, estimating, scheduling, and projectmanagement. Since it was the only BIM course in the curriculum at the time, the course

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; David Claudio, Montana State University; Durward K. Sobek II, Montana State University; Laura Stanley, Montana State University - Bozeman; Nicholas Ward, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

definitionof Lattuca and Stark regarding the three origins origin of academic change: 1) those that resultfrom the planning efforts of those within a program, college, or university; 2) response toexternal societal pressures; and 3) utilization of new educational ideas.9Influences from inside the program included prior work to familiarize all members of the facultywith all curricular courses which set an expectation for change, changes in the make-up of thefaculty, and flat to declining student enrollments within the program. Influences from outsidethe program included enrollment increases in other programs within the department creatingresourcing pressures on the IE program, a department head mandate to reduce the costs of parttime IE adjuncts in

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Jean DeJaegher, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, intelligent process inwhich designers generate, evaluate, and specify concepts for devices, systems, orprocesses whose form and function achieve clients’ objectives or users’ needs whilesatisfying a specified set of constraints”.9 With the incorporation of engineering into theNext Generation Science Standards, engineering design becomes increasingly importantin K-12 settings. Precollege students and teachers are now charged with understandingengineering concepts and processes, such as defining problems, developing models,planning investigations, analyzing data, using mathematics, information technology, orcomputational thinking, designing solutions, and engaging in argument from practice1. Inthese settings it is also important to understand how

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Amir Abtahi, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

such as Enerfuel Inc., Solar sources and BV Engineering Inc. Excellent working relationships with local governmental units and agencies such as the South Florida Water Management District, USGS, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and various County Planning Offices. Rapidly escalating local job markets highly geared towards alternative energy, environmental analysis, sustainability leadership and planning in South Florida. Ocean energy technologies are emerging as an area of significant R&D at Florida Atlantic University and Florida is at the forefront of this trend7. Inspired by the abundance of this natural resource in the state and by the world-class expertise in the field that has been

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Ali, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

, seminars and workshops, and has developed courses, videos and software packages during his career. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, and public works. Page 23.37.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Cost Effective Methodology for Pedestrian Road Crossing for Developing CountriesAbstract:The objective of this paper is to present a low-cost methodology for the selection of properpedestrian crossing facility by anticipating pedestrian delays at

Conference Session

Accreditation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Painter

, conservative and lowersocioeconomic neighborhoods. Meanwhile the most likely opponents of a waste-to-energy project--residents in the vicinity, liberal, and higher-educated persons--can betargeted in a public participation program and public relations campaign. Assignment I (Hazardous Waste Management Class) • You are an Environmental Engineer serving on a planning board to select a site for a waste incinerator in California. • The planning board plans to use the 1984 Cerrell Associates report “Political Difficulties Facing Waste-to-Energy Conversion Plant Siting” (see below) in its analysis of potential sites for the facility. • Research the significance of the Cerrell report with regard to siting

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Omnia El-Hakim

funds that are shared among theparticipating institutions and houses the CO-AMP offices. A Site Coordinator at eachparticipating institution and a representative at each tribal nation serve as key contacts for CO-AMP, creating a statewide and Four Corners network of direct links for CO-AMP students. Diné College is a public institution of higher education chartered by the Navajo Nation.The mission of Diné College is to apply the Sa'ah Naagháí Bik'eh Hózhóón principles to advancequality student learning through Nitsáhákees (Thinking), Nahatá (Planning, Iiná (Living) andSihasin (Assurance), studying the Diné language, history and culture, preparation for furtherstudies and employment in a multi-cultural and technological world, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venubabu Vulasa; David Grieve; Chetan Sankar; Bob Bulfin; Paul Swamidass

collaborationsincluding teaching schedules, computing facilities, team sizes, and assessment criteria. Theyrecommended more and longer virtual team meetings, which must be well planned and wellprepared so that the efficiency of the team members is optimal. Devon, et al.3 have developed a collaborative design student projects to internationalizethe in-house curriculum at Penn State University, USA and d’Artois University, France, in acost-effective way by relying heavily on information technology. The problems they faced werescheduling conflicts, working around holidays, coordinating A-V meeting times, and arrangingtimely access to labs with critical facilities. They found that the virtual face-to-face teamconferencing using A-V conferencing technologies

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bogue

arguably more a measure of how much they enjoyed theexperience rather than a reliable predictor of a long-term commitment to engineering.The original plan was to administer a post-survey six months after the event. Unfortunately,staffing and funding changes prevented this so we had to look for other data to help evaluate howeffective the camp was. (It should be noted that the camp now administers a post-survey and is aparticipant in the AWE (Assessing Women in Engineering-NSF (HRD 01 20642) Assessmentproject (8)). We did this in three ways, by checking to see which of the camp participantsactually enrolled in Penn State engineering; by calculating how much per camper we wereexpending and looking at that amount in terms of the overall Women in

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Brunell

7The sponsored Civil Engineering design program provides the seniors with real life projects andwork experience. The student’s benefit from the exposure to real world design experiences andlearn from experienced professionals the many components which go into a comprehensive civilengineering design. The students are also exposed to the many different types of CivilEngineering designs. Examples of the diversity of the projects include: Structural Roadway Construction methods (innovative design and build techniques) Water resources planning and management Flood plain management Page 10.510.2 Design of

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

K. Ted Hartwig; Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

. Weeks Spring 04 Fall 04 1 Introduction & Metrology TA Training 2 Welding Introduction & Metrology 3 Tensile Test & Hardness Tensile Test & Hardness 4 Impact and Fatigue Welding 5 Rapid Prototyping and Planning Impact and Design and Planning 6 Heat Treatment of Steel and Aging of Heat Treatment of Steel and Aging of Aluminum Aluminum 7 Cold work and Annealing Injection Molding and Tensile Testing 8 Casting Cold Work and

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Reaveley; Nick Safai

two-year program,have the opportunity to seamlessly transfer to the UoU Civil Engineering Department and most Page 10.1377.1students are able to complete their four year, ABET, accredited BSCE degree from the UoU inan additional four semesters. The SLCC Engineering Department offers an Associate Degreein civil engineering.The greatest success is that students are able to plan out their academic careers with assurancethat they are not going to waste any time and precious tuition dollars. By the time a studenttransfers to the UoU, they already know the Chair of the Civil & Environmental Engineeringdepartment and the other members of the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

form a connected nodal structure.The author was introduced to the concept of Mind Mapping during a recent full day workshopthat was sponsored by the Learning, Teaching, and Innovative Technology Center at MTSU.During this workshop participants learned how to:• Use whole-brain stimulation techniques to increase the ability to think multi-dimensionally. Page 10.1418.1• Use color, fun, planned breaks, images, and multi-sensory approaches.• Enhance personal learning, memory, and creativity. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Bailey; Andrew Ricke; David Spurlock; Susan Murray

,intrinsic motivation to accomplish, and intrinsic motivation to experience stimulation.In addition, we selected six other personality traits to measure that seemed highly relevant in thiscontext: need for cognition (Cacioppo & Petty9, 1982), organization (International PersonalityItem Pool10, 2001), activity level (International Personality Item Pool10, 2001), socialconnectedness (Lee & Robbins11, 1995), social assurance (Lee & Robbins11, 1995), andgeneralized self-efficacy (Schwarzer & Jerusalem12, 1995). Need for cognition refers to the needto think, learn, and analyze. Organization refers to one’s tendency to plan, control, and orderone’s available resources to accomplish one’s goals. Activity level refers to one’s tendency

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Koren Aragaki; Daniel M. Ferguson; Margaret Huyck

have been: continued development of communication andmultidisciplinary teamwork skills1; multidisciplinary exchange to create a marketableproduct/service1; encompassing interpersonal relationships, crisis management, and objectivitywhile developing written, oral, and presentation communication skills2; developing timemanagement awareness, commitment to a company, and develop job hunting skills3; solving areal-life engineering problem in a team environment4; and teaching students project proposing,planning, and control4. ®The Interprofessionala Projects (IPRO ) Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) hasincorporated these common goals into a project-based learning experience

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

Institutionsthat are the test-bed for ideas in undergraduate research.” Page 10.1367.4 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005. American Society of Engineering education”Undergraduate research in engineeringEngineering research is different from many other disciplines in various ways. Engineeringresearch can generally be classified into either analytical or experimental research. Both types ofengineering research require extremely elaborate equipment and expensive materials in manycases. Typically, it takes a long time to plan, initiate, and conduct

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yin Chen; John Sharon; Constantin Chassapis; Sven Esche

Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationconditions, design and decision making under uncertainty must be included in the coreengineering curriculum.3,4In the past, curricula have been changed by the addition of requirements for classes onprobability theory and project planning. However, these types of classes often do not actuallyapply these concepts in a practice-relevant fashion. So far, the focus of these classes has mostlybeen in probability theory, without emphasizing engineering applications or decision making ondesign options.1 Instead, we will focus on engineering design projects with inclusion of methodsthat deal with decision making, probability and uncertainty.Although working with

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ferruzza

used in lower level courses, and thetime allowed for completion has been reduced to two weeks. This time frame allows for teamdeliberations and the formulation of well-structured team presentations. In addition, among anumber of “extra-credit” options, students are invited to solve the problem by alternate methodsand/or by using additional software packages.Instructor’s supportThe Sledder can be integrated as a mini-project in a basic Physics course or even as a simulation-lab in a Physics Laboratory session. In addition to problem-solving skills, computer proficiency,and teamwork, the students are challenged by the fact that they have to carefully plan for thevarious parts of the exercise and to allot a reasonable amount of time to different

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

ofcompetency-based performance management tools and services11.This process12 identified and validated fourteen “ISU Competencies” that encompass the elevenABET Outcomes: Engineering Knowledge General Knowledge Continuous Learning Quality Orientation Initiative Innovation Cultural Adaptability Analysis & Judgment Planning Communication Teamwork Integrity Professional Impact Customer FocusNote that these are “ISU Competencies” that resulted from dialogue with our key stakeholders(ISU employers, faculty, experiential education students, and parents

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeid Motavalli; Helen Zong; Farnaz Ganjeizadeh; David Bowen

I or STAT/ENGR 5601 Introductory Statistics and Probability for Science and Engineering Equivalent courses can be substituted for these prerequisites. Required Courses (32 Units) ENGR 5180 Product-Process Design ENGR 5200 Systems Simulation ENGR 5280 Design and Management of Human Work Systems ENGR 6200 Project Management ENGR 6300 Applied Quality Assurance ENGR 6400 Research Methods in Engineering Management FIN 6033 Graduate Introduction to Financial Decisions Page 10.457.5 MGMT 6130 Enterprise Planning and Control Proceedings of the 2005

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viveca Deanes; Olakunle Harrison

: • Traditional departmental divisions • Time required to plan a new course structure • Unknown variables that affect evaluation of student performance • Faculty’s lack of industrial experienceMost engineering faculty desire that their students quickly mature to the point where, given anengineering design problem, they know to do the following: • Define the problem in engineering terms • Assemble an appropriate multidisciplinary team • Independently search for relevant information • Research prior solutions • Filter out irrelevant information • Construct a mathematical/engineering/economic model of the design problem • Develop conceptual designs to solve the problem • Conduct proof-of-concept exercises as needed • Use CAD/CAE/CAM tools to

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Tront

technology into their teaching scheme much like they didwhen desktop computers first became affordable to all students. In order for the technology tomake a difference, faculty must re-think the way in which they teach and the way in whichstudents best learn. Tablet PCs provide a great mechanism for allowing instructors toincorporate active learning methods into their presentations.Future WorkA significant number of students have been involved in the tablet PC trial study to this point.However, in order to better show the viability of this new tool, we are planning to use the tabletsin several more courses in the upcoming semester. Additionally, we will broaden our experimentto include other engineering courses outside of the current study in the

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Jeff Froyd; Dimitris Lagoudas

plan tofacilitate learning of the new material, based upon the successful teaching and learningexperiences in the pilot. The second challenge is regularly confronted and many curricular pilotprojects have produced and shared instructional materials for the new material that the projectteams have introduced into their curricula. However, fewer resources have been generated forthe first challenge. This paper describes a curriculum innovation project that intended toincorporate so-called smart materials and intelligent systems into undergraduate engineeringcurricula at Texas A&M University (TAMU). In addition to describing the curricularinnovations, the goal of the paper is to present two concept inventory assessment instrumentsthat have been

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Serdar Tumkor; Ali Imre Aydeniz; Ismail Fidan

potential combination of the “Gallery Method”with modern communication tools, and analyze if the on-line Gallery Method is suitable fordesign projects, which their team members are located in different places. There are plans toestablish a course about collaborative product design in both countries Turkey and USA.Solution Findings Methodologies and the Gallery MethodSolution methodologies can be divided as classical methods, intuitive methods, and discursive5.The Gallery Method is one of the intuitive methods. The other intuitive methods can be listed asbrainstorming, 635 methods, Delphi Method, and Synectics. The Gallery Method was developedby Hellfritz6, it combines individual work with group work, and it is particularly designed forembodiment

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Devenport; Terry Wildman; Glenda Scales

personal philosophies for success Engineering in teaching. Technology in the classroom and learning styles (how to use technology in consideration of learning styles to best Electrical and Computer enhance learning) Engineering Engaging and motivating students to participate and utilize educational tools available to them Engineering Planning a core course for non engineering majors Fundamentals Engineering Science and Delivery of Statics and Dynamics Courses in the ESM Mechanics

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam McGough; Coral Nocton; Ken Patton; Ismail Fidan

equipment beyond a token handful of CNC machines. Therefore, implementing RP was planned to fill the gap between CAD/CAM andprovide TTU students with the opportunity to practice high tech prototyping practices.Finally, TTU received a NSF DUE CCLI A&I Grant, 0311586 to establish the state’sfirst educational RP Laboratory funded by NSF in Summer 20034.A Generic Overview of RP RP consists of various manufacturing processes by which a solid physical modelof a part is made directly from 3D model data, without any special tooling. CAD datamay be generated by 3D CAD modelers or model data created by 3D digitizing systems5.Charles Hull is given credit with bringing the first commercial RP machine to market in1987 with SLA-16,7. His