Conference Session

Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Morehead State University; Sam Mason, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

University of Cincinnati with a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering degrees in Electrical and Information Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 1999 and 2002, respectively. Dr. Li teaches Computer Networking, Microprocessor, Computer Electronics, and Wireless Communications. Dr. Li's current research interest is in the area of wireless and mobile networking, especially in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Page 13.355.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Ziegler, State University of New York-Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

disciplines.Introduction:Engineering students are typically hands-on visually oriented learners. The extraordinary valueof providing a visual component to teaching and learning is well documented. Many topics inengineering curricula rely on visual components to help convey concepts that are difficult todescribe in purely text-based form. Adding animation to visual components only serves toenhance the learning experience even further. Bringing animation to raw data plotted in acolorful three-dimensional graph brings life to otherwise static numerical information.Simulation and animation can be utilized by an instructor to illustrate concepts in a classroomsetting or by students to solve problems in a laboratory setting.The use of animation provides a method to model and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Paris Stringfellow, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

improving classroom teaching and investigating the inclusion of advanced technologies in the curriculum at Greenville Tech. He has 24 years of experience as an aircraft maintenance supervisor and technician for the U.S. Air Force.Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University Dr. Andrew Duchowski is an associate professor of Computer Science at Clemson University. He received his B.Sc. ('90) and Ph.D. ('97) degrees in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, and Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, respectively. His research and teaching interests include visual attention and perception, eye movements, computer vision, graphics, and virtual environments. He joined the Computer

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton; Donna Summers, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

”. The TechnologyAccreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technologyrecognizes the importance of being able to work on teams. In the Criteria for AccreditingEngineering Technology Programs, Criterion 2e requires that “An engineeringtechnology program must demonstrate that graduates have an ability to functioneffectively on teams.” How can instructors ensure that our students learn how to workeffectively on teams? How can we teach our students teamwork and team leadershipskills?The traditional approach to developing team work and team leadership skills involvesassigning students randomly to teams, giving them a project to work on, and expectingthem to somehow magically learn to work together effectively as leaders

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

teach students how to avoid construction failures in the future.As educators, it is concluded; we must teach students to strictly enforce review in design, and theassociated change of design procedures including technical review and documentation. Theauthor has incorporated construction failures as case studies in his senior classes, andrecommends the approach of using past construction failures and the lessons learned to improvethe practical aspects of engineering design and construction practice.IntroductionIn June 2006, in a building collapse in Clinton, Missouri, a town of some 9500 people, a 32-year-old leader of the Elks Club, lost his life. The century-old Elks Lodge was a three-story brickbuilding that collapsed partially without

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; William H Guilford, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

formatappropriate for journal submission, engage in anonymous graded peer review, and subsequentlyrevise their papers for a final score. Writing review articles is, however, primarily an exercise inaccumulating and organizing knowledge.Often a different approach is taken with graduate students, where the goal is to emphasizeanalysis and synthesis rather than knowledge. For example, the analysis of raw experimental datahas been used as a case-based approach to enforcing higher-order cognitive skills 3. Thisapproach may not be appropriate, however, for many undergraduate classes. Further, thisapproach was not designed to teach the basics of researching the technical literature, writing in atechnical style, or of engaging in peer review; these are often

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Kettering University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #8110Integration of Environmental Sustainability with Capstone ExperienceDr. Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Kettering University Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed is a pioneer and technical leader in vehicle integration, vehicle development process, and optimization. Through his research, teaching, and practice he made numerous original con- tributions to advance the state of the art in automotive development, performance, vehicle development process, lean, and integrated design and manufacturing. Currently, Dr. El-Sayed is a professor of Mechan- ical Engineering and director of the Vehicle Durability and Integration Laboratory at

Conference Session

Supporting Diversity in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chung Hyuk Park, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

control as well as aspects of interaction with humans and the surrounding environment, has resulted in over 130 peer-reviewed publications in a number of projects – from scientific rover navigation in glacier environments to assistive robots for the home. To date, her unique accomplishments have been highlighted through a number of awards and articles, includ- ing highlights in USA Today, Upscale, and TIME Magazine, as well as being named a MIT Technology Review top young innovator of 2003, recognized as NSBE Educator of the Year in 2009, and receiving the Georgia-Tech Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award in 2013. From 1993-2005, Dr. Howard was at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

associate professor at Gallaudet University. She teaches Chemistry,Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Forensic Science. She is also the co-director of theuniversity's Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) sponsored by the Department of Health andHuman Services.H. David Snyder is a professor at Gallaudet University where he teaches physics, Earth science andastronomy. He currently is working with the NASA Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics using 1960s spysatellite photographs to document changes in Bolivian vegetation. His wife keeps him busy working oninteractive visualization tools for educational websites. Page

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javier Angel Kypuros, University of Texas, Pan American; Martin William Knecht, South Texas College; Constantine Tarawneh, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert D. Wrinkle, Center for Survey Research

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4151: GUIDED DISCOVERY MODULES FOR STATICSDr. Javier Angel Kypuros, University of Texas, Pan American Javier Kypuros received a B.S.E. in mechanical engineering from Princeton University in 1996. He later received a M.S.E. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1998 and 2001 from the University of Texas, Austin. Kypuros began his career at the University of Texas, El Paso in 2001 and later joined the faculty at the University of Texas, Pan American (UTPA) in 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor and departmental ABET Coordinator. Kypuros received the UTPA Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching from the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2012. His research interests include dynamic

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Rachel B. Getman, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

semester.IntroductionLikely motivated by significant improvements in functionality and user-friendliness,computational software has become ubiquitous in engineering education. This has undeniablyenhanced the quality of education, as class time that was once spent teaching numerical methodsand computer syntax can now be spent using software to illustrate examples and explain complexphenomena. 1, 2 Seemingly, an advantage to this transition is that engineering curricula can focusmore specifically on the “science,” as a student with even a novice-level understanding ofnumerical methods and proper programming can use software to solve and analyze a variety ofengineering problems.Many engineering programs incorporate courses in computer methods early in the curricula

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan University; Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Bonnie Angelone, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-3484: INTEGRATING THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CUR-RICULUM USING A LONG-TERM GREEN DESIGN PROJECT PART 1:THE HYBRID POWERTRAINDr. Eric Constans, Rowan University Eric Constans is Chair of the Mechanical Engineering program at Rowan University. His research interests include engineering education, design optimization, and acoustics.Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan UniversityProf. Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan UniversityDr. Hong Zhang, Rowan UniversityDr. Tom Merrill, Rowan University Tom Merrill is an Assistant Professor in mechanical engineering. He teaches thermal fluids courses. Prior to coming Rowan University, he worked in the air conditioning and medical device industries. Currently, he works on developing new ways

Conference Session

Topics Related to Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph M. Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Cody Mathew LeMay, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elizabeth Freije, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

online coursework, which is easy access andconvenience to work at one’s own pace.A current challenge instructors face is how to use these tools effectively creating an onlinecourse environment that rivals an in-person classroom experience. “Many institutions … havefound it challenging to achieve faculty use that truly enhances the learning interaction betweenfaculty and students as opposed to simply posting materials online [8].”Research studies have confirmed that best practices exist for online learning [8, 9], yet the maininfluence in student outcomes is the instructor and his or her approach to teaching [9]. Oneexample is how might the instructor combat the loss of interaction forced by a classroom setting?“One of the most interesting

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Anthony; Josh Price; Joe Harris

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Incorporating Engineering Research Experiences into High School Physical Science CurriculaAbstractAs high school teachers, it is rare that we have the opportunity to see the engineeringapplications for the mathematics and science concepts we teach. In Summer 2009, however, weparticipated in a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) project at Tennessee Tech University.Our research experiences varied: the second author conducted research that explored packcementation processes and the variables affecting the aluminide coatings on nickel-based alloysin terms of composition and microstructure. Pack runs were conducted on the samples usingdifferent methods. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to look at

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Nespoli, University of Waterloo; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1258: ENGINEERING DESIGN CASE STUDIES: EFFECTIVE ANDSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT METHODSOscar Nespoli, University of WaterlooSteve Lambert, University of Waterloo Page 15.480.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering Design Case Studies: Effective and Sustainable Development MethodsAbstractCase studies and the case method of teaching and learning have demonstrated pedagogicalbenefits. Sustaining the effective and efficient development of cases requires strategies andmethods that are proven and systematic.Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering (WCDE) is a unique program to enhance designengineering education by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, USF

teaching assistants assignedto a Numerical Methods course that the first author teaches. The common practice is theassignment of a 10hr/week TA in the spring semester and none in the summer semester. Withanywhere from 40-70 students taking the class, the first author had to critically think about thebest use of the assigned TA. Should the TA spend time to maintain generous office hours, gradecomputer projects, assist in programming and experimental laboratories, or grade homeworkassignments? The question we are trying to answer in this paper is whether grading thehomework problems improve the student performance. We are not questioning the importanceof assigning the homework problems but if they help the students if picked for a grade.Cartledge3

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

, representing all five major branches of engineering offered atSchulich (Mechanical, Chemical and Petroleum, Civil, Electrical and Computer, andGeomatics), who supervise the individual lab sections; a fine arts instructor and acommunications instructor; in addition, the course also has a full time technician, 20-24engineering teaching assistants, 4-8 fine arts/industrial design teaching assistants and 4-6communications teaching assistants.Communications instructor as Solo InstructorThe primary role of the communications instructor in ENGG 251/253 is that of sololecture instructor. As one of the two lecture instructors, the communications instructor isresponsible for half the lectures each semester, as well as at least two laboratory periodsof

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

professional field. In addition, thecourse is intended to link knowledge and application of engineering principles to professionalethics and values, and to foster the academic and personal growth of the students. Unfortunately,the previous offerings of this course failed to deliver the desired learning experiences due to (1)the disparate nature of the content and delivery from session to session (2) the lack of continuityacross sessions (3) the absence of a common thread to bind the content of the course.In order to overcome these drawbacks and to teach engineering design and practice in the context 1-2of society, ethics, and economics, the course has been restructured by

Conference Session

Innovative Graphics Instruction

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

1987 and is the immediate past President of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics. Dr. Branoff’s research interests include spatial visualization in undergraduate students, 3D constraint-based modeling strategies, and the effects of online instruction for preparing teachers and engineers. Along with teaching courses in introductory engineering graphics, computer-aided design, descriptive geometry, and instructional design, he has conducted CAD and geometric dimensioning & tolerancing workshops for both high school teachers and industry. In 2013 he was elected as an ASEE Fellow.Mr. Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Greg Spaulding

technology, aviation (including professional pilot), and business. Theacademic programs are designed to directly prepare participants for the world of work,and the programs are very application oriented and laboratory intensive. KSU-Salinastudents learn by doing. Over the last five years, the college has placed 96% of itsgraduates, and each year several employers actively recruit on campus.With the size of the campus, the diversity of study, and the large number of activeentrepreneurs in the local community, this campus provides the ideal environment forimplementation of a broad-based entrepreneurial transformation. With very little fanfare,this transformation has already begun and will continue to be implemented, untilentrepreneurship permeates

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehria Saffi; Mariana Alvaro; Diana Mejia; David Bowen

suchexperience. By this method, we were able to interview practitioners in manufacturing, service,transportation and government organizations. Interviewees hailed from relatively smallmanufacturing organizations (approximately $6 million in annual sales), to some of the largestand well known (UPS, FEDEX), and most respected engineering companies (e.g., Bechtel, Intel,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Hewlett Packard) in the world.As a group, our interviewees averaged 17.9 years supervising engineers working in teams andparticipated in an average of 68 teams each. They served as leaders or supervisors for 22% ofthe those teams, and served as non-supervisory team members on the remaining 78%.Interviews were conducted either at the interviewees

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz

This curriculum would replace a significant portion of the macro-scaletechnology that has been taught in chemical engineering for most of its history as a professionwith multi-scale technology, while retaining a sufficient amount of the traditional technology topermit teaching and learning of manufacturing. Traditional course titles may change, reflecting arearrangement of topics based on length scales.1In any new curriculum paradigm, there will still be a need for a capstone experience. In the newcurriculum paradigm, the capstone experience may include design of a product at multiplescales, from the product at the atomic through the colloid scales, as appropriate, and themanufacture of the product at the macro scale. Therefore, a new class of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Newstetter; Paul Benkeser

, communications, etc. in the form of a course. Teaching these skills in isolation of theprofessional practice of engineering has been shown to be a less-than-ideal approach. In contrast,the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and EmoryUniversity has chosen to develop an approach in which these skills are developed in the studentsthrough the use of problem-based learning (PBL) experiences infused throughout the curriculum.Separate problem-based learning courses are positioned in the first and second years. PBLexperiences are incorporated into instructional laboratories associated with third-year systemsphysiology and biomedical sensors courses. The curriculum culminates with a two-semestersenior design course sequence

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

Session 2325 Design and Implementation of an Aeronautical Design-Build-Fly Course Peter W. Young1, Olivier L. de Weck2, and Charles P. Coleman3 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MassachusettsIntroductionTeaching aeronautical vehicle design is a significant challenge. We have found that teaching thedesign process in a pure, traditional lecture-style format is ineffective. Undergraduate studentsyearn for hands-on experiences that allow them

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

address these issues. TheWPI ECE Department instituted a sophomore-level course entitled “ECE Design” with thespecific intent of better preparing students for their senior capstone design projects, both byreinforcing fundamental concepts and by leading the students through a formal design processwith emphasis on the process itself. The course is run as a simulated business, with facultyserving as “Engineering Managers” who teach the process of design and manage the learningexperience. The students are placed in 3-person design teams reporting to undergraduate “SeniorEngineers”, who help guide them through an open-ended design of a useful product, from marketresearch to demonstration of a working prototype. The students are given a working budget

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

Burlington Northern Foundation Teaching Award, Regents Award for Superior Teaching, ASEE MidwestSection Outstanding Teaching Award, and the ASEE Fluke Corporation Award for Innovation in LaboratoryInstruction. At University of Oklahoma he also received the David Ross Boyd Professorship.TIM C. KEENERTim C. Keener is a professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Air Pollution Control Laboratory ofthe University of Cincinnati. Dr. Keener also directs the University of Cincinnati Environmental Training Institutewhich provides short course training to environmental professionals. Dr. Keener is the recipient of the Lyman A.Ripperton Award from the Air & Waste Management Association in recognition of his distinguished achievementsas an

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Waalen; Malgorzata Zywno

possibledue to logistics of the registration process, a random allocation to lab sections was used. Tobenchmark the comparison study, we compiled a measure of prior academic performance ofstudents enrolled in the course from the university database.Both instructors teaching the course had comparable expertise, and academic assessment tools(tests, projects, and final examination) were prepared collaboratively so that no course componentscould be perceived as designed to intentionally favour either group of students. The learningenvironment for both groups was based on the experiential, project-based instructional design, and Page 6.994.2

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Spall; Christine E. Hailey

appropriate. Incorporation of CFD into a graduate curriculum is not anew proposal. However, introducing CFD topics in undergraduate courses as well as teaching asenior-level CFD course is fairly limited. The results of several years of study on the role ofCFD in undergraduate education at Penn State-Behrend indicate CFD is best used in seniordesign projects and research projects.1 Average undergraduate students struggle with conceptslike solving differential equations and boundary conditions. Consequently, the Penn State- Page 5.102.1Behrend faculty found that teaching CFD to undergraduates was not an easy task. Recently,faculty at Kettering University

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter J. Graybash

multitude of decisions must be madeconcerning not just the equipment and technology issues, but also "human elements" relating tothe teaching and learning and participation by organizational personnel. Not all decisions aremade on economics. The principal objective of this project is to identify the human elements addressed byContinuing Engineering Educators in high-tech industries as they decide on delivery systems foremployee education. Information will be collected via a three-phase Delphi study of keydecision-makers in a purposive sample of 23 leading high-tech Fortune 500 companies. Thefirst phase of the study involves open-ended questions directed at a focus group. From the focusgroup comes a written survey questionnaire seeking to define the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Basavapatna Sridhara

strategy and different submission deadlines yielded some goodresults although course statistics showed that two students never used the course site. In this author’s opinion, web-based instruction is possible in areas such as humanities andliberal arts. Web-enhanced instruction can be adopted in Engineering Technology although itcannot replace interactive problem solving in the classroom and laboratory activities. FluidPower course site was developed while teaching a full load of ET courses and therefore, thisarticle gives only the salient features of web-enhanced instruction using CourseInfo.V. Conclusions Features such as Discussion Board, Virtual Chat, Student Pages and Group Pages werenot used effectively in the Fall of 2000