Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

. The art of finding a common ground and reaching acompromise regarding hotly contested issues is one of the important attributes designers need to possess.This course, entitled Artistic Engineering, explores some of the most complicated structures ever built andthe engineering and non-engineering challenges that accompanied their planning and construction. Afteraddressing the historical aspect of a given structure, students use a computer-based platform (SolidWorkssoftware) to virtually build a model of that structure. This process is similar to solving a jigsaw puzzle.The major highlight of this approach is its hi-tech nature. In this exercise students are given pre-madecomputer models that constitute the individual components of the entire

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Himani Sharma, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

academic path, providing a relatable perspective on career paths andprofessional journeys. The younger professionals, having recently transitioned from beingstudents in the same lab, became approachable mentors.Harnessing the presence of field experts on campus provided an excellent opportunity tocultivate more personalized interactions for the students. Once the groundwork was laid forinviting the engineers, a distinctive approach was adopted by allowing students to volunteer ashosts for our esteemed guests. This empowered students to take charge of planning logistics andestablishing email communications with the industry professionals. As hosts, students wentabove and beyond by organizing tours of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE

Conference Session

Best of Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

to design asustainable action plan for a company in Brazil. Two second year courses, GeneralEngineering Energy Systems and Chemical Engineering Conservation Principles, weretaught to provide background knowledge of how energy systems work, concepts ofmaterial and energy balances, and how chemical reactions can be manipulated inprocesses for sustainability and energy efficiency purposes. These courses were taughtto provide an understanding of systems learning as it related to sustainability frommultiple engineering disciplinary viewpoints. There were lectures and readings to helpstudents learn how sustainable technologies are implemented and regulated in Brazil.The learning of these concepts was strengthened by interactions and visits

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Suzanne S. Hicks, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management Division (EMD)

implement, andSafety Planning problem-solving, investigation, risk communicate safety collaboration assessment programs and practices Communication, Project management Develops skills to lead andET 6300 leadership, teamwork, software and techniques, deliver technical projectsPMI Project problem-solving, applying PM

Collection

2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Darren Singh; Raafat Khankan; Yousaf Ijaz; Damith Tennakoon; Mojgan Jadidi

experimentation (AE). For instance,a student attending a prepared lecture, or a slideshow presentation may fall under the AC category,but it is often not reinforced with a strong AE phase [4]. Thankfully, virtual tools can be used tocomplete Kolb’s learning cycle, particularly those which offer an interactive interface and an openworld setting that can be designed to meet the learning outcomes of the course. Studies also showedthat the focus and planning required to play a video game translates well to the education field [5].The player often finds contentment and validation in observing the progress they have made in avideo game setting, as it not only represents their self-development, but the degree to which theyare familiar with the game. Educational

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Scoles

of voltage and current sources (and their paralleland series combinations), power, and energy are needed. Thermodynamics is not required, whichhas an impact only in geothermal energy content. Other desired skills are algebra, trigonometry,dimensional analysis (units), basic financial calculations, and facility with spreadsheets. Whileno marketing has been done, enrollments have been about 60 students, and in some terms allengineering departments are represented. Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University Table 1. Course plan for ECEP 380 Introduction to Renewable Energy (Fall 14-15). Reading abbreviations: AES – Alternative Energy Systems and Applications1, AEF - America's Energy Future

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gary A. Gabriele; Edmond Dougherty

Engineering’s strategic plan, we haveembarked upon a goal of producing entrepreneurially minded engineers. With thegenerous support of the Kern Family Foundation, we have been able to create a numberof programs that help our students develop, learn, and explore how entrepreneurialthinking can make them more innovative problems solvers.The KEEN program at Villanova has been very successful in forming a core group offaculty involved in deeply engaging students in entrepreneurial activities. Theengineering entrepreneurship minor, started six years ago through funding from the KernFamily Foundation, has grown to become the most popular minor among students in ourCollege. Furthermore, through collaboration with the University of Dayton, theUniversity of

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Steven Magluilo; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Ivan Esparragoza; Gul E. Okudan Kremer

fully engaged in discussions during meetings. 4.25 4.67 0.003Overall, the students tended to rate themselves higher than how their teammates rated them.This observation is expected due to fact that students tend to increase their ratings as much aspossible when the course grade depends on peer ratings. In PEAR, therefore, student peer andself-ratings are reported separately. In addition, the average ratings were very high, excludingquestions 5, 6, 9, and 11. We observed several pitfalls that we are planning to fix in the nextrelease of PEAR as follows:Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University  Some students scored all questions, including the reversed ones, with the

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tristan Ericson; Scott Kiefer

progress update for their entire Further evidence shows that the points system holds project group each week during the scheduled class time.students accountable to their work by comparing overall Each student will be asked to detail what they havemilestone grades to professionalism scores across the entire accomplished in the previous week, and what they plan toclass. Table 4 shows that the percentage of students receiving accomplish during the next week. The students will give theirmilestone grades similar to their professionalism scores (by notebooks to the course instructors for verification andnoting if they were both above or below average) increases evaluation during the

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ruth Ochia P.E.

course pathways to ensure that the students will have The original (Fall 2013) approved curriculum for ourthe appropriate foundational knowledge needed to succeed in Bioengineering (BIOE) department had to meet the College oftheir chosen capstone course. The pathways have some Engineering’s mandated minimum of 124 semester hoursflexibility in case a student wished to move between particular (s.h.). In addition, the number of credit hours was defined bypathways, but the choice of pathway has to be made fairly ABET requirements for engineering programs. ABETearly in the student’s plan of study. suggests a minimum of 31 credits in foundation math and

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; John Wheatland; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke

. Mentoring is also provided in partnership with industry. 3 3. Professional Development: Activities for SiE students are selected to support student academic success while at Morgan, and to prepare them for graduate school or the workforce. At least two workshops are available each semester around four themes; Personal Development, Career Planning, Graduate School and Communication. 4. Community Building: Activities and interactions are structured to encourage interaction and a sense of community. These include monthly meetings and informal gatherings.Participant Recruitment, Selection and ProfileCurrent first and second-year undergraduate engineering students and newly admitted

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Wedlick; Carol E. Reiley; Cynthia Ramey

statistic isnot unique to the JHU RoboCompetition; the IEEE Robot Competition, another low-costeasily implemented robot competition, attracts over 30% female participants [11].The JHU RoboCompetition draws participants from Baltimore City and the surroundingcounties. Great socioeconomic diversity exists within that region. The MarylandDepartment of Planning estimates that in 2007 the median income in the region was $63kwith Anne Arundel Country having the highest median income ($83k) and BaltimoreCity having the lowest ($38k) [12]. The JHU RoboCompetition has drawn participantsfrom public schools whose mean household income is distributed throughout that range.The event has attracted schools with a mean household income of $75k and also

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ricardo A. Camilo; S. Keith Hargrove

, process that is very prone to mistakes.Sweden and Czech Republic’s suppliers provide most of the Kraft paper rolls, with a three tofour months period of delivery lead time. Kraft paper sacks and bags represent the mostprofitable business for the company. Figure 2: Transportation of Paper Rolls to WarehouseMost bond paper vendors are located in Argentina and United States and Brazil and Venezuela’smanufacturers fulfill all the demand of tissue paper rolls. The extended delivery times have asignificant impact on the production planning activities because most final products, speciallypaper sacks and bags can only be manufactured with specific paper codes, meaning that stock-outs can result in the impossibility of fulfill

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Neville Jacobs

might not recognize this. Teachers do, and are thrilled with the improved essay writing andverbal presentation skills, as well as the electrical and mechanical concepts and the practical applicationsof the center of gravity - as in when the robot topples over! Technology is used throughout, Engineering isin the planning needed, and Math is kept practical - mostly used in the adding and subtraction offractional measurements, making decisions on the leg lengths, calculating current flow, identifying thelocations of counterweights, and during programming (for the more sophisticated robots). Not surprisingly, students are not too thrilled with preparing the long Written Report and the OralPresentations, but they recognize the need for them

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

James Guthrie

the application of the diagrams to simplethree-dimensional structures. Skills to analyze structures composed of bending (beams) membersparticularly, free body diagrams, are developed.Following Structures I and Structures II, is a course entitled Structural Systems. This course isfor ARCH and CM students only. This is the course in which the focus shifts from elements tobuilding structures. Building on the skills learned in Structures I and Structures II, studentsdevelop the skills to analyze simple buildings composed of axial and bending members. Theylearn about structural stability, gravity and lateral loads, the development of framing plans, thebehavior and comparison of structural building systems, framing schemes and buildingconfiguration

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

science class. As you can see from Figures 7 and 8, both processes first define theproblem or the mission by examining facts, assumptions, and specified/implied/critical tasks. Bothprocesses then design alternatives and model or test those alternatives so they can be analyzed andcompared. Finally, both processes enable us to arrive at a reasonable decision and both are iterative innature with feedback loops to further refine the design or plan. While this interdisciplinary project wasdesigned to show our students the connections between organic chemistry, reaction engineering andseparations, but we were able to draw multiple connections across many aspects of our curriculum like thecase of engineering design and military science. The

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas R. Wedlick; Carol E. Reiley; Cynthia Ramey

statistic isnot unique to the JHU RoboCompetition; the IEEE Robot Competition, another low-costeasily implemented robot competition, attracts over 30% female participants [11].The JHU RoboCompetition draws participants from Baltimore City and the surroundingcounties. Great socioeconomic diversity exists within that region. The MarylandDepartment of Planning estimates that in 2007 the median income in the region was $63kwith Anne Arundel Country having the highest median income ($83k) and BaltimoreCity having the lowest ($38k) [12]. The JHU RoboCompetition has drawn participantsfrom public schools whose mean household income is distributed throughout that range.The event has attracted schools with a mean household income of $75k and also

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ricardo A. Camilo; S. Keith Hargrove

, process that is very prone to mistakes.Sweden and Czech Republic’s suppliers provide most of the Kraft paper rolls, with a three tofour months period of delivery lead time. Kraft paper sacks and bags represent the mostprofitable business for the company. Figure 2: Transportation of Paper Rolls to WarehouseMost bond paper vendors are located in Argentina and United States and Brazil and Venezuela’smanufacturers fulfill all the demand of tissue paper rolls. The extended delivery times have asignificant impact on the production planning activities because most final products, speciallypaper sacks and bags can only be manufactured with specific paper codes, meaning that stock-outs can result in the impossibility of fulfill

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Neville Jacobs

might not recognize this. Teachers do, and are thrilled with the improved essay writing andverbal presentation skills, as well as the electrical and mechanical concepts and the practical applicationsof the center of gravity - as in when the robot topples over! Technology is used throughout, Engineering isin the planning needed, and Math is kept practical - mostly used in the adding and subtraction offractional measurements, making decisions on the leg lengths, calculating current flow, identifying thelocations of counterweights, and during programming (for the more sophisticated robots). Not surprisingly, students are not too thrilled with preparing the long Written Report and the OralPresentations, but they recognize the need for them

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

science class. As you can see from Figures 7 and 8, both processes first define theproblem or the mission by examining facts, assumptions, and specified/implied/critical tasks. Bothprocesses then design alternatives and model or test those alternatives so they can be analyzed andcompared. Finally, both processes enable us to arrive at a reasonable decision and both are iterative innature with feedback loops to further refine the design or plan. While this interdisciplinary project wasdesigned to show our students the connections between organic chemistry, reaction engineering andseparations, but we were able to draw multiple connections across many aspects of our curriculum like thecase of engineering design and military science. The

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

. The art of finding a common ground and reaching acompromise regarding hotly contested issues is one of the important attributes designers need to possess.This course, entitled Artistic Engineering, explores some of the most complicated structures ever built andthe engineering and non-engineering challenges that accompanied their planning and construction. Afteraddressing the historical aspect of a given structure, students use a computer-based platform (SolidWorkssoftware) to virtually build a model of that structure. This process is similar to solving a jigsaw puzzle.The major highlight of this approach is its hi-tech nature. In this exercise students are given pre-madecomputer models that constitute the individual components of the entire

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Neal A. Lewis

made without incident. Routine quality inspection of the third batch revealed ametal contamination: small slivers of what appeared to be stainless steel were inside many of the gelatin 2capsules. A day later, the same contamination was found in the fourth batch. Further production wasstopped, and I was notified of the problem. Because the issue occurred at a contract manufacturer, it wasthe contractor’s responsibility to identify and correct the problem. I had already planned on being at theplant the following Monday. Some of our R&D people were already at the plant to assist in the startup,and they committed to help in the

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Auf Akhtar; Syed S. Rizvi; Khaled M. Elleithy

Guard, a built-in feature of Oracle DatabaseEnterprise Edition, guarantees a disaster recovery solution that is database aware and fully integratedwith other Oracle High Availability (HA) features.Adidas also has a number of new projects in development on Oracle Database 10g. Adidas plans to useData Guard10g Rolling Upgrades, a new feature that dramatically reduces the downtime required toupgrade from one database release to the next (Oracle 10.1.0.3 is the minimum database release requiredfor rolling upgrades). Like many Oracle users, Adidas will soon upgrade existing production systemsfrom Oracle9i to Oracle Database 10g. Adidas’s testing showed that in their environment, the upgradefrom Oracle9i to Oracle 10g requires a minimum of 25 minutes

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Elisa P. Goulart, Texas A&M University; Chris Corti, Ph.D., Cisco Systems, Inc.; Matthew Robert Hawkes, Cisco

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

worked during the summer. Note that we had one studentworking directly with the development team, the automation (or test) team, and build team. - Automation Tool for Smart Regression (iAutomate) As part of a broader “continuous integration” project3, two Texas A&M summer interns were assigned to a project on Smart Regression, while a third intern was fully dedicated to the Test team. This project was well planned by the Cisco team even before students arrived. As part of the automation and testing, a large suite of testcases are included in each regression. Thus, when there are changes in the new software code for the call manager, all these testcases must be run. However, due to the large

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

scheduling conflicts among themselves. Each student team must develop and presentfor approval a project proposal. The proposal outlines specific objectives, required resources,time-table of project execution, roles and responsibilities. Team effectiveness is also judged bythe timely completion of project deliverables. The project execution plan is the basis ofassessment. Fig. 5 shows such an execution plan. Informal project updates occur on a weeklybasis. A formal mid-term project status update is part of the course grade. Final projectpresentation and reporting occur at the semester end. This requirement aims at improving writingand presentation skills.Tasks Dates1: Software Training2: Proposal3: Initial Simulation4: Individual

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

collectiondevelopment goals will be to grow our electronic collections.The New Science and Engineering Building Our university is a new campus, relative to many universities in the state. However, it isgrowing rapidly, especially in the sciences. In the last five years, our university opened twomulti-disciplinary science and engineering buildings. The newest building, the AppliedEngineering and Technology Building, opened for occupancy in Fall 2009 and officially inSpring 2010; our library opened few months later, in May. In the original plans for the building, a laboratory space was built where our library isnow. The architects and builders outfitted the room with various lab specifications, including aneye-wash station, a multitude of power

Conference Session

Computer Science Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Li, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

methodology. The coretopics are assessed through theoretical questions including true/false questions, shortanswers, and algorithm simulations. Table 2 shows the comparison of student scores oncore topics in Fall 2008 and Fall 2010 course offerings, respectively. From the table, theimprovement on student scores is tremendous. The D&F rate has dropped from 50% to21%. Even though with the limited number of samples we cannot simply conclude thatthe practice-oriented approach is the mere contributor to this improvement, without anydoubt, the hands-on experiments do help students digest the core theoretical data miningconcepts. In future, we plan to develop a detailed assessment rubric to evaluate theeffectiveness of course delivery systematically

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen R. Fleeman, Rock Valley College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

servicedevelopment, testing and alternative energy product certifications with an emphasis on theelectrical and electronic systems. The SES program helps prepare you to take the Alternative-Energy Integrator Certification examinations offered by the Electronics Technicians Association,International.” The SES degree program sequence plan is provided in Table 1. The certification componentof the program description is explained in the next section.Table 1. SES program sequence plan.2. Designing a curriculum for assessment The faculty agreed unanimously the new program should not be designed for installers, butrather designers who possess a great breadth of knowledge that embellishes their expertise inelectronics. It was also decided that external

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Susan M. Montenery, Ohio Northern University; Courtney M. Hetrick, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Electrical orComputer Engineering) or a Biomedical Sciences minor (through Mechanical Engineering) 1;both options offer students an opportunity to take coursework and some laboratory work in thebiomedical area well into their plan of study. Implementing a full scale biomedical engineeringprogram is not feasible without significant additional recourses or an affiliated medical school.There is little opportunity to work in a laboratory setting on projects related to biomedicalengineering in the first year of study, as is the case for most if not all engineering programs.Engineering faculty met with faculty from the Department of Nursing while pursuingopportunities for undergraduate student research projects and, together, an undergraduateresearch and

Conference Session

Digital Technologies and Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech; Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

plan that would help determine the extent to which thistechnology was changing the nature of teaching and learning. The plan was designed incollaboration with representatives from the School of Education at Virginia Tech.Conceptual FrameworkThe assessment approach tied to this initiative is informed by best practices and includesthe fundamental qualities of a comprehensive assessment program, including the idea thatthe evaluation, reporting, and use of results are an ongoing, cyclical process. This processis intended to be a transparent, public process involving many different stakeholders andit is designed to understand and improve student learning. The methodology uses asystematic process to collect and analyze data. Results are then used to