Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Abdulhaleem Abdullah Alowaisheer, Fluor Daniel Technologies, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

every semester of the ECET program ofundergraduate study. The class of Spring 2011 had twenty two students. In the first part of 3fourweeks, the students are introduced to the architecture of the 8-bit microcontroller Microchip PIC16F887 and the basics of embedded C programming. In the next eight weeks the students work onthe pre-designed laboratory exercises to acquaint them on using input and output ports, interruptfacilities, the timers, comparators and analog to digital converter modules of the microcontroller. Inthe final three weeks, they are assigned a project in which the students use most of the tools learnedin the class

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert; Deepti Suri

importance ofrequirements as sophomores in SE-2831 (Introduction to Software Verification), and SE-280(Software Engineering Process). The concepts learned in SE-3821 are reinforced in SE-380(Principles of Software Architecture) and the process is scaled up for the students in their three-quarter experience of “Software Development Laboratory” [5], where the students work on large-scale projects in a “real-world” setting.The unique thing about the Biomedical Engineering (BE) program at MSOE is that the studentsstart working on their design capstone project as freshman. The freshman and sophomore yearsare typically devoted to market and technology research phase. The various project groups aresupposed to have their design presentations sometime in the

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer; Nihad Dukhan

in an industrial environment that requires some engineering research. Undergraduateresearch programs are very likely to overcome such shortcomings and would provide thestudents with an approach to seek answers and a way of independent scientific thinking. Teaching independent study courses of six to eight students does not require much coursepreparation, and the students can be evaluated on the outcomes of their research projects withoutspending a lot of time with written homework or exams. Furthermore, the students can assist indeveloping projects and handouts that can later be used as hands-on laboratory exercises orclassroom demonstrations. At the same time, the students can acquire the background necessaryfor them to be valuable to

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Jason Buchanan, Southern Illinois Universaity, Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

received his M.S. and Ph.D. from SIUC in 1991 and 2002 respectively. He teaches courses in electric power and machinery, industrial automation, and electric circuits. His research interests include power systems economics, power markets, and electric energy management.Jason Buchanan, Southern Illinois Universaity, Carbondale Jason Buchanan received the Navy Education Code (4125) in the U.S. Navy in 1995. From 1995 to 1999, he was a Gas Turbine Systems Electrician, power distribution operator, gauge calibration coordinator, investigative firefighter, and a propulsion plant monitor in the U.S. Navy. From 1999 to 2006, he worked as a maintenance electrician in the underground coal mining

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2010-1698: USING PROCESS FMEA IN AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY CAPSTONE COURSEMary Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mary E. Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Aviation Technology and the Industrial Technology departments at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. She has earned her BS, MS, and PhD in Industrial Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington. She teaches capstone courses in the Aeronautical Engineering Technology program, in addition to graduate courses in Aviation Technology and Industrial Technology. Mary has extensive experience in the aerospace industry, both prior to coming to academia and while in academia

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

System Operators and a variety of other local, state and regional committees. He is a licensed engineer in Kentucky and Texas, is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer through the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, with specialty certification in Water and Wastewater and a Diplomate, Water Resource Engineer through the American Academy of Water Resource Engineers.Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University Ms. Wade is the Education Coordinator for the Water Training Institute (WTI) at Bowling Green Community College (BGCC), a division of Western Kentucky Univeristy (WKU). In addition to giving guidance to existing and prospective students in the WTI program, she teaches WTI and

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Daney, Downingtown Area School District & Villanova University; Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University; Gerard F. Jones, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University in 1987 where he cur- rently holds the rank of professor. In 2008, after serving as department chairman for six years, he assumed the position of Associate Dean, Academic Affairs where he was responsible for day-to-day running of the undergraduate engineering program of 850 students in five engineering majors. In 2012, he took the po- sition of Sr. Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. His undergraduate teaching has included numerous courses in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, analysis and design, gravity-driven water networks, and laboratories. His graduate courses are heat conduction, convection, computational fluid dynamics

Conference Session

Use of Technology for Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

conceptual design for a Data Warehouse which would integrate the different data servers the company used. With i2 Technologies he led the work on i2’s Data Mining product ”Knowledge Discover Framework” and at CEERD (Thailand) he was the product manager of three energy software products (MEDEE-S/ENV, EFOM/ENV and DBA-VOID) which were/are used in Asian and European countries by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Acharya has a M.Eng. in Computer Technology and a D.Eng. in Computer Science and Information Management with a concentration in knowledge discovery, both from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University; Nesreen Alsbou, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #10070Combining Technical and Entrepreneurial Skills in an Electric Circuits Coursethrough Project-Based LearningDr. Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University Heath J. LeBlanc is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at Ohio Northern University. He received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and graduated summa cum laude with his BS in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 2007. His teaching interests include control, signals and systems, electric circuits

Conference Session

Simulations and Project Based Learning I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed H. Elsawy, Tennessee Technological University; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Sally J. Pardue, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

material processing, metallurgy and manufacturing systems. Dr. ElSawy received ˜ $2M of state, federal, and industrial grants in support of his laboratory development and research activities. He advised several masters and doctoral students who are holding academic and industrial positions in the USA, Germany and Taiwan. Dr. ElSawy has numerous publications in national and international conferences and refereed journals.Prof. Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-KingsvilleDr. Sally J. Pardue, Tennessee Technological University Sally Pardue, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech University, and Director of the Oakley Center for Excellence in the Teaching of Science, Technology

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lehman; David Stone; Mary Raber

andfemales, thus improving technology education and the technological capabilities of our futureworkforce. Furthermore, by building upon the belief that students grasp a better understandingof concepts when given an opportunity to teach them to others, the mini-enterprise experienceprovides undergraduate students an opportunity to help with the development and delivery ofeducational materials to the pre-college students, thereby strengthening their own level ofunderstanding.To date, this concept has been piloted with several of our enterprises ~ Aqua Terra Tech,Consumer Product Manufacturing and Wireless Communication, with great success. This paper

Conference Session

Professional Development & Women Faculty

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

F. Carroll Dougherty; Cheryl Schrader

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PANEL FOR WOMEN FACULTY: PATHWAYS AND CHECKPOINTS F. Carroll Dougherty, Cheryl B. Schrader University of South Alabama / Boise State UniversityAbstractFinishing the Ph.D. is always considered to be the hard part; but it is simply the beginning of along string of challenges and opportunities, checkpoints and pathways. Many women are drawnto an academic career path because of their interest in teaching, research, and outreach potentialto others. But sometimes the pathways to success seem unfriendly or unclear. It is not alwayseasy to chart one's progress and define the steps needed to accomplish a goal. And it can be alltoo easy to get sidetracked

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajan B Gujjarlapudi; Kaushik Hatti; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

Engineering EducationLiterature reviewMost of the literature required for the project, books and journals were suggested by the expert,in this case Mr. Kaushik Hatti working as a Teaching Assistant for the Organic lab at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. The most useful book in this project was The ExperimentalOrganic Chemistry by Gilbert and Martin 5. Other books which were helpful in this case wereExperimental Organic Chemistry by Daniel R. Palleros. Many important points were noted downfrom the Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual by Dr. Mark C. Morvant.10Most of critical information required for this project was obtained from Gilbert and Martin 5which addresses a critical need faced by researchers in all fields of the human sciences - how

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey

halves,the first part on analog electronics, and the second on digital circuits. This separation achievesthree things. First, as at most institutions with IT programs, many of our students transfer intoour program from other institutions or programs, and they have had either analog or digitalelectronics before beginning study with us. By splitting the course in half, the students are ableto take only the portion in which they are deficient. The second thing that is achieved by thisbifurcated course, is that the analog portion is deemphasized, while still being sufficientpreparation for the other courses in the curriculum. In effect the course teaches in ½ semesterwhat is normally taught in 1 to 2 semesters. Admittedly, some material that is

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; H. Joel Lenoir

, machine vision, robotics, learning systems, neural networks, and controls.H. JOEL LENOIRH. Joel Lenoir is the Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamicsystems and instrumentation areas of the curriculum. His industrial experience includes positions at MichelinResearch and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design andmanufacturing firms.Address: 1 Big Red Way, Department of Engineering, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101;email: mark.cambron@wku.edu or joel.lenoir@wku.edu Page 9.813.8 Proceedings of the 2004

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Sherick

colleges and MSU-Bozeman dedicated to providing undergraduate research and scholarship opportunities for American Indian students in career fields of science, math and engineering. • Montana Apprenticeship Program (MAP): MAP is a summer academic enhancement program designed for American Indian juniors and seniors in high school. MAP has been running for 22 years and has hosted over 300 students from all over the U.S. MAP is a six- week program that provides pre-college academic preparation, and offers students experience in a scientific-research laboratory. Eighty percent of students from MAP enter college. • American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES): The AISES student chapter at MSU was chartered

Conference Session

Math Software Use in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ryan

analysis tools must be used efficiently in engineering core courses so that teachingof fundamentals is not compromised. This paper describes a shaft design project assigned in ajunior level machine design course, and compares the teaching effectiveness of a traditionalanalysis by “hand” versus a computational approach using COSMOS/Works. Both approachesare found to be beneficial for student learning, and the experience suggests that a finite elementanalysis tool complements, but does not replace, traditional analysis techniques in the classroom.IntroductionThe use of modern computational tools in an undergraduate curriculum is a necessary componentof today’s engineering education. Introduction of new topics or techniques inevitably creates

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Meade

profitability. I spent two class periods describing our businesspractices. I will briefly review the business issues as described to the students because thebusiness aspects were essential to the ethics instruction.Our mock firm must bill our clients and collect funds totaling a certain amount each month or wewill not be able to cover our operating costs. We did an approximate calculation of our revenueneeds for our firm based on a multiplier of 3. For that specific period I assigned a position toeach class member such as project engineer, laboratory supervisor, technician, drill rig operatorand helper. I assigned typical salaries to each position, totaled them and multiplied by 3 to covertaxes, insurance, retirement, health benefits, and office and

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

, including but not limited to laboratory research, case studies, and tutorials on advancedtopics. If a faculty member is willing to supervise the student project, the student must prepare aproposal for the project and submit the proposal to the department head. The independent studyproposal should include a statement of the problem to be addressed or topic to be investigated inthe independent study, an overview of the proposed research plan or a syllabus, any deliverables,and a timeline for the project. All students who take an independent study are required to presenta seminar to faculty and students and prepare a final paper on the results of their work. A copyof all final papers is kept by the department.HonorsLafayette College specifies that

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Holger Dahms; Stefan Bartels; John Gassert; Jens Thiedke; Owe Petersen

universities establishing a presence in aforeign country and exporting their own faculty to teach courses. Other institutions have acoordinated program of study that includes formal consideration of how the study abroadexperience at a foreign university advances the student’s progress towards a degree.The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and the Fachhochschule Lübeck (FHL),University of Applied Sciences, Lübeck, Germany jointly developed and implemented a uniqueinternational student exchange program in the discipline of Electrical Engineering (EE). Theuniqueness of the program lies in the fact that it is fully integrated into the EE curriculum of bothinstitutions and constitutes a specific degree path at both institutions. Graduation is not

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Sauer; Mark Moore; Amin ul Karim; Ahmed Khan

Consortium (GWEC) wireless curriculum modules. These modules,designed through a collaborative effort of academia and industry and totaling 46 modulesat present, are revised regularly to maintain currency. Furthermore, industry membersprovide instructional tools to GWEC academic affiliates. This paper describes therevision and enhancement process of wireless technology lecture/laboratory courses byincorporating existing GWEC modules and industry tools at DeVry University, Dupagecampus. Page 8.146.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daphne Chang

Matlab/Simulink, a required software for the EE undergraduate curriculum. A series of lab sessions are introduced to the class to complement the lecture materials and to guide the students into the design project. The use of animation provides many advantages: better visual effects, improved communications, and higher interest levels. Student response has been very positive. A number of recommendations are made in this work based on instructor observation and course evaluations.(I) IntroductionSystem analysis is a multidisciplinary subject encompassing all fields of engineering applications.However, the traditional treatment (in the sense of teaching pedagogy) of this subject tends to behighly

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

outcomes. A standard format forthese reviews is now prescribed. This, along with the fact that our teaching assignmentstend to remain constant over a three to five year period, provides an opportunity to bothcompare student performance with expectations as well as make meaningful year-to-yearcomparisons. It was obvious that a detailed discussion of all 12 courses was not possible eachyear. Thus only selected courses are reviewed each year, although all courses arereviewed on a set cycle. Because of their importance in the curriculum both semesters ofthe unit operations laboratory and both semesters of the design class are reviewed eachyear. In addition, one other required course is reviewed. To date four the eightremaining required ChE

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

) COLLEGE LEVEL ASSESSMENT (Office of College Dean) PROGRAM LEVEL ASSESSMENT (Program Faculty Team) COURSE LEVEL ASSESSMENT (Instructor – Individual Faculty) Figure 1. Development of a Hierarchical Assessment System The faculty members in each academic program are responsible for developing anassessment scheme that is consistent with the College assessment system. Courseinstructors are responsible for developing a course level assessment method. If more thanone faculty member teaches a particular course, they all should agree on a unified set ofeducational objectives and learning outcomes for

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Trioloa; Charles Garnett; Barry Mohle; Alfred Wicks; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

an initiative with the goal of adding approximately 400 new research employeesper year to its R&D centers located throughout the United States. These comprise the NavalSurface Warfare Center, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Naval Air Warfare Center, Space andNaval Warfare Systems Center, the Naval Research Laboratory, the Naval Medical ResearchCenter, and the Naval Medical Health Center.Internal studies4 of the Navy’s science and technology (S&T) needs have pointed to factors whichmust be addressed if this objective is to be met. Some of these factors are internal, such aslimitations imposed by the Civil Service System on the flexibility to hire new employees and theability to reward research productivity, but often these factors

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Clark; Lisa Comparini; Anthony Dixon; David DiBiasio

. The major new features were a restructuring and spiraling ofspecific chemical engineering topics around a framework of open-ended, team-based projects. Inthe following we will refer to the group that took the new curriculum as the spiral-taught and thetraditionally taught students as the comparison. Note that "spiral-taught" is a convenient term weuse that includes all the teaching and curricular changes implemented during the project, not justthe spiral topic structure.The spiral curriculum was delivered through a variety of channels including cooperative-groupprojects, traditional lectures, homework problems, in-class active learning sessions, interactivemultimedia learning tools, and laboratory experiments. To assure individual

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Staus; Henry Ansell

instructor out of class. However, such recognition did not show up strongly in theaverages of student responses; the average ratings for those activities remained low. HENRY G. ANSELL received a Ph. D. (Electrophysics) from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He wasemployed for 25 years as an electrical engineer by AT&T Bell Laboratories. Since fall 1987 he has been teaching atPenn State Berks Campus (now part of Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College). He can be reached athga1@psu.edu for questions or comments. RALPH V. STAUS received an MSEE from Drexel University, and is a registered Professional Engineer inPennsylvania. He has had 20 years of industrial experience, including 14 years in factory automation. He is now anAssistant

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas H. Ortmeyer; M. Sathyamoorthy; Karl Cunningham

project at a level which is not possible with themore traditional summer employment. At the same time, the program allows a greaterdegree of flexibility for the industrial mentor, and provides for more industry/universityinteraction than often occurs with summer or co-op employment.1. IntroductionEngineering design is an important component of the undergraduate engineeringeducation. Additionally, workplace experience can provide engineering students with aperspective that is difficult to achieve in either the classroom or teaching laboratory.This paper describes an ongoing program which provides engineering students withboth design and workplace experience in the area of manufacturing engineering.While engineering design is recognized as a key

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Jalkio

on a weighted percentage of points scored in exams, homework,and other graded assignments2. However, if a course has ten learning objectives that receiveequal point weighting, a student can theoretically score 90% of points without demonstrating anycompetence in one of the learning objectives. Competency testing3 provides direct evidence ofthe accomplishment of learning objectives, but typically only on a pass/fail basis for eachlearning objective. Our goal was to develop a grading system that would allow us to assigngrades based on demonstrated mastery of learning objectives. Since the successful completionof many laboratory experiments and exam questions require the attainment of several learningobjectives, it is difficult to determine the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean DiBartolo; Linfield Brown; Chris Swan

that is not generally available throughtraditional course work or laboratory projects.IntroductionWhat is WERC? The Waste-management Education and Research Consortium (WERC) is aconsortium of academic institutions, industry, and government agencies partnering ineducational, research and outreach initiatives in the environmental field. Academic institutionsinvolved with the consortium are New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT),University of New Mexico (UNM), New Mexico State University (NMSU) and Diné College.The consortium offices reside at NMSU. Major industrial partners have included Westinghouse,Fluor Daniels, Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), Rust Geotech, Inc., and Phillips Petroleum. Majorgovernment contributors include the U.S