Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Brian Thomas, Trine University; Andrea Mitofsky, Trine University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; John Eiler

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

multidisciplinary teams during their senior capstone courses. The design module wasintroduced in the fall 2011 semester, and was repeated in fall 2012 and fall 2013. Anassessment, conducted with current and former participants in fall 2013, demonstrates theefficacy of the project.1. INTRODUCTION.The engineering education community has embraced the concept of multidisciplinary designover the past two decades 1-3. This movement reflects a renewed emphasis on design in theengineering curriculum, particularly at the freshman (cornerstone) and senior (capstone) levels 4.The benefit of training engineers to work in multidisciplinary teams is self-evident whenconsidering the integration of mechanical design, electronics, software, human factors andergonomics, and

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Rami Jubrail Haddad, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) Page 24.124.6Assessment ResultsAs stated earlier, the assessment process of student learning outcomes is based on direct andindirect measurements. Table 3 shows the results of indirect measurements, or surveys, as meanaverages on a scale of 5 of the appropriateness of student learning outcomes as perceived byPAC members, EE faculty and EE students. (Note: twenty samples of students’ responses wereused as feedback). Survey results indicated that all outcomes met the target level (3.5), exceptthat outcome ‘i’ is slightly below (3.4) target, reflecting the faculty’s desire to enhance “students’ability to conduct research in the electrical engineering discipline as part of a life-long learning.” Table 3- Appropriateness of Student Outcomes

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avik Dayal, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; A. A. (Louis) Beex, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

design cycle during their evaluation hasbeen difficult. A large percentage of students are able to reflect on the operation of their circuitsto determine if the design criteria within constraints have been achieved. However, few take thenext steps to investigate what caused deviations from expected performance and to identifywhere they should focus efforts to redesign the circuit to more closely match the designspecifications.Two approaches to stimulate students to complete the design cycle have been developed atVirginia Tech and used in junior-level courses. In one approach, students in an ac circuitslaboratory course are asked to directly compare the results of their analyses with the measuredresults by physically overlaying plots of the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. During the seminar, the internship coordinator can clarify, if needed, thecourse deliverables and administrative evaluative procedures that lead to the internship grades. Page 23.337.4The seminar also provides the students with an opportunity both to reflect on the value of thecourse work that had prepared them for the internship and to propose any modifications to thecourses to improve their preparation.Employer evaluation is a major part of the students’ experience and resulting grade5. For that, asite visit is normally scheduled towards the end of the experience. Each visit generally lastsabout an hour, during which the internship coordinator

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

help them to obtain a good Page 23.362.7basis for the computer science topics. Following the computerscience component, the political science lesson takes a philosophical approach to the course andchallenges the students to reflect on what the word cyberspace really means. The instructorprompts the students to create a list of cyber related words. Students are then tasked to pick oneof the words, research it using credible sources, and then present their results using MS Word.To complete the assignment, on Thursday, students are introduced to MS Word where they learnbasic MS Word tools as well as the different formatting capabilities of the

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the learning style, people learn best if they follow a cycle consisting of four steps (axes):experiencing (concrete experience), watching (reflective observation), thinking/modeling(abstract conceptualization), and applying/doing (active experimentation). Thus, activeexperimentation is an essential part of the learning process. Kolb’s learning cycle has been usedin various engineering education programs such as civil2-4, mechanical4, chemical2, 3, 5,industrial6, aeronautical4, and manufacturing2, 3, 7 engineering.The success of robotics projects in engineering education has been well reported in literature.The advanced robotics system described in this work is based on the newest hardware andsoftware robotics and electronic entertainment

Conference Session

Materials Science Education for the Future

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd C. Hufnagel, Johns Hopkins University; Michael J. Reese Jr., Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

employed. At severalstages in the course groups of students spent class time working out detailed problems thattraditionally might have been presented as part of a lecture. For example, the students determinedthe appearance of a single-crystal electron diffraction pattern using an Ewald sphereconstruction. The instructor walks through the classroom as students work asking questions toencourage students’ critical reflection while also answering student questions. Twocomputational modules were also integrated into the course, in which students either usedsupplied software or developed software tools (using MATLAB) to model equilibrium structuresof materials.To facilitate the active learning approach, the course in fall 2012 was located in a

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering ; Michael Richard Carlson

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering projects, professionalism and reflection (metacognition). His research in the area of engineering education is focused on project-based learning, design and innovation, professionalism and self-directed learning.Mr. Ronald R Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering Ron Ulseth directs and instructs in the Iron Range Engineering program in Virginia, Minnesota and he teaches in the Itasca Community College engineering program in Grand Rapids, MN. He was instrumental in growing the Itasca program from ten students in 1992 to 160 students in 2010. In 2009, he worked with a national development team of engineering educators to develop the 100% PBL curriculum used in the Iron Range model. He has successfully acquired and

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Heidar Malki, University of Houston (CoT); Xiaohui Yuan, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

. Learning outcomes in each area reflect the overall goals of theproject and include: (1) at the component level, students will demonstrate their ability to (a)select appropriate sensors to monitor physical phenomena and (b) design analog and digitalsignal conditioning circuits to connect them to microcontroller/computers; (2) at the systemlevel, students will be able to identify and use current technology practiced in monitoring andcontrol systems; (3) at the network level, students will be able to (a) understand fundamentalconcepts of WSN, and (b) design and develop such a system; and (4) at the capstone/projectlevel, students will be able to demonstrate their capability to design, develop, implement, and testa networked data acquisition system to

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Chastine, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

render anaugmented view, similar to the helmets used in virtual reality. Using an HMD, the user viewsthe physical world through transparent glass capable of reflecting virtual information, oralternatively, using the two small displays in helmet that display a video stream of theenvironment. While providing an immersive experience, they are prohibitively expensive formany universities. An alternative to HMDs is to use smart mobile devices that serve as awindow through which to view the augmented world. By pointing the device at an area ofinterest, the video stream from the built-in camera can be sent to the display, providing the userwith a mediated view of the world. This view provides no depth information, but can still serveas a foundation for

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

carry high stakes for students since both are required for graduation. Thus,negative comments reflect a fundamental observation: for engineering, servant-leadershipprojects are more time-consuming than conventional course projects due to the need to serve anoutside stakeholder on a deadline. A best-practice, therefore, is build more time into courses forservant-leadership projects than is typically given for conventional projects.To further place negative aquaponics miniature project comments in context, it is helpful tocompare this project against design-and-build projects selected by instructors in previousofferings of this thermodynamics course. Examples include 1) calorimeters to identify mystery

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L Marcellus, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

applied probability itself, butalso for the nature of problems. They should understand structuring problems and posing problems.They should be informed that there is a spectrum of problems, ranging from well-structuredproblems with definite answers and clear boundaries, such as are found in traditional textbooks (andnowhere else), and open-ended, ill-structured problems, such as are found in the engineeringworkplace. The essential and unique point is that learners s must pose, clarify, and define problems,not simply solve them.And, at the same time, learners should practice metacognitive skills such as reflecting on how theyare building these schemes. Metacognitive activities are manifold and not easy to classify. Howeverthere is widespread

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Blake; kathleen marrs; Jeff Watt; Andrew Gavrin

?”, electronic bulletin boards, and other web-based features were added later.Our results in reducing attrition in the physics courses has been striking. Figures 4 (a) and (b)show, respectively, the DWF rates for introductory mechanics (PHYS 152) and electricity andmagnetism (PHYS 251). In each case, The horizontal lines reflect the periods before and afterJiTT methods were adopted.We would like to stress that these results do not reflect reduced standards or instructor effects.Throughout the period shown, both courses have maintained a strict policy that studentsautomatically fail if they receive less than 50% total scores on the mid-term and final exams.These exams are reviewed by other department faculty, including those who had been teachingthe

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

course content is difficult and presents many situations where students may get lostor not understand, it may be necessary to teach them the steps to take, the questions toask, and the resources to use that can lead to understanding. This situation is common inmath, the sciences, and other numbers-based courses such as economics and statistics.Question #6 - Study Skills: What study skills do my students need to be successful in mycourse? Will they need to organize large amounts of information, summarize information,use rote memory techniques, or prepare for essay exams? Assisting students indeveloping study strategies which fit the type of testing (or other forms of assessment)used in the course and which reflect the amount and nature of the

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

in the excitement of VaNTH research. However, theprogram also reflects the recent emphasis in engineering education on the development ofundergraduates’ core competencies, i.e., those skills necessary for professional success Page 8.678.1regardless of field, e.g., problem analysis, team management, written and oral communication,“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 2309etc.5 In

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvid Andersen

. Student teams are asked to create an individual Weighting Factor (WF) to reflect the workload pulled by each member of the team during the project performance. The 100 points distribution mentioned above is decided unanimously.d. Evaluation of the student participation in the study programme courses after deliberation and discussion with the course lecturer, attendance and from course exercises.A moderation panel made up of all people involved in other words supervisors and externalexaminers agrees the final overall mark.Final examination procedureThe final examination is held as a seminar with the following content:1. Oral presentation of written report

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

design process that leads to the solution is embedded in the model by Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe way the student chooses to construct their model. These construction decisions are revealedto the instructor through dynamic modeling activities. Second, these dynamic modelingactivities address the important issue of having instructional activities reflect authenticprofessional practice. In this case, dynamic modeling can come in the form of 'engineeringchange orders'.The worth of a model now is based not on a single geometric form, but how well it can beiterated through a number of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Gautier

includes “hands-on” learning of the new theory.A third approach incorporates visual learning concepts. Even students who can easilycomprehend new material benefit from visual tools that affirm and increase the depth of theirunderstanding of concepts presented. A final approach uses guest speakers from industry whosecareer reflects the subject matter of the course. The speakers can provide information, giveadvice, and answer questions about career related topics; thereby, enriching students’ perspectiveson various career paths. The guest speaker often reinforces material that has been presented orchallenging assignments that have been assigned by the professor. Computer and Information Science courses which have been taught using

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

conductingexperiments, analyzing the data, and interpreting the results inherently require good spokencommunication. The new course was offered for the first time in Fall 2000, and then subsequentlyin Fall 2001 and 2002. Each time, the laboratory instruction on experiments and oralcommunication activities has been slightly modified to improve students’ learning opportunity andalso reflect content changes that were made in the companion lecture course. As seen from thecopy of the course syllabus that is attached in the appendix, 40% of the course grade was basedon the performance related to oral communication activities.II. Tools for Improving Oral CommunicationIn order to insure consistent implementation, the GER Committee developed general guidelinesfor

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sterling E. Skinner; Eric G. Chapman; Sheldon Jeter

. Page 8.675.4 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Project assessment: During the final two weeks of the quarter, all students were asked toprovide feedback on their teaming and design experience. The questionnaire givenduring week 9 is provided as Addendum 4. Additionally, during week 10, they wereasked to provide a reflective essay in their lab books which responded to the followingtwo statements. 1) Identify three or more, items, things, or aspects about your project, your team, oryour design process that worked well and that you were happy with. Discuss why each ofthese items pleased you. 2) You

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Silliman Stephen; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; Catherine Pieronek

2000-01 offering 2001-02 offering 2002-03 offering Total % Retained Total % Retained Total % Retained Started EG 111 385 370 384 Finished EG 111 358 92.99 % 323 87.30 % 331 86.20% Started EG 112 296 76.88 % 273 73.78 % 270 70.31% Finished EG 112 278 72.21 % 267 72.16 %These data require some context for interpretation. The enrollment numbers at the start of EG111 and EG 112 each semester reflect the number of students enrolled after the last date at whichstudents may add classes. The

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Jessica du Maine

engineering professional societies that may also have student chapters. Part ofthe difference is rooted in the history and time of the formation of these organizations.Engineering professional societies were formed in the 1800s in the United States. They wereformed with the intent of benefiting the profession, society and its members. There was no earlyvision of women and minorities being part of those organizations. They have all evolved toembrace the diversity that exists within the profession and it is no indictment of their intent toacknowledge that their membership still reflects the underrepresentation of women andminorities found in industry and the academy. It wasn’t until 1950, when the Society of WomenEngineers was formed, that there was a

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Walker

(VaNTH ERC) Assessment andEvaluation Team and the design course instructor of a yearlong senior biomedicalengineering (BME) design course at Vanderbilt University explored the utility of onealternative form of instruction and student assessment, concept mapping.A concept map looks like a flow chart; however, instead of mapping the linear structureof knowledge, concept maps reflect the psychological or associative structure ofknowledge.5 Consistent with constructivist learning theory and research, concept mapsare composed of interrelated elements: nodes, directed lines and labels. Nodes representconcepts. Concepts are “perceived regularities in events or objects, or records of eventsor objects, designated by a label.” 6 For example, ‘engineering

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

, American Society for Engineering Education 4. To introduce several technical subjects engineering students will encounter in their educational program. 5. To provide opportunities for group design experience.The course was designed to motivate students to make an early commitment to engineering as acareer choice. Departmental records are incomplete and it is not possible to determine whetherretention improved as a result of the addition of this course.Through the years the course purpose remained essentially the same, to help student s decide ontheir future in engineering. Changes in course content were introduced to reflect the increasingneed for students to learn the skills and tools necessary for a successful professional

Conference Session

Standards and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rodney L. Custer, Black Hills State University; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Daniel A. Spake, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.to a specific engineering discipline). The definitions were recorded verbatim, as well as anysupporting text that further elaborated the concept. This information was presented to the projectleadership team (5 researchers). Based on this information, the two studies and report citedabove, and the need to achieve additional focus for the assessment process, the team decided tofocus on a smaller set of primary concepts that are central to engineering, important at thesecondary level, and can provide strong links to science education. Four primary conceptsemerged and sub-concepts were identified under these concepts serving to highlight keycomponents. The concepts and sub-concepts are: • Design

Conference Session

Engineering Education and Comparative Studies at Universities throughout Asia, Far East

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Jay Kutnick, University of Hong Kong; Yuen-Yan Chan, University of Hong Kong; Pok Yee Lee, University of Hong Kong

Tagged Divisions

International

engineering aside from:‘developmentally appropriate’ recommendations9 and the need to move beyond ‘plan and do’constructions and contests by the inclusion of reflection after activities21;8. there are high participation rates for ethnic minorities but not females22; and9. engineering take-up tends to be explained by home and cultural background23 – arising duringthe life-course rather than via a ‘linear’ school-dominated progression24.Finally, very few evaluations of school-based engineering education have the rigor ofcontrol/comparisons and often focus on numbers attending rather than impact on course/careerchoice25. From the above studies, we can surmise there is little understanding of opportunities,support and effective pedagogy associated with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. External Power Supply MyDAQ RASCL Board Laptop with ELVIS (a) (b) Figure 1. The portable electronics experiment kit (PEEK): (a) kit setup and (b) PEEK with a case (Figure excerpted from [1]).During Fall 2011, these toolsets were applied to laboratory activities associated with two courses:ENGR 3014—Circuit Analysis and ENGR 3050—Instrumentation and Controls; specifics of each aredescribed below:ENGR

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

of students disengaged or distracted - this was especially true for Class 1 which was an 8 am class.4. Increased overall participation. Apart from participation mandated by the app, students were eventually more comfortable at sharing their thoughts during class - even without the use of the app. Of course, it is difficult to make such a statement without an effective comparison but the level of volunteered participation was noticeably higher compared to previous offerings of the same courses. This can be attributed to the frequent use of Pikme leading to students feeling at ease with contributing their ideas. This observation was also reflected in the student survey.Student Survey ResultsAs explained earlier, two forms of

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and an undergraduate degree in politicalscience. We are in the business of helping students develop their methodological toolkits through the liberal arts practices of reflection, insight, and synthesis. Using thesepractices, innovation and entrepreneurship have been integrated into an engineeringcurriculum through a year-long liberal arts seminar at Milwaukee School of Engineering.This three-course freshman-level honors sequence has “The City” as its topical focus.Although we did not set out to create a course in entrepreneurship, the relationshipbetween our intended goals and the tenets of entrepreneurial education became clearwhen we examined the content of our classes in connection with a grant application webecame involved with that

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative Energy Courses and Concepts

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick T. Aung, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

decision making activities into the course based on two main reasons: thefirst is the results of the student evaluations that reflect the difficulties encountered bystudents in synthesizing and applying the engineering science knowledge on design ofthermal systems, and the second is lack of computer-based system simulations in theprevious course content. As a result, the course content and emphasis have changed intofive main areas:  Engineering design process and system thinking  Selection and design of components of thermal systems Page 25.822.3  Engineering economics and life cycle cost analysis  Mathematic tools for simulation of