Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6884Application of active learning in microwave circuit design coursesProf. Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University Branimir Pejcinovic received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from University of Massachusetts, Amherst and B.S. degree from University of Zagreb. He is a Professor at Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. In his former role as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education he has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, semiconductor

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

Session 3264 Design and Fabrication of a Low Voltage Direct Current Electric Motor Dr. John Marshall University of Southern MaineIntroductionThis is an excellent design and fabrication project that can be used in introductoryengineering classes to teach motor principles as well as material selection. The basicconcept of this activity was originally developed by Beakman’s World, and I haveimproved it over the past ten years while teaching motor principles at the university level.Standard Radio Shack materials can

Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley

input from alumni suggest thatstudents need considerable practice writing, speaking in front of others, and working in teams.Solutions to all these problems were found by incorporating a team project in MET141 andMET242 which includes researching a manufacturing process other than metalworking, writing areport on the research results, and then presenting the results to the class in a formal presentation. Table 1. Courses that use the Manufacturing LaboratoryCourse Course DescriptionMET142 Basic casting, forming, and joining processes are surveyed. The course emphasizes the selection and application of various processes.MET242 This course surveys the manufacturing processes and tools commonly

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Leonard

baccalaureate-level industrial engineering curriculum sharedby most American universities since the dissemination of the Roy Report and initialimplementations based on its findings.This paper describes the work of a project team from the Department of Industrial Engineering atClemson University, sponsored by NSF. The team has been working since September 2002 todevelop a new scalable and deployable industrial engineering baccalaureate-degree model. Thismodel is designed to permit scaling up from an information technology kernel of coursework to afully integrated industrial engineering undergraduate curriculum. Three aspects of the newcurriculum plan are described in this paper.OverviewDuring the mid 1960s, a study group sponsored by NSF and ASEE

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raghavan Sudhakar; Hanqi Zhuang

. Page 8.219.11 The project is sponsored by National Science Foundation under ILI grant #9850660. 1 A. INTRODUCTION Innovative solutions to the embedded machine vision applications are critical to theprofitability of many manufacturing industries. Responding to this need, the National ScienceFoundation has actively supported a number of projects involving Machine Vision labdevelopment for undergraduate education. Samples of such projects can be found in [1-4].Some of the successful endeavors in mentoring undergraduates in computer vision research arereported in [5,6] and resulted in the design of extensive software packages for image processingand machine

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kuhl; Matthew Marshall; Andres Carrano

independent courses in the industrial engineering curriculum,manufacturing, ergonomics, and simulation, utilizing an experiential assembly system. Thiscollaborative project incorporates a team-based learn-by-doing approach to the theoreticalknowledge in these subject areas1,3. These components are implemented in a dynamic andreconfigurable environment in which the students are given the opportunity of contrasting his/herdesign against the working reality. The results of this project are discussed along with the impacton the curriculum.1. IntroductionIn industry, there is a constantly growing need for engineers possessing both academic andtechnical proficiencies. Meeting this need requires different and more innovative ways to impartknowledge

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Madara Ogot

thestudents to directly apply their previous classroom knowledge and the results of their ownresearch to solve the problem. Using the digital and video camera, each groupdocumented the entire dissection process and recorded different systems in operation.Each group was then required to created a fifteen-minute digital video documentary onDVD detailing the history of the device, how it works and possible improvements. Theirdocumentaries had to incorporate animations, illustrations, still images, and of course,digital video. As the students embarked on their product dissection projects, they receivedconcurrent formal instruction on reverse engineering, the use of four common multimediatools, and common multimedia terminology and definitions

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lynn Ogletree, San Jacinto College; Anthony Zippay, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2012-4752: EMPLOYING STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TO AC-COMPLISH OUTREACH GOALS FOR EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMSMs. Heather Lynn Ogletree, San Jacinto College Heather L. Ogletree is a Program Coordinator at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. As a coordi- nator, Ogletree is responsible for the recruitment, selection, and placement of interns at JSC and serves as a liaison to interns during and after their experience. Prior to this, Ogletree was the National Project Coordinator for the Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP), NASA’s largest agency-wide un- dergraduate STEM internship program. While with USRP, she generated a series of 87 online articles, which gave a qualitative look into the USRP internship

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, Utah State University; Chandra Y. Austin, Auburn University; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

opposed to theinformal mentoring they received from MESA teachers and advisors. Participants spoke aboutmentoring not only their fellow underclassmen but also volunteering with local middle andelementary schools:…instead of doing the competition and competing, we get to volunteer -- we get to help with theum middle schools and um help them make their projects and give them advice. (Group One)We tutor elementary schools too, so there's a lot of elementary schools around. (Group Three)Also prevalent was the tutoring and mentoring of other MESA students by returning MESAmembers who took it upon themselves to assist their fellow underclassman duly noted in thisexcerpt from Group Four:…but we've done enough projects between us that we've probably done

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giti Javidi, Virginia State University; Ehsan O. Sheybani, Virginia State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Non-Academic Interventions in STEM TrainingAbstractThe proposed ITEST study is designed to implement and test the efficacy of an intervention developed as part of anNSF-funded project by the team of investigators at Longwood University and Virginia State University. Thisintervention develops the underlying thinking skills in students necessary for success in STEM courses and careers.Rather than relying only on classroom content and high-level thinking skills, this intervention also includes aclassroom component involving an innovative video game programming curriculum developed by the investigators.The impact of this intervention will be assessed at a critical

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; Yong Han Ahn, East Carolina University; Hyun IK Shin, Kumoh National Instute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

AC 2010-1191: THE ATTITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION-RELATED STUDENTSTOWARD SUSTAINABILITY IN SOUTH KOREAHyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech Dr. Hyuksoo Kwon has completed his Ph.D. in the Technology Education/STEM Education program at Virginia Tech. His research interest are curriculum development, integrative approach among school subjects, and comparative educational research.Yong Han Ahn, East Carolina University Dr. Yong Han Ahn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management at East Carolina University specializing in sustainable design and construction. Throughout his career, Yong Han has involved in sustainable design and construction projects to implement sustainability in the

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nur Ozaltin, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

projects. The data consisted of twice weekly reflections of the activities that studentteams engaged in during their design process, as well as open-ended comments about theirdesign progression. This data was then collapsed into Dym’s model from which empiricalassociations were made between the various stages. Coupled with the teams’ open-ended weeklyreflections, we were able to identify educational patterns that potentially lead to higher or lowerquality designs. Based on their final artifact, teams were judged to be innovative or non-innovative. We found that differences exist between those teams innovative non-innovativeteams. This paper reports these findings.IntroductionInnovation is highly important as competition between companies and

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Baukal, John Zink Institute; Joseph Colannino, John Zink Co. LLC; Wes Bussman, John Zink Institute; Geoffrey Price, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

benefits for both organizations. TU could offer a course to theirstudents in an area that was not a specific strength of its faculty. TU students had thebenefit of learning professional practice from experienced industry engineers. JZ hadclose access to top senior and graduate chemical engineering students that were potentialinterns and permanent hires. JZ also benefitted from high quality student final projectresearch reports and presentations in topic areas suggested by and of interest to theinstructors. The main area for improvement for future classes is better coordinationamong the instructors for the quantity and difficulty of homework and exam problems,better consistency on grading projects, and eliminating unnecessary duplication. Themain

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-1755: TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF MINORITYSTUDENTS IN STEMEhsan Sheybani, Virginia State UniversityGiti Javidi, VSU Page 15.1275.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Training and Performance Assessment of Minority Students in STEMAbstractThe proposed study is designed to implement and test the efficacy of an intervention developed as part of an NSF-funded project by the team of investigators at Longwood University and Virginia State University. This interventiondevelops the underlying thinking skills in students necessary for success in STEM courses and careers. Rather thanrelying only on classroom content and high-level thinking

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carsten Ahrens

with their practical placement - to get to know people and language - andthen have their two theoretical semesters as table 1 shows it. 1. sem. 2. sem. 3. sem. 4. sem. 5. sem. 6. sem. 7. sem. 8. sem. WS SS WS SS WS SS WS SS basic studies main studies civil and construction engineering managerial skills 2. two foreign languages 1. law, construction management, site practical practical management, project management, placement

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Brian Joseph Lane

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #9485Bluetooth Smart Phone App for Terrain Sensing VehicleDr. Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, PomonaMr. Brian Joseph Lane Brian Lane is a Project Engineer at inhouseIT, a managed service provider focusing on small to medium sized business. He received his A.S. in 2009 in Electronics and Computer Technology, continuing on to get his B.S. in Computer Engineering from DeVry University. His interests include programming applications for any Apple devices and learning new programming languages. Page 24.234.1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Constans, Rowan University; Mariaeugenia Salas Acosta; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Bonnie L. Angelone, Rowan University, Department of Psychology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9153Control Strategy for a Benchtop Hybrid PowertrainDr. Eric Constans, Rowan UniversityIng. Mariaeugenia Salas AcostaDr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan UniversityDr. Bonnie L. Angelone, Rowan University, Department of Psychology I am a cognitive psychologist by training. My primary area of interest is people’s inability to detect changes to visual stimuli, a phenomenon known as change blindness. Through this research I can make inferences about the visual attention system. On this current project I assisted in the assessment of stu- dents’ knowledge

Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Philip Ring, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

 fields.In this paper we describe our efforts at the University of _________ to design and implement a lowcost PIV system. The design has progressed iteratively: first as a summer project for incoming freshmenas a part of an extant National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)Grant, then as a part of undergraduate research (UGR) as part of several local UGR student grants,then for senior capstone design projects aimed at design of systems to make quality measurements tosupport our overall research goals. Details of design, costs, strengths, and challenges are presented. Wenow seek to engage students with PIV, our initial ideas regarding this direction are discussed.IntroductionExperimental fluid dynamics is a field that is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

manufacturing, communications and informationtechnology, defense and national security, energy, and health and medicine. While photonicsplays such an important role in enhancing the quality of our lives, higher education programs toprepare technicians to work in this area are few across the country. The existing programs do notproduce a sufficient number of graduates to fill the current and projected industry needs forphotonics technicians in our state and region as well as nationally2. Baker College has startedaddressing this gap by developing and introducing a two-year Photonics and Laser Technologyprogram, the only such program in our state. This initiative has received enthusiastic supportfrom the photonics industry in the state, and is also

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

last 25 years. He has published one book and more than 155 book chapters, scholarly journal papers, and refereed conference proceedings. His research projects have been funded by many agencies, including NSF, FPL/DOE, Broward School County, and Motorola, Inc., as well as several other sources. In 1996 and 2001, Zilouchian was awarded for the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at FAU. He has also received 2003 and 2004 College of Engineering Dean’s awards in recognition of his contributions toward achievement of the goals of COE at FAU. He has served as session chair and organizer of 10 different sessions in the international conferences within the last five years. Zilouchian is currently an Associate Editor of the

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

learning with this sub-discipline. In the mid to late 1990’s,the department’s water resources design course began to include modules on low impactdevelopment and best management practices. So sustainable design had by that time infiltratedenvironmental and water resources course learning. In May of 2002, the department freshmantrip included a tour of a green building redevelopment project in Chicago, and in the fall of 2002,learning about sustainable design was adopted into the department’s required Civil EngineeringCodes and Regulations course. That course was oriented towards guidelines for civil engineeringdesign across all sub-disciplines. The lessons in sustainable design in that class focused mostlyon reading and reflection by students, and

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Suchora

. Page 10.645.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAt this point the computer graphics courses tried to teach 2-D drafting with AutoCAD and SolidModeling with Solid Works. The time allotted was approximately 6 weeks of AutoCAD and 4weeks of Solid Works. Each week had 5 contact hours of a mix of lecture and lab time in acomputer lab with the instructor having a work station and computer projection system. It wasvery ineffective since with little understanding of traditional 3 view drafting, it is difficult to usethe computer to draw something that is not understood. Dimensioning was a complete

Conference Session

Information Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Ekstrom; Joseph Ekstrom

Session 2658 DOGMA: An Open Source Tool for Utilization of Idle Cycles on Lab Computers Nathan H. Ekstrom, Joseph J. Ekstrom Brigham Young UniversityAbstractOrganizations often have many computers that are unused for much of the day. Thedesire to utilize these idle machines has spawned systems that attempt toharness the unused computer cycles for useful work. These include SETI, Globus,Condor, DOGMA, and recently SLURM. In the late 1990’s the Distributed Object GroupManagement Architecture (DOGMA) project was begun in the Network Computing Labin the Computer Science department at

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

Session 3264 Reinforcing Induction Motor Principles Via Material Technology Experiments Dr. John Marshall University of Southern MaineIntroductionThis is an excellent design and fabrication project that can be used in introductoryengineering classes to teach motor principles as well as material selection. The basicconcept of this activity was originally developed by Beakman’s World, and I haveimproved it over the past ten years while teaching motor principles at the university level.Standard Radio Shack materials

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yingzi Du; Robert Ives; Delores Etter; Thad Welch

commercial equipment, including iris scan, fingerprint and facialrecognition hardware and software. The course was comprised of three lecture hours and two labhours each week. We discuss the topics that were covered, the equipment in the lab thatsupported each topic, the projects that the students performed, field trips, guest lecturers andrelated senior design projects.I. Backgr ound The United States Naval Academy is a unique undergraduate institution in many ways. Inaddition to spending their summers flying jet fighters, driving navy ships and submarines orspending some time as a Marine, the students at the Naval Academy have the opportunity towork closely with many government agencies concerned with national defense, including theNaval

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi; Dan Dimitriu

students for an engineeringeducation. The new curriculum was implemented in Fall 2000.EGR 1303 –Exploring the Engineering ProfessionA brief review of previously reported attempts to develop successful programs to attract andretain students in the engineering field shows that a primary objective must involve improvingthe curriculum. The new curriculum should be the primary tool to recruit new students andretain those enrolled beyond their first academic year. One of the studies provided clearindications that freshman and sophomore classes are critical in retaining students in the field ofengineering.[4] Early hands-on projects which involve active learning and student participationappear to be very promising. Many engineering schools introduced

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Dunn; John Brauer

taught in an elective two coursesequence to all disciplines of undergraduate engineers. The objective of the curriculum is toenhance the effectiveness of the engineering graduates through an understanding of the dynamicsof corporate processes.The first course in the sequence, Fundamentals of Integrated Engineering & Business, introducesthe students to corporate financial reporting including balance sheets, income and expense andcash flows. Human resources processes, management fundamentals, project management, stage-gate development processes, supply chain management and quality topics are also covered. Thecourse incorporates at least four guest speakers to close out the major topics and a breakfastopportunity with a corporate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Virgil Cox; Stephen Kuyath

high schools in the region is coordinating an outreach project, usingcommunity college faculty who will focus on mentoring, tutoring, and encouragingunderrepresented groups in engineering and engineering technology. Community college facultywill assist in developing hands-on activities, provide lectures, provide guidance in projects, tutorhigh school students in the preparation of competitions, talk with parents about the rewards ofengineering technology careers, and provide information about community college programs andfinancial aid.This year, two competitions will be held for high school engineering technology clubs. The firstwill be an academic and robotic competition between high schools near Gaston College. Thesecond competition will be

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Stewart; David Elrod

for Engineering Educationtext. Student performance was assessed by grading homework, the student’s notebook, two teamCAD projects, 2 major exams, a number of laboratory quizzes, and a final exam. All studentwork was evaluated summatively, as part of the final grade for the course. The grade a studentreceived for the course included evaluations of the student’s initial understanding of each newconcept.Prior to the 2002 summer semester, ME/CEE 1770 was revised using the “backward design”approach of Wiggins and McTighe1. The approach is a three stage curriculum planning sequencefor educators. In the first stage, educators identify the enduring understandings to be learned andretained by students. In the second stage, educators determine what

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

identified through theinterviews into evaluation rubrics used for the students and the instructor of the course.The project includes four kinds of activities. First, curriculum is created that incorporatesdocuments and communication skills identified through interviews with practicing professionals.Second, students practice their workplace communication skills with personal feedback fromtheir instructor and lab staff. Third, students complete assignments requiring the production ofworkplace documents such as emails and executive summaries. Fourth, for evaluation purposes,students provide before- and after- examples. For instance, students’ presentations arevideotaped before and after they receive instruction in presenting.In this paper, seven topics