Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Muhlbaier; Peter Jansson

universities. Marketstudies completed by the students as part of this internal grant award show that the concept'spotential for success would be sufficient to justify the development investment in prototypes anddo further test marketing research. The project was undertaken as part of Rowan's InnovativeEngineering Clinic which all junior and senior engineers must participate in. The student teamcompeted in order to receive the award of $2,500. Funding for the award is made possible fromthe National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). Rowan and NCIIA hascreated a Venture Capital Fund, specifically ear-marked for the development of originalinventions by multidisciplinary student teams within the Junior and Senior Engineering

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yichong Zeng; Patrick Kwon; Muhammad Sohail Ahmed; Jenny Wang-Chavez

the challenges incollaboration with Michigan State University. This paper illustrates a number of instructionalstrategies and samples of authentic activities. It presents how real world projects are built in thelearning sessions of a machining processes course and how web-based media are used in amachining course in order to address the challenges faced by engineering programs.IntroductionThe globalization of manufacturing engineering requires engineering students to be moreknowledgeable in the field and more creative in problem-solving. This has raised the bar for howmuch students have to learn in school and how quickly they can transfer what they have learnedin the real world setting [7]. Through conversations with some faculty who are

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mireille Battikha

the construction knowledge by integrating several concepts in thecourse, which will help prepare engineers to solve real construction situations.IntroductionEnhancing the preparation of engineering students to deal with real construction projects requiresthe development of their abilities to handle several engineering concepts in an integrated fashion.Integrated management processes are complex and crucial for solving most real constructionsituations1. Whether a construction project involves developing a schedule, a plan, or an estimate,selecting a construction method and material, or improving its productivity and quality, engineersmust possess the skills to carry out integrated analytical and decision-making processes takinginto

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Shull

Session #2259 Development of a Real Time, Industrially Hardened, Ski Performance Analysis System Christopher A. Kilraine, James W. Shevock, and Dr. Peter J. Shull The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona CampusAbstractAt Penn State Altoona, as a senior design project in the Electro-Mechanical EngineeringTechnology department, we have developed an instrumentation system to measure the dynamicresponse of skis under real time skiing conditions. The intent is to monitor the ski responseduring different styles of high performance use. Consequently, initial modeling and static

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Asif Shakur; Ali Eydgahi

Session 1620 Designing an EMS Emergency Beacon Mohammad Fotouhi, Ali Eydgahi, Matthew V. Schneider University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractThis paper presents the details of an undergraduate senior design project in our designtechnology course1-3. The main idea of this design is to have a keypad that could be carriedon board an ambulance to communicate with the units available on houses inneighborhoods so that in an emergency situation ambulances can easily identify where theemergency call is coming from. As the ambulance is approaching

Conference Session

Multimedia Arena

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Meador; Amit Chourasia

implementing aprocess to animate and realistically render the approach, impact, and explosion of the plane, basedon an expert analysis of the crash and FEA data. One of the purposes of this project was todevelop a data pipeline from FEA simulations to 3D animation and rendering programs that canbe extended to other simulations thus bridging the gap between two non-coherent systemscreating scientifically accurate simulations.Introduction Shortly after the attack on the United States Pentagon on September 11, 2001 a team ofinspectors and analysts were called in to assess the damage to the structure and report on how itreacted to the impact of a Boeing 757. Dr. Mete Sozen, a structural engineer at PurdueUniversity, was one of the inspection team

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Waldo

Session 1526 DSP Laboratory for Real-Time Systems Design and Implementation David J. Waldo Oklahoma Christian UniversityAbstractThis paper describes an NSF CCLI-A&I* project at Oklahoma Christian University (OC) todevelop a laboratory and three-course sequence in digital signal processing (DSP) that emphasizesthe design and implementation of real-time embedded DSP systems. Real-time DSP embeddedsystems are becoming more pervasive throughout the engineering design industry. DSP is a majortool used in electrical engineering

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramachandran Radharamanan; Angela Ansuj

suchas use of design of experiments and Taguchi methods in conducting experiments to improve theproduct quality by controlling the process variables; and the use of design for manufacture,computer aided design, and value analysis in their multidisciplinary senior design projects inimproving the product design, meeting the time schedule (project completion time), andproviding customer satisfaction (client) with high quality and minimum cost. The resultsobtained through laboratory experiments and design projects are presented and discussed.I. IntroductionConcurrent Engineering (CE) is defined as the earliest possible integration of overall company’sknowledge, resources, and experience in design, development, marketing, manufacturing, andsales into

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen; James Friauf

his/her company, than the engineer with weaker communication skills? Simply put, business iscommunication. Strong communication skills are necessary to do one’s job. New project ideasare offered to a department manager. Information is shared among professional colleagues.Customers are persuaded to buy your product or service. Work teams negotiate jobresponsibilities and roles. Preliminary and final designs are presented to a client. While multiplemediums exist to present information, engineers must, at some time, still meet face to face with aclient, a colleague, a subordinate, or a superior and explain their ideas. The competent engineeror business professional must effectively communicate with both internal and externalcustomers

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Diemer; Rob Wolter; Cliff Goodwin

learning groups that remain stable over the semester. The groups are givenstructured exercises to encourage them to interact with textbook 5 content. Instructors also assignlearning projects that require cooperation within the classroom groups over several classsessions. The intention is to provide an intense experience in group interaction so that studentscan examine textbook concepts about group process in the context of their own experience in theclassroom groups. Can the same experiential approach to teaching group dynamics be appliedsuccessfully to a "virtual classroom"? The authors believe that their VC groups have shown thatit can. ABET requires that engineering graduates learn effective team skills. The information in thisarticle will

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn

Session 2525 Teaching Teaming Through Spacecraft Design Dr. Rachel Shinn, Dr. Ronald Madler Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZAbstractProject teamwork is essential to the spacecraft design process – in industry as well as in theclassroom. At our university, engineering seniors begin the spacecraft design courses havingsome project teamwork experience, but mostly for short duration projects. We instructors havefound that our students don’t necessarily possess the skills required to be productive members ofa larger engineering team for an entire semester. To help

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Pritchard; Bahman Litkouhi

to an enrollment of about 20students. Both courses encourage student-teacher and student-student interactions. Thedetailed curricula are provided in the following sections.II. CurriculumENGS115:- Introduction of EngineeringThis course is organized around a semester-long design project. The emphasis is onengineering problem solving methodologies and computational techniques. Basicengineering concepts and analyses related to the design project are discussed on a need-to-know basis. The course includes five hands-on laboratory sessions; site visits to localengineering firms and manufacturing plants; ethics and professional responsibilities; andeconomic concerns associated with the engineering design process. Teamwork is stronglyencouraged. The

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Zorica Pantic-Tanner

pronounced. It is imperative for graduating engineers to have operative knowledge of EMIand corresponding remedies. The EMC-related principles and applications are incorporated intwo electromagnetics, one communications and one EMC course and are supported by hands-onexperience in a newly developed state-of-the-art high-frequency laboratory. The lab exercisesand design projects are described at the web site http://http.engineering.sfsu.edu/nsf/. They helpstudents understand the difficult EM/EMC concepts and expose them to practical EMCapplications.I. IntroductionIn this era of rapid development of communication systems, the trend is toward use ofmicrowave and higher frequency ranges. At the same time circuits and systems are operating athigher

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Manning; Luke Bellandi

Session 1520 Interactive Java Applet for Equation Derivations Kenneth S. Manning, Ph.D. and Luke B. Bellandi Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAbstractThe Equation Activity applet, developed by Project Links at Rensselaer, is an engaging andinteractive tool that allows instructors to guide students through the steps in deriving a particularequation. Project Links, an NSF-supported project at Rensselaer, is a cooperative effort byfaculty from several departments, schools, and institutions to develop materials linkingmathematical topics with their applications in engineering and

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patsy Hulse, University of Auckland; Dahlia Dantang Han, University Auckland, Engineering Library; Emil Melnichenko, University of Auckland; Susan Brookes, University of Auckland, Engineering Library

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

. Individual help from theappropriate subject librarian is also offered.It had always been difficult to integrate information literacy into the third year programme. Onlyone paper was common, and compulsory, for all 550 third year students. This is EngGen303 whichcovers “An introduction to modern theory and practice of management, including project, qualityand financial management appropriate to the engineering profession”. When there was a change ofdirection in the course, the new teaching staff were receptive to the idea of library collaboration.They realised that the students need to find and use information that is not necessarily strictly‘engineering’, and need to know how to do this quickly and efficiently.Subject librarians and faculty

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Naima Kaabouch, Electrical Engineering Department, University of North Dakota

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

levelengineering students in an effort to facilitate social engagement. Lastly, by using a diverse set ofmentors the program will provide a role model for students from underrepresented groups.The evaluation plan for this project will incorporate a mixed-methods approach to data collectionin determining if there is a correlation between engineering retention rates and student success incalculus classes that use problem-based learning modules with peer mentors.1. IntroductionDespite significant improvements made in engineering education, persistence rates remain lessthan desirable1,2. Some of the most significant factors to persistence in engineering is a student’squantitative skills, both perceived and real, and commitment to engineering3. Students that

Conference Session

Embedded Control and Instrumentation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Thomas Ruch, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

several key projects undertaken by engineering studentsalong with their educational impact, and provide a brief overview of how we are integrating thefinished observatory into our curriculum.Observatory Description The observatory was designed to emulate a professional facility. Observers control thetelescope and associated instruments through a computer from a climate controlled controlroom. A large wall mounted flat screen monitor displays the most recent images from the Page 25.1309.2telescope. A desktop to ceiling window in the control room looks out into the dome where thetelescope and associated instrumentation reside. From their vantage

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blythe Marlow Vogt, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

full-time with Affiliated Engineers, Inc., a nationally recognized engineering consulting firm in Madison, Wis., where she held several roles, including Project Manager, Project Engineer, Commissioning Agent, Conference Speaker, and Business Development/Planner. She also collaborated with the University of Wisconsin, Construc- tion Engineering & Management, as an Adjunct Faculty member, teaching one course each fall semester related to building systems from 2002-2007. Vogt was awarded the 2008 National Electrical Contractors Association Faculty Award for her instruction and mentoring of construction science students in CNS535 Electrical & Lighting, a course focused on the electrical exposure and education of

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene C. Koch Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Purdue in 2007, she was an Assistant Professor of industrial engineering at Texas A&M University, Com- merce. From 1990 to 2004, she held positions of increasing responsibility at the Automation & Robotics Research Institute in Fort Worth, Texas, and left as Program Manager. She also has more than five years working in an aerospace company in addition to working on funded projects in aerospace throughout her career at ARRI. Her research interests are process modeling and improvement, emissions testing and analysis for alternative fuels, and increasing the interest of young people in careers in sTEm. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Texas, Arlington

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Preston, Southern Polytechnic State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

education and how to vertically integrate student teams in games for learning projects. Page 25.1417.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using a Virtual Gaming Environment in Strength of Materials LaboratoryImagine a student in a materials testing lab pressing a switch to begin a tension test on a slenderspecimen of steel. For a few moments nothing appears to happen. Then suddenly, with a loudbang, the specimen breaks and the test is over. Now imagine the student pressing the backupbutton and watching as the two halves of the specimen

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education, 2012 Using Video Media to Enhance Conceptual Learning in an Undergraduate Thermodynamics CourseAbstract This project addresses the need for changing undergraduate chemical engineeringeducation to take advantage of skills possessed by a media savvy generation of students. Astudent's conceptual understanding is often decoupled from their problem solving ability. Inother words, mathematical solutions are often attained in the absence of fully understanding thephysical system and/or meaning of the result. Introductory thermodynamics is an undergraduatechemical engineering course wherein confusion in fundamental concepts may create a significantbarrier in effectively solving problems. Some of these concepts are

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

-authored more than 25 journal and conference papers, a workbook on the use of Excel in engineering economics, and two book chapters. He is one of the chapter authors for the Engineering Management Handbook. Page 25.1090.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 PROPOSING A FRAMEWORK FOR RESTRUCTURING AN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATESEngineering Management (EM) is concerned with the application of engineering principles to thedomain of business, project and process management. With the varied and expandingemployment opportunities

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University; John Y. Hung, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

design laboratory courses [4] in the electrical engineering(EE) and computer engineering (CPE) programs have been structured to provide a significantsystem design experience, while providing opportunities for students to demonstrate, and forfaculty to assess, achievement of six of the eleven student outcomes defined for their respectiveprograms, including both technical and professional skills. These courses serve as prerequisitesfor the senior-level capstone design course. The EE course is ELEC 3040, “Electrical SystemDesign Lab”, and the CPE course is ELEC 3050, “Embedded System Design Lab”. The systemdesign projects in these courses require students to apply knowledge gained across the breadth ofearlier courses, including the ability to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Ibeh

writingskills, and report presentation for development of oral communication skills and dissemination ofresearch findings.1. IntroductionThe use of research as a viable instructional and educational tool is a current trend in academia.The concept of the 3Rs, research, report writing and representation (report presentation) is a veryviable medium for critical thinking and effective communication skills especially when utilizedas a total package, as is frequently the case. Invariably, accreditation agencies, funding agencies,educational organizations and even industry are requiring the dissemination of research findingsvis-à-vis project reports, publications and presentations, as standard operating procedure. It istypical for faculty who engage in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Massoud S. Tavakoli

effectively teach and practice engineering design, students must develop a “synergistic”design mind-set toward integrating downstream manufacturing constraints with the upstreamdesign specifications. This is difficult to achieve within the present teaching environment wheredesign teaching resources are fragmented. Therefore, a complete design environment called“Total Design Studio” has been created. In this studio, one finds all essential tools needed forcarrying out the teaching, the learning and the practice of engineering design. A schematic layoutfor the Design Studio is presented in Figure 1. PROJECTION SCREEN LITERATURE SEARCH

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; James Kang; Hans Soelaeman

this laboratory is to enhance students’understanding of power electronics circuits by conducting a series of laboratory exercises, designexercises, and computer simulation exercises using PSPICE or SABER©. In order to finish allassigned lab projects, students must be able to use various measuring equipment such as CurveTracer, Spectrum Analyzer, Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Voltage and Current Transducers, etc.Familiarity with PSPICE, SABER©, LABVIEW and MATLAB are also required in order forstudents to carry out all assignments. One laboratory exercise, DC Motor Speed and Torque Controlusing Single Phase Controlled Rectifier Circuit, is designed for distance learning such that studentscan conduct this experiment through Internet using a

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Öner Yurtseven; Patricia L. Fox

- West Lafayette. And it seems only a few people outside Indianahave heard of IUPUI. While proud to be offering excellent Purdue degree programs for theIUPUI community, we struggle with communicating our uniqueness.The following sections provide a more detailed look at the structural make-up of the departmentsand the administration of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, as well asan outline of activities and issues that have contributed to PSET's success. From ABETaccredited programs to a strong interdisciplinary electric race car project, engineering andtechnology departments are equipped with the resources necessary to continue the pursuit ofexcellence in education on the IUPUI campus. Relationships with a not-for-profit

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

T. Hannigan; James E. Simon; K. Koenig; G. Cruse; K. Poh

Session 2259 Flowfield Mapping and Cooling Fan Flowrate Measurement Systems Development by Aerospace Engineering Laboratory Students T. Hannigan, J. Simmons, K. Koenig, G. Cruse, K. Poh Mississippi State University/USDA, Agricultural Research ServiceGraduate and undergraduate students actively participated in a successful research project for aUnited States Department of Agriculture laboratory to monitor ventilation air flow in largepoultry houses. Aerospace engineering laboratory students, graduate assistants, and facultyassisted in determining the flow rate through a stock cooling fan enclosure, evaluated

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Melvin Neville; David Scott; Bryan Knodel; Debra Larson

strengthen and expand our students’ design EGR 286 and problem solving skills. Teaching and learning relies on hands-on, mentoring-type EGR 186 experiences and the use of ill-defined, unstructured design projects to build A Traditional Curriculum technical, managerial, professional skills, as well as problem solving competency. Figure 1. Design4Practice Program The

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregg W. Dixon; Chris G. Kiemcik; Vincent Wilczynski

Session 2670 A Robotics Competition to Interest Minorities in Engineering Vincent Wilczynski, Gregg W. Dixon, Chris G. Kiemcik United States Coast Guard AcademyAbstractEach summer, minority students from across the country receive scholarships to attend a weeklong introduction to engineering program at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT.During the week, these talented high school seniors participate in a variety of engineering designprojects including boat building, bridge building, and robot design/construction. The roboticsconstruction project, originally designed by Dr. Joseph Johnson (of