Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

equipment has been equippedwith interfaces and software add-ons to enable users to operate the devices online. This paper presents the achievements of some funded projects at Prairie View A&MUniversity. Using an in-house developed online laboratory management system, the investigatorsredesigned a series of LabVIEW based engineering laboratories in which remote students canrotate to control the equipment, observe the lab results, record data, and submit reports. Thesesetups greatly reduce the cost of experimental facilities, enhance the accessibility of equipmentand courseware, and support instructors’ instructional needs. The paper introduces thearchitecture of the online laboratory management system, and several examples to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

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Mechanical Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699-5725, USA Particle transport, deposition and removal occur in many important processes inmicroelectronic, imaging and pharmaceutical industries. In addition, numerousenvironmental processes involve particle transport, deposition and removal. In the lastthree decades, significant research progress in the areas of particle transport, depositionand removal has been made. A series of courses were developed to make the newimportant research findings available to seniors and first year graduate students inengineering departments through specialized curricula. This project also involved anintegration of numerical simulations and experiments in a series of

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and feel, as well as how they defined their curricular approaches, even writing some oftheir own curriculum. The role of engineering in the various approaches will be highlighted.The STEM rubrics from the state of North Carolina will be used to evaluate the various schoolsand their approaches.IntroductionAcross the state of North Carolina, many school systems are joining the STEM movement,motivated by many reasons. North Carolina has been a strong Project Lead the Way state forsome time, involving 100 schools in offering either the middle school or high school courses. Inaddition the state Department of Public Instruction has a series of courses that it has supportedthat relate to engineering and technology in middle and high school as well

Conference Session

Building BIM into Construction Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyunjoo Kim, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Construction

Paper ID #7196Energy modeling/Simulation Using the BIM technology in the Curriculum ofArchitectural and Construction Engineering and ManagementDr. Hyunjoo Kim, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology and Construction Management He has 10 years of work experience in the construction fields and six years in research and teaching. His research interests include the use of 3D/BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology for energy modeling and simulations, information technology support for project management, artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Lei Huang, Prairie View A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and maximize resources utilization has causedmany researchers’ attention.In recent years, Cloud Computing technology has developed drastically, which provided an idealsolution for virtual and remote laboratory implementation. This paper presents a project currentlyconducted at Prairie View A&M University. Using Virtual Computing Lab (VCL), a CloudComputing application developed by North Carolina State University and IBM, the investigatorsmade a series of LabVIEW based engineering laboratories online. These laboratory setupsgreatly reduce the cost of experimental facilities, improve the lab schedule function, increase theaccessibility of equipment and courseware, and support teachers’ instructional needs. At thesame time, the original

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ganapathy Subramanian Natarajan, Texas Tech University; Chinweike I Eseonu, Texas Tech University; David A. Wyrick PE, PEM, Texas Tech University

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Engineering and Public Policy

has worked with small companies on process improvement projects. Beginning in the summer of 2012, Dr. Wyrick will assume the position of Dean of the School of Science and Engineering at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri- Rolla in Engineering Management, M.S.E.M. from the University of Alaska, Anchorage and B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming. Dr. Wyrick is a licensed professional engineer and is a certified Professional Engineering Manager. He has been active with ASME since joining as a student in 1977, serving as Secretary and President of the Alaska Section, on the board of the Management Division, and founding

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

Page 25.727.2and economic infrastructure. Despite the declining of manufacturing units in most part of theU.S. several manufacturing industries have been able to retain jobs in the South Texas region.The region’s geographic proximity to Mexico makes industrial allied with international tradeextremely important.Due to the composition of the target student population for the project, implementing advancedtechnology training will have a significant impact on the education and the development of theskills of an under-representative minority group.Figure 1: South Texas RegionProject Goal:Cooperation between South Texas College (STC), the Department of Industrial Technology atTexas A&M University-Kingsville and local manufacturing industries

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashpal Ahluwalia, West Virginia University; Atul Phadke, West Virginia University; Gary Winn, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University

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Industrial Engineering

enrollment in STEM areas has beendeclining; this is particularly true for minority and Appalachian students. This project workedwith two batches of twenty students each. Each batch was organized into four teams of fivestudents. All students were first provided instruction in logic circuits and ladder logic. Ladderlogic circuits for four tasks were created; a) simulation of automatic garage door, b) simulationof four way traffic light, 3) controlling a light via a physical switch, and 4) physical control offive lights. The five lights mimicked traffic lights (red, yellow, yellow left, green, and green left)at an intersection. The students were asked to control the timing sequence of the lights. Uponcompletion of the eight hour lecture/laboratory

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Willis

-invitation-only for 500 middle school students and a TV show that reaches upwards of 8 million studentsacross the U.S. Each year, Visioneering has a unique theme that relates engineering to anexciting, often unlikely industry. The live event includes an Opening Rally, during whichparticipants hear from high-energy, inspirational speakers; a Design Project, in which studentteams led by an engineer create a conceptual design; a Tech Expo that showcases the latesttechnology; and an Awards Ceremony that recognizes the top student designs. The Telly Awardwinning TV show, aired on Cable Channel One, is a compilation of footage from the live eventas well as pre-shot footage. Each year, over half of the students attending are female and overhalf are blacks

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

. The practicalclasses and the laboratories take half of the schedule and they approach techniques and locationtechnologies, creation and reproduction of aquatic species and of industrialization. It is aprogram that will fulfill the lack of this kind of engineer in the Atlantic Coast Region of SãoPaulo State, which has a natural vocation to fish. It is because of its large portion of seashore andlarge number of fishing communities besides the industries of fish caught. It is a project that alsohas the goal to change the old orthodox pedagogy for engineering education.1. IntroductionThe mission of Education is most of all, to promote the natural ability of the mind to set and tosolve problems and by inter-relation to stimulate the full usage of

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

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Design in Engineering Education

contribute to greater fuel economy. Unique design and fabricationtechniques for high performance structural composites will be utilized to reduce curb weight by30-50%, when compared to conventional steel chassis design benchmarks. Self-imposedmandates adopted by the WWU R&D team include design and manufacturing sustainabilityfocus, which are reflected in all architectural, materials selection, and manufacturing processdecisions. An additional design goal targets the ability to use a range of alternative fuels by usinga modular hybrid powertrain and open source control strategies that enable utilization of regionalfeedstocks available to the purchaser. The hybrid bus project combines undergraduate Vehicle Design students withEngineering

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gumaer

functional digital input/output system. The next three exercises added thecapability of analog signal acquisition. The last two exercises developed the ability to generatean analog signal from a digital input value. Throughout the exercises, data acquisition, signalconditioning, and control system concepts were discussed and applied where appropriate.The first application involved using digital output to flash one or more LEDs connected to theparallel port as specified by the user. The purpose of this exercise was to enable the students tobecome familiar with using the hardware and software together to provide low-level access to theparallel port. The next project involved using the Visual Basic timer and a solid-state relayconnected to the parallel

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Cheney; Heather Brown

the research and laboratory need for undergraduates atall levels. In order to make this experience fruitful to all parties involved (students,faculty and industry), many entities and resources were sought out. This report outlinesthe many ways a research and laboratory experience can be gained by a student throughmultiple collaborative efforts, curriculum additions, and industry certifications.Industry Collaboration Local and regional industries have research needs that can not always beperformed in house. This avenue is common for universities to step in and assist industrywith research for the development of faculty and students. The projects can range fromroutine quality control to specialized research with specific instrumentation

Conference Session

Rethinking Collection Development

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Clay

accessibleto the Stanford community. As a first step towards this goal, the Engineering Library hasbegun a project to identify, characterize, and organize these materials. We want to learnwhat is out there, where it is being stored, and how much of it we already have in theLibrary.Documents were identified by systematically searching Stanford School of Engineeringweb space, and by contacting each of the School of Engineering Labs and Centersindividually and asking them if they could send us an inventory of their research output.For every item found with substantive informational content, descriptive information wasgathered and input into a bibliographic database. The database was created usingRefworks, an internet based bibliographic management

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado Boulder; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Prof. John L. Falconer, University of Colorado Boulder John L. Falconer is the Mel and Virginia Clark Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and a President’s Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published more than 225 papers and has 12 patents in the areas of zeolite membranes, heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, and atomic and

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Montgomery, University of Michigan

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Chemical Engineering

portion of Roots Vacuum Pumps sectionUser ResponseStudent response to the encyclopedia has been mixed. Some students greatly appreciate it anduse it frequently, others don’t appreciate the information provided therein. In some casesbecause many of the times it’s assigned it is as part of a group project, we have some seniors thatdon’t seem that aware of the encyclopedia’s existence even, or what a wide range of equipmentis covered by the encyclopedia. Faculty have generally been quite positive and have appreciated Page 24.732.7having the information in preparing course materials. We have also shared this with some of ourdepartmental industrial

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. In this project, we aim to develop two valid and reliable informationliteracy assessments (a multiple choice skill test and a Likert-scale perception survey) that can beused to diagnose engineering students’ self-directed learning with a focus on information literacyskills and attitudes. Through a partnership between engineering and library faculty, wedeveloped and pilot-tested two assessment instruments. These instruments werepsychometrically evaluated and then compared to a more authentic and direct measure ofinformation literacy. While the preliminary results provided some promising validity andreliability evidence for these instruments, further evaluation is necessary prior to widerdissemination. This two-year project will focus on the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Bradley Jenkins; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

how the Center plans to meet itsmultifaceted challenges.NSF-ATE Program Overview The Advanced Technology Education (ATE) program at NSF is committed to developing thebest practices in technician education and have these practices become standard operatingprocedures for educators throughout the United States. The program was initiated bycongressional legislation in 1992 to increase the number of skilled technicians in “strategicadvanced-technology fields” with in the nation and to improve the productivity of Americanindustry. To accomplish this mission, NSF-ATE supports Centers and projects that utilizepartnerships with industry, business, government, and other educational institutions to achieveimprovements in one or more the ATE program goal

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara MacAlpine

a variety of active learning techniques have beenreported 3,5.BackgroundTrinity University is a small (c2500 student FTE), private, liberal arts institution that is almostentirely made up of undergraduates. Unlike many schools with a similar description, it alsoincludes a Department of Engineering Science, whose mission is to “provide students with abroad-based undergraduate engineering education by offering a design-oriented, multi-disciplinary engineering science curriculum in the context of the University’s traditions of theliberal arts and sciences.”6 The key phrase is “design-oriented”, which translates intoparticipation in engineering design projects throughout the eight-semester design coursesequence. Thus it is highly advantageous

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Will Kim; Jeffrey Tisa; Peter Jansson

thecampus1 revealed that the University compares poorly with peer institutions of comparable sizein terms of energy efficiency because of very high electricity usage. University officials soughtto sub-meter buildings with no electricity data available and found that metering equipment andinstallation costs were quite prohibitive. Students of the engineering department's SustainableDesign course undertook a project to develop a low cost, small, portable, easily installed solutionto the problem so that the efficiency of each building could be estimated cost-effectively. Thelow-cost power monitoring device they designed and manufactured can store several electricalline parameters over time that will collect important energy and power characteristics of

Conference Session

TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jonathan Wickert; Jack Beuth

tutorials are a useful means for balancing traditional content and training on CAE software(in particular, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, ANSYS, Solidworks, Adams, and Matlab). In thispaper, we discuss web-based modules for a variety of mechanical engineering courses. Theintention of the effort is for students’ use of the software packages to be transparently overlaidonto a traditional lecture-based curriculum. In the following sections, we discuss their usage in arequired introductory course at the freshmen level and in required and elective courses offered tosophomores, juniors and seniors.CAE Projects in a Freshmen-Level Mechanical Engineering CourseIn 1991, Carnegie Mellon instituted major changes in its curriculum for first-year students in thecollege

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

process bench as project work in these courses.The Brazosport Community College1, Lake Jackson, Texas and Victoria College2, Victoria,Texas have many similar process benches. Each process bench at these locations highlights onespecific process encountered in chemical plants. The main purpose of these process benches isto educate and train new hires in plant operations. The TAMU-CC Process Bench is mainlydesigned for demonstrations and conducting experiments. It incorporates the essential featuresof two or three benches at these Colleges in one single unit. It also differs from the benches at theother two facilities in that it does not contain any hazardous chemical e.g. ethylene glycol, acidsor alkali in the process circuit. Yet, it is a very

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

energy? Identify what the current issues are, and the suggested future directions.V. Write paper. There is no length requirement for the paper. However, critical issues in most of the topics could be adequately addressed in 10-20 pages.VI. Develop presentation outline (15 minutes, and 5 minutes for questions from the class).Projects assigned to students in the last two sessions of the Energy System & Conversion courseinclude the following:a. “The State of Pennsylvania – energy policies, implementation, funding, and organization.” Address the following questions: What is the structure in place for energy management? Who or what shapes energy policies in the state? What is the most effective way to influence policy decisions

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Ethan Danahy; Philip Lau; Chris Rogers

Session XXXX Remote Sensing and Tele-robotics for elementary and middle school via the Internet Merredith Portsmore, Chris Rogers, Philip Lau, Ethan Danahy Tufts UniversityAbstract The Science, Engineering, NASA Site Of Remote Sensing (SENSORS) project aims tohelp bring remote sensing and tele-robotics to upper elementary and middle school audiences.By creating a network of simulated environments, ranging from the Moon to Mars to Antarcticato a working city-scape, SENSORS gives student opportunities to explore and automate remoteenvironments via the web. The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Horch; Douglas Christensen

discouraging path (up to six years or more) toprofessional preparation for many students. To speed up and facilitate the path to a master's degree for a select group of students, wehave initiated a pilot project at the University of Utah that chooses a small number of highlyqualified students and introduces them to research early in their undergraduate careers. Alongwith cohort support, some tailored academic advising, and a couple of extra summers of study,this early research start allows them to complete the requirements for a both a bachelor's degreeand a master's degree in about four years from the beginning of their university studies. Thisprogram, named the Accelerated Dual-Degree (ADD) program, began four years ago in fall2000, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zac Bunnell; Garett Scott; Sundararajan Madihally

industrial environment. One of the UOL courses is offered in the Fall of the senior year, where students work inteams of three, on three projects. Each project covers a 5-6-week period. It includes a week ofplanning, three 6-hr laboratory sessions, and two weeks of oral and written presentations. Toensure that students include all issues, and properly analyze the data, instructors actively observeand coache the teams as they work. Prior to this course, “Rate Operations I” is introduced in thefall semester of the junior year, and “Rate Operations II” is taught in the spring of the junioryear. In Rate Operations I, they are introduced to the importance of pressure drop across variousflow regimes. The Rate Operations II course introduces

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grasman

static, but integrated, or isolated, but dynamic learning modules for integration into currentcourses. The hands-on and active learning environment provides the culmination oftransforming a curriculum where classes are taught in isolation into a multidisciplinary integratedenvironment, which will introduce students to all aspects of enterprise engineering and illustratethe need for integrative and dynamic curriculum based on real-world scenarios.Throughout the curriculum, team-based lab and term projects will evolve from static problemsthat test the basic skill set to dynamic open-ended case studies and “simulated scenarios”, whichadd depth and integrate all areas of the enterprise engineering. These scenarios will utilize the“real-world” and

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

where studentsmust create a regular polygon. Most modelers have built-in routines for creating regularpolygons, but instructors might have students explore other methods for fully defining thegeometry with additional constraints. When students select their own projects, instructors have tobe open to working with all types of constraints and modeling strategies. Figures 5, 6, and 7illustrate examples of student-selected projects where more sophisticated modeling proceduresare required. Figure 4. Reverse Engineering a Hexagon Nut. Page 8.726.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jesse Condon; Chasity Williams; Benjamin Fratto; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

Session 3451 Membrane Experiments for Pollution Prevention Kauser Jahan 1 , Jesse Condon 1, Chasity Williams1 and Benjamin Fratto 2 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering 2 Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701AbstractA major objective of the Junior and Senior Engineering Clinics at Rowan University is tointroduce students to open-ended design projects. The purpose of the clinic classes is to provideengineering students with a hands-on, multidisciplinary experience throughout their collegeeducation

Conference Session

ET Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Cremin; Terrence Kelly

interfacing of Global Positioning Systems (GPS). In the second half ofthe semester students concentrate on developing entrepreneurial GPS applications. Applicationsdocumented thus far include: • Low cost systems to assist the Botswana Army locate Park Rangers who become engaged with poachers in the jungles and forests of Botswana. • A low cost timekeeper for a PC using QBASIC and a hiking class GPS receiver.During the Fall 2001 semester, investigations included projects on: • The use of GPS in identifying and mediating traffic backups in the St. Louis area1. • Application of GPS techniques to a robotics navigation and communication subsystem2. • The use of GPS and “Geocaching” for