Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

systems design and in themanufacturing of computing equipment, telecommunications, space vehicles and rocketpropulsion, and attracts some of the greatest minds in the world. It is the home of more than 50Fortune 500 companies. These industries and government agencies require a large number ofqualified engineers.Alabama A&M University’s School of Engineering and Technology offers three engineeringprograms, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The threeengineering programs presently enroll over 500 undergraduate engineering students.Civil Engineering (CE) includes the broad categories of construction, structural engineering,soil mechanics and foundations, transportation systems, water resources, hydraulic

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Sarfaraz, California State University-Northridge; Tarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

2006-2182: INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN ENGINEERINGECONOMY CLASSAhmad Sarfaraz, California State University-NorthridgeTarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge Page 11.750.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING ECONOMY CLASSESAbstractThere are many strategies that can be used to encourage student engagement for an engineeringeconomy class. Two engagement strategies including weekly quizzes and group problem-solvingactivities are considered in this paper. Our goal was to experiment with the selected strategies todetermine which strategy worked best to promote deeper

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Tront

Session 1526 Initial Steps in Establishing a Community to Develop Engineering Courseware Joseph G. Tront1 Brandon Muramatsu2 1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 2 University of California, Berkeley, CAAbstractEducational courseware modules are beginning to find broader use supplementing traditionalengineering lectures as well as distance learning classes. Developing high quality materialrequires a considerable amount of effort compelling faculty to share modules

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

; Engineering Economic Analysis, Eight Edition, OxfordUniversity Press, Oxford, 2002. Most texts on Engineering Economics stress that thepractical purpose of engineering economics is that it empowers the engineer to makesound investment decisions 2. I kept this main concept in mind while teaching my firstengineering economics course. It is all about decision-making.Know Your StudentsI found it was very important to know my students. A useful technique that will assist inlearning the students’ names and more about them is to collect some basic information. Inthe very first class, I asked my students to send me an email containing basic informationabout them. It may include (1) name, (2) preferred name, (3) student ID, (4) hometownand state, (5) local

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Autar Kaw

Page 8.1011.1‘he’ (the author does recognize that engineering has a deep-rooted challenge to bring genderProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationdiversity and opportunity to its profession) for the sole purpose of keeping the article readable.The seven traits1. Efed is organized Efed asks himself before every class, “Do I know what topics I will cover in my class? DoI have an outline? Am I beginning with an end in my mind? Have I marked my lecture notes sothat I do not fumble around to find them during the class? Am I going to assign homework in thatclass? To invoke a class discussion, do I know what questions I am

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren R Hill

Session 1350 POST-TENURE REVIEW APPLICATIONS TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Warren R. Hill Weber State UniversityAbstractThis paper attempts to take a broad look at post-tenure review by examining why institutions aredoing post-tenure review, looking at some different approaches for such reviews and suggestingsome different elements of the review process. It is hoped that in doing so, institutions currentlydoing post-tenure reviews might improve their processes and those who are planning on institutingpost-tenure review would have the basic

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the National Research Council,that almost all of them are directly related to manufacturing systems. As such, themanufacturing track of the ME program was designed to address them with the followingpoints in mind:1. Meet accreditation criteria as per the accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)2. Address national trends in manufacturing while ensuring local relevance3. Provide flexibility within the program to allow for the changing needs of industryThe specialization in manufacturing systems is provided during the last two years of theprogram by taking a battery of courses that add up to sixteen credit hours in the option.This is supplemented with five semester hours of

Conference Session

Panel on Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Kaderlan; Mary Ann Rankin; John Butler; Steven Nichols

, Doggett, J., "Development ofBusiness Skills in Engineering Students through Collaborative Engineering-Business School Activities",Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,Montreal, June 2002.xi Jolly, Vijay, Commercializing New Technologies: From Mind to Market, Harvard Business School Press,Boston Mass., 1997.xii Pahl, G. and Beitz, W., Engineering Design: A Systematic Approach, Second Edition, SpringerPublications, 1996.xiii Pugh, Stuart, Total Design: Integrated Methods for Successful Product Engineering, Addison-WesleyPublishing Company, 1990.xiv Otto, Kevin, and Wood, Kristin, Product Design, Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New ProductDevelopment, Prentice

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Callen; Steven Usselman

fromspecialized techniques of problem-solving to see engineering in its full context. For many others, it involvedgaining some appreciation for the inherent pleasures of technical design and comprehending how technical factorsoften constrain social choices. Our most important objective, we realized, was to meld these two cohorts. If wecould do that successfully, we would accomplish our fundamental goal of fostering a deeper appreciation of the richcomplexities of engineering practice. During subsequent iterations of the course, which we have taught during one term each of the past four academicyears, we have refashioned the material and assignments with this objective in mind. First, we repackaged the unitsand organized them into three groups

Conference Session

Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franco Capaldi, Merrimack College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

entries.  A feedback mechanism which identifies student errors and passes this information to both the student and the professor.Desired Educational OutcomesWhile this computer package was designed to be as flexible as possible and handle problemsfrom a variety of fields, the statics solver was initially designed with the following limited set oflearning objectives in mind: 1. Students should be able to represent physical quantities in vector notation and to use vector math to analyze a system. In fact, a good grasp of vector math and the relevant notation is necessary for all advanced engineering fields. 2. Students must be able to formulate appropriate free body diagrams when solving statics problems. 3

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel P. Clemence, Syracuse University; Sharon W. Alestalo, Syracuse University; Shobha K. Bhatia, Syracuse University; Eric M. Lui, Syracuse University; Ossama M. Salem, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

has prompted educators toreevaluate the foundational body of engineering knowledge in higher education. Moreover, asengineering education increasingly contemplates the global arena, it is obvious that civil andenvironmental engineering has been distinctively impacted and has a leading-edge role to play atthe individual practicing engineer level and as a discipline. In U.S. institutions, for instance,educators have been urged to reassess their curricula with the demands of globalization in mind.8The increasing demand for international engineering and the changing international nature ofengineering work9 has also made it clear that, insofar as engineering projects of scale stretchacross national boundaries and involve collaborating

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ayyagari Janaki Rao

and Self Financed Engineering Colleges.Status of Engineering Education and Technical Institutions in India are shown inAnnexure - 1.3. The present curriculum structure in IndiaCurriculum is not planned either to the Industrial demands or needs of society. The followingsubjects are covered.Basic sciences : 10.8%Engineering sciences : 17.2%Technical Arts : 20.1%Applied and Design Engineering : 43.8%Miscellaneous subjects : 8.1%Total : 100.0%4. The structure of engineering curriculum in USAMost of the good Universities in USA design their curriculum keeping in mind Technologicalchanges, Industrial

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Renata Anna Gorska

Pro/Engineer, Mechanical Desktop, Micro-Station, I-DEAS oreven CADKey. In the meantime, educators in Poland teach engineering graphics courses startingwith descriptive geometry concepts and generally work from an eye-mind- and hands foundationto the benefit of the students. A lot of hand-made sketches to illustrate the design are made. Aftercompleting the basic course, students are able to take an elective/compulsory course in ComputerGraphics, which uses AutoCADr.12 together with 3D Studio software and/or the graphicalprocedures of TurboPascal.CONCLUSIONSDetailed examination of various engineering graphics courses allow us to make a generalconclusion. The proper balance between theory and practice should be attained. Teaching shouldrelate to

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen P. DeWeerth; Clinton D. Knight

-mediatedaccess to static information is only the beginning. The ultimate use of the Web will be as a 1software delivery mechanism . Now that the Java language and development tools are maturing,truly interactive WWW applications are becoming feasible2.Distance learning is one of the most promising applications of the Internet, and many universitiesare creating new correspondence courses with WWW delivery in mind. Certainly the Web is aphenomenal avenue for navigating efficiently through course material. The distance learningmodel falls short, however, in a critical component of any electrical engineering curriculum:instructional laboratories. This need can be partly filled by electronics simulation projects, butthere is no

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Matusiak; David Andruczyk; D. Steven Barker; Stephanie Goldberg; Ilya Grinberg

Session 3233 Stepper Motor Applications Across Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum Ilya Grinberg, D. Steven Barker, Stephanie Goldberg, Ronald Matusiak, David Andruczyk State University of New York College at Buffalo1. IntroductionIndustrial, commercial and institutional facilities have grown significantly more complex in thelast decade. The rising level of technologies and equipment utilized in these facilities hascomplicated the elements of their engineering maintenance and operation. As an example of suchtechnologies, consider robotics

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl A. Erikson

which "have stretched rush hours to 12 hours in Seouland 14 hours in Rio de Janeiro. The Confederation of British Industry estimates that higherfreight costs, lost work time, and other results of congestion cost England $24 billion eachyear"[7]. In Bangkok, "officials estimate that the typical motorist spends a total of 44 days a yearjust idling in standstill traffic"[8]. Air pollution, congestion, and overdependency on imported oil only begin to reflect themagnitude of the transportation problems in present day urban areas that engineers need toresolve. With appropriate technology approaches in mind one can suggest ways that the 21st Page

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Martin, University of Texas, Austin; Tom Benton, University of Texas, Austin; William McKenna, University of Texas, Austin; Pat Ko, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

InstructionExperts agree that high school engineering should be centered around design (Katehi etal., 2009). Therefore, we adapted the SL Cycle of CBI to support Design BasedInstruction (DBI) by creating a cycle that was suited for addressing design challenges Page Page15.1277.11rather than problem solving challenges (See Figure 2). 15.1277.8Teachers will generally enter the DBI cycle with some idea in mind of a classroomactivity they would like to further develop, or with

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

programhave motivated them to pursue advanced degree or a career in research and development field.The research project of one of the teams resulted in a technical publication; more can beexpected in future.ConclusionsThe undergraduate research program in combustion engines and related areas at the University ofMichigan-Dearborn has provided excellent research experience to undergraduates, both fromresearch universities and 4-year colleges. Working closely with the supervising faculty andgraduate research assistants the participants have excelled in acquiring knowledge, techniques,skills and inquisitive mind needed to be good researchers. The research program has resulted in Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell

represented at Rowan (Chemical, Civil andEnvironmental, Mechanical, and Electrical and Computer Engineering) and focuses onengineering measurements. In the second semester of the freshmen year, student teamswork on reverse engineering of processes or products (beer production, bread making,coffee brewing, electric toothbrush)[1, 2]. This hands-on minds-on approach gets thestudents excited about engineering. It also helps narrow the gap between a high schoollevel perception of what engineering is and the reality of engineering.Demonstration of engineering principles and science fundamentals through everydayprocesses or products engages students more in the learning process. The ChemicalEngineering Department at Rowan has successfully used this

Conference Session

Visualization and Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jerz

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAfter finding a good book on sketching and drawing interpretation, my next challenge wasfinding a SolidWorks book. The book was chosen with three goals in mind: 1) the topics shouldbe coordinated as much as possible with the Jensen textbook, 2) the book should teachSolidworks 2001, and 3) it should include exercises on creating models, drawings, andassemblies. The textbook “Engineering Design with SolidWorks 200110 ,” by the Planchardssatisfied these desires. Figure 4. A Drawing Interpretation ExerciseThis book focuses on providing a solid foundation in SolidWorks using competency-basedprojects. The

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alex Antunes; Angela Walters; Amanda Raab

specification fidelity, clerking and sourcing in theengineering process. We discuss implementation, outcomes, and student feedback to these real-world exercises.I. IntroductionEngineering projects need parts, and teaching the sourcing and procurement of parts within a 16-week course has the risk of incurring schedule and cost delays, but the benefit of immersing thestudent in the necessity for fidelity and ability to deal with under-defined real world problems aswell as handling human factors in communications. Teaching good sourcing and procurement ofparts in engineering leads to better senior project outcomes and better primes students for theirfuture jobs, as well as providing skills for entrepreneur-minded learners who thrive on real worldtasks. In

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lighting Talk Session 1: COVID-19 Focus

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky; Joseph H. Hammer, University of Kentucky; Ellen L. Usher, University of Kentucky

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

Utilization by U.S. College Students: 10-Year Population-Level Trends (2007–2017)," Psychiatric Services, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 60-63, 2019/01/01 2018, doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201800332.[10] E. K. Czyz, A. G. Horwitz, D. Eisenberg, A. Kramer, and C. A. King, "Self-reported Barriers to Professional Help Seeking Among College Students at Elevated Risk for Suicide," Journal of American College Health, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 398-406, 2013/10/01 2013, doi: 10.1080/07448481.2013.820731.[11] D. Eisenberg et al., "The Healthy Minds Study: 2018-2019 Data Report," 2019.[12] S. A. Wilson, Hammer, J.H., Usher, E.L., "Engineering Student Mental Health: Analysis of national data from the Healthy Minds Study," in American Institute of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri - Columbia; Douglas J. Hacker

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #28623The Sequential Nature of Engineering Problem SolvingDr. Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University Carolyn Plumb is the recently retired Director of Educational Innovation and Strategic Projects in the College of Engineering at Montana State University (MSU). Plumb has been involved in engineering education and program evaluation for over 25 years, and she continues to work on externally funded projects relating to engineering education.Rose M Marra, University of Missouri - Columbia Professor Rose M. Marra is the Director of the School of Information Science and Learning Technology at the University of

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Ted Lee, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

question in mind of “where do our students goto work after graduation?” This was done because it does not serve the students well to preparethem for generic nanotechnology jobs that may not exist; instead, we have designed thisemphasis based on jobs that have already been offered and occupied by our recent graduates inthe materials, microelectronics, bio-nano (e.g., proteins and enzymes), and complex fluids (i.e.,colloids) areas. The courses selected for the nano emphasis are described below: CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Engineering Through Chemical Processes Focus: Chemical engineering fundamentals and engineering science Topics: Properties of materials on the nanometer scale, probes capable of visualizing

Conference Session

Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy; Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Learning for the 21st Century: Skills for the Future," The Clearing House: A Journal for Educations Strategies, Issues, and Ideas, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 39-43, 2010.7. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs," ABET, Baltimore, MD, 2016.8. National Academy of Engineering, “Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century”, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2005.9. Danielson, S., Kirkpatrick, A., & Ervin, E. (2011, October). ASME vision 2030: Helping to inform mechanical engineering education. In Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011 (pp. T1J-1). IEEE.10. National Research Council, “How People Learn: Bairn, Mind, Experience, and

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Paper ID #18592BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathway to SuccessMrs. Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University Sarah Cooley Jones, Associate Director, Louisiana State University College of Engineering, Student Ser- vices and Diversity Initiatives, joined the Office on a fulltime basis in 2009, and she develops and manages scholarships, fellowships and professional development programs for undergraduate and graduate engi- neering students. These programs include scholarships, seminar series and activities that develop the student academically and professionally so that students can persist in engineering, complete a degree

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Rachel M. Korn, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Joan Chalmers Williams, University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. C. (2005). The persistence of traditional gender roles in the information technology sector: A study of female engineers in India. Information Technologies and International Development, 2(3), 29-46. 2. Corbett, C. & Hill, C. (2015). Solving the equation: The variables for women’s success in engineering and computing. Washington, DC: American Association of University Women. 3. AISHE. (2018). All India Survey on Higher Education 2017-2018. Government of India: Ministry of Human Resource Development. Department of Higher Education. New Delhi, India. 4. Aspiring Minds. (2018). Women in engineering: A comparative study of barriers across nations. 5. Chandra, V. (2014, August). What India

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; David J. Therriault, University of Florida; Marah B. Berry, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

consider to have been ambiguous. Interviews will beanalyzed using phenomenography, leading to outcome spaces that define a hierarchy of waysthat each group experiences ambiguity. These outcome spaces will then be used to develop ataxonomy of ambiguity that can be used in future studies of engineering problem solving.Ultimately, we aim to provide better instructional materials, methods, and tool kits for teachingstudents to solve ambiguous engineering problems.IntroductionHow do engineers handle ambiguous problems? This is a common question pondered by bothacademic and professional engineers. “Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty,”said John Huston Finley [1], former President of the College of the City of New York,Commissioner of

Conference Session

Engineering Economics Teaching Tools

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University; E. Downey Brill, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

Criterion 3(i) “a recognition of the need for, and anability to engage in life-long learning.”14 With this in mind, and considering the format of theFundamentals of Engineering Exam15, the grading structure was also modified so that theentire grade was based on the final exam. To assist students in preparing for the final examand provide feedback on their learning through the semester, two optional practice exams wereprovided. These exams were graded and provided the basis for students to obtain feedback andwork on deficient learning areas.Results: Of note this semester was the particularly high percentage of students who failed thecourse. Additionally, the grade distribution of the fall 2012 and spring 2013 offerings differedsignificantly from one

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

., Rugarcia, A. and Stice, J.E. , “ The Future of Engineering Education – Developing Critical Skills”, Chem. Engr. Education, 34(2), 108–117 (2000). 6. National Research Council, “How people learn: Brain, mind, experience and school,” National Academy Press, Washington, DC. (1999). Page 26.507.20 197. Huitt, W., “Critical thinking: An overview,” Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University (1998). accessed March 9, 2015 http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cogsys/critthnk.html