Conference Session

Engineering and ET Relationships & Professional Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

capabilities of new bachelor degree civil engineering graduates. Obviously, we mustwait to see how ASCE will address the 28 outcomes in view of under-graduate educationachievement. But it appears clear that the civil engineering bachelor’s degree graduate will nothave a level of technical skills that we ‘old-timers’ did. There will be more of the ‘soft- subjects’covered in under-graduate education. This is not to say that a Professional Engineer should nothave an appreciation and understanding for the numerous ‘professional practice’ topics, in factthey should. But why not gain this knowledge in post-under-graduate study? The simpleexplanation could well be that ASCE only has direct influence over the curriculum taught at theunder-graduate level.While

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhu Gourineni; Badrul H. Chowdhury

industrial automation in the next century. The power electronics discipline is challenging since we need knowledge in such diversefields as circuits, control, magnetics, and integration. It also involves signal and powerprocessing using electronic circuits. Traditionally, power processing circuits have been basedon linear circuit technology. Therefore, they were low in efficiency and bulky in size. Forexample an audio power amplifier has efficiency less than 50%. Therefore, bulky heatsinks arerequired to dissipate the power. In recent years, high frequency switching technology has gainedrapid development. Switching circuits use pulse width modulation (PWM) to carry signals anddeliver power. The efficiency of a switching circuit can be near

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

F. Coowar; Rosida Coowar

. I[4] Coowar F. and Robinson B., “A Student-Oriented Component in an Integrated Foundation Year Engineering Course”, Proc. I.E. (Aust), Vol. 4, pp. 67-70, 1989.[5] Buczkowski J., Coowar F., Harris D. J., Hoole P., Ilahuka N. and Rugemalira R., “Engineering Analysis - Laboratory Handbook”, University of Technology, PNG, 1987.FEROZE COOWAR graduated with a B. SC. (Hens.) in Electrical Engineering from the South Bank University,U. K., and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is presently withthe Swiss Federal Institute of Technology as a Professor of Electrical Engineering and is Advisor to the Headof Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Polytechnic Institute of

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Andrew W Hostler, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section

10 week, hands-on, extra-curricularworkshop, taught by upper division students, that gives lower division students an exciting introduction topractical skills in the fields of Engineering, Robotics, and Marine Technology. The aim of this workshopis to guide students through a design, build and test cycle of an ultra-low cost underwater roboticsplatform- the BudgetROV. This workshop involves CAD design, machining, soldering, andprogramming at an introductory level appropriate to lower division students across all engineeringdisciplines. In this paper, we describe the curriculum for this workshop and discuss student feedback thatsuggests the workshop will help students find further project opportunities (such as summer internships)and will

Conference Session

Foundations for Pedagogical Success

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University; Chanelle Pickens MLIS, CA, West Virginia University; Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Mariam Jalalifard, West Virginia University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

of the curriculum and teaching from the instructor’s perspective. Seldin11focuses on assessing plan, procedures, preconditions, and products as elements of teachingevaluation. Stevenson and Kokkinn12 propose a method of evaluation of teaching using lists ofevaluative statements. Ramsden and Dodds13 recommend the use of generalized questions inevaluation of content (what should be conveyed to the student) and structure (teaching methods).Recognizing that “[c]ommunication and collaboration with faculty are increasingly important inthe development of both curriculum-integrated and stand-alone “just in time” library tutorials,”Appelt and Pendell14 employ faculty feedback on tutorial structure, discipline-specific content,and content integration

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

. Page 22.1611.2Cloutier and Richards2 communicated that measuring customer satisfaction at an educationalestablishment might be regarded as one of the greatest challenges. Therefore, it is vital tomaintain a curriculum that is both rigorous and relevant. In the field of EngineeringManagement, as well as many other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics) disciplines, discussions about the need for Six Sigma training, projects, andcertification have reached a fevered pitch. While recognizing that educational institutions havean obligation to prepare our students for the workforce, we realize we cannot respond to everyrequest presented by our students or the organizations that hire them. In the case of Six Sigma, aresponse was

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

homework and take finals for physics, chemistry, calculus and computer courses Page 10.271.3 Session 3170The curriculum was designed in collaboration with Intel Corporation and the Director ofCEDAR. The curriculum team was comprised of Dana. C. Newell, M.A., graduate andundergraduate engineering students (including former Summer Bridge participants), andthe program coordinator. Each student-instructor was responsible for the developmentand delivery of an assigned portion of the curriculum. The curriculum began withfundamental elements of team building, introduction to e-mail

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

encompassing issues. The first of these great issues is the definition of a body of knowledgefor manufacturing engineering -- and of a curriculum to convey such knowledge toundergraduate students. The second primary challenge was the crafting of an articulateddifferentiation in terms of outcome objectives between and amongst the various educationaldegree levels that contribute to the professional discipline. The third great challenge has beenthe crafting of a strategic framework that enables individual programs to incorporate newly-emerging transformational technologies into a cohesive corpus of manufacturing engineering. These great issues have been accompanied by continual concerns about the identity, healthand vitality of the manufacturing

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Erin Jobidon, University of Waterloo; Andrea Prier, University of Waterloo; Taghi Khaniyev, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Jason Andrew Grove, The University of Waterloo; Samar Mohamed, University of Waterloo; Stephanie Joan Johnson M.Ed, University of Waterloo; Sanjeev Bedi P.Eng., University of Waterloo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

includes a series of five courses8.1.2 Description of workshop seriesAt the University of Waterloo, students have limited opportunities for acquiring formal trainingin working and communicating in teams. As part of the curriculum, students participate in aminimum of five four-month co-operative (co-op) work terms in industry. While on co-op,students may choose to take an elective professional development course on teamwork; however,we have found that actual student enrollment in this course has been very limited. Duringacademic terms, students have the option of enrolling in a student leadership program15 (thatencompasses teamwork skills), but, again, only a small portion of engineering students choose todo so. For a majority of students, a

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Randall L Musselman, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

effectiveness of the locator system will depend upon successful integration of thetechnological components and the user procedure. During the transmitter hunt, the user mustunderstand the characteristics of the transmitting antenna with an unknown orientation and thepossible influences of a complex propagation environment. The user must choose a receiverdesign and a search procedure with an understanding of the limitations of each systemcomponent.Design ProblemTarget Concepts in Antenna Theory The UAV locator context is interdisciplinary with aspects related to antenna theory,communication techniques, electronics, system integration, etc. The concern of this paper isantenna design and performance, but the antenna topics can be discussed in

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE; Christopher Gabany

, professional responsibilities,and economic and social impacts. This case deals with fraud, unlike the Ford Pinto case.The ethical societal impact of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) known as drones [11] areexplored in many aspects. The curriculum discussed delivering at-home medical test kits viadrones. This was an especially pressing and current subject during the Covid-19 pandemic. Alsodiscussed was drones in warfare (as battlefield use expands, ethics follow), a deeper dive intodisembodied warfare. Students have a drone club and are involved in this topic which brings updiscussions on ethics to avoid accidents, foe/friend recognitions, genuine mistakes or intentionalattacks, moral conflicts as an operator or engineer, etc. Students really engage in

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis L. Bucciarelli

, our framing of what is significant in the real worldchanges. Our vocabulary changes. What was “soft” is now, if not “hard”, at least must be takenas seriously.Or take our usual acceptance of the hierarchy and authority of segmented disciplines, how theystructure the student’s classroom experience and our ways of relating as faculty. In the realworld, functioning as an engineer is very much conditioned and constrained by context and thatcontext is ordinarily complex and multi-disciplinary. The tasks engineers face do not appear aswell defined, single discipline, problems. The real world is more of a muddle. Professor YiannisAndreopoulos reports how complex curriculum reform becomes when he attempts to teach anInterdisciplinary Integration of

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Baaba Andam

studentslearn about the Turing Test and apply the ideas behind it in a number of applications. Finally,students complete an in-depth unit on connectionism in which they learn about and use artificialneural networks (ANNs).In the spring semester students apply their understanding of artificial neural network through anin-depth independent research topic. While working on their projects, students also explore AItopics such as robotics or artificial life. Curriculum elements from several topics throughout thecourse are presented in greater depth in the following sections.Machine Consciousness There’s something queer about describing consciousness: whatever people mean to say, they just can’t seem to make it clear. It’s not like feeling confused or

Conference Session

Learning Through Service

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Sherry Levin, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

solve those needs through an integration of service learning and design.The future of engineering requires individuals to be strong communicators and engage inteamwork and problem solving.The Community Based STEM Program is an engineering service learning program designed forengineering students to help them build professional and leadership skills. This is an engineeringprojects in community service program (EPICS). The EPICS program and model was started atPurdue University. It is proven to be effective at retaining minority and female students, buildingleadership skills, and supports faculty development. It is considered a well-respected model forservice learning in engineering and promotes interest and practice in the STEM fields. The

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County; Kathryn E. Strang, Rowan College at Burlington County

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

are often more difficult.Furthermore, continuous improvement efforts as a result of assessment, whether or not thedefined criteria for success have been met, often involve very detailed and specific adjustmentsto the curriculum and instructional delivery. However, several elements of an assessmentmethodology can be employed that are helpful in measuring student learning according to presetbenchmarks, when student learning is demonstrated in such environments. Important assessmentelements include a sound understanding of the relevant competencies to be gained, theformulation of descriptive outcome statements, the setting of realistic benchmarks, and theimplementation of repeatable measurement techniques. A feedback mechanism, for the purposeof

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Drexel University; Shreepud Rauniar, Drexel University; Horacio Sosa, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 11.858.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Laboratory Development for Robotics and Automation Education Using Internet Based TechnologyAbstract This paper describes laboratory and curriculum development integrated withInternet based robotics and automation for engineering technology education. DrexelUniversity’s Applied Engineering Technology Program received a NSF CCLI grant todevelop a series of laboratory courses in the area of internet based robotics andautomation in manufacturing. The development efforts include industrial partnershipwith Yamaha Robotics, restructured and advanced courses in applied engineeringprogram curriculum, and laboratory activities integrated with network technologies

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Muhammad M. Rahman; Antonio J. Bula

Department of Mechanical Engineering. This course is arequired design course in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum and an approved technicalelective in the Chemical Engineering curriculum. It is offered during both fall and springsemesters with a class size of about 40 students. The expert tutor serves as a concise data basefor key concepts learned in the course, and houses property tables and basic equations tointeractively solve problems. The benefits of using this computer based instructional aidinclude: enhanced use of multimedia course materials, more creative thinking exercises forstudents, reduced time to master new concepts, and coverage of more materials in the course.The application of computer technology to facilitate interactive

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bolding, Seattle Pacific Univ; Dave Van Ess, Cypress Semiconductor

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

use, but not how to configurethem. Finally, as the students become more capable, the hardware design configuration optionsmay be left completely to the students.The PSoC, like many inexpensive microcontrollers, does not provide an address/data bus formemory expansion. In practice, designers of projects that require additional memory of one typeor another will choose parts with two-wire interfaces such as I2C or SPI. However, mostmicrocontroller systems courses include understanding memory bus timing and address decodingas course objectives. The case may be made that this portion of the curriculum may be moved toa digital systems course, as most low-cost microcontrollers do not include memory bussesanymore. However, if it is considered

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacqueline A. Zeiber, New Mexico State University; Tamara Elise Stimatze, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Steven J. Stochaj, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

State University Patricia A. Sullivan serves as Associate Dean for Outreach and Recruitment in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. She received her PhD in industrial engineering and has over 35 years’ experience directing statewide engineering outreach services that include technical engineering business assistance, professional development, and educational outreach programs. She is co-PI for a National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES pilot grant, co-PI for a NSF grant to broaden participation in STEM, and is a PI for an i6 Challenge grant through the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). She served as institutional integrator for the Partnership for the Advancement of Engineering

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robin K. Burk

academic and their military professional training during their senioryear. Such integration supports the Academy’s overarching goal of producing “graduates who are able toanticipate and respond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, andeconomic world”.4 To meet this goal, graduates must be able to “anticipate uncertainties, including 1challenges, problems, and opportunities” and to “respond effectively to uncertainties with confidence andreasoned judgment”.5All USMA graduates earn the Bachelor of Science degree after completing an extensive core curriculumthat includes 31 courses in both the sciences and the humanities. Beyond the core curriculum

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Robin K. Burk

academic and their military professional training during their senioryear. Such integration supports the Academy’s overarching goal of producing “graduates who are able toanticipate and respond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, andeconomic world”.4 To meet this goal, graduates must be able to “anticipate uncertainties, including 1challenges, problems, and opportunities” and to “respond effectively to uncertainties with confidence andreasoned judgment”.5All USMA graduates earn the Bachelor of Science degree after completing an extensive core curriculumthat includes 31 courses in both the sciences and the humanities. Beyond the core curriculum

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohum A. Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kerri S. Kearney, Oklahoma State University; Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9437A Platform for Computer Engineering EducationDr. Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Sohoni is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Computing Systems at Arizona State University’s College of Technology and Innovation. Prior to joining ASU, he was an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. His research interests are broadly in the areas of computer architecture and perfor- mance analysis, and in engineering and computing education. He has published in ACM SIGMETRICS, IEEE Transactions on Computers, the International Journal of Engineering Education, and Advances in

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Biswanath Samanta

model for integrating current topics in machine learning research into the undergraduate curriculum. IEEE Transactions on Education, 52(4):503-511.[27]. Lavesson, N. (2010). Learning machine learning: a case study. IEEE Transactions on Education. Doi:10.1109/TE.2009.2038992.[28]. Venayagamoorthy, GK. (2009). A successful interdisciplinary course on computational intelligence. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 4(1):14-23.[29]. Magdalena, L. (2009). Soft computing for students and for society. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 4(1):47-50.[30]. Samanta, B and Al-Balushi, KR. (2001). Use of time domain features in neural network based diagnosis of a machine tool coolant system. Proceedings

Conference Session

From Entrepreneurship Education to Market

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donte Harris, Southern Illinois university Edwardsville; Sohyung Cho, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; H. Felix Lee, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Kevin M. Hubbard, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Luis T. Youn, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

design and planning, and computer simulation and OR. He renovated the indus- trial and manufacturing engineering curriculum with introduction of CAD/CAM/CAE and 3D modeling applications to manufacturing systems, and has taught Boeing engineers on the subjects for 12 years. He was a recipient of a NSF/MRI grant on developing a supply-chain manufacturing system and a NSF re- search grant on developing an integrated design-aid tool for flexible manufacturing systems. He authored a book on CAD on Unigraphics: Engineering Design in Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing. His papers appear in numerous refereed journals, books, and proceedings. In 2004, he organized the CAD/CAM/CAE student design contest in the PLM

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Vavreck

in projectmanagement courses include9 establishing good communication of learning objectives,implementing a series of assignments, and providing for effective feedback and assessment.Teaching meeting skills is also important, as exemplified by an effort to teach them as part of aconstruction engineering curriculum.1 0 The elements affecting productivity in meetings aresuggested to include setting objectives, planning, control and closure.Integrated CoursesTo avoid disconnects between separate courses, and better represent the real world experience,many efforts integrate project management within the design course. For instance, in one effort,in a very industry-focused way,1 1 students can be helped to understand the role of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Philipp, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Olfa Nasraoui, University of Louisville; Jason Immekus, University of Louisville; Jody Zhong, University of Louisville

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

unlikely to become more accurate over time.Mr. S. has taught middle grades at two different rural schools for the past 10 years. The academicyear following the RET, he switched to teaching ninth graders in the same rural system’s highschool. • Mr. S’ developed curriculum activity featured an introductory look at wireless communications in his integrated science course that he shared with his ninth-grade students. Aside from a Morse code activity for the students to complete, the lesson was mostly a lecture format with Mr. S asking frequent questions for comprehension checking. Students did indicate their understanding of the key points being illustrated by the teacher through discussion responses.Ms. M. has

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Arunachalanad Kannan, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University; Slobodan Petrovich, Arizona State University; Govindasamy Tamizhmani, Arizona State University

matter experts or SMEs (pronounced “smees”) who possessthe most current hi-tech knowledge and skills. These experts are familiar with the recentadvances in technology, new processes, equipment, and industry “best practices.” To maintaincurrency with technology and produce work-ready graduates, SMEs are needed to help createand maintain curriculum that addresses key technologies and emerging industry trends. Topromote greater breadth of student learning, SMEs are needed to help integrate specific technicaltopics within core college curriculum—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.Teaming SMEs with faculty developers, instructional designers/developers (IDs) produces aneffective blend of unique abilities for scoping, structuring, and

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Dava J. Newman; Amir R. Amir

instructor’s job to assure that all teams successfully accomplish the designproject. This experience is exactly what Freshmen deciding whether to major in engineering need.Design is an integral part of the practice of engineering [11], [12] and we believe it should be anintegral part of students’ education during their entire undergraduate career. Design is introduced to the students formally through the lectures “What is Design?” and “TheDesign Process,” which are followed by the previously mentioned design exercise, the DeltaDesign Game that we find very useful in establishing teamwork and communication skills. Thenstudents receive an introductory drawing lecture, and finally embark upon the LTA vehicle designproject, which counts for 50 percent

Conference Session

Faculty and Course Evolution: Teaching With Technology, Online Delivery, and Addressing Emerging Student & Industry Needs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

.  Avoid the failure to plan well for meeting students’ needs at the program level. Think and plan beyond individual courses. How can everything from admission processes, to Page 23.1224.10 orientation, curriculum, cross-course integration, the projects that students complete, and alumni relations be structured to provide students with an integrated, innovative educational experience? Such experiences can and do occur in best-practice online degree programs, but only when such integrated experiences are valued by institutions and intentionally supported in program design and operation.ConclusionThe creative use of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Patrick Bass, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

implemented for the first time in the 2018-19 academic yearacross a two-semester senior capstone course. In this implementation, the e-learning module andinitial guest lectures preceded the initial business competition rounds in order to encourage andsupport student teams in their efforts to develop and communicate their business startup ideas,with the ultimate goal being the encouragement of engineering entrepreneurship. Studentperceptions and self-assessment results are presented in order to quantify the effects ofcombining multiple business modules into a single course sequence.IntroductionIncorporating entrepreneurship education into the engineering curriculum has seen a significantincrease in recent years [1]. ASME Vision 2030, an effort to