Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark; Tsirigotis Georgios

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

European universities during ELLEIEC-project, which wassupported by EU-FP7 programme. We discussed and agreed on main results for the describedaccreditation procedure for test of skills, competencies and knowledge with all 60 participants inELLEIEC-project. Figure 1. Modules in Electrical Engineering programIn the following we describe the fields of control systems agreed in EAEEIE forum and takenfrom the contents of a certain book, one of the internationally used books in Control Systems, inorder to have a common reference for the overall study content for our work group. This book is“Control Systems Engineering” by Norman S. Nise10 and the chosen areas of control theory are:1. Mathematical Modeling in the frequency Domain

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jung-Uk Lim, Arkansas Tech University

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

supplement to traditional lectures. This paper introduces such advanced powersystem visualization techniques as animation, 3-D display, contouring of power flows and mapdata projections. Those techniques were applied in the power system course (ELEG 3163) of theelectrical engineering department at Arkansas Tech University. Students’ outcomes andevaluation of this class supported the learning effectiveness of this course.IntroductionTraditionally calculations for in-class power system analysis have been done by hand,engineering calculators and/or text-based programming software. Since late 1990s, severalteaching approaches for power system analysis using power system simulation software havebeen developed and some simulators have been utilized in new

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Inez Hua, Purdue University; Ernest Blatchley, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2010-1802: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO COURSES ACROSS THEENGINEERING CURRICULUM: A FACULTY WORKSHOP MODELStephen Hoffmann, Purdue University, West LafayetteInez Hua, Purdue UniversityErnest Blatchley, Purdue UniversityLoring Nies, Purdue University Page 15.773.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Sustainability into Courses Across the Engineering Curriculum: A Faculty Workshop ModelAbstract:The incorporation of the concepts of sustainability into all engineering projects will be a criticalchallenge for future engineers. All projects, not simply those that are obviously environmental inscope, are subject to

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; MirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western Afghanistan; Alnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

International

theUniversity of Herat, in Herat City, Afghanistan. The goals of the project are to use a combinationof curriculum revision and development, faculty development, distance learning andcollaborative projects, and local/internal partnerships to establish the Herat University Faculty ofEngineering at the preeminent Engineering program for Western Afghanistan.Once a part of Kabul University, the Faculty of Engineering became a permanent part of HeratUniversity in 2004. After functioning in Kabul for approximately 20 years, the Engineeringprogram was closed following the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. The programalso temporary relocated to Pakistan in the 1990s. Although the university was officially open inHerat City during the civil war

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

broughtto public attention the need for a comprehensive energy strategy to ensure a sustainable supplyof energy for our nation. Alternative energy sources to support our infrastructure are becomingmore and more significant as we look towards the future. Establishment of the NextEnergyCenter in Michigan is an important step in that direction; and to prepare technical workforce foralternative energy area would be an important milestone in taking forward our nation towardsthe future. In this paper, the necessary curriculum, courses, and degree program were explored toaddress the alternative energy technology workforce needs. Also, various avenues with the prosand cons were explored, identified, and recommended. The project work done dealt with

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

their appearance is frequently a focus of attention.”12 In addition, the report found that fewerwomen and girls than men and boys were represented in all forms of media except teenmagazines. The report concluded that “the combined effect of these studies provides allconcerned about America’s girls with a clear agenda: give girls an unequivocal message that theyare valued for who they are, what they do, and who they want to become.” This project seeks todo just that.RationaleThe Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) at the University of MarylandBaltimore County (UMBC) applied to and received funding through the National ScienceFoundation (HRD 0404813) to develop a video that would use the power of media to give youngpeople

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Schleicher; Aubrey Hunt; Sean Brophy; Christopher Garay; Cynthia Paschal; Stacy Klein-Gardner

; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationOther hands-on exercises currently in the curriculum include new and/or improved exercises toteach about Compton scattering, intensifying screens, digital detection, pixels and resolution(multiple experiments), aperture effects, magnification, penumbra, CT projections and backprojection reconstruction. The process used to develop these exercises can be briefly described asa six step process – identify learning objectives, brainstorm ideas for experiments, test theseideas, teach the best ideas to a small group of learners, let the learners try the experiments, andthen gather feedback. This process, especially the last two steps, helps spawn new ideas

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Krahe

discussed the need for using formal design methods in engineering courses.However, simply using such methods do not particularly facilitate students buying into acomplex problem. Experience has shown that it is not uncommon for students to misinterpret anassignment, to solve the wrong problem, to write programs that contain errors and give theincorrect answers, and then blame everything and everyone other than themselves for themistakes.This condition is not unique to the education environment. Numerous examples could be givenof lengthy product development projects that yielded defective products; products that didn'tmeet the customer need, and worse yet, programs that performed a miscalculation and causeddamage to equipment, and resulted in human

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

for 6th graders. Constructivist-based methodology is employed to create goals,expected outcomes, and the logistics for the field experience. The 6th graders use computers tofollow step-by-step instructions, program their creations, and operate their systems. The studentsin the Toying With TechnologySM course serve as classroom facilitators for the engineeringactivities used to attain the goals and achieve the outcomes desired. Assessment of the success ofthe program is through multiple measures. These include: a written feedback from the 6th graderswith answers to specific questions as well as any comments, observations and feedback by theTWT student facilitators during problem solving and design projects, interpretations of theresults by the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susanne Green; Michele Auzenne; Chris Burnham; Ricardo Jacquez

for engineering and a commitment for the degree program.A fundamental assumption of the program is that students learn best in environments that supportconstructivist approaches to learning and which encourage students to integrate the knowledgeand content of their courses into meaningful applications. This integration is accomplished in thefall semester of the freshman year through a common engineering design project that iscollaboratively designed by the faculty who are teaching courses within the fall cluster.The content of the clustered courses is integrated where appropriate and, during the final third ofthe semester, students complete a five-week design project. The project is collaborativelydeveloped by course faculty and requires

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hauser; Robert Spall

Session Number 1526 Enhancement of Computational Engineering within an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Robert Spall, Thomas Hauser Utah State UniversityAbstractThe NSF supported Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Initiative (CCLI) project describedherein addresses concerns regarding undergraduate education at research universities as high- 1lighted in the 1998 Boyer Commission Report by incorporating advances in information tech-nology into the curriculum. This has been accomplished by developing an

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

alsolays the foundation for strong understanding of world cultures, languages, and localpractices in the context of international collaborations on small to mega constructionprojects. The future construction professional will be required to be grounded in ethicaldecision-making, and more versatile in life long learning aspirations. The future role ofeducators will continue to include characteristics such as scholarly faculty, effectiveteaching, and practice-oriented teaching and research.IntroductionToday’s world is a lot different than the world of the yester years, and so are the civilengineering projects. As a result of greater public awareness of the environmentalconcerns and sustainable development, complexity in design and construction has

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thanassis Rikakis; Jiping He; Hari Sundaram; Andreas Spanias

concentrations.That is, we have created hybrid arts, media and engineering concentrations within thegraduate degree programs of six of the nine core disciplines of our effort. (ComputerScience, Electrical Engineering, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual art). Concentrations in theother three core disciplines (Bioengineering, Psychology, Education) are at the finalapproval stage. These concentrations require a unique plan of study (POS) that integratescourses and research across disciplines. Two-thirds of the course credits are fromdiscipline-specific courses and one-third are from hybrid media-arts-engineering coursesoffered through AME. Research and thesis credits are related to work on interdisciplinaryexperiential media projects from our common research agenda

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Avanzato

, senior design projects, and more. An overview of the basic robotcontest rules and strategies as well as results of recent competitions will be presentedbelow.2.0 Robot Contest Rules and StrategiesThe objective of the Robo-TrailBlazers contest is to design an autonomous robot, or acollaborating team of robots, which is capable of navigating from a start position to a Page 7.867.1goal position, on a 8 foot by 8 foot flat arena, in a minimum amount of time (see figure Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education1

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

the record onthe difficulty of taking courses that fail to draw connections to either the real world or futurecourses in the student’s major. They find them baffling in many respects until someone makesthe effort to draw logical connections between those initial courses in the academic system andthe later major driven classes.The current work in progress involves that body of students who feel that they have an interest inengineering as a career choice. The group consists of any students who have qualms over whatthey are being required to learn in courses like mathematics, chemistry, physics, or language arts.The projected initial numbers of students impacted could be as many as 3,000 students with asmany as 1,500 added to the group each year

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Gorham

other technical professionals may have an Page 7.955.2interest in attending. Sessions will describe programs and projects that feature the “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”integration of the SMET disciplines and will focus on collaborations between engineersand educators, both in and outside the classroom. The emphasis of all the sessions will behands-on, demonstrated activities that provide attendees with useful teaching tools orpractical ideas for program implementation.ASME Resources“The

Conference Session

Intra-college Graduate Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

degrees, i.e., Ph.D., in their prescribed fields.2. Program DescriptionCurriculum:All students in the program are required to complete 33 credits hours in order to receive a degree.Students may select one of three options. The Course work Option requires 33 credit hours ofcourse work, which includes 9 credit hours of electives. The Project Option requires 30 credithours of course work and the 3 credit hour COSE 690 Project. The Thesis Option requires 27credit hours of course work and 6 credit hours of thesis work (COSE 699 Thesis). Table 1provides the standard pattern sheet and specific course titles and numbers.Faculty:The faculty members involved in the Graduate Committee, administering the program and

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Cockayne; John Feland; Larry Leifer

the pangineer must begin with the current education of engineers.Traditional engineering education has typically presented content knowledge acrossmultiple disciplines; however, to prepare students for modern challenges, the moderneducation system must now focus on delivering the context across and between the thesecontent areas.Knowledge how, or know-how, has always existed in engineering learning and practice.A common example recalled fondly by today’s practicing engineers are project-based Page 7.1101.1classes, such as capstone design courses for Mechanical Design engineers. Such classes Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

Conference Session

Teaching Effective Communications

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Anthony Marchese; Roberta Harvey; Bernard Pietrucha

: Assessing the Impactof Writing as a Multi-Function Design Tool, outlines a two-year project to developmethods of assessing the effectiveness of engineering students’ use of writing as a designpractice. Engineering educators have long recognized the importance of effective writtencommunication skills, and many programs have incorporated an emphasis on writtencommunication within their curriculums. Indeed, the ABET 2000 criteria not onlyemphasized writing skills but also specifically located responsibility for writinginstruction within the engineering program itself: Competence in written communication in the English language is essential for the engineering graduate. Although specific coursework requirements serve as a foundation for such

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno

years, we have been restructuring our curriculum to meet challengesposed by a fast changing technological world of manufacturing. Our curricular restructuringefforts have been geared mainly towards maintaining technological currency, in addition tostrengthening our hands on experiences for students, as required by ABET 3, NAIT 4 and otheraccreditation bodies. As observed by the SME, “…Students with a solid grounding in scienceand math, strong hands-on project experience and teamwork skills make the best manufacturingengineers.”* Our curricular reform efforts are also geared towards renewing the Department’sNAIT accreditation this year for it Industrial Technology programs, and also to seek ABETaccreditation for its Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

basedon a specific assessment problem or task.3. Examples of Classroom Assessment in Engineering Technology RUBRIC and MATRIX, EET Logic Circuits Course The main objective of this course is to provide students with the fundamentals of digitalelectronics. Students gain the necessary skills to design and implement projects in the digitalsystems. This course also allows students to have hands-on experience with variouscombinational circuits, as well as sequential circuits. Finally, the ultimate objective of thiscourse is to broaden students' understanding and appreciation of computer hardware. The following information will be used to evaluate homework, laboratory assignments,and exams for the Logic Circuits

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

of an Undergraduate Senior Project Grant from theAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).I. IntroductionThermodynamics is a basic and very important topic that deals with energy and has long been anessential part of mechanical engineering curricula all over the world. The principles ofthermodynamics are based on people’s everyday experiences and observations. However, themajority of students perceive thermodynamics as a difficult subject. Mechanical engineers usethermodynamics principles as part of an engineering science to study and design a wide varietyof energy systems, such as jet engines and rockets, refrigeration systems, air conditioningsystems, chemical processes, and power

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Miller

the technical content of thecourse. Another aspect covered is the integration of different plants on a site wherein anunavoidable waste generated in a so-called green process, becomes a feed for another withvalue addition, thereby making the entire site “greener”. .Biobased feedstocks - Fueled by the projection that worldwide petroleum production will peaksometime around 2020 and thereafter decline, the prospect of alternative sources for fuels andchemicals is gaining prominence and is beginning to be realized commercially. As the logical Page 7.74.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

Engineering course, a required course for engineering students in all majors. Atthe junior and senior levels it is designed to support laboratories in Dynamics of Systems andMechatronics Design. Finally, as a stand-alone controller, it could potentially be applied tonumerous mechatronic student projects including the International Virtual Design Studio(IVDS), the Robotics Club, the SAE Walking Machine Challenge as well as several capstonedesign projects each year.The system is both technologically and pedagogically innovative. In terms of pedagogy, inprovides a new avenue of application for laptop computers in the undergraduate curriculum. Interms of technological innovation, the system is unique in that it functions as a data acquisitionsystem

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Po En Su Wei-Jen Lee; Irma De Leon; Jude Soweh

period, there will be great improvement in energy reliability (zhang et al. 2022). Thepopulation is not well informed on how these newest technological appliances could help in curtailingenergy consumption in our homes, classrooms and the entire community at large. In this project, wedesigned a classroom activity to enhance the students’ awareness on energy control and conservationat home and at the classroom level using smart handheld devices in conjunction with other smartequipment.The original question for this project was ‘Can a wireless VPP (Virtual Power Plant) sensor networkensure service continuity of critical loads in urban settings’? In order to answer this question, wescaled it down to a classroom manageable STEM project that follows

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Emad Manla; Roy Issa; Kenneth Leitch

- tracking, 300-Watt solar panels along with the electrical hardware necessary to optimize electricity harnessed andstored. The proposed system will establish deeper understanding of the optimal performance of mobilesolar energy systems under normal conditions and during emergencies. A prototype of this system wasbuilt at WTAMU thanks to funding obtained from an internal grant as well as capstone senior designfunding that allowed undergraduate senior students to build the prototype over a full academic year.This project will open a gate to undergraduate research on solar energy in the Texas Panhandle, whichis a region rich in solar energy resources. This paper will describe the prototype, and experimentalresults will show daily electricity harnessed

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Xishuang Dong; Lijun Qian; Xiangfang Li; Pamela Obiomon; Yujian Fu P.E.; Zhigang Xiao; Shujun Yang; Nelson Barnes Jr

(PrairieView A&M University (PVAMU) and Alabama A&M University (AAMU)) propose to build onlineAI-enhanced personalized adaptive learning (PAL) tools to enhance engineering education onprogramming skills at HBCUs. To implement these tools, we plan to complete three tasks withadvanced AI techniques: 1) basic online tools that implement sharing learning materials and managingassignments, quizzes, projects, and examinations; 2) PAL path recommender via deep reinforcementlearning that recommends PAL paths to learners for maximizing engagement in learningprogramming, as well as improving corresponding learning performance by selecting items ofappropriate difficulty; 3) smart programming assistant (SPA) via deep learning-based languagemodels (LMs

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Anne-Marie Ginn-Hedman

shown that student performance increases when students are engaged through active,application-based projects.4,5 Abstract concepts (such as static mechanics) need to be contextualizedto motivate students and prepare them for a career outside of the classroom.5,6 Procedural andtechnical skills are not enough to succeed in the workforce; a well-rounded engineer must think“beyond the numbers” and be able to solve open-ended, context-based problems.2Ultimately, the study presented in this work-in-progress paper aims to expose students to a real-lifeapplication of static mechanics and evaluate its impact on student learning. Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Saman Aria, West Texas A&M University; Swastika S. Bithi, West Texas A&M University; Sanjoy Bhattacharia, West Texas A&M University; Pronob Das, West Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Engineering Education 2 IntroductionIn the rapidly changing landscape of technology, engineering holds a pivotal position, continuouslyadapting to meet the diverse demands of industries. Success in this field requires a strong theoreticalfoundation coupled with practical experience. While theoretical understanding forms the basis,engineering thrives on integrating practical skills with academic knowledge. Hands-on projects playa crucial role in enhancing critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, essential for tackling real-world challenges. Through these experiences, students develop the skills necessary for innovationand overcoming obstacles in their

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

engineering to around 20%-40% for civil and environmental engineeringmajors, depending on academic year and available projects. This paper will discuss variousundergraduate research initiatives in engineering, lessons learned, and future directions as a PUI. IntroductionMany universities such as WTAMU function as primarily undergraduate institutions which have farmore undergraduate engineering students (currently 473 in Spring 2024) versus graduate levelstudents (36, mostly non-thesis master’s level and no doctoral students). These institutions have astrong focus on teaching but there are still requirements for service and research. Research can bedone with undergraduate students but it takes a lot of