Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Walter

Session 1566 A Micro-Controller Based Robotics Course for ME Students Wayne Walter, PhD, P.E. Gleason Professor of Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623IntroductionFor many years the emphasis of our robotics course has been on projects where students design,build, and test tooling to accompany an industrial robot in a workcell. At the end of a ten-weekquarter, students were expected to demonstrate a working prototype that integrates sensors,actuators, and feeders together

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Andrea Marta Eller, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees

allowed students to organize their ideas for a specific topic. For these worksheets, students were given an “answer bank” for different technical aspects of 6-9 real-world objects or scenarios. From the answer bank, students filled in the one specifically appropriate answer for the particular, specific characteristic of each object. Worksheets were created for “Materials Science of Household Components” as well as systems which used different materials. These included systems for "Airplane Components", "Auto Components", "Motorcycle Components", "Bicycle Components", and "Integrated Circuit Components" Other worksheets were used to elicit students’ abilities to interpret graphical and visual representations of phenomena. When this

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Boyd; Alan Insleay; Geza Joos

package selected as the backbone is the mathematical spreadsheet Mathcad(Dimension VII, Media). This choice is based on the requirements discussed above. Thepackage has capabilities of handling technical mathematical problems, and has advancedfeatures such as hyper link and graphical abilities. An executable version can be created,removing the need to run a copy of the software package.The structure of the instructional aspects of the proposed tool is dictated by therequirements of curriculum and the component described above as Dimension I,Managing Goals. The user is presented with the structure of a typical industrial electricalpower system, Fig. 2. The components of this system are chosen to cover i) most of thesubjects in the curriculum, ii

Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Lapinskes, Sypris Test & Measurement Inc

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

attended the school at Lowery AFB theTPR was over 1500.Current Metrology Programs in SchoolsIn looking at the situation as it exists today, there are a handful of schools offering an Associateof Science degree in Metrology with several others incorporating measurement, statistics, anduncertainty classes in their Engineering and Quality curriculums. The numbers of studentsactually graduating with Metrology Degrees or Metrology emphasis from these institutions in2006 was approximately 42. Adding the private sector graduates with the military graduates wehave a number of approximately 175. It is needless to point out that 175 candidates will notsatisfy the needs of industry for these highly specialized technicians.Current Metrology NeedsThe need for

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Ifte Choudhury; Ricardo E. Rocha; Richard Burt

, pp. 43-52.5. Maher, R.P., 1990, “A need for teaching writing skills in construction education”, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, pp. 41-43.6. Wright, E.H., 1987, “Total integrated across curriculum writing”, Proceeding of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, pp. 91-94. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIFTE CHOUDHURYIfte Choudhury is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science. He received a B. Arch.from Bangladesh University of

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

David I. Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS)

modalities of teaching physics.5 Physics to teach game physicsThe following section summarizes the author’s current work aimed to teach game physics togame programmers. The material is included to demonstrated that the flow of a game physicscourse is rather similar to a “real” physics course and provide further evidence that physicseducation may benefit from a game physics curriculum. Thus, a game physics course topic flowprovides an early roadmap in addressing how to construct a game physics course to teachphysics. Nevertheless, the material in this course relied on students to do their own programmingat a senior or graduate level.5.1 Source MaterialGame physics books (e.g. [2, 7]) and tutorials (e.g. [42-47]) demonstrate that PBA and

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Cressler, Georgia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, this classical course model is deficient, and mustchange if the future educational needs of our students are to be best satisfied, and our globalcommunity best served. Of particular interest in this context is the exposure of non-engineeringmajors (e.g., management students) to micro/nanotechnology, something they would generallynever encounter in a “normal” college undergraduate curriculum. We offer here an example of asolution to this dilemma by describing a new course introduced at Georgia Tech which dealssquarely with micro/nanotechnology at the undergraduate level, and importantly is intended toserve undergraduate students of all majors (e.g., management, engineering, sciences, etc.) and alleducational levels (freshman through senior).At

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Constantine Mukasa, Northeastern University; John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

interdisciplinary career that impacts global society and daily life. 2. Provide students with the opportunity to develop process-driven problem-solving skills that recognize multiple alternatives and apply critical thinking to identify an effective solution. 3. Provide students with the opportunity to integrate math & science in an engineering context. 4. Create motivated and passionate engineering students by challenging them with authentic engineering problems across multiple disciplines. 5. Instill in students the professional, personal and academic behaviors and common competencies needed to move to the next stage of their development.The Cornerstone courses are taught in two forms to accommodate the varying needs of ourfirst-year students

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 4: Professional Preparation

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sommer Scott; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

is similar to their career aspiration, identify other LinkedIn users whocurrently hold positions similar to the freshman’s career aspiration, and evaluate the backgroundof these professionals to create a 5-year plan of steps the freshman should take to achieve theirgoal. Responses were submitted for grading to D2L (Desire2Learn), “an integrated learningplatform designed to create a single place online for instructors and students to interact” [21].Responses were organized in Microsoft Excel. The student's name, aspiring position andcompany were recorded. Each student was assigned a number to anonymize theirparticipation.(n=127, 3 semesters). The 127 students surveyed are considered representative of asingle-entry class.Nearly every company

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel L Romero; Jessica Stershic; Taylor Ryan; Michael Young

in 2022, the Solar Decathlon has challenged more than 25,000students to create efficient, affordable buildings powered by renewables, while promoting studentinnovation, STEM education, and workforce development opportunities in the buildings industry.As with an Olympic decathlon, students compete within 10 categories, or Contests. Teams mustexcel in all 10 Contests to win the competition. The current Contests for the program are: • Architecture • Engineering • Market Analysis • Durability and Resilience • Embodied Environmental Impact • Integrated Performance • Occupant Experience • Comfort and Environmental Quality • Energy Performance • Presentation [7].PurposeThe Solar Decathlon was originally

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Smith

." --Mel Collier, International Symposium on Research, Development, and Practice in Digital Libraries 1997AbstractThis paper examines how digital libraries (DL) may be integrated into the learning resources ofengineering students. The advent of digital libraries has opened revolutionary opportunities inengineering education. The diversity of resources offers rich opportunities to enhanceengineering education, providing access to data, codes, problems and information that are farbeyond what each individual teacher has time to develop. However, students are largely unawareof the DL resources, as well as the most efficient manner to utilize them. Learners still require adisciplined study scheme and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Shane Brown, Washington State University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

and outcomes set in educational curriculum. That is, an approach to discussingand teaching nursing students, for example, to reflect on their practice may be much differentthan that of student-teachers; although the actual mental processes involved may be similar.Differences in purposes and terminology between fields have often been stated as reasons for thisconfusion in meaning. Nevertheless, reflection for learning is increasingly being purported as animportant learning outcome and educators are seeking ways to best address this in the classroom.This paper addresses this need by focusing on the reflective practice of students in engineeringcapstone design courses. This paper presents preliminary results from a study seeking to analyzeand

Conference Session

ET Projects

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University; Robert Chambers; Nathan Henry, Bloomsburg University; Paul Michael Karcher

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

guitar tuner,and a ball balancing on a plate. Both projects focused on control system design andimplementation, encompassing sensors and actuators, interface electronics, hardware andsoftware integration, and control logic implementation in software (LabVIEW or Arduino).These end-of-semester course projects were carried out during the final four weeks of thesemester, preceded by ten weeks of structured lecture/laboratory session.IntroductionThe ability to conduct and design experiments is rated as one of the most desirable technicalskills of engineering and engineering technology graduates1. Specifically, the referenced surveyindicates that employers want graduates with an ability to integrate hardware and software, andto formulate a range of

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 10: Empathy and Human-centered Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Nagel, James Madison University; Melissa Aleman, James Madison University; Collette Higgins, James Madison University

interviews, themes based on thestructure of the activities described were identified. Researchers first noted the differencebetween inherently structured activities and unstructured activities, indicating the level ofautonomy the participants had in their involvement with each activity. Within these two broadercategories, further differentiation was based on the type of activities.5.1 Category Types and ExemplarsListed as Table 1 are the six categories that define the structure of an activity. Curriculum-basedactivities, extracurriculars, family socialization, and work-based are the four categories withinstructured. Each of these four activity types are considered structured because of the influentialinvolvement of another individual during the

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Bland, John Brown University

Tagged Divisions

International

the participating institutions said they were encouraging cross-culturaldevelopment, but did not assess the cross-cultural competence of students in their programs.John Brown University (JBU) has recognized the need to make global issues an integral part ofthe students’ education. The university core curriculum now requires every student to take atleast one three-hour global studies course in fulfilling degree requirements. The Department ofEngineering has embraced this activity and is working to incorporate global issues into coursesthat span the typical four-year course plan. This initiative is seen as an opportunity tosignificantly strengthen the engineering program, improve ABET outcomes, and furtherstrengthen ties with our liberal arts

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

frequency of the activities.A. Assessment of Program OutcomesMultiple methods are used to demonstrate accomplishment of program outcomes. A summary of thosemethods is given below. Graded Homework: In almost every lecture course in the program, graded homework is an integral part of the learning process. The methods of grading vary from instructor-to-instructor. Some collect homework sets on a weekly or bi- weekly schedule. Others require students to complete homework lecture-to-lecture. In any case, the work is graded, returned to the student in a timely fashion, and used for continuous improvement. Faculty members establish standards for submitted work, clearly announce deadlines, and maintain clear late policies. In this

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

ultimately have to be integrated successfully.Table II shows the tools and methodologies linking them to the product development phase.Table III shows a typical curriculum that can be used for product design courses. A typicalproduct design curriculum should make the students familiar with the steps in creative productdesign starting from concepts to production and marketing. The students should be introduced tovarious product redesign techniques using case studies. They should learn about issues of designfor disassembly, reliability, and maintainability and different tools that can easily have an impacton the new product development process. Page

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics Topics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Muller-Karger, Florida International University

, Biomechanics, Motion Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, and Mechanical Medical Devices Design. Highly interested in Higher Education Curriculum Design, Academic Leadership, and teaching and classroom innovation. Courses taught: Intro to Engineering, Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Vibration, Intro to CAD (SolidWorks), Senior Design Project, Numerical Methods, Intro to Biomechanics. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Teaching core engineering courses, Statics and Dynamics, considering different types of learnersAbstractStatics and Dynamics are complex core courses in the engineering

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

results complementdocumentation from the American Institute of Steel Construction including comments fromstudents participating in the steel bridge competition.I. IntroductionThe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) believes that the practice of civil engineering is broad and diverse, including numerous disciplines. As a result, the breadth of the professionalComponent of civil engineering education is necessarily broad. This precept is recognized bythe ASCE Committee on Curriculum and Accreditation and has been adhered to in thedevelopment of the criteria for accreditation.In this regard, numerous students and practitioners believe that being involved with theAmerican Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) steel bridge and/or ASCE concrete

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Rich

anhistorical perspective within engineering curricula is sporadic and spotty at best.An area within the mechanical engineering curriculum at Bucknell that has proven to be a goodoutlet for historical connections is the senior design projects. The typical sequence of events insenior design courses (MECH 401 and MECH 402) is given in the Appendix. One historicallybased topic has been presented within the list of choices for student selection in each of the mostrecent three years. Each time, a team of three or four seniors has chosen to undertake thehistorical topic and build its designs around it. The following two examples present the nature ofthe projects.II. 1998-99 Project: Designing an 18th Century BridgeQuestions:* What ever happened to Thomas

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9860Measuring the Effects of Precollege Engineering EducationMr. Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette Noah Salzman is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Purdue University. He received his B.S. in engineering from Swarthmore College, his M.Ed. in secondary science education from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He has work experience as an engineer and taught science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the high school level. His research focuses on the intersection of pre-college and undergraduate engineering

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentin Siderskiy, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Aatif Ahmed Mohammed, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

entirely out of components from ahobby electronics store (such as RadioShack and Fry’s Electronics), and show that an external USBsoundcard can be used as an inexpensive replacement to an oscilloscope and desktop soundcard.Several online resources are provided to diversify the channels through which one may best graspthe information. Such an approach will make chaotic systems more accessible and allow for theireasy integration in student projects or classroom demonstrations. Finally, we discuss how this bodyof work is informed by a pedagogical perspective, and the value it has to individuals with variedlearning styles.Chua’s CircuitThe Chua’s circuit as shown in Figure 1 was originally designed not only to be simple to buildbut also simple in its

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Faye; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

sequence and style were not changed: there were still two one-computer-based tutorial system to the costs associated with hour lectures per week.traditional tutorial methods. In 1996 and 1997 the computer system was extended to 1 Introduction include an integrated messaging system (Scott 1996b).To evaluate any new innovation in education we must Students could attach a question to a problem, and staff (whoconsider both the ‘input’ to the innovation (for example the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; James Holekamp, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Umit Karabiyik, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Jeremy Ryan England

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

systems play an integral role in large-scale processes for interfacing with transducers and machinery for real time control and dataacquisition. The increasing demand to integrate SCADA systems with remote networks andInternet of Things (IoT) technologies has raised concerns for information security specialists.These systems are thought to have notable security vulnerabilities and may be subject to anincreasing number of cyber threats. In this paper/project, several students from Sam Houston StateUniversity design and deploy a SCADA laboratory to better understand these systems and theinherent security threats that go with them. The details including system infrastructure, challengesfaced during the establishment of the laboratory, student and

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

project. Unfortunately these students have little engineeringbackground to apply to the solutions. At the other end of their college program, all ONU seniorswill complete an intensive design process as part of their year-long capstone course. Butbuilding skill and experience in the design process, item “c” of the ABET list of criticalengineering program outcomes,6 is best achieved when continually reinforced throughout thecurriculum. Thus the design project in Dynamics, a course currently taken by all engineeringstudents, provides an important bridge of continuity in the heart of the four year curriculum(typically the sophomore year) to keep the design process fresh.Project DescriptionThe Dynamics design project has taken many forms over the

Conference Session

Aerospace Student Projects, Engineering Design and Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Levi Purdy, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Michael Radotich; Brian C. Holst, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

skillset by expanding the Aerospace Club has given me a new perspective on team productivity and planning. Forging hard skills with classes and projects has encouraged a respect for the right-way to do things, in the process greatly increasing my efficiency and capabilities.Dr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Michael C. Hatfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University; an M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University

Collection

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Sheree Fu, California State University, Los Angeles; Steven Matthew Cutchin; Karen Howell, University of Southern California; Shalini Ramachandran, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

trainingSome educators may argue that the existing computer science ethics education does not impactstudent views on algorithm bias and their professional knowledge. Indeed, taking one or possiblytwo engineering ethics courses as part of a degree program may not have a lasting impact onstudents embarking on professional careers. However, alternatives to semester-long ethicscourses may be more effective and impactful. In a systematic literature review on engineeringethics education, Hess​13​ (2018) suggests integrating micro-insertions of ethical decision-makingacross the curriculum. For example, the micro-insertion of asking students to choose betweentwo refrigerants by weighing not only environmental impacts but also adding costconsiderations​14

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Amber Gallup, University of New Mexico; Sung "Pil" Kang, University of New Mexico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #28821Development and Insights from the Measure of Framing AgencyDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological Engineer- ing Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revo- lutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Education

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Clifford A. Shaffer, Virginia Tech; Eric Fouh, Virginia Tech; Mai Hassan ElShehaly, Virginia Tech; Daniel Breakiron, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

for future testing and further development ofOpenDSA.2. Tutorial ModulesTutorial modules tested in this study represent a tight integration of content, interactive exercis-es, and assessment. This presents an innovative way to improve the state of the art in AV andteaching of DSA, as no project previously has tried to integrate AVs with text and assessment tothis degree. A module roughly corresponds to a section (a couple of pages) in a traditional text-book. A typical semester course might include over 100 modules. The vision for the completedelectronic textbook is for modules and their prerequisite structure to define a directed graph thatmakes up a Knowledge Map. It will characterize a viable self-contained electronic textbook. In

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Experience, Exchange Programs and Student Retention

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manfred J Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt; Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; David J. Dixon, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

all but one of theAmerican students, this was their first time visiting Germany. And likewise only one studenthad studied any German language. Thus, as with visiting any foreign country with a differentlanguage, the lack of knowledge of the native language is an immediate “cultural” shock. Ofcourse most German people are able to speak excellent English and do so with a friendly smile.Through integration of both German and American students into teams, each was able to learnabout the similarities and differences in their educational institutions and engineering curriculum.Even in the short time frame of the design course many friendships and connections between thestudents developed. The German team members were gracious hosts; frequently