components,terminology, standards, and design tools and methodologies. Laboratories, also scheduled everyone to two weeks, provide the students with opportunities to apply the lecture material to realmachine components and systems and to develop practical skills in design and machining. Eachlaboratory includes three separate activities for the students to perform, and almost all of thelaboratory equipment was designed and constructed in-house specifically for the course. Thethird component of the course is a design project, which is assigned at the beginning of thesemester and requires the students to integrate what they learn from the weekly lectures andlaboratories, in addition to the material they learn in the Mechanics Based Design lecture
-engineers. Different perspectives and teaching approachesfor ESI were evident among these groups, and this range of experiences could ultimatelyenhance students’ ethical reasoning abilities, impact their attitudes, and effect their behaviors.It appears that one could not expect to achieve adequate education on ESI within a single course.A single course simply cannot cover the breadth of important microethics and macroethics topicsand reach reasonable levels of cognitive and affective depth. Integrating ESI across a range ofcourses in a deliberate manner can reinforce and build on ideas. Including ESI across thecurriculum has been advocated as an effective way to foster ethical development in an alreadydense technical curriculum [23, 24]. One
change classroom teaching styles from a teaching environment to anatmosphere that promotes learning paradigm, and create one that leads to discovery andmetacognition. The role of the instructor will be more like a facilitator of a learningenvironment. In their paper published in 1992, Fleming and Mills suggested fourcategories that seemed to identify most students’ learning behavior. The facilitatorshould try to accommodate VARK learning styles for the benefit of the learners. VARKis an acronym that stands for Visual, Auditory, Read (includes writing), and Kinestheticsensory modalities that humans employ for learning and processing information. Theauthor has previously discussed similar ideas in other ASEE publications. The principlehere is to
1,2 Intro Fundamentals Develop system view of BlackWolf car; Signals Create an HP-VEE pulse generator 3,4 Specs Scopes; Function Spec and create AM signal in PC; Use Generators oscilloscope to measure function generator 5,6 Schematic Signals; Read controller schematics and identify Carriers signals; Observe control circuit and its signals 7,8 Simulation Generate Create signals to accomplish driving functions; Waveforms Spec and create simulated signals on bench9,10 Integration Communications, Describe communications channel; Control
Paper ID #36867Using Capstone PBL to Demonstrate Achievement of ABET OutcomesDr. Maher Shehadi, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Dr. Shehadi is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University. His academic experiences have focused on learning and discovery in areas related to HVAC, indoor air quality, human thermal comfort, and energy conservation. While working with industry, he oversaw maintenance and management programs for various facilities including industrial plants, high rise residential and commercial buildings, energy audits and
). a. System performance modeling. b. Trade-off curves. c. Trade-off analysis (cost – speed – power/energy consumption – number of pins). d. System optimization.Laboratory Material.The laboratory is scheduled as 12 lab sessions of 3 hours each. Lab activities are based on thePSoC development board (Eval 1) from Cypress Semiconductor. (PSoC is a mixed-signal SoCwith an integral 8-bit microcontroller, on-chip flash/RAM memory, reconfigurable analog/digitalarray, and a variety of other blocks commonly used in embedded applications1.)Each of the 12 lab sessions focuses on a particular concept, but all are tied together with theunderlining theme of constructing a temperature-compensated, fan controller.The lab sessions topics are: Lab 1
, and others, interested in engineering educational reform. 2. Investigating and documenting how programs are incorporating the formal educational components of the first edition of the Body of Knowledge into their curriculum. Compiling best practices on how programs fulfill the formal education requirements of the BOK1. 3. Investigating and documenting how programs are incorporating and/or can incorporate the formal educational components of the second edition of the Body of Knowledge into their curriculum. 4. Disseminating their findings through appropriate forums including the preparation of written reports suitable for publication to the BOK (regardless of version).It is anticipated that they
asthe director of the Mobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory discussed a project known as LDIS, orLocation Dependent Information System. The concept for LDIS was originally conceived as a solution for creating self-guidedtours. The principle is fairly simple and is depicted in Figure 1. Someone interested in touringthe Texas A&M campus could check out an iPAQ equipped with a radio frequency interrogator.As they tour the campus, they could point the interrogator at sites to get information about them.Each building and landmark on the campus would be equipped with an RF tag that could respondto interrogation with a unique URL. The iPAQ would then use wireless network capability tolook up the URL and access information about the
. Duringinstruction, shear force diagrams are introduced as exercises via in-class examples and then assketching activities on homework and exams. Sketching in general is an integral part ofengineering instruction as well as engineering practice. Literature on sketching behavior hascovered a wide range of concepts from digital logic [7] to the broader cognitive processes behindsketching in various fields[8]. There is also work that covers the quality of students’ sketches ofconcepts common in statics courses, however these studies focus on developing sketchrecognition and analysis for assessment [9]–[11].Statics education literature has focused on classroom intervention strategies [12]–[16] andimplementing assessments such as the concept assessment tool for
Paper ID #32606The Merits of a Civil Engineering Certification to Validate Fulfillmentof the CE-BOKMr. Bradley F. Aldrich, American Society of Civil Engineers Bradley F. Aldrich, P.E., F.NSPE, F.ASCE is President of Aldrich + Elliott, PC an environmental engineer- ing firm and also serves as vice-chair of the Board of Professional Regulation for Engineers in Vermont. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Vermont. Over his thirty-five year career, Mr. Aldrich has held project management and leadership positions with a national general contractor and several engineering firms before
morning and provide age and subject appropriate presentations and activities that are integrated with the science and math curriculum. Because the Ambassadors present in pairs, they present in up to three parallel classrooms at a time during the school day. The Ambassadors show how engineering is relevant to these subjects such as highlighting an engineering project such as developing a spinal implant. In addition, the Ambassadors start or conclude the day with a presentation about Engineering Careers in the school auditorium. The audience for this presentation usually ranges from 100 to 300 students. On campus recruiting of prospective students and community STEM events. The Engineering Ambassadors are active
emphasis in STEM-H related curriculum experiences at various colleges and universities across the U.S. Gwen’s work with NSF, USDOE, DOE, DOD, HRSA, and DOJ helps in providing the evaluative needs and expectations of federally funded grants with regard to accountability and compliance. In addition, she has served as a panel reviewer for NSF proposals for S-STEM and other EHR programs, GAANN, SIP, and EOC with the USDOE, and is currently an AQIP Reviewer and Peer Reviewer for the NCA Higher Learning Commission. As an administrator, Gwen has served Director of Assessment for 6 years and Executive Assistant to the President for one year at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She has also served as Assistant to the
Paper ID #18765Introducing the Internet-of-Things to the Next Generation of EngineersDr. Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Samuel Dickerson is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engi- neering. His general research interests lie in the area of electronics, circuits and embedded systems and in particular, technologies in those areas that have biomedical applications. He has expertise in the design and simulation of mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems that incorporate the use of both digital and analog electronics, as well as optics, microfluidics and devices
an example of one that serves educators generally as well as its owncampus, even though there is also a center for entrepreneurship in the Stanford BusinessSchool. Rensselaer has a Vice-Provost for Entrepreneurship and a wide range ofprograms to make the whole institution an entrepreneurial environment. Olin College ofEngineering has integrated entrepreneurship into their education of engineers and usesthe impressive resources of Babson College to supplement its own. A number of schoolsinvolve their students in incubators both with their own companies and in workopportunities with start ups. Internships for engineering students in entrepreneurialcompanies have been used for over a decade, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologyhas been
AC 2011-907: ESTABLISHING INTER-RATER AGREEMENT FOR TIDEE’STEAMWORK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTSRobert Gerlick, Pittsburg State University Dr. Robert Gerlick is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pittsburg State Uni- versity.Denny C. Davis, Washington State University Dr. Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led numerous multidisciplinary research projects to enhance engi- neering education. He currently leads projects creating and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses
sinc rea sin glydependent on foreign-born engineering talent. When this is coupled with the growingoutsourcing of industrial R&D, American engineering faces a challenging situation.IV. Preparing the Global EngineerFostering the skills required for global competence will be challenging in an already tightengineering curriculum, engineering programs worldwide have responded to the task ofeducating students for a global workplace and international networks of knowledge in differentways. The team found a variety of beneficial practices:•I ncr eas ings tud
the next orconcurrent step.1. IntroductionRapid Prototyping (RP) is a method of fabricating a model directly from a solid modelingsoftware or CAD file. RP technologies like Stereolithography (SLA), Selective Laser Sintering(SLS), and Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) deposit thermoplastic powders or resins in thinlayers to construct the model1. Designs for small parts can go from a CAD file to an actualmodel in just a few hours. The Engineering Technology department at Western WashingtonUniversity recently completed a solid modeling lab and purchased rapid prototyping equipmentwith a Concurrent Engineering Grant from an industrial partner. Concurrent engineeringpractices are now being developed at all levels of the curriculum.In the plastics
Paper ID #22418Examining and Characterizing Elementary School Teachers’ Engineering Design-based Instructional Practices and Their Impact on Students’ Science Achieve-mentProf. Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brenda M. Capobianco is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and School of Engineering Education (courtesy) at Purdue University. She holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.S. in science education from Connecticut Central State University, and Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She teaches elementary science methods and
Engineering Education, 2019 A Unified and Collaborative Approach to Risk Classification for Fabrication and Library SpacesAbstractThis paper describes an effort to redesign risk assessment for tools and equipment across ourcampus. Existing classification schemas for assessing tool risk and safety are often restrictiveand intimidating. The previous risk classification framework at Olin College did not address theaddition of fabrication capabilities in learning spaces outside of the original machine shop,including the library, research labs, and studio classrooms. Furthermore, the old system waslimited to manufacturing equipment located in the machine shop and did not addressnon-powered tools. As a result of these
“electronic autopsy” of a digital media, becausespecialized training and hardware/software tools and techniques are all required to make an exactimage/copy of the drive. The retrieved data is then analyzed along with the various levels atwhich that data is stored.2. Computer CrimesComputers and digital media have become integral parts of our lives. In 1997, the US Censusestimated that only about 18% of households in the US had computers. In 2000, this numbergrew to 51% with 42% of those households having Internet access. In 2003, the number hasincreased to 62% of households with 52% having Internet access. Currently, almost 90% ofhouseholds in the US have computers. Therefore, crimes committed on computers are no longerlimited to skinny guys with
academic standing and previous experience with computer games wascollected to improve the accuracy of the analysis. By using open-ended questions, the level ofknow-how in construction concepts was measured and compared to determine if the simulationexperience make an impact to see if there is any change in learning occurred.The VCS game activity and both surveys were completed by 80 students. Same instructorhandled both the class sections. The results from surveys confirmed that the use of VCS gamereally reinforce the entire learning process of Construction Management course. The followingbenefits are the outcome of the application of VCS game in the course curriculum. 1. VCS demonstrated its value in providing a visual, interactive, realistic
programs but as student mentors to the teams and serve as judgesand scorekeepers during the competition (as shown in Figure 6).5. Qatar Invents: (Engineering Design and Innovation Program)The engineering design and innovation program empowers students to explore the entire designprocess, from conceptualization to prototyping. Participants are immersed in an environment thatencourages creativity, resourcefulness, and outside-the-box thinking. Through hands-on projects,students learn the value of iterative design, discovering that failure is an integral part of innovation.The program places significant emphasis on teamwork and effective communication, mirroringthe collaborative nature of engineering projects in real-world settings. By working
bending moments and flexural shear. Othermethods then existed (e.g., slope-deflection, direct integration) which for a “reasonable sized realstructure” quickly produce a set of simultaneous equations that was impractical to nearlyimpossible to solve by hand methods. Practical analyses before moment distribution necessarilyhad to be of an approximate nature for most structures.In the moment distribution method, all joints of the structure are initially assumed to be fixed toprevent both rotation and translation. Next, the moments at the member fixed ends resultingfrom the applied loads acting on the beam are determined. In the usual case, the moments fromall members entering a joint do not result in the joint being in equilibrium. The joint
Paper ID #21603Sustainable Development Challenge For BMEProf. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Dr. Joseph (Joe) Tranquillo is an Associate Professor at Bucknell University in the Department of Biomed- ical Engineering, He is also co-director of the Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management, co-director of the KEEN Winter Interdisciplinary Design Program, and chair of the Biomedical Engineer- ing Division of ASEE. Tranquillo has published three undergraduate textbooks and numerous engineering education publications, and has presented internationally on engineering and education. His work has been featured
Figure 2: Weather Station DistributionOn the main server side, an ad-hoc designed batch procedure will process the text files containedin the incoming-file directory. This routine will take data contained in the current text file andwill analyze them in terms of integrity, consistency and coherency. Once controls are done, thesame procedure will insert data into the main database, where they will be available for furthermanipulation, and will delete the current text file. If during the verification phase an error shouldoccur, the procedure will perform another attempt instantly. If the second attempt also fails, thefile will be moved into another directory (refused-files), which will be re-processed once a dayand emptied afterward regardless of
(formerly Universidad del Turabo)AbstractTypical design (sizing) projects in a Machine Design course tend to rely on abstractions of themachine; that is, situations in which the student must imagine the system, perhaps with the aid ofa 2D schematic, and conduct the sizing calculations in a completely theoretical and abstractfashion. This skill is certainly a requirement of an experienced machine designer; however,novices may be outmatched when exposed to this level of expertise at an early stage in theirdevelopment. This article suggests that the sizing projects should be based on existingmachinery that is available in the university, and that is accessible for inspection and explorationby students. The sizing results are then compared to the
Policy Initiative (NSSPI), Texas A&M University o Research interests include: Nuclear Counter-Terrorism, Nuclear Instrumentation Development, Exercise Development, Radiological Consequence Management, Environmental Health Physics • Defense sector: Roy Elmore, Deputy Division Leader, Department of Defense o Research interests include: Nuclear Nonproliferation, International Safeguards, Nuclear Forensics, Technology, and Policy Integration • NASA: Astronaut Stephen G. Bowen, o First nuclear submarine officer to be selected as an astronaut, veteran of STS- 126,132,133, and logged more than 40 days in seven spacewalksThe students were engaged with our guest
the simplest bread maker and robotics toys, through automobiles andmanufacturing facilities contain at least one mechatronics component, whether overt or covert.Nationwide, efforts to introduce mechatronics education in non-EE curriculum have sprung inover twenty US universities, and several worldwide (Carryer, 2000; Craig, 2000; Field et al.,2000; Furman et al., 2000; Gardner, 2000; Giurgiutiu et al.; 2001; Hargrove, 2000; Hayden,2001; Johnson, 2000; Lima et al., 2000; Luecke, 2001; Lyshevski, 2001; Sanoff, 2001; Shetty etal., 2000; Wild, 2001).THE NEED FOR MECHATRONICS EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINAAt the University of South Carolina, the non-EE engineering students also have an acute need foreducation in the interdisciplinary field of
models.Expressed models are representations witnessed in the form of an action, speech, writing,drawing, structure, or any other symbolic form, as opposed to mental models which lack acommunication aspect.10 Expressed models can influence mental models and mental models canbecome expressed models through a communication component. Gilbert and Boulter definedconsensus models as expressed models that have attained social acceptance.10 They furthercategorized these expressed and consensus models into the general categories of historical(models used in historical contexts), curricular (consensus models used in science curriculum),teaching (models developed to assist in understanding curricular models and the phenomena theyrepresent), and hybrid (models that
Tesla. Page 11.1238.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 20061 Technological Literacy and Empowerment: Exemplars from the History of Technology As technological literacy takes form as a curriculum and field of study, we need toask ourselves continually what we are trying to accomplish. Is our goal simply to teachstudents how things work so that they can be passive employees or consumers in acapitalist economy? Or could the goal of technological literacy be broader and moreactive--that we want our students not only to understand the machine but to comprehendhow individuals, groups, and societies use