Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

AC 2007-3105: A PROJECT-BASED APPROACH TO TEACHING THE NUCLEARFUEL CYCLEErich Schneider, Dr. Schneider received his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University in 2002. During the final two years of his graduate study at Cornell, he held the position of Lecturer. From 2002-2006, he was a Technical Staff Member in the Nuclear Systems Design Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In January, 2006, Dr. Schneider joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. He is affiliated with the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Graduate Program at that institution

Conference Session

Electromechanical Curricula

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Winstead, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-237: TEACHING OPTIMAL ENERGY EXPENDITURE USING ROBOTICPLATFORMS AND MICROCONTROLLERSVincent Winstead, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Vincent Winstead is an assistant professor in the electrical and computer engineering and technology department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Dr. Winstead completed his Ph.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in control systems. He had worked as a systems engineer for the U.S. Air Force and as a powertrain control research engineer for Ford Motor Company. Dr. Winstead is a registered professional engineer and holds numerous patents in hybrid vehicle system optimization and

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-hsiang Chang, Purdue University; Craig Miller, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

2006-2495: USING COMPUTER SIMULATION TO TEACH UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS ERGONOMICSYi-hsiang Chang, Purdue UniversityCraig Miller, Purdue University Page 11.1379.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 USING COMPUTER SIMULATION TO TEACH UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS ERGONOMICS Yi-hsiang Chang and Craig L. Miller Department of Computer Graphics Technology Purdue UniversityAbstractIn this article, we are presenting a senior level course module on ergonomics that was developedat Purdue University

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, U.S. Naval Academy; Carl Wick, U.S. Naval Academy; George Piper, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

2006-1905: TEACHING ROBOT DESIGN: STUDENT-DRIVEN, OPEN-ENDEDDESIGN PROJECTSBradley Bishop, U.S. Naval Academy BRADLEY E. BISHOP is an Associate Professor in the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1991, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EE from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He is the founder of the Mobile Robotics Laboratory at USNA. His research interests include robot swarm control, autonomous surface vessels, and nonlinear control.Carl Wick, U.S. Naval Academy CARL E. WICK is a Professor and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING WITH A MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT Daniel Davis Associate Professor Department of Architecture College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of Hartford Phone: 860.768.4094 / Fax 860.768.5074 ddavis@hartford.eduAbstractThis paper attempted to consider how a quality school environment enhances, even improves,attitudes and achievements, and how a well-designed university facility is one that carefullyintegrates the curriculum and the

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Law; Brian Johnson; Herbert Hess

Session 2533 New Three-Level Undergraduate Curriculum for Teaching Electrical Energy Subjects Herbert L. Hess, Joseph D. Law, Brian K. Johnson University of IdahoAbstractA new approach to an electric power and energy curriculum is presented. Student interestsappear in three categories: those who take only one introductory course for breadth, those whowant the greatest available depth of study in power and energy topics, and those who will studyanother area of electrical engineering in depth but find understanding power and energy topicshelpful to their anticipated

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Amy Gross; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

microcontroller and Tasking C/C++ compilers were purchased.These setups were used in each of the modules. The first two modules were taught in the CISdepartment and the microcontrollers were used in an existing CIS laboratory. The third module wastaught in an existing microprocessor laboratory in the EECE department. The microcontrollers andsoftware were then moved to this lab. Additional hardware needed for the small design project waspurchased with funds from the contract with some supplement from both departments about equally.The third course is the theory course. This course is intended to teach techniques for design andanalysis of an embedded system. The course directly imports ideas developed as part of our researchin embedded system. The aim of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Smith; James Squire

Session 2425Role of the Community in Teaching Undergraduate Engineering Design James C. Squire, D. Todd Smith Virginia Military InstituteAbstract: The local communities surrounding universities provide a wealth of opportunities forengineering students to practice engineering design while making real contributions that affectpeople’s lives. Such design projects also directly address ABET EC2000 criteria that studentsshould understand the impact of engineering in a societal context. This article identifies severalsources within the community that supply engineering problems suited for

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ribando; Gerald O'Leary; Timothy Scott

1520 Application of the Studio Model to Teaching Heat Transfer Robert J. Ribando, Timothy C. Scott, Gerald W. O’Leary University of VirginiaAbstractOver the past five years we have transformed our undergraduate heat transfer course froma strictly lecture format (with an associated lab the following semester) by replacing onelecture a week with a two-hour “studio” session. These sessions are held in a classroomequipped with a computer for each pair of students. Much of the studio work revolvesaround a set of locally developed, research-based numerical algorithms that solve in realtime the governing

Conference Session

Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Rasmussen, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

go beyond the effort of asingle faculty teaching the same lecture course. This choice could conceivably add a small butindeterminable overestimation of faculty teaching loads.If a professor taught multiple sections of the same class, the faculty was attributed credit for theclass multiple times. In contrast, faculty who taught multiple laboratory sections were onlygiven credit for one section. It was found that some departments offer many laboratory sectionsattributable to multiple faculty members, where it’s unclear how workload is divided. So, if eachlab teaching professor was given credit for each lab course they would have a significantlyhigher credit count than their lecturing peers. These choices could respectively overestimate

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle D. Lutes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Teresa A. Shanklin, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, the we CITfaculty were hesitant to teach such a course because of several perceived obstacles. In the case ofiPhone development, both instructors and students would be required to learn several newtechnologies.Developing for the iPhone requires using Macintosh workstations. All prior development formobile devices had been done in a Windows environment, as was done in the prerequisite threeprogramming courses. In fact, there was no Macintosh computing laboratory within our Page 22.1305.3department. Macintosh workstations use the Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS). Whilemany students, and a few faculty, own and use Mac computers, no

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-839: NEW APPROACH TO TEACH PRODUCT DESIGN THATBREAKS THE DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIESIem Heng, New York City College of Technology Professor Iem Heng earned his bachelor’s degree from Providence College (Providence, RI) with double majors in Pre-Engineering Program and mathematics. In addition, he earned another bachelor’s degree from Columbia University (New York, NY) in mechanical engineering and master’s in applied math- ematics from Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI); his Ph.D. in computational and applied mathematics from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA). Before joining the EMT/CET department at City Tech in fall of 2007, he was a faculty member and chair of the CET department at DeVry

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Burton

studentsin the Electronics 1 course, which the author was teaching in second semester. As new videoswere produced they were made available to the class, thus providing an opportunity for valuablefeedback which could be quickly incorporated into subsequent productions.Blackboard, which is a networked learning environment and part of RMIT’s Learning Hub,provides access to the University’s streaming server. It is a tool used for on-line teaching andproviding access to course material, including lecture notes, problem sets incorporating workedproblems, laboratory assignments and learning guides. Any student or lecturer can viewinstructional content, collaborate with other educators, evaluate academic performance andaccess learning resources, via this

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Dana Burnett; Michael Warren; Rainer Fink

Session 3549 Teaching the Importance of Data Correlation in Engineering Technology Michael R. Warren, Dana M. Burnett, Jay R. Porter, and Rainer J. Fink Texas A&M UniversityAbstractTo meet the needs of the semiconductor test industry, entry-level test engineers must understand theimportance of correlation between characterization test equipment and industrial automated testplatforms (ATEs). The expectation is that the test engineer should be able to use data from multipleplatforms to aid in debugging device designs and test programs. As part of the

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. O'Connell; Gavin Duffy; Ted Burke; David Dorran

Practical Aspects of Teaching via the Group-Based Learning Environment Robert M. O’Connell Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Missouri Columbia, MO Gavin Duffy, Ted Burke, and David Dorran School of Electrical Engineering Systems Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin, IrelandAbstractAs a result of the modern phenomenon of globalization, accrediting agencies and employersalike are emphasizing the importance of non-technical (also called key

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Lisa Shatz

Incorporating design into a class teaching technical communication skills Lisa Shatz Suffolk University Session 8: Other topics relevant to engineering education AbstractA technical writing class is a perfect vehicle for giving students the opportunity to be creativedesigners and to learn more about the engineering profession as well.In order for our students to have more experience in brainstorming, teamwork, and productdevelopment, we have incorporated into our technical communication class participation inSuffolk University’s Business School’s New Product

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Thompson, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

AC 2007-2420: A SMALL, HIGH-FIDELITY REFLECTANCE PULSE OXIMETERDavid Thompson, Kansas State University David Thompson is a Fulbright Fellow currently studying in Japan. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University University in May, 2006. His areas of research interest include biomedical sensors, neural prosthetics, embedded systems design, and analog & digital circuitry.Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. He teaches courses in linear systems, computer graphics, biomedical instrumentation, and scientific computing. Dr. Warren manages the KSU Medical

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego; Frank G. Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Michael S. Morse, University of San Diego; Truc T. Ngo, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, both in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. Before coming to teaching, she had worked for Intel Corporation as a Senior Process Engineer. Her current research interests are in the areas of biodegradable materials and green processes involving polymers, composites, semiconductors, and su- percritical fluids. Page 25.1307.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Impact of a Prototype Exemplar on Design Creativity: A Case Study in Novice DesignersAbstractAn investigation into the impact of the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

University San Luis Obipso. Her research interests span engineering education, internationalization and embedded systems.Dr. Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects and several laser-based ranging systems. Fred began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and completed it in May 1996. Fred joined the faculty at CalPoly in September of 1996. He is presently serving

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Delores Etter; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

using Matlab,” in Proceedings of the IEEE In- ternational Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, pp. 20–30, Apr. 1993. [3] R. G. Jacquot, J. C. Hamann, J. W. Pierre, and R. F. Kubichek, “Teaching digital filter design using symbolic and numeric features of Matlab,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., vol. VII, pp. 8–11, January-March 1997. † For those interested in a more in-depth treatment of this “bridging the gap” method, a new book isnearing completion. It will include a guided step-by-step mastery of real-time DSP concepts using the TIC6711 DSK, many detailed laboratory experiments, all required background information on hardware andsoftware issues for the C6711 DSK, and complete support software (Matlab, C, and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rusek; Barbara Oakley

Session 2793 PSpice Applications in the Teaching of Communications Electronics Andrew Rusek, Barbara Oakley Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309AbstractMany parameters of circuits and devices commonly used in communication electronics can beprofitably simulated using the free educational version of PSpice. We have created a broadvariety of PSpice macromodules for use in classroom and laboratory teaching, includingmacromodules that simulate pulse width modulators and demodulators, delta encoders anddecoders

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Morrow

Session 3532 An Embedded DSP Development System for Teaching Real-Time Interfacing Michael G. Morrow United States Naval AcademyI. IntroductionHistorically, microcomputer interfacing has been taught using relatively low-performance 8 bitsystems. While this generally provided students with a simple architecture and instruction set, italso presented serious limitations, particularly in obtaining real-time operation. To overcome thisperformance shortfall, the Texas Instruments TMS320C31 DSP Starter Kit (DSK) will be usedas the engine for new

Conference Session

Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Bruce Galloway, United States Navy; John Fishell, STEP

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

environment. Others simply left for jobs in industry. Each DoD activity had itsown BRAC experience.The Navy Metrology Engineering Center and Gage and Standards Laboratory (now consolidatedinto the Measurement Science and Technology Laboratory) are located at the Naval SurfaceWarfare Center, Corona, CA (NSWC Corona Division). This Metrology Engineering Center andassociated Laboratory provide for all of the Navy and Marine Corps Test and MeasurementSystems (TAMS) research, development and engineering support. The engineering capabilitiesrequired to be sustained in order to perform this important function span a multitude ofdisciplines from electronic/electrical (both high and low power), mechanical, microwave,chemical, pressure, temperature, and

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1001: TEACHING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES USINGDESIRE2LEARN (D2L)B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University B. S. SRIDHARA Dr. B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Sridhara has published several peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Acoustics, Vibration, finite element methods, and Engineering Education

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Paulo S. F. Barbosa; Enno 'Ed' Koehn; J. G. P. Andrade; E. Luvizzoto Jr.

hardwaredeTeToprnent reached the surprising proportion of 250 to 1. .— Therefore, it is clear that nowadays hydraulicians face a new paradigm concerning itiorrnationmanagement. This new hydroinformatics phase has distinct effects on teaching and research activities, as well ason the.professional working environment. As was previously stated, a fascination with informatics was a majorfactor in shifiing students and professors from the laboratory to computers. This movement happens inhydraulics as well as in hydrology, where, at least in developing countries, it is difficult to develop researchprogrammed with a scien~ific basis derived from regular measurements in an experimental river basin. Laboratoryand field research requires a longer duration to be

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvind Ramanathan

Session 2309 Teaching biomedical engineering in a nonspecialized engineering department: an integrated approach Arvind Ramanathan Department of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711Abstract The engineering department at Harvey Mudd College offers unspecialized Bachelor’s and Master’sdegrees in engineering. However, an engineering major may choose to emphasize a particular engineeringspecialty by an appropriate choice of three elective courses and two Engineering Clinic projects. Over the lastfew years, the department has witnessed a significant increase in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

acrossdisciplines of physics, chemistry, mathematics and manufacturing engineering. A top-down approach is described in this paper for dealing with these many complexities in aneffective manner. The innovative ideas in this approach include the extensive use ofmaterials design challenges and research tasks conducted by the students oncontemporary materials research topics. Other successful teaching methods developedpreviously such as incorporating modern web-based, multi-media resources, materialsdatabases, model building, conference participation, and hands-on laboratory experienceshave been retained. Through the implementation of this top-down approach in the Fall‘08 term, it was found that the student performance in the course and ABET

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Goel, Michigan Technological University; Hyun-Chan Cho, Korea University of Technology and Education

Tagged Divisions

International

various industrial Page 11.1233.2fields with opportunities to learn advanced teaching methodologies and new technologies.Historical development of HRDI is summarized in Table 1 and the various training programsundertaken by HRDI from 1998 to 2003 and the number of participants in these activities arelisted in Table 2. HRDI provides state-of-the-art classroom and laboratory facilities as shown inFigs 1 and 2. Table 1 Historical Development of HRDI Date Activity According to the government's New Five-Year

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Wei Li, University of Texas; Tamara Wogen, Washington State University, Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2010-114: TEACHING OF BIOMEDICAL MANUFACTURING IN THEUNDERGRADUATE MANUFACTURING/MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGPROGRAMSDave Kim, Washington State University, VancouverWei Li, University of TexasTamara Wogen, Washington State University, Vancouver Page 15.1182.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Biomedical Manufacturing in the Undergraduate Manufacturing/MechanicalEngineering Programs AbstractBiomedical manufacturing defined as “the applications of manufacturing technology toadvance the safety, quality, cost, efficiency, and speed of healthcare service and research”is a rapidly growing field. This field is unlike many other businesses

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

TEACHING OF DIGITAL MODULATION TECHNIQUES USING A SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT Abul K. M. Azad Department of Technology, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University, USA. Email: azad@ceet.niu.eduIntroductionTeaching of digital modulation techniques is an important part of a digital and datacommunication course. This becomes challenging when it needs to be incorporated within atechnology course, where the focus is mainly with application rather than the theoretical aspects.The student needs to understand the impact of various modulation parameters towards themodulation and