Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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Ocean and Marine

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Coordinated USV ControlAbstractMany universities have lab exercises in the controls classes which consist of modeling andsimulations for vehicles and robotics due to the costs associated with real vehicles, robotics or thetest environments. Unmanned surface vehicles such as a Sea Fox can be modeled and simulated inMatlab or a similar software. Multiple vehicle paths can be coordinated to facilitate search patternsor to setup adhoc wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with the vehicles each possessing a node. AtTexas A&M University-Kingsville an assignment for coordinated unmanned surface vehicle (USV)control and path planning has been developed. The work

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Parikh, Foothill College; Lori Silverman, Foothill College

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in the state including a question on intended transfer major.Students are asked if they intend to transfer, but when asked about their desired major, the onlyoptions available are for the associate degrees granted by that specific community college. If thecommunity college does not offer an engineering associate degree, engineering would not showup on the list of majors at all. Second, students are required to declare a major and create aneducational plan outlining the courses taken each term in order to get priority registration.Unfortunately, the list of majors that students may choose from is limited to the degrees andcertificates that the specific college offers. While the educational plan that the student createswill have the degree

Conference Session

The Intersection of Higher Ed and Industry

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

wide spread knowledge in problem solving,management of resources, and process planning. Project Management is a key skill required byEngineering Technologists, who work in project-driven manufacturing companies. An IndustryAdvisory Council for a university in Louisiana expressed the need for project managementtrained graduates, and worked with Engineering Technology faculty to develop a post-baccalaureate certificate program focused on technical project management. In addition, theIndustry Advisory Council worked closely with Engineering Technology faculty to develop anew course on “Technical Project Management” that can combine with other courses offered bythe department and college to prepare project management certificate graduates.This

Conference Session

Analysis of Effectiveness and Impacts of Graduate Programs: Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Wayne Coots, Purdue University; Sarah Knapp, Purdue University; Amelia Chesley, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University; Dawn Laux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

0.75 Element B: Documentation and analysis of prior solution attempts 0.76 Element C: Presentation and justification of solution design requirements 0.95 Element D: Design concept generation, analysis, and selection 0.89 Element F: Consideration of design viability 0.94 Element G: Construction of testable prototype 0.96 Element H: Prototype testing and data collection plan 0.96 Element I: Testing, data collection and analysis 0.95 Element J: Documentation of external evaluation 0.96 Element K

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Misty L. Loughry, Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University; Frank Luchini; Siqing Wei, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Purdue University Behzad Beigpourian is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant in Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. He earned his master’s in Structural Engineering from Shahid Chamran University in Iran, and his bachelor’s in Civil Technical Teacher from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report, and Understanding School Culture. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing teamwork skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations.Mr. Frank

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

R. E. Floyd

regular basis, typically each semester. During this time, the advisor reviews the student’sprogress, planned programs, and any pre-requisites that may be needed. The biggest problemwith the academic advisor is that they are most often providing advice to a large number ofstudents, not the best role for a Mentor.Within industry, Mentors are most often limited to a small number of mentees, typically no morethan three. In the Mentor role, the industry engineer may help both interns and active students,providing advice on classes to be completed, current problems, or work related items. TheMentor is typically an experienced individual that has been there and done that. The Mentorseldom tells the mentee how and what, but more frequently provides hints

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Timothy A. Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Erin Elizabeth Bowen, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Carlos Alberto Castro, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Heavy Maintenance Representative for ASERCA airlines in Venezuela. In August 2002, Carlos received his Masters in Aeronautical Science, with a Management and Safety Specialization, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Carlos joined the Embry-Riddle NEAR Lab team in June 2003 as a Simulation Analyst, specializing in the Total Airspace and Airport Modeler (TAAM) simulation soft- ware. Carlos is currently the NEAR lab Project Manager. His duties include project lead and simulation support for different projects. He also is a simulation specialist for software such as TARGETS, SDAT, and TAAM. In addition to his NEAR Lab duties, Carlos is an Airport Planning and Design instructor for the College of Business at ERAU

Collection

2020 ERC

Authors

Deborah Altenburg

discuss, develop, and implement strategies to better coordinate and address concerns regarding security threats and undue foreign influence.• Formation of international activities and compliance coordination offices. Institutions have organized new offices or shared workflow processes to better coordinate, oversee, and continually review their activities involving international partnerships, foreign engagements, and compliance requirements. These offices oversee functions ranging from export controls, to review of foreign visitors, to issues associated with international students and scholars. Some of these offices also provide strategic planning, advice, and assistance to administrators, faculty, and staff on international operations

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hussein Abaza, Southern Polytechnic State University; Javier Irizarry, SPSU; Zuhair Itr, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

, using CAD with GIS, and using advanced CAD techniques to produceshop drawings. All these learning modules are available for the students online.4. The Fundamentals to Construction course is not dedicated to CAD applications only.This course includes other technical skills such solving orthographic projections problems,assignments in manual drafting of plans and construction details. These assignments are givenconcurrently with the CAD assignments. So, students who need extra help in CAD can work onthe other assignments at home and dedicate more class time for the CAD modules.5. In order to provide a continuous CAD support, a list-serve which includes all theConstruction Management students at East Carolina University was dedicated to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

been featured at the University’s undergraduate research colloquium.Laboratory platforms have been provided from other courses to expand the experimental optionsavailable to students in MARATHON. Future plans include expanding MARATHON to otherprograms and disciplines, i.e. analog/digital electronics. Additional laboratory platforms will bedeveloped in the area of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and virtual LabVIEW-basedexperiments.IntroductionThe College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) at the University of Hartfordhas a population of about 800 undergraduate students of which 420 are enrolled in engineeringtechnology (ET) programs. Within CETA, there are three departments that collectively supportfive four-year ET

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Dennis George, Western Kentucky University; john bruni, Western Kentucky University; Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

respond to the following question: “Which of the following have you done or do you plan to do before you graduate from you institution?”for each of the items above with the following answers and associated scores: • done (3.0); • plan to do (2.0); • do not plan to do (1.0), and Page 13.165.4 • have not decided (0.0).Student perception of engagement competency was determined by response to select NSSEquestions. Scores were generated by equally weighting all four components of the algorithm.ResultsThe weighting constants originally proposed were an equal weighting of all three assessmentmeasures: faculty perception of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Barsanti, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

that the planned number of topics was too ambitious and only a percentage of thetopics were actually covered. This required the instructor to make significant mid-coursecorrections to the syllabus and resulted in reduced student acceptance.The second time the course was offered the number of topics was reduced significantly. Thisresulted in a more focused curriculum. The remainder of the paper will discuss the details oftopic and text selection, the structure of the course, and student acceptance and performance.The paper is organized into four remaining sections. The first is background on The Citadel andits engineering programs. The second section describes the trials and tribulations of the firstattempt at teaching this course. This is

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

, networks and electronics.These are 1 or 2 week long intensive courses offered during the summer and winter vacationperiods. HRDI advertises these courses in the newspapers and through a daily web-site. In thispaper, the course instructor (AG) and the course moderator (HC) list the HRDI programs at KUTand present their experiences with one such course on VLSI Design.Human Resources Development Institute at KUTEstablished by the support from the Ministry of Labor in January 1999 as part of theGovernment's new five-year economy plan, HRDI has played a unique role of providingspecialized vocational training skills. Specifically, this institute has been set up in order toprovide both teachers from vocational training schools and technicians from

Conference Session

Approaches to Emerging Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Madler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Phillip Anz-Meador, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Karl Siebold, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

or full-time undergraduate students in Prescott. The topic of spacedebris was introduced in these classes and it was found that this field can serve as a veryelaborate example pool for applied orbital mechanics, mission planning, spacecraft design (busand payload), remote sensing and space surveillance, and classes in a traditional liberal artscurriculum such as history, policy, and law.Projects like the analysis of satellite fragmentations, interactive web based flux directionalitycalculations, and the long term effects of perturbations on a satellite’s orbit are a few exampleson how this important topic can be included in a university curriculum. Undergraduate studentshave been integrated into research projects in addition to the classes

Conference Session

Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Marcek

Tagged Divisions

International

, andbridge building around the investments in human capital needed to compete – as people,companies, or nations [5, 6].This initiative, being carried out by multiple stakeholders is focused on developing plans forenhancing engineering education and practice throughout the continent. The OAS Ministers ofScience and Technology issued a mandate in the Lima Declaration in support of this capacitybuilding effort at their meeting in Lima, Peru in November, 2004.A subsequent symposium held in Lima at the end of November 2005 attracted over 200participants from the corporate sector, universities, national governments, professionalassociations, and civil society organizations, from throughout the hemisphere. Funding wasprovided by the U.S. Trade and

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Kay Gallagher, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activities designed to introduce engineering concepts while specifically addressing thesestandards are introduced to the teachers along with success stories. Free and readily accessiblelesson plans are from the IEEE sponsored tryengineering.org web site, TED.com andEngineering Go For it, eGRI.com are used. The intent was to introduce and assess teacherbackground knowledge on topics that their students should see in the years just before and aftertheir grade level. Unique to this workshop is the consistent attention to specific math andscience standards addressed, as well as the use of an engineering design process as a problemsolving tool.The first year of the program culminated with a symposium, where teachers demonstrated thesuccesses from their

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Emanuel

departmental design teams. For a complete presentation of the integration of communicationskills into the design course, see Emanuel, Kerns and Kumpf (2002). “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”BenefitsThe benefits of the project recommendations to local industry include the following examples. 1. The design of a production scheduling system that reduced the order filling time from an average of 3 weeks to 3 days. Estimated savings included the $1.5 million allocated for a planned building expansion that was not needed as a result of the project. 2. A plan for changing the way a

Conference Session

Methods of Teaching and Learning in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Sullivan, University of Florida, Gainesville

Tagged Divisions

Construction

, estimating, and plan reading, and modeling in four different courses. Previousresearch has focused on differences and similarities of classroom, active, and teamwork settingsin architecture and engineer settings i. Additionally the importance of peer or social interactionand review of work played a vital role in the effectiveness of the study x. According to Yang “Ina community, meaningful learning is achieved by interaction, and people share individualresources, elicit challenging question and provide constructive feedbacks so as to enhancepersonal intellectual growth.x” This is especially true for students that go on to be part of a largeconstruction projects. The integration of expertise and community decision making bystakeholders is critical on

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

Tagged Divisions

International

received from each attendee with an oral interview, and exit surveyhas been collected to measure the success of the supplementary project and continuouslyimprove the workshop if it is held in the upcoming years. This paper will report the organizationof this workshop, and its over-all planning and findings.BackgroundRapid Prototyping (RP) is an almost twenty year old additive manufacturing (AM) technologyand it is one of the emerging technologies to keep the USA competitive in a global market.Speed, accuracy and flexibility are the characteristics of RP and are hallmarks of successful,profitable manufacturing. In today’s global market the window for meeting market dates isshrinking. Likewise companies cannot afford to make mistakes when they are

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

rationale behind the use of performance measurement (PM)techniques, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” (p. 22). Gregory and Myers23 (2002)stated that the objectives of any performance management system were to monitor, identify, andimprove the operations and activities of an organization in order to improve profitability. Thiscan be associated with Deming’s Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle of continuous improvement(Deming16, 1982). Industrial performance concerns durability, operational improvements, andthe ability to control processes and Berrah, Mauris, and Vernadat6 (2004) found that from 1945to 1975, purely financial terms were used to judge performance, while after 1975 quality levelsand delivery dates were being used.Bourne8 (2005

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

half of their total faculty efforts dedicated tosponsored research, while others might find this level intolerable. After the strategic decision ismade, the stochastic nature of these activities can continue to present a serious challenge toadministrators attempting to achieve and maintain the desired balance of activity. This paperoutlines an effort to build a model which can be used to examine the variability inherent in suchsystems, and to use past experience to plan for likely future outcomes. The model generatesinformation on the likelihood of an oversupply or shortage of faculty capacity and the potentialthat organizational metrics like percentage of adjunct faculty use could fall outside acceptableranges.Introduction and

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1712: GLOBAL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOR ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSJanet Dong, University of Cincinnati Janet Dong is an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and a MS degree in Manufacturing Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in 2003. Her academic interests include CAD/CAM, manufacturing engineering technology, process planning, control and automation, robotics, engineering education and research, and manufacturing applications in the dental field.Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati Dr. Janak Dave is a professor

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

International

an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and a MS degree in Manufacturing Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in 2003. Her academic interests include CAD/CAM, manufacturing engineering technology, process planning, control and automation, robotics, engineering education and research, and manufacturing applications in the dental field. Page 15.621.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Global and

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Sun; Robert Comerford; Musa Jouaneh

products has been selected for further University support.Many educators have reported on project-based product development courses. Some examplesof these include courses developed at Loyola Marymount5, Stanford6, and University of Virgina7.Project Objectives The primary objective of this project is to give participating students hands-on,stimulating exposure to the innovation and entrepreneurial process of business initiation forengineering products with focus on assistive devices. This process includes risk-taking andlearning real-world concepts, setting high goals, performing a marketing study, estimating costand revenue potential, along with design and development of real products prototypes, andbusiness plans for commercialization

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi D. Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. The RDF is a professional development framework for planning, promoting and supporting the personal, professional and career development of researchers in higher education. It articulates the knowledge, [behaviors] and attributes of successful researchers and encourages them to [realize] their potential”.Research goal/questionsThe goal of this study is to investigate PhD students’ competency level at different skillsand expertise they need to be successful at their jobs after graduating from university byanswering the following questions: • To what extent do PhD students acknowledge the importance of necessary skills they need to be successful at their jobs? • What is the self

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Harper; John Demel; Richard Freuler

the numbers.Currently the mathematics, engineering and physics faculty members do not shareexplicitly a common approach to categorizing problem types and how to solve them.This work in progress is focused on having these faculty members discuss problemsolving, decide on a common approach, and present problem solving as an integratedtopic in each of the three course sequences. This paper will describe the process ofdetermining a consistent approach to problem solving, the planning necessary forimplementation in 2005-06, and an assessment process to compare a pilot group tocontrol group(s). The ultimate goal is to make the learning process more efficient for thestudents and to aid them in seeing more connections between their

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gonzalez-Barreto; Antonio González-Quevedo; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez

Student profile of the incoming First Year Class of the College ofEngineering at UPRM and their academic performance after their first year González-Barreto, David R., González-Quevedo, Antonio A. Office of Institutional Research and Planning University of Puerto Rico at MayagüezAbstractThis work presents the student profile for the first year class of the College ofEngineering at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez (UPRM) during the period of1990-2003. The profile includes variables such as: gender, school type (public orprivate), geographic location of high school, scores from five College EntranceExamination Board (CEEB) tests, high school

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Stanton; David Murphy

personnel management alsopresent on-going challenges to fire service leadership. Additionally, there are multiplegenerations currently in the workplace. Old-time management theory based on authoritarianleadership is no longer effective in the modern fire service. In his 2000 text Fire ServicePersonnel Management, Steven Edwards states: “Today’s workforce doesn’t look, think, or actlike the workforce of the past, nor does it have the same values, experiences, or expectations”(p.19)3. He further summarizes by noting that if your fire service personnel managementpractices are based upon what worked well in the past, and then your organization is in for someserious confrontations. Long term strategic planning must take place in a proactive fire

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson

system. Thirteen affiliated universities have joined in a partnership to supportthis mission across the country. Plans to expand this network to include 2-year colleges andteacher education universities are described.The ProblemThere is a critical shortage of engineers and technologists entering the field at a time whentechnology is reinventing itself every few years. The accelerating pace of technological changein computer technology and communications has increased the demand for skilled workers infields already suffering from declining interest. In a report published by the Educational TestingService, Barton (2002), based on extensive job data from the Occupational Outlook Handbook,states that “employment in computer specialist occupations

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland

patientenough after asking questions to students, and answer them without giving the students a chanceto answer. Use a one-minute silent time – after a few of these silent times, students start tobecome involved in the learning process.Instructor’s Promptness and Full Use of Class TimeTeaching is not just about helping students learn technical information; it is also about teachingstudents certain value systems. One of the most important values that are needed in theworkforce is being on time, and new faculty members have a responsibility to demonstrateproper behavior to students.If you are going to be late or absent, plan ahead, and let students know about this. While it mightsound ridiculous, since sickness cannot be predicted, many absences are due