Dalili, A. (2024, October), Designing hands-on labs for an electrical principles course as part of the mechanical engineering program  Paper presented at 2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference, Farmingdale State College, NY, New York. 10.18260/1-2--49434

\bibitem{asee_peer_49434}
  Dalili, A. (2024, October), \emph{Designing hands-on labs for an electrical principles course as part of the mechanical engineering program}
  Paper presented at 2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference, Farmingdale State College, NY, New York.
  10.18260/1-2--49434

Alireza Dalili.  "Designing hands-on labs for an electrical principles course as part of the mechanical engineering program".  2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference, Farmingdale State College, NY, New York, 2024, October.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/49434 Internet.  30 Jun, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_49434}
  Alireza Dalili.
  "Designing hands-on labs for an electrical principles course as part of the mechanical engineering program".
  \emph{2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference, Farmingdale State College, NY, New York, 2024, October}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/49434 Internet.  30 Jun, 2025

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AB  - Mechanical engineering students at Farmingdale State College take MET230: Electrical Principles as a core course to be completed as part of the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. Historically, the lab portion of this course has been focused on simulation experiments through National Instruments Multisim software. There have been no hands-on experiments which runs contrary to the college’s stated goal of student success through applied learning. In this paper, I will outline hands-on labs that I have designed in order to enhance applied learning in MET230. The experiments require students to build breadboard-based circuits and think about how to arrange the components to achieve the desired circuit function. Measurements required as part of the lab procedure compel the students to think about the locations within the circuit that voltage and current readings need to be taken as well as understand the workings of the Multimeter. In order to preserve the value of Multisim simulations, the students are asked to simulate the circuits in Multisim as well in order to verify their measurements. Furthermore, they are required to refer to their theoretical understanding of the course concepts as they have to present calculations that correlate with their measurements. The lab guidelines for each lab will be outlined in this paper. Experiments and measurements that should be carried out by students as well as an analysis of how student learning will be enhanced through the addition of these hands-on experiments will be presented.
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