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Zhiyuan Yang; Hope L. Weiss; Matthew J. Traum

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0023 Gas Turbine Dynamic Dynamometry: A New Energy Engineering Laboratory Module Zhiyuan Yang1 (yangz@msoe.edu), Hope L. Weiss2 (weiss@msoe.edu), Matthew J. Traum3 (traum@msoe.edu) Mechanical Engineering Department Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractTo integrate energy topics into STEM curricula, an archive of “Energy Engineering LaboratoryModules” (EELMs) is being developed by collaborating faculty and students at the MilwaukeeSchool of

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Jerry Gao; Lianbo Zhu

technologies have beenimplemented in the CME403 course and CME670 Construction Information Technologies forConstruction Managers and were welcomed by the students.Industry Training Standards and FacilityIn order for students to develop a sense of a real professional job, it is critical to establish anindustry-standard facility but not to focus on theory. For example, when teaching a CME453concrete course, the laboratory component follows the American Standards of Testing andMaterials (ASTM) cement, aggregate and concrete standards. The major experiments conductedare the tests specified in the American Concrete Institute field and laboratory testing certificationprogram, including: Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete, Making and Curing Concrete

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Nannan He; Gale Allen; Cameron Johnson

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0019 Exploring Real-Time Applications in Hands-On Automation Courses Nannan He, Ph.D, nannan.he@mnsu.edu Gale Allen, Ph.D, gale.allen@mnsu.edu Cameron Johnson, Senior Student, cameron.johnson@mnsu.edu Minnesota State University MankatoAbstractIndustry and legislative leaders press for improving the quantity and quality of the work force.For example, the need for capable, dedicated, and experienced automation engineers continues toincrease. The training involves expensive laboratory equipment, small class size, and motivatedfaculty, but University budgets are

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Aurenice M. Oliveira

to the industry with the latest technologies in their fields.Most of the instructors, however, face the challenge of teaching both non-majors and majors,sometimes even in the same classroom. The aim of this article is to discuss the main challengesand to share teaching methods that the author has used to encourage active learning andengagement among major and non-major students in an Electrical Engineering Technologyprogram. The author addresses the use of technology for teaching, the use of lecture timeeffectively, the importance of well-designed laboratory experiments, and use of simulation tools.Assessment tools have indicated that the teaching methods used have been successful in meetingthe teaching goals.Keywords: engineering education

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Christopher R. Carroll

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0025 Converting a Microcontroller Lab From The Freescale S12 to the Atmel ATmega32 Processor Christopher R. Carroll University of Minnesota Duluth ccarroll@d.umn.eduAbstractDuring the summer of 2013, the laboratory supporting the microcontroller course at theUniversity of Minnesota Duluth was completely re-implemented. For the last several years, theprocessor that has been used was the Freescale S12, a popular 16-bit microcontroller with a longancestral history1. The recent popularity of the Atmel AVR series of

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Bakr M. Aly Ahmed; Khaled Nassar; Mike Christenson

, gaming complementsrather than substitutes for more formal pedagogical approaches: integrating standard formalteaching methods and simulation games as a laboratory to test and reinforce the relevance oftheories can be a very effective teaching method. In particular, games have been shown to bemore effective if they are embedded in instructional programs that include debriefing andfeedback.12 Perhaps the most well-known communication game is the “Who are we?” game,designed around the principles of the Johari Window model developed by Dr. Joseph Luft andDr. Harry Ingham. This model identifies sharing and feedback as the keys to building opencommunication. Open communication leads to a climate of trust and access to untappedpossibilities.13In this

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Audrey LaVallie; Eakalak Khan; G. Padmanabhan

/epscor/NATURE/index.html . Recent educational research has shown that students who engage in research projects aremore likely to enroll in and complete STEM degree programs when compared to other students4.Increased understanding of the research process5,6,7, a shift from passive to active learning8,9,10,enhanced research and laboratory skills6,7,11,12, and increased understanding and interest in thediscipline are some of the benefits undergraduate students gain by engaging in research. Also inthe last several years, the tribal colleges have been validating traditional tribal knowledge andexploring scientific concepts from Native perspectives. Embedded in this effort is a deep respectfor traditional tribal knowledge and a desire to

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Wendy R. Stary; John R. Schultz

during course lectures. Additionally, the h_da semester was nearly overwhen MFGT 341 was conducted. This led to fewer of the German students attending lecturesregularly or participating in social activities with the UW-Stout students, as they were spendingtheir time preparing for exams.Evaluation for the course was primarily designed to mimic the normal practice used in Germanywhere the entire grade is often based on the final exam. However, it was decided that a labcomponent must be part of the grading criteria. Support for this action was twofold. First, thecourse is a pre-requisite to an advanced injection molding course for students in the UW-StoutPlastics Engineering program. Second, applied learning through laboratory experiences is

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Adam Kramschuster; Gregory Slupe

engineering students are tasked withincorporating design for manufacturability (DFM) in the design of a plastic component andinjection mold that will later be machined by a separate course that contains manufacturingengineering and plastics engineering students. After completion of the injection mold, it isutilized by the part designers (plastics engineers) to mold the components they designed. Eightgroups in each class work together on separate projects in and out of class. Checklists are utilizedto ensure design criteria are met while staying within the scope of the project and the capabilitiesof the university laboratories. The end result is a real-world experience of the workingrelationship between a customer and a supplier, complete with design

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Achintya N. Bezbaruah; Rajani G. Pillai; Hannah Hood; Holly Erickson; Eric Dobervich; Jane Laux; Jamie Varholdt; Adam Gehlhar; Michelle Weber; Harjyoti Kalita; Talal Almeelbi; Mary Pate; Michael Quamme; Mohammad Enayet Hossain; Seydou Cisse; Amanda Grosz; Navaratnam Leelaruban

related to nanotechnology addressing the courseneeds identified by the seventh grade teachers. The activities were than jointlyevaluated by the students and lead author and a few of the activities were selectedfor further evaluation and improvement. Once the activities were fine-tuned theywere sent to the seventh grade teachers for evaluation and further edits and werefinalized for implementation. The activities planned were first tested in theenvironmental engineering laboratory at NDSU to make sure that they could beperformed by the seventh graders and would be exciting for them. Each module ofactivities was delivered to the students on a specified day keeping in pace with theprogress of the course contents in the seventh grade class. On the

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Bob Fourney; Jason Sternhagen; George Hamer; Cory Mettler

students aware of the continuity in the electrical engineering 329 program.  Motivate the students by giving undergraduate lab exercises a sense of purpose.  Unify the various EE undergraduate classes to each other.  Connect the senior design experience to the rest of the undergraduate curriculum. Figure 2. Fully Equipped CEENBoT.Completing this course will provide students with a basic understanding and familiarity oflaboratory equipment, prototyping methods, and basic device/ circuit functions. This course wastaught for the first time in the spring of 2012, revised and offered again in the spring of 2013.Several laboratory requirements were developed and

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Nannan He; Han-Way Huang

andautomation domains. Third, input programming languages of these selected tools are introducedto students to help them apply the tools in the laboratory assignments and class project.IntroductionKnowledge of computing and software programming is important to all engineering andtechnology students. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that computing will be one ofthe fastest-growing U.S. job markets in STEM through 2020: about 73% of all new STEM jobswill be computing related 1. More importantly, software development training could be avaluable experience for all engineer students, as it can cultivate student’ problem solving andprocess development capability.However, software programming is often considered to be difficult for engineering

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Nischal Adhikari; Sima Noghanian

abstract field, due to difficulty ofintegrating tangible and realistic experiments into electrical engineering curriculum. Sometimessetting up a laboratory for these experiments could be very expensive. Therefore, a lot of timeusing simulation tools is a good alternative to examine and visualize the realistic problems.However, the available simulation software may require vast technical proficiency, whichsometime impedes the inclination of students towards this area of study.In this paper we introduce a ray-tracing simulation tool that can be beneficial in teaching wavepropagation and wireless communication. Wireless InSite®, from Remcom®, is a site-specificwireless channel simulation tool based on ray-tracing method. This paper introduces

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Andy S. Peng; Robert Nelson; Cheng Liu; Ahmet Turkmen; Wei Shi; Jia-Ling Lin

Laboratory Assignments concepts elaborate more technical details about each lab exercises. Enhance problem solving skill set Recognized the exams were mostly Exams from homework assignments, but viewed exams to be difficult. Simulate real world environment Rated positively for every Team Project component of the team project (see

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David E. Fly; Muhammed Buğra Açan

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0043 3D Printed Internal Structure: Influence on Tensile Strength David E. Fly P.E. Assistant Professor Muhammed Buğra Açan, Student Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 328 Fryklund Hall Middle East Technical University Menomonie Wisconsin USA 54751 Ankara, Turkey flyd@uwstout.edu mba-mail@hotmail.comAbstractThis paper discusses the research project and associated laboratory measurements that wereassigned to a visiting international undergraduate

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Dilpreet S. Bajwa; Sreekala G. Bajwa

and hopeful that this experience willhelp them in obtaining an internship or a new job with reputed engineering firms. Majority of thestudents agreed that CSP helped them to apply their class room knowledge and laboratory skillsinto industrial projects. They expressed that CSP’s gave them a great opportunity to work in ateam and helped them to network with fellow students from other disciplines and industry 471experts. They considered these projects as skill building activities that will be useful in their firstprofessional jobs. They also stressed the importance of project planning and communicationwhile working on these projects. Students appreciated the freedom to work independently on theCSP

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Xiang-Fa Wu

,nanomaterials can be classified as zero-dimensional (0D) (e.g., quantum dots, nano clusters,nanoparticles, etc.), one-dimensional (1D) (e.g., nanotubes, nanowires, nanofibers, nanorods,etc.), and two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials (e.g., biological membranes, graphenenanosheets, etc.). To date, a significant number of nanomaterials in each category have beensynthesized and characterized in laboratories, some of which exhibit excellent performance with 45very promising future for use in structural materials, bioengineering, energy harvesting,conversion and storage, and environmental protection. For a newly available nanomaterial withpromising commercial applications, it is crucial to identify feasible

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J. E. Johnson; L. Stradins; S Springer; R. Asthana

theestate of Fulton and Edna Holtby. The goal was to promote professional activities of students,faculty, and staff in areas of research, scholarship, course development and professionaldevelopment by providing funds for stipend, travel, buyout for release time and purchase ofequipment, services and supplies. These funds were to be used to offer undergraduate andgraduate students opportunity to explore special topics outside of their formal coursework thatinspired their creativity and imagination through additional research and exploration and earncollege credit for their work. As structured coursework rarely offers extended, stress-freeenvironment conducive to learning and exploration, ideas were developed for student projects toprovide laboratory

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Cory J. Prust; Stephen M. Williams

and team progress is expected.For the project work, there is a special large laboratory set aside solely for EE Senior Design,containing four workstations, each with modern, networked test equipment. For the most part, 213the students use it as a work and meeting room. To some extent it is a social gathering place, butthat also serves a very useful purpose in forming, developing, and sustaining teams.The sequence of submittals in the second term is: Week in Submittal term 3 Final Design Report 6 Team Process Evaluation 7 All Subsystems Test Plans 9

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Han-Way Huang; Nannan He

wereshipped. More than 95% of mobile phones, 90% of hard drive controllers, 40% digital TVs andset-top boxes, 15% microcontrollers, and 20% mobile computers are using the ARM processors.To keep up with the embedded industry change, we have updated the contents of ourmicrocontroller courses with the goal to keep up with the technology change and make ourgraduates more marketable. We have taught the ARM Cortext-M4 MCU in our secondmicrocontroller course and plan to also teach the simpler version of the ARM Cortex-M MCU inour first microcontroller course.Three major issues must be addressed in order to teach a new microcontroller. First, we need tochoose an appropriate Cortex-M4 demo board for students to perform laboratory experimentsand design

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Thomas Shepard; Michaela Andrews; Cole Harris

to material to be further explored in later courses including moments, safety factor, and material propertiesThis paper describes the results of this experience as well as the experimental apparatusdeveloped and lessons learned through multiple iterations.Laboratory ExperienceEach lab section for the class had ~15 students and was staffed by the course instructor and twoundergraduate student mentors. These paid student mentors were typically sophomore or juniorengineering majors who had received a quick refresher lesson on drilling and tapping. Theintroduction to engineering space was in a separate building from the main engineeringdepartment facilities and included a large classroom and laboratory space stocked with handtools. At the

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Reza Fazel-Rezai; Sima Noghanian; Ahmed Rabbi

laboratory where students could apply methods to the data gathered in lab.The MAE-ME camp was designed for 5 full days of activities. The target audience wasjunior and senior high school students. However, it was open to freshman universitystudents as well. Table I shows the major topics that were covered in each day of thecamp.Table I. The topics covered in each day of the camp Day Topics Morning Schedule Afternoon Schedule • Building Simple Circuits Day 1 Introduction to MATLAB • Problems of the Day Introduction to Image and Sound • Sound

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Scott G. Gabert; Jeff C. Kaiser; Derek J. Snyder; Prakash Ranganathan; Reza Fazel-Rezai

Measurement and Controls. 3 credits. Prerequisites:Aided Measurements and Math 165. The principles of the use of a computer in a measurement andControls control environment are presented. Software is designed to drive interfaces to perform measurement and control algorithms. The software and concepts presented are evaluated in a laboratory environment. FEE 451 – Embedded 451. Computer Hardware Organization. 3 credits. Prerequisites: EE 201 andSystems 304 or consent of instructor. The study of complete computer systems including digital hardware interconnection and organization and various operation and control methods necessary for

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Jon J. Smith; Sima Noghanian

1. G.J. Burke, and A.J. Poggio, Numerical Electromagnetics Code (NEC) – Method of Moments, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA, January 1981 2. H. Krim, and M. Viberg, “Two decades of array signal processing research: the parametric approach,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol.13, no. 4, pp. 67-94, July 1996. 3. C. A. Balanis, Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 3rd Ed. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ, 2005. 4. C. A. Balanis, and Panayiotis Ioannids, Introduction to Smart Antennas, Morgan and Claypool, 2007

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Majura F. Selekwa

. G. Alciatore, Integrating Mechatronics Into a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (2001) 35–38.[13] M. Ghone, M. Schubert, J. R. Wagner, Development of a Mechatronics Laboratory– Elimination Barriers to Manufacturing Instrumentation and Control, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics 50 (2) (2003) 394–397.[14] I. Ebert-Uphoff, J. F. Gardner, W. R. Murray, R. Perez, Preparing for Next Century: The State of Mechatronics Education, IEEE Trans. on Mechatronics 5 (2) (2000) 226–227.[15] S. E. Lyshevski, Mechatronic Curriculum – Petrospect and Prospect, Mechatronics 12 (2002) 195– 205.[16] NDSU Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Unpublished compilation of