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David RB Kraemer, The Johns Hopkins University

Paper ID #35338Teaching Electronics Laboratory Classes RemotelyDr. David RB Kraemer, The Johns Hopkins University After earning his PhD from Johns Hopkins University, Dr Kraemer has focused his career on undergrad- uate engineering education. Previously, he taught as a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Platteville. He is currently an Associate Teaching Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Teaching Electronics Laboratory Classes

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Robert H. Caverly, Villanova University

Education, 2021 Use of low-cost vector network analyzers in undergraduate RF and wireless circuit laboratoriesAbstractRadio frequency (RF), microwave and wireless courses at the undergraduate level are a naturalextension to the usual required course in electromagnetics because they show the tremendousnumber of applications in this field. Laboratories for reinforcing the RF and wireless conceptscovered in lecture are widely used, but frequently are done in the faculty member's researchlaboratory, using research-grade equipment. For example, students can reinforce theirunderstanding of matching networks, filters and amplifiers by fabricating these circuits usinglumped elements (inductors and capacitors) or

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Albert Lozano-Nieto, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

, 2021 ANCHORING STUDENT INTEREST IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING Albert Lozano-Nieto The Pennsylvania State University Electrical Engineering Technology Wilkes-Barre Campus Dallas, PA 18612AbstractThe traditional approach to the laboratory component in the first electrical engineering (EE) orelectrical engineering technology (EET) course has been based on students learning the use ofbasic electronic instrumentation, mainly a digital multimeter (DMM) and an Oscilloscope.Through his experience of more than 25 years teaching EET, the author has realized

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Dimitrios Stroumbakis PE, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College

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5-wk duration.It’s to be noted that this is the first series of experimental 5-week sub-track courses with the importantresearch goal of assessing very preliminary student awareness , knowledge and attitude in the publicsector context. Laboratory programs (in class and out of class) were designed to provide an experientialexposure of the professional skill(soft skills) and interdisciplinary skills which are the many benefits ofproject managementsSurveys administered at the start and end of 3-weeks of instruction (N=42) covered awareness, knowledge,and student attitude for the public sector. Results revealed a 70% awareness increase, an unchanged 90 %agreement on the value of the engineers’ duty to welfare of society, and a marginal desire

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Yixin Xiong, Penn State University; Stephen Porter, Penn State University; Swaroop Ghosh, Pennsylvania State University

future, the board will be pilotedwith larger group of students in existing curriculum on analog circuit design. Compared to traditionallaboratory experience where students need to access the physical stock room and laboratory room toget access to the physical parts and equipment to learn practical analog circuit design experience, theproposed method provides a cost-effective (remote access by a simple PC) and safe (no physicalcontact) alternative without compromising the important concepts and experiments in the curriculum.In addition, compared to the regular education in the laboratory, the proposed method also reduces therisk of injury due to improper operation of the experiment by the students via isolating the set-up andoperation process to

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James R. Rentsch, Aerospace Industries Association; Jason M Merret, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

physical sciences;  12 hours of general education requirements; and  33 hours of upper level engineering and regulatory focused classes.Similar to a traditional engineering curricula, these 33 hours would include basic structures,fluids, material science, advanced statics and dynamics (including controls), flight mechanics,and laboratory training. Each institution may tailor their curricula consistent with the focus,strengths, and research in the respective departments and colleges.The main additions or changes to the bachelor coursework will be specific required and electiveclasses (in the 33 upper-level hours) dedicated to the understanding and application of theairworthiness standards and concepts discussed previously in this paper. The

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Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

, dynamics, nature and properties of materials, andthermodynamics [3].The rapid development of microelectronics, digital communication and control and themicroprocessor in the 1970s shifted the extent of the EE curriculum away from these courses.The result is that most, if not all, EE curricula today do not feature any substantive courses inME [4].The ME discipline often requires a single course and laboratory in direct and alternatingelectrical circuits, electrical power and analog and digital electronics. Subsequent and limitedelective courses in the ME discipline may include sensor integration and processing andelectromechanical machinery. The result is again that most, if not all, ME curricula today do notfeature any substantive courses in EE [4

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University

power electronics. He has been working on thin film solar cell research since 1979 including a Sabbatical Leave at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1993. He has also worked on several photovoltaic system projects Dr. Singh has also worked on electric vehicle research, working on battery monitoring and management systems funded primarily by federal agencies (over $3.5 million of funding). Dr. Singh has consulted for several companies including Ford Motor Company and Epuron, LLC. He has also served as a reviewer for the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Dr Singh has over 150 conference and journal publications and holds seven issued US patents. Dr. Singh’s recent work is focused on

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Jonathan F. Hubler, Villanova University

Paper ID #35306Increased Problem Solving in Foundation Design through Inverting theClassroomJonathan F. Hubler, Villanova University Dr. Jonathan Hubler is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineer- ing at Villanova University, with expertise in geotechnical engineering. His research interests include geotechnical earthquake engineering, static and dynamic response of soils in the laboratory and field, soil liquefaction, and beneficial reuse of recycled materials in geotechnical engineering. Dr. Hubler teaches a number of undergraduate and graduate courses, including Soil Mechanics

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Thomas E Ask P.E., Pennsylvania College of Technology

participate, as well as permittingclarifications of questions or even open-ended questions. Interviews can be complimented withmodels or other visual aids to enhance accuracy.Design work is done by people within an interpretive community and intellectual ecology. Thesestructures can resist ideas that deviate far from what is considered “normal science”. Grofexplains the structure we typically work under as follows: Science does not and cannot observe and take into consideration all the variables involved in a particular phenomenon, conduct all possible experiments, and perform all laboratory or clinical manipulations. The scientist must reduce the problem to a workable scale and his or her selection is guided by the leading

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Daniel K. Jones P.E., State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute; Joanne M Joseph, SUNYPOLY

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ideas. MET students created CAD models toshow CBH students in order to discuss how the teachers and family members would use thedifferent designs to teach braille to children. Students made prototypes using CubePro 3Dprinters, as shown in Figure 2, with dovetail slots on the sides to attach blocks side-by-side. Figure 2. Braille tiles with dove-tail slots [6]Students took these blocks to CABVI to use them and provide suggestions for improvement.CABVI teachers noted that the dove-tail slots were cumbersome and awkward, particularly forchildren who could not see the slots.Throughout the course of this project, 3D printing technology has evolved, along with expertiseof student workers in the 3D printing laboratories. In spring 2019

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Mike Simard PE, Villanova University

% The objective of this paper is to present project management modules that were implementedin the mechanical engineering capstone course at Villanova University. The paper describes thecontent and timeline for the implementation of seven project management modules in the two-semester capstone course starting in the 2018-19 academic year.Capstone: Ideal for Project Management InstructionThe capstone course is a project-based learning experience that attempts to mirror a real-worldproblem with open-ended design projects. Thus, students are expected to combine and applyknowledge gained from previous courses and laboratory work. Often projects are sponsored andsupported by industry, providing direct exposure to design problems faced by industry

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Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University

Paper ID #35273Restructuring a Pedagogical Course to Benefit Engineering Ph.D. Studentsand FacultyDr. Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University Aaron Wemhoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University. He earned his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2004, and he previously worked as a staff engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Restructuring a Pedagogical Course to Benefit Engineering Ph.D. Students and FacultyEGR 9200 Teaching

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Matthew M Johnson, Penn State University; Tiffany M. Lewis, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools; Christine M Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University; Chantal Giroux Balesdent, Penn State University

of texts in education. Handbook of complementary methods in education research, 77-94.52. Baker, W. D., & Green, J. L. (2007). Limits to certainty in interpreting video data: Interactional ethnography and disciplinary knowledge. Pedagogies: an international journal, 2(3), 191-204.53. Kelly, G., Crawford, T., & Green, J. (2001). Common task and uncommon knowledge: Dissenting voices in the discursive construction of physics across small laboratory groups. Linguistics and Education, 12(2), 135-174.54. Lemke, J. L. (2012). Analyzing verbal data: Principles, methods, and problems. In Second international handbook of science education (pp. 1471-1484). Springer, Dordrecht.55. Erickson, F. (1992). Ethnographic

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Sushobhan Sen, University of Pittsburgh; Jeffery R Roesler, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

design of the roadway (Deliverable 2). Each weekof the semester, students attend three hours of technical content lectures, one hour of homeworkproblem discussion, one hour of laboratory session to learn relevant design software, and one houropen to discuss their team projects with each other, the instructor, and teaching assistants (TA).In addition to the design project and homework, students are also evaluated through quizzes andexams. Thus, the course is a blend of problem-based learning, in which each team has to completethe design project, as well as traditional lecture-based recitation learning.Semester ProjectFor the 2018 edition of the course, the design project selected was the construction of a new tourismcorridor in Puerto Rico

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Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia; Ludwig C. Nitsche, University of the District of Columbia; Dong Hyun Jeong, University of the District of Columbia

, constraints, models for the experiment, equipment, laboratory procedure and safety protocols)SO6: An ability to develop and conductappropriate experimentation, analyze, and SO6-B Able to analyze and interpret data, validateinterpret data, and use engineering judgment to experimental results including the use of statistics todraw conclusions account for possible experimental error and compares using alternate tools for or methods SO6-C Able to draw conclusions that are supported by the

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Eric B. Dano, BAE Systems

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Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University; Virginia Smith, Villanova University

world. Here we describe a course that creates a platformfor using software as an innovative teaching strategy to facilitate active learning andcollaborative innovation, highlighting real-world connectivity between the classroom,workplace, laboratory, and the infrastructure systems that engineers seek to analyze and design.This course addresses challenges in linking the classroom and real-world application byengaging with students through innovative teaching activities that foster understanding,application, and creativity while also providing a safe environment for mistakes and opendiscussion.This course leverages projects for transfer of knowledge. Previous studies have shown thebenefits of project-based courses to CEE education; helping to

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

and industry. He was a Senior Lecturer at Anna- malai University, India, teaching civil engineering for about 10 years. He also worked in Linton Institute of Technology as a Senior Lecturer in Ipoh, Malaysia, for three years. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Cutting-edge Tools & Technologies: Teaching Engineering Online AbstractUniversity and College instructors use a rich collection of methods of teaching in conventionalclassrooms to impart knowledge to students. Traditional classroom teaching includes lectures,PowerPoint presentations, class discussions, laboratory demonstrations, team projects