wind tunnels to engineering students as part of their laboratoryexperience contributes to improving their understanding of fundamental fluid mechanicsconcepts, the significant equipment cost renders the student use of wind tunnels in a traditionalhands-on mode infeasible for most educational institutions.This paper presents the development of an online wind tunnel laboratory, which combinesreal-time remote access to an actual wind tunnel with a software-based virtual wind tunnel. Theremote experiment system allows the students to explore the air flow patterns around variousobjects, the orientations of which can be controlled interactively. This experimental setupprovides the students with real-time measurements for pressure, velocity and drag
AC 2008-1272: MEDICAL ROBOTICS LABORATORY FOR BIOMEDICALENGINEERSShahin Sirouspour, McMaster University http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/~sirouspour/Mahyar Fotoohi, Quanser IncPawel Malysz, McMaster UniversityAli Shahdi, McMaster UniversityRyan Leslie, Quanser IncPaul Karam, Quanser Inc Page 13.881.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Medical Robotics Laboratory for Biomedical EngineersAbstractThe increasing role of technology in the delivery of healthcare services has necessitated thetraining of engineers with complimentary background in engineering and health sciences. Inresponse to this demand, universities and educational institutions around the globe
AC 2008-1600: A WRITING-INTENSIVE FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORYPhilip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Page 13.134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008A Writing-Intensive Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Philip J. Parker University of Wisconsin-Platteville Page 13.134.2BackgroundCE330, Fluid Mechanics, is required of all Civil and Environmental Engineering students at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Platteville. This four credit class consists of three 1-hour lectures andone 2-hour laboratory each week. Approximately 40 students enroll in the course each semester.When I teach the course, my
Educational LaboratoryABSTRACTDrexel University’s remote Internet-based nondestructive testing (NDT) laboratory forengineering technology students is described in this paper. Drexel’s Goodwin College ofProfessional Studies submitted a proposal entitled “Implementation of the Internet-BasedNondestructive Evaluation Laboratory for Applied Engineering Technology Curriculum” as areply to NSF solicitation under the program Course, Curriculum, Laboratory Implementation(CCLI) in May 2006. According to the proposal, Drexel would adapt Iowa State University’sinstructional material to its own ultrasound imaging laboratory course by placing emphasis onNDT techniques and applications. Once fully developed, the NDT laboratory would serve as atraining center for
AC 2008-584: LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR TEACHING LEAN ENTERPRISEM. Brian Thomas, Cleveland State University Page 13.834.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR TEACHING LEAN ENTERPRISEIntroduction to Lean EnterpriseLean Enterprise is a corporate philosophy and culture, having its focus on providing andincreasing the value delivered to the customer. It pursues this goal through a continuous processof identifying and eliminating waste and non-value-added activities, improving product flowthrough the enterprise, and pursuing perfection in the final good or service sold to the customer1.While Lean Enterprise
and Aerospace Technology at UDC. He is a Past President of DCSPE and is currently the Director of the Civil Engineering Program and the Chairman of the Professional Engineers in Higher Education (PEHE) of DCSPE. Over 30 years of teaching and engineering practice in Europe, Japan and the US. Page 13.1252.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 THE PEDAGOGY OF THE SURVEYING LABORATORY Abstract Surveying and surveying laboratory (field work) fifty years ago were standard fair for most engineering programs in all disciplines. Today, in the 21st Century, surveying is no longer an
Metrologists in industry has not declined over the years in sync with the availabilityof trained technicians. Contrarily, it has grown at an alarming rate, with needs for Metrologistsin calibration laboratories, pharmaceuticals, government labs, research and development,aerospace, state weights and measures, and a host of other positions. The gap between education/ training and demand has become a major focus throughout the metrology community. The shiftfrom military schooling to the private sector has been a rough road with few successes and manyfailures. The reasons vary but common ground seems to be shared between the expense of start-up and operating a metrology course and obtaining suitable attendance numbers.The general lack of knowing the term
AC 2008-2852: NCSLI METROLOGY EDUCATION OUTREACHGeorgia Harris, National Institute of Standards & Technology Georgia Harris began her work in metrology in 1985, working as the State Metrologist in Minnesota. She went to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1990 and is now a Group Leader in the NIST Weights and Measures Division. Georgia is responsible for the NIST evaluation and recognition of the State weights and measures laboratories and the annual training and proficiency testing of State metrologists. Georgia has been active in the professional metrology associations National Conference of Standards Laboratories, International (NCSLI) since 1985
outreach activityto strengthen the metrology profession. The Navy Metrology Engineering Center andMeasurement Science and Technology Laboratory are located at the Naval Surface WarfareCenter, Corona, CA. Since narrowly surviving the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)round, the Center needed a long term strategic approach to providing a pipeline of engineers toreplace those lost during the BRAC process and a plan to replace the mass of baby boomersapproaching retirement in the next 15 to 20 years. The Center developed a proactive approach tomaintaining a pipeline of engineers that involved numerous outreach activities into the universityand college systems and into local high schools that helped solve more immediate needs.However, it became
measured in the United States. The same principles apply to otherphysical quantities such as length, time, mass, etc.Absence of metrology concepts from engineering curriculaThe NCSLI (National Conference of Standards Laboratories International) web page lists 13educational institutions with metrology content in the programs they offer, most of them at the2-year associate degree or diploma level. Due to the current shortage of qualified metrologytechnicians and engineers, we know that these graduates have no trouble finding employment asmetrology professionals. However, while the lack of qualified metrology practitioners is aserious problem, I would like to draw attention to a somewhat different problem, namely the lackof any type of metrology
AC 2008-2436: ENHANCING THE LABORATORY EXPERIENCE USING PEEREVALUATION OF GROUP LABORATORY REPORTS IN A FLUID MECHANICSCOURSEDavid Shaw, Geneva College David W. Shaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Geneva College. He received his B.S.M.E. in 1983 from Geneva College and his M.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (1988) from the Ohio State University. His research interests include measurement and modeling of thermal properties of materials and teaching the design process in undergraduate engineering classes. He has developed courses and laboratories in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, instrumentation, and freshman design. He has been active in sponsoring student teams in competitions such as Solar
Laboratory Edith Gummer is the Director of the Classroom-Focused Research and Evaluation Program for the Center for Classroom Teaching and Learning at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. She coordinated the structure of the research design and the data collection and analysis processes of the project. She has been faculty in science and mathematics education quantitative and qualitative research design courses at the doctoral level. She has been involved in the development of innovative mathematics curricular activities and formative assessment in mathematics problem solving.Philip Harding, Oregon State University Philip Harding holds the Linus Pauling Chair in the School of
AC 2008-17: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERS FOR CURRICULUM ANDLABORATORY EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT: A FREESCALE S12MICROCONTROLLER LABORATORY TRAINERSteven Barrett, University of Wyoming Steven F. Barrett received the BS Electronic Engineering Technology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1979, the M.E.E.E. from the University of Idaho at Moscow in 1986, and the Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 1993. He was formally an active duty faculty member with the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado and is now an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming. He is a member of IEEE (senior) and Tau Beta Pi (chief faculty advisor). His research
AC 2008-1373: INTRODUCING MICROFLUIDICS THROUGH APROBLEM-BASED LABORATORY COURSEIan Papautsky, University of Cincinnati Dr. Ian Papautsky earned his Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah in 1999. He is currently a tenured Associate Professor of in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. His research and teaching interests include application of microfluidics and nanotechnology to biology and medicine.Cathy Maltbie, University of Cincinnati Dr. Catherine Maltbie earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ed.D. in Educational Studies (cognitive and social aspects of instruction). She is a Research Associate at the Evaluation
AC 2008-1531: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR GEOTECHNICALENGINEERING LABORATORY EXERCISESJames Hanson, California Polytechnic State University Jim Hanson is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University. He is past chair of the Civil Engineering Division of ASEE. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and taught at Lawrence Technological University for 9 years before joining the faculty at Cal Poly.Senro Kuraoka, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Senro Kuraoka is Senior Researcher at the Research and Development Center at Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. in Japan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin
AC 2008-1149: LABORATORIES ENHANCEMENT WITH LABVIEW-BASEDGRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLSSuxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Suxia Cui is an assistant professor in the department of Engineering Technology at Prairie View A&M University. She received her BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University in 1997 and 1999 respectively. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2003. Her research interests include digital signal processing, data compression, image processing, video coding, and wavelets.Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang received the B.S. degree in technical physics from Xidian
AC 2008-1827: AN "EIA" APPROACH TO SUPPORT LABORATORY LEARNINGENVIRONMENTSNabil Lehlou, University of ArkansasNebil Buyurgan, University of ArkansasJustin Chimka, University of Arkansas Page 13.169.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An EiA Approach to Support Laboratory Learning EnvironmentsAbstractWhen developing or expanding hands-on laboratory environments that rely on technology, onefaces various challenges. Such inconvenience varies from expensive technological renovations tothe reliance of devices on human intervention, to the non-standardized communication betweennetworked objects that use different native programming languages. To overcome these
AC 2008-393: RIGID BODY DYNAMICS IN THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGLABORATORYThomas Nordenholz, California Maritime Academy Thomas Nordenholz is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The California Maritime Academy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998. His present interests include the improvement of undergraduate engineering science instruction, and the development of laboratory experiments and software for undergraduate courses. Page 13.1054.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Rigid Body Dynamics in the Mechanical Engineering
is a senior student in the Department of Technology at Elizabeth City State University and 2006 McNair Scholar. Her research interests are in control, robotics, and automation. Page 13.79.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A PLC Project in a Control Course LaboratoryAbstractThis paper describes the design, development, and implementation of an automated labelingprocess in an undergraduate control course laboratory. This effort provided students withvaluable hands–on experience in computer assisted control system. The objective of this projectis to design an automated labeling system that
AC 2008-283: EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN AMICROCONTROLLER LABORATORYRafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University Dr. Bachnak is Professor of Systems Engineering at Texas A&M International University. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio University in 1983, 1984, and 1989, respectively. Prior to joining TAMIU in 2007, Dr. Bachnak was on the faculty of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Northwestern State University, and Franklin University. His experience includes several fellowships with NASA and the US Navy Laboratories and summer employment with Koch Industries. Dr. Bachnak is a registered Professional
AC 2008-1351: IMPLEMENTING INQUIRY-BASED EXPERIMENTS IN A FLUIDSCIENCE LABORATORY CLASSCalvin Hsieh, Portland State University Calvin Hsieh is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Portland State University. He works in the Hydroelectric Design Center Branch of the US Army Corps of Engineers in Portland, Oregon. He is a teacher for the Lego Robotics program at Buckman Elementary School in Portland, Oregon.Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University Gerald Recktenwald is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Portland State University. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, IEEE and SIAM. His research interests are in fluid mechanics, heat
AC 2008-1675: STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL LABORATORY EXERCISESFOR ALL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINESJeremy VanAntwerp, Calvin CollegeRichard Braatz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Page 13.1096.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Statistical Process Control Laboratory Exercises for all Engineering DisciplinesAbstr actDespite its importance in industry, statistical process control (SPC) is rarely taught inundergraduate controls courses. However, one or two lectures, coupled with the hands-on assignment in this paper, are sufficient to give a good introduction to the topic. Thispaper presents a case for why all engineers
AC 2008-1705: ENHANCING THE SOFTWARE VERIFICATION ANDVALIDATION COURSE THROUGH LABORATORY SESSIONSSushil Acharya, Robert Morris University Sushil Acharya, D.Eng. Assistant Professor of Software Engineering Acharya joined RMU in Spring 2005 after serving 15 years in the Software Industry. With US Airways Acharya was responsible for creating a Data Warehouse and using advance Data Mining Tools for performance improvement. With i2 Technologies he led the work on i2’s Data Mining product “Knowledge Discover Framework” and at CEERD (Thailand) he was the product manager of three energy software products (MEDEE-S/ENV, EFOM/ENV and DBA-VOID) which are currently in use in 26 Asian and 7
consulting experience includes work in England, Kazakhstan, Germany, USA and Poland. Page 13.942.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 On-line Games and Simulation Tools for Teaching Manufacturing Engineering LaboratoryOne of the main expectations of modern students is that their instructors employ contemporaryteaching tools that are user-friendly, fast, colorful, multitasking, efficient and interactive. Inresponse to these changing student needs, both the laboratory content and the delivery methodsare being modified over the past three years for almost all engineering courses at Robert
AC 2008-989: ENGINEERING PROJECT LABORATORY MODULES FOR ANINTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS COURSEStacy Gleixner, San Jose State University STACY GLEIXNER is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at San Jose State University. She teaches courses on introductory materials engineering, electronic materials, solid state kinetics, and microelectronic processing. Prof. Gleixner has an active research program in solar cells and micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). She can be reached at gleixner@email.sjsu.edu.Elliot Douglas, University of Florida ELLIOT DOUGLAS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the
AC 2008-1060: SYNOPSIS LABORATORY REPORTS: EFFECTS ON STUDENTLEARNING AND CURRICULAR BENEFITSDavid Hoffa, noneSteven Freeman, Iowa State University Page 13.1134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Synopsis Laboratory Reports: Effects on Student Learning and Curricular BenefitsIntroductionThis study examined the effect on student learning of writing laboratory (lab) reports in thesynopsis format versus the traditional format of the field of industrial technology, as well as thebenefits of reduced instructor grading time and reduced student writing time. The synopsis labreport format, if able to provide students with an
AC 2008-1212: A PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTED LABORATORIES IN THE ECECURRICULUMBonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech Bonnie Heck Ferri received the BS from Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame in 1981, the MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton in 1984, and the PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1988. She is currently a Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs in ECE at Georgia Tech. Her research has been in the areas of embedded control systems, applications of control, power electronics, and education. She is the recipient of the 2007 IEEE Education Society Harriet Rigas Award.Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology Jill Auerbach is a Senior
AC 2008-1227: A MODERN DSP-BASED LABORATORY FOR POWERELECTRONICS EDUCATIONWajiha Shireen, University of HoustonSara McNeil, University of Houston Page 13.62.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Modern DSP-based Laboratory for Power Electronics EducationAbstractPower Electronics is an important emerging technology and has become an integralpart of power engineering education. This paper addresses the critical challenge ofeducating the future Electric Power Engineers in this rapidly developingmultidisciplinary field. Special emphasis is placed on design aspects of power electronics byincorporating pre-Labs involving PSpice
AC 2008-1789: INTRODUCING UNIVERSAL DESIGN CONCEPTS IN ANINTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY PROJECTJudy Cezeaux, Western New England College Judy Cezeaux is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts. She received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984 and a Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1989. Prior to her appointment at Western New England College, she was a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Morgantown, West Virginia. Her research interests are engineering education, rehabilitation engineering
AC 2008-1947: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE LABORATORY FORCOMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING COURSESYuqiu You, Morehead State University Dr. Yuqiu You has academic background from both automation engineering and industrial technology. For six years, she taught many courses in the area of manufacturing and automation. She has experience in developing new manufacturing courses and establishing online process control station for virtual laboratory. Presently, she is teaching NC-CNC machining technology, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and Robotic Interface Engineering, Robotic Applications, and Fundamentals of Computer Technology.Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University Dr. Xiaolong Li has an