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Maintaining The Science And Engineering Pipeline

Conference Session: Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Bruce Galloway, United States Navy; John Fishell, STEP
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

relocated to other DoD activities. The Metrology Engineering Center functionsand associated personnel were proposed to be relocated to a Navy activity in Indiana. This, ofcourse, caused the highly experienced and technical workforce to begin to plan for a potentialuprooting of homes and families and relocation to Indiana should the proposal be accepted by theBRAC Commission who had the final say. While the case was argued and reviewed, manyemployees found other jobs in Southern California. Others awaited an outcome. A generousseverance package would be available for those who chose to await the final outcome and thenbe involuntarily separated rather than relocate. One can clearly imagine the multitude ofnegative effects on the metrology engineering

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Ncsli's Metrology Ambassador Outreach Program

Conference Session: Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Georgia Harris, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

) Resources forMetrology Ambassadors to share what resources are readily available to engage their localschools.The key factor here was that NCSLI perceived a need to teach measurement professionals how tobe successful in outreach efforts to students.Effectiveness and ImpactNCSLI has found that people who want to be Ambassadors want a complete packaged messagefor every audience. For example, having a measurement kit and hand-outs is not enough forsome metrology professionals; they want a script and lesson plans too. Other Ambassadorsdemonstrate creativity and are able to effectively use the resources to supplement what theymight do. Therefore, the effectiveness and impact is terrific for some, but less effective than itcould be for others. NCSLI

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A New Electrical Engineering Laboratory Facility Combines Traditional Laboratory Experiments, Computer Based Lab Exercises, And Labs Taught Via Distance

Conference Session: Experiments in Remote-access Laboratories
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert Egbert, Missouri State University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

allotted cost and space constrains of the program.Laboratory ExperimentsCopies of all of the laboratory experiments performed in each laboratory course in the ElectricalEngineering program at Missouri S&T have been obtained. Students in the collaborativeElectrical Engineering program at MSU will run the same set of laboratory exercises in thefacility at MSU as is done at Missouri S&T. These experiments have been developed over timeby the faculty in the Electrical Engineering Department at Missouri S&T. Faculty in theprogram at Missouri S&T and MSU will regularly communicate to ensure that any changes,deletions, or additions to the laboratory experiments planned for a particular electricalEngineering lab class are noted at both

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Implementation Of A New Communication Laboratory

Conference Session: Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Shuju Wu, Southeast Missouri State University; Ragu Athinarayanan, Southeast Missouri State University; Xiaobing Hou, Southeast Missouri State University; Charlie Wallgren, Southeast Missouri State University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students of several TCNcourses to set up, configure and troubleshoot computer networks and related services (e.g.,routing, switching, networking services configuration such as DHCP, DNS, WWW, FTP, SMTP Page 14.690.5in both Windows and Linux operating systems).Currently, this networking lab is managed under a lab domain by a dedicated server withMicrosoft Windows Server 2003. This laboratory will be integrated to the backbone laboratorynetwork through a DS1/DS3 link. In the near future, we plan to add a Gigabit Ethernetconnection between Room 218 and Room 210 when supporting hardware equipments areavailable on both sides.2.7 Administration and

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A Labview Based On Line Robotic Arm For Students' Laboratory

Conference Session: LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Olawale Akinwale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Lawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern University; Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; A. M. Jubril, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Olutola. P. Jonah, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Soji Ilori, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

’ environment. This research work aims to set up an onlinecontrol engineering experimentation platform in the field of robotics. The aim was and is toexpand the set of online experiments in the Control Engineering field while introducingnewbies to robotics. The set of online experiments which this research work would put up arebased on a robotic arm.Three experiments have been set up at the Obafemi Awolowo University by this researcheffort. The experiments are: 1. A simple slider control experiment 2. An effect of gravity experiment Page 14.39.2 3. A trajectory planning experimentII. ReviewA lot of work has been done in the development of online

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Remote Experimentation With Mems Devices

Conference Session: Experiments in Remote-access Laboratories
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Bill Diong, Texas Christian University; Jamie Smith, Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics; Edward Kolesar, Texas Christian University; Rene Cote, Texas Christian University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

may allow less well-equipped laboratories the capability to perform the same experimentas other more privileged laboratories.Typical reservations concerned the shortcomings of specific aspects of this remote experiment’simplementation rather than the fundamental concept, e.g., “see the changes of the MEMS occurin real time versus [snapshots],” and “need [a better, more accurate] way to measure changes indeflection.”VII. Project ImpactThis project is making a positive contribution to the infrastructure for research and education.Both students and researchers are, or will be, benefiting from the MEMS remote experimentationsystem. We also plan to use it to increase the public’s awareness of how science and technologyaffects our daily lives

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Modeling And Experimental Observation Of A Rapid Compression In A Piston Cylinder Assembly For Use With Model Eliciting Activities

Conference Session: Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Frank Schreiber, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Glen Thorncroft, California Polytechnic State University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

advanced organizer is a newspaper article, a memofrom the client, or a company profile that helps students enter into the problem. The organizer Page 14.881.3includes questions to help students individually begin to think about the situation in which theyare being placed or assist them in organizing their conceptual understandings in a manner thatwill be advantageous to them as they work on the engineering task. The advanced organizer iswritten in such a way as to make the students define for themselves the problem a client needssolved. The students must assess the situation and create a plan of action to successfully meetthe client’s needs. One of

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From Handy Board To Vex: The Evolution Of A Junior Level Robotics Laboratory Course

Conference Session: LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Yanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the course was upgraded. The resultsof students’ survey on laboratory experience showed positive feedbacks in working with theVEX robotic kits and the MPLAB programming environment. However, students raisedconcerns that the VEX robotic kits did not offer enough sufficiency to build their designedsystem (Question 1 in Table 3). The author is constantly improving the course content and thelaboratory using students’ feedback. More VEX parts were added to the kits during the summerof 2008 based on students’ feedback. The score for Question 1 in the survey in the fall of 2008shows a small improvement. More parts are planned to be added during the summer of 2009.AcknowledgementThis work was supported by 2007 Summer Instructional Development Grant

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Assessment Of Remote “Optical Circuits” Laboratory Using Embedded Measurement Techniques

Conference Session: Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

figure1 as their set of outcomes to be assessed, conclude that there is a strong tendencyfor the simulation labs to emphasize conceptual understanding. Here we plan to limit the scopeof our investigation to formative assessment of conceptual understanding while further limitingdiscussion to online electrical engineering/technology laboratories which we take to include electrooptical laboratories. Various researchers have discussed implementation of online electrical engineering and network-ing laboratories [3, 8, 13, 29, 31, 26, 45, 40] without detailing their assessment approaches. Mostresearchers who have reported the results of their assessments of such online labs have concludedthat the laboratories were most effective according to the

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Laboratory Implementation Of A Small Scale Can Based Pm Bldc Motor Control For Automotive Accessory Electrification

Conference Session: DELOS Best Paper Nominations
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Qunfang Liao, Panasonic Automotive Systems
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experiment for educational purpose. Thedeveloped laboratory experiment will be implemented in two courses: Electric Machines andPower Electronics, and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology. The work is still ongoing to layoutthe laboratory exercises for students. It is planned to implement this laboratory in the Fall term2009.Bibliography1. M.A. Kluger, “Fuel economy benefits of electric and hydraulic off engine accessories,” SAE paper 2007-01- 0268, 2007.2. J.B. Redfield, B. Surampudi, G. Ray, A.F. Montemayor, H.A. McKee, T.D. Edwards and M.P. Lasecki, “Accessory electrification in class 8 tractors,” SAE paper 2006-01-0215, 2006.3. M.C. Algrain, W.H. Lane and D.C. Orr, “A case study in the electrification of class-8 trucks,” Electric Machines

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A Framework For Developing A Cohesive Set Of Remote Laboratories For Distributed Distance Learning Settings

Conference Session: Experiments in Remote-access Laboratories
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Andrew Hyder, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Post, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

understand a problem. Table 3: List of learning styles and their respective strengths Learning Styles Strengths Convergent Practical application of Ideas Divergent Imaginative ability and generation of ideas Assimilation Creating theoretical models and making sense of disparate observations Accommodative Carrying out plans and that involve them in new experiences Page 14.29.9 Going beyond the idea of hands on learning, in the above Table 3 the positive attributesof more method based learning traits are shown. Remote Laboratory experiments should alwayscover each of these categories. Convergent

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A Laboratory Exercise To Teach The Hydrostatic Principle As A Core Concept In Fluid Mechanics

Conference Session: Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Brian Benini, Case Western Reserve University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

exercises aimed at teaching coreprinciples in the fluid and thermal science through the use of guided inquiry. The exerciseprocedure is being tested at PSB and Portland State. Since the exercises are currently beingdeveloped and tested they are undergoing constant revision and improvement. Final versions ofthe worksheets will ultimately be available for others to use. Future work planned for thisproject includes: 1) Continuing to test and improve the worksheets at the authors’ schools. 2) Making the exercises, including the worksheets, LabView VI’s, and hardware requirements available to other schools for beta testing. 3) Possibly providing workshops to describe not only the test goals and procedures, but also