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Jiancheng Liu

422 Laboratory Projects Introduced in Teaching Manufacturing Processes Course Jiancheng Liu, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering University of the Pacific 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211-0197 jliu@pacific.eduIntroductionMechanical engineering students should graduate with strong practical and interpersonal skills (1,2) . Manufacturing Processes is a fundamental mechanical engineering course

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179 Laboratory Projects Appropriate for Non-Engineers and Freshman Engineering Students Kate Disney, Mission College Engineering Faculty John Krupczak, Hope College Professor of EngineeringIntroductionThe engineering departments at Hope College and Mission College both offer technologicalliteracy courses targeted to non-science majoring students. These lab-based general educationcourses are designed with mechanical dissection and “make

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Hassan Mohamed-Nour

109 A Conceptual Approach to Developing a Universal Remote Laboratory for Education and Research in Electrical Power Engineering Hassan Mohamed-Nour Department of Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA 90840, nour@csulb.eduAbstractOne crucial element of education in electrical power engineering is the laboratory component.The laboratory instruction may be delivered in physical laboratories using real equipment orthrough simulation software tools, and in many cases utilizing

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273 Development of a Student-Centered Hands-on Laboratory Experiment of Chemical Detection using Micro-cantilever Sensor and Optical Lever Amplification Technique * Geon S. Seo Department of Aerospace and Mechaical Engineering University of Arizona Eniko T. Enikov Department of Aerospace and Mechaical Engineering University of Arizona

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through a big transition of the programwith one professor retirement (founder of the program) and two new faculty members arriving.Our recent activities comprise following three major parts: 1) Expanded teaching laboratory, 2)Strong faculty/students research projects, and 3) Active SPIE student club. We are presenting theabove three efforts in this paper.1. IntroductionCalifornia Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) has one of the nation's largest primarilyundergraduate engineering colleges. The photonics program within the EE department began in1985. Currently, there are two senior elective lecture courses and one graduate-level lecture inthe photonics area. A 700 ft2 fiber-optics laboratory was introduced in 1986. This laboratoryserves dual

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Tariq Qayyum

@csupomona.eduProceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 81AbstractThis FPGA course is designed for junior level students who are pursuing a baccalaureate degreein electronics and computer engineering technology. Exercises were adapted for use of the AlteraDE-26 development board, which were donated by Altera cooperation. Software used wasQuartus II, which is freely available from Altera website. The board was found to be useful andstudent-friendly for majority of the laboratory exercises and for simple design projects.IntroductionUse of a hardware description language, such as VHDL or

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380 Expanding Engineering Education through Undergraduate Research Experience in Micro-Robotic Drug Delivery Eniko T. Enikov 1 , Malcolm T. Gibson 2 Advanced Micro and Nano Systems Laboratory, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona. 1 Principal Investigator, 2 Undergraduate StudentAbstract This paper examines the use of MEMS research in bio-medical micro-robotic drugdelivery as an education vehicle for expanding the effectiveness of undergraduate engineeringeducation in order to meet advancing challenges of the future

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Vasco D. Polyzoev; Eniko T. Enikov

242 Teaching Classical Control to Mechanical Engineers via Take-Home Experimental Setup Based on Microcontrollers Vasco D. Polyzoev, Eniko T. Enikov Advanced Micro and Nano Systems Laboratory, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of ArizonaI. IntroductionSupplementing a control systems class with a hands-on experience for students by working on areal dynamical system helps in better understanding the classical control theory and emphasizesthe importance of its applications. For a small size class this could be

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Estelle M. Eke

programming languageincluding C and C++, (ii) engineering materials, (iii) circuits and (iv) engineering mechanics –statics. The mode of course delivery is two 50-minute lectures and a 3-hour laboratory per week.Emphasis was on the introduction to numerical computation and assigned problems were solvedon a PC/Workstation. Tests and final exams that rely heavily on computation were used toevaluate student performance; laboratory reports were used to assess writing skills. It wasobserved that a typical class was made up of two types of students; those who enjoyedprogramming, and students who considered programming as drudgery and were not motivated todo more than the minimum amount of work required to get a passing grade. The latter group alsohad

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tobe a motivational and fun way to help students learn about rigid body dynamics. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 284IntroductionAt Cal Poly, students have always been encouraged to utilize a hands-on approach towardslearning. In our coursework, we have found that real-world type of problems help students learnthe material more effectively, as well as prepare them for careers in engineering. Throughout allthe laboratories and student projects, Cal Poly's "learn by doing" motto is evident - in how weapply the principles of engineering towards realistic

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Gordon W. Romney

that its teaching model is based on “one-course-per-month”, its students are largelyemployed in industry, and the instructors are “up to date” with current technology because themajority are simultaneously employed in the IT industry. The majority of the students, likewise,are IT professionals, bringing with them many advanced skills, and are highly motivated towardobtaining a degree in order to advance in their profession. At NU the BS IT Management (ITM)program offers classes both in-person and on-line. Specific challenges of the NU teaching model,as they apply to IT, are its accelerated pace, long instruction class periods, the lack of thetraditional laboratory experience and the increasing demand for on-line instruction. Thetransition of

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student, and a quiz section. In the quiz section, students mustrun experiments, analyze their data, and then check to see if they have an answer within anacceptable range. The Lab charges virtual $ for each experiment to teach students that theyshould not run experiments indiscriminately, and then awards them virtual $ for correct answers.The Budget Report records the history of each quiz. Students must turn in their data, analysiswork, and a copy of the Budget Report which contains an authentication code. These quizzesincorporate the features Pavia9 lists that should be exhibited by a laboratory simulation.It is interesting to observe a new group of students start to use the software in a computer lab.Doing homework in the Lab is much different

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Stephen Beck; Joshua Brent; Thomas Brown; Agostino Cala; Eniko T. Enikov; Richard Lucio

395 Engineering 101: Peer Teaching with LEGO NXT Robotics Stephen Beck1, Joshua Brent1, Thomas Brown1, Agostino Cala1, Eniko T. Enikov2, Richard Lucio III1 1 Undergraduate Student Mentors; 2Faculty advisor Advanced Micro and Nano Systems Laboratory, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of ArizonaAbstractThe vast amount of knowledge and the multitude of disciplines encompassed by engineering canoften be intimidating and difficult, creating an educational barrier for beginning students. Thegoal of an

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veryfriendly and useful for better understanding of the basic terms used in random variables andprocesses.AcknowledgementThis work was supported in part by the CONACYT under Grant No. 91013. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 344References 1. Li, S. G. and Lie, Q. (2004). Interactive Groundwater (IGW): An Innovative Digital Laboratory for Groundwater Education and Research, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 11(4), 179-203. 2. Jovanovic Dolecek, G. (1997). RANDEMO: Educational Software for Random Signal Analysis, Computer Applications in

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102 18. A Conceptual Approach to Developing a Universal Remote Laboratory for Education and Research in Electrical Power Engineering, Hassan Mohamed-Nour 109 19. Use of Concept Maps to Build Student Understanding and Connections Among Course Topics, Paul Blowers 114 20. A Framework for Developing Courses on Engineering and Technology for Non-Engineers, Vince Bertsch, John Krupczak, Kate Disney, Elsa Garmire, and Tim Simpson 136 21. Computer Applications in Mechanical Engineering, Estelle M. Eke 150 22

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and system level modeling using HDL, and application of embedded microcontroller hardware and software as they related to education and laboratory environments.Deepak Anand Mr. Deepak Anand received a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication from Uttar Pradesh Technical University in India in 2006. He also received a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University Fresno in 2008. His research interests include nanotechnology, embedded system, and control Systems Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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. Fig. 9. Rating scheme.AcknowledgementThis work was supported in part by the CONACYT under Grant No. 91013.References1.T. C. Hutchinson, F. Kuester, „ Hardware Architecture for a Visualization Classroom: VizClass, 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput appl Eng Educ 12:232-241.2. Fuller D.A. and Moreno A.F. (2004). Experimenting With a Computer-Mediated Collaborative Interaction Model to Support Engineering Courses, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 12 (3), 175-187.3. Li, S. G. and Lie, Q.(2004). Interactive Groundwater (IGW): An Innovative Digital Laboratory for Groundwater Education and Research, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 11 (4), 179-203.4. Fu, T.T. (2003). Applications of Computer Simulation in

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Thomas J. Impelluso

algorithms to multiply matrices. Mechanical engineering coding exampleswere not integrated into the course; they were presented without instructional design forethought.2.2 Course delivery Prior to Fall 2006 the class met physically and the exclusive method of content deliverywas through face to face lecture. Instruction was provided in a workstation laboratory. Thislaboratory was a dedicated computational resource cluster of 30 UltraSPARC models 170 and170E workstations using the Sun Grid Engine software from Sun Microsystems. Each stationin the cluster had 128MB of physical memory, and contained one 167MHz US-I CPU. Theworkstations were interconnected using high-speed network infrastructure from Myricom. The instructor taught at

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student’s points of view. Areas of future research will also be discussed.Review of Literature Most engineering schools use team based projects, or laboratory assignments to helpstudents develop skills necessary for their professional careers. Teamwork skills havetraditionally been developed by assigning students to teams. To some extent, this approach doesproduce results, but a better approach was undertaken at the University of Dayton[4] wherestudent teams were instructed on teambuilding and leadership. One of their suggestions was notonly to instruct, but to give students opportunities to work on teams where students refine theirskills as they mature though the engineering program. Many researchers have struggled with thedifficult task of

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modules have been developed for a variety of undergraduate CivilEngineering courses, including the following areas: • Introduction to Civil Engineering Design • Mechanics of Materials and Materials Testing Laboratory • Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering • Contracts and Specifications • Environmental Engineering • Solid Waste Management • Reinforced Concrete Design • Transportation Engineering and Pavement Materials Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 412The following sections describe the objectives, scope, and

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roles in the team. Each team may utilize different tools and address the problem from adifferent perspective. Some students can assume a role as clinicians, as for example, to ‘diagnose’the disease by conducting a series of pathological tests including blood tests and checking thephysical symptoms. In doing so, the students need to learn what the symptoms are for dengue andwhat sort of laboratory tests are required to diagnose such a case. This dengue management projectwill specifically require students to use various computational and web based tools to discover theidentity of the virus, given some preliminary biological data under the supervision of the instructorand in consultation with the researchers and sequences to test a hypothesis

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Paul Blowers

reported liking the concept maps, but 28% did not like them. The authorswent on to use concept maps extensively as a student assessment tool in a first-year veterinarymedical school course on physiology. The course consisted of two exams, seven quizzes, and 11concept-mapping assignment in addition to five laboratory reports. The concept mappingexercises constituted 17.5% of the total grade in the course. Students were surveyed about theirlikes and dislikes of the concept maps and only 21 % reported liking concept maps, but 81 % feltthat concept maps helped them understand material and 68 % thought it helped them organizeinformation. So, while students don't like them, they self assess themselves to benefit from them,indicating there may be some

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mathematical formulas. Combined with wirelessnetworking technology, Tablet PCs have the potential to provide an ideal venue for applyingpreviously proven collaborative teaching and learning techniques commonly used in smallerengineering laboratory and discussion sessions to a larger, more traditional lecture setting. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 33Currently, the range of use of Tablet PCs in the classroom includes enhancing lecturepresentations8,9, digital ink and note taking10, E-Books (books in electronic format) that allowhyperlinks and annotations11

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failure to pass the prerequisite skillsexam can be a useful indicator for at-risk students.IntroductionThe Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering undergraduate degree programs at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University (ERAU) in Prescott, Arizona, are somewhat traditional four-yearundergraduate engineering degree programs. The Prescott campus of ERAU may be categorizedas a “teaching institution,” where the engineering faculty place emphasis on instructor-studentinteraction, design experiences, and hands-on laboratory learning.Student retention is receiving increasing interest at Embry-Riddle, especially in recent monthswith the troubled economy. This is not a unique position for a small, private, tuition-drivenuniversity such as Embry-Riddle. Many such

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248 Using Model Eliciting Activities in a Dynamics Course Teresa M. Ogletree, Brian P. Self, and James Widmann California Polytechnic State University San Luis ObispoAbstractTypical assignments in a traditional dynamics course often do little to motivate students or togive them an indication of how they would use the material in a future job situation. Manyinstructors are now attempting to provide motivational projects, hands-on demonstrations, andeven laboratory assignments to increase understanding and motivation. To

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Raman Menon Unnikrishnan; Ricardo V. Lopez

) 00.00 (n=0) CPSC 121 Programming Concepts 77.78 (n=9) 33.33 (n=3) EGCE 206 Computer Aided Drafting 100.00 (n=4) 100.00 (n=9) EGEE 245 Com. Logic and Architecture 100.00 (n=2) 00.00 (n=0) EGME 245 Laboratory 100.00 (n=2) 00.00 (n=0)Conclusion The ECS Scholars program contains the integral parts of a structured LC: 1) blockscheduling, 2) incorporation of Freshmen Seminar Groups, 3) Service Learning Component and4) collaboration between faculty and student affairs professionals.8 The program allows studentsto take advantage