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Tooran Emami Ph. D.

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Computer Simulation Modeling of a Real System in an Undergraduate Computer Control Systems Laboratory Tooran Emami U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT 06320AbstractThis paper presents the procedures for modeling a real time DC motor based on computersimulation in a Computer Control Systems laboratory. The lab is for undergraduate junior levelElectrical Engineering students at the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). Thislaboratory enhances better understanding fundamental engineering concepts via hands onexperience. The objectives are to identify a continuous time transfer

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Benjamin D. McPheron

2015 ASEE Nor theast Section Confer ence Audio and Vision Pr oj ects Augmenting a Studio Style L ab Exper ience in a Signal Pr ocessing Cour se Benj amin D. M cPher on Roger Williams UniversityAbstr actEngineering students greatly benefit from laboratory education and team projects, as these typesof experiences prepare students for internships, research projects, and entry into the engineeringprofession. Unfortunately, laboratory classes can be difficult to fit into the course load of anengineering program at a liberal arts-focused university, where students are exposed tosignificant breadth, as well as

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David Willis; Jeremy Vaillant

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Designing a Scalable Mechanical Engineering Freshman Year Experience for Relevant and Engaging Hands-On Experiences David Willisa and Jeremy Vaillantb a. Assistant Professor, U. Massachusetts Lowell1 1/ b. Graduate Student, U. of Massachusetts LowellAbstractThis paper describes the design, implementation and results of a new Mechanical EngineeringFreshman Year Experience course being offered at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Thenew course integrates meaningful hands-on experiences using inexpensive desktop CNC ma-chines, core concepts laboratories, Matlab programming and communications. The two

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Paul B. Crilly

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Teaching an Undergraduate Electromagnetics and Antennas Course Using A Hand-Held RF Analyzer - Engaged Learning Paul B. Crilly Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT 06320AbstractThis paper describes an experiential learning concept to teach undergraduate electromagneticsand antenna theory using a hand-held RF analyzer and other basic laboratory apparatus. Theanalyzer contains both an RF source and spectrum analyzer. The RF source serves to enableSWR measurement for stub matching, measuring cable losses, detecting cable faults, cablelengths, and such

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Corinna Fleischmann; Elizabeth Nakagawa; Tyler Kelley

on the bigger picture.2Current CE Materials Course AssessmentTo redesign the course, the baseline curriculum was dissected and lesson delivery methods werecategorized based on tacit (experiential) or explicit (articulated) knowledge. Once all theactivities were defined, an evaluation of the current course schedule revealed that 23 out of the29 classroom instruction, not including laboratory, were primarily delivered by the instructor andfocused on explicit knowledge (Table 1). This analysis indicated an absence of tacit knowledgein the course, indicating a potential area for improvement. Five years ago, when one facultymember retired, the course underwent its first iteration of change. Prior to this change, tacitinstruction existed solely

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Michael Geselowitz; John Vardalas

different historical contexts.Rather than require students to write the standard history term paper, we assigned a term projectto study the relationship of design to performance in ancient naval vessels in the Aegean. Thestudents were challenged to make connections between their hands-on experiences and the largerhistorical and geographic contexts. In other words, interdisciplinary, experiential learning wasapplied not to the technical component of engineering education, but to the societal contextcomponent. The preliminary results were encouraging. Plans are underway to adjust and re-offer the course, and to disseminate it more broadly.KeywordsHistory, society, laboratory, engineering, educationBackgroundAs the authors have discussed previously1

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Sigrid Berka

Institute for Medicinal Pharmacy to internship at BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany This Chemical Engineering & German senior was involved in Chemical research in three different labs—stretching across both the spectrum of scientific fields and different locations. His undergraduate engineering research journey took him from a project sponsored by NSF led by Geoffrey Bothun in URI’s Bionanotechnology Laboratory trying to enhance oil spill treatment methods, to characterizing drug delivery systems under Professor Heike Bunje’s guidance at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology at TU Braunschweig to attempting to increase the lifetime of a battery cell at BASF’s Ludwigshafen headquarters. At first glance these research topics seem to be

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John E. Patterson

and is easier to work with.The efficiency of the solar water heater is dependent on the transfer and absorption of heat. Byincreasing the heat absorbency and transfer rate the efficiency of the collector is too increased,thus there is a higher amount of heat available for heating the water. An open or circulatingsystem, the heat transfer is expected to vary from that of a static system.The measurement of energy received from the sun upon a surface are is known as solarirradiation. The standard measurement is kilowatts per square meter per day ((KWh/m2)/Day).The amount of solar radiation is based on the location of the measurement throughout the world.The readings are presented by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)6

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Anne L. van de Ven; Mary H. Shann; Srinivas Sridhar

nanomedicine research project that could beconducted from at least two different perspectives within different laboratories (and ifappropriate, via an internship as well). For some students, the proposed research was acontinuation of their primary thesis project; for others, it was an opportunity to develop a newsecondary research direction. Trainees were asked to select at least one scientific co-mentorduring the application process; however, many took the initiative to cultivate additional mentorsover their 2-year training period (Table 1). Sources of formal and informal mentorship wereidentified from trainee progress reports, meetings, interviews, and publications. Table 1. Trainee utilization of mentoring during their Nanomedicine research

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Jeffrey R. Mountain

transfer, materials and manufacturing, and mechanical systems design.(f) an understanding of professional and ethical 6. Recognize and achieve a high level of professionalresponsibility and ethical conduct in all aspects of engineering work.(g) an ability to communicate effectively 7. Formulate and deliver effective written and verbal communications of laboratory, analytical, and design project work to a variety of audiences.(h) the broad education

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Michael J. Davidson

the structure, in a three dimensionalmodel and through the use of add-on software and/or third party software analyze and design thestructure. As educators, how do we, or for that matter do we, bring this software to theclassroom or laboratory. It allows our students to solve complex problems and potentially makesthem more marketable. However, if all we teach is the software, who answers the question “ Dothe results make sense?” As of today and it may change in the future, the computer does nothave a professional engineering stamp and the software provider implicitly states that it shares noliability and make no guarantees concerning the use of the output from its software. Is itpossible to make tens of thousands of input entries and have no

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Matthew Stein

each of the forty-three in-classexample problems. The simulation must duplicate the mechanical conditions of the problem andproduce a numerical result for an output parameter. This result is compared to theoretical analysisproduced by algebraic manipulation of equations and computation on a hand-held calculator. Eachvideo demonstrates how to extract numerical results from the simulation and compares these tohand-calculated results, finding remarkable agreement. Students follow the videos in the school’scomputer laboratory listening to the audio on individual headphones. They are often seenrepeatedly rewinding and replaying the video while simultaneously constructing a simulation oftheir own similar but distinct homework problems. To define

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Naser M. Alajmi; Khaled M. Elleithy

25 years of teaching experience. His teaching evaluations are distinguished inall the universities he joined. He supervised hundreds of senior projects, MS theses and Ph.D.dissertations. He supervised several Ph.D. students. He developed and introduced many newundergraduate/graduate courses. He also developed new teaching / research laboratories in his area ofexpertise.Dr. Elleithy is the editor or co-editor for 12 books by Springer. He is a member of technical programcommittees of many international conferences as recognition of his research qualifications. He served as aguest editor for several International Journals. He was the chairman for the International Conference onIndustrial Electronics, Technology & Automation, IETA 2001, 19

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Ramadhan J. Mstafa; Khaled M. Elleithy

communications, network security, quantumcomputing, and formal approaches for design and verification. He has published more than threehundred research papers in international journals and conferences in his areas of expertise. Dr.Elleithy has more than 25 years of teaching experience. His teaching evaluations aredistinguished in all the universities he joined. He supervised hundreds of senior projects, MStheses and Ph.D. dissertations. He supervised several Ph.D. students. He developed andintroduced many new undergraduate/graduate courses. He also developed new teaching /research laboratories in his area of expertise. Dr. Elleithy is the editor or co-editor for 12 booksby Springer. He is a member of technical program committees of many international

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Md. M. Rashid; Mahbub Ahmed

laboratory work). Website or other electronic locations for the course (i.e., Blackboard) may be listed here. • Units/time dedicated per week (i.e., meets on T, Th at 4:00 – 5:15 PM) • Prerequisites/co-requisites – should include course names and numbers according to institution catalog so that they can be easily identified. B. Instructor information • Instructors’ names and preferred name – name or names and their function in relation to the course, along with degrees and credentials (i.e., Dr. John Doe, P.E., instructor; and Smith, L., Ph.D candidate, teaching assistant (TA)). The instructor prefer to be called Professor Doe, and the TA prefer to be called Mr. Smith) • Office hour – indicate where and how students should