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Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent C Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William C Farrow, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hope Leigh Weiss, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Paper ID #6217Interconnecting the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Through An Inte-grated Multicourse Model Rocketry ProjectDr. Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Matthew J. Traum is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2007] where he held a research assistantship at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN). At MIT he invented a new nano-enabled garment to provide simultaneous ballistic and thermal pro- tection to infantry soldiers. Dr. Traum

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Avik Dayal, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; A. A. (Louis) Beex, Virginia Tech

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Paper ID #6836Closing the Design Cycle: Integration of Analysis, Simulation, and Measure-ments Results to Guide Students on Evaluation of DesignMr. Avik Dayal, Virginia TechDr. Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech Kathleen Meehan is presently an Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her previous academic positions were at at the University of Denver and West Virginia University. Prior to moving in academia, she was employed at Lytel, Inc., Polaroid Corporation, and Biocontrol Technology. She received her B.S.E.E. from Manhattan College and her M.S. and Ph.D

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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within real-worldsettings, such as multidisciplinary needs of industry10-12. However, these courses could bechallenging too. Page 23.1142.2In our ABET accredited BSE- Mechatronics program, the scope of the courses included morethan one engineering discipline since mechatronics, as one of the fast growing fields inengineering, inherently required an integration of mechanical, electrical and softwareengineering into appropriate control architectures. Moreover, engineering design concepts(including a block diagram to illustrate an engineering design process) were introduced in a first-year introductory course, and reinforced several times in

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech

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concepts,experimental concepts and skills, and give them experience in system level design andintegration.Imagine mobile hands-on learning activities that involve both thestudent and the faculty member in the learning process withoutconsiderable time or effort by the instructor. And, suppose thatthere are freely available resources to assist a faculty member,educated under the old lecture system, to introduce hands-onlearning modules and rapidly develop his or her own modulesusing validated procedures. Now, let’s consider what wouldhappen if this pedagogical approach is integrated throughout aSTEM curriculum so that students see how concepts from onecourse can be applied in other course to build a system-levelunderstanding of their discipline and

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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, andstudent laptops, for displaying the signals.IntroductionElectric guitars are fascinating to students and provide an excellent motivating platform forengineering exploration in acoustics, vibration, electronics, electromagnetics, stresses and strain,and signals and systems1. Students generally respond very positively to the use of the guitar as asource of electrical signals because it is something they already know about, and they canphysically see the creation of the signals when the guitar is plucked. Used as an experimentalplatform, a guitar provides sound, touch, and sight sensory input to students. Coupled with a dataacquisition board, the electric guitar provides the source of a complex signal that might beanalyzed in the time domain or in

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgia L Harris, NIST

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, or engineering degree. It has been found through instructionalexperience that most working professionals, even in these fields, have historically not beenadequately exposed to the concepts covered in this course. This situation could change in thefuture through sharing these concepts among university professors. At this time, application ofthese concepts or case studies into an engineering curriculum could be done at either anintroductory or advanced level, depending on the prior knowledge of the students.Pre-reading assignments given to the students include the following materials:  ISO/IEC 17025, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories2;  Beginner’s Guide to Measurement3; and

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R Veazie P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University

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required curriculum for upper-levelundergraduate and graduate students seeking degrees in the science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) fields. These laboratory experiments usually involve materials and/ormaterial properties that were designed to establish a level of specification and implementationmethodology. However, often these laboratory experiments were developed for well definedsystems in controlled environments in order to take advantage of limited resources such asexpensive materials, laboratory space and testing supplies. Material systems that incorporate adependence on more than one parameter for processing and subsequent characterization pose asignificant problem in that the experiment designer may not possess the

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison L. Sieving, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Marcia Pool, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Trisha Eustaquio, Purdue University; Rajtarun Madangopal, Purdue University; Alyssa Panitch PhD; Kate Stuart, Purdue University; Ann E Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Scott Alan Jewett

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mechanisms. The research approach integrates mathematical modeling, systems analysis, and control theory directly with experiments on cellular and physiological systems. The ultimate goal is to advance tissue engi- neering, therapeutic design, and personalized medicine based upon validated quantitative approaches that combine theory with experiments and link the controls community with the life sciences and biomedi- cal communities. Dr. Rundell is also actively involved in curriculum design and employs pedagogical advances towards engineering education. She was recently appointed the Vice Chair of the IFAC Tech- nical Committee on Control in Society and serves as a member of the steering committee for the IEEE CSS

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto; Jason Kereluk, University of Toronto

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. Page 23.97.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013A REMOTELY-ACCESSIBLE RECONFIGURABLE PLATFORM FOR ROBOTICS EDUCATION Page 23.97.2AbstractThis paper discusses a new remotely-accessible, serial-manipulator platform for roboticseducation. The hardware is an 18 degree of freedom manipulator that can lock any combinationof its joints in any position in their continuous range to emulate a manipulator with fewer degreesof freedom. The manipulator is controlled by an integrated design and simulation environmentrunning on a host workstation, which links through a target processor to the manipulatorhardware. The software application is remotely accessible by students via

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); David S Martins, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Eisenhart Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition, he works part-time for Eastman Kodak as a Senior Design Engineer and is a TAC of ABET commissioner.Dr. David S Martins, Rochester Institute of Technology David S. Martins is Associate Professor and director of the University Writing Program at Rochester Institute of Technology. His article on the use of scoring rubrics won the Best Article of the Year 2008 in Teaching English in the Two Year College, and his articles have appeared in Communication Studies, the Journal of Medical Humanities, and in edited collections. He works with faculty across the curriculum to integrate writing into their design of high quality learning environments