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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University

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Paper ID #6589Examining skill retention from a redesigned laboratory course to capstonedesign sequenceDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Assistant Academic Specialist and Director of LaboratoriesDr. Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University Page 23.558.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Examining skill retention from a redesigned laboratory course to capstone design sequenceAbstractAt Northeastern University, Measurements and Analysis is a laboratory course

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Georgia L Harris, NIST

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Paper ID #6902Incorporating Adult Learning Methods and Project Based Learning in Lab-oratory Metrology CoursesMrs. Georgia L Harris, NIST Program Leader in the Laboratory Metrology Group of the NIST Office of Weights and Measures with nearly 30 years experience in education and training of laboratory metrology concepts and practices. Page 23.728.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Incorporating Adult Learning Methods and Project Based Learning in Laboratory

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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Jodi Reeves, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Mohammad N Amin, National University; Arthur Strum Davis

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Paper ID #6793Innovations in Remote Laboratories & Simulation Software for Online andOn-Site Engineering StudentsDr. Jodi Reeves, National University Dr. Jodi Reeves is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Engineering at National University in San Diego, CA. She teaches courses in design engineering, engineering management, electric circuits, and other applied engineering courses. She is also the lead faculty for the Data Analytics program in the School of Engineering, Technology, and Media at National University. Prior to academia, she worked for almost ten years as a quality control manager

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

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Paper ID #7273Laboratory Experiment in Engineering Materials for Upper-Level Under-graduate and Graduate StudentsDr. David R Veazie P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University Dr. Veazie received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern University in 1986, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1987 and 1993, respectively. He worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories in New Jersey as a Member of the Technical Staff and was a National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow at the NASA Langley Research Center. In 1994, he joined Clark Atlanta University’s Department of Engineering, and

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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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Paper ID #6343Development of Verification and Validation Engineering Design Skills througha Multi-year Cognitive Apprenticeship Laboratory ExperienceDr. Allison L. Sieving, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University Allison Sieving is the Laboratory and Assessment Coordinator for the Weldon School of Biomedical En- gineering at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in Biology from Bowling Green State University. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Basic Medical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering programs at Wayne State University, respectively. At Purdue, her work focuses on developing and im

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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

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radio communications. From 1976 to 1978 he was at Starkey Labs. Inc., Minneapolis MN, as a Staff Re- search Engineer, working on applications of digital signal processing for the design of advanced hearing instruments, and for their automated evaluation. Since 1979 he has been on the faculty at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University, Blacksburg VA, currently as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Digital Signal Processing Research Laboratory (DSPRL). Page 23.290.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Closing the Design

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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Matthew G Feemster, U.S. Naval Academy

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Paper ID #7900A Systematic Approach for Development and Simulation of Digital ControlAlgorithms using SIMULINKProf. Matthew G Feemster, U.S. Naval Academy Matthew Feemster received his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in 2000. From 2000 to 2002, he was the lead Controls Engineer at WaveCrest Laboratories based in Dulles, VA. In 2002, he accepted a position at the U.S. Naval Academy where he is currently an Associate Professor. His current research interests include nonlinear/adaptive control techniques applied to marine applications

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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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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general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, en- gineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. Since joining the Rensselaer faculty in 1974, he has been continuously involved in research programs at such places as Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Universities of Texas and Wisconsin in the U.S., Kyoto and Nagoya Universities in Japan, the Ioffe Institute in Russia, and Kharkov Institute of Physics and Tech- nology in Ukraine. He was ECSE Department Head from 2001-2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association from 2003-2008. He is presently the Education Director for the SMART LIGHTING NSF ERC

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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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places as Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Universities of Texas and Wisconsin in the U.S., Kyoto and Nagoya Universities in Japan, the Ioffe Institute in Russia, and Kharkov Institute of Physics and Tech- nology in Ukraine. He was ECSE Department Head from 2001-2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association from 2003-2008. He is presently the Education Director for the SMART LIGHTING NSF ERC.Dr. Bonnie Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology Bonnie Ferri is a Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. She has been doing research in the area of hands-on education for 10 years and has won several awards for her

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy ; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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finite gain-bandwidth products. Finally, students’ feedbackcoupled with hourly examination results suggest to us that this laboratory does reinforce studentlearning with respect to real-world op-amp applications.AcknowledgmentThe authors extend special gratitude to LT Matt Kempe from USCGA’s Electrical EngineeringSection, who helped us with laboratory configurations and initial Matlab code for effecting datatransfer from the Agilent 35670 analyzers.References: 1. Peterson, B., Hartnett, R., and Gross, K., Analog and Digital Filter Design, unpublished textbook, 2012. 2. Schaumann, R., and Van Valkenburg, M., Design of Analog Filters, Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 2001. 3. Van Valkenburg, M., Analog Filter Design

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central; Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central

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discrete FourierTransform, FFT algorithm, signal spectrum analysis, filter frequency responses, and filterimplementations using the direct-form I and direct-form II, and so on. The second portionintroduced FIR design and IIR design with an emphasis on real-time digital filter implementationand applications. We focus on the real-time DSP speech project in this paper.The course was taught in 16 weeks with 3 lecture hours and 3 laboratory hours per week. Thetextbook selected was “Digital Signal Processing: Fundamentals and Applications.” published byElsevier, 2007 1. The textbook presents course materials at an appropriate math level, uses an Page

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego

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resistance case and 107.6 MHz (+8.8% or +0.038 decade) when applied to the lowsignal source resistance case. The authors consider the high 3-dB frequency match to beexcellent: much better than the typical match between experiment and simulation. Page 23.1326.7 Figure 4 Sample MathCAD calculations of SPICE capacitance valuesIV. AssessmentIn the fall semester of 2012, 15 students performed a laboratory exercise using these methods.Preliminary student assessment of experimental and simulation data shows results consistentwith the finding of this paper. A detailed assessment will be made available upon gathering alarger sample size. In the spring

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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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. Page 23.639.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013  1 of 15 Getting More Learning From Labs – Six Principles to Build Understandingand SkillAbstractThis paper describes an approach to increasing student learning in engineering labs based onrecent education research [1-4] and industry needs [5]. A set of six guiding principles fordesigning lab exercises are presented. The principles are illustrated in the context of anundergraduate laboratory course in Digital Signal Processing where the pedagogy has evolvedover four years. Changes to the labs were driven by the desire to motivate students’ engagement,improve

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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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perform experimental research and encouraged their matriculation to graduate school. Dr. Traum also serves as the founding Chief Technology Officer at EASENET, a start-up renewable energy company he co-founded with his former students to commercialize residential scale waste-to-energy biomass processor systems.Dr. Vincent ”Vince” C Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Vincent Prantil earned his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. He has worked as a senior member of technical staff in the Applied Mechanics and Materials Modeling Directorates at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California where he was a co-recipient of the R&D100 Award for

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Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo

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alreadyfamiliar with the LabVIEW programming environment used with NI ELVIS workstations and toa limited degree NXT Mindstorms. DaNI uses a more powerful hardware platform while keepingthe LabVIEW programming environment. The addition of a Kinect for Xbox 360 sensor motionpackage and a fit-PC2 greatly enhances the capabilities of the robot (DaNI-K).Previous Work The importance of laboratory experiments and projects in engineering education can bejustified by various learning theories. In this case, the justification comes from Kolb and histheory of learning called “Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle.” According to Kolb 1, regardless Page 23.363.2of

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

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Paper ID #6719A Remotely-accessible Reconfigurable Platform for Robotics EducationProf. M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto Reza Emami is the Director of the Aerospace Mechatronics group and the Coordinator of the Aero-Design Undergraduate Laboratories at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.Mr. Jason Kereluk, University of Toronto Jason Kereluk is a PhD Student in the space mechatronics group at the University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace Studies. His interest is in the field of re-configurable robotics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A Beardsley PE, Central Washington University

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