Paper ID #7265Work in Progress: A Multi-Faceted Laboratory Module in CardiovascularFluid Mechanics to Develop Analysis and Evaluation Skills in Biomedical En-gineering UndergraduatesDr. Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. LaMack teaches full-time in the Biomedical Engineering program in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the MIlwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). His areas of spe- cialty include biophysical transport phenomena, biocomputing, physiology, and engineering design. Dr. LaMack holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, and he is an alumnus of the
Paper ID #6879Work in Progress: An Engineering in Medicine Programme - Opening Engi-neering Students’ Mind Through a Living Laboratory EducationDr. Desmond Y.R. Chong, National University of Singapore Desmond Chong is currently a Lecturer in the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (EDIC) and the Department of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and Master of Engineering (by research), both from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a PhD in Orthopaedic Biomechanics from Imperial College London, UK. Prior to joining NUS, he was
. 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
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
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
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
Paper ID #7324Developing Direct Measures of Global CompetenceDr. Jennifer DeBoer, MIT Jennifer DeBoer is currently a postdoctoral associate for education research at MIT’s Teaching and Learn- ing Laboratory. She completed her doctoral work at Vanderbilt University in international education pol- icy studies, focusing on engineering student access, equity, and success, and she completed her bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and foreign languages and literatures at MIT. Her research interests in- clude the use of technology in education in low-income contexts and the structure of engineering training for
-potential signals from skin that were coming from deep withinthe body. Commercially available instrumentation facilitates these processes by providing aflexible interface to acquire, visualize, and analyze bio-signals. Anonymous assessment resultsof student attitudes and opinions regarding posed statements concerning bio-potential signals arepresented. All students agreed that the laboratory experience provided insights into bioelectricitythat they did not gather from text or lecture alone.IntroductionActive learning is a well-studied approach to promote student understanding and problemsolving. The laboratory component of a course on the engineering aspects of the operation ofnerve and muscle extends this approach by employing an advanced computer
Paper ID #7689Collaborative Classroom Tools for Nanotechnology Process EducationDr. Andrew Sarangan, University of Dayton Dr. Andrew Sarangan is a professor in the Electro-Optics Graduate Program at the University of Dayton. His current research is in the areas of photodetector technologies, polarimetric imaging, nanofabrication, nano-structured thin films and computational electromagnetics. His research laboratory includes thin films, nano-lithography, plasma processes and imprinting technologies. He has developed optical compu- tational tools such as Beam Propagation Method, Finite-Difference-Time-Domain and optical
Paper ID #7474Internet Accessible Remote Experimentation with Integrated Learning Man-agement SystemDr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abul K. M. Azad is a Professor with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in Control and Systems Engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering. He has been in academics for 15+ years, and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Dr. Azad has over 100 refereed journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has
students with a minimum of resources. Page 23.865.2BackgroundThe community college which is the focus of this study had offered a one year machiningdiploma for many years. A second year was added to complete an associate degree program inTool, Die and Mold Making. The addition of the second year was accomplished in part throughthe addition of a second laboratory space and the addition of a full time instructor, and a part-time evening instructor. The new laboratory space included conventional equipment thatduplicated some of the equipment in the original laboratory, with the addition of CNC EDM, andCNC Wire EDM machines and some computers for CAD
capstone design and laboratorycourses. The course runs as a one-semester, stand-alone course (not coupled to a complementarytechnical or laboratory course) with assignments ranging from laboratory reports, design reports,resumes, cover letters, interviews, technical presentations, and project proposals tocommunication with lay audiences. This paper takes a case study approach to examine theevolution of the laboratory report assignment over the course of three semesters. We found thatincorporating additional authenticity into laboratory report writing assignment motivated studentengagement and learning. Midterm and final course evaluations are used as data to reflect on theeffectiveness of three iterations of the assignment:· Fall 2011: Common
manufacturing laboratory is high and some students might not comprehend the linkamong different processes. This model is popular among community colleges or vocationalschools, but may not be best for engineering students since the latter only need to understand themanufacturing processes rather than acquiring hands-on manufacturing skills.We propose a new manufacturing teaching practice at our university by introducing group cellsand simulated production lines. A group of students is responsible to produce products for thewhole group. After learning and practicing basic machine tool operations in a cell (lathe, mill,sawing machine, and specific manual operations), each subgroup of two students operate amachine tool and produce identical components for
to provide training and guest lectures related to the use of the mobile laboratory technology and pedagogy to enhance the ECE curriculum at five different universities.Dr. Craig J. Scott, Morgan State UniversityDr. Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University Dr. Jumoke Ladeji-Osias is Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Depart- ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. She earned in B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She coordinates the departmental graduate program and teaches both undergraduate and graduate
Engineering Department (DIEEC) at UNED. He is author\co-author of more than 25 publications; including conference papers, book chapters, and journal articles on remote laboratories. He is collaborating in several researching projects among them NSF Catalyzing New International Collaborations proposal ”Building an Ecology of Online Laboratories”.Dr. Elio Sancristobal, unedDr. Sergio Martin, UNED - Spanish University for Distance Education Sergio Martin is PhD by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Industrial Engineer- ing School of UNED. He is Computer Engineer in Distributed Applications & Systems by the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M), receiving Honor marks in his final project. Technical
designs spontaneously using their own remote lab. They can assemble andtest various analog, digital, or mixed signal circuits including those from classroom textbooks.This paper will show that students can now set up a convenient remote laboratory to design andtest low-power circuits. This lab environment is the newly launched Analog Discovery fromDigilent. Analog Discovery is a low cost and portable test and measurement device, whichprovides various instruments including two oscilloscope probes, two arbitrary waveformgenerator, two power supplies, a voltmeter, a logic analyzer, and a pattern generator in a singlemodule. This unit communicates with the WaveForms software and receives power from astandard USB port. This paper will introduce the
the credit hour load of students in a liberal education environment where generaleducation requirements are sizeable. This course has added new learning outcomes toaccommodate laboratory experience as well as use of simulation software to enhance studentengagement and at the same time provide the students with multiple options that encouragedifferent learning styles. The course has been designed for four credit hours consisting of 180minutes of lecture time, 120 minutes of laboratory time and 60 minutes of tutoring time everyweek of the fourteen week semester. The contact time has been distributed so as to promotescaffolding of the learning process. The learning outcomes established for this course includeABET1 outcomes ‘a’ and ‘e’ as well as
abilityto both think critically and be creative. One specific location that civil engineering curriculumcan be appropriately targeted for strengthening the innovation and creativity skills withinstudents is within the laboratory setting.A colloquy held in 2002, established thirteen different fundamental objectives of engineeringinstructional laboratories.4 Of these, several specifically feed into the notion of students learningand exercising innovation and creativity in the lab, including learning about appropriately usingexperimental approach, collecting and analyzing data, designing and building experiments,learning from failure, demonstrating independent creativity, selecting and appropriately usingengineering tools, and making sound engineering
Research Laboratory (1998- 2003; Adelphi, Md.), and Technical Director /Director of Waterways Experiment Station (1985-1998; Vicksburg, Miss.). He has authored/co-authored over a hundred technical papers and reports during his career in private industry, government and academia. His current research interests are nearshore wave transformations, coastal structures, tsunami inundation, hurricane surges, high performance computing, and engineering education.Ms. Qing Pang, Jackson State University Ms Qing Pang is Research Associate in the Department of Computer Engineering, School of Engineer- ing, College of Science, Engineering & Technology, Jackson State University. She earned her M.S. in Electrical and Computer
(rolled, tubes,trusses), timber (sawn, engineered, glue-laminated, trusses), concrete masonry units (reinforced,grouted, ungrouted), wood sheathing (plywood, oriented strand board), light gauge metal deck,etc.This paper reports on how this elective upper level design course is taught in a laboratory format.The course incorporates all the above materials (concrete, masonry, timber, steel). The studentsprepare complete construction documents including all construction details and specifications.IntroductionThe main mission of architectural engineering or civil engineering programs is, but not limitedto, prepare the graduates to: pursue post-graduate education, communicate effectively, becomelicensed professional engineers and pursue lifelong
activities into an introductorygeotechnical engineering laboratory course. Students developed research programs of varyinglevels of sophistication as part of the laboratory course. Hands-on testing was emphasized andstudents were required to develop their own testing programs for demonstration of soilmechanics principles. Field experiments were encouraged and undertaken by some of thestudents. Laboratory experimental investigations and summaries of geotechnical constructionmethods were also undertaken by some of the students. The presentations of the researchactivities, test programs, and experimental results were completed in various formats includingoral presentations to the class, poster presentations, and production of films. Separate
background, and as a result, they have difficulties to learn thesesubjects. Another issue for electric power system or electric machines students is finding thetextbook problem solutions through the use of routine problem-solving techniques, such asequations and formulae. But the students’ reliance on formulae and routine use of techniques inproblem solving too often leads to poor performance in real-world scenarios. On the other hand,the laboratory sessions in any engineering program particularly in electrical power engineeringare critical as these labs are designed for students in accordance with theoretical course work.Setting and running electric machines, energy conversion and power systems laboratories putseveral challenges and requirements
his work in engineering education at the university and national levels.Prof. Audrey Briggs ChampagneMs. Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University Debra Gilbuena is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. She currently has research focused on student learning in virtual laboratories. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial experience including a position in sensor development. Sensor development is also an area in which she holds a patent. Her dissertation is focused on the characterization and analysis of feedback in engineering education. She also has interests in the diffusion of effective educational interventions and
well-rounded engineeringtechnology program. However, since feedback control systems tends to be a rather complextopic, students react positively to hands-on experiments that assist them visualize control systemsin practical situations, and, in today’s technology, utilizing and integrating computers within thecontrol loop is essential. An innovative feedback control laboratory has been developed in theschool of engineering technology at Daytona State College to fill this need. The laboratory isequipped with some of the most frequently used control systems in engineering and industry. It isdesigned to bridge the gap between theory and real-life problems, and to give the studentsvaluable hands-on experience to help them better prepared for their
Engineering at Nazarbayev University accepted its first cohort of students.The core building-blocks of the School of Engineering at Nazarbayev University are: problem-centered learning, the ‘upside-down’ curriculum, mathematics in context, design orientation, andcombining simulation with laboratory and workshop practices. These core building-blocks are allconnected through the central themes of safety and sustainability, transferable skillsdevelopment, and management and entrepreneurship.The School of Engineering’s teaching program has been developed in partnership withUniversity College London, considered one of the world’s best universities. Students are taughtin an “engineering systems” fashion, with all first year modules common with the
qualified personnel and the anticipated severeworkforce shortage issue in the electric power industry.Over the past decade, many academic institutions have tried to improve their power electronicscurricula, and to include experimental-based learning. (Here, for the sake of brevity, the term“power electronics” also encompasses the technology of machines and drives.) Several institu-tions, due to budget limitations and/or to mitigate electrocution or mechanical hazards related tohigher voltages or rotating machinery, respectively, have developed laboratories with small-scalemotors 3 or “virtual” laboratory facilities 4. These are closely related to “e-learning” or Web-based approaches, such as the one developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of
optimized chip layout with regard to performance, power, size, etc.This paper describes a sophomore-level electronic devices course that gives a balanced treatmentof semiconductor physics and associated circuit analysis. The course serves as a requirement inthe electrical engineering and computer engineering curricula at Missouri University of Scienceand Technology (formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla). It was developed in response toconcern about the number of lower-level coursework options for majors, development of thecomputer engineering program, comments from employers wanting more electronics instruction,and other pedagogical issues. The scope, objectives, design, assessment instruments, andassociated laboratory for the course are
knowledge in the areas regulatory affairs, and safety which are becomingmainstream capabilities for engineers. To meet the demands for a rapidly changing, technology-driven workforce, the industry and educational advisory bodies have recommended thatacademic instruction should include industry practice training2. Many programs and universitieshave accomplished industry practice training through co-operative education, industry fellowsprograms, guest lectures, capstone projects, courses co-taught with the industry, and field trips3,4. This poster describes an effort to translate some industry practices into classroomeducation. Experiential laboratory, design projects, classroom lectures or seminars can be used toinclude industry practice
1977 and a AS degree in Electronic Technology from Sacramento City College in 1989. She started working for Department of Defense in 1980 in Sacramento and transferred to US Air Force Academy in Colorado in 1994 where she works for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an Electronic Technician. She is the laboratory technician for the Electrical Power Systems course taught within the department. She is re- sponsible for maintaining the electrical wiring trainer units and power benches that are used in laboratory exercises for this course.Mr. Al Mundy, United States Air Force Academy Al Mundy earned his BSCpE at Clemson University and his MSCpE at Syracuse U. He’s currently in a doctoral