AC 2012-3021: DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OFEDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS ACTIVITIES FOR K-12 STUDENTSDr. Can Saygin, University of Texas, San Antonio Can (John) Saygin is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering and a research investigator in the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems (CAMLS) at the University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA). He is also the Director of the Interactive Technology Experience Center (iTEC) and the Director of the Manufacturing Systems and Automation (MSA) Laboratory. He received his B.S. (1989), M.S. (1992), and Ph.D. (1997) degrees in mechanical engineering with emphasis on manufacturing engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, in Turkey. In
. The courses in the space flight technicalarea were a three semester-credit-hour attitude dynamics course, a one semester-credit-hourtrajectory/attitude modeling laboratory, and the three semester-credit-hour spacecraft-missiondesign course.The timing of the introduction of the spacecraft-mission design course was fortunate. In 1985,NASA, working through the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), created a pilotprogram for what was later known as the NASA/USRA Advanced Design Program (ADP). Sixschools were asked to be part of the pilot program, and UT Austin was one of the six.The ADP expanded and by the time the program ended in 1995, there were teams from 40universities across the United States in the program. The ADP provided teams
3 ENGR 1204 Engineering Graphics 2 ENGL 1301 Grammar and Composition I 3 ENGL 1302 Grammar and Composition II 3 MATH 2413 Calculus I 4 MATH 2414 Calculus II 4 CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I 3 PHYS 2325 University Physics I 3 CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 PHYS 2125 University Physics I Laboratory 1 ENGR 1201 Introduction to Engineering 2 GOVT 2306 Texas Politics 3 Semester Credit Hours 16
institutions responding to the question, fifty (79.3%) indicated they offered asingle course in MEB. Twelve offered two courses, and one had three courses, though one ofthose courses was a general engineering course with related content. Of those institutionsoffering two or more courses, 3 were on the quarter system. Overall, institutions reported 4.7h/wk total devoted to the course, broken up into an average 3.2 h/wk on lecture, 1.3 h on problemsolving, and 0.2 h/wk on experimental laboratory.In 1990, 74% of responding programs offered one course in MEB, with the remainder offeringtwo courses. Laboratory courses were significantly more common, with 48 departments havingdedicated laboratory time averaging 1.92 h/wk. The 1999 survey indicates that 81
Technology in Materials & Architectural Technology (Ed)(Construction) course undertake laboratory based basic skills development modules in bothmetalwork and woodwork, whilst their counterparts participate solely in the metalworkmodule. Nevertheless, in semester two both groups of students participate in a further twomodules in woodwork and metalwork. Both of these modules share a common educationalphilosophy where pupils are required to participate in a six week front loading of knowledgeand skill. On completion of this task the students are required to develop and further theirknowledge and skills through a six weeks design-based project.DesignThe design-based project which the students are tasked with completing comprises of anumber of
; develop Thévenin equivalent circuits; and carry out first-order circuit calculations.Naturally, students must also demonstrate skill in a laboratory setting as they put together anddebug their circuits. So as to help the typical student through the relatively complexconsiderations in designing the project circuit, several standard lecture sessions were convertedinto active-learning group work. These activities were spread out over the semester and in manycases the activities amounted to pre-lab exercises including studying component datasheets andspeculating on the impact of component specifications on circuit function. The lab activitieswere made to require students to tackle open-ended problems and fashioned using inquiry-basedtechniques.The
focus in mathematics and science. Silvaggio partners with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Colorado School of Mines during the summer creating and teaching ”The Science of Energy” for Colorado Educators. Page 25.603.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Exchange: Mouse Wheel Generator Through the Bechtel K-5 Educational Excellence Initiative, the Colorado School of Mines isworking with kindergarten through fifth grade (K-5) teachers to increase their competence andconfidence in mathematical and scientific content, in the use of
difficulties in terms of resources such as classrooms,laboratories, and teaching staff. The technology program, however, with its smaller enrollment(~34-40 students/year) is affected by small changes. Page 25.301.2Although we are addressing all three area affecting student enrollments, our primary focus is inrecruitment. Year-to-year fluctuations of students entering our technology programs have hadthe largest effect on the health of the programs and they test the resilience of our resources.Another element of this effort was to help students’ awareness of the differences betweenengineering and engineering technology. Most first-year engineering
shown in Figure 3. This finalexercise is then used directly in lab in a following class period. Figure 1: Photograph of experimental setup for the final tutorial exercise. Page 25.377.4Figure 2: LabVIEW block diagram for the final tutorial exercise Page 25.377.5Figure 3: LabVIEW Front Panel for the final tutorial exercise.Results and DiscussionThe self-guided tutorial was used in the Fall 2010 semester to teach LabVIEW in twoundergraduate courses, ME351 (Mechanical Systems Laboratory) and ME443 (Systems andMeasurement). ME351 was comprised of mostly juniors
Rowan and TSU have an important laboratory component (e.g., 2.5hour laboratory period every week for the Digital I course at Rowan), where our games aredeployed as a replacement to the traditional lab experiments. The overarching goal of thesegames is to provide an attractive and motivating environment for students to tackle engineeringdesign in general, and to impart essential reading and reasoning strategies to promote improvedproblem-solving skills, in particular. More specifically, the broad objectives of the games are to:1. Improve students’ active reading and thinking of ECE concepts by exposing them to a selection of metacognitive reading strategies through carefully designed game activities demonstrating ECE principles.2
AC 2012-4164: A GRADUATE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSEIN NETWORKS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTDr. Warren Rosen, Drexel University Warren A. Rosen received his Ph.D. in physics from Temple University in 1978. Between 1978 and 1985, Rosen served as Assistant Professor of physics at Colby and Vassar colleges, where he carried out research in optical physics, solar physics, and medical physics. From 1985 to 1996, he worked at the Naval AirWarfare Center, Aircraft Division in Warminster, Penn., where he established an optical communications laboratory for development and characterization of optical components, systems, and protocols for high-performance avionics data networks. Rosen is currently an Assistant Clinical
, wealso have the joint laboratory sessions where hands-on collaborative multi-disciplinary activitiestake place. The following Figure 3 shows the students engaged in these multi-disciplinaryactivities. Figure 3: Hands-on Activities in CET and MET Joint Laboratory Sessions4. Comprehensive Design Capstone Project ActivitiesAs discussed in Section 3 on the collaboration activities, it is importance to know that theseactivities are part of the comprehensive capstone projects. The capstone project presents anideal opportunity for cross-departmental collaboration. Students from both departments canjointly work together on their capstone project activities.The students’ design projects simulated the actual design activities that occur in industry
contentknowledge, which they will be able to use in their everyday lives, as well as, apply to theirprojects in the Lab segment.During the Lab segment, students are placed in a hands-on, out of the classroom learningenvironment. This portion begins after lunch when the students are more likely to have increasedlevels of energy and are more apt to getting out of their seats and moving around in theclassroom. Participants are given interactive, hands-on projects that allow them to apply theproblem-solving lessons, system engineering concepts, and systems thinking techniques that theyhave learned during the Instruction segment. Students are taken on field trips to local STEMinstitutions and research laboratories so that they can witness STEM professionals in
AC 2012-3869: UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN AND MODIFICATION OF ATENSILE TESTING FIXTURE FOR BIOMATERIALSDr. Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Barry Dupen is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering technology at Indiana University- Purdue University, Fort Wayne (IPFW). He has nine years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials en- gineer, and materials laboratory manager in the automotive industry. His primary interests lie in materials engineering, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is also an experienced contra dance caller. Page 25.1385.1
. Page 25.1391.4 11) Understanding science 12) Learning ethical conduct in your field 13) Learning laboratory techniques 14) Ability to read and understand primary literature 15) Skill in how to give an effective oral presentation 16) Skill in science writing 17) Self-confidence 18) Understanding of how scientists think 19) Learning to work independently 20) Being part of a learning community 21) Confidence in my potential to be a teacher of science Benefits of UG Research Graduate Institution Undergrad Only College Items 11-21
where the DBF approach has been used to enhance learning ofengineering concepts6, 7, 8, 9.Flight Test Engineering (FTE) as an important element of the design & development cycle of anaerial platform certainly is well known. In view of this aspect, teaching of FTE is incorporated inaerospace engineering curricula at some engineering schools across the US for example10, 11, 12.FTE facilities are also utilized as flying laboratories for explaining concepts in aircraftperformance, stability & control. Page 25.1460.2Engineering students need to be exposed to important aspects such as teamwork, time and spacemanagement, planning engineering
Learn. Available online at: http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Mobile/Products/Mobile-Learn.aspx5. Sprint ID, Available online at: http://ria.sprint.com/ria/pages/index.jsp?ms=SprintID&id16=Sprint%20ID#/learn6. A. Spanias and V. Atti, “An introduction to Java DSP (J-DSP),” Tech. Report, School of ECEE, Arizona StateUniversity. Available online at: http://jdsp.engineering.asu.edu/MANUAL/m1_generalinfo.pdf7. S. Ranganath, J. J. Thiagarajan, K. N. Ramamurthy, S. Hu, M. Banavar and A. Spanias “Undergraduate SignalProcessing Laboratories for the Android Operating System,” ASEE2012 Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas,June 10-13, 2012 (Accepted).8. J. Liu, S. Hu, J. J. Thiagarajan, X. Zhang, S. Ranganath , M. K. Banavar and A. Spanias
] In fact, Seymour et al. (2003)reported in 2002 that students gain, to different extents, personal skills, professionalskills, the ability to think like a scientist, laboratory skills, clarification of career paths,enhanced career and graduate school preparation, and changes in attitude toward learningand working.[5] Another study, students’ responses indicated that the personal andprofessional skills they felt they gained through undergraduate research experiencesincluded skills concerning teamwork, leadership, time management, self-confidence, andinterpersonal skills.[4]While REUs have been quite successful, there are several barriers that might postobstacles for students with regards to participating in a REU. The biggest obstacle forREUs
measures of success for under-represented minority engineering students, including programs administered at the college levelthat include financial assistance, academic intervention, and graduate school preparation andadmission.These studies and resources all point to the need for a transition in engineering undergraduateeducation in the US from the traditional emphasis on the acquisition of technical knowledge tothe integration of innovative learning experiences that more accurately reflect current practiceand more effectively prepare students to meet these demands and to be successful practitioners1.Curricular settings that encourage cognitive and professional growth include hands-on learning,laboratory instruction, and authentic or relevant
implemented,stabilize the remaining manufacturing programs and may even contribute to their growth. Thispaper will explore four key aspects of manufacturing programs: student recruitment andretention, faculty professional development, curriculum development, and laboratory andprogrammatic costs. Among the many challenges facing manufacturing educators, studentrecruitment and retention, especially among underrepresented students, remains the most vexing. Page 25.676.3Student RecruitmentStudent enrollment is one of the key justifications to keep manufacturing programs open. Unlikeother disciplines that are more ―visible‖ to the public
25.775.4rigorously assessed9, 10; however, improvements to the assessment process were made this pastyear. The next information literacy modules developed were for Foundation Design (CEE 4801),Soil Mechanics Laboratory (CEE 3901), and Solid and Hazardous Waste (CEE 4331). Themodules for Advanced Transportation Engineering (CEE 3525) in 2010 and TransportationFacilities Design (CEE 4224) in 2011 are the most recently developed. Although the informationliteracy modules for Foundation Design, Soil Mechanics Laboratory, and Solid and HazardousWaste have been in existence for several years, the assessment process is still developing.Although there are often intermediate assignments in each class, there is a major work productassociated with each class.Table 1
strategies Chu was forced to devise are what eventually led him andseveral of his Bell Labs co-workers to win multiple Nobel Prizes. Says Chu: Page 25.798.6When most people think of industrial labs they think of, “Oh, you’re makingbetter widgets. You’re making something that’s going to be good for the phonesystem.” Now, ultimately, that’s true. But at Bell Labs in that time—this is in1978—allowed a small fraction of us—fifty, sixty, eighty—to do whatever wewanted; really to do whatever we wanted.So I joined Bell Laboratories. My department head said, “Steve, you can dowhatever you want. It doesn’t even have to be physics. All we ask is that youdon’t go to
evolutionary genetics in 2010.Dr. Adah LeshemDr. Michael R. Kessler, Iowa State University Michael R. Kessler is an Associate Professor of materials science and engineering at Iowa State Univer- sity and an associate of the Department of Energy Ames Laboratory. He received a B.S. degree from LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas, in 1996, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1998 and 2002, respectively. His research thrusts are focused on the pro- cessing and characterization of polymers and polymer matrix composites. Page 25.863.1 c American Society
PlusDynamic Process Simulation and Basic ControlsThis part of the study was conducted by a University of Houston master thesis student in theprocess automation laboratory of the University of Houston – Downtown in partial fulfillment ofthe master thesis requirements at the University of Houston.Using the steady state design mentioned in the previous section, a rigorous dynamic processsimulation was developed using Aspen Dynamics. The use of Aspen Engineering tools todynamically predict process behavior and evaluate control structures is not yet widespread inacademia even though such tools (at least the steady state ones) are extensively used by theprocessing industries. It was decided to use such tools because of the rigor of the resultsproduced and
provide examples of the curriculum,what is covered and how we cover it. We also provide examples of laboratory projectsthat are used to complement the class lecture sessions. We use MATLAB software in allthe lab projects.We also discuss possible implementations of the speech coding and processing usinghardware such as DSPs. In the future, we plan to introduce the use of FPGAs for thisapplication as well.Details of the course and our experiences in developing and offering them will bepresented at the conference.IntroductionPreviously, we have developed three graduate-level courses in the Multimedia area ofSpeech to teach the fundamentals of speech coding and voice-over-IP. They are a 3-course sequence (1) ELEN 421 (Speech Coding I) (2) ELEN 422
AC 2012-4453: ONLINE RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY FOR SUP-PORTING A NEWLY DEVELOPED ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTALSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMDr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abdul 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 is in academics for 15+ years and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, adaptive/intelligent control, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Azad has more than 100 referred journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted around $1.5 million of research and
. In addition, laboratory activities and specialactivities including field concrete distresses hunting and poster competitions were used toreinforce content knowledge and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Thefollowing sections provide the details of these approaches.In order to better organize the multitude of topics covered in this course, the class wasthematically broken into three major segments. These include concrete problem and deteriorationmechanisms; diagnosis and evaluation of concrete problems; and concrete protection andprevention. In the first of these, typical concrete problems, including fresh concrete problems,durability issues, moisture and thermal effects, corrosion, etc. were discussed. It should be
extensively benefit from CBE at the Software as a Service (SaaS) level to present meaningful examples in the lectures, CS courses can move deeper and utilize also the lower levels of cloud services. Such capability can deliver valuable examples and laboratories for CS students to better understand large scale applications and their complexities. 1. Introduction The accelerated development in Information Technology and the necessity for enhanced learning environments by harnessing advance technologies and resources has created a need to teach Computer Science and Engineering students more effectively using technological advances. Cloud Computing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,7 appears to be one of the most beneficial
), TechPREP proposals 2008, 2009, and 2010; Simmerjeet Gill (Brookhaven National Laboratory BWIS); and Bonita London-Thompson (SUNY at Stony Brook-Psychology Program), ”Advancing Women in Science: Building Engagement through Academic Transitions.” Page 25.502.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Effective Community Partnership’s for Women in STEMThe College Women in Science and Engineering Program (WISE) was establishedin 1994 with funding from the National Science Foundation and is a nationallyrecognized program. WISE is a comprehensive program at a premiere publicresearch
advanced battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles. Yeh is also experienced in developing formal degree programs and profes- sional development programs for incumbent engineers, community college instructors, and high school science and technology teachers. He is the PI and Co-PI of several federal- and state-funded projects for course, curriculum, and laboratory development in advanced automotive technology.Dr. Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University Y. Gene Liao is currently Director of the Electric Transportation Technology program and Associate Pro- fessor of engineering technology at Wayne State University. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from National Central University, Taiwan, a M.S. in