Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

very good outcomesduring its first run. By revisiting a previously covered topic, the students get a chance toreinforce their knowledge on the topic and take it to the next level with the new approach. Also,by using the same instrument that they previously designed and built themselves, they arefamiliar with its performance and can quickly apply the enhancements.Since the course ended, I have had many of the senior students meet with me to discuss how theycan incorporate an embedded processor into their capstone design projects. Other students fromthe course have purchased microcontrollers for personal use in their homes and vehicles forvarious sensing and control applications. Some of the projects are very innovative and show thatthey were

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Nicholas Tallos, ThermOmegaTech, Inc.

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

or other active experiences may increaseretention of material by up to 90% [25]. Richard Felder and Linda Silverman recommend severalteaching techniques to address all learning styles, one of which is to provide demonstrations forstudents with sensing and visual learning styles and hands-on experiments for students with ac-tive learning styles [26]. According to Moore, there is a direct correlation between in-class per-formance, laboratory attendance, and performance [27]. In capstone related project, active Page 26.972.11learning can be achieved through a variety of activities that include lab and project experimentswith hands-on projects

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Paper ID #13903The ”Minty Boost R ” as an Exciting Laboratory Experience in Learning PowerElectronics and InstrumentationDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities