Paper ID #13608Integrated Construction Laboratory - Lessons LearnedDr. John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University John Tingerthal joined the Construction Management faculty at Northern Arizona University in 2007. His engineering career spans a variety of design and forensic engineering experiences. He spent the first eight years of his career performing structural consulting engineering in Chicago. He earned his Doctorate in Education and is currently the Associate Chair of the Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Environmental Engineering Department. His academic interests lie in the field of discipline-based
Paper ID #11226USACE’S COASTAL ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMr. Jose E. Sanchez P.E., Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory Mr. Jos´e E. S´anchez is the Director of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, MS. ERDC R&D supports the Depart- ment of Defense and other federal agencies in military and civilian projects. Principal research mission areas include Warfighter support, installations, environment, water resources, and information technology. CHL is the national laboratory for the specialized professional field of coastal and
Paper ID #11469Design and Evaluation of a Web-based Virtual Open Laboratory TeachingAssistant (VOLTA) for Circuits LaboratoryMr. Firdous Saleheen, Temple University Firdous Saleheen received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2008, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA in 2013. From 2008 to 2010, he was with Mango Teleservices Ltd., Dhaka, an international IP bandwidth provider of Bangladesh, as a Senior Engineer in the Research and Development Department. He
Paper ID #11300Virtual Laboratories Using Simulink: A Pilot StudyDr. Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Bedillion received the BS degree in 1998, the MS degree in 2001, and the PhD degree in 2005, all from the mechanical engineering department of Carnegie Mellon University. After a seven year career in the hard disk drive industry, Dr. Bedillion joined the faculty of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Spring 2011. Dr. Bedillion’s research interests include distributed manipulation, control applications in data storage, control applications in manufacturing, and STEM
. Page 26.524.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Development of a Product-oriented Manufacturing Processes LaboratoryPresented is the development of a Manufacturing Processes Laboratory for an undergraduateMechanical Engineering program. The course underwent a comprehensive redesign for several corereasons. The primary goal was to integrate a single product to be manufactured as part of all labsessions. The product design was developed to integrate mostly machining processes that areconducted throughout the semester. The product, a bench vise, had design criteria that were imposedprimarily a result of educational needs. These criteria included generous
Paper ID #11424Effective Manufacturing Laboratory Arrangement for Large ClassesDr. Wayne P Hung, Texas A&M UniversityMr. Adam Farmer Page 26.580.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Effective Manufacturing Laboratory Arrangement For Large ClassesAbstractManufacturing requires collective knowledge of material, metrology, and processes. Hands-onlaboratory and lecture helps students to learn, appreciate, and be motivated for further study.Learning effectiveness in a large class
/Service Engineer from 1994 to 2000. His research interests include Electrical Power System Analysis, Electric Machine Drives, Renew- able Energy Technology, and Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE. Austin Deventer, and Christopher Burns are undergraduates in the department of Computer, Electrical and Information Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University (IPFW), Fort Wayne, Indiana.Mr. Austin James DeventerMr. Nathaniel Ryan Beemer Page 26.1053.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Laboratory Development for
Paper ID #12101Usability Evaluation of a Virtual Educational Laboratory PlatformYizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of TechnologyDr. El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) Dr. El-Sayed Aziz is an associate professor in the Production Engineering and Mechanical Design De- partment at Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. Currently, he is a research scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He received B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt, in 1991 and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2003
Paper ID #12434Revising Mechanical Engineering Laboratories for Improved Student Out-comesDr. Andr´e J. Butler, Mercer University Dr. Butler is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Environmental Engineering Department at Mercer University. His research interests include air pollution and public health.Dr. William Moses, Mercer University William Moses is an associate professor and former chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mercer University. He earned a B.M.E. and M.S.M.E. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. Research
made the switch from Instruc- tional Laboratory Supervisor to Post-Doctoral Research Associate on an engineering education project. His research area has been engineering education, specifically around the development and assessment of technologies to bring fluid mechanics and heat transfer laboratory experiences into the classroom.Prof. Robert F. Richards, Washington State University Dr. Robert Richards received the PhD in Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He then worked in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at NIST as a Post-Doctoral Researcher before joining the faculty of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. His research is in
, identifying a learningapproach, and on quantifying the student learning is explained in detail. It is found that theinstructional setting plays a significant role in flipped classroom learning effectiveness. Flippedclassroom learning setup does not guarantee better learning effectiveness if not set upappropriately in a laboratory setting. Keywords: Flipped Classroom, Project based learning, Energy, Engineering Education.INTRODUCTION The term Engineering Education refers to imparting the knowledge of professionalengineering practice to students in advanced educational institutions towards enhancing andimproving their knowledge. In United States, Engineering Education is a part of STEM(Science, Technology, and Engineering & Mathematics
heat management. He is the founding director of the Discrete Microfluidics Laboratory, co-director of the Knorr-Bremse Mechatronics Laboratory and co-director of RIT’s Beyond 9.8 program. Dr. Schertzer is also serving as the vice-chair for the Micro and Nano Fluidics topic at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition 2015. Dr. Schertzer received a double major in Engineering and Management from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. He also received his M.A.Sc. from McMaster for examining the heat transfer performance of capillary pumped loops in terrestrial and extra-terrestrial applications. He earned his Doctorate in the Department of
Paper ID #11706Web-Based Scalable Intelligent Multimedia Virtual Laboratory for PowerEngineeringMr. Ning Gong, ECE Department of Temple University Ning Gong is currently a third year PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple Uni- versity. His research is focused on Computer Network and Control Theories. He is particularly interested in network topologies and resilience control applications. Before coming to Temple University, he grad- uated in Polytechnic Institute of New York University with his M.S degree. Currently he is a Graduate Research Assistant in the department. He can be contacted at
Paper ID #11325What to do when 3D Printers go wrong: Laboratory ExperiencesDr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC holds the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University, the M.S. in electrical engineering, the M.S. in industrial engineering, and the Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Ohio State University. He is currently a Professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Dr. Jaksic served as the ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Chair (2007-2008), the ASEE DELOS Program Chair (2008), the ASEE DELOS Division Chair (2009), the ASEE Zone IV Conference Program
Paper ID #12686A Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Nanotechnology Education Program withIntegrated Laboratory ExperienceDr. Priscilla J Hill, Mississippi State University Priscilla Hill is currently an Associate Professor in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. She has research interests in crystallization, particle technology, population balance modeling, and process synthesis. Her teaching interests include particle technology, nanotechnol- ogy, and separations.Prof. Yaroslav Koshka, Mississippi State UniversityDr. Tonya W. Stone, Mississippi State University Tonya
Paper ID #11430A Remote Access Laboratory for Fluids Education in Mechanical Engineer-ingGwen Elizabeth EllisProf. Cecilia Dianne Richards, Washington State University Dr. Cecilia Richards is a professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. Dr. Richards received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California at Irvine. She has authored over 100 technical papers and proceedings and holds two patents. She has supervised the research of 26 graduate
Paper ID #11865Active Learning Laboratories in a Restructured Engineering Physics-MechanicsDr. Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania Timothy J. Garrison is the Coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering Program at York College of Penn- sylvania Page 26.150.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Active Learning Laboratories in a Restructured Engineering Physics-MechanicsAbstractOver the past several years an engineering physics
Paper ID #12799An Inexpensive Curve Tracer for Introductory Electronics Laboratory CoursesDr. David M. Beams, University of Texas, Tyler Dr. David Beams first became interested in electrical engineering through a passion for amateur radio in high school. He earned BSEE and MS degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1974 and 1977, respectively, with two years of industrial experience separating the two. He then spent over fourteen additional years in industry before returning to graduate study, receiving the PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997. In 1997, he became one of the founding
Professor David Lowe is Associate Dean (Education) and Professor of Software Engineering in the Fac- ulty of Engineering and Information Technologies at The University of Sydney. Before this he was a Director of the Centre for Real-Time Information Networks (CRIN) - a designated research strength at the University of Technology, Sydney focused on blending embedded systems and telecommunications in addressing real-world problems. He is also the CEO of the not-for-profit organisation The LabShare Institute, and past President of the Global Online Laboratory Consortium. Professor Lowe has published widely during his more than 20 year teaching career, including three textbooks
equipment (UPSes, console switches, etc.) withseveral client- and server-class workstations. The client workstations are dual-bootable with bothLinux- and Windows-based operating systems. Each workstation is configured with severalopen-source, network-related applications for data traffic generation and analysis, networkdesign simulation, network security exercises, network management research, etc.Although some laboratory exercises, and research, are conducted using network simulation tools,such as IT Guru OpNET and GNS3, the majority of the lessons are performed using actualhardware-based networking devices. Newer versions of OpNET, such as Riverbed Modeler,allow for the high-level design and simulation of some state-of-the-art technologies, such
Paper ID #13643The Impact of 3D Virtual Laboratory on Engineering EducationProf. Pnina Ari-Gur, Western Michigan University Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Western Michigan Univer- sity. Her research focuses are materials science and engineering. Dr. Ari-Gur earned her doctor of science in Materials Engineering from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Ari-Gur has been faculty at Western Michigan University since 1985. Her experience also includes R&D in the aerospace industry, post-doctorate at the University of British Columbia, and sabbatical at
Paper ID #11584Understanding additive manufacturing part performance through modelingand laboratory experimentsMiss Ying Zhang, Texas A&M University Ying Zhang is a fourth year PhD student in Mechanical Engineering department at Texas A&M University, working under the supervision of Dr. Jhywen Wang. Currently, she is a graduate teaching assistant for Strength of Material lab in Engineering Technology Industrial Distribution department. She has been a TA for this class since spring 2013. Her doctoral research is focused on fabrication, Finite Element simulation, and mechanical modeling of layer-by-layer
Paper ID #12614Results & Lessons Learned from a Chemical Engineering Freshman DesignLaboratoryProf. Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. He received his B. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Utah and a M. S. from the University of California, San Diego. His teaching responsibilities include the senior unit operations laboratory and freshman design laboratory. His research interests focus on undergraduate education, targeted drug delivery, photobioreactor design, and
Paper ID #12911An Integrated Course in Programming for Laboratory and Process ControlDr. Warren A. Rosen, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Dr. Warren Rosen received his Ph.D. in physics from Temple University. He has served as Assistant Professor of Physics at Colby and Vassar Colleges where he carried out research in solar physics, medical physics, and instrumentation. Following this experience he was a research scientist at the Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster, PA where he established a laboratory for research in high-performance computer networks and architectures for mission avionics and signal
Paper ID #14182Application-based learning, a nuclear experimental laboratory in a field en-vironmentLt. Col. Robert Prins, United States Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel Robert Prins is an assistant professor in the United States Military Academy Depart- ment of Physics and Nuclear Engineering. LTC Prins teaches both Radiation Shielding and Instrumenta- tion and Radiological Safety. LTC Prins’ role in the Army is that of a Nuclear Medical Science Officer.Prof. Bryndol A. Sones, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Bryndol Sones directs the Nuclear Engineering Program at West Point. He has a Ph.D. in Nu- clear Engineering from
thus studentengagement, in a newly created, multi-disciplinary course with an associated laboratory atNational University. Page 26.229.2Scientific Problem Solving (EGR 320) and Scientific Problem Solving Laboratory (EGR 320L)were created in 2011 as multidisciplinary courses that are required for all undergraduateengineering and computer science students, both online and onsite, at National University. EGR320L uses hands-on computer and engineering tools and the scientific approach to problemsolving in a variety of technical areas. Hands-on lab activities in mechanical engineering,electrical engineering, and thermodynamics are conducted by
Paper ID #13467BYOE: Affordable and Portable Laboratory Kit for Controls CoursesRebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Rebecca M. Reck is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in systems engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her master’s degree in electrical engineering at Iowa State Univer- sity during her eight years at Rockwell Collins and her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a mathematics minor, from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005. Her research interests include controls, signal processing, and engineering education. Specific areas of
Paper ID #12757Cost-Effective, Inquiry-guided Introductory Biomaterials Laboratory for Un-dergraduatesDr. Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University Casey J. Ankeny, PhD is lecturer in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Ari- zona State University. Casey received her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Univer- sity of Virginia in 2006 and her doctorate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in 2012 where she studied the role of shear stress in aortic valve dis- ease. Currently, she is investigating cyber-based student engagement
Paper ID #12112Creating an Experimental Structural Dynamics Laboratory on a Shoe-stringBudgetDr. Peter Laursen P.E., California Polytechnic State University Dr. Peter Laursen, P.E., is an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytech- nic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems including laboratory courses.Dr. Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Cole McDaniel, P.E., is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where
Paper ID #13646Interconnected Laboratory Modules in Metrology, Quality Control and Pro-totyping area Courses: Lessons Learned and Laboratory Modules Assess-mentDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)Dr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.)Dr. Radian G Belu, University of Alaska Anchorage Dr. Radian Belu is Associate Professor within Electrical Engineering Department, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA. He is holding one PHD in power engineering and other one in physics. Before joining to University of Alaska Anchorage Dr. Belu hold faculty, research and industry positions at universi- ties and