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 #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
, 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
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
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
assessment and has over 25 years in computer applications systems, manager, and educator. She is a past president in ATMAE (formerly NAIT). Dr. Tracey may be reached at tracey@ccsu.edu Page 26.1764.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Work-in-Progress: Design and Development of a New Networking Information Technology Program and LaboratoryAbstractThis paper describes the ongoing development of a new Bachelor of Science in NetworkingInformation Technology (NIT) program. The balanced curriculum and laboratory of the programnot only
Paper ID #12702Work-in-Progress: Statistics Components in a Circuits Laboratory for ECESophomoresDr. Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology DR. STEVE E. WATKINS is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. His interests include educational innovation. He is active in IEEE, HKN, SPIE, and ASEE including service as the 2009 Midwest Section Chair. His Ph.D. is from the University of Texas at Austin (1989). Contact: steve.e.watkins@ieee.orgDr. Theresa Mae Swift, Missouri University of Science &
Paper ID #12305Experience with Enhancement of Green Energy Manufacturing Learning inCourse and Laboratory DevelopmentDr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Chiou is Associate Professor within the Engineering Technology Department at Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background is in manufacturing with an emphasis on mechatronics. In addition to his many years of industrial experience, he has taught many different engineering and technology courses at undergraduate and
strive to train our graduates on the most up-to-date laboratory equipment so they canimplement their knowledge on the day one once employed. Michigan Tech collaborates withNUCOR Steel to update the currently outdated PLC laboratory with the state of the artequipment with the goal of providing our students with the best training solution possible. TheEET program at Michigan Tech currently offers two PLC courses: EET 3373 Introduction toProgrammable Controllers and EET 4373 Advanced Programmable Controllers. The ECEdepartment offers EE3261 Control Systems and EE 4262 Digital and Non-linear Control. TheEET courses have a significant lab component and stress hands-on use of PLC’s, while ECEcourses have more of a mathematical flavor and also include
Paper ID #12974Design and Hardware Implementation of Laboratory-Scale Hybrid DC powerSystem for Educational PurposeMr. Mustafa Farhadi, Florida International University Mustafa Farhadi received the BS degree in EE from Mazandaran University, Mazandaran, Iran, in 2007 and the MS degree in EE from Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran in 20011. He is currently a graduate teaching and research assistant working toward the Ph.D. degree at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami, Florida USA. His current research interests include design
) Page 26.1305.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 122th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Seattle, Washington, USA, June 14-17, 2015 Zhang, Z., Zhang, M., Chang, Y., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C.Real-time 3D Reconstruction for Facilitating the Development of Game-based Virtual Laboratories Zhang, Z., Zhang, M., Chang, Y., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C.AbstractGame-based virtual laboratories (GBVLs) represent an important implementation of virtual realityand are often considered to be simulations of real or artificial environments. They are based
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Resistance is Futile: A New Collaborative Laboratory Game Based Lab to Teach Basic Circuit Concepts AbstractIn recent years, gamification of education has proven to be an effective paradigm in modernpedagogy. Following the success their previous work "Sector Vector”, the authors now present anew game-based laboratory to highlight the manipulation and calculation of resistors in circuits.In Game of Ohms [1] the lesson of electrical resistance is delivered as an interactive exercisebuilding an intricate circuit. As the game progresses, students are forced to make short and longterm plans to modify an evolving circuit which
Paper ID #11868Simultaneous Tracking and Reconstruction of Objects and its Application inEducational Robotics LaboratoriesMr. Mingshao Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology Mingshao Zhang is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering Department, Stevens Institute of Technology. Before joining Stevens, he received bachelor’s degrees from University of Science and Tech- nology of China. His Current research interests include Microsoft Kinect, Computer Vision, Educational Laboratories, Desktop Virtual Reality and etc.Mr. Zhou Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology Ph.D Candidate, Mechanical Engineering Department
Paper ID #12942Interdisciplinary Education through ”Edu-tainment”: Electric Grid ResilientControl Systems CourseMr. Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory Timothy R. McJunkin is research engineer at Idaho National Laboratory in the Energy and Environment Science and Technology Division, since 1999. He is also a adjunct instructor at Idaho State Univer- sity, teaching control systems and resilient controls system. Prior to joining INL, he was a design engi- neer at Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston Texas. Mr McJunkin is the principal architect of the GridGame developed for the multiple university
Paper ID #11826Work-in-Progress. SiLaRR: Installing, deploying on Internet, and using aRobotics Laboratory Remote or in classroom with a few clicksDr. German Carro Fernandez P.E., UNED (Spanish University for Distance Education Dr. on Electrical Engineering and Industrial Control, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain, M. Sc. on Research on Electrical Engineering and Industrial Control (Specialty on Telematics Engineering), (UNED), Madrid, Spain, Bachelor’s Degree of Computer Systems Engineering Tech.(BCompSysEng) (UNED), Madrid, Spain, M. Sc. on Financial and Tax Administration, University of
Paper ID #12496Test Bed for a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) Based on Integration of Ad-vanced Power Laboratory and eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol(XMPP)Dr. Ilya Y. Grinberg, Buffalo State College llya Grinberg graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute (Lviv, Ukraine) with an M.S in E.E. and earned a Ph.D. degree from the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (Moscow, Russia). He has over 40 years of experience in design and consulting in the field of power distribution systems and design automation. He has over 40 published papers. Currently he is professor of engineering technology at SUNY Buffalo State. His
Paper ID #14110A Hands-On, Arduino-Based Approach to Develop Student Engineering Skillsand Introduce Cybersecurity Concepts to K-12 StudentsMr. Robert Shultz, Drexel University Robert Shultz is a 3rd year Biomedical Engineering PhD student, and a GK-12 fellow at Drexel University.Mr. Daniel Edward Ueda, GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania Daniel Ueda is the Associate Director for Education and Outreach at the GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a MS in Teaching Mathematics from Pace University. Ueda has worked as a product
the goal of hands-on experiences in system dynamics and controlexperiments in a mechanical engineering curriculum. A single-credit, co-requisite requiredlaboratory course in system dynamics and control is redesigned to effectively quadruplethroughput of student participation and credit-earning potential from prior course offerings. Thestrategy to accomplish this goal is described in this paper, as are examples of the experiments,activities related to the experiments, and the methods of assessment.IntroductionThe goal of a hands-on laboratory course in dynamic systems and control is to realize physicalsystem experiments while maintaining meaningful experiential learning. Hands-on experimentsare augmented with tightly coupled simulation
and made almost 170 papers and poster presentations. While much of externally-funded research has focused of environmental and water resources engineering, his work in the areas of education, trans- portation and construction have included improving instructional processes in laboratories, delineation of roadway systems and NEPA compliance for highways using remotely-sense data, modeling highway evac- uation strategies and environmental impacts for predicting pavement performance, evaluating resources and their allocation in the management of waterways, and comparing the economics of transportation management alternatives
important. To implement an active distance learning environment requires the coordination and correlation of instructional materials, media, and technology. Correlating real-time lectures with audio and video are one of several very important elements to the success of the distance learning. The outcomes of the distance learning class should be the same or similar to a traditional lecture/laboratory class. There should be little or no difference between an instructor’s face-to-face classroom lectures, except instructional materials are accessible in electronic formats for users to download. Notes, handouts, graphs, photos, demos, circuits, equations, software shall be
years starting in the Spring of 2012. Ryan currently works as a Research Assistant in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER). His current research is focused on new catalyst development, ceramic materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), combustion, energy conversion, fuel cell modeling, fuel cell technology applications and system design. Ryan is a Syracuse University Graduate Fellow and an Astronaut Scholar. Page 26.505.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Developing T-Shaped Professional Engineers through an Advance Energy
Paper ID #12157A New Coastal Engineering Graduate ProgramDr. Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University Dr. Robert W. Whalin, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director, Coastal Hazards Center, Jackson State University. He is Director Emeritus of the Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. He received his PhD in Oceanography from Texas A&M University in 1971 and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Dr. Whalin was Director of Army Research Laboratory (1998- 2003; Adelphi, MD), and Technical Director /Director of Waterways Experiment Station (1985-1998; Vicksburg, MS). He has
Education Training Package contains seven elements presented inFigure 2. Figure 2: Elements of the Education Training Package The course offered at Wayne State University is a four credit-hours lecture/lab course atthe senior level with five contact hours (two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory) eachweek. Since the proposed course is a multidisciplinary one, it is then suitable for students fromboth engineering and engineering technology majors. The prerequisites for the proposed Page 26.1250.4Robotics Education Training for Manufacturing Automation course is Computer –Aided Design& Manufacturing, or
in Electrical Engineering Program since its inception. He developed the electronics laboratory I and II to offer hands-on experiences to online students. Dr. Liu is a member of Optical Society of America.Dr. Charles R. Westgate Sr. P.E., Binghamton University Charles Westgate is a Research Professor at Binghamton University and a former Dean of the Engineer- ing School at Binghamton. He has been deeply involved in online course instruction at Johns Hopkins, Binghamton, and Stony Brook. He conducts research in semiconductor devices and materials.Ms. Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York, HQ Kim Scalzo is Director of the SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD). The SUNY CPD provides professional
for a greater diversity oftraining setups to be utilized in a smaller area.IntroductionIn order to effectively teach instrumentation, mechatronic and robotic courses in an Engineeringor Engineering Technology curriculum, a variety of electromechanical laboratory setups aredesirable. [1] Exposing students to an assortment of technologies is also desirable, to give themas broad an experience as is reasonable. Thus, setups containing different sensors, effectors andactuators and indicators are needed. Quite often, the cost of such laboratory setups (or trainers) ishigh, thereby challenging the desire to have numerous full setups.To broaden the students’ programming capabilities, many programs teach such courses acrossboth microcontroller and
Page 26.455.2 • Integrated Services Construction ManagementEach of the project-based courses was based on a model of six (6) quarter-hours of laboratorycredit total of sixteen (16) scheduled contact hours per week and an additional two (2) hours perweek to be arranged for by the instructor. Based on a ten (10) week quarter system, studentswould receive a total of one-hundred eighty (180) hours of instruction. Similar to coursesoffered through an architecture program, their concept was teach each course in a dedicatedspace equipped with models, samples, contracts, marketing documents, specifications, estimatingguides, computer references, and other tools appropriate to that construction industry sector. Inaddition, the laboratory would be
culminating in the collaborative design and fabrication ofan autonomous vehicle. Students were provided a realistic design scenario early in the course,with subsequent lecture and laboratory activities tying directly to the proposed problem.Following the submission of student design work, and demonstration of their mechatronicdevices, student learning outcomes were assessed both indirectly and directly. Indirectassessment implied both the course content and collaborative design project contributed tostudent learning. Direct assessment of student designs showed improvement from previoussemesters.IntroductionLawrence Technological University (Lawrence Tech) is engaged in a seven-year process toincorporate active and collaborative learning (ACL) and
inharm to employees, the environment and in some cases the public in highly publicized eventssuch as Bhopal and Deepwater Horizons. Risks are tolerated when hazards are controlled; whenan incident occurs, the risk becomes intolerable. The public reacts negatively to events involvingemployee deaths, environmental damage or threats to their homes.Incidents often result in negative publicity and a call for change. For example, a runawayreaction led to an explosion at a company called T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville, FL inDecember 2007.3 The blast killed four people. Another thirty two people were injured; fourteenrequired treatment at a local hospital. In response, the U.S. Chemical Safety and HazardInvestigation Board (CSB) called for improvements