c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Design and Evaluation of a Web-based Virtual Open Laboratory Teaching Assistant (VOLTA) for Circuits Laboratory Firdous Saleheen, Salvatore Giorgi, Zachary Smith, Joseph Picone and Chang-Hee Won Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Temple UniversityAbstractA Virtual Open Laboratory Teaching Assistant (VOLTA) provides personalized instruction forstudents participating in a self-paced undergraduate circuits laboratory. VOLTA allows studentsto work in the open laboratory even when a teaching assistant is unavailable. The system’scomponents include pre-lab testing and instruction, engineering design exercises
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
inpre-engineering do not complete their degree2,3. To improve engineering learning effectiveness, alaboratory experience is highly beneficial; it reinforces the material comprehension,complements the theory, and provides an active, interactive learning. However, issues such ashigh cost and high credit-hour engineering curricula have resulted in elimination of many of theengineering teaching laboratories, especially at the sophomore level. Our project goal was toimprove student success rate by providing them a set of virtual experiments that we develop toadequately simulate the physical laboratory.Guiding Principles in Developing the Virtual Laboratory: 1. The virtual laboratory modules must mimic reality and the learning experience in the
because of safetyissues, expenses, and lack of qualified teaching assistants. This paper presents the planning anddevelopment of a web-based application that can simulate a virtual laboratory for electricmachines. This Virtual Power Laboratory 1 (VPL) is developed on a universal web-basedplatform that can be accessed anywhere by most mobile devices and modern computers. As aproof of concept, nine virtual experiments have been developed for DC motors and generators.Machine concepts are summarized using text, 2D and 3D graphics as well as multimediaanimation. The animated graphical user interface (GUI) plays an important role as it enablesstudents to review and retain basic concepts by building a bridge from the virtual environment tothe real
Engineering Education, 2015 Interconnected Laboratory Modules in Metrology, Quality Control and Prototyping area Courses: Lessons Learned and Laboratory Modules Assessment (Overview of the Project Outcomes)IntroductionAs manufacturing industry faces new challenges related to redefining its role and scope in USand western civilizations, manufacturing education in moreover confronted with adapting to thenew face of manufacturing and with improving teaching and learning effectiveness in bothonline and in-class courses and training. The major objectives of our project are to design anduse hardware and software based CNC machine control simulator systems to enhance thecognitive learning of
. His research interests include control system, mechatronics, motor drive, power electronics, and real-time embedded system design. As the Principal Investigator, his research has received significant sponsorship from Army Research Office, NSF, ED, and industry. Page 26.1467.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Teaching and Research Initiatives in Power Engineering TechnologyAbstract The existing centralized, producer controlled generation, and uni-directional transmissionand distribution network has been gradually shifting to distributed generation with
Paper ID #11521Development and Implementation of Interactive Virtual Laboratories to HelpStudents Learn Threshold Concepts in Thermodynamics – Year 2Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem
teaching in the sciencesmethod for laboratory instruction. The case study educational pedagogy promotes the use ofcases, or interactive “stories,” to engage students in STEM courses and it has been successfullyused to help reform STEM instruction in traditional lecture courses. Our work is unique becausethe cases were used to introduce lab concepts and bring relevance to the analytical skills beinglearned in the lab. This work is funded by NSF IUSE and is a collaborative effort of professors atthree distinctly different institutions: a public, historically black co-ed technical university, aprivate, historically black liberal arts college for women, and a private, predominately whiteliberal arts university. The proposed poster will report
Facilities-Based and Hands-On Teaching ApproachAbstractThis paper presents an overview of and the latest outcomes from an NSF TransformingUndergraduate Education in STEM (TUES) funded project, “Building Sustainability into ControlSystems Courses.” The new teaching strategy leverages an energy efficient academic building toexpose students to modern heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and sustainablebuilding concepts. Students perform new process control laboratory experiments, are taken ontours of the building’s HVAC mechanical rooms, and are shown the Building ManagementSystem. A formative assessment plan is guiding the development of new curriculum materialsand assignments. Direct and indirect assessment results
Paper ID #11975Closing Achievement Gaps using the Green-BIM Teaching Method in Con-struction Education CurriculumProf. Jin-Lee Kim P.E., California State University, Long Beach Dr. Jin-Lee Kim, Ph.D., P.E., LEED AP BD+C, USGBC Faculty, is an Associate Professor of the De- partment of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management at California State University Long Beach. He is a director of Green Building Information Modeling laboratory. His research interests include advanced construction scheduling techniques for optimization, green buildings, building informa- tion modeling, cost estimating methods
Paper ID #11802A Plan to Diffuse Mobile Hands-On Teaching and Learning in Puerto RicoDr. Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo Dr. Juan C. Morales, P.E., joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Universidad del Turabo (UT), Gurabo, Puerto Rico, in 1995 and currently holds the rank of professor. Dr. Morales was the ABET Coordinator of the School of Engineering for the initial ABET-EAC accreditation of all four accredited programs at UT. He has been Department Head of Mechanical Engineering since 2003. His efforts to diffuse innovative teaching and learning practices derive directly from the outcomes assessment plan
Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State University Erick Nefcy is a doctoral candidate in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. He is currently studying student modeling in capstone physical and virtual laboratory projects. He is interested in teaching and microprocessing, and has held multiple internships at Intel Corporation. Page 26.771.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Feedback in Complex, Authentic, Industrially Situated Engineering Projects using Episodes as a Discourse Analysis Framework – Year 3IntroductionOver the last ten years
extroverts 2. Page 26.178.2Figure 1: Typical Challenges Facing Students and Instructors During Engineering Design LaboratoriesScenario 2: Student interest availability, instructor/laboratory facility unavailability: In manyengineering laboratories, students are not allowed to work without direct supervision from ateaching assistant or instructor. Unfortunately, many engineering laboratory facilities are basedon the schedules of the instructor, teaching assistant or university, and may be misaligned withstudents’ schedules. For example, certain engineering and science majors are known to work andstudy at night such as Computer Science students 3
the development of a computer numerical control (CNC) laboratory and theassociated preliminary data supporting an increase in student motivation as a result of project-versus lecture-based instruction. Ten inexpensive CNC milling machines have been deployed inan undergraduate teaching laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Because theseare inexpensive, hobbyist CNC machines, the fundamental concepts behind modern prototypingand manufacturing become accessible for hands-on exploration by students with little to no man- Page 26.706.2ufacturing expertise or background. For example, incoming freshman mechanical engineeringstudents
Page 26.444.3while virtual labs provide students with the ability to run the experiments on their owncomputers at any time, they also require considerable development time and often encounterintegration issues. The authors of [25] and [26] present technologies for remote laboratories forelectrical engineering topics that demonstrate custom systems for performing laboratoryexperiments at a distance. Both [25] and [26] report an increase in student access while beingable to teach real measurement techniques. For instructors administering laboratories that teachmeasurement techniques using industrial-grade test equipment, a remote laboratory approach isthe preferred solution. For content that is amenable to a portable lab kit, and cost can
design an experiment, familiarity with labinstrumentation, how to properly plot, analyze, and interpret data, how to assess and quantifymeasurement error, and how to report results with honesty and integrity.Set of Lab Experiments: Table 1 outlines a set of lab experiments for the Intro to Engineeringcourse. The curriculum is intended to address ABET’s thirteen lab objectives46. The CALSTEPAdvisory Board members provided consultation on the laboratory curriculum, all of whom havesubstantial experience teaching a similar course. The course begins with labs designed to teachstudents skills in experimentation, measurements, error analysis, along with techniques in aspreadsheet program and MATLAB/FreeMat for data visualization, analysis and
Oregon State University. He serves as the Coordinator of Collegiate Mathematics Education, as Faculty Director of the OSU Math Learning Center, and as the OSU Math Excel (Treisman Emerging Scholars) program. His main mathematics education research interests are in the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning of mathematics. He was recognized in 2009 with the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America Distinguished Teaching Award. He most recently served on an Equity Task Force for the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.Dr. Susie J Brubaker-Cole, Oregon State University Dr. Susie Brubaker-Cole is vice provost for student affairs at Oregon State University. Prior to this
and exploit taxonomies, intrusion detection systems, virtual test beds, and a relay setting automation program used by a top 20 investor owned utility. He has authored more than 40 peer reviewed research conference and journal articles in these areas. Dr. Morris’s research projects are funded by the National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, NASA, the US Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research Development Center (ERDC), Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation, and Entergy Corporation. Prior to joining MSU, Dr. Morris worked at Texas Instruments (TI) for 17 years in multiple roles including circuit design and verification engineer, applications engineer
. Futureacquisitions planned include one or more tunable light sources and an interferometer.Objective c) refers to training faculty to teach courses in the program. Faculty members havereceived training primarily through the self-paced online courses offered by OP-TEC. Thecourses are offered in a flexible format. The lecture portion is conducted online through aclassroom management system, followed by hands-on laboratory experiments at the end of thecourse. This has worked very well for three instructors from Baker College, allowing them to bewell prepared to teach the program photonics courses.Objective d) focuses on outreach activities. The number of outreach activities promotingphotonics increased during the second year of the grant. We continued to offer
Virginia Tech B.S.E.E. program. She continues to be actively involved in the development of mobile hands-on pedagogy as well as research on other topics in STEM education, the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale optical materials, and fermentation processes.Dr. Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Deborah Joy Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology
development. This paper outlines the proposed work and the materials developed tosupport the implementation of the project in Fall 2015.IntroductionComputer programming is a common mandatory course taught in the first year of engineeringand computer science programs. These types of courses typically utilize a common programminglanguage (MATLAB, C, Java) to teach students about syntax, programming techniques, andintroduce students to applied problem solving1-4. Learning a computer programming languagehas been known to be difficult for high-school and university students because of the lack of timefor practice5, in addition to the conceptual complexity of the topic and logical reasoningprocesses required for understanding. Programming courses are
“immediate value” by participating in workshop activities. Thisimmediate value is gained through the information presented and the activities, e.g. presentationsand laboratory exercises. Immediate value is assessed through pre-workshop and post-workshopsurveys. The post-workshop surveys will also point to “potential value,” i.e. the intent tointegrate workshop material into the classes that they teach, or in other professional activities, ifthey don’t teach. For immediate value, 29 faculty attended (16 community college instructors, 13four-year engineering technology professors). 16 out of 29 (55%) faculty currently teachmicrocontrollers in their classes. On the other hand, for potential values, 24 out of 29 (83%)faculty plan to incorporate workshop
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, device operation,defects, variability, and reliability. Laboratory projects using low-cost fluorescent cameras,visible and near-IR cameras, and laser scanning are used to characterize the grain structure,defects, surface roughness, reflectivity, and photovoltaic effects in common solar cell materials(e.g., monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon wafers, thin film solar cells, commercialsilicon solar cells, and photovoltaic modules. Captured images can be imported into MATLABor other widely-available image processing software for analysis and interpretation. Topicallaboratory modules and projects can teach across engineering disciplines including materialsscience, optics, quality control, semiconductor devices, and renewable energy.1
Paper ID #11459DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A BIOMETRIC IRISVERIFICATION SYSTEMDr. Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University Ravi P. Ramachandran received the B. Eng degree (with great distinction) from Concordia University in 1984, the M. Eng degree from McGill University in 1986 and the Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 1990. From October 1990 to December 1992, he worked at the Speech Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. From January 1993 to August 1997, he was a Research Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. He was also a Senior Speech Scientist at T-Netix from July 1996 to August 1997
, moduleimprovements will be guided by formative evaluations to assess their quality and clarity as theyare being developed and refined. The appropriateness and usability of the CooL:SLiCE systemwill be assessed through usability analysis.References[1] Hofstein, A. and Lunetta, V.N. (2004). The laboratory in science education: Foundation for the 21st century, Science Education, 88, 28-54.[2] Roth, W. (1994). Experimenting in a constructivist high school physics laboratory. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 31, 3-6.[3] Kirschner, A. & Meester, A. (1988). The laboratory in higher science education: Problems, premises and objectives. Higher Education 17, 1, 81-98.[4] Papert, S. (1980). Mindstorms: Children, computers, and
experiment students use a commercial optical pulse sensor to measure theirpulse rates and resulting waveforms are observed on an oscilloscope. Students exploreanalog signal processing in the form of filtering and amplification. They construct asimple RC circuit to filter the pulse waveform and investigate the effects of a varyingtime constant on the information content (and noise) in the signal. An operationalamplifier is also used and students demonstrate the gain adjustment that is possible byselecting different resistor values. Students experience first hand the impact electricalcomponents have on signals from biological systems.Radiation from Wireless Devices - This module teaches systems-level thinking by givingstudents a pre-laboratory group
; Anaheim, CA.7. Ssemakula, M.E. and Liao, G. Y.: ‘A Hands-On Approach to Teaching Product Development’ World Transactions on Engineering &Technology Education vol. 5, no.3, (2006) pp 397-400.8. Ssemakula, M.E; Liao, G.; Ellis, R.D; Kim, K-Y; Aguwa, C.; and Sawilowsky, S.: ‘Manufacturing Integrated Learning Laboratory (MILL): A Framework for Determination of Core Learning Outcomes in Engineering Curricula’ Int. Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 27, no. 2 (2011) pp. 323 – 332.9. Hedges, L.V.: ‘Correcting a Significance Test for Clustering’ Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics vol.32, no.2 (2007) 151-17910. Ssemakula, M. E.; Liao, G.; and Ellis, R.D.: Hands-on Manufacturing Laboratory for Future Production
courses from a wide range of institutions and curricula, a more complete picture ofboth the difficulties and solutions to help students get past them is formed. For example, severalnew hands-on activities were developed by workshop attendees during the extended summerofferings. Several new perspectives with regard to conceptual learning theories were derivedfrom offering the workshop and were used to steer a Ph.D. dissertation study [5]. Discussions Page 26.921.2have promoted and influenced a redesign of the hands-on laboratory sessions at Rose-Hulman.Workshop DescriptionThe workshop is presented in three major phases: analysis of student
Paper ID #11587Design for Impact: Reimagining Inquiry-Based Activities in Heat Transferfor Effectiveness and Ease of Faculty AdoptionDr. Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University Margot Vigeant is a professor of chemical engineering and an associate dean of engineering at Bucknell University. She earned her B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University, and her M.S. and Ph.D., also in chemical engineering, from the University of Virginia. Her primary research focus is on engineering pedagogy at the undergraduate level. She is particularly interested in the teaching and learning of concepts related to thermodynamics