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Practical Teaching in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University; Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University

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]. Simplylecturing about these steps is insufficient to give students the experience necessary to effectivelyiterate in teams. Failure is one of the main reasons for iteration, but is difficult to teach about.The ability to identify and assess failures or other reasons for iteration can only be properlylearned through hands-on experience. Previous studies have highlighted the ability to teach suchconcepts using hands-on activities such as model building and laboratory exercises. Lemons etal. showed that model building helped students generate ideas, make ties between concept andphysical object, and finally make the students more away of their process-based strategies [6].Mackenchnie and Buchanan have employed hands-on activities in a laboratory class using

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Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanqing Gao, Oregon Institute of Technology; Fei-Yue Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology; Xisong Dong, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; Xiwei Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; ShuangShuang Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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. Socialmanufacturing is an emerging form of making and marketing customized products by 3Dprinters and crowdsourcing in cyberspace. A CDIO-based Social Manufacturing Laboratory(CDIO-SML) that integrates 3D printing techniques for additive manufacturing ande-commerce for marketing has been developed and described in this paper. The lab consistsof five platforms for 1) teaching integration, 2) requirement acquisition, 3) interactive designand innovation, 4) manufacturing and production processes, 5) cyberspace-based marketingand operations. These five platforms facilitate product development from the requirement,design, manufacturing, marketing, to services. Each student participates in the whole processof the product life cycle and plays the roles of 1

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Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuqiu You, Ohio University

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manufacturing systems.Manufacturing engineers need to integrate other technologies with the objective of extractingfrom robots the flexibility they can offer. Vision systems have been introduced and implementedon industrial robots to improve productivity and flexibility of manufacturing systems. Sometypical applications with vision systems are work piece identification, work piece positioning,work piece dimension measurement, position compensation, surface painting, and visiontracking. Therefore, there is a need to introduce vision system technology to students in theManufacturing Engineering Technology program.There are three Robotics courses offered in the Manufacturing Engineering Technology programspanning from 200 level to 400 level to teach

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Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University

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Electrical Engineering at Monterrey Tech (ITESM-Monterrey Campus). Teaches courses in CAD/CAE, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Method and Optimization. His interest are in the area of product development, topology optimization, additive manufacturing, sustainable design, and biomechanics.Dr. Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University Associate Professor of Engineering, Design, Manufacturing, and Management Systems , has been work- ing on Virtual Reality simulation and 3D printing for more than 20 years. His main focus has been 3-D modeling design and VR simulation in manufacturing and assembly, medical application, large scale dynamic simulation in various research organizations in Japan like Hokkaido University, TMIT

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Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

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, many other industries have been or are planning to introducerobots into their manufacturing processes.1 In the Pacific Northwest region several companies inaerospace, electronics, apparel, and commercial cookware have either introduced robots or ex-panded their use in recent years. As such, an introduction to robotics in the context of manufac-turing is becoming more important for students pursuing degrees in Manufacturing Engineering.There is, however, always a challenge when teaching robotics to find the correct balance betweenapplication and modeling. Many robotics courses taught in Electrical or Mechanical EngineeringDepartments have a tendency to emphasize modeling over application, but a well-prepared Man-ufacturing Engineer needs to

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Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Regina Ruane Ph.d., Drexel University ; Chetana R. Bayas; Abhishek Raja, Drexel University; Carlos Michael Ruiz, Drexel University

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of Arts degree in Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University and her baccalaureate degree at Villanova Uni- versity, where she studied education and philosophy. Dr. Ruane presents nationally and internationally on blended and online education, particularly online peer mentoring. This past April, Dr. Ruane presented her research at the American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting.Ms. Chetana R. BayasMr. Abhishek Raja, Drexel UniversityMr. Carlos Michael Ruiz, Drexel University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Development of a Green Energy Manufacturing Laboratory Course on Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency

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Practical Teaching in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Lalley P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ryan H. Koontz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Lisa Carlson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Eric Jon Holmgren

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, process development and product development. - See more at: https://www.asee.org/public/person#sthash.WaxuWfqL.dpufDr. Michael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Michael Langerman is professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Co- Director of the Computational Mechanics Laboratory at the South Dakota School of Mines and Tech- nology (SDSM&T). Before academia, Dr. Langerman was employed at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory either as a member of the technical staff or as a closely aligned consultant. He has conducted applied research for LANL, ORNL, and several universities and companies. He has over 80 technical publications and conference presentations. He was

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Practical Teaching in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel J. Waldorf, California Polytechnic State University; Trian M. Georgeou, California Polytechnic State University

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. He received his Ph.D. in industrial engineering in 1996 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where, as a graduate student, he taught quality and applied statistics and researched machining models for monitoring and control. At Cal Poly, Dr. Waldorf has taught and developed courses in manufacturing process design, computer-aided manufacturing, tool en- gineering, quality engineering, and reliability. He has participated in numerous activities related to the improvement of teaching methods, teaching assessment, and curriculum design. He is currently the fac- ulty advisor for Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). His research interests are in metal cutting process modeling, tool wear, cutting tool

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Innovative Project-Based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April M. Bryan, Western Washington University; John Andrew Lund, Western Washington University

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teachingmanufacturing systems courses, they have been used successfully for teaching a closely relatedsubject, Robotics and Automation7. Those using this approach have found that the main benefitof such labs is that they allow students to visualize and experiment with the theories learned inclass. However, as students work on virtual remote laboratory projects through computerinterfaces, the sole use of this approach has been reported to lead to feelings of isolation and todecreases in student motivation7.It is apparent that if the challenges of development and maintenance costs can be overcome, theuse of physical manufacturing systems laboratories can be an effective approach for teachingmanufacturing systems courses1,5-7. Labs based on physical systems allow

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Javaid S. Siddiqi, Lone Star College; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 MAKER: Programmable Logic Control (PLC) Based Automated System for Water-Level Control for Teaching Pneumatics and

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Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrick James La Petina, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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, academically, and professionally, one teachingassistant responds, “Instructing helps solidify concepts and processes in my own knowledge. Inaddition, questions posed by others help me look at things in ways that I didn’t originally.” Itbecomes evident that experience with the teaching the CAM workflow does not only benefittechnical engineering skills, but also professional skills such as training and mentoring.SummaryThe preceding describes the development and implementation of a CAM workflow at largeMidwestern university’s fabrication laboratory. This workflow is integral to the laboratory’smission of providing engineering students with the manufacturing knowledge required to helpthem become more informed designers/engineers. This approach was

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Innovations in Curriculum and Course Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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developments, best learning theoryimplementations and most effective teaching practices and innovations [14].Due to the fast evolution in electro-mechanical and electronic systems, and the ever-changingaspects involved in modern industry, the maintenance of professional and academic currency isabsolutely essential. An annual faculty professional development plan is proposed in a rotationschedule, in order to provide opportunities to faculty members to stay current. The plan followsthe framework proposed by Odden et al. [15] (where applicable) and it is depicted in Table 2. Table 2. Cost Structure for Professional DevelopmentNKU Existing and Proposed Facilities for the ProgramEngineering Technology Programs occupy 9 rooms on the

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Innovations in Curriculum and Course Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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teaching students how to associate what they are learning in the course to thevery next steps of the engineering design and development process.Surface modeling is one of the areas utilized in the effort for teaching students applications ofengineering graphics. This is similar to an attempt by Hartman [8] where surface modeling wasintegrated into the graphics curriculum. In this effort, once the students complete their surfacemodeling study through Mastercam surface creation exercises, they are required to build a 3-Dsurface model to be employed in computer numerically control (CNC) program generation. Thestudents then have to go through the steps of the computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) processfor observing impact of a set of Mastercam NC code

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Innovations in Advanced Fabrication Technologies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jafar F. Al-Sharab, Northwestern State University; Mohammed Benalla, Northwestern State University

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Faculty at Rutgers University. At Rutgers, he was heavily involved in research and teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels. In the period of 2011-2014, Dr. Al-Sharab was a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. In addition to his work with academic institutions, Dr. Al-Sharab was a consultant of various technological companies es- pecially in the areas of structure-property-correlations and advanced characterizations. Dr. Al-Sharab’s research interests are in the areas of Nanotechnology, Electron Microscopy, Structure-property correla- tions, synthesis and characterization of energy related materials (harvesting

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Thomas Bannerman, The Ohio State University; Andrew Theiss, The Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University

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student 3D printed NANOLYSERS can be found in Figure 2 on the following page. Figure 2: 3D Models (SolidWorks) and Physical Models of Student NANOLYSERsMethodsAll 3D printing for the course was done using the MakerBot Replicator 2 model printer using1.75mm diameter PLA filament. There were approximately ten of these printers available for usewhich greatly increased the amount of models that could be produced in a given time frame. Theprinters were maintained by program laboratory supervisors and the printing was done byundergraduate teaching assistants.Students submitted both SolidWorks part files or assembly files (.sldprt or sldasm) as well ascreating ".stl" files of all parts to be made. These files could also be made by SolidWorks

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bart Taylor M.Ed., A&M Consolidated High School; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Dezhen Song

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Paper ID #14539MAKER: From 2-D Projective Geometry to 3-D Object Recognition and 3-DPrinting Processes for High School StudentsMr. Bart Taylor M.Ed., A&M Consolidated High School A Dedicated career and technology teacher with fifteen years of experience in the classroom. Offer a proven track record of commended performance in teaching, and leadership, with a passion for educa- tion and a commitment to continually pursue student, school and district success. Experience includes classroom teaching, motivational speaking, district curriculum and instructional coaching, professional development planning/presenting, high

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Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Dharma Varapula, Drexel University

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has taught many different engineering and technology courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His tremendous re- search experience in manufacturing includes environmentally conscious manufacturing, Internet based robotics, and Web based quality. In the past years, he has been involved in sustainable manufacturing for maximizing energy and material recovery while minimizing environmental impact.Dharma Varapula, Drexel University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Microscale Implementation and Image Analysis of Fluid ProcessesMicroscale fluidics offers new avenues for teaching CAD, prototyping, fluid mechanics, heat andmass transfer, process engineering, control, and image

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas G. Hart, Tarrant County College; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated sys- tem integration. He also serves as Director of an NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program in the area of Mechatronics, Robotics, and Industrial Automation

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Innovative Project-Based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Research Projects and Lessons Learned from Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Automated System DesignAbstractAutomated systems affect the way we do things and impact our daily lives. Designing andbuilding automated systems is complex and requires an integrated skill set. The knowledgeneeded cuts across multiple disciplines of mechanical engineering, control/electrical engineering,and manufacturing engineering. U.S. manufacturers are

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Paper ID #16253MAKER: 3-D–Printing Evolution in Engineering Education: The Things WeMakeProf. Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University (1984), the M.S. in electrical engineering (1988), the M.S. in industrial engineering (1992), and the Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Ohio State University (2000). He is currently a Professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo teaching robotics and automation courses. Dr. Jaksic has over 60 publications and holds two patents. Dr. Jaksic’s interests include robotics

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Innovative Project-Based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas - El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas - El Paso; Teresa Wu, Arizona State University; Yirong Lin, University of Texas - El Paso

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proceedings). Dr. Lin’s teaching interests lies in Mechanical Design, Solid Mechanics, and Dynamics. Currently, he is advising 4 Ph.D. students, 3 Master students, and 2 undergraduate students. Since 2011, 5 Master students graduated from his group. He was awarded the Best Paper at SAMPE 2008 fall technical conference, Honorable Mentioned Best Student Paper at SMASIS 2009 fall conference and ASME Best Paper in Materials of 2010 at SPIE Smart Materials/NDE 2011 conference. He is a member of ASME, SPIE, SAMPE and AIAA. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 EVALUATING INDIVIDUAL LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS ON PROJECT-BASED LEARNING METHODOLOGY BY COMPARING TEAM-BASED AND

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Vania Willms

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Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state- of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. He also serves as Director of an NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program in the area of Mechatronics, Robotics, and Industrial Automation.Mrs. Vania Willms, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teaching Robot Perception in Middle SchoolAbstractRobots are key to manufacturing, healthcare, entertainment, and aerospace exploration feature.The industry is in great need of qualified professionals that can meet the demand of the ever-changing technologies and latest innovation. Robot perception

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Warren Rosen, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Michael Cassidy

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qual- ity assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MS&T in 1999 while he worked as a quality engineer for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri. His first teaching position was at the architectural and manufacturing Sciences depart- ment of Western Kentucky University. He was a faculty at Trine University teaching mainly graduate courses as well as undergraduate courses in engineering technology and mechanical engineering depart- ments. He is currently teaching in Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University. His area of expertise is in CAD/CAM, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining, rapid prototyping and qual- ity

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Additive Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Bret Alan Davis, Intel; Michael Cassidy, Drexel University

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Paper ID #14694Printing Mozart’s PianoDr. Warren Rosen, Drexel University 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 processing systems, and served as the Navy’s representative on several national

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William H. Heeter, Porter High School Engineering Dept.; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Jun Zou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #14540MAKER: Piezoelectric Crystal Experiments for High School Science and En-gineering StudentsMr. William H. Heeter, Porter High School Engineering Dept. My name is William (Bill) Heeter. I graduated from Texas A&M with an Engineering degree in 1973. I worked in Industrial Distribution for over 30 years before becoming a high school pre-engineering teacher. I have been teaching engineering and technology for the past 13 years. I have been a Master Teacher for ”Project Lead the Way”, CTE co-Director, CTE Building Chair, Technology Teacher. My students have received many awards and college scholarships. One

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saneela Rabbani, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Josiah David D'Arrigo, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Amir Elzawawy , Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

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Paper ID #15445MAKER: A Braille ClockSaneela Rabbani, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Saneela Rabbani is a senior in Mechatronics Engineering at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Tech- nology. She is the secretary of the Society of Women Engineers, Vaughn Chapter and secretary of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Club. She is a Tutor and Laboratory Technician at Vaughn College. She dis- covered her passion for teaching at an early age and aspires to obtain her graduate degrees in the field of Engineering and teach on a collegiate level.Mr. Josiah David D’Arrigo, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology I am

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Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Design Projects

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas - El Paso

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theoretical analysis and experimental investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rex H. Wong, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #14516MAKER: An Entry-Level Robotic System Design Project for Undergradu-ates and K12Dr. Rex H. Wong, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology Currently a professor at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, located at Queens, New York. The courses I teach include DC/AC electric circuits analysis, control and communications systems, mecha- tronics and robotics, as well as some avionics courses in the past. My interests of research area lies in robotics and its applications, particularly in service robotics (domestic or industrial), and integrated network of robotics and sensors (Internet of Things

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Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Chetana R. Bayas

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(Figure 15) using parts from a compact optical CD playerand G-code software for CNC. Recently, very inexpensive (∼ $100) laser scannerengravers are commercially available which may be adaptable to this application.Figure 13: Robotic arm manipulating laser pointer for LBIC measurements that maplocalized solar cell photocurrent to position on the surface of the solar cell.Figure 14: One-dimensional scans of solar cell (LBIC vs. position).Figure 15: Laser scanner of solar cells.Conclusion and DiscussionSolar cells and solar cell materials (e.g., multicrystalline silicon wafers) provideexcellent vehicles for teaching image capture, processing, and analysis formaterials and device characterization and quality control. Solar cells images,captured by