Paper ID #14933Hybrid Course Design in Manufacturing Courses to Improve Learning in theClassroomDr. Gozdem Kilaz, Purdue University - West Lafayette Gozdem Kilaz is an Assistant Professor of Aviation Technology Department at Purdue University. Dr. Kilaz holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering. She serves as the Chief Scientist for the Air Transport Institute for Environmental Sustainability (AirTIES). Her research is focused on avia- tion biofuels and sustainability. Her courtesy appointment with the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE) research center provides collaboration between
in teaching design, instrumentation, and medical device regulations.Prof. Poul Fønss Nielsen, University of Auckland Poul’s research focuses on using novel instrumentation, detailed computational models, and quantita- tive descriptions of physical processes to gain a better understanding of human physiology. Many of his projects couple mathematical modelling with innovative instrumentation to improve our ability to understand and interpret measurements of complex biological systems, subject to the constraints of well- understood physical conservation and balance laws. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work in Progress: The consumer breathalyzer as a model design
) 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 instrumentation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Implementation and Usage of an Online Environment in a Chemical Engineering CurriculumAbstractWe have developed an online system to serve as a hub for student activities in our chemicalengineering
than those provided bytextbook publishers34.The online Graphics class at Cañada College was developed by an engineering instructor whohas been teaching the face-to-face version of the class for about 20 years, and has been teachingonline lecture courses (Statics, Dynamics, Circuits lecture, Materials lecture) deliveredsynchronously for the past several years. The online Graphics class is the first asynchronousclass to be developed by this instructor. Online course materials that have been developedinclude PowerPoint lectures, lecture videos, video tutorials, laboratory exercises, and homeworkassignments. Most lecture videos and video tutorials were created and edited using a tabletcomputer and screen capture software such as Camtasia Studio
real time simulation of the powersystem. The GPS units are available for time stamping data received from PMUs and relays. Thelab has been featured in a prominent industrial trade publication 9 and is set to double in size witha $1 million equipment donation from Doble Engineering.The Setting and Testing Digital Relays laboratory course is taught by faculty and experiencedengineers from industry, with TVA routinely supplying adjuncts to teach actual industry practiceto a diverse group including traditional graduate students as well as practicing engineers.To expose students to a wide variety of equipment present in the smart grid, a new laboratorycourse was developed with specific assignments including: • Phasor Measurement Unit setup
); ”Research Experience for Teachers: Integrating Research Skills into the classroom” (UNH 2nd Annual Nanotechnology Conference for Teachers April 2006); and ”Educational Outreach Programs” (2005 MA STEM Summit). She was Co-principal Investigator/Program Director, Research Experience for Teachers (RET), development and implementation of the Research Experience for Teach- ers site at Northeastern University; Executive Director/Founder, Young Scholars Program, development and implementation of the Young Scholars Program, a summer research program for high school students; Co-executive Director, Exxon Mobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, development and implemen- tation of a residential camp for middle school students
asophomore-level course are given in the paper. Plans to use the device for homework and in-class active learning exercises are also explored. A take-home laboratory kit called The BitBox©which incorporates The BitBoard and a DE1 is also described. The paper discusses the results ofa student survey on the usefulness and reliability of the device and the kit. Observations andresults of the survey suggest that The BitBoard and The BitBox are effective educational toolsfor teaching digital logic fundamentals and have a range of application well beyond the localenvironment. The BitBoard and provides a seamless way to bridge the gap from basic gate-levelexperiments to advanced FPGA projects using an integrated take home laboratory kit.IntroductionThis
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Computer Engineeringcurricula. Due to costly hardware needed for communication and networking teachinglaboratories, many of these courses are taught without a laboratory. Additionally, such hardwarebased teaching labs lack the flexibility to evolve over time and adapt to different environments.Supported by an NSF TUES type II grant, we have developed a software defined radio (SDR)based general modulation/demodulation platform for enhancing undergraduate communicationand networking curricula. In our previous NSF funded CCLI project “Evolvable wirelesslaboratory design and implementation for enhancing undergraduate wireless engineeringeducation”, we have developed and demonstrated the first nationwide
83% Final Grade 84%Table 2: Summary of direct assessment averages.8. Final remarksOffering an undergraduate course in intra-vehicle communication, with a supplemental hardwarelaboratory, has some challenges. In this paper, the author outlined the course content and a fewexamples of laboratory experiments based on Seed studio CAN shield with MCP2515 CAN BusController board and Arduino Mega 2560. The teaching methods used have proven to beefficient tools in responding successfully to the challenge of teaching an automotivecommunication course to both Electrical and Mechanical Engineering students. Additionalenhancements and improvements are planned for the laboratory experiments. This course canserve as a basis for other
, 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
, ASEE, SME and TAP.Dr. Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University Faculty member in the Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and Management Systems (EDMMS) at Western Michigan University’s (WMU). Co-Director of the Center for Integrated Design (CID), and currently the college representative to the President’s University-wide Sustainability Com- mittee at WMU. Received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Design from University of Wisconsin- Madison and received an MBA from Rutgers University. His B.S. degree was in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Monterrey Tech (ITESM-Monterrey Campus). Teaches courses in CAD/CAE, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Method and Optimization. His interest
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.Mr. Michael J. Garrett, Syracuse University Michael Garrett is an incoming graduate student at Syracuse University. Throughout his undergraduate career he developed an interest in energy systems which encouraged him to pursue energy related research. During the summer of 2015, Michael began working as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in
Conference for ASEE, San Antonio,” Texas, June 10-13, 2012. 2. Spencer Kim, “Transforming Curriculum for Workforce Development in Green Plastics Manufacturing Technology (GPMT),” 2013 CCLI/TUES Conference, Renaissance Hotel, Washington DC, Washington, District of Columbia, Jan. 21-22, 2013. 3. Spencer Kim and Betsy Dell, “Transforming Materials Education in Mechanical Engineering Technology,” 2012 Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning, RIT, May 30-31, 2012. 4. Spencer Kim, “Green Plastics Laboratory by Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL),” 2014 ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 15 - 18, 2014. 5. Spencer Kim, “Materials Laboratory Designed by Process Oriented
experience in which teachers fullyparticipate in a computer science or engineering laboratory research and engage in an inquiryfocused content-to-pedagogy teacher professional development workshop, buildingcurriculum from their lab research experience with foci on scientific experimentation andimproving students’ science achievement and literacy. The programs are aligned withCommon Core Math Standards and Next Generation Science Standards and addresses theresearch question: • What is the impact of an intensive research-based teacher professional development program on teacher and student performance?Fifty-three teachers and their 7,420 students have participated in the ACCESS 4 Teachers RETand our previous Societally Relevant Engineering
Paper ID #16979Promoting Safety Throughout the Design-Build-Test CurriculumMr. Michael M. Umbriac, University of Michigan Michael Umbriac is a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Michigan, where he teaches the sophomore and junior design-build-test classes.Mrs. Amy Hortop, University of Michigan c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 WORK IN PROGRESS: Promoting Safety Throughout the DesignBuildTest Curriculum Abstract The undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum at the University of Michigan has a unique teambased
Paper ID #14910After School Matters: Expanding the Time to Engage Minority Middle SchoolGirls in STEMDr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, and Chemical, Biological, and Bioengineering. Over the last ten years, Dr. Luster-Teasley has demonstrated excellence in teaching by using a variety of research-based, student-centered, pedagogical methods to increase diversity in STEM. Her teaching and engineering education work has resulted in her
-director of Broadband, Mobile and Wireless Networking Laboratory at the Department of Electrical Engineering of Wright State University.Dr. Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University Dr. Zhiqiang Wu received his BS from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1993, MS from Peking University in 1996, and PhD from Colorado State University in 2002, all in electrical engineering. He has worked at West Virginia University Institute of Technology as assistant professor from 2003 to 2005. He joined Wright State University in 2005 and currently serves as full professor. Dr. Wu is the author of national CDMA network management standard of China. He also co-authored one of the first books on multi-carrier transmission
laboratories defined by the ABET/Sloan Foundation effort4,5. The coursebegins with labs designed to teach students skills in experimentation, measurements, anderror analysis, along with techniques in a spreadsheet program and MATLAB/FreeMatfor data visualization, analysis and interpretations. The course then progresses to exploretopics in Materials Science, and Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Midway through thesemester, a bridge competition is held and the students work on a Student EducationalPlan that projects their coursework all the way through graduating with the Bachelors ofScience degree. Finally, the course concludes with Electrical and Computer Engineeringtopics in electronics and test equipment, sensors and measuring physical phenomena
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identification and enumeration of plant species for field and greenhouse production. Winter-time greenhouse strawberry and herb production are recent funded research activities. YUFENG GE, Assistant Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska. Dr. Ge obtained his PhD in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. He started as a teaching assistant for the sensor and instrumentation class there in 2005, and gradually increased his teaching responsibility for the class to become a co-instructor (since 2010) and instructor (2013). He was the faculty advisor for the student robotics teams who competed for the ASABE robotics competitions in 2012 and 2013.Dr. Yufeng Ge, University of
learning of mathematics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Hands-on Learning of Wireless Communication Principles Using Software Defined Radio Experiments and LabVIEW With the rapid proliferation of millions of smartphones, the adoption of the latest 4G LTEtechnology worldwide, and the emergence 5G broadband wireless technologies, wirelesscommunications have become an integral part of every person’s daily life and will continue to beas such in the foreseeable future. Due to this remarkable surge in wireless technologies, a strongneed for developing a flexible, hands-on laboratory platform to teach a wide variety of wirelesstechniques has emerged. Indeed, current educational
curricula, surveying 950 employers to determine their educationand training needs in the photonics area, delivering outreach events to 8000+ K-12 studentsinvolving hands-on exploration of lasers and optics, providing professional development tofaculty, participating in training and subsequently developing a recruiting and retention plan forfemales and minorities into the photonics technology field, and giving presentations about bestpractices in photonics technician education at several conferences. Next steps include setting upa laser assisted manufacturing laboratory at Indian Hills Community College and developing theassociated curriculum to serve as a model for colleges in the Midwest interested in teaching thisadvanced manufacturing technology
Paper ID #14478Integration of Strategic Highway Research Program 2 Products within theEntire Civil Engineering CurriculumDr. Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University Dr. Mehta is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University and Director of Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATEs). Dr. Mehta has extensive experience in teaching pavement materials and pavement systems. Dr. Mehta has published several technical and educational papers in leading professional organizations.Dr. Parth Bhavsar, Rowan UniversityDr. Ayman Ali, Rowan University
Paper ID #15694Enhancing Mechanics Education through Shared Assessment DesignProf. Roger G. Hadgraft, University of Technology Sydney Roger Hadgraft BE(Hons), MEngSc, DipCompSc, PhD, FIEAust is Professor of Engineering and IT Pro- fessional Practice in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Technology Sydney. He is a civil engineer with 25 years involvement in leading change in engineering education, with a particular focus on problem/project-based learning (PBL), at RMIT, Monash, Melbourne and Central Queensland Universities. Roger is an ALTC (Australian Learning and Teaching Council) Discipline Scholar in
-Muller (GM)pancake survey meters, are suitable for either detailed or spot surveys. Since handheldinstruments are portable, rugged, versatile, and easy to use, they are common in the radiationprotection community. Walk-through portal monitors can be best employed in communityreception centers (CRCs) or in entrances to critical structures, such as hospitals and publicbuildings.This project has purchased new radiation detection equipment for teaching laboratory. Theequipment includes Radiation Emergency Response Kit (Ludlum Model 2241-3RK2) [4],Portable Portal Monitor (Ludlum Model 52-1-1) [5], and Electronic Personal Dosimeter(Canberra’s UltraRadiac-Plus) [6]. Radiation Emergency Response Kit, Electronic PersonalDosimeter, and Portal Monitor are
Treuren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received his B. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and his M. S. in Engineering from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. After serving as USAF pilot in KC-135 and KC-10 aircraft, he completed his DPhil in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom and returned to the USAF Academy to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind
Support Hands-on Learning in the Teaching of Control and Systems Theory,” Engineering Education, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 62–73, Jul. 2014.[5] P. S. Shiakolas and D. Piyabongkarn, “Development of a real-time digital control system with a hardware-in- the-loop magnetic levitation device for reinforcement of controls education,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 79–87, Feb. 2003.[6] R. M. Reck and R. S. Sreenivas, “Developing a new affordable DC motor laboratory kit for an existing undergraduate controls course,” in American Control Conference (ACC), 2015, 2015, pp. 2801–2806.[7] S. S. Nudehi, P. E. Johnson, and G. S. Duncan, “A control systems laboratory for undergraduate mechanical engineering
’ hands-on exploration of aconcept occurs prior to formal instruction. In the course, student exploration of fundamentalstructural engineering concepts was facilitated through the following activities: (i) full-classphysical demonstrations led by the instructor during lecture, (ii) small-group experimentation ina laboratory setting, and (iii) case studies highlighting both failures and exemplarynatural/engineered structures presented via instructor lectures and supplementary multi-mediamaterials. The objective of this paper is demonstrate how the “exploration before theory”approach can be implemented and what is required to accomplish the hands-on, inquiry,discussion, and formal teaching aspects that comprise this teaching style. Associated with
laboratory experi- ments. He is currently doing a collaborative research funded by NSF on Smart Grid energy routers design. Dr. Osareh can be reached at osareh@ncat.eduDr. John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University Dr. John Okyere Attia is Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the field of Electronics, Circuit Analysis, Instrumentation Systems, and VLSI Design. Dr. Attia earned his c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #17045 Ph.D
Paper ID #15618Collaboration between Seniors and Freshmen on Senior Capstone ProjectsProf. Anthony 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 instrumentation.Kyle Joe Branch