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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2011 at the University of Virginia. His current research interests include machine learning, embedded systems, electrical power systems, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 BYOE: Self-Contained Power Supply Experiments with an Instrumented TransformerPresenter Information:The author welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on the development of courseware andexperiments related to power supply design as well as general Electrical and ComputerEngineering laboratory work. Design files and printed circuit fabrication for these experimentalsetups are available as well.Contact information:Prof. Harry

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Student Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Student

Paper ID #20516EEGRC Poster: Experimental Design and Measurement of Internal and Ex-ternal Flow Convection Coefficient Using 3D Printed GeometriesMr. Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and teaches part-time at two other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Travis Fredrick Collins, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robin Getz, Analog Devices

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #18912Sample-Based Understanding of Wireless Transceivers and Digital Transmis-sion Via Software-Defined RadioProf. Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alexander M. Wyglinski is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Asso- ciate Professor of Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), as well as Director of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory (WI Lab). He received his Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 2005, his M.S. degree from Queens University at Kingston in 2000, and his B.Eng. degree from McGill University in 1999, all in electrical

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Ocean and Marine

filter design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Apply Second Order System Identifications Tooran Emami The United States Coast Guard AcademyAbstractThis paper presents a 2nd order system identification of a linear time invariant system in anundergraduate junior level control systems laboratory. In this laboratory students identify asystem transfer function from the parameters of cascade Resistor-Inductor-Capacitor (RLC)circuit by computer programming and analyze the output response. Electrical Engineeringstudents use MATLAB software to determine the relationship between the standard 2nd ordersystem transfer function with the

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Physics & Physics

hrs three times per week), laboratory (3 hrs once a week) andrecitation (1.5 hours once a week), was discarded in favor of a single, blended class meeting 2.5hours three times per week. Moreover, the new class was designed to operate as a fully activelearning course (i.e. without any lecture) by making use of several active learning methodsincluding peer instruction (aka think-pair-share) and interactive, peer laboratories. Therestructured course was assessed using the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) assessment test, givenon the first and last days of class. Results from the FCI test show that the overall gain inperformance increased from 12% to 33% as a result of the combined effects of these changes.Additionally, the overall pass rate for the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin B. Wheatley, Colarado State University; Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University

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First-Year Programs

Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 An Active Learning Environment to Improve First-Year Mechanical Engineering Retention Rates and Software SkillsAbstractThis work proposes a foundational change from traditional lecture to an active learningenvironment in the Colorado State University First-Year Introduction to Mechanical Engineeringcourse of 145 students. The goal of this approach is to improve computational capabilities inMechanical Engineering and long-term retention rates with a single broad emphasis. Major andminor changes were implemented in the course, from specific day to day in-class activities to theaddition of laboratory sessions to replace traditional classroom

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EET Papers 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University Northwest; Yoonill Lee, Purdue University Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

electronics, and optical/wireless networking systems. He has designed several models of high frequency oscilloscopes and other electronic test and measuring instruments as an entrepreneur. He has delivered invited short courses in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore. He is also the author of a textbook in power electronics, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. His other books are, Analog and digital communication laboratory, and First course in Digital Control, published by Creatspace (Amazon). His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences. His current research is focused on renewable energy technology and wireless power transfer.Prof

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 10

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Lisa D. Hobson Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University; Pamela Holland Obiomon, Prairie View A&M University; Mahamadou Tembely, Prairie View A&M University

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Electrical and Computer

Prairie View A&M University in 1993, and a PhD degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University in 2003. From 1998 to 1999, Dr. Obiomon served as an adjunct faculty at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in the Department of Micro-electronics in Rochester, New York. From 2000-2002, she was the lead data processing system hardware engineer in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. In 2003, she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University. She is currently serving as the Department Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Prairie View. Dr. Obiomon’s research interests include the

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ETD Green Energy/Sustainability

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Gurau P.E., Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus

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Engineering Technology

fuel cells. The class notes, which are supported by PowerPoint slides, weremade available to students on Blackboard Learn. There were two laboratory meetings for 1 hourand 15 minutes each, in which students used the Horizon Renewable Energy Educational Kit. Inthe first meeting students demonstrated the production of hydrogen using an electrolyzer and thenused the hydrogen to fuel a PEMFC and demonstrate the conversion of the chemical energy intoelectricity. In the second laboratory meeting students operated a PEMFC to determine itspolarization curve and characterize the fuel cell performance. Students were graded based on threetests, five quizzes, a final comprehensive test, laboratory reports and homework assignments.Advanced Fuel Cells

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi Hu P.E., Tatung University; Amy Shumin Chen, Tatung University, Center for General Education; Yung-Yu Chen; Chao Yang Yang, Tatung University; Ching-Long Yeh

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Materials

teach students the aesthetics and critical thinking with creativity. In thisstudy, we merged two design-based courses modules into the original course curriculum topromote the creativity of students in the field of material engineering. The course module (I)“User-Centered Design-Problem Definition” was offered based on the product and useroriented design aspects. The other course module “Experiential Manufacturing and MaterialAesthetics” was proceeded through project-based learning activities. The two course modules were combined into relevant course, Project Laboratory (1) &(2), on the spring semester (2016) as an elective course to undergraduate students. Studentsshould submit their research portfolios and final report of the program

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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Biomedical

describe the first offering of Introduction to Tissue CultureLaboratory Techniques. In this lab makeover, we significantly changed expectations, lab format,lecture content, lab protocols, and grading policies in order to engage novice students. Theinstructor observed striking improvements in overall student engagement, mastery of techniques,preparedness, and confidence in lab performance. These observations are supported by studentfeedback in written reflections, informal communication, and end-of-course student surveys.Briefly, the course learning objectives include: 1) Demonstrate ability to work safely with animal cells and mastery of aseptic technique 2) Perform laboratory techniques essential for establishing and maintaining cell lines

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Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Mechanical Engineering

in a Junior-Level Machine Design CourseAbstractThere is currently a trend in engineering education that emphasizes a blending of theory with theapplication of that theory to engineering practice. Current ABET criteria for accreditation ofengineering programs focus on the ability of students to recognize engineering problems in a realsystem and to correctly apply engineering principles to those problems. In this paper, the authorsdescribe a junior-level course in machine design that integrates a classic, theoretical treatment ofthe design of machine elements with a semester-long laboratory in which students design andanalyze a ski lift to be used on their campus. This is a required course for all Engineering

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K-12 and Graduate Experiences in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Andria Shyjka, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Diversity

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Biomedical

Paper ID #18138Bioengineering Experience for High School Science TeachersMr. Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago Sam Dreyer is a Masters student researching ocular therapeutic hypothermia and Brain-Computer Inter- faces. He is also passionate about engineering education, teaching high school students and teachers about bioengineering concepts and methods.Dr. Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago Miiri Kotche is a Clinical Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently serves as Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amanda Simson, University of New Haven; Judy Randi Ed.D., University of New Haven; Amanda Lynn Becker, University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

need for instructional resources and strategies to teachcommunication skills, engineering faculty at the University of New Haven have beencollaborating to develop technical communication curriculum, including a series of onlinemodules. The present study is a pilot study intended to evaluate the implementation of selectedinstructional resources and strategies integrated into a chemical engineering laboratory course,where students were required to write bi-weekly technical memos based on the results ofexperimental work.One innovative aspect of this pilot project was the team-taught approach to instruction. In thislaboratory course, the engineering instructor collaborated with a writing instructor to plan anddeliver instruction. Although team

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First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christa M Wille, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Dalton James Hess; Jake Mitchell Levin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Biomedical

take sevensemesters of required team-based design courses. Historically, students would develop technicalskills as needed based on their project. Through engagement with our constituents we developeda more direct instructional approach at delivering essential engineering tools early in thecurriculum. We previously reported on the creation of this new required second semestersophomore lecture and laboratory course with a guided design project: BME 201, “BiomedicalEngineering Fundamentals and Design” (to replace one of the client-based experiences). Sincethen, this course has evolved to cohesively combine all three components into modules thatrepresent the breadth of BME, including: electronics, programing (MATLAB, LabVIEW, andArduino

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Insttitute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Yogendra M. Panta, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Steven Kent Blevins, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Instrumentation

research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with the Department of Elec- trical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to 2012. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 2012, and he is currently an associate professor. His current research interests include wireless power transmission, radar systems, microwave remote sensing, antenna design, and computational

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis; Jun Ouyang, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

California, Davis and works on designing analog inte- grated circuits. As a development teaching assistant, he works on designing modern laboratory materials for undergraduate electrical engineering students. In his spare time, he enjoys working on automating solutions for physical problems using different programming languages. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A New Application-Oriented Electronic Circuits Course for non-Electrical Engineering Students Using Arduino and NI VirtualBenchI. IntroductionTeaching circuits to non-electrical engineering students has always been a challenging task since many ofthese students find the circuit theory

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Developing and Establishing Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Carolyn J. Lawrence-Dill, Iowa State University; Julie A. Dickerson, Iowa State University; Patrick S. Schnable, Iowa State University

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Graduate Studies

to ensure that all students have a common knowledgebase in engineering, plant sciences, and data sciences, no matter their background. The goal is toget all students communicating in the same language. The course “Fundamentals of PredictivePlant Phenomics” was developed to meet this challenge. The course planning took nearly oneyear and incorporated input from faculty with various disciplinary backgrounds. The actualcourse is coordinated by an engineering faculty member and taught through a series of guestlecturers covering various plant science, data science, and engineering topics over a 15-weekperiod. In addition to the three 50-minute lectures per week, a 3-hour laboratory each weekprovides an experiential learning opportunity where

Conference Session

EET Papers 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

course project. LabVIEW was used extensively in the laboratory sessions to helpstudents understand how virtual instrumentation works. LabVIEW was selected for two reasons:its diverse features for data acquisition, control, and flexibility in displaying data and itspopularity in industry. Through using LabVIEW, students not only learn concepts in virtualinstrumentation, they also acquire the skill of using a software package that many companies use.Wireless technologies are used more and more in our daily lives. Even though wirelesscommunication is covered in another course in the program curriculum, it is crucial that studentsunderstand the importance of wireless communication in instrumentation systems. ZigBee wasselected for use in the

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Lin, Western Washington University; John Andrew Lund, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses for Western Washington University’s Electronics Engineering Technology(EET) program for 25 years. He has been the EET program coordinator since 2005 and also served as department chair from 2008-2012. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C programming in small real-time embedded systems and has worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellow. He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017A

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Experiential Learning Initiatives

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Miller, Montana State University; Chung-Hsuan Benjamin Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University; Tariq Akmal, Washington State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Phillip Himmer, Montanta State University, ECE Dept., Montana Microfabrication Facility

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

: Micro-Electrical-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) and Nanotechnology engineeringeducation platforms based on thin film engineering have broad applications across all disciplinesin science from semiconductor chip fabrication and accelerometers in unmanned aerial vehicles,to in-vivo medical instrumentation. Fabrication of real world thin film devices is an expensive,complex engineering effort that is not extensible to classroom laboratory environments. Havingnumerous cross disciplinary applications, fluid dynamics lends itself as a good model subject forlaboratory demonstration of MEMS; flow visualization makes for an appealing demo, fluid flowscales to the nano regime, and fabrication of a UV epoxy microfluidic channel can be designedin a way that

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Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Reissman, University of Dayton; Timothy Reissman, University of Dayton

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Mechanical Engineering

minimalguidance given. This construct argues that student learning is strongly enhanced when students arechallenged to discern and develop every aspect of the experimental process primarily on their own.Based on these relative two extremes, the instructors (authors) opted to explore if course goalscould instead be achieved through structured levels of guidance using a scaffolded learningapproach. In developing a scaffolding approach for laboratory experiments, instructors consideredkey aspects of the experience and how each aspect could be gradually incremented toward a finalgoal. Overall categories for scaffolding included guidance provided, experimental complexity,analysis complexity, and critical thinking. Aspects of scaffolding in each category are

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ETD Freshmen Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo; Zachary Linkous, University of Toledo

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

the objective of increasing studentretention and overall satisfaction. Since this course is one of the first technical courses thestudents have to take, the latest approach is to incorporate hands-on laboratory experience withthe goal of getting the freshmen accustomed with novel techniques of acquiring data, buildingthe skills to analyze and investigate data using Excel software, writing a laboratory report, usinga Word processor, and comparing their results with computer simulation results using Matlab orSimulink. At the end of the course each student will have the opportunity to improve theirpresentation skills by presenting their findings in front of their peers using PowerPoint. For thefirst hands-on experiment the students used a

Conference Session

Using Real-World Examples

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Ieva Narkeviciute, Stanford University; Gabriel K. Head, University of Pennsylvania

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

experience, he 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.Miss Ieva Narkeviciute, Stanford University Ieva Narkeviciute received her B.S. (2012) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she worked in the laboratory of Prof. George Huber on biomass conversion to biofuels. She received her M.S. (2015) in Chemical Engineering from Stanford

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Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David McDonald P.E., Lake Superior State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

related systems. That combination ofyears of consulting and teaching helped create the foundation for the course.The course is specifically required for mechanical engineering majors who have elected thevehicle systems concentration within mechanical engineering. Other students who meet thebasic course requirements of Electrical Circuits, and Physics are welcome to take the course as atechnical elective.Course Format and General Content:The Vehicle Energy Systems course involves a typical lecture and laboratory format with twolecture hours and a three-hour laboratory each week. The initial lecture content briefly reviewsfundamental electrical and mechanical basics, and applies basic DC, single phase and three phaseAC content as well as power and

Conference Session

Using Real-World Examples

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

requiring innovative curricula, newcourses and laboratories to educate students to work in this rapidly developing industry andbecome acquainted with these new technologies. Moreover, the pace of change in engineeringeducation is accelerating due to technology advances and administrative constraints. Educatorsare modifying curriculum content to embrace technological advances in the program or courselearning outcomes. In modern world where everything changes at an extremely fast pace keepingup with technology changes is not only desirable but necessary. The renewable energy, greendesign and manufacturing are highly interdisciplinary, crossing boundaries between researchareas, making difficult to cover each of them in a single course. However, they

Conference Session

Labs and Experiments

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Edward C Bent, Bucknell University; Rachel Cincotta, Bucknell University; Kyle Andrew MacDougall, Bucknell University Chemical Engineering Department

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Chemical Engineering

industries. Ideally I would like to be working as a process engineer on a chocolate production system. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Why not just run this as a demo? Differences in students’ conceptual understanding after experiments or demonstrationsChemical engineering enrollments have ballooned in the past five years, making it increasinglychallenging to find physical space for undergraduate student laboratory experiences. Rather thanhave laboratory sections with core chemical engineering courses such as fluid mechanics or heattransfer, most students’ in-major laboratory experience is limited to a unit operations laboratorycourse. Our previous work demonstrated that inquiry

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Programming, Virtual Reality, and Dynamic Systems

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zaker Ali Syed, Clemson University; Tianwei Wang, Clemson University; Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Jeff Bertrand; Rebecca S. Hartley, Clemson University; John R. Wagner P.E., Clemson University; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

Automotive Systems and Delphi Delco Electronics (formerly Delco Electronics as a subsidiary of General Motors Hughes Electronics) designing automotive control systems. His research interests include nonlinear and intelligent control systems, dynamic system modeling, diagnostic and prognostic strategies, and mechatronic system design with application to turbines and automobiles. He has developed the multi-disciplinary Rockwell Automation Mechatronics Educational Laboratory which features hands-on robotic, programmable logic controller, electronic, and material handling experiments. He is a past Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control and IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl J. Spezia P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Garth V. Crosby, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

technicaleducation through online programs is increasing due to the flexibility of delivery that this type ofeducational experience provides. This delivery method is very attractive to adult learners withestablished careers and family responsibilities that prohibit regular on-campus attendance.However, a major obstacle to online delivery is providing laboratory experiences that arepedagogically equivalent to the traditional experience, that is, the manipulation of physicalequipment in a campus laboratory facility.This challenge has a number of possible solutions, especially when the laboratories involvesimple circuit analysis experiments and the fundamentals of electronics. In these cases suitableminiaturized equipment and industry grade software are

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Work

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leanne Petry, Central State University; Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

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Educational Research and Methods

oral presentations and betterquality discussions of data as presented in final written reports.IntroductionFor more than 20 years, chemistry faculty have been proponents of Problem-Based Learning(PBL) as a means to bridge the gap between what students learn in the classroom and whatstudents’ experience in the laboratory.1 Traditional assessment measures such as formativefeedback on problem sets or draft laboratory reports enable students to improve learning prior tosummative assessments such as unit, midterm or final exams.2 However, students who performwell on exams may not possess the skills required to excel in the workforce environment such asa chemical production laboratory or manufacturing engineering plant.3 Senior undergraduateresearch