detection (Drones), IOT, and big data analysis. He has more than 10 technical papers published in conferences and journals. He is also a member of IEEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Design and Development of Cybersecurity Concentration Courses and Laboratory Experiences for Undergraduate Students AbstractInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT) have become increasingly important for UScitizens, who are becoming dependent on the use of information networks and services in their dailylives. Yet, while uptake of new technology among citizens is high, a large portion of the populationremains unaware of their exposure to
Paper ID #25787Development of a Motion Control Laboratory Focusing on Control Designand Fluid Power EducationDr. Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Luis A. Rodriguez is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Milwau- kee School of Engineering (MSOE). He completed his doctoral training at the University of California- Irvine where he was a National Science Foundation Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a GEM fellow and Graduate Engi- neering Research Scholar. He also holds a bachelor’s
Paper ID #27036Development of Low-cost Remote Online Laboratory for Photovoltaic Celland Module CharacterizationDr. Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University Dr. Sandip Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Kennesaw State University (KSU). Dr. Das received his Ph.D. and M.E. in Electrical Engineering from University of South Carolina, Columbia. He earned his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST, Shibpur, India). His current research interests include photovoltaic solar cells for sustainable and renewable energy generation
Paper ID #25367Implementing a Full-state Feedback Laboratory Exercise in an IntroductoryUndergraduate Control Systems Engineering CourseLt. Col. James E. Bluman, U.S. Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel James Bluman is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He has served the United States Army for the last 19 years as an officer and Army Aviator. He is a graduate of West Point (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering), Penn State (M.S. in Aerospace Engineering), and the Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering). His
Engineering (BME) from The Ohio State University (OSU), before joining the OSU BME Department as an Assistant Professor of Practice in 2014. Her roles include designing and teaching undergraduate BME laboratory courses, and mentoring multidisciplinary senior capstone teams on rehabilitation engineering and medical device design projects. She also leads K-12 engineering outreach events, and is pursuing scholarship in student technical communication skills and preparing BME students for careers in industry. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress:Biomedical Engineering Students’ Perspectives on a Laboratory Technical Writing
Paper ID #25255Board 100: Enhancement of a Thermo-Fluid Laboratory Course: Focus onTechnical WritingDr. Kamau Wright, University of Hartford Kamau Wright is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Hartford. He spe- cializes in thermo-fluids and plasma engineering. His technical research interests include applications of high voltage plasma discharges to liquids and wastewaters; plasma decomposition of carbon dioxide; foul- ing prevention and mitigation for heat exchangers; oxidation of organic matter in water; and inactivation of bacteria using high voltage plasmas.Dr. Paul E Slaboch
Case Western Reserve University, leads the Computation Fire Dynamics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering since 2015. Dr. Liao’s research projects range from basic fire science (material flammability, solid pyrolysis, ignition, microgravity combustion, flame spread, etc.) to understanding fire behavior in specific situations (such as structures, spacecraft, or wildland fires). Her work has been supported by NSF, NASA, CASIS, and UL. She currently serves on the Board of Advisors in the Central State Section of the Combustion Institute. From 2013-2014, Dr. Liao worked on thermal fluids and two-phase flow problems in the petroleum industry as a consultant and as a thermo-fluids
Paper ID #25090Utilizing an Individually Built Mobile Robot in the Laboratory of an Ad-vanced Digital Logic Design Course in Conjunction with a Final Class Com-petitionDr. Clint Kohl, Cedarville University Dr. Kohl joined the faculty of Cedarville University in the fall of 1994. His graduate research involved the development of a new magneto-resistive non-volatile memory technology. His areas of interest include digital electronics, microcontrollers, programmable logic devices, and embedded systems. He has enjoyed advising numerous autonomous robotic competition teams. Dr. Kohl is a member of the Institute of Electrical
Paper ID #27353Retrospective Multi-year Analysis of Team Composition Dynamics and Per-formance within a Yearlong Integrative BME Laboratory SequenceDr. Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Associate Professor and Interim Undergraduate Program Director in the De- partment of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of Cal- ifornia, San Diego. Dr. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the core undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design
Paper ID #26423Board 33: Persistence of First Year Engineering Majors with a Design-BasedChemistry Laboratory Curriculum In- and Out-of-SequenceMr. Corey Payne, University of FloridaDr. Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida Kent Crippen is a Professor of STEM education in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research in- volves the design, development, and evaluation of STEM cyberlearning environments as well as scientist- teacher forms of professional development. Operating from a design-based research perspective
Paper ID #27080Board 55: Work in Progress: Design and Implementation of an AdvancedElectric Drive Laboratory using a Commercial Microcontroller and a MAT-LAB Embedded CoderMr. Bhanu Babaiahgari, University of Colorado, Denver Mr. Bhanu Babaiahgari finished his master’s program in 2015, at the University of Colorado Denver. He started his PhD at University of Colorado Denver supervised by Dr. Jae-Do Park in 2016. Since then he has been teaching Electric drives and Energy conversion laboratory as part-time grad instructor. He is an active researcher at Dr. Park’s Energy and Power lab under Energy Conversion Research Force (ECRF
Paper ID #27548A Time-Saving Algorithm for Team Assignment and Scheduling in a Large-Scale Unit Operations Laboratory CourseDr. Andrew Maxson, Ohio State University Andrew Maxson is an assistant professor of practice in chemical engineering at The Ohio State University where he teaches Chemical Engineering Unit Operations. He earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Ohio State. Having worked as a manufacturing process engineer for ten years, his focus is on optimizing the process of teaching, as well as hands-on, practical engineering
Paper ID #25828A Multidisciplinary Course and the Corresponding Laboratory Platform De-velopment for Teaching the Fundamentals of Advanced Autonomous VehiclesDr. Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Nima Lotfi received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran, in 2006, his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2010, and his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Sci- ence and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, in 2016. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Me- chanical
Paper ID #25307Work in Progress: Can Faculty Assessment and Faculty Development be Ac-complished with the Same Instrument?Dr. Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton Dr. Margaret Pinnell is the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Development in the school of engineering and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of
Paper ID #26429Work in Progress: Improving Critical Thinking and Technical Understand-ing as Measured in Technical Writing by Means of I-depth Oral Discussionin a Large Laboratory ClassDr. Mechteld Veltman Hillsley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Hillsley is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Pennsylva- nia State University. She received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1988 and an MS and PhD from Penn State in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Dr. Hillsley spent approximately 10 years doing research at Penn State on fluid shear stress effects on
of Technology An undergraduate of Beijing University of TechnologyMiss YaNa Guo, Faculty of InformationTechnology,Beijing University of Technology I am a senior student of Beijing University of Technology,majoring in Computer Science and Technology.Prof. Xiwei Liu, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy ofSciences Xiwei Liu is an associate professor of engineering at the State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an executive deputy director of Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries. He received the Ph.D. degree at Nara Institute of Science and
States Military Academy with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and graduated from Columbia University with an M.S. in Environmental Engineering in 2016. He teaches Environmental Biological Systems, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering Technologies, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Advanced Individual Study I-II, Biochemical Treatment, and Officership.Kimberly Quell, United States Military Academy Kimberly Quell is a Laboratory Technician in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineer- ing at the United States Military Academy. She is a 2010 graduate of SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a B.S. in Environmental Science and is a currently attending graduate school
University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. David Whittinghill is an Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology and Computer and Information Technology. Dr. Whittinghill’s research focuses on gaming, simulation and computer pro- gramming education and how these technologies can more effectively address outstanding issues in health, education, and society. Dr. Whittinghill leads projects in pediatric physical therapy, sustainable energy simulation, Chinese language learning, virtual reality, and games as a tool for improving educational out- comes. Dr. Whittinghill is the director of the Games Innovation Laboratory (www.gamesinnovation.org). c American Society for
in its nature. Power electronics design, modeling and analysis include circuit theory,electromagnetics, semiconductor devices, microprocessors, signal processing, control, simulation, heattransfer, electromagnetic compatibility and even artificial intelligence. The classical instruction approachis based on lectures and laboratories assisted by teachers. However, power electronics teaching is not aneasy task, due to subject complexity, difficulties and student motivation. A natural and efficient way ofteaching power electronics is the problem-oriented and project-based learning (PBL) approach. PBL, as aproblem-centered teaching motivates students to learn actively, bringing real professional world andrequirements closer to the student, is
have the following pedagogical features: An emphasis on good design practices, not just the programming language. Good design practice using standards (for example, safety standards and the National Electrical Code). Lecture is heavily application-oriented, working through example problems instead of emphasizing the theory. Laboratory exercises are an integral part of the course and the lecture topics are closely coordinated with the laboratory schedule. Laboratory exercises are small versions of real processes and use real commercial PLC equipment, not simulations.By incorporating standards into the courses, the students become accustomed to the reality thatin the work environment, their
Paper ID #26380Work in Progress: Utilizing Change Strategies and Chemical Process SafetyResources to Incorporate Process Safety Education in the Unit OperationsCourses in Public and Private UniversitiesDr. Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University Tracy Carter earned her PhD in the Chemical Engineering department at Northeastern University in the summer of 2018 and is currently an instructor in the Unit Operations Laboratory at NU. She earned the M.S. degree in 1998 and the B.S. degree in 1993 from Northeastern University. Dr. Carter previously worked in the biotechnology field for CytoTherapeutics, designing medical devices
Integrated Class-Lab Approach to a Mechanics of Materials CourseIntroductionA Mechanics of Materials course offers rich opportunities for new theoretical understandings,development of laboratory skills, and small design projects. The three-year old Campbell Schoolof Engineering is promoting a class-lab approach in most of its courses. A traditional four creditlaboratory course might meet for three hours per week of lecture/recitation in a large section and2-3 hours per week of lab in smaller sections. In contrast, the class-lab meets for the sameamount of time but does not distinguish between lab and lecture time. In our case, we meet insections of 24 students in a room with six four-person tables surrounded by laboratory
on virtual laboratories(vLabs). As vLabs are developed, they are adopted and tested at USC and Northern New MexicoCollege (NNMC), the main partnering institution in this project. These vLabs consist of virtualequipment (e.g., virtual network, virtual router, virtual firewall) emulating complete systems on-demand running in NETLAB. NETLAB is a widely used platform for training purposes across thecountry, with more than 1,000 institutions currently using it. USC and NNMC have alsoestablished an alliance with industry organizations and with Los Alamos National Laboratory(LANL) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to establish internship opportunities.Currently, student interns are not only exercising technical skills but also
Engineering Calculus II course focused on mathematic topics more relevant to EET andMECET. In addition, the course included laboratory projects which utilized the open-sourceSageMath software and illustrated the applications of the mathematics to EET and MECET. Theeffectiveness of the new Engineering Calculus II course was assessed using two methods. A finallaboratory project was assigned at the end of the course and assessed with a rubric. In addition,the effect of the new course on EET students was assessed using the Electrical/ElectronicsTechnology Outcome Assessment that was regularly used for assessment for ETAC/ABETaccreditation. Approval to use student data was obtained from the university's InstitutionalReview Board (IRB) which ensures that
when lessons include hands-onpractice and application. Laboratory activities are perhaps the deepest application common toengineering curricula. In the fall of 2016, Campbell University introduced a general engineeringprogram that incorporates project-based courses throughout the curriculum and teaches mostengineering courses in a Classroom Laboratory (ClassLab), blending the content-focused(lecture) and hands-on (lab) aspects of engineering classes into a seamless course offering. Thefirst Materials Science and Processing course was first taught in the fall 2017 semester. Thiscourse mixes just-in-time lecturing with laboratory activities in three weekly 110 – minutesections. Five hands-on labs guide the course interspersed with weekly problem
Education, 2019 Exploiting Digital Twin Technology to Teach Engineering Fundamentals and Afford Real-World Learning Opportunities University of Southern CaliforniaAbstractThis paper presents an innovative instructional approach that capitalizes on digitaltwin technology to transform traditional lectures into “learning-by doing”experiences in the course laboratory. In this paper, we address how the use ofdigital twin technology in laboratory simulation environments affords studentsauthentic learning experiences, i.e., experiences that reflect what a learner isexpected to encounter in the real-world. The immediate feedback feature, enabledby the connection of the digital twin to the physical twin, provides
Signal Processing and Instrumentation Research Laboratory (ASPIRL) in the same department. His research interests include applied electromagnetics, antennas, cognitive radars, software- defined radio and remote sensing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress for Developing Project-Based Experiential Learning of Engineering ElectromagneticsI. IntroductionElectromagnetics (EM) is traditionally taught as a core course within the electricalengineering curriculum. The theory and application of EM has enabled engineersand scientists to develop applications such as Radio Frequency (RF) circuits,telecommunication systems, and radar systems. Similarly, scientists
University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, where he taught both in Dutch and in English. During this time his primary teaching and course develop- ment responsibilities were wide-ranging, but included running the Unit Operations laboratory, introducing Aspen Plus software to the curriculum, and developing a course for a new M.S. program on Renewable Energy (EUREC). In conjunction with his teaching appointment, he supervised dozens of internships (a part of the curriculum at the Hanze), and a number of undergraduate research projects with the Energy Knowledge Center (EKC) as well as a master’s thesis. In 2016, Dr. Barankin returned to the US to teach at the Colorado School of Mines. His primary teaching and course
accommodate this growing body ofknowledge, as well as growth in our student population, we went from a completely lecture-based course to a blended model using well documented active learning strategies [1-4]. Theformat we employed utilizes online lectures covering the foundational materials science,immunology, and traditional application of biomaterials. The in-class time was then repurposedfor three activities: 1. lectures on the latest research and applications in the field, 2. groupdiscussions around case-studies, and 3. hands-on laboratories. While the online material receivedmixed reviews, the repurposed activities were appreciated and improvements were seen in finalexam scores.IntroductionOur biomaterials course had been developed as a purely
engineering laboratory courses. We explain our algorithm for using the two-columnrubrics, including how faculty, teaching assistants, and students are trained to apply thealgorithm. Finally, we conducted inter-rater reliability analysis for an example assignment andfound modest improvement in agreement between assessors compared to previous evaluationmethods. We conclude with our next steps in our development and revision of these rubrics.BackgroundThe University of Delaware is a medium-sized, mid-Atlantic, public institution whose chemicalengineering program graduates on average 80 undergraduates per year. The curriculum includestwo semesters of chemical engineering laboratory, though the second semester can be replacedwith a research project. Over