real vibration systems. Glean et.al. [5] developed some laboratory experiments, which not only to foster a better understanding ofthe principles of the system dynamics course, but also expose students to the various tools usedin making engineering measurements. Sridhara and White [6] developed five different labs withdonated equipment to measure the frequency of the vibration system, as well as to teach studentshow to use accelerometer. Ruhala [7], [8] developed four free vibration and five forced vibrationexperiments with commercially available translational system and one rotational lumped masssystem.Electromechanical system I course is a required undergraduate course for 5th year students inElectromechanical program at Wentworth Institute
college, we partnered with Google to offer our Information andComputer Technology students additional experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), acommercial, cloud-based (public cloud) platform. The cloud-based lab environments areaccessible to students anytime and anywhere over the Internet. Our purpose is to capitalize oncloud computing technologies to enhance the learning experiences for both on-campus, face-to-face students and online, distance education students.Four new laboratory modules are developed. Content such as cloud security is added to reflectthe new development in the information technology field. Students can conduct up-to-date labexercises in virtual environments hosted remotely on the cloud. This approach is different
like to divedeep into learning abstract concepts and theoretic materials. Several educators tried to usepractical applications and simulation tools to enhance student learning in control systemscourses1-7. Others found that laboratories and course projects are important ingredients that canhelp students make the connection between the dry and abstract math concepts and practicalapplications8-14.Due to the multidisciplinary nature of control systems, it is common for students in capstonecourses to apply control theory to their projects15-16. However, many students do not realize theimportance of control systems and other basic math and science materials and how these can fitinto other engineering courses20. They tend to hit a “reset button
laboratory courses and gas turbine engine component design.Dr. Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Applied Instrumentation Course for Undergraduate Thermal- Fluid SciencesAbstractThis paper explains the development of an applied instrumentation course for Mechanical andAerospace Engineering students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University that focuses on theuse of probes and sensors to make measurements in thermal-fluid systems and using themeasurements of fundamental properties to determine derived quantities common in engineeringtesting.The thermal-fluid sciences lecture and lab builds on the
specializing in energy systems are introduced to powerelectronics in their third year at our university. The introductory course, entitled Fundamentals ofElectrical Energy Systems (FEES), covers DC/DC converters, DC/AC converters, three-phasecircuits, as well as the basics of transformers and electrical machines. The bulk of the coursematerial, however, is dedicated to switch-mode power conversion. The majority of lectures andtutorials are dedicated to explaining relevant concepts such as switch realization, pulse-widthmodulation (PWM), harmonics/power quality, and continuous/discontinuous conduction modes.Four out of a total of six laboratory sessions are centred around power electronic circuits.Prior to Fall 2018, student feedback consistently
Electronics as part of the AASTechnology degree, and to Cyber Systems Technology as part of the BS degree. Students take ittypically in their sophomore year. This lecture and laboratory-based course require students toconfigure, manage, secure, test, and troubleshoot computer network devices. There are two 2-hour meetings per week. Laboratory equipment, primarily Cisco switches and routers, determinethe class size. It has ten workstations and associated network device racks, with studentstypically forming sub-groups of two per workstation. Through structured readings in thetextbook, students learn about core Ethernet networking models, protocols, and IP networkaddressing. Additionally, the course includes network device configuration using the text
, was a seven week long summerresearch experience designed for high school students entering 10-12 th grade. The main goal ofthe program was to provide young women and underrepresented minority high school studentswith a laboratory research experience and inspire them to enter college and pursue STEM degrees. Each summer, students from local high schools were selected to participate in laboratoryresearch as scholars under the supervision of a mentoring graduate student and faculty member.Each team composed of two YSs and their graduate mentor tackled problems innanomanufacturing and made significant contributions to ongoing research projects. At the endof the program, each high school student gave a final presentation of the results to
ahierarchy used for the classification of learning tasks (see Table 1). At the lowest level of thehierarchy is ”remembering”, i.e., where only memorizing facts is required, while at the highestlevel is ”creating”, i.e., where a great deal of critical thinking is necessary. In addition, actionverbs depicting the learning tasks can be grouped under a specific level in the hierarchy (seeTable 1). When expressing the learning outcomes for an entire course (e.g., in the courseoutline), for a course module, for homework or laboratory assignments, or for lesson planning ingeneral, it is recommended to use such action verbs. If possible and/or applicable the alignedcourse components (i.e., the learning outcomes, the learning and teaching exercises in
papers have been publishing showing it adopted toother electrical engineering courses, such as Signals and Systems. [10]Institutional and Course ProfileThe Milwaukee School of Engineering offers an accredited Bachelor of Science degree insoftware engineering and has been accredited since 2001. There is a strong emphasis on smallclass sizes (13:1 student to faculty ratio) and extensive usage of laboratory learning experiences.The program offers students several unique learning opportunities. One part of the program is a10 credit Software Development Laboratory experience where students work on large-scale,industry-sponsored projects. Prior to this, students enroll in a course in software verification,defined in Figure 2. Specifics of this course
, he serves as the Director of the COE Biomechanics and Assistive Technology Laboratory at UT. He has been on the faculty of The UT since 1987. He graduated from Cairo University, Egypt, with a B.E. (Honors) in Civil Engineering in 1972, and a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Ain-Shams University in 1974. He earned his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1977 and his Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics in 1981, both from The University of Cincinnati. He then received training as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for two years in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at The University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine. In 1983, Dr. Hefzy joined the faculty of Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan as their first
Paper ID #29412Increasing Student Curiosity with Cooling SystemsDr. Jordan Farina, University of PortlandDr. Heather Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. She recently served as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Rebecca D Levison, University of Portland
master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a doctorate in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University- Commerce. In addition to his higher education experience, he has more than twelve years of industry experience with Sandia National Laboratories and E Systems (now L3/Harris). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Preparing Students for Careers in the Emerging Field of CybersecurityAbstractCybersecurity is an emerging field with significant implications as the use of interconnecteddevices increases. Each device represents a potential entry point for individuals with maliciousintentions. A direct result of the growth of the number of Internet
state that “theneed for hands-on experience is presented as overcoming the emphasis on knowing ‘that’[theory] versus knowing ‘how’ [practice].” [3] Additionally, hands-on learning goes beyondenhancing technical knowledge and skills and provides invaluable opportunities to developprofessional and interpersonal skills [4].Laboratory work has long been recognized as a crucial component of a complete undergraduateengineering experience. Laboratory work teaches students how technical knowledge is applied inpractice. Many traditional labs have been successful in this regard [5]-[7]. Yet in light of therapidly changing professional landscape, disrupted by the unprecedented accessibility ofinformation and global connectivity via the Internet, and
computational modeling. He runs the Mechanics and Modeling of Orthopaedic Tissues Laboratory at Bucknell, where they use computational and experimental techniques to better understand the mechanics of musculoskeletal soft tissues and human movement. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Appropriate Finite Element Analysis in Mechanical Engineering: Teaching Best Practices through SimulationFinite element analysis (FEA) is a powerful computational tool employed in engineeringindustry, research, and in the classroom. While the finite element method was developed duringthe mid-twentieth century for civil and aeronautical applications, it has been adopted inmechanical
-DOF and multiple-MDOF 1systems, free and forced responses, and vibration measurements and suppressions. Students areusually good at modeling vibration systems based upon dynamic analysis, setting up systemdifferential equations, and finding corresponding solutions of the equations with specified initialconditions. However, it is not easy for many students to get insights of vibration responsesobtained from solving the system equations. Hand-on testing is recognized as an irreplaceable learning experience in engineeringeducation. Various laboratory experiments have been employed in vibration courses todemonstrate related topics and phenomena. Ruhala [2] describes five forced
- trollers and the MSP430 (Springer 2014). From 2013 to 2018 served as Associate Dean of engineering at UPRM. He currently directs the Engineering PEARLS program at UPRM, a College-wide NSF funded initiative, and coordinates the Rapid Systems Prototyping and the Electronic Testing & Characterization Laboratories at UPRM. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE.Dr. Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Luisa Guillemard is a psychology professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus. She has a M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the Caribbean Center of Advanced Studies in Puerto Rico [today the Carlos Albizu University] and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University, post
courses will be added in 3rd and 4th semesters of the curriculum. Also, these newcourses will either replace the existing courses or new content will be integrated into existing courses.In the following sections, the proposed new curriculum’s salient features, how the proposedcurriculum is different from existing traditional curriculum and the laboratory equipment selection forthe new three courses are explained. All proposed courses will have integrated Labs. They will beflexible so that content can move across the courses; same lab equipment can be used or combined inany course; the focus is system integration of Robots and Training Systems with PLCs & HMI & putthem on network to mimic real time industry factory floor; same equipment
determining deflection of the beams,especially statically indeterminate beams, are always hard for students to understand andrequire substantial effort in and out of class. To improve learning efficacy, enhancecontent understanding, and increase structural learning interest, a laboratory group projectfocusing on beam deflections has been designed for strength of materials students.The project spans design, analysis, construction, and validation testing of a metal bridge.Students design, construct, and test their bridges and do corresponding beam deflectioncalculations to verify the beam deflection type. Each group provides a technicalexperimental project report presenting their design idea, sketches, data analysis, andresults discussion. Pre-project
these disadvantages, thefaculty work-load during the semester is significantly less than when traditional gradingapproaches are used [2]. Neither of these grading approaches have been used in the contexts wepresent here. Specifications grading was implemented in a laboratory course and a researchcourse, while the competency-based approach was implemented in a capstone design course,consisting of students with a vast array of preparations.Table 1: Advantages and disadvantages of the specifications grading approach. Advantages Disadvantages Transparency Potential lack of buy-in from students Student ownership Potentially
. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University (KSU) in 1989 and 1991, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994. Dr. Warren is a Professor in the KSU Department of Electrical & Computer Engi- neering, and he serves as the Program Coordinator for the KSU Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Degree Program. Prior to joining KSU in August 1999, Dr. Warren was a Principal Member of the Tech- nical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. He directs the KSU Medical Component Design Laboratory, a facility partially funded by the National Science Foundation that provides resources for the research and development of
VR activities to enhance the learning of the students. The course not only focused onimplementing such technology for the students to use as a learning tool but also engaged thestudents in developing new technology-based activities as part of their semester project.Thesecourses leaned heavily on tools available in the Visualization and Immersion Classroom and theExperiential Reality Laboratory at the university and community college that were developed tosupport this course work. The authors present the learned lessons to support other instructors thatare planning on implementing innovative technology in their courses.1. Introduction In higher education, the growing adoption of innovative pedagogy, such as active andexperiential
instructional post-doctoral fellow in the Transforming Engineering Ed- ucation co-Laboratory in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. There he is focusing to developing courses and curriculum for a new Biomedical Engineering program at Shantou University. His research interests in undergraduate research, study abroad, and curriculum design.Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan Aileen is faculty in Engineering Education and Biomedical Engineering. Previously, Aileen was the Associate Director for Academics in the Center for Entrepreneurship and was responsible for building the Program in Entrepreneurship for UM undergraduates, co-developing the masters level entrepreneur- ship program
Paper ID #31333Work in Progress: Project and Design-Based Introductory EngineeringCourse using Arduino KitsDr. Demetris Geddis, Hampton University Demetris L. Geddis is an associate professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Hamp- ton University. He has extensive research experience in the areas of Integrated optoelectronics, Optics, Microelectronics, and Electromagnetics. He has worked as a Research and Design Engineer at Motorola and Bell laboratories. Also, he worked at NASA Langley Research Center as a NASA faculty fellow for the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch where he performed research
educators, the authors learned from their firsttrial that a successful implementation requires careful planning and flawless execution in aspecific course. This paper presents the design of lectures, laboratories and the course projects.Assessment methods and lessons learned are also discussed.Introduction Engineering technology (ET) is a major often misunderstood by some parents of studentsand potential employers14,18,23. Four-year ET programs offer BS degrees but are quite differentfrom traditional engineering programs. Typically, hands-on learning is the emphasis of ETprograms. Courses involving more math, such as Control Systems, can be a challenge for ETstudents. Majority of ET courses rely on laboratories to reinforce student learning
communications engineer. His research inter- ests include CDMA, Multi-Carrier Systems, MIMO technology, and Physical Layer Security in Wireless Communication Systems. Dr. Lee can be reached at lee2273@pnw.edu. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Alternative Method of Teaching Process Control Course in Electrical Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractProcess control technologies are widely used in industrial control systems, and engineers whounderstand process control are largely in demand. Thus, there is a strong need to offer processcontrol course to electrical engineering technology students. In this paper, we present ourexperience in providing laboratory experiments
againstcyber treats is education. According to Frost and Sullivan [7], a global shortage of 1.8 millioncybersecurity professionals is projected by 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected 37%of information security job growth from 2012 to 2022 and announced that more than 200,000cybersecurity jobs in U.S. are not filled every year.Education in cybersecurity draws more attention from K-12 to adult. Recently, U.S. Congresshas urged to develop high-quality educators to cybersecurity education [8]. Many researchersstudied teaching methodologies to maximize the student learning. One of the key components inengineering and science education is a laboratory-based course, which includes a practical hand-on exercise. Many academic institutes developed
inthe engineering curriculum, the projects were completed in single classes.In this study, a PBL approach is implemented by developing projects in a series of requiredcourses in a Mechanical Engineering curriculum. The projects assigned in each course are relatedand planned to build up the knowledge and skills needed to develop a successful senior designproject or capstone project. In implementing the approach, the instructor identifies the topic orproblem to be proposed as a senior design project. In the first of the sequential courses, anexperimental measurements laboratory course, a project is assigned regarding a sensor that couldbe used in the senior design project. In the second of the sequential courses, a thermal-fluidslaboratory course
University of California, San Diego, and her current research focuses on sustainability outreach and education, as well as teaching creative problem solving in science.Prof. Marcial Gonzalez, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Dr. Marcial Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue Uni- versity since 2014. He is affiliated with the Center for Particulate Products and Process (CP3), the Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC) and the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories. He was a Research Associate at Rutgers University with an affiliation with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and with the NSF Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic
programmable data plane switches.Mr. Jose Gomez, University of South Carolina Jose Gomez is a Computer Engineering PhD student at the University of South Carolina in the United States of America. For the last three years, he worked as a researcher and teaching assistant in the School of Engineering at the Catholic University in Asuncion.Antonio Mangino, The University of Texas at San Antonio Antonio Mangino is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Information Systems and Cyber Security at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in 2019. As a member of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Laboratory at Florida Atlantic
principles for UAVs. In section3, fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles analysis/design education will be discussed. There are a lotof valuable lessons learned from industry on the design mis-calculations and mistakes made on the legacyvehicles flying today. In section 4, a number of important lessons learned - in teaching UAVsanalysis/design - are presented. In section 5, three new UAS related courses which were developed by theauthor are briefly introduced. Section 6 is dedicated to the UAV laboratory and lab experiments to teachthe implementation of the UAV related theories. The new lab equipment, hardware, and software arerecently purchased from Quanser; and the UAV lab was opened past January.2. Analysis/Design Principles for UAVsThe