Paper ID #12101Usability Evaluation of a Virtual Educational Laboratory PlatformYizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of TechnologyDr. El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) Dr. El-Sayed Aziz is an associate professor in the Production Engineering and Mechanical Design De- partment at Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. Currently, he is a research scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He received B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt, in 1991 and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2003
assessment and has over 25 years in computer applications systems, manager, and educator. She is a past president in ATMAE (formerly NAIT). Dr. Tracey may be reached at tracey@ccsu.edu Page 26.1764.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Work-in-Progress: Design and Development of a New Networking Information Technology Program and LaboratoryAbstractThis paper describes the ongoing development of a new Bachelor of Science in NetworkingInformation Technology (NIT) program. The balanced curriculum and laboratory of the programnot only
Paper ID #13971Work-In-Progress: Remote Laboratory with a Microcontroller System as theServerDr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abul K. M. Azad is a Professor with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in Control and Systems Engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering. He has been in academics for 15+ years, and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Dr. Azad has over 100 refereed journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted
Paper ID #12702Work-in-Progress: Statistics Components in a Circuits Laboratory for ECESophomoresDr. Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology DR. STEVE E. WATKINS is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. His interests include educational innovation. He is active in IEEE, HKN, SPIE, and ASEE including service as the 2009 Midwest Section Chair. His Ph.D. is from the University of Texas at Austin (1989). Contact: steve.e.watkins@ieee.orgDr. Theresa Mae Swift, Missouri University of Science &
Paper ID #11589Induced Collaborative Engagement for a ”Solution-to-Question” Model us-ing Remote Experimental Laboratories as a ToolMr. Obasegun Tekena Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University Obasegun Tekena Ayodele is a student researcher in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engi- neering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. His current research interest is in new teaching paradigms with Remote Labs. He focuses on defining approaches for designing realistic and engaging remote labs.Prof. Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State Professor Lawrence Kunle Kehinde, a former
) Page 26.1305.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 122th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Seattle, Washington, USA, June 14-17, 2015 Zhang, Z., Zhang, M., Chang, Y., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C.Real-time 3D Reconstruction for Facilitating the Development of Game-based Virtual Laboratories Zhang, Z., Zhang, M., Chang, Y., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C.AbstractGame-based virtual laboratories (GBVLs) represent an important implementation of virtual realityand are often considered to be simulations of real or artificial environments. They are based
Paper ID #11826Work-in-Progress. SiLaRR: Installing, deploying on Internet, and using aRobotics Laboratory Remote or in classroom with a few clicksDr. German Carro Fernandez P.E., UNED (Spanish University for Distance Education Dr. on Electrical Engineering and Industrial Control, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain, M. Sc. on Research on Electrical Engineering and Industrial Control (Specialty on Telematics Engineering), (UNED), Madrid, Spain, Bachelor’s Degree of Computer Systems Engineering Tech.(BCompSysEng) (UNED), Madrid, Spain, M. Sc. on Financial and Tax Administration, University of
Paper ID #11423Virtual Simulations to Support Applied Fluid Mechanics Course: A Pilot Im-plementation OverviewDr. Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale Dr. Gonca Altuger-Genc is an Assistant Professor at State University of New York - Farmingdale State College in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department. She is serving as the K-12 STEM Out- reach Research and Training Coordinator at Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center at Farmingdale State College. Her research interests are engineering education, self-directed lifelong learning, virtual laboratories, and decision-making framework
our course. Weinclude results and analysis from a student focus group, an anonymous exit survey, and includeour own observations.IntroductionIn the Fall 2011 semester when CPLDs were adopted for our introductory logic circuit course we Page 26.1252.2used an integrated approach, including the use of CAD tools and a hands-on experience with abreadboard. Our students first used discrete logic devices in two laboratory experiments and thena used CPLD module. Based on our research4 we found that in using this module, students caneasily identify the CPLD and with modest wiring they can construct circuits that they feel areboth satisfying and
. Page 26.1464.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 “Teaching an Electrical Circuits Course Online”AbstractDue to the increased demand for MOOCs, online, flipped, and hybrid courses, it is becomingmore important to identify techniques to also teach engineering courses virtually withoutcompromising standards. This paper will present a comparison of teaching an electric systemscourse for non-majors online and in a face to face classroom. It will provide a motivation forthis transition and examine the related literature for teaching engineering courses online. It willalso detail the challenges and lessons learned in transitioning an engineering course with anintegral laboratory
Paper ID #13772Analysis of Student Interactions with Browser-Based Interactive SimulationsKyle Joe Branch, University of Utah Kyle Branch is a second-year graduate student at the University of Utah Department of Chemical Engi- neering. He has helped develop and teach a freshman laboratory course using the methods described in this paper. His main research interest is in engineering education, focusing on the creation and analysis of interactive simulations for undergraduate chemical engineering courses.Prof. Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the
Paper ID #12018A Blocks-based Visual Environment to Teach Robot-Programming to K-12StudentsMr. Raghavender Goud yadagiri, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Raghavender Goud Yadagiri received his B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from JNTUH, Hyderabad, India, in 2011. After obtaining his B.Tech he worked as an Embedded As- sociate at Thinklabs Technosolutions Pvt. Ltd for two years. He is currently pursuing a M.S degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with specialization in Computer Engineering. Raghavender con- ducts research in the Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory at NYU Polytechnic
contain hands-on laboratory activities to emphasizecourse concepts4, it became apparently that this course should contain similar learningcomponents for teaching professional skills, mainly using simulations. This was supported by theadaptive nature of this course, which is continually redesigned to maintain its relevance in thearea of technology. Thus, new technology components are implemented every two years, whilemaintaining the historical elements of industry practices that do not waiver, such as the history ofthe Internet and Circuitry.The course under examination not only contains a lecture component, but a hands-on computerlab component, which include the simulations. The hands-on lab component allows students theopportunity to actively
. Page 26.1752.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Work in Progress: Flatlab–An interactive learning environment for experiential learning, problem-based assessment, and dynamic instruction in engineering Peter Goldsmith peter.goldsmith@ucalgary.ca Dept. Mechanical Engineering University of CalgaryAbstractThe goal of this work in progress is to design a virtual environment that integrates experientiallearning with assessment and teaching. The proposed FLATLAB is a Focused Learning,Assessment, and Teaching Laboratory with a
beintegrated with lectures in the classroom or online, home projects, or when students want to tryout their own ideas, explore creative projects and ideas, using their own computers andassociated free computer-based-tools. Enriching students educational experiences, by providingopportunities inside and especially outside the traditional classroom and laboratory setting,enhance learning6. It is well supported by educational research that people retain 10% of whatthey hear but retain as much as 90% of what they “learn by doing” 6. The inexpensiveprogrammable hardware platforms enable students to quickly and easily experiment withadvanced technologies and build and test real-world, functional designs anytime and anywherestudents prefer to work7.Trying to
Human-Robot Interfaces 7 Robot Teams 8 HRI Applications – Museum Robots, Urban Search & Rescue 9 Final Project 10 Final Project 11 Final Project 12 Final Project 13 Final Project 14 Final Project 15 Final Project PresentationLabsThe students were typically given one week to complete the laboratory assignments using theArduino Robot. Each lab had a recitation, video demonstration, as well as skeleton code to helpthem get started. There were also Arduino Robot tutorial videos available on YouTube toreference12. A summary of the laboratory assignments is given in Table 3
mid-career employees and military personnel [4]. In order that the onlineeducation is at least equally effective (if not better) than face-to-face education in traditionalclassroom in all aspects such as academic quality, rigor and outcomes, appropriate teaching toolsmust be developed to suit the online teaching / learning media. In this regard, we believe the casestudy based education is one of the superior tools to deliver an equivalent laboratory experiencefor the online students!The process for developing case studies in described in section 2, a fully developed case study inthe domain of software testing is presented in Section 3, the instructions and teaching notes aregiven in Section 4, pedagogy and educational outcomes are discussed
and two hours of laboratory per week. It has three majorobjectives. To improve students’ awareness of origin, current status and future directions of the IoT. To introduce students advanced technologies that enable the emerging IoT. To teach student to be capable of developing the basic MCU based IoT applications.Course learning outcomesIn the preparation of this course, we derive the following course learning outcomes under theabove three major objectives. 1. To demonstrate the knowledge of the evolution of the IoT. 1.1 To understand the origin and current status of the IoT in industry and academy 1.2 To understand the major technology challenges for the promise of the IoT 2. To demonstrate the knowledge of
either be executed by users on the server-side or remote-side. This choicecan be altered with ease at any time. The development of two sample VIs created as webdocuments, for an undergraduate and a graduate engineering mechanics course are included anddiscussed in the paper to clearly illustrate the power and utility of this type of Virtual Instruments.LabVIEW Virtual Instruments published as HTML files also seem to have a great potentialapplication in the area of experimental research. Using these files, the investigators have theopportunity to remotely monitor the health of structural members in the field or laboratory withoutactually needing to be present at the experimental site for the entire duration of the experiment. Thiscapability of
mechatronics program at ourinstitution has experienced a steady growth trying to meet this need. However, the curricularchanges that follow these fast-paced technologies are often difficult to implement in theclassroom in a timely manner. Often, new products become available but without appropriatedocumentation for quick implementation in educational laboratories. It may take a year or longerto develop a set of laboratory exercises for a new microcontroller or a 3D printer. Thus, theknowledge must come from other informal sources, like workshops, technical presentations,conferences, etc. Students are taught to embrace change and keep current. This is in accordancewith ABET EAC General Criterion 3, Student Outcomes1 (i) “a recognition of the need for
hours of technicalelectives. The Introduction to Finite Element Analysis is one such elective, available to juniorsand seniors who have had prerequisite courses in differential equations and solid mechanics. Thecourse format includes two hours of lecture and a two hour computational laboratory. The firsthalf of the semester has focused on theory using one dimensional elements (rods, trusses, andbeams). The second half provides practice with two and three dimensional models, incorporatingSolidWorks software. Student assessment included midterm exams, weekly homework exerciseson theoretical content (e.g. stiffness matrix calculations), small programming assignments, com-prehensive exercises which include physical experiments, and a student
, Oregon State University Ms. Lyman-Holt has been the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory since 2005. She manages and leads the diverse outreach and education programming at the laboratory which serves over 5000 visitors per year, including K-12 students, undergraduate, graduate students, media outlets and the general public. She managed the NEES REU program from 2008 to 2014, developing and implementing programing for the distributed REU program. She is dedicated to increasing engineering literacy among the general public, interest in STEM among K-12 students, and interest in research and professional development among undergraduates. She holds a BS in from Whitman College
Paper ID #13121Work-in-Progress: An Educational Tool to Support Learning Robot VisionDr. Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University Dr. Fernando Gonzalez joined FGCU as an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Program in the fall of 2013. Previously he has worked at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas, the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico and at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Gonzalez graduated from the University of Illinois in 1997 with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He received his Master’s
. • Students thought the lab exercises accompanying the course should be included as a separate laboratory credit. • Students voiced frustration that the labs seemed untested and held the view that the CEENBoT still had some “significant technical problems with it” and it needed to be more fully ready for integration into the instructional aspects of the program. This was due to the newness of the untested platform and the experimental nature of the first
Director of the Center for 3-D Visualization and Virtual Reality Applications, and Technical Director of the NASA funded MIST Space Vehicle Mission Planning Laboratory at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. In 2010, he joined Eastern Michigan University as an Associate Dean in the College of Technology and currently is a Professor in the School of Engineer- ing Technology. He has an extensive experience in curriculum and laboratory design and development. Dr. Eydgahi has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Tau Alpha Pi, as a member of Advi- sory and Editorial boards for many International Journals in Engineering and Technology, as a member of review panel for NASA and Department of Education, as a
laboratories. The active portion ofthis assignment would involve the students emailing their instructor, accessing an assignment inBlackboard which would include an assignment submission, accessing a blog assignment inBlackboard.6. Identify situations that require ethical deliberation, analyze and evaluate their own ethical reasoning in a specific situation, and act in accordance with their reasoning.JustificationThere are times when anyone is faced with an ethical decision regarding technology. Somerecent examples of technology related ethical decisions are: copying solutions to an assignment(not just a technology related decision), copying a music or movie file, downloading crackedsoftware, borrowing intellectual property that isn’t the students
engineering drawing, improve their threedimensional (3D) visualization skills, and to teach the fundamentals of a computer aided design.The students meet with the instructor twice a week in the laboratory during this three-credit-hoursemester-long course with each class lasting two hours long. Each class is scheduled to deliverthe lecture first after which the students are allowed to complete their assigned homework andask questions as needed. The students learn the principles of orthographic projections and applythe principles to multiple view drawings by hand during the first four weeks of a fourteen-weeksemester. A 3D computer aided parametric modeling tool, CATIA, is then introduced after handdrawing, followed by auxiliary and section views
Nimunkar8 used electronic notebooks in a biomedical engineering design programfor sophomore through senior level students. Their results demonstrated that both faculty andstudents enjoyed the electronic platform for its anytime access and ability to be accessed in thefuture. We hoped that through our implementation we would also see benefits related to accessand availability. The platform chosen for this project allowed students to access the electronicnotebooks in the course, but it also has the capability for long term access which is describedlater in this paper.Cardenas9 also reported on the use of electronic laboratory notebooks. For her work, students
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. Balamuralithara & P.C. Woods. Virtual laboratories in engineering education: The simulation laband remote lab. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 17(1), 108-118. 2009. Page 26.1133.13 Appendix Figure 4. Medical and Biomedical Education Digital Technology in Engineering Education Figure 5. Higher Education Research Instructional Technology Medical and Biomedical Education E−LearningFigure 6. International BLEE Metacognition, Motivation