first two semesters of study. Finally,conclusions, limitations, and future work are detailed.MethodsTo assess the role of contextual exercises on the manifestation of adaptive expertise and CADmodeling procedures, a series of exercises was introduced into a junior level product designcourse that uses the laboratory portion of the course for CAD instruction. PTC’s Creo Parametricprogram is used for this purpose. The first step was to establish a baseline level of adaptiveexpertise through the use of an adaptive expertise survey (AES) instrument. The instrument usedin this work was developed by Fisher and Peterson 10 and uses a 42 question, 6-point Likert-scaleto assess adaptive expertise based on four main dimensions: multiple perspective
AC 2011-1530: MODEL-ELICITING ACTIVITIES IN A MECHANICALENGINEERING EXPERIMENTAL METHODS COURSEJohn Ridgely, California Polytechnic State University John Ridgely is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at California Polytechnic State Univer- sity in San Luis Obispo.Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian Self is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity in San Luis Obispo. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly in 2006, he taught for seven years at the United States Air Force Academy and worked for four years in the Air Force Research Laboratories. Research interests include active learning and engineering education
scholar in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial experience including a position in sensor development. Sensor development is also an area in which she holds a patent. She currently has research focused on student learning in virtual laboratories and the diffusion of educational interventions and practices.Prof. Erno Lehtinen, University of Turku ERNO LEHTINEN is professor of education at the University of Turku and is currently holding a five- year Academy Professor position in the Centre for Learning Research of the University of Turku. He has studied early development of mathematical skills, technology
to promote women in STEM fields by both supporting graduate student’s professional development as a Committee Member of the College of Engineering’s Women In Engineering Program and participating in engineering outreach events for high school girls through the Perry Initiative. You can reach her at dhaidar@udel.edu . c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Manipulation Matters: Isolating the Impact of Lecture vs. Lab Experience in an Undergraduate Engineering Controls ClassAbstractSeveral studies have shown that laboratories that implement interactive learning and cooperativegroup exercises lead to an improvement in student outcomes as compared to the passive
student doing the laboratory experiments. Thislaboratory unit serves an ad hoc learning tool to two undergraduate courses. The developed BMSlearning tool not only enhances the advanced energy storage training and education, but alsoinspires students’ interest in the green movement of transportation and renewable energy.Keywords: battery management system; electric energy storage; electric vehicle; hybrid vehicle;lithium-ion battery pack; renewable energy1. IntroductionElectrochemical batteries are the primary choice for energy storage systems in electric-drivevehicles, uninterruptible power supplies, and renewable energies. The on-board energy storagesystems, particularly rechargeable battery packs, used for traction purposes are generally
experiments. The students have indicated that they would like to see more use ofcomputer data acquisition systems and the availability of computers in the laboratories so theycan perform on-site data analysis and calibration. Currently there is only one mobile dataacquisition system that is rarely used in some of the laboratory courses. To address this concern,the engineering faculty at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne have integratedcomputer data acquisition in some of the existing and new experiments.One of the new “high tech” laboratory experimental apparatus that was designed, developed, andconstructed is a bench-top air conditioning processes demonstrating unit. This experimentalapparatus is currently being used to demonstrate to
Paper ID #9540Hands-on and Virtual Labs for Juniors’ Course on Applied ElectromagneticsDr. Vladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, SUNY Dr. VLADIMIR V. MITIN, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering; Uni- versity at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY. Has more than 400 technical publications. Vladimir Mitin has made considerable efforts to involve undergraduate and graduate students in his re- search. • He has established a state-of-the-art research laboratory: Materials, Device and Circuit Simu- lations Laboratory. • He graduated thirteen Ph.D. students and six MS students. He has taught Electro
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Transforming a Freshman Electrical Engineering Lab Course to Improve Access to Place Bound StudentsAbstractThis paper discusses the transformation of an introductory electrical engineering lab course intoan interactive hybrid teaching model, a combination of face-to-face and online instruction, toexpand access to Electrical and Computer Engineering to place-bound students. The modifiedcourse will include inter-campus collaborative hands-on laboratory and team project experiences.This has the potential to transform the educational experience of the often isolated place-boundstudents in rural communities, building their social capital and connecting them to a larger
Paper ID #10499Point-of-Care Medical Tests Devices and their Value as Educational Projectsfor Engineering StudentsDr. Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel UniversityDr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng.)Mr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Mr. Eric Carr is a full-time Laboratory Manager and part-time adjunct instructor with Drexel Univer- sity’s Department of Engineering Technology. Eric assists faculty members with the development and implementation of various Engineering Technology courses. A graduate of Old Dominion University’s Computer Engineering Technology program and Drexel’s College of Engineering, Eric enjoys finding
experimental characterization of multiphase flow phenomena. Page 12.895.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Fluid Mechanics Experiments for Modern Mechanical Engineering ProgramAbstract One of the primary objectives of the Petroleum Institute (PI) is to prepare futuremechanical engineers to assume successful career paths in the Oil and Gas industry.With this in mind, a state of the art core measurement laboratory represents an importantfacility for teaching use within a Mechanical Engineering Program. Such a facility hasbeen developed at the PI, and is utilized at undergraduate level
. Page 24.636.3Virtual Facility and Tutor SystemBased on the development of 3D Virtual Facility, the authors have conducted an experiment toexplore if the use of operating the RP simulator is performing as good as the use ofimplementing the real FDM 3000 machine. The experiment reveals that students who have usedthe RP simulator perform not as good as students who have an instructor in the laboratory,particularly in the comprehensive exam and the calibration operation31. Consequently, theauthors would like to conduct further investigation to learn about (1) If integration of VF andTutor System (TS) can achieve similar performance as a real instructor in the classroom;and (2) What components should be incorporated in the TS to enhance
Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2002. He is director of the Human Performance Laboratory at RIT and his research interests include the biomechanics of sign language interpreting and the ergonomic design of consumer products. Page 24.786.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integration of experiential learning to develop problem solving skills in deaf and hard of hearing STEM students AbstractA
2006-432: EXPERIMENTS IN DRUG DELIVERY FOR UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING STUDENTSStephanie Farrell, Rowan University STEPHANIE FARRELL is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, her MS from Stevens Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Rowan in September, 1998, she was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. Stephanie has research expertise in the field of drug delivery and controlled release, and she is currently focusing efforts on developing laboratory experiments related to membrane separations, biochemical
Paper ID #19402Creating a Functional Model of a Jet Engine to Serve as a Testbed for Me-chanical Engineering Students’ Capstone Design WorkMr. Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar Yasser Al-Hamidi is currently working as a Laboratory Manager in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He is specialized in instrumentation, controls and automation. He worked as a Lab Engineer in the College of Engineering, University of Sharjah before joining TAMUQ. His other experiences include Laboratory Supervisor/Network Administrator at Ajman University of Sci- ence and Technology (Al Ain
nanotechnology engineering education and research. He is a licensed PE and a member of ASEE, IEEE, and SME. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Sustainable Undergraduate Engineering 3D Printing LabAbstract Recent proliferation of inexpensive 3D printers allowed most educational institutions topurchase and deploy them. Students at all levels now print plastic objects due to the low cost ofplastic materials used. However, failed and/or unwanted prints, as well as support material, arediscarded. In this work, a sustainable 3D printing laboratory is described. 3D printed objects andsupporting structures are recycled by first shredding the plastic parts using a two-step process,then mixing
overly fashioned examples2, 5, 6. Hands-on laboratories that feature realmeasurements could allow students to probe the dynamics of realistic systems, therebystrengthening their conceptual understanding2, 7, 8. However, the prohibitive cost of equipmentand shortage of laboratory space limits these options.Our project aims to overcome these challenges by utilizing a new, highly portable andinexpensive technology, which we call interactive-Newton (i-Newton). The i-Newton can engagestudents in the experiential learning of dynamics outside the confines of the traditional lecture-based teaching methods.The objectives of the project we describe in this paper are to: 1. Investigate whether i-Newton has an effect on students’ conceptual
AC 2007-1240: REAL-TIME ACCESS TO EXPERIMENTAL DATA USINGTABLET PC’SGregory Mason, Seattle University Dr. Mason received a BSME from Gonzaga University, an MS in Computer Integrated Manufacturing from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington-Seattle. He developed a robotics laboratory for the Department of Defense in Keyport, WA and was involved in numerous automation projects, including a robotic container welding system and a robotic torpedo fueling system. While at the University of Washington Dr. Mason did post-doctoral research for NASA, designing a multirate flutter suppression system for a commercial jet. His current
power systems. He is a senior member of IEEE and ISA. Page 12.339.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 CAN-Based Fieldbus ExperimentsAbstractThis paper presents Controller Area Network (CAN) based hardware experiments, andintegration of these experiments in instrumentation and control systems courses laboratories atthe Bowling Green State University (BGSU). A general purpose PIC microcontroller basedCANstart module is first introduced. This board provides communication features for simpledigital inputs such as switches and digital outputs such as LED’s. It also has analog inputs andrelay outputs
Paper ID #574Hands-On Design Projects in a Sophomore Mechanical Engineering CourseYasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University, Qatar Yasser Al-Hamidi is currently working as a Technical Laboratory Coordinator in the Mechanical En- gineering Program at Texas A&M University, Qatar. He is specialized in instrumentation, control and automation. He worked as a Lab Engineer in the College of Engineering, University of Sharjah before joining TAMUQ. His other experiences include Laboratory Supervisor/Network Administrator at Ajman University of Science and Technology (Al Ain Campus), Maintenance Engineer at AGRINCO and
AC 2011-2159: BRINGING CURRENT RESEARCH TO THE CLASSROOMUSING LINKED COLUMN FRAMED SYSTEM IN AN UNDERGRADU-ATE STRUCTURES LABRupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles Professor of Civil Engineering at California State University at Los Angeles, a predominantly an un- dergraduate institution. He teaches courses in computer aided analysis and design and capstone design project course.He is a co-PI for a NSF/NEES funded research project on Linked Column Framed system.Peter Dusicka, Portland State University Associate Professor Dusicka focuses his teaching and research on infrastructure engineering. He is the director of iSTAR (infraStructure Testing and Applied Research) Laboratory where he leads a team of
Break 1:00-5:30 Individual Research (B) Group (C) Group (E) Industry Design Collaboration and Lab project/ Session Visits, competition (D) Weekly Outreach, or preparation Seminar Social InteractionIndividualized Research ProjectsEach REU fellow will directly participate in regular research activities together with faculty andother research personnel in one or more of our research laboratories
Paper ID #9705Evidence for the Effectiveness of a Grand Challenge-based Framework forContextual LearningDr. Lisa Huettel, Duke University Dr. Lisa G. Huettel is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University where she also serves as associate chair and director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She received a B.S. in Engineering Science from Harvard University and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. Her research interests are focused on engineering education, curriculum and laboratory development, and
an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Califor- nia State University, Maritime Academy (CSUM). His research background is fluid mechanics and heat transfer and is studying laboratory education in those fields. Prior to CSUM, Dr. Tsai was a Member of the Technical Staff in the Fluid Mechanics Group at The Aerospace Corporation. Dr. Tsai earned his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. at the University of California, Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Method for a Low Cost Hydrokinetic Test Platform: An Open Source Water FlumeAbstractWhile educational wind tunnels are common place for instruction
a Visiting Professor at the US Air Force Academy in the departments of electrical and computer engineering and computer science. His research interests include digital system design and testing, computer architecture, and computer science and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrated Fluids and Electronics Labs to Measure Fluid FlowAbstractKnowledge of theory is deepened by examining how the theory models the physical world.Exercises in the laboratory can enhance the understanding of the models by demonstrating boththe accuracy and the shortcomings of the theoretical models. To help students achieve a bettersense of connections between theory and the
an emphasis in program evaluation. She specializes in the evaluation of programs in STEM education across the K-20 spectrum and the evaluation of STEM Education and Public Outreach programs. Carol has designed and conducted evaluations of projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, NASA, the Arizona Board of Regents, Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Arizona Department of Education, among others.Dr. Jeff Frolik, University of VermontDr. Paul G. Flikkema, Northern Arizona UniversityDr. Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa Dr. Aaron Ohta received a B.S. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2003, an M.S. from the University of
members involvedin ground breaking curriculum development and the fact that the faculty members themselveswere taught team training skills as a part of their ECSEL involvement.Our work has culminated in a curriculum of team training modules, developed with supported bya Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (DUE-CCLI-0089079) grant from theNational Science Foundation. The modules include presentation slides and lesson plans designedspecifically to enable use by engineering faculty. First, the curriculum is composed of threedistinct tracks based on key domains of team functioning (personal knowledge, interpersonaleffectiveness, and project management skills). Second, the material is designed in discrete“modules” or individual building
mobile hands-on learning into their courses.Deborah Walter (RHIT) and Kathleen Meehan (VT) have initiated the development of a conceptinventory for non-ECE majors who are enrolled in circuits classes with either hands-on activities inthe classroom or laboratory exercises conducted outside of the classroom, both facilitated byportable electronic instruments. Co-PI Ella Ingram (RHIT) has studied the existing literature obteaching circuits, examined circuits concept inventories developed by others in the field, andparticipated in the learning of basic concepts in circuits and use of lab equipment along withstudents enrolled in circuits classes for non-majors. The plan is to present a draft of the conceptinventory at the 2014 workshop to obtain
schoolteachers participate in an intensive summer research experience in engineering labs, buildcurriculum based on the laboratory research content that they learn, participate in lesson study,and implement new curriculum in their middle or high school classrooms. The program has thecombined intent of bringing innovative engineering research to middle and high school studentsand improving student achievement through scientific inquiry. The program’s design includes asummer intensive experience in which teachers fully participate in engineering laboratoryresearch and engage in an inquiry focused content-to-pedagogy teacher professionaldevelopment workshop, building curriculum from their lab research experience with foci onscientific experimentation and
AC 2008-843: A PROJECT-DRIVEN APPROACH TO TEACHING CONTROLS INA GENERAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMJason Yao, East Carolina University Dr. Jianchu (Jason) Yao joined the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University as an Assistant Professor in August, 2005. He received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Shaanxi university of Science and Technology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. His research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven
and retention of these segments of the population.3. Course ContentThe “Sensors and Actuators for Mechatronic Systems” course has been offered as a technicalelective for both mechanical and electrical engineering senior undergraduate students as well asto graduate students. There were two formal weekly meetings for an hour and fifteen minuteseach for the 14-week duration of the course. Apart from the lectures extra time was scheduled asneeded to foster synergistic laboratory activities involving working with actual sensors andactuators.3.1 Learning OutcomesThe learning outcomes for this course are as follows. After completing the course the studentshould be able to:a) Understand the underlying physical principles of the basic transduction