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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Anthony Bourne, Wright State University

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Paper ID #10620The Wright State Model for Engineering Mathematics Education: A Longi-tudinal Study of Student Perception DataProf. Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University Nathan Klingbeil is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Wright State University. He is the lead PI for Wright State’s National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education, which has been supported by both NSF STEP Type 1 and CCLI Phase 3 awards. He has received numerous awards for his work in engineering education, and was named the 2005 Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie

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Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Alexander C. Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State University; Janice M. Margle P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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director for Penn State’s participation in the ASSIST Engineering Research Center led by North Carolina State University. For her individual and collaborative contributions to engineering education, she has received several university and national awards. She is a Fellow of the American Society for En- gineering Education. She has held several leadership positions in the American Society for Engineering Education, including president in 2010-2011. Page 24.1269.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 1 Toys and

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Mohammad Rabiul Islam, Oregon State University; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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components:the driver, the vehicle, and the built environment. Civil engineers have the unique ability todirectly manipulate the built environment, all the while needing to understand the associatedhuman factors and vehicle capabilities. In 2004, “NCHRP Report 500 Volume 12: A Guide forReducing Collisions at Signalized Intersections” suggested that the use of traffic control andoperational improvements have the greatest likelihood to improve safety at signalizedintersections 1.A large body of research has shown that many graduating students do not possess understandingof fundamental engineering concepts 2. Confounding the lack of concern over the lack ofconceptual understanding are differences between how academics and engineering professionalsthink

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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description of leadership skills and outreachactivities, and two letters of recommendation for new students. Once admitted to the program,the scholarship was renewed each semester until graduation as long as the minimumqualifications were met. An additional focus was to emphasize female and underrepresentedminority students.In the CSEMS program1 76 scholarship students took part in the program. Some students didlose their scholarships, but continued on to graduation. The gender and minority status of thestudents is shown in Table 1. Underrepresented Minority Non-Minority Total Female 9 20 29 (38.2%) Male 21 26

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Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Tsu-Jae King Liu, University of California, Berkeley

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Berkeley’s Transfer AllianceProject, which provides individualized academic and transfer advising and enrichment programsthat prepare TTE participants to be competitive applicants to four-year colleges. To date,approximately 86% of the students eligible to transfer to a 4-year institution were admitted andare now enrolled. This paper provides an overview of the TTE REU program, examples of theresearch projects, a description of the evaluation and assessment tools, and results of studenttransfer to 4-year institutions.IntroductionIn 2009 and again in 2011, the Obama Administration articulated its strategy to revitalizeAmerica in the document, “A Strategy for American Innovation: Securing Our EconomicGrowth and Prosperity” [1, 2]. The strategy calls

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Lori Sowa P.E., University of Alaska, Southeast

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communities, building their socialcapital and connecting them to a larger learning community.The goals of the first year of this study are:1. Quantify student content learning gains in the restructured course,2. Evaluate the impact of the collaborative model on the development of social capital, and to3. Assess student perceptions of and engagement with the hybrid format in a freshman engineering lab course.BackgroundEE102: Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering was originally taught, as a lectureonly, pre-calculus circuits course. In recognition of modern instructional pedagogy, “learning bydoing” [Bransford, et. al., 2000], this course was transformed in 2005 to include a laboratoryexperience, creating a project-based course which

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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, and six-years later (i.e. graduation) for matriculantsto the disciplines as well as all students in the major including first time in college (FTIC) andtransfers. The impact of first year engineering (FYE) programs is also considered. We focus onthe large fields of mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering, that have few women andthe smaller fields of chemical, biomedical, and industrial engineering that attract morewomen. In the supplement approved in 2013, we extended this work to also include CivilEngineering and Aerospace Engineering.Major activitiesSince September 1, 2012, the project team has been productive working together well andmaking progress on all planned tasks from the proposal. PI Susan Lord, CoPI Matt Ohland andsenior

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Srividya Kona Bansal, Arizona State University; Ashraf Gaffar; Randi Michelle Taylor

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Paper ID #10007User Research for the Instructional Module Development (IMOD) SystemDr. Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Odesma Dalrymple is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Engineering and Computing Systems at Arizona State University. She conducts research on tools and techniques that can be readily applied in real engineering learning environments to improve student learning and teaching. In this respect her two prominent research contributions are with: 1) artefact-inspired discovery–based pedagogy, i.e., learning activities where students’ exploration of STEM knowledge is

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech

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10 groups. A more ideal ratio is one to five. • Provide a fall-back for students who do not complete the lab during class. Allow them to complete the lab during TA office hours or open lab hours. This fall-back removes the panic that some students feel while trying to complete the lab during the 50 minute period. • Assign course credit to the lab to motivate students to come to class and to participate fully in the lab. Page 23.910.4The three expected student outcomes for in-class labs for lecture-based courses are specifiedbelow:1. Student achievement on tests/homework/assignments will benefit from the

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy ; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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more, while coming reasonably close to their desired  Q . In their second design( f o = 7.23 kHz and Q = 2) , students typically come very close to meeting the desired resonantfrequency and  Q specifications on the first try. This creates a teachable moment as studentsreflect on their failure in design #1, and their success in meeting specifications in design #2.First our students calculate a parameter we call “ G ”, which is the gain-bandwidth product of theop-amp relative to the desired resonant frequency. Using this calculated value G , they employgraphical techniques early in the design process to predict how much the closed-loop transferfunction pole locations will shift from the desired locations because of a finite value for G

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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, engineering design processes were represented as a flowchart, such as theone shown in Figure 1. Although some researchers argued that important factors, e.g. teamworkand communication, were missed in the flowchart approach, Mosborg et al13 found in their studythat most of participating practicing engineers basically agreed with the model shown in Figure1. Thus, the flowchart in Figure 1 remained in this approach and the activities in the proposedproject were grouped based on this six-stage design procedure.The project proposed in this approach was course-related. Hereby, its topic should be within thescope of the course contents. For many years, control-related topics have been included inundergraduate engineering curriculums. Traditionally, they

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central; Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central

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for the first DSP course or the combined ASP and DSPcourse, it is not necessary that we list it as an additional prerequisite.C. Software RequirementTo design, analyze, and simulate the DSP algorithms, MATLAB programming is required; thisrequirement was enforced in the previous signal processing course. In addition, MultiSIM will beused to verify different filter design.As a summary, the DSP course needs the prerequisites as listed below: 1. Analog signal processing 2. MATLAB programming and MultiSIM simulation.III. Course Content and the Associated Real-Time ProjectWe have divided the course content into two portions. First, the DSP fundamentals were covered,such as the sampling theorem, the z-transform and z-transfer functions, the

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Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A Beardsley PE, Central Washington University

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Technology (MET) program. Most students are juniors entering the core sequenceof classes in the major. Many of the students in this fall quarter thermodynamics class will betogether on graduation day, and they come together for the first time in this class. Thoughstudents may have touched on many thermodynamics topics in Physics and Chemistry classes,this is their first engineering thermodynamics class. The current lab activities have evolved fromthose that were developed in the late 1980s and outlined in a paper by Kaminski (1) in 1995.In order to keep students interested and engaged, efforts have been made to make the activitiesrelevant to everyday life experiences. In some of these labs they must make and state engineeringassumptions to complete

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego

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simplecalculation of intrinsic capacitances of the BJT hybrid-π model Cπ (base-emitter capacitance)and Cµ (base-collector capacitance), and FET small signal model Cgs (gate-source capacitance)and Cgd (gate-drain capacitance).II. Proposed Method and MeasurementsStandard small-signal high frequency models of BJTs and FETs are used. The models used areshown in Figure 1. C C gd µ + + + r g v b

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia

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experiential learning was coupledwith discussions. This paper describes an instructional module to introduce the relationshipbetween the time domain and the frequency domain.BackgroundBalancing discussion with practice increases the effectiveness of technical courses whencompared to the traditional methods that rely on lectures and fixed lab experiences.1 Additionalbenefits can be gained by using the discussions to guide students to discover concepts throughthe practical experiences.2 In turn, these discoveries reinforce important results from thediscussions. An objective is to help the students to develop conceptual knowledge.3 In addition,careful topic sequencing helps student to view multiple representations of a concept in a coherentfashion.4The

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan, College of Engineering; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Noel C. Perkins, University of Michigan; Bradford G Orr, University of Michigan

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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

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John E Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Justice Boisselle, Oral Roberts University

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differentvelocities and with different densities. For a complete review of this instability, pleasesee Thorpe8. Thorpe9-12 found that the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability can be generated andvisualized by tilting a tube that contains two fluids at different densities.TheoryWe will look at the inviscid theory for the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in terms of asinusoidal disturbance between two fluids with velocities U1, U2 and densities 1, 2. z U1, 1 g U1, 1 U1, 1 𝜁(𝑥, 𝑡) x  U2, 2Figure 1. Development of Kelvin Helmholtz instability from

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kip D. Coonley, Duke University; Justin Miles, Duke University

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Electrical and ComputerEngineering course in signal processing at the undergraduate level. The sophomore-level coursein signal processing is required of all engineering majors and provides a foundation in themathematical modeling and analysis of signals and of linear time-invariant systems. Thelaboratory component of the course utilizes applications of signal processing to motivate thebreadth of the field which includes filters, AM modulation, and Nyquist sampling theory. In thisstudy, both the TMS320C6713 DSK development board with its 225MHz processor and thenewer Beagleboard-xM with its 1 GHz processer provide students with a real-time,programmable signal-processing hardware platform that enhances the learning experience. TheDSK board requires

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Best Papers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cara J Poor P.E., University of Portland; Evan S Miller, GeoEngineers, Inc.

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-ended lab activity with ahydrology apparatus was designed for civil engineering students. The lab activity was firstevaluated with student volunteers, improved based on feedback from the volunteers, then addedto an Engineering Hydraulics Laboratory class. Student understanding was evaluated with aconceptual quiz before and after the lab activity, and survey questions were used to evaluatestudent interest and enthusiasm.MethodologyThe open-ended lab activity was developed with a TecQuipment hydrology apparatus (Figure 1).The hydrology apparatus consists of a 4-foot wide by 6-foot long box filled with 1 foot of silicasand. Rainfall is simulated using 8 controlled water sprayers approximately 2 feet above thesand surface. The sprayers are on a

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valentin Siderskiy, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Aatif Ahmed Mohammed, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

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Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. In 2004, he was selected for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of NYU-SoE’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 7 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 55 journal articles, and 109 conference papers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 16 M.S., and 4 Ph.D. thesis students; 31 undergraduate research students and 11 under- graduate senior design project teams; over 300 K-12 teachers and 100 high school student researchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 59 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he directs K-12 educa- tion, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that currently enrich the STEM education of over 1,100

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Aero and Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John E Matsson, Oral Roberts University; John A. Voth, Oral Roberts University; Connor A. McCain, Oral Roberts University; Connor McGraw, Oral Roberts University

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airfoil in the following way: 1. The first digit describes the maximum camber as a percent of the chord. 2. The second digit describes the location of that maximum camber measured from the leading edge in percent of the chord. 3. The final two digits describe the maximum thickness of the airfoil in percent of the chord.With all percentages given in respect to the length of the chord, the classification of the NACA2412 determines that the airfoil has a maximum camber of 2% located at 40% from the leadingedge, with a maximum thickness of 12%.The professor desired to experiment with the learning process of the honors students. Heprovided them with a project and allowed them to learn about the different subjects involvedwhile they

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Brent Walter Reed

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interaction, and improvelearning outcomes. This paper presents the learning theory that supports hands-on experience,the basic structure of the course, the implantation and logistics of the projects, and assessmentapplied to evaluate outcomes as a result of this hands-on addition.Introduction“The function of the engineering profession is to manipulate materials, energy, and information,thereby creating benefit for humankind. To do this successfully, engineers must have aknowledge of nature that goes beyond mere theory.” [1] Various forms of laboratory learningexperience are utilized in engineering curricula to assist students to gain this knowledge. Amongthese laboratory approaches, simulation based on computer software [2, 3] and hands-onexperiments

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Aero and Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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suggest that even with today’s emphasis on first year programs in engineering themajority of engineering schools still depend on one or two credit, single semester, introductorycourses. The lack of prestige for professors associated with one credit introductory courses, aswell as the small effect on student GPA, leads to a situation where these courses becomeoutdated and irrelevant to the educational needs of the students13.At the Virginia Military Institute, the 1 credit hour Introduction to Mechanical Engineeringcourse, ME-105, had reached a point where it was of limited value to students, providing somebackground in manufacturing and design, but no information about the increasingly importantareas of programming and electromechanical systems

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A Beardsley PE, Central Washington University

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renewable fuels and related climate change topics.The process outlined in this paper can be presented three ways, depending on the pedagogicalcontext:1) Process Demonstration2) Lab Activity with predetermined process parameters3) Lab Activity with process parameters developed in worksheetBiodiesel Reaction ParametersMost vegetable oils and fats (triglyceride) can be easily converted into fatty acid methyl ester(FAME = biodiesel) with a catalyzed process that can occur at room temperature and pressure.The ratios of reactant and products are outlined in Table 1. A reaction using 400 ml of oil willproduce nearly 400 ml of biodiesel. Typically excess methanol is used to push the reaction closerto completion(1). The demo process outlined in this paper

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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into how the engineering educational community has been teachingcontrols from the time-domain and frequency-domain, the author conducted a comparativeliterature review. “Controls”, along with “Root locus” and “Bode plot” respectively, were usedas keywords to search the IEEE Transaction in Engineering Education and the ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings. The results from this quick review, as summarized in Table I, indicatethat, in both sources, more efforts on time-domain methods were reported than those onfrequency-domain methods, confirming the discrepancy between the existing efforts in the time-and frequency domain. Moreover, few publications returned from these two searches directlyaddressed the abovementioned concern [1-9].TABLE I Time

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Teresa McGuire; Jessica Urbano; Frank G Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego

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solution will be used to demonstrate the basic concepts of balanced three-phase power inan introductory setting.Project GoalsThe basic project goals are based on the project goals from the article “Synthesis of Low-Voltage Three-Phase Power for Use in Low-Cost Motor and Systems Experiments at theSophomore Level”1. Some variation has been made to the goals but the overall scope of theproject has not changed. The goals are:  to develop a meaningful three-phase system for sophomore engineering students who have only introductory knowledge of three-phase power  to improve student knowledge concerning the basics of those systems  to give the students increased confidence in applying the knowledge obtained  to work at

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Laboratory Pedagogy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan; Deborah E. Goldberg, University of Michigan; John P. Wolfe, University of Michigan

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HowardHughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to increase access to authentic research projects, includingcontributing to publishable research that moves science forward; using the scientific method ofhypothesis generation, testing, and interpretation; and participating in an intergenerationalresearch community (faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students).Two gateway introductory laboratory courses were targeted; Biology and Chemistry thattogether enroll approximately 3500 students each year.The objectives of the project are to: 1. Create and implement a model to incorporate faculty-led research projects into introductory Chemistry and Biology laboratories. 2. Determine whether authentic research in introductory

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A Beardsley PE, Central Washington University

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core sequence of classesin the major. Though students may have touched on some fluids related topics in Physics classes,this is their first engineering fluids class. The current lab activities have evolved from those thatwere developed in the late 1980s and partially outlined in a paper by Kaminski (1) in 2001.In reviewing the literature on the topic of fluids lab activities it becomes apparent that manyengineering programs bundle fluids labs with thermodynamics labs and sometimes also includeother topics often as a single lab class far removed from the original lecture section (2). Whilethese topics do have significant interactions there is a limit to the number of topics that can beexplored by bundling them into one lab class. In the

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oscar Ortiz, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer P.E., LeTourneau University

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learningexperience that would help us to evaluate (1) how well our junior engineering students couldapply the knowledge acquired in their freshman and sophomore engineering courses, (2) if theycould integrate this knowledge with what they were learning in the current Electronics course,(3) how to put it into practice when interfacing the Arduino microcontroller to practical analogcircuits and (4) if they could be challenged to seek to learn concepts from future engineeringcourses.For this purpose a Radio Controlled Race Car Project was selected as a semester-long project.The electronic project was divided into four distinguishable subsystems, 1) analog radio control,2) radio transmitter/receiver, 3) control unit, based on an Arduino microcontroller, and 4

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

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educational exercises. Theelectrical operation is controlled by an Arduino, which can be reprogrammed by connecting it toa computer with a USB cable. Thus, the same device can be used to introduce sensor interfacingand data collection, or to study feedback control of thermal systems. Those applications are notdiscussed here.Motivation: A conceptual exercise for an undergraduate heat transfer courseWe introduce the convection experiment to students with a thought experiment. For additionalcourse materials, including lecture slides and laboratory worksheets, visit http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/˜gerry/expt/convection/.Consider a lightbulb exposed to a moving air stream as depicted in Figure 1. Suppose that the airvelocity, u∞ , and the temperature of oncoming