Paper ID #13323Development of a Low-Cost, Low-Voltage Three-Phase Power Synthesizer forUse in Motor and Systems ExperimentsMs. Kathleen Teresa McGuire Kathleen T. McGuire is a senior electrical engineering major at the University of San Diego. She is graduating in May and has plans to work for Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, Texas starting this summer. She is part of several engineering honors societies such as Tau Beta Pi and Tau Eta Nu, as well as several other clubs on campus. She is interested in semiconductors and embedded systems.Ms. Jessica Urbano Jessica L. Urbano is a Spring 2015 graduate of the University of
Paper ID #15145Revitalization of an Intro to ME Course Using an Arduino-Controlled PotatoCannonProf. Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute Dr. Gerald Sullivan, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute, received his B.S.M.E. from the University of Vermont and his Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has held teaching positions at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and the University of Vermont. Prior to joining the faculty at the Virginia Military Institute in the fall of 2004, he was employed by JMAR Inc. where he was involved in research and development of X
Paper ID #18156Method for a Low Cost Hydrokinetic Test Platform: An Open Source WaterFlumeRyan Curtis Darfler, California State University, Maritime University Ryan Darfler is currently a senior in Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Maritime Academy. His expected graduation date is August 2017. His research interests are in the testing and development of renewable energy platforms, with emphasis in the fluid dynamics aspects. In addition to his interest in fluid mechanics, he has experience as a fluid controls engineer.Dr. William W. Tsai, California State University, Maritime Academy Dr. William W. Tsai is
four years. With this timetable in mind, the first freshman level engineering classeswere held on the MSU campus in the fall semester of 2008. It is anticipated that a sufficientnumber of students will have completed the required prerequisite courses by the fall semester of2009 to be able to enroll in the first Electrical Engineering laboratory classes, and the firstlaboratory classes will formally begin at that time.Preliminary AssessmentThe first formal use of the new laboratory room will be in the fall semester of 2009. In thespring of 2009, one student who met the prerequisites, agreed to enroll and go through thelaboratory experiments used in the lab that accompanies the introductory circuit analysis course.This student was able to
Paper ID #9918Development of an Integrated Curriculum for Educating Engineers aboutNanotechnology: End-of-Life Management of Nanomaterial-Containing WastesDr. Charles E. Pierce, University of South CarolinaDr. Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina Page 24.422.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Development of an Integrated Curriculum for Educating Engineers about Nanotechnology: End-of-Life Management of Nanomaterial-Containing WastesIntroductionThe rapid development of
Paper ID #12073Towards a T Shaped Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum: aVertical and Horizontally Integrated Laboratory/Lecture ApproachDr. Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia Harry Powell is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. After receiving a Bach- elor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in1978 he was an active research and design engineer, focusing on automation, embedded systems, remote control, and electronic/mechanical co-design techniques, holding 16 patents in these
Paper ID #8868The use of metacognitive writing-to-learn prompts in an engineering staticsclass to improve student understanding and performanceDr. Saryn R. Goldberg, Hofstra University Dr. Saryn R. Goldberg is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Hofstra University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Dr. Goldberg received her Sc.B. in Engineering with a focus on materials science from Brown University, her M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on biomaterials from Northwestern University, and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on biomechanics from Stanford University. At
Paper ID #9040An Implementation of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN) Using a Learn-ing Management System Platform in an Undergraduate Experimental Engi-neering CourseDr. Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College Dr. Cardenas earned her B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State Engineering. She joined Rock- etdyne as a propulsion engineer and worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engines, Atlas Engine, and the X-30 propulsion system. Dr. Cardenas received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Environmental and Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, studying the transport and fate of PCBs and sediments in the
Paper ID #8668A Classification Scheme for ”Introduction to Engineering” Courses: DefiningFirst-Year Courses Based on Descriptions, Outcomes and AssessmentDr. Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University Ken Reid is the Director of Engineering Education, Director of First-Year Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He was the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the TSA Boards of Directors and over 10 years on the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee. He was awarded
AC 2008-1591: A SET OF COMPUTER-CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS ININTRODUCTORY ELECTRIC CIRCUIT LABORATORIES FOR ELECTRICALENGINEERING (EE) AND NON-EE MAJORSAlexander Ganago, University of MichiganAndrew Watchorn, National InstrumentsJohn DeBusscher, University of Michigan Page 13.100.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Set of Computer-Controlled Experiments in Introductory Electric Circuits Laboratories for EE and non-EE MajorsAbstractThis report is focused on development and implementation of a set of Virtual Instruments (VIs)for all lab projects of introductory courses in electric circuits for EE and non-EE majors. Due tousing the Interchangeable Virtual
Paper ID #19492Design of Classlab and Supporting Spaces to Enable a Multidisciplinary Hands-on First-Year Engineering Design CurriculumDr. Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University Dr. Carpenter is Founding Dean of Engineering at Campbell University. She is Chair of the ASEE Long-Rangge Planning Committee and the ASEE Strategic Doing Governance Team. She is a past Vice President of Professional Interest Councils for ASEE and past President of WEPAN. Currently Chair of the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program Steering Committee and an ASEE PEV for General Engineering, Dr. Carpenter regularly speaks
Paper ID #8492Analysis of the Impact of Participation in a Summer Bridge Program onMathematics Course Performance by First-Semester Engineering StudentsDr. John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Dr. John R. Reisel is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (UWM). He serves as associate director of the Center for Alternative Fuels, and co-director of the Energy Conversion Efficiency Lab. In addition to research into engineering education, his research efforts focus on combustion and energy utilization. Dr. Reisel was a 2005 recipient of the UWM Dis- tinguished
they learn fromthe textbook and what they are expected to do in the actual Civil Engineering field.Additionally, those students who were taking the lab course simultaneously found this courseextremely helpful because they had more exposure to the use of the knowledge.A more formal presentation of the qualitative feedback will be included in a subsequent journalpaper. The results from this study also suggest that students who are self-regulated, keep theirgoals in mind, know what they are doing and why they are doing it, feel competent to do whatthey are supposed to do, and do their work as expected will do well in the class. The implicationsof these findings suggest the importance of motivation, self-regulation, and self-efficacy in
AC 2011-1796: NAVY METROLOGY ENGINEERING CENTER STEM OUT-REACH THROUGH THE STEP PROGRAM: CHALLENGES, LESSONSLEARNED AND APPLICATION TO DOD STRATEGYDouglas Sugg, Navy -NSWC Corona CA Doug Sugg is the Department Head of Product Engineering Assessement at the Corona Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center.John V Fishell,JD, John Victor Fishell, President, Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) John V. Fishell retired from his position as Technical Director of NSWC, Corona Division, Corona, CA in 2008 after 36 years of service. He holds a Juris Doctorate in Law from California Southern Law School and a BSEE from the University of Texas, El Paso along with two Certficates in Management from the
help to understandtheoretical concepts. The following discussions show how the initial RAL activities in this studyalign with Barak's principles and how RAL serves as a “mind tool". Figure 1: RAL ConceptsCurrent Study (Methodology)Based on this framework, the project has engaged with all five faculties at USQ via the AssociateDeans Learning and Teaching. Whereas all were very supportive of this initiative, currently thereare no active projects in the Faculties of Business and Law; and Arts. The study focuses on fiveprojects in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Science), the Discipline ofSurveying and Spatial Science (Faculty of Engineering and Surveying), and the Faculty ofEducation. The
creation and in an ethical context of society.Notable throughout is the concentration on big picture ideas. There was very little discussionabout material in engineering or sustainability education that causes problems or issues, butmuch more discussion on the framing of sustainability in the first place, the structural positioningof sustainability thought within the existing educational and academic paradigms (or, often, incontrast to the existing paradigms) of science and engineering, and the relationships ofsustainability (an, in fact, science) to values, ethics, and epistemology.The comments had an almost-universal anti-reductionist current. Several posts pointed out theneed to move beyond traditional reductionist approaches and frames of mind
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
innovative systems to integrate teachingand research. Upon its completion, this lab will become a benchmark for integration ofteaching and research in civil engineering. Page 12.524.3Functional Components of the Structural and Construction LaboratoryThe lab is planned and designed while having the following strategic goal in mind: “Toprovide students and local/regional engineering/building/construction industry withsuperior technology and world-class testing and research capability.” It contains threemodules. Module 1 has the MTS facility, versatile structural testing facility, and scaledbridge testing and monitoring systems. The second module has the
performancegoals.ConclusionsEach experiment designed with a single goal in mind. The experiments addressed dataacquisition, sensors and actuators, plant modeling and system identification, disturbancerejection, command following, and tracking for electro-mechanical plants. The developedlaboratory was successful to improve the students understanding and provide them with essentialskills needed to be a successful engineer in industry. Students prefer learning by hands-on Page 12.688.8experience and the feedback from them has been very positive. More funding is available for thelaboratory development and maintenance due to the fact that the course is used by
challenges that came up during the design and build phase, noneof these technical issues were outside the scope of what one might expect when performing anyengineering design project, and in all cases provided the students working on the project withvaluable engineering experience. These technical issues included packaging of manycomponents into small spaces, while being mindful of transportation laws governing maximumallowable axle weights, sizing of components such as dyno’s, the generator, HVAC systems,heat exchangers, pumps, wires, and plumbing components.The more interesting challenges are the logistical issues. Most academic institutions are not wellversed in the heavy duty transport industry, yet many of the same laws and regulations
engineers do.IntroductionEngineering students often have difficulty explaining their chosen profession to non-engineeringstudents. Their motivation to finish an engineering degree and to fit within their socialenvironment can be enhanced by doing something interesting yet useful for the community. Withthis in mind, mechatronics engineering students approached the Humans vs. Robots WorkoutChallenge lab. The main justification for the lab was to use various pedagogical learninginstruments such as project-based learning, peer learning, and increased student engagement, allin the function of learning basic robotic concepts and robot programming, as well as developingcommunication skills. Student engagement was directed towards increasing awareness
Statistics, NCES-2011015[5] National Center for Education Statistics, 2011. Postsecondary Awards in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, by State: 2001 and 2009, U.S. Department of Education, April 2011, NCES 2011-226.[6] Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L. and Cocking, R.R, 1999. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington DC: National Academy Press.[7] Chubin, D.E., May, G.S. and Babco, E.L., 2005. “Diversifying the Engineering Workforce.” Journal of Engineering Education. 94(1): 73–86.[8] Felder, R.M., Sheppard, S.D. and Smith, K.A., 2005. “A New Journal for Field in Transition.” Journal of Engineering Education. 94(1), 7–12.[9] Yurtseven, H. O., 2002. “How Does the Image of Engineering Affect Student
Paper ID #9478Improvements through the Second Year Research Experiences for TeachersProgramProf. Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University Dr. Tolga Kaya currently holds a joint Assistant Professor position in the School of Engineering and Technology and the Science of Advanced Materials program at Central Michigan University (CMU). Prior to joining CMU, Dr. Kaya was a post-doctorate associate at Yale University (2007-2010), a research and teaching assistant at ITU (1999-2007), a consultant at Brightwell Corp. (2007), Istanbul, a senior VLSI analog design engineer and project coordinator at Microelectronics R&D Company
when the U.S. is looking to inspire young minds, Rube Goldberg’s legacy representsthe best in American innovation, humor and unconventional thinking6. Engineering programs in Page 15.787.3the U.S. universities are using Rube Goldberg for two purposes: to expose younger students toengineering and to encourage engineering students to think outside the box. Rube Goldberg is agreat way to teach basic principles of science like magnetism, gravity, and friction. In addition,Rube Goldberg projects also promote patience and discipline, and assist in maintaining students’interest in science, mathematics and engineering.At Texas Tech University, Rube
physical laboratories how they can be implemented throughtoday’s technologies. Templates for developing a cohesive set of remote laboratories areidentified along with Nemours IT considerations. In addition to the requirements related totechnology, educational impacts are addressed. An example of a Control Systems experiment isthen presented as an example of a functioning remote laboratory.1. Introduction The engineering students of yesterday have permanently changed the way we presentlylive and work with technology. It is essential that we take full advantage of their contributions inorder to prepare the minds of the future. Advancements in telecommunication practices havemade learning from remote locations viable, thereby granting access
Paper ID #9660The iCollaborate MSE Project: Progress Update 2014Prof. Kathleen L Kitto, Western Washington University Kathleen L. Kitto is the Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Research at Western Wash- ington University. Previously, she was Special Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Initiatives, founding Associate Dean of the College of Sciences and Technology, and Chair of the Engineering Technology Department. She has published widely and is a known advocate for the recruitment, retention, and ad- vancement of women in STEM disciplines.Dr. Debra Sue Jusak, Western Washington University Dr. Jusak
Paper ID #13900ENGR497 – An Introduction to Research Methods CourseDr. Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of TechnologyDr. Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of TechnologyBonnie HaferkampProf. Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology Paul Anderson is a registered professional engineer with over 30 years of combined industrial and aca- demic experience related to water resources. At the Illinois Institute of Technology for more than 20 years, he teaches courses in water chemistry, ground water contamination, chemical transport in the envi- ronment, and industrial ecology. His recent research interests emphasize
Paper ID #11718Student Designed Lab Experiments: How Students Use Pedagogical BestPracticesDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is an Assistant Academic Specialist and the Lab Director of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.Dr. Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern UniversityAndrew F. Carbonar, Northeastern University Page 26.1414.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Student Designed Lab Experiments: How Students Use
Paper ID #10471Embedded computing reinforces and integrates concepts across ECE curricu-lumDr. Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia Harry Powell received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering the University of Virginia in 1978, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2006, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2011. Dr. Powell spent over 20 years in industry designing computer controlled automated systems before returning to academia in 2001. He was appointed to the faculty in 2013, and teaches courses in electric and electronic circuit analysis, electromagnetic energy conversion, embedded computing, and the 4th year
AC 2012-4791: THE IMPACT OF A PROTOTYPE EXEMPLAR ON DE-SIGN CREATIVITY: A CASE STUDY IN NOVICE DESIGNERSDr. Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego Thomas F. Schubert, Jr., received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine, Irvine, Calif. He is currently a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, San Diego, Calif., and came there as a founding member of the engineering faculty in 1987, where he served as Director of Engineering Programs, 1997-2003. He previously served on the electrical engineering faculty at the University of Portland, Portland, Ore., and Portland State University, Portland, Ore., and on the