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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Lee, San Jose State University; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Tai-Ran Hsu, San Jose State University; David Parent, San Jose State University

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DAVID PARENT is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at San Jose State University. He teaches courses and conducts research in semiconductor device physics, integrated-circuit (IC) manufacturing, digital/mixed signal IC design and fabrication, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Contact: dparent@email.sjsu.edu. Page 11.40.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Development Framework for Hands-On Laboratory Modules in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)IntroductionMany of the most popular and advanced consumer products in recent years

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.Loren Limberis, East Carolina University Dr. Limberis joined the Engineering faculty at ECU in August 2006. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah. Dr. Limberis taught for several years as an Assistant Professor at The College of New Jersey and was a research analyst with Southwest Research Institute prior to his academic career. His research interests focus on designing techniques to utilize nature’s highly complex and sophisticated biological systems to develop biohybrid devices for use in biotechnology

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Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trishna Das, University of Minnesota-ECE; Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota-ECE; Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota

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exactlyrepresent the operation of the machines because of incorrect or incomplete modelingassumptions.Moreover an undergraduate electric drives course that integrates up-to-date computer hardwareand software tools meets the expectations of today’s students (and employers) who want to usecomputer and simulation tools in every aspect of a course and thus the improved laboratorymethods will attract more students1.BackgroundThe addition of computer-based collaboration to the Electric Drives laboratory course is anenhancement and continuation of work done at the University of Minnesota to improve its entirepower curriculum. This work has spanned over a decade with support from the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR)2 and has

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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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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Maite Brandt-Pearce, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Robert M. Weikle, University of Virginia; Lloyd R. Harriott, University of Virginia

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everyoneinvolved. While much of the lecture material was similar to that presented in the old circuitscourse, one objective was to integrate some electronics and signals material in this first course.The addition of this new material necessitated selective removal of previously-covered circuitsmaterial, i.e. details of transient and phasor analysis, that would now be covered in futurecourses. The decision was made to include more exposure to diodes and to add a significantintroduction to MOS transistors in this first course. An introduction to the Fourier series wasadded to enhance the analysis of simple circuits excited by sinusoids.While the selection and integration of new material was somewhat challenging, much more workwas required to integrate the

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Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julio Garcia, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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and laboratory content for Tech 167—Control Systems in line with theories of effectiveness in web-based instruction1,2,3 2. Develop multimedia lecture materials for the teaching/learning of Tech 167—Control Systems using WebCT4 Page 12.286.2 3. Revise the laboratory activities to integrate an electronics kit (consisting of data acquisition hardware) so that students can complete them following the model established by Wang5 4. Adapt the curriculum materials in line with research on learning styles of women and minority students 5. Integrate LabVIEW and Multisim in the Tech 167 class to provide the students

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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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Phillip Wong, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

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Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. In this role he has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, semiconductor device characterization, design and simulation, signal integrity and THz sensors. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE. Page 26.1480.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Teaching MATLAB and C Programming in First Year Electrical Engineering Courses Using a Data Acquisition DeviceOur

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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) Page 24.637.14 Develop Faculty Expertise  Develop materials that explain benefits of learning through multiple methods (i.e., traditional lectures combined with games).  Demonstrate materials and teaching methods at workshops to help instructors use multiple teaching methods.  Establish an online distribution site that includes a discussion forum for sharing classroom experiences.Implement Educational Innovations  Integrate online games into traditional instruction in Transportation Engineering courses at home institution.  Work with high school teachers to include course module in driver’s education courses.  Digitally disseminate game, course module, and assessment tools that Transportation

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tina Hudson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon M. Sipes, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #10154Developing Critical Thinking Skills in a Mixed-Signal Test and Product En-gineering CourseDr. Tina Hudson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Tina Hudson is an Associate Professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000. She teaches in the areas of analog and digital circuits and systems, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design and testing, and MEMS. Her education research interests include the development of critical thinking skills and intuition in undergraduate students and course development based on

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh; Margaret S. Smith, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer L Cartier, University of Pittsburgh

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Paper ID #9261Developing Highly Qualified Middle Grades Teachers With Expertise in STEMDisciplines via SUSTAINSDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Bilec is an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Bilec’s research program focuses on sustainable healthcare, the built environment, and life cycle assessment. She is interested in improving the overall environmental perfor- mance of buildings while connecting the occupants in a more thoughtful manner. She is the Principal Investigator in a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional

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Laboratory Experiences with Mechanical, Materials and Fluid Systems

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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. Chiou13 et al. also use a Dimension uPrint 3D printer to fabricate plasticparts for a walking robot in their robotics and mechatronics course. However, the prices of the3D printers used in the above research as well as the maintenance and material costs are highprecluding such 3D printers to be fully integrated into undergraduate engineering education. Forexample, uPrint 3D printers start at $14,900 which is about an order of magnitude higher thanUP Plus 3D printers.While inexpensive, the 3D printers used in our 3D-printing lab are still based on the newesthardware and software developments. MakerBot’s Replicator 2 was introduced in September2012, while Replicator 2X started shipping in limited quantities on February 25, 201314. Thepurchase order

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Mechanical Engineering Labs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Philip Varney, Georgia Institute of Technology; David MacNair, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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, and manages Junior and Senior level laboratories in Mechanical Engineering. He develops innovative laboratory experiences based on lessons-learned from the maker movement and real-world industrial challenges, and is building an ”ecosystem” of academic laboratory equipment and curriculum resources which allows universities to collaborate on the development and execution of effective undergraduate laboratory experiences. Dr. MacNair joined the Woodruff School in 2015 after working for the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and as an Educational Consultant for Enable Training and Consulting and National Instruments before that. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 and his PhD in Robotics in 2013, both

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Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego; Frank G. Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Michael S. Morse, University of San Diego; Truc T. Ngo, University of San Diego

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the Course and Laboratory ChallengeThe University of San Diego (USD) is a Catholic, liberal arts institution of higher educationlocated in Southern California. The university offers three engineering majors: electricalengineering, industrial and systems engineering, as well as mechanical engineering. The threemajors share a common curriculum in the freshman and sophomore years. Students receive adual BS/BA degree in unique 4.5 year programs.Engineering design is incorporated into the curriculum of the three programs at all levels.Students are first exposed to engineering design in the freshman year through two courses:ENGR 101 (Introduction to Engineering) and ENGR 102 (Engineering Design Practice). Thedesign experience is integrated into

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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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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Toyama, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Reza Sadr, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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connection between the theory learned in class and actualapplication. In some Fluid Mechanics laboratory experiments are conducted using off-the-shelfeducational stations. Our approach is to integrate the Fluid Mechanics laboratory with industrialequipment and tools in order to allow students to engage their classroom based theoreticalknowledge in an industry-like setting. Junior level students design digital data acquisitionsystems in conjunction with more traditional physical sensors in order to accomplish theirlaboratory goals. Students will also apply commercially available software to design and conductan experiment in the laboratory. Students are required to conduct simulations for a real case flowfield using commercially available software

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Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Gumaer, Central Washington University

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Teaching Microcontroller Applications Using Laptop ComputersAbstractThis paper presents an inexpensive technique of teaching an introductory microcontrollerapplications course to technology students in a laptop-based curriculum. The focus of the courseis learning to apply microcontrollers in various control applications. Related topics covered inthe course include assembly language programming and computer architecture. Students in thecourse are each equipped with a laptop computer. The microcontroller platform used in thiscourse is the Microchip PICKit1 development board. This development board features 8- and 14-pin microcontrollers with a 35 word instruction set. This is an ideal platform because the deviceshave enough resources to develop

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Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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problems”.This approach is well suited to a laboratory environment. The laboratory exercises we aredeveloping are designed to promote active learning: through guided inquiry with simpleequipment, students make observations that illustrate qualitative features of standard engineeringmodels. Students are first introduced to the hardware during an in-class demonstration. Duringlecture instruction after the demonstration, the measurements made during the demonstration arerelated to established theories. Students then return to the laboratory to test and deepen theirunderstanding of the concepts presented in lecture. A good example of how cognitive science informs the development of educational materialsis the Physics by Tutorial curriculum

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob Bishop, University of Nebraska, Kearney

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small 7" monitor to dis-play the results in real time to the user. An Arduino board is used for data acquisition from theencoder and load cell, and this is connected to a Raspberry Pi computer, which is in turn con-nected to the monitor. A wireless keyboard with an integrated track pad was used to interfacewith the machine, whose output is shown on the small 7" monitor.1 Pedagogical ContextThe field of materials science is focused on connecting the concepts of structure, processing,and properties of materials. Materials science textbooks [4] often begin with the topic of struc-ture, then move on to properties and processing. Many students have difficulty seeing the im-portance of studying structure, even though the structure of materials

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guido Lopez, Old Dominion University; Anthony Seaber, Old Dominion University

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.: Integration of theory and practice at real-life race track facilities, and racecar competitions.INTRODUCTIONMotorsports Engineering is an innovative field of education that focuses on highperformance ground-vehicles, and motorcar racing. Car racing is commonly viewed bythe public as entertainment. In reality, motorsports is an intensely complex field thatrequires a significant level of engineering and high-end technology in order to achieve aclear objective: defeat the competition and win the race. 3,7,9,11Winning in motorsports brings considerable financial and technologic benefits topromoters, sponsors and automakers. As a result, motorsports has established itself as oneof the most rapidly-growing industries in the US and worldwide

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Classroom and Online Innovations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominik May, TU Dortmund University; Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University; Tobias R. Ortelt, TU Dortmund University; A. Erman Tekkaya, TU Dortmund University

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in this context is not only to improve the level of usability of thislearning experience but also to open up the integration of laboratory learning to totally newlearning settings.The remote lab’s integration into new educational settings is accompanied by a new demandfor formative evaluation in order to assess and improve the setting as a whole. Therefore,after a short literature review this paper will focus on four different aspects: 1. The developed remote laboratory equipment 2. The course content and how laboratory experiments connect with engineering practice 3. The assessment tools used in evaluating the success of the remote laboratory 4. The results of the student evaluations from an online course given in 2015Developing

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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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within real-worldsettings, such as multidisciplinary needs of industry10-12. However, these courses could bechallenging too. Page 23.1142.2In our ABET accredited BSE- Mechatronics program, the scope of the courses included morethan one engineering discipline since mechatronics, as one of the fast growing fields inengineering, inherently required an integration of mechanical, electrical and softwareengineering into appropriate control architectures. Moreover, engineering design concepts(including a block diagram to illustrate an engineering design process) were introduced in a first-year introductory course, and reinforced several times in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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early in their college education through diverse methods in afreshmen design course focused on toys.We were interested in the extent to which enrollment in a section of the Toy FUNdamentalsfreshman engineering design class was associated with retention in the baccalaureate degree inengineering compared to enrollment in a freshman engineering design class with the standardcurriculum (i.e., without an emphasis on toy design). A total of 10 campuses participated in theToy FUNdamentals curriculum. At some participating campuses, all sections of freshmanengineering design included the toy design curriculum. At other participating campuses, somesections of the freshman design course included toy design and some included the standardcurriculum. There

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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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concepts,experimental concepts and skills, and give them experience in system level design andintegration.Imagine mobile hands-on learning activities that involve both thestudent and the faculty member in the learning process withoutconsiderable time or effort by the instructor. And, suppose thatthere are freely available resources to assist a faculty member,educated under the old lecture system, to introduce hands-onlearning modules and rapidly develop his or her own modulesusing validated procedures. Now, let’s consider what wouldhappen if this pedagogical approach is integrated throughout aSTEM curriculum so that students see how concepts from onecourse can be applied in other course to build a system-levelunderstanding of their discipline and

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Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Risa Kumazawa, Duquesne University

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OBJECTIVESI. ElectronicsThe Electronics course deals with an introduction to electrical circuits involving activecomponents such as integrated circuits, diodes, transistors, and their applications. The coursestarts with a basic introduction to circuit theory. This includes a quick review of current andvoltage divider rule, source transformation, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, transfer function,and circuit models for amplifiers. The course covers an introduction to the physical operation ofelectronic semiconductor devices such as the diode, the field-effect transistor, and the bipolarjunction transistor. Device models are developed to aid in circuit analysis and design. Biasing,large-signal and small-signal analysis and the principles used in the

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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, andstudent laptops, for displaying the signals.IntroductionElectric guitars are fascinating to students and provide an excellent motivating platform forengineering exploration in acoustics, vibration, electronics, electromagnetics, stresses and strain,and signals and systems1. Students generally respond very positively to the use of the guitar as asource of electrical signals because it is something they already know about, and they canphysically see the creation of the signals when the guitar is plucked. Used as an experimentalplatform, a guitar provides sound, touch, and sight sensory input to students. Coupled with a dataacquisition board, the electric guitar provides the source of a complex signal that might beanalyzed in the time domain or in

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgia L Harris, NIST

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, or engineering degree. It has been found through instructionalexperience that most working professionals, even in these fields, have historically not beenadequately exposed to the concepts covered in this course. This situation could change in thefuture through sharing these concepts among university professors. At this time, application ofthese concepts or case studies into an engineering curriculum could be done at either anintroductory or advanced level, depending on the prior knowledge of the students.Pre-reading assignments given to the students include the following materials:  ISO/IEC 17025, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories2;  Beginner’s Guide to Measurement3; and

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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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David R Veazie P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University

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required curriculum for upper-levelundergraduate and graduate students seeking degrees in the science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) fields. These laboratory experiments usually involve materials and/ormaterial properties that were designed to establish a level of specification and implementationmethodology. However, often these laboratory experiments were developed for well definedsystems in controlled environments in order to take advantage of limited resources such asexpensive materials, laboratory space and testing supplies. Material systems that incorporate adependence on more than one parameter for processing and subsequent characterization pose asignificant problem in that the experiment designer may not possess the

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sushil K. Chaturvedi, Old Dominion University; Jaewan Yoon, Old Dominion University; Rick McKenzie, Old Dominion University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Hector M. Garcia, Old Dominion University; Shuo Ren, Old Dominion University

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WorkThe literature review of virtual labs presented in the previous section indicates that the state ofthe art has advanced considerably in recent years. However despite recent developments, theresearch in this field has yet to be translated into strategies that would make virtual realitylaboratories an integral part of engineering education. The present study is a step in thatdirection. The overarching goal of this study is to advance the development and use of virtualreality laboratories that will closely emulate the learning environment of physical engineeringlaboratories. In this pilot study, a 3-D virtual reality experiment emulating a physical experimenttitled “Jet Impact Force” in the thermo-fluids laboratory course in the mechanical

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Yanhua Cao, Jackson State University; Himangshu Shekhar Das, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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Paper ID #10681Scaffolding Cyber-Enabled Collaborative Learning in Engineering Coursesand Its Impacts of on Students’ LearningProf. Wei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over ten years of industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum.Mr. Yanhua Cao, Jackson State University Yanhua Cao is a

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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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Allison L. Sieving, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Marcia Pool, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Trisha Eustaquio, Purdue University; Rajtarun Madangopal, Purdue University; Alyssa Panitch PhD; Kate Stuart, Purdue University; Ann E Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Scott Alan Jewett

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mechanisms. The research approach integrates mathematical modeling, systems analysis, and control theory directly with experiments on cellular and physiological systems. The ultimate goal is to advance tissue engi- neering, therapeutic design, and personalized medicine based upon validated quantitative approaches that combine theory with experiments and link the controls community with the life sciences and biomedi- cal communities. Dr. Rundell is also actively involved in curriculum design and employs pedagogical advances towards engineering education. She was recently appointed the Vice Chair of the IFAC Tech- nical Committee on Control in Society and serves as a member of the steering committee for the IEEE CSS

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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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M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto; Jason Kereluk, University of Toronto

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. Page 23.97.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013A REMOTELY-ACCESSIBLE RECONFIGURABLE PLATFORM FOR ROBOTICS EDUCATION Page 23.97.2AbstractThis paper discusses a new remotely-accessible, serial-manipulator platform for roboticseducation. The hardware is an 18 degree of freedom manipulator that can lock any combinationof its joints in any position in their continuous range to emulate a manipulator with fewer degreesof freedom. The manipulator is controlled by an integrated design and simulation environmentrunning on a host workstation, which links through a target processor to the manipulatorhardware. The software application is remotely accessible by students via