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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University

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AC 2010-1444: EXPERIMENTAL TESTING TO ENHANCE THE DESIGN OFDAYLIGHTING SYSTEMS. A CASE STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OFLABORATORY-ORIENTED DESIGN IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONKhaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University Page 15.559.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experimental Testing to Enhance the Design of Daylighting Systems. A Case Study on the Implementation of Laboratory-Oriented Design in Undergraduate EducationAbstractThis paper addresses a timely topic, which is designing and enhancing the performance ofdaylighting systems in buildings early in the design phase. Currently in academia

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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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AC 2010-1538: INNOVATIONS IN FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORYTHROUGH THE APPLICATION OF INDUSTRIAL SCALE EQUIPMENT ANDEDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE TOOLSAnthony Toyama, Texas A&M University at QatarReza Sadr, Texas A&M University at Qatar Page 15.739.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Innovations in Fluid Mechanics Laboratory through the Application of Industrial Scale Equipment and Educational Software ToolsAbstractTexas A&M University at Qatar, TAMUQ, is a newly funded school of engineering whose firstclass of undergraduate students graduated in 2008. As the university is located in the heart of theMiddle East, TAMUQ students are primarily from

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Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Margot Hutchins, Michigan Technological Universtiy; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Chris VanArsdale, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University

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how the gender of a teaching assistant effectsstudent behavior and performance in a laboratory environment.AcknowledgmentsThe authors of the paper would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by Dr. Jeff Allenand PhD candidate Joe Hernandez in the collection of data for the mechanical labs.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EEC-0835987.Bibliography1. The National Academies, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, The National Academies Press, 2006.2. Miller, M. H., Bohmann, L. J., W. S. Helton, A. L. Pereira, “Determining the importance of Hands-On Ability for Engineers,” Proc. of ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seunghyun Chun, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Bruce McCann, University of Texas, Austin; Ariane L. Beck, University of Texas, Austin; Eric Dean, National Instruments; Alexis Kwasinski, University of Texas at Austin

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and 2007, respectively. From 1993 to 1997, he worked for Telefnica of Argentina for four years designing and planning telephony outside plant net- works. Then he worked for five years for Lucent Technologies Power Systems (later Tyco Electronics Power Systems) as a Technical Support Engineer and Sales Technical Consultant in Latin America. For three years, he was also a part-time instructor in charge of ITBA’s telecommunications laboratory. He is currently and Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and his research interests include power electronics, distributed generation, renewable and alternative energy, and analysis of the impact of

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Remote and Network-based Laboratories

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Ben P. Horan, Deakin University; Robynne Hall, Deakin University

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mobile robotics. He is currently a lec- turer in the School of Engineering, Deakin University, where he teaches various electronics and robotics units.Ms. Robynne Hall, Deakin University Robynne Hall spent 13 years in the photographic industry designing cutting edge commercial print labo- ratories throughout Australia, maintaining and teaching silver halide and digital printing machines. As a mature age student, she returned to study and in 2002 completed an advanced diploma in electronics. She has since spent 12 months at the Gordon Institute of Technology in Geelong as a Laboratory Technician and tutor. During the past eight years, Hall has been at Deakin University as the Technical Officer for electronics

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Remote and Network-based Laboratories

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Rebel Umphlett, BioNetwork Capstone Center; David Hobson Yarley, BioNetwork Capstone Center

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25.1075.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Professional Development-Styled Short Courses for a Highly Effective Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory ExperienceAbstractProfessional development-styled short courses often provide working engineers an intensivehands-on learning experience that is difficult to achieve within the confines of the dailyworkplace. Can this model be extended into engineering education and provide engineeringstudents hands-on laboratory experiences that are difficult to achieve within the confines ofcampus? This collaborative project between the Engineering Department at East CarolinaUniversity (ECU) and the BioNetwork Capstone Center, an industrial-scale

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Ryan Taylor, Virginia Military Institute

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Ph.D. at Michigan State University in 1997 and continued to serve there as a Visiting Assistant Professor until 2004 when he accepted an Associate Professor position at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va. He currently serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at VMI.Ryan Taylor, Virginia Military Institute Page 22.1076.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Modeling Rockets in Instrumentation LabAbstractA final project for an instrumentation laboratory course was developed involving the predictionof the maximum altitude of a model

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Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murthy Kasi, North Dakota State University; Yaping Chi, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University

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AC 2011-84: TEACHING FLOWNET CONCEPTS TO ENGINEERING UN-DERGRADUATES USING ELECTRICAL ANALOGY OF GROUNDWA-TER FLOWMurthy Kasi, North Dakota State University Murthy Kasi is currently an Environmental Engineering doctoral candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering and an Instructor in the Fluid Mechanics laboratory for undergraduates at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Andhra University, India, and Masters in Environmental Engineering from South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA. Areas of concentration of his doctoral research are groundwater bioremediation, wastewater treatment, and water quality modeling. He has been

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

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. Also described are the merits and impact of these reference designs to our students intheir engineering education. These reference designs promote hands-on experience. They can beeasily adopted into laboratory and experimental courses. They are suitable for engineeringcurricula that emphasize on hands-on experience.I. IntroductionThis paper describes a collection of practical reference designs for adoption into microcontroller-based class projects. These reference designs are applicable to our microcontroller applications Page 22.1230.2and capstone design courses. All these courses are at the senior level. The microcontroller unit(MCU) in these

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Graff, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Joel Koblich, LeTourneau University

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AC 2011-792: THIRTY YEARS OF RUBE GOLDBERG PROJECTS: ASTUDENT-DRIVEN LEARNING LABORATORY FOR INNOVATIONR. William Graff, LeTourneau University R. William Graff is a professor in the school of Engineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University, where he has taught since 1975. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University in electrical engineering. Prior to joining the faculty at LeTourneau, he was assistant professor of electrical engineering at Drexel University for six years, and then at Wilkes College for two years. His professional interests include antennas, microwaves, plasmas, teaching, and ethics.Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University PAUL R. LEIFFER, PhD, PE Paul R

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Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A. Beardsley, Central Washington University; Charles O. Pringle, Central Washington University

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Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yongjin (James) Kwon, Ajou University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; Matthew Dordai; Bret Alan Davis, Drexel University

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modeling and verification of automated processes ina robotics and mechatronics course. Experimental case studies are derived from topics of interestto train manufacturing engineers for performing virtual simulations on PLC modeling systems.The virtual design process is split into three main sub-processes that are recommended to beperformed in a hierarchical fashion. These design process structures include the component 3Dmodeling stage, logical I/O modeling stage, and the cell 3D modeling stage. Both the virtual andphysical models provide equivalent results. Course instructions are based on active learning.Tutorials and laboratories assist students in comprehending the simulation methods. The courseis taught with the computer-aided simulation

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mustafa G. Guvench, University of Southern Maine; Derek Richardson, Fairchild Semiconductor

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. Page 22.1063.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Microwave Plasma Cleaner Design for Semiconductor Fabrication and Materials Processing Laboratory Use AbstractThis paper describes a microwave plasma cleaner designed and built for use in integrated circuitfabrication and materials processing laboratories. It is a much less expensive alternative to RFplasma cleaners because of the fact that very inexpensive and readily available householdmicrowave oven is utilized to generate the microwave power to produce the plasma in theprocess chamber. The process chamber is an inverted Pyrex bowl placed on a metal base plateand is evacuated by a

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Lu, University of Kentucky

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Experimentation  (ME310) and EngineeringExperimentation  (ME311). Engineering Experimentation  is an advanced laboratory coursewith the specific goal to enhance the students’ abilities in experimental design and analysis topartially satisfy the ABET’s learning outcome. Experimental design relies on principles ofcombinatorial mathematics such as combination, permutation, factorial, blocking, Latin square,etc. The analysis of experiments uses theories from statistics such as hypothesis, t-test, ANOVA,etc.It is often hard for the students to manually design experimental layouts if they do not havesufficient combinatorial mathematics background. The theories of statistical analysis arerelatively easy for students to grasp, but the calculations can be

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd College; David L Harris, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Joseph Keeter, Harvey Mudd College; Madeleine S Ong, Harvey Mudd College; Zachary Dodds, Harvey Mudd College

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of work and power; electrical, mechanical, and chemical energy;and practical issues of batteries, fuel cells, and robot performance.LecturesThe course began with an introductory lecture giving the big picture followed by six weeks oflectures focused on practical knowledge required for the laboratories and programming. Thesecond half of the class largely consisted of guest lectures as the students prepared for theirdesign competition. Page 22.271.4Labs, Problem Sets & ProjectsThe hands-on interdisciplinary laboratory experience formed the core of the class. The first sixweeks involved tightly-defined labs in which students

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad N. Amin, National University; Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Pradip Peter Dey, National University; Bhaskar Raj Sinha, National University

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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teodora Rutar, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University

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of adevice they designed or developed in order to prove a physical phenomenon in a research setting,etc. Hence, it comes as no surprise that ABET has embraced this criterion for close to a decade.Introduction to Thermodynamics requires that students learn basic, yet complicated concepts,such as determining properties of pure substances, calculating heat and work exchanged during aprocess, and the first and second law of thermodynamics, before they can tackle complexapplications, such as thermodynamic cycles or combustion systems. These basic concepts areconducive to simple, conceptually oriented laboratory assignments that parallel the classroominstruction. Those laboratory assignments are an ideal place to implement design of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

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. Lab material quantity is reasonable.During the end of term evaluation, 92.9% I can synthesize nanoparticles.students indicated that the course wastaught well. Some of the comments Figure 6 Mid-semester Students’ Evaluation of the Lab Component.regarding the lab component were:  Instructor used lab activities as an effective way to stimulate thinking about subject matter outside of the scope of the lab itself.  The laboratory exercises coincided with the lecture portion.ConclusionsA lab component was developed and delivered for an interdisciplinary class of engineeringstudents as part of an introduction to nanotechnology

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Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology; John Fishell, STEP Conference

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education booth (Figure 4), NIST metric educational publications and activities,National Conference of Standards Laboratories International (NCSLI) metrology career fliers,Measurement Science (Metrology) scholarship information, and several demonstrations aboutuse of SI in everyday life were available to STEP Conference participants. The primaryeducational activity at the NIST SI booth consisted of providing each student with their weight inkilograms (kg), a common measurement unit used in everyday life. A one liter (L) bottle ofwater has a mass of about 1 kilogram (kg). The measurement results were individually providedto students, teachers, and parents visiting the booth on a sticky note. Although a number ofstudents already knew what their

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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A. Simionescu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Korinne Caruso, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Gregory R. Reuter, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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AC 2011-541: A METAL CASTING LABORATORY EXERCISE: COL-LABORATION BETWEEN THE ENGINEERING AND ART DEPARTMENTSAT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - CORPUS CHRISTIP. A. Simionescu, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Dr. Simionescu is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Program of the Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. He received his B.Sc. from Polytechnic University of Bucharest in Romania in 1992, a doctoral degree from the same university in 1999 and a Ph.D. degree from Auburn University in 2004. His research interests include mechanical design, CAD and computer graphics. He has authored 18 journal papers and has been granted 7 patents.Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Dr

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Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian P. Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Matthew Nathaniel Bruer, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University

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Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Relevant, Automotive-Themed Experiment that Teaches Fundamental Flow Rate Concepts and Experimental UncertaintyAbstractIt is a common experience, in undergraduate laboratories, that the students perceive the simplebench-top experiments to be boring or irrelevant to real engineering and societal problems.Without relevance, many students feel disconnected from the lab experience, lose interest inwhat they are doing and do not think while they are in the lab. If students do not think about theactual measurement, the measurement errors and how the measurements relate to an engineeringmodel or to the information that they are trying to gain, then the lab experience has failed.Described in

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Amarachukwu C Ukaegbu, University of the District of Columbia; Lily Kemathe, University of the District of Columbia

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de Radioelectricite de Grenoble of the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 1978. He is currently a Professor and Chair of the department of electrical engineering at UDC. He was formerly staff member at the New Products Laboratory of RCA’s Consumer Electronics Division in Indianapolis, IN (1984-86).Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of ColumbiaAmara Ukaegbu , University of the District of Columbia Senior in Computer EngineeringRoland Kamdem, University of the District of Columbia Graduating Senior in Computer EngineeringLily Kemathe , University of the District of Columbia Graduating Senior in Electrical EngineeringPawan KC, University of the District of Columbia

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Experiments and Laboratories in Mechanical Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Messiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University

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AC 2008-1960: HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH A TURBOJET ENGINE IN THETHERMAL SCIENCE LABORATORY COURSEMessiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University Messiha Saad is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. He received his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. He taught mechanical engineering core courses for more than twelve years; he also teaches internal combustion engines, design of thermal systems, and related courses in the thermal science areas. He received numerous teaching awards including: “The Most Helpful Teacher of the Year Award” in 2005, “Procter & Gamble Student Choice Award – Favorite Teacher” in 2004, and “Teacher

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LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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AC 2009-1890: FROM HANDY BOARD TO VEX: THE EVOLUTION OF AJUNIOR-LEVEL ROBOTICS LABORATORY COURSEYanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Page 14.641.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 From Handy Board to VEX: Evolution of a Junior Level Robotics Laboratory CourseAbstractA new set of autonomous robotics experiments for a junior level course is described in thispaper. These experiments are based on the VEX robotics kit with the MPLAB software both ofwhich offer more flexibility for the students to apply their mechanical and software designknowledge to build an autonomous mobile robot. The students work in groups

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Qunfang Liao, Panasonic Automotive Systems

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AC 2009-417: LABORATORY IMPLEMENTATION OF A SMALL-SCALECAN-BASED PM BLDC MOTOR CONTROL FOR AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORYELECTRIFICATIONGene Liao, Wayne State University Gene Liao is currently an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Division at Wayne State University. He has over 15 years of industrial practices in the automotive sector prior to becoming a faculty member. Dr. Liao has research and teaching interests in the areas of automotive components design and analysis, multibody dynamics, and CAE applications in manufacturing. He received the B.S.M.E. from National Central University, Taiwan, M.S.M.E. from the University of Texas, Mechanical Engineer from Columbia University, and the

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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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Jackie Starks, Tennessee State University; Fletcher Ray Hendrickson, Tennessee State University ; Fatemeh Hadi, Tennessee State University ; Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc

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Paper ID #17941Miniaturized Inexpensive Hands-On Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Kits forRemote Online LearningMr. Jackie Starks, Tennessee State University Jackie Starks is a senior level undergraduate student enrolled in the College of Engineering at Tennessee State University majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Although Mechanical Engineering is his main area of study, Jackie also has a vested interest in working to advance the field of engineering education. In addition to working with Engineer Inc, he is going to be involved in robotic research to broaden his engineering knowledge. His ultimate goal is to found an

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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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Paper ID #19189Optimizing Efficiency and Effectiveness in a Mechanical Engineering Labo-ratory using Focused ModulesDr. Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology Jeffrey Donnell is the Frank K. Webb Chair in Professional Communication at Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringMr. Philip Varney, Georgia Institute of Technology Phil Varney is currently a teaching instructor at Georgia Tech, where he is also completing his PhD degree in rotor fault diagnostics.Dr. David MacNair, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. MacNair serves as Director of Laboratory Development in the Woodruff School

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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Paper ID #16549BYOE: An Introductory Laboratory-Based Course on Switching RegulatorAnalysis and DesignProf. 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 areas. Returning to academia, he earned a

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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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Nikki Larson, Western Washington University; Cecile Grubb, Western Washington University

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Paper ID #14720Development of Safety Protocol, Features, and Fail-Safes for a Laboratory-Scale Manufacturing ProcessMs. Nikki Larson, Western Washington University After receiving my bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bradley University, I started working for Boeing. While at Boeing I worked to receive my master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Materials and Manufacturing. After leaving Boeing I spent several years in equipment research and development at Starbucks Coffee Company. From there I decided my heart lied in teaching and left Starbucks to teach Materials Science Technology at