AC 2012-3183: USB-POWERED PORTABLE EXPERIMENT FOR CLAS-SICAL CONTROL WITH MATLAB REAL-TIME WINDOWS TARGETDr. Eniko T. Enikov, Universiy of Arizona Eniko T. Enikov received his M.S. degree from Technical University of Budapest in 1993 and Ph.D. degree from University of Illinois at Chicago in 1998. His research is focused on the design and fabrication of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) as well as developing theoretical models of multi-functional materials used in MEMS. As a Postdoctoral Associate at University of Minnesota, Enikov has worked on several projects in the area of micro-assembly, capacitive force sensing. Currently, Enikov is an Associate Professor at the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
educational topics.Dr. Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State University Page 24.87.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Platform for Computer Engineering EducationAbstractThe goal of the Progressive Learning Platform (PLP) pilot project is to design and test a platformto teach students how the underlying hardware building blocks relate to organization andarchitecture of microprocessors. PLP helps students link computer engineering concepts—logicdesign, microprocessors, computer architecture, embedded systems, compilers, operatingsystems, and high-level language constructs—in
), to develop a comprehensive adaptive filtering projectsuch as noise cancellation, and to demonstrate their working projects in class.In this paper, we will describe the course prerequisites, course topics, and outline learningoutcomes. With a focus on adaptive filtering techniques, we will describe our teaching pedagogy,MATLAB simulations, and hands-on real-time DSP labs and projects. Finally, we will examinethe course assessment according to our collected data from the course evaluations, studentsurveys and course work, and then we will address possible improvement based on ourassessment.II. Learning Outcomes and LaboratoriesThe adaptive filter techniques are covered in our advanced DSP course (ECET 499) offeredduring the senior year
, Oral Roberts University Connor McCain is an undergraduate engineering student at Oral Roberts UniversityMr. Connor McGraw, Oral Roberts University Connor McGraw is currently a sophomore at Oral Roberts University studying Mechanical Engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Aerodynamic Performance of the NACA 2412 Airfoil at Low Reynolds NumberAbstractThis paper shows a project by three honors students in an undergraduate engineering program.Students used a 3D printer to fabricate a wing section of the NACA 2412 airfoil. The section hasa chord length of 230 mm and a total assembled width of 305 mm. The
Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1991. His interests include electromagnetic compatibility, high-speed digital system design, microcontroller-based system design, embedded and real-time systems, electronics design automation, and algorithms and architecture for parallel and cluster computing.David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology David Voltmer is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1961. His interests include electromagnetics, microwave metrology, systems engineering, and entrepreneurial student projects
thermal sciences. According tomuch of the research it is helpful to have something visual to reinforce classroom lectures.Typically there are separate lab components to these courses with attempt to reinforce the classwork, but they do not always address the core concepts that the students are struggling with.A project is underway at Penn State Erie to develop a group of simple exercises for use in aclassroom setting which bridge the gap between traditional lectures and the accompanyinglaboratory experiences. They are intended to last the length of a lecture period, and will not justdemonstrate but also help teach the core principle involved. They will use a guided inquiryapproach to challenge student misconceptions, and to promote deeper
a series of hands-on projects in a multidisciplinary laboratorysetup established from a grant from the Department of Education. The LEGO Mindstorm robots,FLOTEK 1440 wind tunnel, PC TURN 55 CNC machine, SolidWorks 3D software withDimension 3D Printer rapid prototyping machine are primarily used in the laboratory componentof the “Principles of Engineering Analysis and Design” course taught at the sophomore levelwhich carried 30% of the final course grade. The laboratory class introduced in 2001 has become astrong motivational tool for our engineering students inspiring them to continue with the upperlevel courses. Apart from exposure to multiple equipment and software, students gain an insightinto how a task can be accomplished by first
engineers involved specifically with Engineers Without Borders-USA.Dr. Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder Amy Javernick-Will holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University and has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Colorado-Boulder since 2010. Her research investigates managing infras- tructure projects and project-based organizations, with particular interests in global projects, knowledge mobilization in projects and project-based organizations, diversity and boundary-spanning, and disaster recovery.Cathy Leslie, Engineers Without Borders - USA
they apply torenewable energy by using solar panels, wind turbine models, and an actual wind turbine as partof the exercises.The organization, pedagogical approach, and goals of a new course on power electronics withrenewable energy applications are presented. A summary of the equipment needed for the courseand two sample labs and a final project are presented as well. A first iteration of this new coursehas been completed by four undergraduate students and one graduate student, and their feedbackis presented.Organization of the courseMany new laboratory classes in power electronics have been developed in recent years, makinguse of various pedagogical techniques1-6. For this lab, the authors chose to combine traditional,instruction-based labs
beneficial to all electricaltechnology students.Since teaching advanced DSP topics within the engineering technology program has therequirement of being at a hands-on and engineering technology level, adopting the traditionalteaching approaches and using textbooks dealing with complicated mathematics and theoriesused in the four-year engineering program may not be appropriate. Hence, in this paper, we willpresent our innovative pedagogies and experiences from teaching the subjects of advanced DSPin the engineering technology curricula.The paper is organized as follows. We will explain the course prerequisites and describe ourclass content first, and then we will introduce real-time signal processing hands-on project usinga DAQ (Data Acquisition
evidence suggests that ethnic minorities and womenwork best when the material is organized so that students work in teams and have a high levelof hands-on experimentation and problem-solving. We developed our materials to maximizethese aspects since in our institution the “minority” constitutes the majority of our student body.This project created online lecture and laboratory materials for Tech 167—Control Systems, anupper division electronics course using Multisim and LabVIEW.The laboratory content of the course Tech 167 “Control Systems” has been revised. As a result,ten lab experiments were completed and pilot tested using Multisim, a computer simulationprogram. If the observations of the students who have tested these lab experiments in fall
, P.h.D., P.E., is the professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mas- sachusetts Lowell and has previously lectured at University of Pennsylvania’s EXMSE Program and at the University of California Irvine. He is the coordinator of the Design and Manufacturing Certificate, the Quality Engineering Certificate, the ME senior Capstone Projects and COOP education at UML. He is a past chairman of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Robotics/FMS and a founding mem- ber of the Massachusetts Quality Award. He is the founder of the New England Lead Free Consortium. He is the author of several best-selling books on Concurrent Engineering, Six Sigma, Green Design and Engineering Project Management. He
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
-basedrobotic/mechatronic design projects. We expect that the integrated laboratory experiences in ourfirst-year mechanical engineering classes will improve the students’ understanding and retentionof fundamental engineering principles through the coupling of hands-on laboratory learning withdesign-based learning. We will assess this outcome by comparing final exam scores acrosssemesters (i.e., before and after the curricular changes). We also anticipate increased studentretention, which will be assessed by tracking which students eventually register for theMechatronics course in the junior year of the program.1. IntroductionOur overall curriculum has a very strong “hands-on” component at all levels with semester-longdesign projects in both semesters
engineering can be applied to a variety ofindustries, including defense, aerospace, and medicine. In the modern healthcare industry, forinstance, biomedical engineers working with a multidisciplinary team can provide solutions tophysicians to aid in disease diagnosis. In a situation such as flu pandemic it may be desirable todo rapid screening for fever detection. In an academic setting, fever screening can help inseparating normal healthy students from those with suspected fever. This is the motivation todesign and develop an easy-to-use low cost temperature measurement device. The objective ofthis multidisciplinary project is to design a low-cost, scalable, rapid, and effective device forfever screening that can be applied to a wide variety of
AC 2009-1053: REMOTE EXPERIMENTATION WITH MEMS DEVICESBill Diong, Texas Christian UniversityJamie Smith, Lockheed-Martin AeronauticsEdward Kolesar, Texas Christian UniversityRene Cote, Texas Christian University Page 14.1019.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Remote Experimentation with MEMS DevicesI. IntroductionA project was recently initiated with the main goal of enabling those students enrolling in ourDepartment’s undergraduate Materials Science course – a required course – to conduct aparticular experiment via the Internet on a Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) device thatis located in an on-campus research laboratory. Broader and longer
interfaced to the overall system control.System interfacing through a controller area network (CAN) bus is standard inautomotive systems. The increasing complexity of sub systems is requiring validationtesting before inclusion into the system. This leads to test procedure concepts such ashardware in the loop and software in the loop.The development of the vehicle is a complex, large team, multidisciplinary project withstudents primarily from mechanical engineering, electrical and computer engineering.The majority of the team members are enrolled in a two-semester senior design sequencein either Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. Some graduate students and volunteersalso participated in the program. The project last longer than the courses. In
energy systems. A design project isincorporated into this laboratory course. Currently, experiments performed in this laboratoryinclude a Jet Engine, Road Load Simulation, PEM Fuel Cell Performance, Centrifugal Pump,Fan Laws, Compressible Flow, Pipe Flow and Flow Meters, Lift and Drag, Heat Exchanger,and Cylinder Convection. Among other things, the students learn how jet engines work; howaircraft wings produce lift; how a fuel cell works; how supersonic velocities are produced; howto use a dynamometer to predict the gas mileage of a car; how to match pumps and fans to pipingsystems and ducts and how to cool hot objects effectively. They also learn to apply thefundamental principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer in an
, engineering project manager, and senior scientist responsi- ble for failure analysis of thin films materials. She also managed collaborations with national laboratories, Air Force and Navy research groups, and universities. She invented new quality control tools and super- vised interns from local universities and community colleges as part of a $5.0 million technical workforce development initiative funded by New York State. She has published diverse articles on topics ranging from engineering education to high temperature superconductors and has spoken at many national and international conferences. Her doctorate in materials science and engineering are from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and she has four patents
Paper ID #9153Control Strategy for a Benchtop Hybrid PowertrainDr. Eric Constans, Rowan UniversityIng. Mariaeugenia Salas AcostaDr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan UniversityDr. Bonnie L. Angelone, Rowan University, Department of Psychology I am a cognitive psychologist by training. My primary area of interest is people’s inability to detect changes to visual stimuli, a phenomenon known as change blindness. Through this research I can make inferences about the visual attention system. On this current project I assisted in the assessment of stu- dents’ knowledge
manufacturing, communications and informationtechnology, defense and national security, energy, and health and medicine. While photonicsplays such an important role in enhancing the quality of our lives, higher education programs toprepare technicians to work in this area are few across the country. The existing programs do notproduce a sufficient number of graduates to fill the current and projected industry needs forphotonics technicians in our state and region as well as nationally2. Baker College has startedaddressing this gap by developing and introducing a two-year Photonics and Laser Technologyprogram, the only such program in our state. This initiative has received enthusiastic supportfrom the photonics industry in the state, and is also
geomaterials, Dr. Pando has been actively involved in teaching and mentoring students at both UPRM and UNCC, including 14 undergraduate civil engineering students through the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program. Examples of his recent and ongoing engineering education research projects include the development of a Bridge to the Doctoral Program to attract Latinos to geotechnical earthquake engineering (NSF-NEES), use of a multi-institutional classroom learning environment for remote geotechnical engineering education (NSF-TUES), as well as a mixed methods study of the role of student–faculty relationships in the persistence and retention of underrepresented minority students in engineering (NSF
available to study the individualeffects that may contaminate the measurement system in a controlled fashion.The actual measurement system has variable mechanical parameters—it changes every time it isoperated so that no two sets of data are alike (variable input, variable mass, variable stiffness).This forces each student to process his/her own data, as it will be slightly different from data setscollected by other students. The RUBE (Response Under Basic Excitation) is described alongwith the supporting tools that assist the student in the evaluation of the acquired data.Assessments of the first three semesters of the project clearly indicate that the students enjoyedthis hands-on project and clearly felt that they understood the material in much
engineering education including assessment of student learning. She taught technical communication courses to undergradu- ate engineering students and currently consults with faculty and teaching assistants. She also is PI for the ”Aligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering (AWAKEN): How People Learn” project. She earned her Ph.D. in educational administration at UW-Madison.Shirley Dyke, Purdue University Dr. Dyke is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering, School of Mechanical Engi- neering, Purdue University and the director of the Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Lab. Before Purdue, she was the Edward C. Dicke Professor of Engineering at Washington University-St. Louis. Dr
illustration, two specific cases are then highlighted: an introductory energy balancelaboratory that has been conducted for several groups of freshman Chemical Engineeringstudents, and a pool heat-up experiment that was used as the basis for a project in an EngineeringDifferential Equations course. Both these examples focus on the energy transfer and transportmechanisms that are an integral part of the reactor facility. The readily available data allow oneto illustrate a number of fundamental concepts of interest to each course using real informationfrom an operating facility -- and the real-world nature of these applications seems to really Page
ComputerEngineering Technology. The lab consists of ten different exercises and culminates in a finalproject in which the students build and test a superheterodyne receiver. At this time, students areallowed to choose their partners, generally considered to be based on friendship and pastexperience. The goal of this project is to understand if the learning styles combination of labpartners can predict the success of the partnership. Each student was asked to complete theIndex of Learning Styles (ILS) questionnaire developed by Felder and Soloman1. The partnersILS reports were than paired and reviewed for commonalities and differences. The success ofthe lab partners were based on the overall lab scores and functionality of the receiver project.Factors such as
test section and actively with a recirculation valve. The total cost for this projectwas approximately $3500 and required 3 months of part-time work to construct. Flow velocitymeasurements in the test section were made by simple flow visualization and found velocityranged from 0.32-0.65 ft/s within a 6”x12”x12” test section. The water flume was subsequentlyused by a senior capstone project for testing of their water turbine. Student self-evaluations wereused to assess whether their experiences reinforced fluid mechanics concepts and developed theirskills in experimental fluid mechanics. The results show that the students believed their workwith the water tunnel strongly met the learning objectives in the area of experimental methodsand
of semiconductor devices and sensors, and electronic instrumentation and measurement. He can be reached at guvench@usm.maine.edu.Derek Richardson, Fairchild Semiconductor Derek Richardson attended the University of Southern Maine where he received his Bachelor of Sci- ence Degree in Electrical Engineering. He is currently employed full-time at Fairchild Semiconductor as an Applications Engineer in the Mobile Solutions Product Line. Derek elected to research, design, and construct a Microwave Plasma Cleaner as a Senior Project in his undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering under the advisement of Professor Mustafa Guvench
Undergraduate Wireless Engineering Curriculum Shiwen Mao1, Yingsong Huang2, and Yihan Li3Abstract – A software defined radio (SDR) is a modern radio communication system that can bereconfigured on-the-fly. In this paper, we describe a project on introducing SDR to the Bachelor ofWireless Engineering (BWE) curriculum at Auburn University. In particular, we focus on developing anSDR laboratory course based on the GNU Radio and Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP)platform. We describe the detailed lab course structure, compare it with existing approaches, and presentsample labs and results. A small scale assessment was conducted for the Spring 2013 offering withpositive student response observed.Keywords: Software defined
demonstration, the depth of understanding of materials is measured.The assessment rubric is shown in Table 3. Table 3. Assessment Rubric Assessment PointsObjective 5Design Input 5Design Output 5Design Verification 10Design Validation 10Conclusions 15References 5RSLogix500 Project Report 25RSLogix500.rss File 10Uniqueness Demonstration 10 Total 100The format of a report of the laboratory project design