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ELOS Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brennan T. Ashton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paul Malmsten, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gautam Vallabha, MathWorks; Sergey N. Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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AC 2011-192: A LABORATORY PROJECT INTRODUCING BASIC MI-CROPROCESSOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR AN INTRODUC-TORY UNDERGRADUATE ECE CLASS FOR NON-MAJORSBrennan T. Ashton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sophomore in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Paul Malmsten, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteGautam Vallabha, MathWorks Gautam K. Vallabha received the B.S. (1995) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, U.S.A, and the Ph.D. (2003) degree in Complex Systems and Brain Sci- ences from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, U.S.A. From 2003 to 2007, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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advises the Society of Women Engineers student chapter and leads the students in developing and implementing yearly outreach events for the K-8 female community. She is author of many peer-reviewed conference proceeding for the ASEE Annual Meetings and the FIE meetings Page 24.940.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 NSF TUES: Transforming Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Laboratories for Sustainable Engineering using the Case Studies in the Sciences Instructional MethodAbstractMany college laboratories follow a “cookbook” approach to

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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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Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); David S Martins, Rochester Institute of Technology

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. Page 23.639.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013  1 of 15 Getting More Learning From Labs – Six Principles to Build Understandingand SkillAbstractThis paper describes an approach to increasing student learning in engineering labs based onrecent education research [1-4] and industry needs [5]. A set of six guiding principles fordesigning lab exercises are presented. The principles are illustrated in the context of anundergraduate laboratory course in Digital Signal Processing where the pedagogy has evolvedover four years. Changes to the labs were driven by the desire to motivate students’ engagement,improve

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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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Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent C Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William C Farrow, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hope Leigh Weiss, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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perform experimental research and encouraged their matriculation to graduate school. Dr. Traum also serves as the founding Chief Technology Officer at EASENET, a start-up renewable energy company he co-founded with his former students to commercialize residential scale waste-to-energy biomass processor systems.Dr. Vincent ”Vince” C Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Vincent Prantil earned his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. He has worked as a senior member of technical staff in the Applied Mechanics and Materials Modeling Directorates at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California where he was a co-recipient of the R&D100 Award for

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Laboratory Experiences with Mechanical, Materials and Fluid Systems

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Paper ID #8403A Practical Educational Fatigue Testing MachineProf. Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a registered Professional Engineer and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is currently serving as the chairman of the ME department at TCNJ. He is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. Professor Sepahpour did his undergraduate studies at TCNJ and has advanced degrees from New Jersey Institute of

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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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John E. Matsson, Oral Roberts University

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laboratory. The projectwas funded by the ASHRAE Senior Undergraduate Project Grant Program. This paperdescribes a project where a group of undergraduate engineering students in themanufacturing processes, finite element methods and fluid mechanics courses designed,built, and tested a swirling pipe flow apparatus for measurements of friction factors. Theoverall objective was to engage the students in a design project. The paper will alsoprovide details of assessment and outcomes for the project.The students had to choose materials, minimize production cost, and determinefabrication techniques for the apparatus. Students designed the apparatus usingSolidWorks, and SolidWorks Flow Simulation software was used to simulate the swirlingpipe flow.Students

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo

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alreadyfamiliar with the LabVIEW programming environment used with NI ELVIS workstations and toa limited degree NXT Mindstorms. DaNI uses a more powerful hardware platform while keepingthe LabVIEW programming environment. The addition of a Kinect for Xbox 360 sensor motionpackage and a fit-PC2 greatly enhances the capabilities of the robot (DaNI-K).Previous Work The importance of laboratory experiments and projects in engineering education can bejustified by various learning theories. In this case, the justification comes from Kolb and histheory of learning called “Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle.” According to Kolb 1, regardless Page 23.363.2of

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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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Paper ID #6719A Remotely-accessible Reconfigurable Platform for Robotics EducationProf. M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto Reza Emami is the Director of the Aerospace Mechatronics group and the Coordinator of the Aero-Design Undergraduate Laboratories at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.Mr. Jason Kereluk, University of Toronto Jason Kereluk is a PhD Student in the space mechatronics group at the University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace Studies. His interest is in the field of re-configurable robotics

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Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zeit T. Cai, Princeton University; Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University; Drew Dosson Brennan, Michigan Technological University

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AC 2012-5030: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN GROUND VEHICLE COAST-DOWN TESTINGMr. Zeit T. Cai, Princeton University Zeit T. Cai is a third-year mechanical and aerospace engineering student at Princeton University. Over the summer of 2011, he participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) hosted by Michigan Technological University. Under the tutelage of Jeremy Worm, he conducted research on coastdown testing and helped design a procedure to conduct coastdown testing in a classroom setting.Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University Jeremy John Worm is the Director of the Mobile Sustainable Transportation Laboratory at Michigan Tech and a Research Engineer in the Advanced Power Systems Research

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Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirstie A. Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy

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Experimental DesignUsing a Virtual Laboratory", IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 51, No. 1, February 2008 Page 25.905.10

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Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John V. Fishell, Science and Technology Education Partnership; Arman Hovakemian, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Douglass Sugg, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Elizabeth Gentry, National Conference of Standards Laboratories International

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, Northridge, where he earned his bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering in 1981. Hovakemian has taken various manage- ment and business courses at the University of Texas, Austin, as well as at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind.Mr. Douglass Sugg, Naval Surface Warfare CenterElizabeth Gentry, National Conference of Standards Laboratories International Elizabeth Gentry serves as the Metric Coordinator with the National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology (NIST) Office of Weights and Measures (OWM), Laws and Metric program, where she provides information and assistance to federal, state and local government, business, industry, educational institu- tions, and the public concerning the International

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

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relate these concepts to other parts of anECE curriculum3. In our approach, we perform an explicit link with embedded computingconcepts to subject material from elsewhere in the curriculum that would directly employ thetopic at hand4.Our class is targeted at 3rd year students. At this point in their curriculum they will have hadintroductory courses such as Digital Logic Design, Linear Circuits, and Electronics; Signals andSystems is co-requisite and electrical engineering majors will also be taking ElectromagneticFields. As they move from this course into the 4th year, they may choose to take elective coursesin controls, communications, wireless design, or networking.Course StructureAlthough this course includes both a lecture and laboratory

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Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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the designof pressure sensors with different sets of diaphragm geometries. The design and analysisprocedures were documented and followed by students enrolled in the Nanosystems Engineeringcourse to design and analyze the sensor type of their choice.Keywords: MEMS laboratory, Nanotechnology education, Pressure Sensors2.0 Introduction The purpose of this study was to develop the procedure and streamline the steps for adesign project within an undergraduate course, focusing on an introduction to Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), combined with nanotechnology. The decisions concerning thecontent of this course faced numerous challenges characteristic of an introductory MEMScourse, as outlined by McAfee et al. [1]. These challenges

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Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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AC 2012-4917: DESIGN OF A CELL PHONE-CONTROLLED BIONICROBOTDr. Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel UniversityMr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Eric Carr is currently the Laboratory Technician for Drexel University’s Engineering Technology pro- gram. Carr assists faculty members with the development and implementation of various engineering technology courses and enjoys finding innovative ways to use microcontrollers and other technologies to enhance Drexel’s engineering technology course offerings. Carr holds an M.S. in computer engineering from Drexel University and is an author of several recent technical papers in the field of engineering technology education

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Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David S. Ochs, Kansas State University; Ruth Douglas Miller, Kansas State University

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directs the Kansas Wind Applications Center and teaches wind and solar energy system design, as well as undergraduate classes in electronics, electromagnetics, and engineering ethics. Page 25.456.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 DEVELOPMENT OF A POWER ELECTRONICS LAB COURSE WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONSIntroductionIt is widely accepted, and much research has shown, that laboratory experience is an essentialpart of a good education in power electronics1-6. Engineering students at Kansas State Universityhave many opportunities for hands-on learning in lab classes

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Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Electromechanical Devices course. Thus, the module on linear motors Page 25.64.2can be thought of as building on the scaffolding of the previous course. Scaffolding andexperimental approach to engineering education as best practices are already well established inengineering education theory and practice.Experimental Setup There are two laboratory setups used for this module. The first laboratory setup consistsof a simple linear stepper motor SL-015A-TJK from Shinko Inc. (Figure 1.) controlled by aCompumotor S6-series microstepping drive from Parker Hannifin Corporation, a parallel portinterface, and a shareware program, TurboCNC6. The complete

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Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eniko T. Enikov, Universiy of Arizona; Giampiero Campa, MathWorks

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Department at the University of Arizona, where he established the Advanced Micro- and Nanosystems Laboratory. Enikov’s group at the University of Arizona has an ongoing research program on tactile displays, electrostatic micro-grippers for assembly of MEMS, and nano-assembly of macro-molecules using electrostatic fields, as well as development of MEMS-compatible wireless sensing platforms with biomedical applications. Enikov is a member of the professional societies of ASME, IEEE, and ASEE.Mr. Giampiero Campa, MathWorks Giampiero Campa received both the laurea degree in electrical engineering (1996) and the Ph.D. degree in robotics and automation (2000), from the University of Pisa, Italy. He has also worked at the

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Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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independent study to streamline theprocess and improve its efficiency, with the ultimate goal of incorporating the process into anundergraduate senior engineering course. The study would result in the development of anoptimized and streamlined procedure for use by students in a laboratory based course focused onthe design and production of Micro and Nano devices, like solid state devices. Based on knownissues related to this process, three specific objectives were targeted: optimizing the thermalevaporation procedure that would result in a >4000Å aluminum thin film layer, exploring theeffects of the process parameters on deposition rate, and investigating ways to extend the usablelife of the metal source holders. Several process variations were

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Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghassan T. Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University; Aaron J. Homiak, Geisinger Health System; Alexander Hallden-Abberton, Bloomsburg University; John R. Pulaski

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Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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maintain a position perpendicular to the sun’srays; 3) the experimental apparatus must be mobile. A prototype of a solar water heating systemwas constructed and tested. The solar collector rotated as the sun position/angle was changing,indicating the functionality of the control system that was design to achieve this task.Experimental measurements indicate that the water in the tank was heated by the solar energybeing absorbed by the solar collector. Moreover, the water temperature measurements atdifferent heights in the storage tank show the thermosiphon effect has been attained. Solar waterheating utilizing thermosiphon is attractive because it eliminates the need for a circulating pump.Introduction Acquiring new instructional laboratory

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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2500 Hz. The second plot shows the unknown system output spectrum with the 1500 Hztone while the third plot displays the adaptive filter output spectrum with the 1500 Hz tone. It isapparent that the adaptive filter tracks the characteristics of the unknown system.B. Real-time Laboratory ContentEach adaptive filtering lab consists of two portions: MATLAB simulation and real-time DSPimplementation with a single DSP board. The MATLAB simulation must be completed prior tothe real-time implementation. We only describe real-time hands-on labs and projects. A singleDSP board setup and program segment for verifying input and output signals are shown inFigure 8a and Figure 8b, respectively, where the sampling rate is 8000 samples per second

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Laboratory Experiences with Mechanical, Materials and Fluid Systems

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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, Mechatronics and Industrial Engineering. The workaddresses applications of inexpensive 3D printers in support of many engineering and non-engineering courses and activities at our university. Challenges of running a successful 3D-printer lab are addressed. A number of student projects are described. Based on the shear amountof 3D prints and their quality it can be concluded that the acceptance of this technology is highwithin the undergraduate engineering student population.Introduction Early laboratory demonstrations of additive rapid prototyping systems were conductedthirty years ago (1984). However, the acceptance of these systems in undergraduate engineeringcurricula was relatively slow due to the high cost of the equipment, the high cost

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Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A Beardsley PE, Central Washington University

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Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuyler, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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technologist in industry.An examination of undergraduate programs offered in a distance education formatreveals that engineering technology programs are conspicuous by their absence. Webelieve this is because there are no established means to deliver the “hands-on”experiential or laboratory component remotely. While much progress has been made indistance laboratories (virtual and remote-controlled), they do not, as yet, represent anacceptable replacement.When faced with the need or opportunity for a distance engineering technology program,institutions have addressed this by creating hybrid courses. Delivery of the lecturecontent is typically done in a format similar to what other disciplines do, i.e. internet-based video (synchronous or asynchronous

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Menicucci; Betsy Palmer; James Duffy

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Hands-on Introduction to Chemical and Biological EngineeringSession 1526: We have revised our freshman seminar course by modeling it after RowanUniversity’s exemplary Freshman Engineering Clinic course which utilizes a hands-onlaboratory approach to introduce freshman students to engineering. Innovative laboratorymodules developed and published by faculty at Rowan under NSF funding were adaptedand implemented. These laboratories utilize common activities (such as brewing coffee,taking blood pressure, and delivery of medication) to teach fundamental engineeringprinciples, techniques for experimental measurement, data representation and analysis,and group problem solving and communication skills. Many of these laboratories aredesigned

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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using epitaxially grown super- lattice thin-film structures. Since 2005, he has been the Undergraduate Laboratory Manager in the De- partment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC. His interests include undergraduate engineering education, RFID, power electronics, plasma physics, and thin films.Mr. Justin Miles, Duke University Justin Miles received the M.S. (2013) and B.S. (2008) degrees in Electrical Engineering from North Car- olina State University. He has been a Research and Development engineer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2008. Justin’s primary responsibility is managing laboratory equipment and components for the undergraduate labs. Justin also

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On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology; Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne

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2006-535: VIRTUAL AND DISTANCE EXPERIMENTS: PEDAGOGICALALTERNATIVES, NOT LOGISTICAL ALTERNATIVESEuan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology Euan D. Lindsay is a Lecturer at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. He has recently completed a PhD in Engineering Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia, investigating the effects of remote and virtual access to laboratory hardware upon students’ learning outcomes. His research interests include engineering education, telecontrol (particularly internet-based telecontrol), animatronic puppetry, and technology-mediated interfaces for deaf-blind communication.Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne Malcolm C. Good received the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bowen, Rice University; Marcia O'Malley, William Marsh Rice University

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Award in 2005. Additionally, she is a member of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Controls Division Robotics Panel, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the program committee of the Haptics Symposium. Page 11.680.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Haptic Interfaces for a LabVIEW-based System Dynamics CourseAbstractToo often in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses, the content of laboratory exercisesis not well coordinated with course content, and the exercises are unrelated to each other. As aresult, students have a difficult time grasping the

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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faculty. In his research Dominik May focuses, inter alia, on future requirements for science and engineering graduates, such as interna- tional competence, in order to become successful engineers in a globalized professional world. Therefore he designs and investigates respective educational strategies with a special focus on online solutions and the integration of remote laboratories. For his research and the development of several transnational on- line courses he benefits from his working experience in international companies and a broad international professional network. Furthermore Dominik May is founding member of both the Engineering Education Research Group at the Center for Higher Education and the Working

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University; Andrew F. Carbonar, Northeastern University

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Pedagogical Best PracticesAbstractThe pedagogy of laboratory courses has been well discussed in the literature, but the extent towhich these best practices are incorporated into laboratory experiment design varies wildly. AtNortheastern University, various capstone design teams over the years have been tasked withdesigning new experimental apparatus for the undergraduate teaching laboratories along withappropriate lab handouts and other instructional material. In many cases, the students involved inthese projects have taken the lab class for which they are designing the experiment and havereported negative experiences, and therefore are motivated to try to improve the class for futurestudents. Student designed labs have the potential to reduce burden