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Cara J Poor P.E., University of Portland; Evan S Miller, GeoEngineers, Inc.

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improve conceptual understanding and critical thinking.Evan S Miller, GeoEngineers, Inc. Evan graduated from Washington State University with a masters in civil engineering with emphasis on water resources. Post graduation, Evan primarily works in the field of river and habitat restoration. Projects of this nature involve many areas of water resource engineering including hydrology, hydraulics, open channel design, one and two dimensional hydraulic modeling, AutoCAD and ArcGIS plan design, and project coordination. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Hydrology experiment design: an open-ended lab to foster student engagement and critical

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

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Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Delaware; Andrew Peter Borowski, University of Delaware

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Support Hands-on Learning in the Teaching of Control and Systems Theory,” Engineering Education, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 62–73, Jul. 2014.[5] P. S. Shiakolas and D. Piyabongkarn, “Development of a real-time digital control system with a hardware-in- the-loop magnetic levitation device for reinforcement of controls education,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 79–87, Feb. 2003.[6] R. M. Reck and R. S. Sreenivas, “Developing a new affordable DC motor laboratory kit for an existing undergraduate controls course,” in American Control Conference (ACC), 2015, 2015, pp. 2801–2806.[7] S. S. Nudehi, P. E. Johnson, and G. S. Duncan, “A control systems laboratory for undergraduate mechanical engineering

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Anthony Steven Brill, New York University; Jared Alan Frank, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Moreover, the multi-modalinteractivity of the smartphone touchscreen facilitates intuitive interfaces that may improve userexperience as s/he interacts with a physical system through the smartphone.4 Thus, the embeddedtechnologies of smartphones have a great potential to impact the experiences of educators,researchers, and students in laboratory settings. In fact, smartphones have already been leveragedin educational settings to sense parameters of physical systems such as the rotational energy of apendulum by attaching the smartphone to a bicycle wheel and measuring the angular velocitythrough the embedded gyroscope.5 Even as this application of rigidly mounting the smartphoneto the system exploits the embedded sensing capability of these devices

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Kristen Ann Thompson, Loras College; Danial J. Neebel PE, Loras College

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rate is controlled by changing the position of a ball valvemounted before the meter. Calibration showed that this meter’s rotation rate increases linearlywith increased flow rates within this range tested. Details of the experimental apparatus areprovided in Appendix A and the lab manual is provided in Appendix B. Mass Flow Rate vs Electronic Meter Reading 0.40 0.35 Mass Flow Rate (kg/s) 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Laboratory Pedagogy

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Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh

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Communications and Technology, 3rd Ed.,(485-506), New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.11 Jonassen, D. (2011). Supporting problem solving in PBL. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning,5(2), 95-112.12 Bergmann, J., & Sams, A. (2012). Flip your Classroom Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day.Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.13 Velegol, S., Zappe, S., & Mahoney, E. (2015). The Evolution of a Flipped Classroom: Evidence-BasedRecommendations. Advances in Engineering Education, 4(3).14 Collins, A., Brown, J., & Newman, S. (1989). Cognitive Apprenticeship: Teaching the Crafts of Reading,Writing, and Mathematics, In L. Resnick (Ed.), Knowing, Learning, and Instruction: Essays in Honor of

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Aero and Mechanical Engineering

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John E Matsson, Oral Roberts University; John A. Voth, Oral Roberts University; Connor A. McCain, Oral Roberts University; Connor McGraw, Oral Roberts University

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’ positions, the height of the water varies accordingly (Figure 2).After measuring the heights of the fluid in each of the tubes, the airfoil’s pressure distributionmay be computed.ANSYS CalculationsUsing several tutorials and the professor’s instruction, one of the students conducted analysis ofthe NACA 2412’s aerodynamics on ANSYS’s Fluid Flow (Fluent) solver. Rather than rotatingthe wind velocity’s angle of attack, a formula was derived to rotate the base coordinates of theNACA 2412 by a certain angle ϴ. This method ensured the most consistent mesh across allangles that were tested. After importing the airfoil’s rotated coordinates, a mesh was generatedthat would strategically measure the aerodynamics of the airfoil at key regions. Across all

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Anahid Behrouzi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Daniel Kuchma, Tufts University

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week. The topics/activities foreach week and their type classification(s) are listed in Table 1. In this table, classifications A-Cwere developed by the authors to describe teaching approaches used in the DBE course thatrange from fully deductive to a combination of deductive/ inductive; D-G are based on theinquiry classification scheme proposed in Tafoya et al.7 and expanded by Staver and Bay8; andH-L are drawn from a comprehensive review of inductive teaching approaches assembled byPrince and Felder5. In general the classifications are listed left to right in Table 1 ranging fromdeductive to increasingly self-directed, inquiry-based methods. The remainder of this section willdefine each classification in the context of the DBE course.Table 1

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

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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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ma-chines with different specimens a KUKA KR 30-3 robot is used for automated specimenhandling. Different grippers and concepts were developed to guarantee a safe remote speci-men handling11. In the following we will refer to the Zwick Z 250’s usage for performingtensile tests. This test is one of the most common and efficient tests for determining materialproperties12. The properties are important for designing manufacturing processes and can beused in forming applications like FEM-Simulations (e.g. simulation of forming processes orproduction processes). Hence, it is on the one hand a very basic but on the other hand an im-portant test in context of manufacturing technology. Figure 1: Tele-operative testing cell at TU Dortmund

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

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. A Guide to Workplace Safety and Health in Washington State; F416-132-000; Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, 2013. 3. About WISHA, DOSH, and OSHA. A-Z Safety & Health Topics, http://www.lni.wa.gov/safety/topics/atoz/about/default.asp (accessed Jan 31, 2016). 4. Frequently Asked Questions. Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs | State Plans, https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/osp/index.html (accessed Jan 31, 2016). 5. Larson, N.; Rasnack, W.; Hoekstra, N.; Boland, C.; Leone, E.; Santos, I.; Healy, K. R.; Chawla, T. S.; Schoepe, S. Development Of a Solvent-Based Prepreg Treater. In 2015 ASEE Annual Conference And Exposition; American Society of Engineering Education

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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investigations of other 3D-printing materials like nylon, HDPE, flexible filament,metallic clays, etc. and technologies like inexpensive 3D printers for metallic clays orinexpensive 3D printers based on the SLA DLP (stereolithography digital light projector)technology.AcknowledgmentThe author gratefully acknowledges Paul Wallace, Tim Roush, and Brian McKimson for theircontributions in plastic shredder design, as well as Giovanni Casarotto for his contribution tomaterial design.Bibliography1. Kolb, D. A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1984.2. Harb, J. N., Durrant, S. O., and Terry, R. E., ”Use of the Kolb Learning Cycle and the 4MAT System in Engineering

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Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Joseph F. Mandara, Rowan University

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. The student teams then wrote about their optimization process andresults in an IMRAD lab report. By completing the project, students fulfilled several of thecourse goals, such as demonstrating an effective design process, generating multiple solutions,analyzing possible solutions, and seeing the design through to completion. They also gainedexposure to the IMRAD genre and were able to practice writing a technical description of theiroptimized WEC design and creating effective visuals for data presentation.References1 Dusseau, R. A., & Chandrupatla, T. R., & Slater, C. S., & Schmalzel, J. L. (1996, June), Development OfMultifunctional Laboratories In A New Engineering School Paper presented at 1996 Annual Conference,Washington

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Laura A. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Practice 131, 19-25, 2005.4. Recktenwald, G., & Edwards, R. (2007, June), Using Simple Experiments To Teach Core Concepts InThe Thermal And Fluid Sciences Paper presented at 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu,Hawaii. https://peer.asee.org/27375. Sundararajan, S., & Faidley, L. E., & Meyer, T. R. (2012, June), Developing Inquiry-based LaboratoryExercises for a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference,San Antonio, Texas. https://peer.asee.org/211906. “POGIL, Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning,” [pogil.org. Retrieved Jan. 2016.7. Douglas . E. P. et al. “Process-oriented Guided Inquiry Learning in Engineering,” Procedia - Socialand Behavioral Sciences 56 ( 2012 ) 253 – 257.8

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Sahar Tariq, Northeastern University

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the ChemistryLaboratory”, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 83, No. 7, 20067 Ronald K. Gratz, “Improving Lab Report Quality by Model Analysis, Peer Review, and Revision”, Journal ofCollege Science Teaching, Vol. 19, No. 5, 19908 Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, John P. Puccinelli, Matthew S. Bollom, and Willis J. Tompkins, “Using Guided DesignInstruction to Motivate BME Sophomore Students to Learn Multidisciplinary Engineering Skills”, Proceedings ofthe American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN 20149 Tarlok S. Aurora, “Enhancing Learning by Writing Laboratory Reports in Class”, Journal of Faculty Development,Vol. 24, No. 1, 201010 Alan S. Morris and Reza Langari, Measurement and Instrumentation: Theory and

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

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Ismail Guvenc, Florida International University; Natalie Paul, Florida International University; Rhys Bowley, National Instruments; Maria Lorelei Fernandez, Florida International University

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wireless communications at the junior level. IEEE Transactions on Education, 3, 245-249. 6. Padgett, W. T., Black, B. A., & Ferguson, B. A. (2006). Low-frequency wireless communications system - Infrared laboratory experiments. IEEE Transactions on Education, 49(1), 49-57. 7. Sarkar, N. I., & Craig, T. M. (2006). Teaching wireless communication and network fundamentals using wi-fi projects. IEEE Transactions on Education, 29(1), 98-104. 8. Sanguino, T. d., Lopez, C. S., & Hernandez, F. A. (2013). WiFiSiM: An educational tool for the study and design of wireless networks. IEEE Transactions on Education, 56(2), 149-155. 9. Frolik, J., & Weller, T. M. (2002). Wireless sensor systems: An

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Brent Walter Reed

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that the projects served as a great engagement tool and facilitated subject learning.References:1. Feisel, L. D. and A. J. Rosa. "The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 121‐130, January 2005.2. Campbell, J. O., R. J. Bourne, P. J. Mosterman, and J. A. Brodersen. "The Effectiveness of Learning Simulators in Electronic Laboratories," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 81‐87.3. Hodge, H., H. S. Hinton, and M. Lightner. "Virtual Circuit Laboratory," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 507‐511.4. Leva, A., “A Hands-On Experimental Laboratory for Undergraduate Courses in Automatic Control,” IEEE Transactions

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Jonathan W. Valvano, University of Texas - Austin; Ramesh Yerraballi, University of Texas - Austin; Chad Fulton, University of Texas - Austin

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; Majerich, D. M., & Parrish, N. V., & Ferri, A. A. (2014, June), Use of a MOOC Platform toBlend a Linear Circuits Course for Non-Majors Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis,Indiana. https://peer.asee.org/23237.[17] Connor, K. A., & Huettel, L. (2014, June), Virtual Community of Practice: Electric Circuits Paper presented at2014 ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. https://peer.asee.org/23292[18] Cherner, Y. E., & Kukla, M. M., & Hobbs, L. W., & Vasilev, S. V., & Fedorov, I., & Sigov, A. S. (2014, June),Use of a Virtual Multifunctional X-Ray Diffractometer for Teaching Science and Engineering Courses Paperpresented at 2014 ASEE International Forum, Indianapolis, Indiana. https

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

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Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia

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a complex waveform in the frequencydomain – and back. Each of the elements in this instruction module was important as an isolatedtopic, and the module endeavored to achieve the broader goal of tying these topics together.Bibliography1. Hake, Richard R. "Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses." American Journal of Physics 66, no. 1 (January 1998): 64 - 74.2. Hammer, David. "Discovery Learning and Discovery Teaching." Cognition and Instruction 15, no. 4 (1997): 485 - 529.3. Streveler, Ruth A, Thomas A Litzinger, Ronald L Miller, and Paul S Steif. "Learning Conceptual Knowledge in the Engineering Sciences: Overview and Future Research

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Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Engineering Students.” Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”, AC 2011-76112. Dym, C. L., Agogino, A. M., Ozgur E., Frey D.D., and Leifer L. J., “Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching and Learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2005 pp. 103-12013. Meyers, K., Uhran, J., Pieronek, C., Budny, D., Ventura, J., Ralston P., Estell, J., Hart, B., Slaboch, C., and Ladewski, R., “Perspectives On First Year Engineering Education”, Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”, Session 122614. Allam, Y.,S., Whitfield, C.A., and Phanthanousy, J.H., “Scaffolding Provided to Engineering Students in Conerstone Design Project Scenarios Related to Practice of Expert Designers”, Proceedings of the

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Kip D. Coonley, Duke University; Justin Miles, Duke University; Kim Manturuk, Duke University; Martin A. Brooke, Duke University; Christopher Woodard, Duke University; Chris Lorch, Center for Instructional Technology; Genevieve M Lipp, Duke University

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than halfthe lab with another student. The students also relied heavily on the TA; only 1 person said s/hedid not get TA assistance for the NI myDAQ lab.TroubleshootingJust as was observed in class, the most common way that students approached troubleshootingwas to visually compare their circuit to the diagram. Of the students reporting, 7 completedtroubleshooting visually; 2 people used the multimeter; no one used the oscilloscope; and onestudent wrote that s/he “tried everything” (Table 1). A key objective of these labs is for studentsto encounter problems building the circuit and have to invoke circuit debugging techniques. Allstudents except one indicated confusion about how to proceed at some point during the lab. Thisis evidence that the

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Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University

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of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, October 2012.2. G. Zhang, Study on methods of electric vehicle safety test, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Man-Machine-Environment System, 259, 2014, pp 133-1423. Y. Xing, E. Ma, K. Tsui and M. Pecht, Battery management systems in electric and hybrid vehicle, Energies, 4, 2011, pp. 1840-1857.4. J. Chatzakis, K. Kalaitzakis, N. Voulgaris, and S. Manias, Designing a new generalized battery management system, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 50/5, October 2003.5. Y. Liao and D. Fu, 2015, Design and development of teaching tool for lithium-ion battery management system, Proceedings of 2015 ASEE Conference for Industry and

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Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

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thermocouple leads, and some heat is conducted down into the base whereit is lost by convection to the moving air stream. Some additional heat is lost by radiation. A more 35 34 33 32 T (C) 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Time (s)Figure 11: Typical transient response after two step changes in power to the heater. Discrete jumps