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Remote and Network-based Laboratories

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander A. Kist, University of Southern Queensland; Andrew Douglas Maxwell, University of Southern Queensland; Peter D. Gibbings

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1 depicts two concept maps that summaries these notions in the context of RAL. The rightmap provides a broader view; the left map shows a learning episode in detail. RAL is made up ofexperiments which provide the space (conceptual or physical) for learning episodes to take place.RAL is therefore the enabler for these learning episodes. Learning outcomes define the nature of Page 25.605.4the learning episodes. Context and social environment impact on how these episodes areexperienced by the learner. Details of learning episodes are shown on the right. Activities allowthe application of knowledge and ideas to develop and practice skills; and

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

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preparing students for thefollow-up course MEEM/EE 5296, Advanced Hybrid Electric Vehicles Laboratory wherestudents focus on system level integration and optimization issues. An overview of the schedulefor Introduction to Hybrid Electric Vehicles Laboratory is shown in Table 1.Table 1: Course Schedule Academic Lecture Topics Experimental Topics Week 1 HEV Safety Disabling the HV Electrical System, and prepairing for service Component identification & Determination of Vehicle Architectures and 2 HEV Architecture Powerflows

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Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sujatha J., Mission10X, Wipro Technologies; Rajshri Jobanputra

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Education in IndiaIntroductionQuality of engineering education, which is essential for the economic growth of the nation, hasemerged as a factor of paramount importance in India, today. This has led to several discussionson reforms in teaching-learning processes in engineering classrooms 1, 2.In particular, laboratory courses form an integral part of the degree programs in engineering.Concepts taught through lectures are often complemented by laboratory experiments which arecritical to enable learners to further develop their knowledge and skills. Student participation,however, in these laboratory based courses has been largely disappointing. It is often times ateacher’s experience that students are either not very interested in their laboratory

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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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David R. Veazie, Southern Polytechnic State University; Daniel Edward Ephraim

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of devices, including high-aspect-ratioand high-density laminated magnetic cores and multi-layered windings for advanced micro-magnetic generators, as developed by Arnold, et al.1 For these types of devices, the magneticand electrical properties of the materials are most critical for performance, however, since thesedevices involve micro-rotating machinery, the mechanical properties of the materials are alsocritical for operation and durability. For these reasons, Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) is usedas the permanent magnet material of choice, whereas electrodeposited nickel-iron (Ni80Fe20) isused as the back iron material as well as to fill the cavities between the silicon and the permanentmagnet, and to laminate the permanent magnet inside

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Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College

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level during the experiment. For each of the courses, laboratory sessions were heldonce a week, and each session was 1 hour and 50 minutes long. The survey included questionsabout the following topics: • the student’s frustration level during the experiment • perception of the duration of the laboratory session • primary causes of their frustration (equipment or troubleshooting issues, difficulty with theoretical concepts, lack of support from the instructor, confusing lab document, difficulty working with partner, or outside distractions) • whether there were any pre-lab exercises, and whether these were helpful • whether the instructor’s introduction was too brief or too prolonged • confidence level

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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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Hyun W. Kim, Youngstown State University; Yogendra M. Panta, Youngstown State University

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, as shown in Table 1, to measure students’ performance.The rubric identifies six pertinent abilities that students must develop during their studies in themechanical engineering program. They are the abilities to identify objectives, to use appropriatetools and methods, to conduct experiments safely, to collect sufficient data and apply statisticalanalysis, to evaluate results for validation of objectives, and to formulate an experiment toevaluate an engineering problem. There are four levels of achievement criteria that each studentmust display. The program aims that every senior in the program meets or exceeds criteria 3. Inorder to attain the goal, the program has been requiring that each mechanical engineeringlaboratory course contains an

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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in laboratory courses come to physical lab sessions withoutadequate preparation, often not knowing even the main objective of the experiment. This isdespite instructions to students to review the details of experiments from the lab book providedto all students in the course. Due to their highly visual and immersive nature VR labs areexpected to remedy this situation and improve students’ preparedness for the physical labsessions. Students’ exposure to an experiment in both physical and virtual domains is expected toreinforce students’ learning. Since majority of current engineering students are technology savvyvisual learners [1], the highly visual nature of the VR labs is also expected to make students’ labexperience engaging and exciting

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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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Kirstie A. Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy

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(without doing the calculations) and keep itinteresting?” The solution presented here is, “The addition of hands-on experiments thatreinforce the concepts and examples presented in class.” It is the goal of many teachers to weave hands-on experiences into the traditional lectureformat. It has been shown, that among other benefits, hands-on learning helps studentsremember what they are being taught [2-5]. It was clear (at least to me) that what the “Design ofExperiments” class needed was “EXPERIMENTS!” This sentiment is echoed in a paper byWilliam G. Hunter [1] , a noted statistical text book author. Hunter stated that students get plentyof practice analyzing data through homework, but little or no practice designing a realisticexperiment

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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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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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and technology.”2 The ontology and internationalvocabulary of metrology (VIM) is maintained by the International Organization forStandardization. Metrology is an extremely broad field, but may be generally divided into threemain subfields: (1) Scientific or fundamental metrology, (2) Applied or industrial metrology,and (3) Legal metrology. Scientific or fundamental metrology concerns the establishment ofquantity systems, unit systems, units of measurement; the development of new measurementmethods and techniques; realization of measurement standards; and the transfer of traceabilityfrom these standards to users in society. Applied or industrial metrology concerns theapplication of measurement science to manufacturing, construction

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Remote and Network-based Laboratories

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Bogan Daniels, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q Li, University of New Haven; W. David Harding P.E., University of New Haven

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were considered the only reasonable solution to thisproblem. Figure 1- Data socket server in LabVIEW projectLabVIEW support data streaming via a project with the use of a datasocket server (figure 1).The datasocket server used was an example found in the network section of the getting startinginterface of LabVIEW. There are numerous examples and among them was the project file,“shared variable client- server”. This project was already setup to stream two variables, awaveform and a command. The waveform was a double precision floating point arrayappropriate for collecting data from a single channel. The datasocket server is initialized whenthe project is opened but the actual streaming is done using a separate VI that

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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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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

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

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the Androidsmartphone itself. The program is written in BASIC using Mintoris BASIC 4.0 forAndroid devices. This program takes the accelerometer values from the phone and basedon the amount of axial tilt sends the corresponding 7 bit command to the Bluetoothmodule on the robot. Simple commands are then issued to the servo microcontroller fromthe Bluetooth module. This hierarchy allows easy and efficient changes in theimplementation of the command scheme without requiring a redesign of the entire servofirmware package. Figure 1 shows the block diagram for the whole walking robot system. Figure 1: Bionic robot control system block diagram Bluetooth is a 2.4GHz digital radio communication protocol developed andlicensed

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Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; LeAnn E. Faidley, Iowa State University; Terrence R. Meyer, Iowa State University

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illustrative applications, finally giving students practice insolving problems along similar lines. The aspect of ‘how’ is given importance while the questionof ‘why’ is undermined or neglected. What practical problems can they be used to solve, andwhy should the students care about any of it? Leading educational theorists agree that thisapproach is not always successful in fostering understanding, synthesis, eventual application ofknowledge, and the ability to use information. A well-established precept of educationalpsychology is that people are most strongly motivated to learn things they clearly perceive aneed to know.1, 2 A preferable alternative is inductive teaching and learning. Instead ofbeginning with general principles and eventually

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

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both wind energy and solar energy systems. Those topics and theirsub-topics are in the course outline in Figure 1.Solar Labs1. Classifying solar panels i. I-V curves, temperature effects, bypass diodes Page 25.456.22. Power semiconductor devices and gate driving i. IGBT and MOSFET characteristics, totem pole and optocoupler gate drivers3. DC/DC converters (choppers) i. Buck choppers, Boost Choppers, Boost choppers with PV panels4. Single-phase voltage source inverters and filters i. H-bridge VSI’s, THD, RLC filters5. Single-phase current source inverters i. H-bridge CSI topology, CSI’s with PV panels, circuit construction on

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Remote and Network-based Laboratories

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria; Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

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”,Information Systems Education Journal, Vol. 4, No. 50, pp 1-7, August 8, 2006.4. Auer, M. E., Pester, A. 2007. Toolkit for Distributed Online-Lab Grids. In: Advances on remote laboratories ande-learning experiences, 2007, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.5. V. J. Harward, J. A. del Alamo, S. R. Lerman P. H. Bailey, J. Carpenter, et. al., "The iLab Shared Architecture: AWeb Services Infrastructure to Build Communities of Internet Accessible Laboratories," Proceedings of the IEEE ,vol.96, no.6, pp.931-950, June 2008.6. Felknor, C., DeLong, K. 2006. iLabs Service Broker Complete Machine Build, 2006, MIT iCampus, CambridgeMA, USA

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Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William Marshall, Alief Independent School District

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industries. The discussion will also identify how the “need” for thistype of project based curriculum became obvious. Four prerequisite courses are brieflydescribed before focusing on the project based capstone course. These four coursesprovide the students with the technical skill sets needed to succeed in the senior levelcapstone course. Accomplishments and outcomes from the student perspective, theUniversity perspective, and the industry perspective will also be shared.Our advancing world of computer integration, process control, industrial automation, andtelecommunications requires technical problem solvers and knowledgeable decisionmakers. “The activities of problem solving and decision making are closelyintertwined”,1 and both skills can

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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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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University; John E. Beard, Michigan Technological University; Wayne Weaver, Michigan Technological University; Carl L. Anderson, Michigan Technological University

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by graduate andundergraduate students, thus making the lab development itself a hands-on learning endeavor. Page 25.67.3Figure 1: Michigan Tech Mobile Lab's interactive classroom and testcell facility and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.Figure 2: Michigan Tech Mobile Lab in transportation mode. Page 25.67.4Interactive Classroom and Testcell FacilityThe structure that houses the interactive classroom and testcell facility is a modified dry vansemi trailer with an expandable side. The trailer was manufactured by Kentucky Trailer

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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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Kevin A. Gibbons Ret., U.S. Air Force Academy, NexOne, Inc., and CAStLE; Philip Knodel, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joel William Noble, U.S. Air Force Academy; Nathan W. Seibt, U.S. Air Force Academy

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, laboratory experiences, laboratory exercises, hands-onlearning opportunities, undergraduate student teamIntroductionThe technical information presented in many undergraduate engineering courses is emphasizedand solidified by using laboratory experiences. In his paper, entitled “Tell me, I’ll forget; showme, I’ll remember, involve me, I’ll understand;” Eastlake states, “Engineering without labs is adifferent discipline. If we cut out labs we might as well rename our degrees AppliedMathematics.”1 Although there isn’t much discussion about removing labs from engineeringeducation, this statement does help emphasize the importance of laboratory experiences inengineering curricula as a key method for promoting student learning. Also, many students

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Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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multiple stages in thedesign experience and analyzed by the faculty, and second, a twelve-statement survey was givento all students. In addition to assigning numerical values (on a scale from 1 to 6) for theirresponses to the survey statements, students were asked to respond with short, writtenstatements.A similar rating of survey statements such as: “I am familiar with the engineering designprocess” (average values of 3.67 and 3.89) and “My partner came up with many ideas on how tobuild the racer” (average values of 4.78 and 4.60) suggests that the two groups had similarbackgrounds about the engineering design process and that internal group interaction weresimilar, respectively.Stronger agreement was found in the control group for the statements

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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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testpackage that included a battery-powered AC signal generator and PC-based oscilloscope (PC-CRO) package.25 Both battery-powered, hand-held signal generators and PC-CRO’s becamecommercially available a few years later. With this development, our experimental packagedelivered to off-campus students was expanded to include the original components pack plus anadditional “HELP” kit.26 The HELP kit (figure 1) contained essential, but low-cost testequipment required in any electronics workshop: Page 25.1386.3  A battery-powered audio signal generator (Digitech QT-2302).27  A two-channel PC-USB oscilloscope and accessories (PoScope).28  A

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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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, so that the pendulum can swing freely (see Fig. 1). A 2-inpropeller (model U-80) is attached to the motor shaft to produce a thrust force in order to controlthe angular position of the pendulum. The portability of the kit is enhanced by an innovativedesign allowing the kit to be shipped in a flat 2-in-thick box as shown in Fig. 1(left). A fastener-free design allows the kit to be assembled into its operating condition by interlocking threeacrylic plates which interlock when rotated by 45 degrees with respect to the base plate as shownin Figure 1(right). A self-calibrating step during the initialization allows the system toautomatically find the vertical position (origin of the coordinate system). A custom designedcircuit board produces the

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

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explored and conclusions weredrawn as to the process parameters which best streamline the process for use in a time limitedundergraduate course. Based on the work of the independent study, a complete processprocedure was developed which was successfully adopted in the lab activity of the Nano/microSystems Engineering course.Keywords: Micro and Nano education, Thermal Evaporation, NanotechnologyIntroductionThe study of micro- and nano-scale devices and materials continues to provide promising newavenues of research and application across a wide spectrum of fields [1]. The broadmultidisciplinary nature of the subject prompts recognition of the need for expanded treatment inuniversity level curricula for undergraduate students. In a specific case

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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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industry.Project planning activities began with a meeting between key ECU and Capstone Centerpersonnel. The meeting was held at BTEC and had two important outcomes: 1) a generalagreement that a collaboration between ECU and the Capstone Center in the area ofbioprocessing and biomanufacturing would be beneficial 2) that it would be beneficial to furtherplanning for ECU faculty to attend at least one of the Capstone Center courses in order todevelop a better understanding of the format, content, and delivery of the current CapstoneCenter course offerings. Following up on the initial meeting, an ECU faculty member attendeda 2-day course titled “High Performance Liquid Chromatography”. Shortly after attending thiscourse, a second meeting was held where it was

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Per Henrik Borgstrom, University of California, Los Angeles; William J. Kaiser, University of California, Los Angeles; Gregory Chung, University of California, Los Angeles; Zachary Nelson, National Instruments; Manda Paul, University of California, Los Angeles; Stoytcho Marinov Stoytchev; Jackson Tek Kon Ding, Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.

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fits easily inside a 9 3/8 x 8 x 6 7/8 -inchcarrying case.The objective of this system is to enable end-to-end student implementation of a variety ofcontrol systems. This includes physical assembly, implementation of electromechanical systems,sophisticated system identification, design of control algorithms, and experimental verification.This system was adopted by the UCLA Electrical Engineering Introduction to Feedback Controlscourse in the winter 2011 quarter. This initial adoption consisted of 140 students sharing 50SEAL platforms. Page 25.1143.2 Figure 1: The SEAL inverted pendulum system, consisting of a LEGO car, electronic systems

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

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theproject industrial like technical and economic constraints were imposed. Such constraintsrequired a thorough resource and literature survey, followed by brain storming sessions to decideon the appropriate design approach during each stage of the project development. A closesupervision and guidance by the advisor was warranted for the students to successfully achievetheir goals.Learning ObjectivesThe specific objectives were for the students to:1. Engage in a creative electronics engineering system design to develop and implement a working product.2. Demonstrate the ability to extend their learning beyond the class room knowledge specifically in state of art technology.3. Demonstrate the ability to think critically, reason and judge on the

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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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Solar Water Heating System Experimental Apparatus Department of Mechanical Engineering King Faisal University Al-Ahasa 31982, Saudi ArabiaAbstract This paper describes the design and development of an experimental apparatus fordemonstrating solar water heating. This solar heating experimental apparatus was designed tomeet several requirements: 1) the system is to operate using the thermosiphon concept, in whichflow through the system is created by density differences in the fluid; 2) to increase the solarenergy absorbed by the water and improve the educational value of the project, the solarcollector must have the ability to rotate in order to

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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, involving a 16-week class schedule with three-hour lectures and three-hour labs each week. Four weeks are allocated to covering adaptive filters. Prior to this secondDSP course, the pre-requisite courses are: Introduction to Microcontrollers (ECET 209), CircuitAnalysis Courses (ECET 207, ECET 257), Analog Network Signal Processing (ECET 307), andreal-time DSP (ECET 357). Figure 1 shows a flowchart for the related courses. Circuit Analysis Analog Network Microcontrollers (ECET 207) Signal Procssing (ECET 209) (ECET 257) (ECET 307