Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teodora Rutar, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Figure 4. Students are allowed onereport re-write after they receive grades. The purpose of the re-write is to reinforceunderstanding of the concepts, and hone their report writing skills. Students are provided writtenfeedback on their graded labs. LAB #1 – Pre-Lab Assignment In order to prepare for the lab #1, please make sure that you learn the following concepts before the next lab: Seebeck effect, Peltier effect, and electric motors - principles of operation. Obtain your information from textbooks and other peer reviewed publications. Page 22.434.6

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

to mechanical, chemical, electrical, andcomputer engineering, computer science, design, controls, and energy. Course goals includeexposing students to many facets of engineering and computer science to aid in major choice,developing practical technical skills relevant to subsequent projects, generating enthusiasm forfuture studies, and developing teamwork, design, presentation, and technical writing skills.Through a series of labs including drawing and 3D printing a robot chassis, soldering amicrocontroller circuit board, assembling a gear box, building sensor circuits, machining andcharacterizing hydrogen proton exchange membranes (PEM) fuel cells, C programming, andgenerating and detecting Gold codes, the students design, build, test, and

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ross B Kaplan, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Timothy M Johnson P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ralf Oliver Schneider, Wentworth Institute of Technology ; Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

units, writing programs for initializingthe sensor then controlling the requesting of data from the sensor and passing the data to thenetwork, adding a temperature application to the Chronos watch display, and writing the peer-to-peer protocol. The wireless microcontroller software flow is shown in Figure 2. Page 22.34.6Figure 2. Wireless microcontroller software flow.Industrial design aspectsIn the present project, special effort was made to include team members from differentdisciplines. One of the disciplines was Industrial Design whose practitioners give form andfunction to objects. This creative science utilizes knowledge of the arts

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the 50 percentile populations. Thus the assessment results compiled are based on course performances and grades, exams, projects, presentations of students, and writings as required in some courses. Furthermore, each course specifically addresses the learning outcomes and relation between the course and the Program outcomes, the methods used for the evaluation of students’ performance and the relevance of the course materials to the Program outcomes following the standards adopted for the assessment process.  Students will be provided with the course descriptions including learning objectives and outcomes. Students also will provide their input on the Program outcomes. The results from this

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyn Marie Turner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Shirley Dyke, Purdue University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

goal, because it relates to a large literature oninequality in the engineering field among males and females at all stages of the academic ladder.4In particular we document the extent to which females report learning less as a result of theshake table experiment than their male peers. The plan of the paper is as follows. First, we briefly describe recent developments inbench scale shake tables and teleoperation and teleobservation technologies designed to allowstudents at institutions without shake tables to be able to perform real-time exercises in structural Page 22.883.3dynamics and earthquake engineering. Second, we introduce

Conference Session

ELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Simulation Wheatstone Bridge Circuit Derive output voltage expression of the op Linearize the circuit to meet deisign amp-based Wheatsone bridge circuit with specification. Use Matlab as a design tool to respect to the thermistor and resistor network. assist in achieving the design goals. Analyze Write Matlab script to simulate the op amp circuit linearity of the design. Build the circuit. output voltage as s function of temperature. Week 3 – Voltage Comparing and Alarm Week 4 – System Integration and Design Circuits Design Characterization Design comparing circuit to cmpare voltage