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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Teresa McGuire; Jessica Urbano; Frank G Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego

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Paper ID #13323Development of a Low-Cost, Low-Voltage Three-Phase Power Synthesizer forUse in Motor and Systems ExperimentsMs. Kathleen Teresa McGuire Kathleen T. McGuire is a senior electrical engineering major at the University of San Diego. She is graduating in May and has plans to work for Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, Texas starting this summer. She is part of several engineering honors societies such as Tau Beta Pi and Tau Eta Nu, as well as several other clubs on campus. She is interested in semiconductors and embedded systems.Ms. Jessica Urbano Jessica L. Urbano is a Spring 2015 graduate of the University of

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University

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by almostevery university campus. Under the Quality Enhancement Plan, Old Dominion University(ODU) has been regularly offering Improving Disciplinary Writing (IDW) workshops for itsfaculty since 2014. The IDW workshop divides the technical writing process into six steps: pre-writing planning, research, drafting, reviewing, revising, and editing. It also emphasizes fourimportant features of effective writing: role, audience, format, and task (RAFT). This six-steptechnical writing process, along with RAFT, serves as the base for laboratory manual revision. Laboratory manual writing is very different from textbook writing, just as laboratoryinstruction is very different from regular lecture classes. The former has to deal with

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College; R. Erik Spjut, Harvey Mudd College

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. b. Demonstrate the safe and proper use of computer-based and embedded-processor- based data acquisition systems. c. Demonstrate proper techniques for debugging/troubleshooting an experimental setup. d. Design, build, and fly a custom set of transducers to make engineering and/or scientific measurements. 2. Demonstrate experimental and analytical skills: a. Demonstrate the design/planning and completion of safe experiments to answer open-ended questions. b. Demonstrate manipulation and presentation of experimentally-obtained data to answer open-ended questions. c. Analyze and compare the results of mathematical and computer modeling of an

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

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parallel. This created opportunities for students to discuss how to planand execute the measurements, and what results to anticipate.DiscussionThe desktop heat transfer apparatus was tested for two different offerings of a junior-level heattransfer class for Mechanical Engineering students. We did not plan sufficiently ahead to obtainIRB approval that would allow us to report on assessment data collected during the exercise. Weconsider our first trials with this apparatus to be shakedown tests. We now know enough aboutthe performance of the apparatus and how students experience the exercise that we are preparedto design a structured assessment of student learning. Due to scheduling constraints, that outcomemeasurement will be delayed until the