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Intelligent Rube Goldberg Using Vex Robotics Development System

Conference Session: Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

engineering proposal consisting of a problem statement, project objectives, preliminary B.O.M and a plan of action. This is due one week after the project is assigned. 2. Project Progress Updates: The students provide a weekly update to the instructor and their team either via email or through pre-scheduled meetings. Altogether 9 updates are required. In these updates the teams are required to communicate the following: a. What happened the past week? b. What will happen this week? c. What are the major issues the team is facing? 3. Project Report: At the end of the term the teams submit a comprehensive project report. This report provides the details of how the project is executed. It

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The Nist Summer Institute For Middle School Science Teachers: Translating Nist Research Into Activities For The Middle School Classroom

Conference Session: DELOS Best Paper Nominations
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mary Satterfield, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Susan Heller-Zeisler, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

growth and biofuels experiments attheir home schools. Page 15.1247.10 9After the NIST Summer Institute ends and teachers return to their home schools, plans are madeat NIST to invite the teachers back for Science Afternoons at NIST. All teachers who are pastparticipants in the NIST Summer Institutes are invited so the attendees are a unique new mix ofteachers, all of who can learn from each other. Science Afternoons have evolved to focus on asingle scientific topic, one that may not be of interest to all the teachers but may be of

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The Science And Technology Education Partnership (Step): Growth, Challenges And Opportunities In Stem Outreach

Conference Session: Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology; John Fishell, STEP Conference
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

scienceshows/exhibition periods per day over a two day period. About 3,500 students from local 3rdthrough 12th grades attend the two day conference each year. In addition, a Teacher Conferenceis provided separately from the Student Conference to engage teachers in activities to help themdevelop their skills in teaching math and science. Lesson plans and example activities areprovided. About 125 teachers attend each year’s conference provided free of charge by theSTEP Program. A STEP Community Leadership Luncheon is included during the conferenceweek to renew commitment to STEP activities, review progress and obtain new and continuingsupport for the privately funded program. A keynote speaker is the center piece of the luncheonwhere speakers such as

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Flexible Cis Laboratory Environment Employing Multi Boot And Virtual Computing

Conference Session: DELOS Best Paper Nominations
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Dawn Spencer, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

CurriculumThe CIS program required many labs that involved disassembling computers, packet-sniffing,OS installations, drive scanning, and malware behavior testing that our Information TechnologyServices (ITS) department could not support. So, in desperation, we set up what has now evolvedinto our CIS multi-purpose lab supporting ten courses, four to six each semester. In addition, thestudent Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) club wanted to have network game nights,so the CIS lab also fulfills that role. This lab is administered by a faculty member with assistancefrom one or two students. There was a plan to hire an outside part-time administrator, but thiswas not realized due to budget cuts.Hardware ArchitectureThis section describes the

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A Practice Learning Of On Board Diagnosis (Obd) Implementations With Embedded Systems

Conference Session: Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Yu-Wei Huang, National Changhua University of Education; Jieh-Shian Young, National Changhua University of Education; Chih-Hung Wu, Chienkuo Technology University; Hsing-Jung Li, National Chung Cheng University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

requirement, (2) a plan for their procedure, and (3) diagramsof system architecture. Students are encouraged to discuss to each other, and the teamsactively discuss the procedure in use. Based on the course design, students are asked tocomplete their own OBD implementation step by step. The students are expected tounderstand the practical aspect of an OBD, and have comprehensive exercises on OBDimplementation based on embedded system. This paper presents the course and hands-onOBD implementation designs, and the teaching experiences and student responses.LEARNING THEORYIn the process of experiments development, we reviewed the recent literature of engineeringeducation about laboratory courses. We found that some universities have stand-alonecourses

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Synthesis Of Low Voltage Three Phase Power For Use In Low Cost Motor And Systems Experiments At The Sophomore Level

Conference Session: Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego; Ernest Kim, University of San Diego; Frank Jacobitz, University of San Diego
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

beincluded in final implementations.A. Synchronized-Counter SynthesisOne of the synthesized source configurations is based on three synchronized four-bit up/downcounters. The basic plan for this configuration, as shown in the block diagram of Figure 1, wasto: • Create three appropriately phase-separated stepped-triangle waveforms, • Wave shape each triangle waveform into a stepped-sinusoid, and • Power amplify and low-pass filter each stepped sinusoid. Figure 1 Block diagram for synchronized counter low-voltage three-phase sourceFour-bit up/down counting was chosen for two basic reasons: • there are thirty counts (a number divisible by three) in each cycle of a four-bit up/down count cycle (0–15–0): achieving 120º phase

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Laboratory Innovations In Undergraduate Control Engineering Education

Conference Session: Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Focus groups are used as one of the assessment methods. The assessment result is used to further improve the laboratory course. Economy: As much as possible, space, money and student time should be economized. A multidisciplinary facility, shared between ECE and ME classes would allow efficient use of space and equipment, better use of available funds, and elimination of overlap among individual departmental labs. Focusing experiments on control technologies, embedded systems, and industrial drives rather than a plurality of devices would result in economies of space, money and student time.To achieve these goals we have carefully planned the new control laboratory. As part of thisprocess

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Experimental Testing To Enhance The Design Of Daylighting Systems. A Case Study On The Implementation Of Laboratory Oriented Design In Undergraduate Education

Conference Session: Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Khaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

adjacent space (open plan design), the model becomes bigger (or much bigger) in size and harder to build and to handle. 4. When students use a glass type that may modify the light distribution inside the space modeled, a sample of that glass type should be used. This is especially important with the use of Plexigls, or any other diffusing glass type.6. ConclusionImplementation of the laboratory-oriented testing as a design-assisting tool for daylightingsystems (in buildings) is a successful example of evidence-based design. Testing physicalmodels under the appropriate design sky condition in a fully-controlled laboratory setting assuresthe accuracy of the results; since this method takes into account all of the design

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Living With The Lab: Sustainable Lab Experiences For Freshman Engineering Students

Conference Session: DELOS Best Paper Nominations
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Southeast Missouri State University
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

has been successfullyimplemented and has shown a marked increase in hands-on activity in the freshman year versusour previous curriculum. Future work in this analysis requires similar questions to be asked offreshman students in other engineering programs. The data also show the LWTL curriculum tohave the potential to increase student retention, while simultaneously increasing the rigor of thecourse content. Longitudinal studies are needed in order to determine if the LWTL curriculumcan affect graduation rates.Future work for the curriculum itself includes a planned revision for the Fall Quarter of 2010.During this quarter an honors section of freshman engineering students will pilot the use of adifferent microcontroller in the LWTL

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Innovations In Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Through The Application Of Industrial Scale Equipment And Educational Software Tools

Conference Session: Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Anthony Toyama, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Reza Sadr, Texas A&M University at Qatar
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

is upheld by localaccreditation schemes, reliant on strictly planned and adhered curriculums. Page 15.739.4The generalized Regional accreditation scheme, as described by Thompson,5 require strictadherence to a highly structured and pre-set curriculum. This curriculum regulated modelincreases the difficulties in enabling faculty to make minor changes within the class withouthaving to pass through an accreditation review panel. It does, however, clearly set a measurablemetric by which all programs can be judged, one reason for its popularity.Outcome based accreditation programs on the other hand such as ABET differ in that minimalguidelines