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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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. Page 23.1142.7The importance of planning was learned through a bitter way. Without enough back-up parts,one team wasted a week after the original ones were broken. Another team spent too much timeon building the hardware and had not enough time to tune the integrated system for the projectgoals. Furthermore, almost all the teams had to work late in the last week to catch up the projectdeadline.At the end of the semester, each team presented the design with a demonstration to the class. Afinal group report was also required to conclude their team project. The project accounted for15% of the final grade in the second control course, which included the demonstration, thepresentation and the report.Observations and DiscussionsThe assessment of

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University

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, but do not necessarily teachstudents how to decide when to use a thermocouple, as opposed to another temperaturemeasurement device, or how to properly install a measurement device to avoid experimentalerrors.The idea of redesigning laboratory courses to benefit capstone design has been attemptedpreviously by Folz et. al. In their case, a junior-level materials engineering laboratory coursewas altered to include more engineering design concepts as well as problem solving,collaboration, and communication skills. The teams in this course were assessed during thecourse and showed gains in applying theory to practice. Folz et. al. had planned, but notfinished, assessment of the students after capstone design to determine if the skills learned in

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison L. Sieving, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Marcia Pool, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Trisha Eustaquio, Purdue University; Rajtarun Madangopal, Purdue University; Alyssa Panitch PhD; Kate Stuart, Purdue University; Ann E Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Scott Alan Jewett

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- plementing undergraduate laboratory and lecture courses that address the evolving needs of biomedical engineers, and managing the ABET assessment program for the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineer- ing.Dr. Marcia Pool, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Marcia A. Pool is an Instructional Laboratory Coordinator in the Weldon School of Biomedical En- gineering at Purdue University. She is responsible for overseeing and assessing junior level laboratories, bioinstrumentation and biotransport, and is involved with teaching and mentoring students in the Senior Design Capstone course. Recently, she has worked with colleagues to plan and implement a problem- based learning approach to the biotransport laboratory to improve

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgia L Harris, NIST

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learningconcepts/facilitation techniques, and the use of worksheets during learning event planning toensure matching of learning objectives, activities, and instructional assessment methods incourses. Each of these topics has an abundance of literature available freely on the World WideWeb, therefore, only a brief description and is made here, with some specific assessments ofmeasurement instruction, along with reference sources.ADDIE Instructional System Design Model“The instructional system design approach is a behavior-oriented model that emphasizes thespecific skills to be learned and the learner’s abilities to demonstrate these skills.”5 The fivesteps of the ADDIE model are analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation.Through

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jodi Reeves, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Mohammad N Amin, National University; Arthur Strum Davis

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. Labs using hardware are equallygood, maybe even better, but that takes more time for the students to implement and debug. Ithink Multisim is the best choice.”Conclusions and Future WorkAssessment data from electric circuits classes of on-line, non-traditional, applied engineeringstudents show a 10-30% increase in students’ satisfaction with their learning, the teacher, coursecontent, and technology when remote laboratory experiments using ELVIS equipment was used.Assessment data from digital circuit design classes in computer engineering using Multisimshow a 28-48% increase in these areas. Further horizontal integration of these remotelaboratories in other Applied Engineering classes is planned, with additional vertical integrationwithin the

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent C Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William C Farrow, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hope Leigh Weiss, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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many engineering curriculado. Second, our approach allows students to realize the interdisciplinary nature of engineeringproblems, which discrete course subjects artificially isolate. Our approach enables students toapply what they have learned in previous classes to solve new aspects of the same project. Third,this project demonstrates the true iterative nature of engineering design and developmentwherein students reassess their modeling assumptions and perform necessarily more detailedexperiments to validate their conceptual design changes.Both direct and indirect assessments are planned to evaluate our program. We will track thenumber of students enrolled in RP courses who join aerospace student organizations like AIAAand who take aerospace

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Avik Dayal, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; A. A. (Louis) Beex, Virginia Tech

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circuits and, later, the circuits that will have a desiredoperation, which was detailed in a design specification. To minimize the time spent on designexperiments, student must not only know the basics that were gained from ‘cookbook’experiments, but also the value of analysis and simulation before circuit construction andmeasurement and how to apply the results from analysis and simulations to debug the circuit.Engineering educators have begun to modify their approach to laboratory instruction to guidestudents as they develop the necessary skills for design. Most open-ended design experimentsfollow the design cycle, integrating steps that allow students to investigate, design, plan, create,and evaluate. However, motivating students to close the

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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timeframe, so an instructor can eliminate or streamline various parts by doing that activity him orherself. In the Fall 2012 offering of the course, Part A and E were demonstrated by the instructorand the students completed the remainder of the steps themselves. A video of Part E is availableonline www-srv2.ece.gatech.edu/academic/Fall12/TESSAL/TESSAL_GuitarFreqResp.html. Forlogistics, it is a good idea for students to have a contingency plan of finishing the lab out of classduring TA office hours in case they run out of time in class. Knowing the fall-back plan,students are less worried about completing the lab during class time and tend to be a little moreexploratory in their approach. Very few students did not finish the lab on time

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto; Jason Kereluk, University of Toronto

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with experiments in [13] and [14] in which a similar system was utilized for differentexperimental setups. It is also planned to invite students from other institutes to performexperiments in association with their robotics courses and in collaboration with the localstudents. The results of such inter-university learning collaborations will also be analyzedthrough various studies.References[1] J. Cocota, H. Fujita, I. da Silva, "A low-cost robot manipulator for eductation", preceedings on Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching, IEEE. pp.164-169, 2012.[2] C. Hsu, H. Chao “An autonomous mobile robot system for advanced microcontroller education.” Proceedings of the 2009 Fifth International Joint Conference on INC, IMS and IDC, pp

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech

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when they have completed one or both of the surveys,even if they elect to have their data excluded from the study. The initial analysis of the resultshas shown that the two courses have achieved the goals of motivating students’ interest in thefield, supporting learning of the concepts presented in the companion lecture courses, andincreasing students’ self-confidence to design, simulate, construct, and characterize circuits13. Alongitudinal study of the impact of the hands-on laboratory courses is planned.2.3 Mobile StudiosA Mobile Studio is technology-based pedagogy based on inexpensive hardware/software which,when connected to a PC (via USB), provides functionality similar to that of electronic laboratory