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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology

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. Students are guided through the literature reviewprocess by our engineering librarian, then conduct a literature review on their topic of research.Once the literature review is completed, time is spent with each team making sure the properquestion or hypothesis is generated. Next, a high level research plan is developed with acorresponding list of equipment and materials that each student needs in order to perform theirexperimentation. Students are allowed to purchase small items needed for their research if theitems are not available in the currently existing undergraduate research lab. We do not have a setbudget for the students because we might decide to spend more on a particular item because ofits reusability for future experiments

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles; John E. Shamma; Brian Phan, California State University of Los Angeles ; Howard Lum, California State University Los Angeles

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Paper ID #12495Bringing Lifeline Research to Vertically Integrated Classrooms via a Four-Point Bending Test of a PipeDr. Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles Dr. Purasinghe is a Professor of Civil Engineering at California State University at Los Angeles and coordinates Freshman Civil Engineering Design and Capstone Design courses as well as Computer Aided Structural Analysis/Design and Experimentation Lab. Please note that this paper has several co-authors as well.Mr. John E. Shamma John E. Shamma is the Facility Planning Team Manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

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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

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University; Andrew F. Carbonar, Northeastern University

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completed at this point. Therefore, assessing the prototypes forcompleteness and extent of testing completed at this point has been found to be a good predictorof team effectiveness. The prototypes are assigned a score of 1-5 for completeness, where 5indicates a completed prototype and 1 indicates that no prototype is likely by the end of thecourse. Testing was also rated on a 1-5 scale, where 5 indicates that prototype verification testingis complete and 1 indicates that testing was not planned or discussed. This validated rubric ispresented in Table 2. In addition to scoring the executive summary, grades are determined basedon oral and written reports and whether the final projects met the specifications laid out by theteam and their advisor at

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ventzislav Karaivanov, Colorado School of Mines; Jeffrey A. Holley P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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, Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory. • American Society of Mechanical Engineers • American Society of Engineering EducationProf. Jeffrey A. Holley P.E., Colorado School of Mines Jeffrey Holley, PE received a BS in Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 1988, a MBA from the University of Colorado in 1993, and a MS in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 2011. As a practicing civil engineer registered in 14 western states his specialties include planning and construction document preparation for grading, drainage, infrastructure utility, and storm water quality enhancement design. As an instructor at CSM he has had the opportunity to teach Water and Wastewater Treatment, Fluid

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

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one-semester capstone class. These half-courses allow students to exploreembedded system interfacing or higher-level embedded concepts while planning andinvestigating ideas for their capstone project.Our objective in this presentation is to give other educators working with courses in EmbeddedComputing a description of our laboratory experiments that have been shown to provide studentswith a contextual basis for the relevance of the in-lab experience1. We will describe theseexperiments in a high level way and show how they build on earlier BYOE presentation materialfrom the University of Virginia. In showing how we structured these experimental courses, alongwith the actual experiments, we provide insight on how individual institutions may

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Best Paper Presentations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Robert M. Weikle II, University of Virginia; Maite Brandt-Pearce, University of Virginia

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obviouslycould not be effectively assessed at the end of the first class. However, plans are in place toperform assessments of retention and understanding in future classes. This process has begun asthis group of students has moved on to the next class in the sequence.The third objective to enhance interest and encourage excitement was assessed through studentsurveys administered at the end of the class. Student responses were anonymous, and they werein the form of level of agreement or disagreement with various statements. The studio instructionapproach melded lecture, discussion, and laboratory activities into integrated sessions, so thesurvey statements mostly focused this combined studio approach. Here are survey statements andsummarized responses

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Best Paper Presentations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Kaitlin Engle Mallouk, Rowan University; Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan University

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, three assessment tools were developed.1. CRP Proposal. The student teams propose their product in the form of a short memo report describing their product selection, parameter selection and the initial design of experiments (testing methodology). The proposal provides an opportunity for instructor feedback on the team-specific project plan. Often resubmissions are requested for clarity or alternative experimental plan. The instructor must approve the proposal before purchases can be made.2. Project Workspace. The students maintained a PBWorks.com12 workspace to document their progress, tabulate raw data, and manage their team efforts. PBWorks.com is web-based management tool designed as wiki-styled pages for collaborative projects

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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4.1 4, 5 0.79 6. Determine open loop gain 4.4 5 0.64 7. Compensator design 3.4 3 0.77 8. Performance evaluation 3.9 3, 4, 5 1.00 c. ABET Outcome SupportAccording to the department ABET assessment plan, this course is supposed to provideassessment data for two ABET outcomes (Outcome f: ethics and Outcome h: impact). These twooutcomes were assessed through the incubator design project. To assess outcome h, the studentswere asked to conduct research and find out how their design may harm the embryo and lead topossible hatching defects if the steady-state-error or the overshoot of

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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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Aidan F. Browne, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Wesley B. Williams P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Keith Loftus, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Christopher Benfield

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, budgeting, and dealing with vendors. Students from electricalbackgrounds have gained CAD and fabrication skills, while students from mechanicalbackgrounds have gained experience in wiring and sensors. Page 26.521.9On-site testing of the elevator setup has been completed, with plans for remote testing to occur inthe near future. Currently students are compiling an assembly manual, user’s manual, and initialexercises for use with the setup. Once complete, these documents will be published under aCreative Commons License.References[1] Chintamani, Keshav, Thomas Overgaard, C. Tan, R. Ellis, and Abhilash Pandya. "Physically- based augmented reality

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan, College of Engineering; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Noel C. Perkins, University of Michigan; Bradford G Orr, University of Michigan

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dynamics, a major part of ME240. The DCI comprises29 multiple-choice questions that map onto 14 of the most misunderstood concepts. The four i-Newton demonstrations included in this study were designed to reveal multiple DCI concepts.We also hypothesized that the i-Newton demonstrations would increase students’ self efficacy,defined as a person’s beliefs of how well they can complete and execute a plan or goal11, 12.Instilling a strong self-efficacy comes from increasing one’s knowledge and positive experiencesassociated with the outcome11, so it is logical to expect that having a stronger understanding ofthe fundamental concepts may improve self efficacy Previous studies have examined self-efficacy in undergraduate students in regards to

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jun Nogami, University of Toronto; Scott Ramsay, University of Toronto; Scott D Ramsay, University of Toronto

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materials engineering classes with therefinements discussed above.Finally, the research group has begun evaluating long term retention. A small group of upperyear students volunteered to complete the Concept Inventory. Students currently in their fourthyear of engineering would not have completed this particular laboratory experiment; rather theywould have learned the concept of crystal structures with 2D materials from lecture slides andtextbooks, etc. Those in third and second year engineering would have completed thisexperiment. The research group plans to continue delivering the MCI to these students annuallyto gather whether completing this lab in first year engineering leads to increased conceptretention. As of now, the sample size is too

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo

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. Palomba, C. A. and Banta, T. W., Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA 1999.23. Anon., Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Effective for Reviews During the 2015-2016 Page 26.1730.11 Accreditation Cycle, ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, 2015, Accessed on January 28, 2015. from http://www.abet.org/uploadedFiles/Accreditation/Accreditation_Step_by_Step/Accreditation_Documents/Curre nt/2015-2016/E001%2015-16%20EAC%20Criteria%2011-7-14.pdf