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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College; Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Thomas E. Doyle P.Eng., McMaster University

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EE from the University of Houston, and a licence-es-sciences in Mathematics from the University of Algiers. He is registered as a professional Engineer in the State of Florida and the author of numerous articles in his areas of expertise including the textbook ”Robot Modeling and Kinematics” and its associated modeling and visualization software.Dr. Thomas E. Doyle P.Eng., McMaster University Page 22.489.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH LABORATORYWe report our experience in setting up a research laboratory at a non-PhD granting

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University; Janet Brelin-Fornari, Kettering University; Joseph Neal, Kettering University

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AC 2011-1651: CRASH SAFETY IN THE INTRODUCTORY PHYSICSLABDaniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University Dr. Daniel Ludwigsen pursued research in Musical Acoustics while completing the Ph. D. in Physics from Brigham Young University. After joining Kettering University in support of the acoustics specialty within Applied Physics, Dr. Ludwigsen has broadened his professional interests to include physics education research and instructional design. In addition to an overhaul of the introductory physics laboratories, partially supported by NSF CCLI funding, Dr. Ludwigsen has written two courses at the sophmore/junior level, and coauthored a senior level laboratory in acoustics. He is also interested in developing materials

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rana Mitra, Southeastern Louisiana University; Maarij M Syed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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or a second major. This paper describes how experiments havebeen taken outside of the laboratory and into real word situations for a few specific courses. Two arefreshman physics courses at RHIT, and the others are engineering mechanics courses at SELU. Theexperience gained from this initial effort will be used to expand the scope of this effort to other physicscourses in RHIT and to other physics-oriented courses in the Engineering Technology program at SELU.Expand the boundaries of the laboratory classroomsWe have incorporated a number of experiments in solid mechanics, which are to be performed outsideof the laboratory rooms, and in a real-world setting. The expectation is that if a considerable portion offundamental physics principles

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Meghann Norah Murray, University of Detroit Mercy

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reported a laboratory activity that incorporated various aspectsof nanotechnology. In the activity, undergraduate students produced working solar cells by spin-coating a conjugated polymer containing the fullerene C60 onto indium tin oxide (ITO) coatedglass slides and subsequently applying a metallic cathode.14 Undergraduate laboratory activitieson the dielectric and mechanical properties of polymers have been reported.15 In this paper wepresent another activity that we believe is suitable for physics and engineering students inundergraduate courses.16,17The paper is organized in the following manner. First, we present a brief outline of the physicsof OLEDs. Subsequently, we describe the organic synthesis procedures, the device depositionprocesses

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Siang Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada; Montell Jermaine Wright, University of Central Oklahoma, Robotics Research; Kaitlin Rose Foran, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

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students to test their understanding of thecontrol the operation of a microwave oven. The content presented in the lectures. In the course ofinputs provided by the keyboard are used by the performing the activities, the students also acquiremicrocontroller to set the cooking time and power basic laboratory skills, such as use of a multimeter tolevel. This embedded microcontroller is considered a take voltage and resistance measurements, andpermanent part of the microwave, and its function soldering on a printed-circuit board. As the studentswill never be reprogrammed for any other purpose. acquire the necessary concepts and skills, they begin

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lauren D. Thomas, Virginia Tech; Candace A. Cobb, Norfolk State University

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maintains an active laboratory group that develops laser systems for optical sensing and LIDAR applications. Dr. Mead has previously served as Senior Program Officer at the National Academy of Engineering and served as study director for the pivotal report, Engineering of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century.Dr. Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ruth A. Streveler is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Before coming to Purdue she spent 12 years at Colorado School of Mines, where she was the founding Director of the Center for Engineering Education. Dr. Streveler earned a BA in Biology from Indi- ana University-Bloomington, MS in Zoology from the

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas

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Introductory Physics Laboratory," The Physics Teacher 41, no.7 (2003): 394-401.2 Trevor S. Volkwyn et al., "Impact of a conventional introductory laboratory course on the understanding ofmeasurement," Phys.Rev.ST Phys.Educ.Res. 4, no. 1 (2008): 010108.3 Walter Bich, Maurice G. Cox, and Peter M. Harris, "Evolution of the 'Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty inMeasurement'," Metrologia 43, no. 4 (2006): S161-S166.4 R. Kacker, K. Sommer, and R. Kessel, "Evolution of modern approaches to express uncertainty in measurement,"Metrologia 44, no. 6 (2007): 513.5 BIPM et al., International Vocabulary of Metrology—Basic and general concepts and associated terms(VIM),Anonymous , 3rded. Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology, 2008)6 Raymond T. Birge

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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. The course also includes a Page 22.260.3laboratory component. Students complete approximately 12 laboratory experiments over thecourse of one semester. Topics typically include kinematics, Newton‘s Laws, conservation ofmomentum and energy, rotational motion, and fluid mechanics. As such, numerous strategies,including the writing strategies to be described, have been developed that center around theaccommodation of students‘ diverse learning styles [27 – 33]. Students that enroll in the course most often do so to satisfy the university‘s sciencerequirement for graduation. The students come from a wide-array of academic

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Arun R. Srinivasa, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Accreditation Cycle. 2010, Baltimore, MD: ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission.2. Gentner, D, & Stevens, A. L. (1983) Mental Models, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.3. references forthcoming4. Duit, R. (2009). Bibliography – Students' and Teachers' Conceptions and Science Education (STCSE), Retrieved January 17, 2011, from http://www.ipn.uni-kiel.de/aktuell/stcse/stcse5. Hestenes, D., Wells, M., & Swackhamer, G. (1992). Force concept inventory. The Physics Teacher, 30(3): 141-151.6. Thornton, R., & Sokoloff, D. (1990). Learning motion concepts using real-time, microcomputer-based laboratory tools. American Journal of Physics. 58, 858-867.7. Thornton, 19968. Thornton, R., & Sokoloff, D. (1998). Assessing