Paper ID #26418How Research Informs Teaching and Learning Models: Case Studies in Build-ing Solar Cell and Bioengineering Technology in the Lab and ClassroomDr. Anas Chalah, Harvard University Dr. Anas Chalah Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning Lecturer on Engineering Sciences Director of Lab Safety Program Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science Pierce Hall G2A, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-495-8991 achalah@seas.harvard.eduDr. Fawwaz Habbal, Harvard University Fawwaz Habbal has served as the Executive Dean for the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
evaluation results using pre and post knowledgeassessment tools in sections graded with SBG method and sections with traditional method.Introduction Laboratory based courses are an essential part of an engineering education. More andmore engineering programs are placing greater emphasis on the importance of hands-onexperience offered by laboratory courses. Compared to the efforts and resources invested inpurchasing expensive state-of-the-art lab equipment and developing innovative lab modules,little attention is paid to assessing student learning and reflecting on the teaching methods in labcourses. Without careful design and assessment, instructors are more likely to push students intobusy work, without achieving real learning and
Paper ID #25222A Writing in the Disciplines Approach to Technical Report Writing in Chem-ical Engineering Laboratory CoursesMs. Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico Catherine (Cat) Hubka, MFA, holds dual appointments at the University of New Mexico in the Depart- ments of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and Department of English. For CBE, she is em- bedded in the 300 and 400 labs where she supports curriculum redesign focused on incorporating content- based writing approaches. In the Department of English, Cat teaches in the Core Writing Program where her pedagogy incorporates creative writing
University Florida previously. His research interests include Mixed-signal/RF circuit design and testing, measurement automation, environmental & biomedical data measurement, and educational robotics development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition ARM Cortex M4F based microcontroller based and laboratory oriented course development in higher educationAbstractARM (Advanced RISC Machines) processors are frequently found in modern consumerelectronics products such as smartphones and tablets. The author has been teaching two courseson embedded system software and microcontroller architecture for each
likely to attempt applying IBL, which would likely be a step towardimproving the state of engineering education. Ideally, faculty will be more likely to invest theirtime in adapting particular forms of IBL to their teaching contexts if there is available data toinform those decisions.II. MethodsParticipantsWe conducted this study during the Spring 2017 semester at Carnegie Mellon University, a 4-year, highly-selective, research-intensive university. We implemented the study within a half-semester, 7-week, Civil & Environmental Engineering laboratory course (Materials Lab)examining the material properties and behavior of concrete, masonry and wood. The course isrequired for third-year undergraduates in Civil & Environmental Engineering to
technical engineering courses are highly laboratory oriented, it is challenging todevelop a physical laboratory experience that can equally serve and benefit both local face-to-face and distance-learning students in the same course.On this basis, among the instructional strategies for effective laboratory teaching, incorporating aproject-based learning laboratory combined with agile methodologies is studied here as anintervention introduced to a core course in engineering technology distance learning program.Over the last few years, project-based learning has rapidly gained acceptance by the educationalcommunity and is now being applied in a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines, at varioustypes of academic institutions. Available literature on
work environments [1]-[6]. Among them, most prominently are writing andpresentation skills. A parallel curriculum addressing these non-scientific/technical skills isusually a strong contributor towards these goals. Another tool generally more directly controlledby science/engineering faculty is using courses in the discipline, especially laboratory courses, toemphasize writing components and/or presentation skills. Lab reports can serve as a very goodtool to sharpen writing skills or, more extensively, the skills needed to produce a coherent, wellthought, well-written scientific paper or technical report.A more comprehensive approach to different paths and philosophies for the teaching of writingskills and its balance can be found in the
price depends on the load cell size. Many more competitors are making machinesthat can do testing to the ASTM standard. While some schools have the budget for expensivemachines, and while others have experimented with making their own machines there is a middleground. Affordable 5KN can be acquired for less than $4,000. At that price point allowing studentsto have a better lab experience is possible, even with more sub-standard specimens (bolts and wire).Once, our teaching laboratory has several low-cost tensile testing machines the lab can many moreteaching possibilities. We hope to explore those soon, and share those results.SummaryThree 3D printed plastic materials were investigated: ABS, ABSplus, and CFRP. Here are theresults: (1) CFRP has
Paper ID #26789Integration of a Water Quality Laboratory Sequence into a Core ChemistryCourseDr. Elizabeth Mentis, United State Military Academy Dr. Beth Mentis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Life Science at the United States Military Academy where she currently teaches General Chemistry. With a background in analytical chemistry, she explores research topics such as utilizing mass spectrometric analysis to explore questions relevant to atmospheric chemistry. Her current research centers on characterizing microbial samples with MALDI-TOF MS.Lt. Col. Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States
Paper ID #25721From Course Instruction to Bio-MakerSpace: Creating a Lab Space for In-dependent Investigation and InnovationSevile Mannickarottu, University of Pennsylvania Sevile Mannickarottu is the Director of the Educational Laboratories in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 From Course Instruction to Bio-MakerSpace: Creating a Lab Space for Independent Investigation and InnovationIntroduction How can a teaching laboratory encourage independent learning in its coursework while alsoproviding an
falls upon graduate teaching assistants(TAs) who lack the experience or training to do it effectively. This often leads to student complaintsabout inconsistency between various sections.This paper discusses the implementation of a lab report assignment using peer-to-peer feedbackas the primary means of formative assessment for a large (120+ student) laboratory course. Thisoption has two distinct advantages over traditional instructor (or TA) driven feedback. First, from apractical standpoint, peer feedback leverages the size of the cohort to accomplish a time-intensivetask. Each student evaluates 3-4 papers rather than the instructor (or TA) having to evaluate overone hundred. More importantly, however, engaging the students in the review
processes and principles. The lab can be mapped to several ABET studentoutcomes.References[1] L. Lee and T. Ceylan, An Active Learning Mode for Laboratory Education, ASEE Annual ConferenceProceedings, Washington, DC, June 1996.[2] “ASME Vision 2030: Creating the Future of Mechanical Engineering Education,” Executive Summary, ASMEBoard on Education, go.asme.org/v2030, September 2012.[3] Jiang, J. “Millennials stand out for their technology use, but older generations also embrace digital life,” PewResearch Center, http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/02/millennials-stand-out-for-their-technology-use-but-older-generations-also-embrace-digital-life/, Accessed 3 Febraury 2019.[4] A. Litten and B. Lindsay, “Teaching and learning from Generation Y
Paper ID #25173A Life of a Lab from Need to Retirement: A Case Study in AutomationDr. Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University (1984), the M.S. in electrical engineering (1988), the M.S. in industrial engineering (1992), and the Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Ohio State University (2000). He is currently a Professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo teaching robotics and automation courses. Dr. Jaksic has over 80 publications and holds two patents. Dr. Jaksic’s interests include robotics, automation
learning of classroom concepts. This study did not control the tutorial instructionthat students received, so different tutorial instructors could have affected the exchange ofknowledge between the classroom and laboratory. However, the techniques used in this studycould be used to prompt reflection on in-class concepts that appear in a lab. This could be a greatopportunity to improve student learning.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the Claremont Center for Teaching and Learning.REFERENCES[1] L. B. Buck, S. L. Bretz, and M. H. Towns, “Characterizing the Level of Inquiry in the Undergraduate Laboratory,” Res. Teach., p. 7.[2] A. M. Schoffstall and B. A. Gaddis, “Incorporating Guided-Inquiry Learning into the Organic Chemistry
does Litzinger’s survey of professionals’ definitions ofexpertise [3]. The training of the graduate teaching assistants who commonly staff labs is aconcern for laboratory courses from [4, 5], and Nikolic’s approach to resolving problems in alaboratory course indicates that for many programs the design of the laboratory course—even ifflawed—may be so hard to change that programs consider investing in staff members simply tosolve problems [6]. Alternatively, numerous recent publications have made it clear that e-learning—both as remote labs and as virtual labs—is under consideration to solve the numerousproblems raised by laboratory courses in the engineering and natural sciences. [7-11]To understand laboratory courses, it is helpful to examine
deflection of the member and therefore failure. Thisstructural failure is known as buckling and might happen even if the compressive strength of thematerial is larger than applied compressive force. Euler in 1757 developed a mathematical modelfor maximum buckling capacity of a member. He presented the maximum load that a membercan carry before failure due to buckling as a function of the length, moment of inertia of thecross section, modulus of elasticity of material and the fixity conditions of the member. Mostly,civil engineering students learn about the theory of buckling in the spring of their sophomoreyear in a Statics II course. Static II is combined with a two-hour weekly laboratory session. Inthis laboratory course different modes of failure
tailored to anindividual’s need. The focus of this paper is to investigate such personalized learning andengagement within a cyberlearning system developed in the context of environmental monitoringto promote technology-enhanced laboratory instruction.Cyberlearning systems are an innovative learning technology using networked computing alongwith communication technology to support teaching and learning [6], [7]. Diverse studentpopulation can access its learning resources regardless of their proximity to traditional classroomspaces. It also offers the affordance to develop personalized learning spaces where learners canbe uniquely identified and their progress can be digitally traced [8]. Cyberlearning systems,including remote labs, virtual labs
Paper ID #27759Integration of 3-D Printed Drone Project in General Engineering CurriculumGavin Garrett Tipker, Indiana University Purdue University, IndianapolisMr. Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and has taught at several other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles and 3D printed plastics and metals. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place
Paper ID #24973A Cost-effective Laboratory Setup for Engine and Chassis-DynamometerDr. Pavan Karra, Trine University Pavan Karra is Associate Professor at Trine University where he teaches in the field of Dynamics and Controls. He can be reached at karrap@trine.edu.Mr. Olli Jansson, Trine University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 1A cost-effective laboratory setup for Engine and Chassis-DynamometerAbstract:Trine University’s Mechanical Engineering program has seen frequent requests in
very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and his research interests include manufacturing laboratory pedagogy and writing pedagogy.Dr. Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Riley has been teaching mechanics concepts for over 10 years and has been honored with both the ASCE ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Award (2012) and the Beer and Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award (2013). While he teaches freshman to graduate- level courses across the civil engineering curriculum, his focus is on engineering mechanics. He has served in leadership positions in the ASEE Civil Engineering Division.Dr. Ken Lulay P.E., University of Portland
historically emphasized measurement. One effort is to utilize a first-semester “gateway” class to introduce measurement concepts as a way to foster furthermeasurement emphasis throughout the curriculum. The organization is using modernizedteaching methods that are “research-proven, state-of-the-art teaching methods that are different,fun, challenging and more effective.” This gateway class attempts to integrate nearly all facets ofthe measurement lab into the learn-by-doing activities to provide a fun, unparalleled experiencefor the first-time students. Activities in the class include micrometer calibration using gaugeblocks, a study of springs using a height gauge and mass standards, pressure and forcemeasurements of footballs, load-displacement
systems," in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015.[7] S. A. Filippov and A. L. Fradkov, "Cyber-physical laboratory based on LEGO Mindstorms NXT - first steps," in 2009 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, 2009.[8] T. L. A. Crenshaw, "Using Robots and Contract Learning to Teach Cyber-Physical Systems to Undergraduates," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 56, pp. 116-120, 2 2013.[9] N. K. Kim, "Process Control Laboratory Experiments Using LabVIEW," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposi_, 2001.[10] S. Ang and R. D. Braatz, "Experimental projects for the process control laboratory," Chemical Enginering Education, pp. 182-187, 2002.[11] C. E
Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at California State University, Chico since 2015, teaching Digital Logic Design, Linear Circuits, Electromagnetics, and High Frequency Design Techniques. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integrating Theory and Hands-On Experimentation in RF Distributed-Element Filter DesignAbstractWhen a graduate-level course in high-frequency circuit design was taught in previous semestersat California State University (CSU), Chico, there were no laboratory sessions or projects thatallowed students the opportunity to design physical circuit prototypes or gain experience withinstruments and measurement techniques in the radio-frequency (RF
. He is also active in course and curriculum development. He is a Fellow of the ASME.Dr. James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology Prof. Craig has been on the faculty at Georgia Tech for more than fifty years and continues to teach as an emeritus professor and to develop classroom engagement methods and tools. His past research is in the general area of experimental structural mechanics, dynamics and structural control with applications to aerospace and earthquake engineering. He is coauthor of a textbook on structural analysis with application to aerospace structures.Dr. Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Bonnie Ferri is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering as
Corporation, Manager of Electro-Optics at Ipitek Corporation where he developed early fiber optic CATV systems. Dr. Kim has worked at a number of start-up companies in fiber optic transmission including All Optical Networks, and Lightwave Solutions in San Diego. He joined the University of San Diego Department of Electrical Engineering in 1990. Dr. Kim is a licensed Professional Engineer (EE), and regularly teaches FE and PE exam review courses.Dr. Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego Thomas F. Schubert, Jr. received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He is currently a Professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego
Wireless Communication.Dr. Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University Faruk Yildiz is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State Uni- versity. His primary teaching areas are in Electronics, Computer Aided Design (CAD), and Alternative Energy Systems. Research interests include: low power energy harvesting systems, renewable energy technologies and education.Mr. Andres Aguirre Jr.Kali Johnson, Sam Houston State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Ultrasonic Alarm GloveAbstractThis paper presents the design of an Ultrasonic Alarm Glove for visually impaired individuals that a group ofEngineering
- prised of four programs that immerse K12 students in hands-on, authentic engineering design experiences (cooper.edu/stem). George has been involved in undergraduate motorsports since his college days and has been advising the Cooper Motorsports FSAE Team since 2005 (fsae.cooper.edu). He teaches undergrad- uate design, thermodynamics, and engineering experimentation and is the faculty adviser of the Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Measuring the Traction Limits and Suspension Forces of a Formula SAE RacecarAbstractIntercollegiate competitions have established themselves as authentic engineering experiences asboth
Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2011 at the University of Virginia. His current research interests include machine learning, embedded systems, electrical power systems, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 BYOE: Simple Techniques for Visualizing Instrumentation Amplifier OperationPresenter information:The author of this Bring Your Own Experiment paper welcomes the opportunity to collaborateon the development of courseware related to undergraduate laboratories for electrical andcomputer engineering. Design files and printed circuit fabrication information for theseexperimental setups are open-source and available from the
Paper ID #25686BYOE: Improving Experience with a Metal Detector Project for Electromag-neticsDr. Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College Dr. Underwood received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) in 1989, and has been a faculty member of the engineering Department at Messiah College since 1992. Besides teaching Circuits, Electromagnetics, and Communications Systems, he su- pervises engineering students in the Communications Technology Group on credited work in the Inte- grated Projects Curriculum (IPC) of the Engineering Department, and those who participate voluntarily