analytical, computational, and/or experimental. The creation of the online course from the existing in-person, on-site course afforded anopportunity to take advantage of reconsidering the delivery of both the theoretical content andthe practical hands-on component. The conversion of an in-person course to an onlineasynchronous course requires more than simply capturing in-class video and making it available.For the Anytime-Anywhere Engineering Experimentation course, we used a learner-centeredapproach to course design. We employed a backwards design model in the creation of the coursecontent. Wiggins and McTighe describe backwards design as “an approach to designing acurriculum … that begins with the end in mind and designs towards that end”.[8
communicating the findings of theirresearch [15]. For instance, in the context of a design course, students were presented with ill-structured, real-world problems such as from Engineers Without Borders. They appliedpreviously learned engineering knowledge to analyze and develop solution for design problemsand presented these solutions in various forms (technical lab report, proposal, and oralpresentations). The authenticity of the problem engaged students to address a specific audiencewith a clear objective in mind, and students viewed the instructor only as a secondary audience.In the absence of such authenticity—a common issue in technical laboratory courses where thesame experiment is typically recycled year after year, albeit with variants—it can
Paper ID #22024No-cost Implementation of Electronic Lab Notebooks in an Intro Engineer-ing Design CourseDr. Daisuke Aoyagi, California State University, Chico Daisuke Aoyagi received a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from University of California, Irvine. He worked as a research engineer at Los Amigos Research and Education Institute in Downey, Cali- fornia. He is an assistant professor in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Sustainable Manufacturing at California State University, Chico. His
Paper ID #22588Designing a Sustainable Large-scale Project-based Learning (PBL) Experi-ence for Juniors in Electrical and Computer EngineeringProf. Stephen Schultz, Brigham Young University Stephen M. Schultz has received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, in 1992 and 1994, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, in 1999. He worked at Raytheon Missile Systems from 1999-2001. He has taught at Brigham Young University since 2002 and is currently a Full Professor. He has authored or coauthored over
Paper ID #29040Perspectives and practices of undergraduate/graduate teaching assistantson writing pedagogical knowledge and lab report evaluation inengineering laboratory coursesDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is Associate Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has been very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and his research interests include writing transfer of engineering students and writing pedagogy in engineering lab courses. His
Paper ID #34426Lab Every Day!! Lab Every Day?? *&%#ing Lab Every Day!? ExaminingStudent Attitudes in a Core Engineering Course Using Hands-on LearningEvery Day of ClassDr. Erin A. Henslee, Wake Forest University Dr. Erin Henslee is a Founding Faculty and Assistant Professor of Engineering at Wake Forest University. Her research spans biomedical engineering, e-sports, and STEM education. Prior to joining Wake Forest she was a Researcher Development Officer at the University of Surrey where she supported Early Career Researchers. She received her BS degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Mathematics from Virginia
regards many educators have developed project-based learning exercises in engineering and other courses so that the students will learn by doing.Project-based learning motivates the learners and provides “hands-on” and “minds-on” training.A laboratory-based civil engineering course in Computer Aided Structural Analysis Design andExperimentation is redesigned using Fink’s Taxonomy of significant learning with learning goalsand several dimensions from foundational knowledge, application, integration, human dimension,caring and learning how to learn. In this respect, e-Learning plays a critical role in knowledge andskills development as well as course management. Learning Management System Moodle is usedas an e-Learning tool for communication with
Paper ID #21967Field Investigations: An Overlooked Form of Laboratory ExperienceProf. David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology Dr. Radcliffe’s research focuses on the nature of engineering; engineering habits of mind, how engineering knowledge is created and shared and how it is learned especially outside the classroom. Over the past 30 years, he has conducted field research on the practice of engineering design, new product development and innovation in variety of industries, in large and small firms with an emphasis on design thinking, most recently in relation to sustainability. He also studies
Paper ID #26013Digilent Analog Discovery and Bench-top Instruments: A ComparisonDr. Shaghayegh Abbasi, University of San Diego Shaghayegh Abbasi received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Washington in 2011. In her thesis, titled ’Integrating top-down and bottom-up nanomanufacturing: Controlling the growth and composition of seeded nanostructures’, an innovative nanomanufacturing method is explored and optimized. Upon graduation, she started her career as Senior System Design Engineer at Lumedyne Technologies. She worked on design, simulation, and testing of a Time Domain Switched (TDS) ac
Paper ID #28742Composite Materials Courses in ColombiaIng. Esteban Maya, Universidad del Valle Esteban Maya Mu˜noz. Mechanical Engineer with a Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Universidad del Valle, has focused his research work on propulsion systems, particularly in topics related to hybrid rocket engines combustion and numerical simulation. However, structural analysis has been also part of his professional development as an engineer and the application of composites to structures has open his mind to new frontiers showing his ability to adapt to different branches of applied engineering. Actually
human challenges.1 Engineering schools that are embedded within liberal artsschools, such as ours, are uniquely suited for such education. In addition, schools that havestrong research faculty can enable an additional component where students and curriculumare informed by research methodologies as well as advancements in science andengineering, thus creating a mind set for innovation and critical inquiry.In this paper we present two cases of comprehensive summer programs where studentsworked in teams on research-oriented projects. The teams are composed of internationalstudents and worked with a clear objective to learn and contribute in creating new devicesthat may advance state of the arts within a social and economic context. The topics of
Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Session 10806[11] A. Guerra, R. Ulseth, and A. Kolmos, PBL in Engineering Education: International Perspectives on Curriculum Change, Sense Publishers, Springer, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2017.[12] J. E. Mills and D. F. Treagust, “Engineering Education – Is Problem-Based or Project-Based Learning the Answer,” Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, The Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Inc., pp. 2 – 16, 2003.[13] L.S. Vigotsky, Thought and language, Cambridge, MA: M.I.T Press, 1962.[14] L.S. Vigotsky, Mind in society, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978.[15] A. Kozulin, “Vygotsky’s theory in the
Education: International Perspectives on Curriculum Change, Sense Publishers, Springer, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2017.[12] J. E. Mills and D. F. Treagust, “Engineering Education – Is Problem-Based or Project-Based Learning the Answer,” Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, The Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Inc., pp. 2 – 16, 2003.[13] L.S. Vigotsky, Thought and language, Cambridge, MA: M.I.T Press, 1962.[14] L.S. Vigotsky, Mind in society, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978.[15] A. Kozulin, “Vygotsky’s theory in the classroom: Introduction,” European Journal of Psychology Education, Vol. XIX, No.1, pp. 3 – 7, 2004.[16] W. Damon, “Peer Education: The Untapped Potential
Paper ID #31352An Improved Design for a Viscometer ApparatusMr. Joseph Michael Derrick, IUPUI I am currently a model-based development engineer at Carrier specializing in dynamic modeling. My main responsibility is the development of system level models of HVAC products to be used in control verification. Additionally, I assist design engineers through the design optimization process of their prod- uct. I have also played a support role in the VMEA process using developed product models. I am currently pursuing my PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University in Indianapolis. My area of research is in the
Paper ID #33263BYOE: Individual Lab Kit Options for Analog and Digital CircuitsSuitable for In-class or At-home ExperimentsDr. Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University Yanjun Yan is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. Her research interests include engineering education, swarm robotics, statistical signal processing, and swarm intelligence.Dr. Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University Dr. Adams is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western Carolina University. His research interests include in digital image processing, biomedical signal processing and
Paper ID #30345A Reproducible Solution for Implementing Online Laboratory Systemsthrough Inexpensive & Open-source TechnologyDr. Philip Jackson, University of Florida Dr. Philip B. Jackson earned B.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, all from the University of Florida. He is currently a faculty member at the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education at the University of Florida. There he specializes in implementing innovative methods of instruction in undergraduate courses on dynamics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. His
conceptual understanding through those means alone may be limited. For example, evenwhen students complete pre-laboratory assignments to prepare for cookbook lab sessions, theselab exercises do not necessarily improve student learning in corresponding lecture-based courses[6], [7].Numerous authors discuss the potential merits of inquiry-based learning (hereafter IBL) as analternative to cookbook approaches to instructional laboratories, e.g. [2], [3], [8]. In a recentliterature review, Pedaste and colleagues [8] identified and summarized the core features of IBL.In general, student experiences mirror one or more steps of the scientific method and/ordisciplinary habits of mind of scientists or engineers: (1) articulating testable questions
in the lab).It should be noted that the above conditions are not meant to, and should not, compromise thelearning value of the experiment and the hands-on experience of the students. In this article, adesign for a heat transfer experiment is described with the above points in mind. The experimenttargets the thermal lumped system analysis, which is typically covered in the heat transfer courseundergraduate mechanical engineering students are required to take. The lumped systemanalysis allows determination of the transient response of a thermal system undergoing coolingor heating from a given starting temperature. The paper also assesses the attitudes of studentsand their reactions to the experiment.Design and Description of Experimental Set
Paper ID #26099Standard-based Grading In Introductory Physics Laboratory CoursesDr. Yan Wu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Yan Wu graduated from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Precision Instruments and a minor in Electronics and Computer Technology. She received her M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in 1998. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 2005. Her Ph.D. thesis work was in the area of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) with a focus on effect of space charges on micro
Paper ID #25845Relating Level of Inquiry in Laboratory Instructions to Student LearningOutcomesSpencer Rosen, Harvey Mudd College Spencer Rosen is a student at Harvey Mudd College pursuing a BS in Engineering with an emphasis on Electrical and Computer Engineering. He expects to graduate in May of 2020.Sabrine Griffith, Harvey Mudd College Sabrine Griffith is pursuing a BS in Engineering with a focus on Biomedical Devices Engineering at Harvey Mudd College and a BS at Claremont McKenna College in Economics. She expects to graduate with these two degrees in May of 2020.Eli Byrnes, Harvey Mudd College Eli Byrnes is a
taken to teach students about the various tools and supplies through traditionallecture methods. Unfortunately, these models tend to compartmentalize topics within students’ minds whichcan be especially problematic in the context of Bioengineering or Biomedical Engineering(hereafter referred to as Bioengineering). Bioengineering programs tend to be extremely broad,encompassing chemical, electrical, material science, and mechanical engineering elements, aswell as computer science. Oftentimes, students take lab classes, for example related to molecularbiology, in a specific lab meant only for that area of study. A different lab class dealing with adifferent field would then be done in a different lab. The challenge with these models is
Paper ID #30180BYOE: Microelectronic Non-Idealities Laboratory ExplorationsMr. Kip D. Coonley, Duke University Kip D. Coonley received the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and the B.S. degree in Physics from Bates College, Lewiston, ME. Following graduation from Dartmouth, he developed electronically controlled dimmers for fluorescent and incandescent lamps at Lutron Elec- tronics, Coopersburg, PA. From 2001 to 2005, he was a Research Engineer at RTI International, where he designed high-efficiency thermoelectrics using epitaxially grown superlattice thin-film structures. Since
Paper ID #32979Participation and Learning in Labs Before and During a PandemicMs. Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New MexicoDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological En- gineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was
Paper ID #34627Development of an Additive Manufacturing Laboratory Course with theAbility to Accommodate Asynchronous StudentsProf. Jill Johnson P.E., Pennsylvania State University Jill Johnson is an instructor in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Behrend. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Penn State Behrend in 2003 and her master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State University in 2009. Jill is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Jill joined the Behrend faculty full time in 2015, but she has been an adjunct at Penn State Behrend in the past. She
components and materials 5. Connect with subject material of other core electrical engineering coursesOf these five criteria, the first three help support learning objectives of EMAG, and the fourthenables it to stay within a reasonable budget for a non-lab course; the second and third criteriaalso help satisfy a student clientele including both upper-class engineering and physics majors.The engineering majors typically want a course to provide opportunities for and insights ondesigning practical applications, while the physics majors, although they don’t mind the practicalorientation, like to practice the scientific method. The fifth criterion serves to illustrate theintegrated interdisciplinary nature of technology, realistically cutting
Paper ID #32454Work in Progress: Combining At-home and On-campus Students in aMeasurements and Analysis Lab CourseDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor and the Lab Director of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Her research interests include lab design, lab pedagogy and capstone design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Combining at-home and on-campus students in a Measurements and Analysis Lab CourseThe global pandemic has forced many universities to adopt an online or
Paper ID #21219A Cost-effective Laboratory Setup for Teaching System Dynamics and Con-trolsDr. Pavan K. 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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A cost-effective laboratory setup for teaching system dynamics and controls Karra, Pavan, Trine UniversityAbstractSystem Dynamics and Controls class at Trine University had been handicapped by lack ofequipment for
and Physics), and an MEd (Educational Technology and Design). He is passionate about teaching and has a variety of research interests around the central theme of enhancing teaching and learning. He has worked, presented, and published on research in the fields of STEM education, educational technology, virtual reality, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and others.Dr. Sean Maw P.Eng., University of Saskatchewan Dr. Maw currently holds the Huff Chair in Innovative Teaching in the College of Engineering at the Uni- versity of Saskatchewan. In this capacity, his work focuses on learning facilitation methods especially as they pertain to engineering design. He earned his BASc and MASc degrees in Systems Design Engi