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Adaptation of Laboratory-based Courses During a Pandemic: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University; Chris Venters, East Carolina University; Nic Herndon; Melinda T. Doty, East Carolina University

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(e.g., student clubs/orgs). It also impaired essential hands-on learningbecause students were no longer able to access facilities and equipment required to conductexperiments, make observations and collect data [2].Even for those who were comfortable with online teaching, difficulties do not stop there. In the ruralarea, one could not assume reliable internet access was always guaranteed to everybody. Lecturescould be interrupted because of lost WIFI connections. Students might not finish an exam due to poweroutrage. All these technical hardships not only impaired learning, but also increased faculty workloadand caused academic integrity issues [3].Planning for Fall 2020- The (Limited) Return to CampusThe university valued the importance of

Conference Session

Assessment in Laboratory and Project-based Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology; José M. Reyes Álamo, New York City College of Technology; Yu Wang, New York City College of Technology

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threeoptions are briefly described below.Option 1: Map Building & Path Planning of an Autonomous Mobile RobotThis option is an extension of Project 1 on Autonomous Mobile Robots. Project 1 is regarding path planningand waypoint navigation of a robot working in a completely known environment, i.e., all objects and theirpositions are known beforehand. The robot will find an obstacle-free path from its current position to aspecified goal location and then follow the path, as shown in Fig. 1 (c) and (d). As an extension, the objects’positions are assumed to be unknown. This requires the robot to first detect the positions of the unknownobjects using its onboard range sensors; determine the number of objects by applying certain clusteringalgorithm; and

Conference Session

Adaptation of Laboratory-based Courses During a Pandemic: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mohamed A. S. Zaghloul, University of Pittsburgh; Amr Hassan, University of Pittsburgh; Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh

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levels towards remotelabs, and b) students’ preferences after experiencing the remote labs.3.3. Students’ preferences: In-person vs. Remote labsAs shown in Fig. 2-b, the survey results clearly show that students prefer in-person laboratories toremote ones. Seventy-eight students favored the in-person labs, while only six preferred theremote-lab experience. Eleven students were unbiased to either lab styles. However, most studentswere determined to continue with their study plans, undeterred by the pandemic, as only fourstudents had expressed their desire to have deferred the labs until in-person labs are resumed.3.4. Student’s feedback and suggestionsIn the last survey question, the students were asked to provide suggestions on which aspects of

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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Nathan L. Anderson, California State University, Chico; Tiffani Anderson, California State University, Chico

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laboratoryactivities are very useful, and second, additional student feedback mechanisms, other than gradedlaboratory reports, such as quizzes and poll questions are also really helpful. While thesestatements may seem obvious, this work provides data that in support of them. Future workinvolves a performance analysis via earned grades and correlating this data with the survey results.The authors also plan to continue gathering data and incorporate additional engagementmechanisms into the online laboratory that students can assess in future surveys.References1. T.A. Ghebreyesus. WHO Director‐General's opening remarks at the media briefing onCOVID‐19. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who‐director‐general‐s‐opening‐remarks‐at‐the‐media‐briefing‐on‐covid‐19

Conference Session

Bring Your Own Experiment: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack, Western Carolina University; Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Hayrettin B. Karayaka, Western Carolina University

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, capacitors, LEDs, pushbuttons, a few diodes,transistors, sensors, chips, a breadboard, and a wiring kit. Many starter kits on the market do notinclude inductors, and it is recommended that one or two inductors are added to such boxed kits.Each course differs in its lab planning, so beyond the purchased kits mentioned above, someinstructors would prepare the extra parts in a small bag, while other instructors would build anextra lab kit in a case. Using such extra lab parts, the students did not have to pick up the parts atthe beginning of each lab. This practice was not only sanitary but also timesaving. Theassociated challenge, of course, is that the instructors need to decide which components to use inthese labs before the semester starts.The

Conference Session

Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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Lamyaa El-Gabry, Princeton University

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becauseyou can ask in lab what to do and so it was an extra class that students thought they could dowithout. Attempts to reduce the number of lab lectures were equally unsuccessful and the lablecture has evolved to include review of common mistakes and how-to sessions rather than simplyan introduction to the experiment.Table 4 Lab evaluation from mid-semester surveyLab course evaluation 1 2 3 4 5 SD D N A SA AverageLearning objectives were clear 1 4 21 8 4.0Course content was organized and well planned 1 3 4 16 10 3.9Course workload

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Raluca Ilie, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Eric Shaffer, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Cynthia Marie D'Angelo, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Daniel Cermak, Illinois Informatics; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ; Mei-Yun Lin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Hsinju Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Design straints pertaining to the specific laboratory exercise. • The team documents the plan and the lab design, as well as the assessment task that is aligned with the lab’s in- struction. • The team designs the environment (the world) the player (user) will experience. Experience • Foundational elements, such as ways of navigation, key X Design actions in the experience, are defined. • Key considerations are given for the user experience, the user types, and relevant immersion elements. • The experiences for the E&M course are

Conference Session

Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

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energy balances for open and closed systems.This lab was found to be highly confusing and frustrating by the students compared to theprevious experiment. Some of this was due to the lab instructions, which had to be revised mid-term when it became apparent that the initial plan for data gathering was not going to work withthe originally planned Arduino circuit. Additionally, it was difficult to get accurate data todetermine heat transfer coefficient given the limitations of the equipment, particularly for the athome students. However, it was gratifying to notice that this lab had the second highest recordedpercentage of students who found it interesting and engaging for all the terms recorded. Heat Transfer/Thermo

Conference Session

Adaptation of Laboratory-based Courses During a Pandemic: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Ardeshir Raihanian Mashhadi, University at Buffalo; Tracy L. Mallette, University of New Mexico; Andrew P. Shreve, University of New Mexico

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riskier or more time-intensive or expensive experimental situations.We certainly see value in the rich interactions that can occur in face-to-face experiments, and ourresults suggest future studies could investigate combinations of simulations and experiments. Forinstance, in future versions, we plan to study whether the simulations are more helpful as pre-labor post-lab activities that deliberately complement and extend the face-to-face experiments byexpanding the opportunity structure, providing them with greater agency to make decisions thatare consequential to their experimentation and interpretation, and attendant learning.Our study extends prior work on framing agency [17], suggesting that it is not bound only toengineering design settings

Conference Session

Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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John Whitefoot, University of Pittsburgh; Jeffrey S. Vipperman, University of Pittsburgh

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ActiveExperimentation and Concrete Experience [2]. Also, developing and conducting experimentsare part of the ABET accreditation outcomes, which can most effectively be addressed throughdirect, hands-on experimentation [3]. Furthermore, some research has shown that online-onlycourses can suffer from a lack of application-based learning, particularly for laboratory skills [4].In the Summer term of 2020 at The University of Pittsburgh, Mechanical Measurements 2, asenior-level undergraduate mechanical engineering course focusing on experimental methodsand data analysis, was taught fully online instead of in-person. The goals of this course are toteach students about ABET outcomes 1-3, 5, and 6: experimental planning and design,interpreting data by selecting

Conference Session

Developing Teamwork, Student Attitudes, and Hardware Solutions for Laboratory Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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Jill Johnson P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Brian Lani, Pennsylvania State University

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accommodate projects with local industry partners inaddition to student prints. Projects with industry partners were given top priority, which meantthat sometimes students had to wait weeks to get a part printed, and sometimes it was difficult orimpossible for the students to find a time to meet with the staff at Innovation Commons toobserve the setup of their designs and ask questions about the machines. The development ofthis course was planned in conjunction with the staff at Innovation Commons; however, theincreased workload on their staff and the increased usage of their machines quicky becauseburdensome. This format was also incredibly time consuming for the instructors running thecourse. The instructors found themselves spending many hours in

Conference Session

Adaptation of Laboratory-based Courses During a Pandemic: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maria Javaid, Indiana State University; Edie L. Wittenmyer, Indiana State University; Oscar Henriquez, Indiana State University; Larry D. Pritchett, Indiana State University

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performedbetween Fall 2020 and Fall 2019 class.Conclusions and DiscussionsThe data from laboratory courses taught during Fall 2020 by various instructors of Indiana StateUniversity indicate two main points. 1. During pandemic (Fall 2020), instructors have successfully adapted the laboratory courses to conduct almost all the laboratory experiments as conducted pre-pandemic. 2. The comparison of grades for laboratory course taught pre-pandemic (Fall 2019) and post-pandemic (Fall 2020) also indicates that the student performance for these courses has not been affect during a planned semester while observing the precautions for pandemic.Other observations of this data are: • Indiana State University has small class sizes which

Conference Session

Bring Your Own Experiment: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mark Trudgen, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Georgia

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students’ feedback and future work, it is noteworthy that we plan to expand theSTAND’s use in the sensor courses (and beyond where applicable). This further developmentand use expansion will take the latest student feedback and the lecturer’s personal impressioninto account, so a more in-depth analysis is to come. For this BYOE paper, we will share someselected student comments. Most of the students' comments refer to both using the STAND andperforming the same laboratory in a hands-on setting: “I believe I learned a lot more in the hands-on mode than I did in the remote setup regardingthermistors and circuit building. However, I learned a lot about Simulink and how it works in theremote lab. Switching between the two was only difficult due to

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Parisa Shokouhi, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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test and interpreting the results.Importantly, the course is delivered virtually, which makes the implementation very differentfrom that in an in-person classroom setting. This paper provides a detailed discussion of the virtual laboratory modules added to‘Nondestructive Evaluation of Flaws’. In addition, we report how the changes impacted thestudent learning in Fall 2020 compared to Fall 2019, when the delivery was strictly lecture-based. Finally, we discuss ‘lessons learned’ and modifications planned for the next offerings ofthis class. Our overall assessment results indicate a positive impact of the virtual laboratories on

Conference Session

Developing Teamwork, Student Attitudes, and Hardware Solutions for Laboratory Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia

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students. This is followed by an overview of the experiments involved andhow these activities were managed between both in person and remote students. Metrics fromeach type of team are assessed to include performance on individual and team assignments andpeer evaluations. Finally, the paper summarizes lessons learned and makes some recommendationsapplicable to lab courses in general.Engineering a Hybrid Model as Solution to PandemicPrior to bringing students back for Fall 2021, the university issued guidance to faculty that includedtwo principles: (1) deliver the mission and (2) take necessary measures to promote the healthand safety of all concerned [2]. This meant proceeding with plans to deliver the Thermal Fluidscourse to 131 third year

Conference Session

Bring Your Own Experiment: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kerri Anne Thornton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Maqsood Ali Mughal, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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well-thought setup with calibrated sensors, such that, the data acquired by the students could serve asmodel data.The current pilot study has some limitations. The survey results included responses from only asubset of the entire student body in the course. Therefore, the results could include bias, and theyshould only be considered as providing emergent themes to suggest further study. We plan tocontinue to assess the utility and feasibility of the course design and further determine the impacton students in future research.CONCLUSIONSThis study was a first trial of an IoT powered student activity for engineering experimentation atour institution. The learning outcomes were relatively low level and only included the use oftools rather than

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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convenient access to prototyping until they are able to access their physical Arduinokit. Using a virtual tool to work on the functional electronics portion of a team design projectallows multiple team members to see and experiment collaboratively with the sensors, actuators,and code, without having to be in the same physical space sharing and re-writing a physical kit.The use of the virtual tool proved useful in team collaboration in the design and planning stagesof team prototyping. Typical student responses to the open ended question that conveyed theconvenience and team collaboration factors include:“I liked having this as an option in case I was studying or doing work somewhere where it wouldbe inconvenient to carry around my whole Arduino kit

Conference Session

Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Valerie B. Smedile Rifkin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kimberly Lechasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Caitlin A. Keller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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] In the earlystages of course planning we developed clearly defined learning outcomes that allowed usto determine the skills and competencies that students would achieve by the end of thecourse. Crafting specific and measurable learning outcomes ensured that the coursecontent aligned with and supported the learning goals of the students. The next step in the course development process was to determine how we would measurethe students’ progress and performance. The learning outcomes for the course are highly focusedon developing skills and proficiencies in engineering experimentation. We determinedthat authentic assessments would be the most appropriate means to measure students’achievement of the learning outcomes. For each of the 6 course

Conference Session

Developing Teamwork, Student Attitudes, and Hardware Solutions for Laboratory Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Erin A. Henslee, Wake Forest University; Kyle Luthy; William N. Crowe; Lindsey J. Gray, Wake Forest University

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aspects of the course, providing a framework for any future instructor.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank Wake Forest University’s Center for Advancement of Teaching(CAT) for financially supporting the summer course development as well as CAT’s Dr. KristiVerbeke and Dr. Anita McCauley for overseeing the course development activities and providingclassroom observations respectively.Survey QuestionsModule Reflection SurveyQuestion 1. How well did your team follow through on your original plan of action? Whatchanged and why?Question 2. For each team member (including yourself) justify the score you assigned. Listcontributions, comment on effort and attentiveness, or describe anything else you feel helpsscoring.Question 3. Reflect

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Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Mehdi Shokouhian, Morgan State University; Oludayo Samuel Alamu, Morgan State University; Seong W. Lee, Morgan State University; Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein P.E., Morgan State University; Adedayo Ariyibi, Morgan State University; Hye Jeong Lee, Morgan State University; Krishna Bista, Morgan State University; Mulugeta T. Dugda, Morgan State University; Sotonye Ikiriko, Morgan State University; Celeste Chavis P.E., Morgan State University

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, structural mechanics, sustainable infrastructure development, and material model development. He had been actively involved in planning, designing, supervising, and constructing many civil engineering projects, such as roads, storm drain systems, a $70 million water supply scheme which is comprised of treatment works, hydraulic mains, access roads, and auxiliary civil works. He had developed and opti- mized many highway design schemes and models. For example, his portfolio includes a cost-effective pavement design procedure based on a mechanistic approach, in contrast to popular empirical procedures. In addition, he had been equally engaged in the study of capacity loss and maintenance implications of local and state