Paper ID #17762MAKER: Generations of NC Machining through Laboratory WorkDr. Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University Dr Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan – Siva is a Srilankan by birth and a citizen of the United Kingdom. His experience in Sri-lanka started with an year’s post-graduate apprenticeship in the manufacturing shops of the Government Railway and nine years in the Cement Industry. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from University of Srilanka, and obtained his Masters from the University of Aston and PhD from City University of London, both in the UK. He started his career in the UK as the
Paper ID #19783Development of Hands-on Laboratory Resources for Manufacturing Engi-neeringProf. Daniel Cox, Georgia Southern University Daniel J. Cox received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992 in mechanical engineering and his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees also in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida in 1981 and 1979, respectively. He worked in industry for sixteen years for IBM at their facilities in Boulder, Colorado and Austin, Texas in robotics and automation for manufacturing. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of North Florida in 2001, he was also program manager
Paper ID #19171MAKER: Taking Soft Robotics from the Laboratory to the ClassroomMr. Andrew Jackson, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Andrew Jackson is currently pursuing a PhD in Technology through Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute, with an emphasis on Engineering and Technology Teacher Education. His research interests are engineering self-efficacy, motivation, and decision making. Andrew is the recipient of a 2015 Ross Fellowship from Purdue University and has been recognized as a 21st Century Fellow by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association. He completed his Master of Science in Technology Leadership
Paper ID #19962Internet of Things: Remote Integrated Laboratory Activities in Green En-ergy Manufacturing and Energy Management Learning Modules: Heat Ex-changers Efficiency, the Design PerspectiveDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Irina Ciobanescu Husanu, Ph. D. is Assistant Clinical Professor with Drexel University, Engineer- ing Technology program. Her area of expertise is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro- combustion, fuel cells, green fuels and plasma assisted combustion. She has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis
, implementation of Autodesk MoldflowTM as an instructional tool forpromoting a dynamic interactive classroom environment and providing seamless integration ofclassroom activities such as traditional classroom teaching, computer simulation ofmanufacturing process, and actual physical laboratory experience related with the process. In thatregard, Autodesk MoldflowTM is used as one of the tools that would be used for promotingpositive outcomes associated with the student learning. Autodesk MoldflowTM is used formodeling and simulating of the plastic injection molding process. During computer simulationlaboratories, specific examples of Autodesk MoldflowTM is introduced for providing ideas tostudents on how the manufacturing process would be improved by
Paper ID #20504MAKER: Using 3D Printed Experimental Design and Measurement of Inter-nal and External Flow Convection Coefficient Using 3D Printed GeometriesMr. 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 teaches part-time at two other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean
manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration.Dr. Hugh Jack P.E., Western Carolina University Dr. Jack is not an author. This abstract has been uploaded on behalf of the author. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Maker: Design and Evaluation of Automated System Modules for PortableProgrammable Logic Controller (PLC) Kit for Industrial Automation and ControlEducationAbstractAutomation impacts our daily lives in many areas. Automated doors, elevators, coffee makers, airconditioners, and copy machines all have
Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech University. He is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant in the additive manufacturing laboratory under Dr. Fidan. Nick is the student trustee on the Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees and is formally the Tennessee Board of Regents Student Regent. He is also the recipient of the 2017 Rising Renaissance Engineer Spectrum Award. Nick enjoys spending time with his family and trading stocks in his free time.Mr. James Reed Rust, Tennessee Technological University Mr. Reed Rust is a senior in Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Tennessee Tech University. He is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant in the additive manufacturing laboratory under Dr
canbenefit from the laboratory experience in applications of mechatronics, robotics, and rapid prototyping.As well as helping in the teaching of various courses, such experience benefits students who are pursuingdegrees in the engineering field. Students in the Mechanical, Electrical, and Industrial fields along withmany others can learn many new skills from multi-disciplinary projects such as the rapid prototype designof consumer products, a walking robot or various designs related to capstone senior design projects3, 4.Such projects show students how to use different types of technology, and demonstrate how advancedtechnology can be used in an actual application. Overall, many different fields of engineering can benefitfrom this application
of test reagents, a statistical experimental design matrix is compiled. The matrixused guides the synthesis and extraction experiments. It is possible that the resultant cellulosicfibers may accept the natural and synthetic colorants. The purpose of color enhancement is todetermine feasibility and longevity of its use with different celluloses as starting electrodematerials. Promising results may lead to production of novel biomaterials, polymeric materials,and composite materials as well as compliant sensing materials capable of being modified fordifferent applications. Assessment results point to greater engagement of minority learners.These students tended to spend more than eight hours per week in the laboratories, often wellinto the
been used by us inengineering courses and laboratories, either as demonstrations or student hands-on work forundergraduate Engineering Technology programs. These courses include: 1) undergraduateEngineering Materials, 2) CNC machining operations, 3) Rapid Prototyping, 4) Introduction toNanotechnology, 5) Robotics, 6) Quality Assurance, and 7) Renewable Energy Engineering. Aslaboratory exercises, each instrument can be learned in a time frame of 30-60 minutes. With theexception of the AFM, most of these instruments range in cost from $100 to $1000, and can bereadily interfaced with a laptop computer. We emphasize concepts related to correlating andcollaborating measurements by different techniques. Further, many of these techniques can bedone
Negative ()) of multimedia live instructor? Other (0) laboratory Do you think a virtual facility lab experience would be Better than (1) _________ that of a traditional lab experience? The same as (9) Worse than(2) Are you comfortable with learning technical information Strongly Affirmative (1) over the internet, for instance, using YouTube learn a skill or Affirmative (7) process? Neutral (2
Russell is a senior in Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech University. He is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant in the additive manufacturing laboratory under Dr. Fidan. Nick is the student trustee on the Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees and is formally the Tennessee Board of Regents Student Regent. He is also the recipient of the 2017 Rising Renaissance Engineer Spectrum Award. Nick enjoys spending time with his family and trading stocks in his free time.Mr. James Reed Rust, Tennessee Technological University Mr. Reed Rust is a senior in Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Tennessee Tech University. He is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant in the additive manufacturing
here, students conduct a LCA of a solar panel actually used in the laboratory course withthe intent of providing practical recommendations for environmental improvement. It is importantto point out that the focus of the project is to acquaint students with the LCA approach inconjunction with the details of the solar panel life cycle. This paper begins with a brief explanationof life cycle assessment, including streamlined life cycle approaches. In addition, the project usesGABI software to provide much of the data for the analysis.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is charged with the task of“Quality assurance in higher education” for programs in applied science, computing, engineering,and technology. Institutions
challenges of university-owned control laboratories has sparkedconsiderable interest in student-owned control experiments 8,9,10 . The focus on student-ownedcontrol experiments has lead to many novel platforms such a small robotic vehicle with a custommicro-controller board 11 and a 3D printed experiment for balancing a ball on a plate 12 . Otherinstructors have used extensive simulations 13 and haptics 14 to enrich dynamic systems andcontrol courses.The abundance of online videos on control-related topics along with the relative ease with whichinstructors can create and distribute their own lecture videos has brought into question how to bestuse face-to-face instruction time. One answer to this question is to "flip" the course by having thestudents
the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration.Dr. Kory J. Goldammer, Richland CollegeBrian Morgan FlemingProf. Roderick R. Crowder, Richland College Professor Roderick Crowder is full-time Lead Faculty, Program Coordinator, and Engineering Curriculum Chair in the School of Engineering & Technology at Richland College of the Dallas County Community College District. His research interests include sustainable energy systems, RFID, engineering education, intelligent manufacturing system design and manufacturing system process automation.Mr. Ralph S. Wiser, Richland College
smart materials, can befound in figure.Figure 6: Graphs showing student’s response when asked to rate their level of knowledge on A) energy materials and B) smart materials.Conclusion This paper provides an overview of the course Green Energy Materials & Engineering thatwas offered in the term of summer 2016 at the University of Texas at El Paso. This courses focuseson Green Manufacturing and Green Energy devices. Additionally, it emphasizes on studentsachieving hands-on experience through laboratory experiments. The laboratory setting associatedwith the class is also described. Students also learned how to conduct research in areas of nano-materials and nano-manufacturing. In order to quantify the success of
Robotics, Internet of Things, Mechatronics Laboratory for Education, Machine Vision and Motion Tracking.Mr. Zhou Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Ph.D Candidate, Mechanical Engineering Department, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030. Email: zzhang11@stevens.eduDr. Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Nima Lotfi received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran, in 2006, his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2010, and his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Sci- ence and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, in
. Rickli received his B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech- nological University in 2006 and 2008 and received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech prior to joining Wayne State in 2013. At Wayne State, he has created the Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Systems Laboratory (MaRSLab). MaRSLab targets fundamental and applied research in manufacturing and remanufacturing processes and systems while encouraging considerations for sus- tainability and life-cycle thinking in design, manufacturing, use, and recovery. Specific research thrusts include: transforming manufacturing quality monitoring and remanufacturing core condition assessment via automated laser line
effectivelyconvert this information to knowledge if they use it in real life problems or projects8. Unlikesome other topics that undergraduate students must comprehend such as mechanics,thermodynamics, or control systems, the issues of manufacturing systems integration are difficultto demonstrate, explore or manipulate in conventional lecture or laboratory sessions9. In practice,manufacturing engineers are under constant pressure to meet production targets and deliveryschedules and reduce or eliminate disruption to normal production activities9.This study discusses the integration of industry projects into an undergraduate manufacturingsystems course. Students are given a solid background on manufacturing systems design,analysis and improvement. Students
experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Mr. David English David English received and Associate in Electrical Technology Degree from New England Institute of Technology, presently David is about to complete his Electrical Engineering in Technology Degree from Drexel University. David has been employed in the power generation field for the past 10 years. The facility where David is presently
including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also
Project in Projects a local company IE Studentslocal industryThe Explorers Event is conducted every year in February and targets high school students. Theevent involves teaching the high school students Lean manufacturing concepts and it includeslectures and in-class activities. Students are also given tours to the different laboratories andparticipate in other laboratory experiments conducted on different topics including 3D printing,laser welding, etc. Figure 1 shows pictures from a recent Explorers Event. Figure 1. Lean number games workshop for high school studentsThe Lean 101 workshop is a 3-hour course offered to all Engineering students who are interestedin learning
condition.Even though the Rapid Prototyping Laboratories are equipped with three FDM/FFF (UPrint SE,CubeX, CubeProDuo), two Powder-based (Prometal RXD and Projet 460plus), and one SLA(Projet 1200) printer, maintenance issues and time sharing of the equipment with other coursesincluding the capstone projects reduce the availability of 3D printers. Therefore, multiple newmachines including a Mendelmax and Prusa Mendel were built to utilize in the class. Since theSLA Viper machine was replaced with a Projet 1200, the old but comprehensive software tool of3D Lightyear had to be replaced with new tools used for both processing of the STL files andprinting. These new tools are easier to use but not as comprehensive as the old ones. Thus, a low-cost software
as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate
a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 MAKER: Smart
De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 MAKER: A Study of Multi-Robot Systems Recreated for High School StudentsAbstractThis paper describes the engineering design approach to be applied in an
the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 MAKER: Urban Search and Rescue Robot: Visual Localization and NavigationAbstractStudents will design, build, and control a robot using Tetrix Urban Search and Rescue Robot.They will familiarize themselves with the structure, control, and vision sub-systems. The visionsubsystem will be the focus of the mobile robotic build. The Tetrix Urban Search and Rescuerobot is a real-time image-processing engine. It has a
undergraduate student from the New York City College of Technology. Her major is in mechanical engineering technology. Her interest is in mechanical design, mechatronics and computer aided design.Ehab A. Ahmad, Mr. Ahmed is an undergraduate student at New York City College of Technology. He is pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering technology. He has technical skills in mechanical design, computer aided design, and product rapid prototyping.Mr. Ali Harb, New York City College of Technology Ali Harb Computer Integrated Manufacturing teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School and College Laboratory Technician at New York city College of Technology. I am experienced in robotics, design, and fabrication. I coach and
Paper ID #20101Designing Electric Guitars to Teach Mechatronics and Advanced Manufac-turing TechniquesDr. Gavin Garner, University of Virginia Gavin Garner holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Colby College and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia. His primary area of expertise lies in the burgeoning field of Mechatronics (aka robotics). Over the past decade, he has built UVA’s Mechatronics program from scratch, developing over 50 hours of unique laboratory experiments as well as dozens of open-ended design projects. Through this experience, he has gained