principles for UAVs. In section3, fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles analysis/design education will be discussed. There are a lotof valuable lessons learned from industry on the design mis-calculations and mistakes made on the legacyvehicles flying today. In section 4, a number of important lessons learned - in teaching UAVsanalysis/design - are presented. In section 5, three new UAS related courses which were developed by theauthor are briefly introduced. Section 6 is dedicated to the UAV laboratory and lab experiments to teachthe implementation of the UAV related theories. The new lab equipment, hardware, and software arerecently purchased from Quanser; and the UAV lab was opened past January.2. Analysis/Design Principles for UAVsThe
: Curriculum Development Using Lean Startup Principles, ASEE, 2017.[16] N. Husseini, I. Kaszubski, Incorporating the Raspberry Pi into laboratory experiments inan introductory MATLAB course, ASEE, 2017.[17] G. Mullett, Teaching the Internet of Things (IoT) Using Universally Available RaspberryPi and Arduino Platforms, 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2016.[18] S. Secules, W. Lawson, Description and Mixed Methods Evaluation of a NovelHardware-Based Introductory Programming Course, ASEE, 2019.
Paper ID #31930The Need for Holistic Implementation of SMART AssessmentDr. Ron Averill, Michigan State University Ron Averill joined the faculty at Michigan State University in 1992. He currently serves as the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research focus is on pedagogy, design optimization of large and complex systems, and design for sustainable agriculture.Dr. Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University Geoff Recktenwald is a member of the teaching faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. Geoff holds a PhD in
primary objectives of the program is to familiarize the students with theengineering majors offered at the university: biomedical (BME), computer (CE), electrical (EE),mechanical (ME), and industrial and systems engineering (ISE). This is done throughout thethree components of the program, shown in Figure 2; a faculty-led introduction to engineeringlecture, a faculty/graduate teaching assistant led laboratory, and a faculty-led communicationsclass. First-Year Engineering in the Engineering Design Division Fall Spring Lead by: Division Faculty Engineering
Paper ID #30551Metering and Data Acquisition System for Electrical GatewayDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Metering
has outstanding capabilities of fault insertion ofsoftware and hardware levels and features 35+ electrical faults. The fault insertion capability Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 15provides students with unique, real world like opportunity to troubleshoot the industrial equipmentin academic settings.Availability of the state-of-the-art industrial equipment is important to enable the teaching ofcritical skills that are very relevant to current industry needs. Currently, laboratory
higher education STEM courses. He is currently the co-chair of the campus’ Task Force on Innovation that examines opportunities for the enhancement of the educational experience for faculty and students across they Daytona Beach campus.Dr. Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is Director of NextGeneration ERAU Applied Research (NEAR) laboratory, and Professor of Software Engineering in the department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems En- gineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His research interest includes; Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance and Testing, Autonomous Systems, and Air Traffic Management (NextGen). In
have a network of individuals that can assist them in their career development or in theirjob search. While job searching and a number of career development resources are offered throughcampus-wide internship/career center offices, many engineering students, for various reasons, donot utilize these resources. Hence, a number of engineering colleges provide this type ofinformation through stand-alone workshops [1], modules [2-3], and incorporation within existingcourses [4-6]. Some engineering departments also teach stand-alone courses targeted at studentscloser to graduation [7-8]. Other engineering colleges have developed multiple college-widecourses that encompass a complete professional development program including teamwork,decision-making
-Milwaukee.Dr. April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh April Dukes (aprila@pitt.edu) is the Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL (Center for the Inte- gration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) at the University of Pittsburgh. April studied at Winthrop University, earning a BS degree in Chemistry and BA degree in Psychology in 2000. She then completed her PhD in 2007 at the University of Pittsburgh, studying oxidative stress in in vitro models of Parkinson’s disease. During her prior graduate and postdoctoral work in neurodegeneration, April mentored several undergraduate, graduate, and clinical researchers and
Bioelectrical Engineering.Mr. Ryan Van Der Zee, Caterpillar Inc. Ryan Van Der Zee is a Mechanical Engineer at Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, IL. He earned his B.S. degree Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Valparaiso University.Prof. Ruth Wertz P.E., Valparaiso University Dr. Wertz is an Assistant Professor of General Engineering at Valparaiso University, located in Valparaiso Indiana. She has earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Trine University, a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education also from Purdue University. Dr. Wertz teaches courses in First-Year Engineering and Statics. Her research interests include K-8 outreach, spatial
Paper ID #31451Making the Move from C to Python With Mechanical Engineering StudentsDr. Burford J. Furman, San Jose State University Burford ”Buff” Furman has been on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at San Jos´e State University since 1994. Prior to coming to SJSU, he worked at IBM in the Silicon Valley (San Jos´e, California) in the development of disk drive actuators and spindle motors. He has also worked as a consultant in the optomechanical and laboratory automation industries. His areas of teaching and research are primarily focused in mechatronics and solar-powered automated
Paper ID #31380An Integrated Mixed-signal Circuit Design Course ProjectDr. Ying Lin, Western Washington University Ying Lin has been with the faculty of Engineering and Design Department at Western Washington Uni- versity since September 2010 after she taught for two years at SUNY, New Platz. She received her MS in Applied Statistics and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, NY, respectively. Her teaching interests include first-year Intro to Electrical Engineering, circuit analysis, signas and systems, and upper-division digital Signal Processing courses. Her research areas focus on statistical
of California, Berkeley in Civil and Environmental Engineering. After completing her Ph.D., she served as a post-doctoral scholar in the Institute of Transport Systems and Planning at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Guler has over 7 years of research, teaching and industry experience on traffic operations. Dr. Guler has been the primary author to multiple research proposals funded by institutions such as the Pennsylvania DOT, South Dakota DOT, Swiss National Science Foundation and Swiss Association of Road Transportation Experts. She is currently serving as the Penn State PI on NCHRP 17-84: Pedestrian and Bicycle safety performance functions for the Highway Safety Manual. Dr. Guler’s research has resulted in 25 peer
August 2016, Syracuse University created faculty member ranks for full-time non-tenure trackfaculty that focus solely on teaching (Assistant Teaching Professor, Associate TeachingProfessor, or Teaching Professor) to facilitate longer term contracts and institute a process forpromotion for non-tenure track faculty[7]. The expectations for teaching professors includeexcellent teaching in the classroom or laboratory and all the attendant tasks and qualifications.Teaching Professors are not expected to conduct research or engage with practitioners, but can soby choice extramurally. Their positions may also carry administrative duties and they areexpected to participate in routine department, colleges, or university service. Two members ofthe Group
, 1994.[34] W. H. Leonard, “The laboratory classroom,” in Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, K. W. Prichard and R. M. McLaran Sawyer, Eds., pp. 155-169. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994.[35] T. D. Sooter, N. Chikaraishi, and K. E. Hedges, “Extreme service-learning: Engaging a university design-build course with a broadcast network television show in the aftermath of the Joplin tornado” in New Developments in Structural Engineering and Construction, S. Yazdani and A. Singh, Eds., vol. 2, pp. 1463-1468. Singapore: Research Publishing Services, 2013.[36] K. E. Hedges, T. D. Sooter, N. Chikaraishi, and M. E. Krasny, “The healing powers of nature in Joplin’s Cunningham Park: Coupling design
Paper ID #28247Assessment of Gregorc Style DelineatorsDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering program. The age group ofthe students undergoing this program is between 18 and 25. The team for the implementationof PSBL consisted of faculty members teaching the courses relevant to PSBL in the classrooms and faculty members assessing the outcomes in the theory and laboratory components.There were also technical assistants who were part of the instruction and assessments for thelaboratory exercises. Specific faculty teaching competence and technical competencedevelopment measures were also implemented as part of PSBL to equip the faculty memberssufficiently. The faculty team was all-along supported by subject matter experts from theindustry who were also adjunct faculty. The entire
Mechanics and Modeling of Orthopaedic Tissues Laboratory at Bucknell, where they use computational and experimental techniques to better understand the mechanics of musculoskeletal soft tissues and human movement. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Pre and Post Tenure: Perceptions of Requirements and Impediments for Faculty in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction DisciplinesAbstractThe tenure process is a way of life in the majority of US higher education institutions, andfaculty in engineering disciplines are no exceptions to this practice. A tenured position is covetedand sought by many aspiring assistant professors. Since the
positive attitudetowards working in collaborative environments and provided better understanding to students andhelped in student retention in the CS course. In another work [2], the authors used MicrosoftResearch’s Kodu Game Lab to teach computer science programming concepts to students. It wasobserved that students were actually being interested in the programming and learning conceptsand not only playing games. The authors in [3], developed a new lab-based format for computerscience instruction where the course was converted to totally lab-based and instructors’ role wasconverted to a tutor. The results showed that this method enhanced the learning experience forstudents while improving the communication between instructors and students. In [4
teaching and learning.Dr. Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University Christina Scherrer is a professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering in the Southern Polytechnic Col- lege of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Kennesaw State University. Her research interests are in the application of operations research and economic decision analysis to the public sector and in assess- ing education innovation. She teaches primarily statistics and logistics courses, at both the undergraduate and graduate level.Dr. Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University Before coming to Kenesaw State University, Dr. McFall lived abroad for more than ten years. His international experiences began with a study abroad for
homework. Eric has been a member of ASEE since 2001. He currently serves as awards chair for the Pacific Northwest Section and was the recipient of the 2008 Section Outstanding Teaching Award.Dr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich
interview data, employing bothinductive and deductive analysis techniques. Four themes emerged: (1) the professoriate appearsdaunting due to the competitive nature of the job market and the academic environment, (2) thework demands of the professoriate are contrary to the work-life balance sought, (3) possessingresearch autonomy in the professoriate is highly attractive, and (4) the professoriate is perceivedas a calling for those who desire to teach and mentor the upcoming generation of engineers. Amore nuanced understanding of the appeal of the professoriate and the career decision-makingprocess of postdoctoral scholars may be an avenue to aid in diversifying the engineeringprofessoriate. The preferred presentation method is a traditional
Paper ID #32226A Comparison of Platform Configurations for Robotics Development withinROS2, Raspberry Pi, and WebotsMs. Katherine Gisi, Iowa State UniversityDr. Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University Diane Rover is a University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. She has held various faculty and administrative appointments at ISU and Michigan State University since 1991. She received the B.S. in computer science in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in computer engineering in 1986 and 1989 (ISU). Her teaching and research has focused on embedded computer systems, reconfig- urable hardware
instructor feedback ofthose reflections in one of the engineering units that use LAs.The LA ProgramThe LA Program utilizes the three core elements suggested by the Learning Assistant Alliance(https://www.learningassistantalliance.org/). First, in the LA Pedagogy Seminar, LAs receivepedagogical development in in a formal class with their peers, generally in their first term as anLA. Second, LAs meet weekly with the instructor and the graduate teaching assistants as amember of the instructional team to prepare for active learning in class that week. While LAselsewhere are often used in large lecture sections, in the context of the unit studied, the LAsfacilitated learning in smaller studio or laboratory sessions (Koretsky, 2015; Koretsky et al
and as the mentor and facilitator of several teaching-related workshops, at the University of Waterloo. She has four teaching certificates and has been very committed to teaching developments and application of new and effective teaching strategies.Mr. Lucas Botelho, University of Waterloo Lucas is a PhD student in The Automated Laser Fabrication (ALFa) Lab under Professor Amir Khajepour, in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo. His research area is primarily in real-time monitoring of thermal properties and geometry in Laser Materials Processing (LMP). Teaching experience includes working as a teaching assistance for Dynamics and Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines
collaborative instructors with like-minded teaching goals. Well organized EML online-modules such as elevator pitch makes deployment easy to implement in the engineering classroom [15]. Inthis semester-long project, students were introduced to new engineering topics in lecture, they practicedtechniques in mini labs, and then applied the knowledge to their project while considering theentrepreneurial mindset at every step. In this paper, we hypothesized that an EML module that utilized aproject-based approach would improve student engagement, improve technical laboratory and writing skillsand foster student’s curiosity to learn about human body motion. This project led to a mastery in kinematics,kinetics and human body motion technology with a stronger
and have been used by students to copy homework solutions sothat faculty have changed how they assign, collect and grade homework.4 The use of Chegg tocomplete homework has encouraged departments to recommend relatively low weights tohomework5,6. Some students have a blurred idea of what is academic dishonesty, especially onhomework7. In many places, homework is not a substantial part of the grade so it is acceptable toreceive online help on homework.8 Some instructors avoid traditional homework and use projects toassess student learning, yet it appears the online tutors are available to not only solve problems butwrite papers and laboratory reports. There appears to be a growing market for online tutoring servicesto help students solve
Paper ID #31333Work in Progress: Project and Design-Based Introductory EngineeringCourse using Arduino KitsDr. Demetris Geddis, Hampton University Demetris L. Geddis is an associate professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Hamp- ton University. He has extensive research experience in the areas of Integrated optoelectronics, Optics, Microelectronics, and Electromagnetics. He has worked as a Research and Design Engineer at Motorola and Bell laboratories. Also, he worked at NASA Langley Research Center as a NASA faculty fellow for the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch where he performed research
Champaign.Dr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a lecturer and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechan- ical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, measurement science, and engineering education. He oversees un- dergraduate laboratories in fluid mechanics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer. Pedagogically, Dr. Johnson employs active learning, inquiry-based laboratory instruction, and any initiative that empowers students to do hands-on learning. Additional service interests include teaching and leadership training for grad- uate students
classrooms to help solve engineering problems.Dr. David Michael Labyak, Michigan Technological University David Labyak is an Assistant Professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech), teaching in the area of Solid Me- chanics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 FEA Taught the Industry WayAbstractFinite Element Analysis (FEA) can be taught as theoretical, application oriented, orpreferably as a combination of these. It is beneficial to include a laboratory componentdedicated to the application of FEA principles while becoming familiar with the userinterface of typical FEA software. This