Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Development LabSeparate space, called the development laboratory, is used to support the enhancement ofexperiments or to development new experiments. Bench test equipment, balances,computers, power supplies, and other support equipment are available in the developmentlab. Staff OfficesStaffing for the freshmen programs includes managing staff (2), instructional staff(faculty), permanent technical support staff (2.5), graduate teaching assistants (12), andundergraduate teaching assistants. Faculty members are recruited from college faculty,therefore office space is not provided to them. All regular staff has offices adjacent to therenovated area

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob White; Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt

“come alive” through an activity-based engineering statistics course at Western Michigan University. This three-semester hourcourse is structured to include laboratory sessions, workshop sessions, and problem-based lecturesessions. The laboratory activities are intended to provide the student with an opportunity tobecome proficient in designing basic experiments, collecting data, and analyzing problems usingPC-based statistical software. The workshop sessions involve short lecture segments mixed withteam-based problem-solving activities and software tutorials. With the exception of lectureperiods, course sessions do not take place in a classroom, but rather are held in a computer-teaching laboratory or in one of the laboratories managed by the

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University; Kang Wang

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

digital temperature controller, tabletop coating system with ultrasonic spraying system,piston extruder, and other supplementary equipment were all needed for the fuel cell fabrication.The performances of fuel cells were tested using an available power source meter also runningunder Labview. Each group was able to utilize all of the COMER laboratories’ equipment through theassigned experiments. In order to fully understand how to operate the fabrication machines,groups were paired with a teaching assistant who had extensive experience with the specificmachine. For each experiment, the teaching assistant would discuss with groups the broad idea ofhow certain aspects of the experiment related to fuel cell sciences, then go on to show the

Conference Session

Faculty Development Work-in-Progress Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia A. Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan; Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

discussion rent sessions sections, managing laboratory classes, or handling office hours. 55 min each In the second session, participants choose one of the following topics: teaching problem solving, grading, or handling office hours. Undergraduate Teaching Orientation Graduate Teaching Orientation Practice In small groups (5-7), participants take turns delivering a five-minute explanation on a Teaching topic of their choice. Peers and one trained facilitator act as students during the lesson, 2 hrs then provide written and oral feedback on the teaching.Table 1: Engineering teaching orientations during the Fall of 2017.As seen in Table 1, the new instructor

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

from the Advanced TechnologicalEducation Program at the National Science Foundation, has addressed this need bydeveloping technician-level educational materials, prototyping a teaching laboratory forplasma-aided manufacturing, and training community college faculty.[1] This paperprovides a summary of PCC’s three-year development and implementation effort.IntroductionThe lack of instructional materials is a major deterrent in developing and implementing atechnician-level course in RF plasma processing at the community college level. Asearch of the literature produced only graduate-level textbooks.[2,3]Equipment needed to implement a teaching laboratory to support a technician-levelcourse was also lacking. Equipment to support simple plasma

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Welch; K.R. Goheen

. Use of computer technology in the practice of control engineering is widespread. As early as the 1970s, computers were being used to assist teaching control systems. Broome and Woolvetlcreated “[a] program. . . which permits interactive control system design, suitable for use by students either to runtutorial exercises as a back up to lecture material, or to integrate with laboratory work”. The program was writtenin FORTRAN IV for 8K computers such as the Honeywell H3 16. The use of computer for control systemseducation has since then become widespread. According to a survey of control systems curricula by Feliachi 2,“[software packages of a wide variety are being used by most schools. The most popular packages (in frequencyof usage

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University; Andrew F. Carbonar, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Pedagogical Best PracticesAbstractThe pedagogy of laboratory courses has been well discussed in the literature, but the extent towhich these best practices are incorporated into laboratory experiment design varies wildly. AtNortheastern University, various capstone design teams over the years have been tasked withdesigning new experimental apparatus for the undergraduate teaching laboratories along withappropriate lab handouts and other instructional material. In many cases, the students involved inthese projects have taken the lab class for which they are designing the experiment and havereported negative experiences, and therefore are motivated to try to improve the class for futurestudents. Student designed labs have the potential to reduce burden

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

responsible forthe analysis and design of control circuitry which permits nominal operation of genericpower converters. The laboratory experience will culminate in projects where studentsanalyze, design, simulate and demonstrate power electronics related topics. Each projectwill be carried out by a team of three or four students. The projects and part of thelaboratory experiments will be focused on power applications in the fast growingemerging fields of the renewable industry, such as wind and solar energy or fuel cells.We believe that this will be an efficient approach in teaching power electronics because itcan give the students some of the necessary skills the industry is asking for.1. IntroductionPower electronics is the enabling technology for

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Samira M. Azarin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hill, University of Minnesota Duluth; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland - College Park

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, there is a widerange of practices in course-specific learning outcomes and teaching practices across theinstitutions. Based on these results, the authors propose improvements to the survey and a widerimplementation of the survey. The authors also propose a preliminary plan to target the UOlaboratory for safety education in chemical engineering.Survey of Safety Education in Chemical EngineeringUsing the SAChE outcomes as a framework, a brief survey was developed in Qualtrics andcompleted by the authors to assess safety learning outcomes in UO laboratories and more widelyacross the chemical engineering curriculum. The complete survey is shown in Appendix A. Inaddition to asking about SAChE outcomes, the survey also examines potential differences

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shayna Earle, McMaster University ; Liza-Anastasia DiCecco, McMaster University; Dakota M Binkley, McMaster University; Muhammad Arshad, McMaster University ; Andrew Lucentini, McMaster University ; Gerald Tembrevilla, McMaster University, Mount Saint Vincent University; Bosco Yu PhD, P.Eng, McMaster University, University of Victoria

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

laboratories are favorable and also provide learnerinsight on the new gamified activities introduced within the curriculum. We note severallimitations on the interpretation of these results, the need to collect more data over time and outlinedifferent courses of action for future improvements to these measures. Overall, from positivesurvey results and anecdotal feedback from teaching staff, we are encouraged to pursue moregamified strategies within our first-year curriculum and beyond.2. Setting Context – Classroom Description & Gamified ApproachesThe introduction of project-based learning to evolve our undergraduate engineering designcurriculum at McMaster University, known as “The Pivot” initiative, is leading to large-scalechanges to the

Conference Session

EET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine M. Cooney, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Paul Yearling P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Karl J. Huehne, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

content.For this paper, two student groups, in an EET laboratory experience, are compared based onthe primary metric number of failed attempts to meet circuit board test specifications. Thestudent test body was divided into two groups. A control course section group, where notroubleshooting instruction was given and designated the “As Is” state. The second sectiongroup, “Improved State” was given an extensive troubleshooting methodology as part of theirinitial training. The primary metric, number of failed attempts to meet specification, waschosen as it is easy to measure by student Teaching Assistants (TA) and was also used to assessthe Sigma process capability for each group. The Sigma capability of each group provided afurther measure of the

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

for the laboratory portion waschosen as face-to-face. This is referring to as mixed-mode course delivery. Therefore, the lectureportion was delivered remotely using Zoom meetings. For the laboratory portion, face-to-facelaboratory delivery was offered, but students could choose to stay remote for the laboratory portionas well. For this reason, the laboratory management was challenging. For instance, during theassigned laboratory hours, laboratory instructors had to teach students in the laboratory room as wellas the students who joined the laboratory remotely via a Zoom meeting. During pre-COVID-19 semesters, the available number of kits was close to the maximumenrolled students in one lab section. For example, 18 lab kits can cover one lab

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Jung-Hoon Sul; Zhongxiao Peng; Nicole Kessissoglou

Blended Learningfor a Large Size ­Engineering Mechanics Courseaerospace and manufacturing engineering. Before undergraduate students enter their specific spe-cialisation in the third year of their degree, all students within the school are required to completea second-year mechanics course that covers both dynamics and mechanical vibration content. Thetraditional delivery of this course involved face-to-face lectures, break out smaller-sized face-to-facetutorial classes, hands-on laboratory exercises in very small groups supervised by a teaching assistant,and a variety of assessments comprising assignments, class tests, laboratory reports and a final exam.All assessments were submitted and marked in hardcopy format. However, the structure and

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Salessawi Ferede Yitbarek, Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology; Albert Edward Sweets Jr., iSTEMS; Farzad Moazzami, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

International

to provide training and guest lectures related to the use of the mobile laboratory technology and pedagogy to enhance the ECE curriculum at five different universities.Dr. Craig J. Scott, Morgan State UniversityDr. Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University Dr. Jumoke Ladeji-Osias is Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Depart- ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. She earned in B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She coordinates the departmental graduate program and teaches both undergraduate and graduate

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nuri Yilmazer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Remzi Seker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

with hands-onlaboratory components, practical applications and theoretical concepts covered in classrooms1, 2.A study in a digital logic design (DLD) course concluded that using Programmable LogicDevices (PLD) as a means of practical approach has improved the effectiveness of educationquality in the course3. Nowadays, the engineering problems have become more complicated andcomplex, requiring creative thinking and skilled engineers to solve these problems. The studenteducational experience can be fully supported by offering hands-on laboratory projects as aninteractive and visual computerized teaching tool and these projects are shown to improvestudent understanding of the digital logic circuit concepts4. Also, a hybrid software

Conference Session

State of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Similarly, Mold Making I and II were taught in the springsemester.Combining the laboratories in this way allowed a different approach to teaching the laboratorysections. Since the enrollment numbers for each section were small, instructors decided thatlaboratory sections of various courses could be offered concurrently. Instead of having dedicatedlab time for each course, they could all be combined (Table 4). Combining the laboratories wasnot as complex as it may appear. Although a student could take nearly any course in anysemester they mostly followed the traditional schedule pretty closely. This meant that in the fallsemester for example, students were either in Machining I, or Die Making I and II. In alaboratory populated by a larger number of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa L. Hein; Dean A. Zollman

), 503 - 513.4 Rosenquist, M. L., & McDermott, L. C. (1987). A conceptual approach to teaching kinematics. American Journal of Physics, 55(5), 407 - 415.5 Thornton, R. K. & Sokoloff, D. R. (1990). Learning motion concepts using real-time microcomputer-based laboratory tools. American Journal of Physics, 58(9), 858- 867.6 Trowbridge, D. E., & McDermott, L. C. (1980). Investigation of student understanding of the concept of velocity in one dimension. American Journal of Physics, 48(12), 1020 - 1028.7 Van Heuvelen, A. (1991). Learning to think like a physicist: A review of research-based instructional strategies. American Journal of Physics, 59(10), 891 - 897.8 Beichner, R. J. (1996). The

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Sam Ramrattan, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technology program graduates. This paper studies industry need for graduate knowledge and skill in fluid mechanics area and presents an ongoing curriculum reform process to transform an existing fluid mechanics course to a fluid power course. A multi-mode student learning process is developed and course is reformed to support an interactive pedagogical methodology. Beyond current teaching methods, tools are developed to foster a flexible inductive learning through hands-on applications. A multipurpose laboratory equipped with fluid power process, sensors, data acquisition system, and application programs is being developed. A series of laboratory practices based on use of fluid mechanics principles in industrial applications would

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitch Keil; Pavel Ikonomov; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

., Prasad, M. and Chassapis, C., “Remotely Accessible Laboratory Approach for Undergraduate Education”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 2000, St. Louise, MO.4. Francisco, et. al., “A virtual laboratory for teaching robotics”, International Journal for Engineering Education, Vol. 19(6), 2003.5. Krehbiel, D., Zerger R. and Piper J., “A remote-Access LabVIEW-based Laboratory for Environmental and Ecological Science”, International Journal for Engineering Education, Vol. 19(3), 2003.6. Rohrig, C., “Virtual Lab for Controlling Real Experiments via Internet”, Proceeding of IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Aided-Control System Design, 1999.7. Wells, L. K. and Travis, J., LabVIEW for Everyone – Graphical

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Silage

of theseaugmented digital communication laboratories, the undergraduate student is seemingly wellprepared for advanced study.AssessmentThe undergraduate digital communications laboratory has used simulations to supplement therequisite hardware laboratory for well over a decade. Therefore, the efficacy of the use ofsimulation cannot be assessed directly. However, Departmental course feedback surveys areused to gauge the response of the student to this approach for the communications laboratory,with questions such as: “What do the hardware laboratory experiments teach you?” and “Howdo the simulation experiments help to explain the results observed in the hardware experiment?”.AcknowledgementElanix, Inc. (www.elanix.com) supports the use of

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodrigo Cutri P.E., Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Paulo Alexandre Martin, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Nair Stem, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Keiti Pereira Vidal Souza, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

actions (student activities to improve learning without any evaluation grades,namely, 1.Student support; 2.Technical Staff; 3.Video classes, and 4. Teaching service) anddirect learning actions (student activities to improve learning with evaluation grade, namely, 5.Online exercises; 6. Pre-Exam; 7. Laboratory reports; 8. Active Learning Projects; 9. LaboratorySeminars, and 10. Preparatory Discussion Laboratory Questions).Keywords: Physics, Engineering Education, Active LearningIntroductionLearning is a process. The assessment of learning is a powerful diagnosis that allows teachers toredirect their efforts towards assisting the weaknesses of the learning process as presented bystudents. This paper discusses 10 ways to improve learning Physics as

Collection

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abner Peralta; Natacha Souto-Melgar

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference An undergraduate experience for studying the diffusion of a solute in an aqueous solution Abner Peralta and Natacha Souto-Melgar University of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Chemical Engineering DepartmentKeywordsStudent extended abstract, laboratory, chemical engineering, diffusion, Fick’s law.Molecular diffusion driven by concentration gradients is the most common type of diffusion inchemical separation processes, such as liquid-liquid extraction, stripping, and adsorption. Tobetter understand molecular diffusion, a fundamental knowledge of Fick’s law of diffusion iscrucial. In the Spring 2021

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 7: Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Kristy Brinker Brouwer, Kettering University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

associated controls teaching platform. That platform includesa suite of proprietary hardware, and it works in concert with LabVIEW™ software from NationalInstruments. By 2018, several of the QUBEs had ceased to function, out of an original set of tenunits. That year, internal ME department research was conducted to investigate the cost of QUBEreplacements. At that time the version of the QUBE owned by KU had been discontinued.According to Quanser, there were two QUBEs left (in their possession) from that outdatedhardware generation. The ME department did not purchase those units, which ended the use ofthe QUBEs in MECH-431, as there would have been too many students in each laboratory groupassigned to each remaining (functioning) QUBE.Regarding the

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner; Ronald E. Nelson

Student Participation in EE Lab Teams as a Predictor of Acquired Skills and Knowledge E. Carl Greco, Jim D. Reasoner, Ronald E. Nelson Electrical Engineering Department – Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstractIn a fundamental electrical engineering laboratory course, the current model utilizing laboratory groupsof two or more students to perform assignments reduced the student's ability to learn rudimentarylaboratory skills and knowledge and the ability to apply them to a basic circuits analysis application. Thestudents' performance on the laboratory final exam provided an indicator of their individually acquiredknowledge and skills. Several factors were investigated as

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn S. Hobson

responsibilities engineers have to the larger community.There have been several examples of successful programs where service-learning has beenincorporated into science, mathematics, and engineering curricula. Examples of these programsinclude Duke University where students work in a rehabilitation hospital for chronically illchildren; Copper Union University where engineers teach laboratories and tutor in a highschool outreach program and visit elementary schools where they demonstrate technicalprojects for children; Purdue University where they have a center for Engineering Projects inCommunity Service (EPICS); WPI where sophomores and seniors work on project that thestudents select that benefit a community partner; University of South Alabama where

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bowen, Rice University; Marcia O'Malley, William Marsh Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paddle laboratory series1,developed at Stanford and currently implemented at Johns Hopkins University, is adapted to fitRice’s curriculum. This series of five laboratory exercises was developed for use in anundergraduate course on dynamics and controls, and is fully explained in the literature and onseveral websites1,6,7. A low-cost, single-axis force-reflecting joystick was used to teach studentsabout electromechanical systems, dynamics, and controls. Figure 2 clearly illustrates the topicsfrom the lecture portion of the Hopkins course and the related topics in the Haptic Paddle Labs.It should be noted that other researchers have adopted haptic devices to undergraduate courseswith much success8.While most of these labs fit right in to the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg

trainerswork well in linear electronics laboratories to teach the use of operational amplifiers ininstrumentation systems. The systems have been tested at several colleges and universities withexcellent results. This paper describes the system design, construction requirements, examplelaboratory exercises, and test results. A web site that includes a complete set of drawings for thetrainer and other supporting information is available. Send e-mail to James Rehg jar14@psu.edufor the URL.IntroductionThe cost of process control has dropped as a result of the drop in solid state control devices.Manufacturers interested in improved quality have increased the number of closed loop controlsin a broad product area using continuous, repetitive, and line type

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D Carroll P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Shawn N Gieser, University Of Texas At Arlington; David Levine, University of Texas, Arlington

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Texas at Austin. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a licensed professional engineer in Texas and Alabama.Shawn N Gieser, University Of Texas At Arlington Shawn N. Gieser PhD Student in Computer Science and part of the Heracleia Human-Centered Comput- ing Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington. Also, Graduate Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor for Digital Logic.Prof. David Levine, University of Texas, Arlington David Levine teaches at the University of Texas at Arlington in Computer Science and Engineering. He teaches computer architecture, computer organization, cloud computing and operating

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhaohong Wang, California State University, Chico; Jing Guo, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

toexplore the combination of Wireshark and Mininet in the online teaching mode for anintroductory computer network course. Moreover, we studied the effect of students’ priorperception of the online learning model on students’ perception of whether the combination of thetwo helped students overcome the online learning challenges.This paper describes our practical way of teaching the computer networking course usinghands-on activities with Wireshark and Mininet. Inspired by existing work in Wireshark andMininet in their use, we designed our novel combination of the two in 12 laboratories. Studentswould first observe specific protocols by packet capture in Wireshark and then emulatenetworking scenarios in Mininet for the same protocols. As such

Conference Session

Cool Ideas

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, UC Davis

. Kinetics – Chemical reactions New Course to Teach Engineering Design at the Freshmen Level Open to All Majors ECM 1 - The Design of Coffee3 units: Lecture – 1 hour; Laboratory – 2 hours;Project – 1 hourNon-mathematical introduction to how engineers think, aselucidated by the process of roasting and brewing coffee.Qualitative overview of the basic principles of engineeringanalysis and design. Corresponding laboratory experiments testingthe effect of design choices on the sensory qualities of coffee.Lab 1 – Reverse Engineer a Mr. Coffee Example key questions • What makes the water move up? • What is the complete process flow diagram? Lab