prospective students and their families and to properly direct current students. Many of these were developed the first year of the program.Plan for equipment / laboratory needs When the Computer Engineering program was approved, three rooms were already dedicated for laboratory instruction in the electrical / computer areas. These labs were used for teaching ET, PE and MFGE students. Additional laboratory space and new equipment was needed for CEE courses. Planning for the laboratory expansion was initiated this year. Several pieces of new equipment (computers, oscilloscopes, function generators, etc.) were secured.Program Advisory Board formed Active involvement of an appropriate Program Advisory Board is one of the keys to
alternative energy producers, as well as a staticdisplay solar panel and a second wind turbine, will be part of the public exhibit. Foranother part of the exhibit, seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (ME Lab)course built a wind turbine display complete with LED lights to show the magnitude ofthe power produced when a fan was operated at various speeds. Another team of seniorsin ME Lab instrumented wall simulations to measure the temperature drop acrossdifferent insulation materials. A similar display on the effects of window treatments(single pane, double pane, and double pane with low E) was also developed. The desiredresult of these efforts is an energy display which will educate the general public onrelevant energy issues. The display
objectives. The data available on Tables 1-6 collected from the end ofsemester asssessment were coordinated by the University’s well-established student ratings ofinstruction (SRI) instrument that is defined as the IDEA evaluation process. Table 3 Instructor’s Teaching Procedure for Excellence in Teaching Methodologies Table 4. Overall Class Feedback on ETEE 4352 Instrumentation (5-point scale) (17 students)After taking the class ETEE 4369 Instr. & Interfacing, I felt comfortable with the concepts related 5.0measurement/instrumentation, computer-aided controls, VIs, data acquisition hardware and LabVIEW softwareto design systems which read, write and store A/D information.Lectures and laboratories given by instructor
Paper ID #30040Impact of pre-lab videos on improving students’ learning outcomesMs. Resmi KrishnankuttyRema, Bowling Green State University • Assistant teaching professor , Mechatronics Engineering Technology, at Bowling Green State Univer- sity, Ohio. • Master’s Degree in Bio Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. • Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and medical Instrumentation from Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. • Ten years of teaching experience working as an Electronics / Mechatronics in- structor of which four years in the Department of Engineering Technologies
2006-2065: DESIGN BOOT CAMP: GETTING IN SHAPE FOR A CAPSTONEEXPERIENCERenee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology RENEE D. ROGGE is an Assistant Professor of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering. Her teaching interests include orthopaedic and sports biomechanics, biomaterials, capstone design, and introductory level mechanics courses.Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology GLEN A. LIVESAY is an Associate Professor of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on biomechanics, capstone design, experimental design and data analysis, and experimental biomechanical testing of soft tissues
all seen at work in afamiliar electronic device. Seven laboratory experiments are included to reinforce the lectures.Our experience after two offerings has been positive, with both EE and non-EE engineeringstudents enrolled.I. IntroductionThe traditional entry-level course to an Electrical Engineering (EE) curriculum is circuits. Herestudents learn important concepts and tools which serve them well in later courses and theircareers, but they are not exposed to the many exciting areas of EE which are reshaping the world.Some may not see the relevance of this material and begin to lose their enthusiasm.We have introduced a new EE core curriculum starting with a fundamentals course, ECE 202,which introduces the breadth and applications of EE1
theimplementation of VLEs in all levels of undergraduate engineering education. This researchgauges student receptiveness and investigates how the integration of this technology cansuccessfully produce a highly inventive, cutting-edge environment for teaching engineering-related curriculum that has the potential to be widely used across many domains and subject areas.KeywordsVirtual learning environments, laboratory, gaming, augmented realityIntroductionAlthough the history of the first virtual reality machine, a 3D cinematic platform called Sensorama,dates to 1956,1 it has been less than a decade since students could first utilize technology likeFactory I/O2 to put themselves on a manufacturing floor to see all the moving parts of a conveyorbelt up close
compare to traditional learning in effectiveness in the 21st Century”, Available online http://chiron.valdosta.edu (2002)[13] C. J. Brabec, S. Gowrisanker, J. J. M. Halls, D. Laird, S. Jia, and S. P. Williams, “Polymer–Fullerene Bulk- Heterojunction Solar Cells”, Advanced Materials, Vol. 22, pp 3839–3856 (2010)[14 ] B. L. Conover and M. J. Escuti, “Laboratory Teaching Modules on Organic Electronics and Liquid Crystal Displays for Undergraduate and Graduate Education”, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1115, pp 1115-H08- 03 (2009)[15] L.A.A. Pettersson, L.S. Roman, O. Ingana, “Modeling photocurrent action spectra of photovoltaic devices based on organic thin films”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 86, pp 487–496 (1999)[16
incorporated problem-based learning into her lectures, lab- oratories, and outreach activities to engage students and the community in the STEM education process.Dr. Morris M. Girgis, Central State University Morris Girgis is a professor at Central State University. He teaches undergraduate courses in manufactur- ing engineering. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Hannover University, Germany. His current research in engineering education focuses on developing and implementing new educational tools and approaches to enhance teaching, learning and assessment at the course and curriculum levels. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Application of
applications.The average grade on the two demonstration lab reports for all students in the course was B+.The distribution of grades on these assignments followed a fairly normal distribution. Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 305ConclusionsIn this paper, a new laboratory delivery approach to teach the concepts of sustainability atWestern Carolina University has been presented. This new approach aims to fill the gap inmeeting the learning objectives due to the lack of laboratory resources. The assessment resultsfor
Paper ID #31746Importance of Active Learning in an Undergraduate Course in ConstructionSchedulingDr. Yewande S Abraham, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET) Yewande Abraham Ph.D., LEED AP O+M, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engi- neering Technology Environmental Management and Safety at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Civil Engineering from Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom and completed her Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. She teaches courses in construction management at RIT
. Page 11.413.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Design your own thermodynamics experiment, a problem-based learning approach in engineering technologyAbstractThermodynamics is a difficult course for many undergraduate students in engineering.Engineering technology students usually struggle with the abstract concepts used inthermodynamics because they are often difficult to relate to everyday experiences. So,one may ask: What is the best way to teach thermodynamics in engineering technology?What topics should be covered? How should laboratory activities be organized andaligned to enhance the learning process?These are some of the critical questions thermodynamics instructors face and shouldaddress to ensure
identification and enumeration of plant species for field and greenhouse production. Winter-time greenhouse strawberry and herb production are recent funded research activities. YUFENG GE, Assistant Professor of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska. Dr. Ge obtained his PhD in Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. He started as a teaching assistant for the sensor and instrumentation class there in 2005, and gradually increased his teaching responsibility for the class to become a co-instructor (since 2010) and instructor (2013). He was the faculty advisor for the student robotics teams who competed for the ASABE robotics competitions in 2012 and 2013.Dr. Yufeng Ge, University of
Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Virtual Problem-Based-Learning Instruction in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic – What Could Possibly Go Wrong & What Can One Do About It?AbstractEven under normal conditions, it can be challenging to utilize online or distance learningenvironments to offer technical degree programs such as Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE) or Electrical Engineering Technology (EET). These programs normally require hands-on-laboratory expositions (albeit in 2D) to help students grasp the complex concepts and to developtheir practical skills and competencies.The COVID-19 Pandemic has exposed teaching institutions and faculty in some of these
2020 and 2021 [1]. The study will present the developmentand implementation of AM techniques in the flipped classroom (FC), online/on-ground workshopformat, and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).In FC, concepts are learned out of class and the laboratories or problem-solving activities areworked out in practical settings under the supervision of the instructor or assistant [2]. Severalbenefits of FC have been reported in other fields, but not in the 3DP field. One FC study has shownthat integration of 3DP and Industry 4.0 (known as the fourth industrial revolution for the cutting-edge automation of traditional manufacturing practices using modern smart technologies) couldbe successfully implemented in multi-disciplinary engineering teaching
presented in the papers.1. Introduction: The author established state-of-art laboratories in VLSI Design and Fabrication in 1984,and 1986 respectively at University of Massachusetts Lowell, and continually upgrading them. Inaddition he initiated courses namely 16.469, 15.502, and 16.602 in VLSI Design / VHDL BasedDesign and 16.470, 16.504 in the VLSI Fabrication field, teaching and updating these coursescontinually. In addition, the author initiated and taught courses such as 16.661 LocalArea/Computer Networking, 16.571 Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (MMIC) Designand Fabrication and 16.547 Intelligent Transportation and Systems Technologies. All thesecourses demonstrate a proper mix of engineering fundamentals and training students
, Parameswar “Developing Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills in Physics and Engineering Physics Courses,” 2008 ASEE Midwest Section.[5] Woods, D., “An Evidence-Based Strategy for Problem Solving”, ASEE Journal, Volume 89, Issue 4, October, 2000.[6] Woods, Donald R., Hrymak, Andrew N., Marshall, Robert R., Wood, Philip E., Crowe, Cameron M., Hoffman, Terrence W., Wright, Joseph D., Taylor, Paul A., Woodhouse, Kimberly A., and Bouchard, C.G. Kyle “Developing Problem Solving Skills: The McMaster Problem Solving Program,” Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 86, Issue 2, 1997.[7] Ciocanel, Constantin, Elahinia, Mohammad, “Teaching Engineering Laboratories Based On A Problem Solving Approach,” ASEE
overly fashioned examples2, 5, 6. Hands-on laboratories that feature realmeasurements could allow students to probe the dynamics of realistic systems, therebystrengthening their conceptual understanding2, 7, 8. However, the prohibitive cost of equipmentand shortage of laboratory space limits these options.Our project aims to overcome these challenges by utilizing a new, highly portable andinexpensive technology, which we call interactive-Newton (i-Newton). The i-Newton can engagestudents in the experiential learning of dynamics outside the confines of the traditional lecture-based teaching methods.The objectives of the project we describe in this paper are to: 1. Investigate whether i-Newton has an effect on students’ conceptual
online, with laboratories being offered in a ‘low-residency’format. This low-residency format will require students to complete a group oflaboratory assignments on two or three Saturdays during the semester. Weanticipate future efforts to offer both the lectures and laboratories completelyonline.SPSU’s approach, in collaboration with the TCSG, to the development of thesecourses was to require consistency in the format of each of our courses byimplementing a standard template. This will facilitate courses to have the samelook, feel, tools, and structure. Faculty developing these courses must havecompleted our Teaching Academy for Distance Learning (TADL) training courseprior to writing courses. To ensure quality course development and structure
product models are often madequickly, cut out of various types of foam, or modeled from wood or fiberboard. Buildingthese ‘sketch models’ throughout the design process provides several benefits, such asimparting a sense of scale, or the ability to investigate how a product fits in the hand.Later models that are highly finished can be produced either in the shop or by means ofcomputer modeling. As the design students moved into the concept development phase, it was decidedthat the teaching assistants from engineering would come into the design studio, insteadof only being on duty in the product laboratory, which is located in the College ofEngineering. It was through this somewhat unexpected development that the coursebegan to take on
others.The financial barrier of building a laboratory for this discipline is prohibitive for mostinstitutions. It can range from hundreds of thousands of dollars for a modest teaching lab toseveral million dollars for a teaching cleanroom. The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)department at Erie Community College was able to procure the grant funding to build such alaboratory. A Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and sputter coater were acquired to begininfusing nanotechnology into the EET curriculum. The next step involved building asemiconductor fabrication course utilizing industry-standard equipment for top-down fabricationof nanoscale devices and the characterization equipment required to measure them. Both stepswere funded though Carl
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and sustainability engineering space. Each case study has onlinehow-to guides, linked throughout this paper, and could be utilized in environmental orsustainability engineering curricula, classrooms, or laboratory teaching settings. Each case studytargets specific ABET criteria for environmental engineering programs [39]. Many of theseprojects would require purchasing some hardware components for a lab setting, and we willdiscuss each of those in the respective sections as well as successful applications and real-worldexamples that have utilized these types of techniques.Air Quality Detection Using AccelerometerCurrently, air quality is a good marker of engineering for sustainable development given thedirect connections with climate change
; stats/numbers that are more readily available using an online teaching methodology.1. Introduction In the last few years, online courses or classes have beenmore and more present and advertized/offered by different 2. Backgroundacademic institutions. The typical in-person or in-class The class name as mentioned in the Abstract iscourses are shrinking in offerings at some institutes. More "Energy, Environment and Society". It is a sophomore leveland more institutions are offering courses, even whole course taught by the Mechanical Engineering Departmentdegrees, on-line. A lot of them offer
knowledge of life-science-based products and processes.There have been numerous reports of current and projected shortages of human resourcespossessing the required knowledge in the growing industry.4A need exists to prepare students for a global working environment and characteristicssuch as creativity, the ability to work on an interdisciplinary team and transfer newknowledge in innovative ways are necessary. But how do you teach students creativityand innovation? How do you teach students to work effectively and collaborate indiverse groups to solve interdisciplinary problems that tend to be ill-defined? In order tobegin addressing some of these questions, an existing, introductory biotechnology coursewas adapted as an entrepreneurial option for
AC 2011-761: ADVANCED ENERGY VEHICLE DESIGN-BUILD PROJECTFOR FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTSClifford A. Whitfield, The Ohio State University Graduated from The Ohio State University with B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD. in Aerospace Engineering and currently working as a Lecturer-BE and a Senior Research Associate for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the Engineering Education Innovation Center’s First-Year Engineering Pro- gram at The Ohio State University.Philip Schlosser, Ohio State University Dr. Schlosser teaches First-Year Engineering courses and Freshman Seminars at The Ohio State Univer- sity. He graduated from Ohio State University with B.Sc. degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering and
curricula.Baccalaureate curricula were designed to allow students completing their Associate’s degrees ata satellite campus to transfer to the main campus and complete their Baccalaureate Degreecoursework.Known colloquially as the “2+2” system, this approach created a significant critical path concernin the networking degree plan of study. The satellite campuses do not have the faculty expertise,nor the space and funds to teach laboratory-based networking courses. As a result, all corelaboratory-based networking courses had to be delivered in the junior and senior years. Studentstook the majority of their non-core courses in the first two years, then took predominatelylaboratory-based core courses in their last two years.This created several curriculum design
engineering and advised capstone design projects within the robotics and automation option. He received his PhD and M.S. degrees from Purdue University, both in electrical engineering. He received his BS in electrical and electronics engineering from Middle East Technical University. Dr. Padir currently teaches undergraduate robotics engineering courses at WPI, advises student projects and participates in curriculum development activities for WPI's robotics engineering BS degree. Page 14.428.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Designing an Undergraduate Robotics Engineering
AC 2009-2275: RUNNING LINUX IN A WINDOWS COMPUTER LABEd Crowley, University of Houston Page 14.1039.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Running Linux in a Windows Computer LabAbstractIn many courses, the effective use of Linux, or other open source software, can expandand enhance active learning opportunities for students. Since many institutions havestandardized on Windows Computer Laboratories, implementing Linux based learningexperiences may initially seem problematic. However, with a Live Linux CD, you canquickly and easily run Linux, and related open source tools, in an existing WindowsComputer Lab.In this paper, we will explain how Linux Live CDs
Laboratory (VML), was developed based on Matlab® Graphic-User-Interface. VML was created as the kinematic information measurement tool to be used ina class project environment. In the project with VML, first, the student will capture a digitalvideo image of an object subjected to the complex motion with a high frame rate digital camerathat is widely available today. As the second step, the student will evaluate the kinematics,position and angle, of the object with digital motion tracking algorithm within VML. Thekinematic information deduced from the motion tracking can be exported as the data inMicrosoft® Excel format. The data can then be used to evaluate other kinematic informationsuch as velocity, acceleration, angular velocity, and angular