a logicalmanner. This characteristic of tutorial makes it an effective way to teach Pakistani studentsthe basic knowledge which they didn’t have access to in Pakistan.Power systems laboratory designed and organized specific tutorials for the students in theUSPCAS-E program. The tutorial covers four portions, including the classic power systemprotection schemes, the operation of digital relays, the design of the smart grid, and thePSCAD simulation. Each portion is introduced and discussed in four one-hour lectures.Four projects are carefully designed for each portion of the tutorial. The exchange studentsneed to use the knowledge covered in the tutorial to finish the corresponding projects.Students are also required to submit project reports
continues his/her academic field of study and ismade up of the following courses: Fundamentals of Biology, Molecular Biology andGenetics, Cell Biology, Biotechnology Laboratory courses, Regulatory Compliance,Process Quality Control, and Bioinformatics. The minor is available to any PurdueUniversity student majoring in any four-year degree baccalaureate degree program, i.e.,science, technology, engineering, agriculture, pharmacy. The purpose of the minor is tooffer the graduates of these four-year programs the basic knowledge and understanding oflife-science based products, processes, and product quality to seek employmentopportunities in the area of biotechnology and biotech-manufacturing.The objectives of this paper are to describe the design and
directional controlvalves (widely used, controls fluids).After the PLC overview, we proceeded to the programming software. The best methodfor teaching the software is via lab activities that require the students to develop ladderlogic programs designed to control a process. The six laboratory activities that weutilized are the: Industrial start cycle with an automated stop function; Conveyor systemwith indicating lights; Timing six sequential outputs; Automated palletized materialhandling system; Computerized parking garage; and the Vehicle intersection traffic lightcontroller. Page 10.1030.6 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering
received the Kerry Bruce Clark award for Excellence in Teaching, Florida Tech’s highest teaching award, for the 2013-2014 aca- demic year. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Fatigue Life Experiment for Aerospace Engineering UndergraduatesAbstractThe importance of fatigue in aerospace structural design suggests the need for this topic to beaddressed as part of aerospace engineering undergraduate curricula. This paper describes asequence of laboratory experiments for upper level aerospace engineering students thatemphasizes stress concentrations and their role in quasistatic and fatigue loading. The fatigueexperiment is conducted with a
. Hale, S. Freyne, Teaching Aids and Laboratory Experiments toEnhance Materials Learning, Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of theAmerican Society for Engineering Education, Wichita, KS, Sep. 19-21, 2007.[9] A. M. Barry, D. Berry, S. Cunningham, J. Newton, M. Schweppe, A. Spalter, W. Whiteley,R. Williams, Visual Learning for Science and Engineering. A visual Learning Campfire,Snowbird, Utah, June 1-4, 2002.[10] G.R. Chalageri, G.U, Raju, Teaching Reform through Model building in Theory of MachineCourse, Proceedings of the International Conference on Transformations in EngineeringEducation, ICTIEE, 2014.[11] S. Rasul, Q. Bukhsh, S. Batool, “A study to analyze the effectiveness of audio visual aids inteaching learning process at a
division college undergraduates. Music is ofalmost universal interest to students, as demonstrated, for example, by the ubiquitous presence ofpersonal digital audio players, such as the iPod. Many university students, regardless of major,are themselves music makers as amateur (or sometimes professional) musicians. Exploitingstudents’ interest in music provides a vehicle to teach fundamentals of math and science inSTEM education.This project has taken this idea much further by combining math, science, and engineeringdesign in a block course that satisfies basic mathematics and science requirements of all studentsat Arizona State University. The project built both on students’ interest in music and their needto take math and laboratory science
completed and delivered condensed course materials from Advanced EnergyStorage Systems and Power Management and Applications of Energy Storage Systems to assistMCC and HFCC faculty in developing the course and workshops. WSU faculty collaboratedwith MCC and HFCC faculty to develop appropriate teaching materials in community collegestudent level. WSU faculty also provided laboratory specifications for MCC and HFCC. Table 5lists the contents for the energy storage course in MCC and HFCC. Table 4. Course contents of the two energy storage courses in WSU-DET Power Management and Applications of Energy Advanced Energy Storage Systems
UW-Milwaukee Teaching Assistant and Lab Manager Milwaukee, WI 01/2012 – 05/2013 •Maintained lab equipments and developed methods of lab experimentation for mechanical experimentation class •Taught experimental methods for engineering problem solving and computerized programming envi- ronment based on LabVIEW UW-Milwaukee Research Assistant Milwaukee, WI 08/2009 – 12/2011 •Nanomaterials synthesis and analysis using Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction •Developed nanomaterials for anode electrodes in lithium ion batteries and performed the electrochemical character- istics using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and battery test equipments Advanced Test Concepts (ATC), Inc
Session 1448 Enhancing System Dynamics Instruction for Technologists with Simulation Robert W. Bolton and Behbood Zoghi Texas A&M University Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution College Station Texas, 77843AbstractThe Department of Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University teaches“Electromechanical Systems for Technologists” to sophomore mechanical and electricaltechnology majors. The course transitions students from calculus and physics prerequisites tomore
. Page 8.165.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents enrolled in the EE and CpE programsThe main feedback is based on the end-of-semester assessment form used for each course. Also,exit questionnaires are requested from each student during their final semester. The questionnaireincludes such topics as: career preparedness; course syllabi, general facilities, faculty instruction,advising, laboratory facilities, relevance of instruction, quality of instruction, and coursetextbooks. This questionnaire is used for both EE and CpE students and includes questionsapplicable to the individual
they are needed in the technical fundamentals courses which beginin the second semester. We also feel that retention will be improved because of both heightenedstudent interest in the major and improved mathematical skills when the technical courses aretaken. A description of this new course, including a detailed syllabus and examples ofinnovative laboratory experiences created for this course, are presented. The experiments areavailable, in PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) at http://uhavax.hartford.edu/~banzI. IntroductionThere is a growing awareness by faculty nationwide that students now entering technicaldisciplines lack the practical experience and technological literacy which students once had1,2,and our own classroom experiences at
teach, have discussionswith peers, and improve their communication skills. Numerous STEM students indicated thatwhen learning via a computer screen, they are unable to focus as readily or retain as muchinformation, resulting in a loss of motivation [17]. Prior to the pandemic, students relied onuniversity services like libraries, computer laboratories, and campus wi-fi to complete theireducational requirements; however, these were lost due to school closures [14]. Considering thatyoung people with disabilities do better in supportive environments, preliminary reportsindicated that they struggled during the pandemic [18]. These multiple and interactingchallenges during the pandemic caused several U.S. institutions to implement the pass/fail
functionalareas: the Virtual Construction Laboratory, the Methods and Materials Laboratory, and theConstruction Education Laboratory. Experiential learning has been introduced as a methodologythat combines problem-solving skills with theoretical principles to redefine engineeringeducation in order to meet the demands of the industry14. The University of Washingtonenvisions the Pacific Northwest Center for Construction Research and Education as a placewhere learners will experience construction engineering and management theory and skills firsthand, while researchers will study pedagogy and education methodologies related to engineeringeducation.Experiential learning can be defined as a constructivist pedagogical approach where learnersbuild understanding
. His research is in nonlinear vibrations as it applies to structural health monitoring, and assistive technology. He is currently working on grants related to teaching in STEM fields and laboratory curricular development and is active in developing international research opportunities for undergraduates.Dr. Deborah S Munro, University of Portland Deborah is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and teaches statics, strength of materials, finite element analysis, biomechanics, automated manufacturing, CAD, and capstone design. She spent multiple years in the orthopedic medical device industry prior to joining academia.Dr. Shazib Z Vijlee, University of Portland Dr. Shazib ”Shaz” Vijlee earned BS and MS
Marine Corps Air Station after graduating with his B.S.E.E. Upon completing his M.S.E.E., he was an electrical engineer with the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado designing hardware for precision fiber optic measurements. He then entered the commercial sector as a staff engineer with Burroughs Corporation in San Diego, California developing fiber optic LAN systems. He left Burroughs for Tacan/IPITEK Corporation as Manager of Electro-Optic Systems developing fiber optic CATV hardware and systems. In 1990 he joined the faculty of the University of San Diego. He remains an active consultant in radio frequency and analog circuit design, and teaches review coursed for the
Paper ID #35273Restructuring a Pedagogical Course to Benefit Engineering Ph.D. Studentsand FacultyDr. Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University Aaron Wemhoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University. He earned his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2004, and he previously worked as a staff engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Restructuring a Pedagogical Course to Benefit Engineering Ph.D. Students and FacultyEGR 9200 Teaching
AC 2011-2248: INDUSTRY ADJUNCTS: LESSONS LEARNEDCharles E. Baukal, John Zink Co. LLC Dr. Baukal is the Director of the John Zink Institute which is the training organization for the John Zink Co. LLC in Tulsa, OK which is a leading manufacturer of industrial combustion equipment. Dr. Baukal has over 30 years of industrial experience and over 20 years of teaching experience. He is a licensed Professional Engineer, has authored or edited 8 books on industrial combustion, and is an inventor on 11 U.S. patents.Geoffrey L Price, University of TulsaJohn E Matsson, Oral Roberts University John E Matsson is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chairman of the Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, and Mathematics
. Photos ofsome available facilities are shown in Figure 3. Since the facilities are shared by all departmentsin the engineering college, we may find that some heavily used facilities will need to beduplicated within the department. To engage students in the active learning components, many of these activities will be taughtby a faculty member. A detailed faculty teaching load analysis has been conducted with themodel of 60 students in lecture sections and 30 students in practicum or clinic courses. It hasbeen shown that faculty teaching loads will not increase if graduate teaching assistants are usedfor 1/3 of the practicum or clinic meetings to run laboratories. Faculty would be present duringmore open-ended activities of product dissection
Paper ID #6360A Formal Research Study on Correlating Student Attendance Policies to Stu-dent SuccessDr. Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University Dr. Donald C. Richter obtained his B.Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling.Mr. Jason K Durfee, Eastern Washington University
Paper #1108 Session 2793 Developing and Implementing an Innovative First Year Program for 1000 Students Audeen W. Fentiman, John T. Demel, Richard J. Freuler, Robert J. Gustafson, and John A. Merrill College of Engineering, The Ohio State UniversityAbstractIn the past decade, learning experiences for first year engineering students at Ohio State haveevolved. This article provides an overview of that evolution with emphasis on the studentexperience in 2000. It will cover course topics, teaching staff, facilities, faculty development,assessment and feedback methodologies, and
effective teaching of membrane processes is an important issue to be addressed by theacademic community. Leading-edge industries are using membrane technology for new gains.Educational initiatives are crucial to the continued technical growth and wide-scale commercializationof membrane processes. This project seeks an innovative use of membrane technology, building on thepioneering work of the lead author, who developed membrane experiments in a conventional chemicalengineering laboratory setting [Sla94, Sla93, Sla92, Sla89, Sla87]. At Rowan University, the co-PI’swill integrate membrane technology throughout the engineering curriculum and involve student teamsin a unique multidisciplinary laboratory project experience – the clinics. Background
the robot’s functionality from within MATLAB’spowerful integrated development environment, which already includes numerical solvers, imageprocessing routines, neural network libraries, and control system design tools. We describe thedevelopment process and the toolbox’s features; and illustrate its capabilities with some projectsfrom our own Introductory Robotics class where it was beta tested. A student opinion surveyindicated that the toolbox was well received, but suggests its stability could be improved.1. IntroductionIt has been widely noted that engineering students benefit from a variety of teaching approaches,in particular visual and experiential learners prefer hands on laboratory experiences [1].Teaching robotics is no exception [2
Song The Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory (SMSL) supports research and teaching in the area of smart materials and structures. The main research activities include: • Active vibration control using piezoceramic materials and shape memory alloys, • Passive vibration control using shape memory alloys and magneto-rheological (MR) fluids, • Health monitoring using smart materials, and • Teaching tools using smart materials. With funding from National Science Foundation, NASA, and University of Houston, the laboratory has state-of-the-art equipment, including six sets of dSPACE digital data acquisition and real-time control systems, three sets of
the Junior year,students were initially hesitant, but ultimately excited, by the amount of design freedom and the Page 13.81.10ability to discover methods and achieve results on their own.Progression from construction to exploration and experimentationThe fluid mechanics topics selected for Fall of 2007 were Surface Tension, Stokes’ Drag, andFluid Mixing. The first two topics were based on a vast body of literature and are traditionallyused in undergraduate laboratories. Following the top down teaching approach, the students werefirst exposed to the examples in the lab before the concepts were introduced formally in theconcurrent Fluid
factor in the student’s individual grade.Individual Accountability• Laboratory material was incorporated into individual quizzes and exams (with this explicit in the laboratory syllabus).• Individuals were asked questions at random to explain elements of the project during their oral presentations. Group grade will depend in part on individuals’ answers.• Peer Assessment form7 was used to rate individual contribution.Face to face interaction• Lab work, presentation and at least some common meeting time brought students together.• Reciprocal teaching was encouraged in that grade depends on group grade and individuals are held responsible for their individual parts. Several roles required that students learn things from other group
Skills. Journal of Engineering Education. 90, 685-6923. Hyde, R.A. and B.W. Karney. 2001. Environmental education research: implications for engineering education.Journal of Engineering Education. 90, 267-275.4. Shaalan, H. 2003. Field trips: a teaching tool in an introductory course on process industry. Proceedings ofthe American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.5. Most, K.R. and M.P. Deisenroth. 2003. ABET and Engineering Laboratory Learning Objectives: A Study atVirginia Tech. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference andExposition, American Society for Engineering Education.6. Young, P.M. 1997. Laboratory development in collaboration with industry. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in
our message to theuniversity-wide student body. A total of eleven sections of the course were offered in fourquarters from fall to fall with an average of 30 students per section. Six technology faculty, whoare traditionally assigned to teaching the course, were trained in HFCT using a lecture andmodule training materials.In addition, one week of HFCT topics was integrated in the following courses: ME 454-Renewable Energy and Sustainability (enrollment 26); TECH 470-Electric, Hybrid andAlternatively Fueled Vehicles (enrollment 20), and TECH 370-Power, Energy andTransportation Technologies (enrollment 45).Concurrently, significant effort was dedicated to establishing the “Zero Emissions Fuel Cell andHydrogen Laboratory.” The laboratory is
technologies through a series of laboratory experiments using small-scaletest beds. The protocols and standards include IEEE 802.11 (a, b, g or simply WiFi)5,14,Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15)12, WiMAX (802.16)13, etc. The CIT program6 in the Department ofComputer Science7 at Northern Kentucky University17 offers several courses in networking andsystem administration. In general, students learn about many networking systems, but had rareopportunity to learn wireless networking technologies. A newly designed special topic course ofMobile and Wireless Network with hands-on laboratory experiments has demonstratedeffectiveness in teaching the concepts of different wireless network technologies. This course hasbeen offered to provide a practical view of mobile and
Paper ID #7088How to Use Engineering in High School Science: Two Case StudiesDr. Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern UniversityMs. Jessica Chin, Northeastern University Jessica Chin is an Artist/Designer/Researcher focusing on blending creativity with mechanical design. She has been collaborating with leading research and development laboratories including the Modeling, Analysis, and Predcition (MAP) Laboratory at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. and the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern. For the past four years, Chin was a researcher working on the development of a predictive model for chronic wound tracking. In
- Romania, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Romania. His teaching subjects are Ergonomics, Management, Human Resources Management, Occupational Health and Safety Management, Production Systems Engineering. His research fields of interest are linked with the impact of the knowledge based society upon the social / human dynamics / evolution and the production systems. He regularly publishes and participates on international scientific conferences. Lucian Cioca is the Ad- ministrator of the LBUS Department of Consulting, Training and Lifelong Learning, Doctoral Advisor in Engineering and Management, Member of the National Council for Attestation of Academic Titles, Diplomas