Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kain Osterholt, Belcan Corp.; Adam Vaccari, Caterpillar Incorporated; Joe Faivre, Caterpillar Incorporated; Gary Dempsey, Bradley University

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Electrical and Computer

, Illinois where he is currently an Associate Professor. He teaches the undergraduate control theory courses, a graduate course in neural networks, and a senior design laboratory. Page 11.1432.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Virtual Control Workstation Design Using Simulink, SimMechanics, and the Virtual Reality ToolboxAbstract Control workstations are used in education to teach control theory principles as well asa test station for control algorithm development. Two workstations from Quanser Consulting arebeing used in our electrical and computer engineering program in student

Conference Session

Engineering Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Schertzer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Patricia Iglesias, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Kate N. Leipold, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); John D. Wellin, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto for his work characterizing the motion and mixing of droplets in Digital Microfluidic Devices. He continued as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto where he focused on the design and commercialization of a point of care Digital Microfluidic device. During this time, Dr. Schertzer was also a sessional lecturer at Ryerson University (Toronto, ON) where he taught (1) Integrated Manufacturing and (2) Design of BioMEMS. Since joining RIT, Dr. Schertzer has had the opportunity to teach (1) Thermodynamics I, (2) Engineering Measurements Labo- ratory, and (3) Laboratory Applications in Mechatronics.Dr. Patricia Iglesias, Rochester Institute of

Conference Session

New ECE laboratories

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Joseph Ebel Sr., Saint Louis University; Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #25587A Speech Recognition Linear Systems LabDr. William Joseph Ebel Sr., Saint Louis University Dr. William J. Ebel received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri - Rolla in 1991 in Electrical Engineering. He joined St. Louis University in the Fall of 2000 as an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and has served as the department Chairman for two different periods. He teaches in the areas of signal and image processing, communications, and robotics and he is actively involved in novel instructional methods. His research interests include image processing and robotics.Dr. Chris Carroll, Saint

Conference Session

New ECE Laboratories

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Liang Hong, Tennessee State University

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Electrical and Computer

with the real-world wireless signals over-the-air in real-time,but also improve their creative thinking ability, hands-on and programming skills, and capabilityto deal with many real-world issues and non-idealities. Assessments show that the learningoutcomes were met and the educational module and materials were successful in teaching theadvanced techniques with hands-on experience in IoT domain. Additional benefits includeincreased students’ interests in other communication systems and broadened minorityparticipation in the nation's technology workforce.Background and motivationInternet of Things (IoT), a network of uniquely identifiable physical objects or “things”embedded with electronics, software, sensors and connectivity, allows

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Morris; David Zietlow

$10/data set $10 3) Scale Fees $40/hour $10 4) Launch Fees $10/launch $10 5) Calibration Fees $10/Instrument $10 6) PC Laboratory No Charge 7) Software Licensing Fees No Charge Consulting Fees 1) Professor $80/hour $20 2) Teaching Assistant $20/hour $10 3) Fellow Student $10/hour $10When a team required any material or service, that team was required to sign so me of theircurrency and “pay” the lab assistant. This money was accumulated

Conference Session

New ECE laboratories

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

. “Analog-Circuit-Based Activities to Improve IntroductoryContinuous-Time Signals and Systems Courses”, Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for EngineeringEducation conference and exposition, 2013.[2] Rao, A., Fan, J., Brame, C., and Landman.B, “Improving Conceptual Understanding of Signals and Systems inUndergraduate Engineering Students Using Collaborative in Class Laboratory Exercises”, Proceedings of the 2014American Society for Engineering Education conference and exposition, 2014.[3] Verdin, B., Borries, R., Nava, P., and Butler, A., “An Experiment to enhance Signals and Systems learning byusing technology based teaching strategies”, Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Educationconference and exposition, 2014.[4

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

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Manufacturing

2006-2116: MANUFACTURING SIMULATION FOR INDUSTRIAL PROJECTSPaul Nutter, Ohio Northern University Paul Nutter, CMfgE, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technological Studies at Ohio Northern University. He has been teaching industrial technology for six years, and has 26 years experience in manufacturing and industrial engineering. Paul is active in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, serving as chair of the Student Relations Subcommittee for 2005, and on the Member Council for 2006. Page 11.910.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Manufacturing

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Davis Charles; Tony Lin

Session 3263 Integration of Polymer Processing and Advanced Quality Assurance Courses - An Injection Molding Project using Design of Experiments Tony Lin, Charles C. Davis, Nanda K. Neethimangala Kettering University Flint, MI 48504AbstractKettering University is a co-op college for Engineering and Managerial Studies located in Flint,Michigan. Our students alternate terms of classroom/laboratory work with terms of workexperience with their corporate sponsors. Because of this unique education system, it

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Session 1426 Portable Experimental Apparatus for Demonstrating Thermodynamics Principles Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh Department of Engineering Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USAAbstractA refrigeration system experimental apparatus was designed, developed and constructed for theundergraduate mechanical engineering laboratory at Indiana University-Purdue University atFort Wayne. The purpose of the experimental apparatus is to demonstrate

Conference Session

Energy Laboratory Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

2006-681: LABORATORY-SCALE STEAM POWER PLANT STUDY -- RANKINECYCLER EFFECTIVENESS AS A LEARNING TOOL AND A COMPREHENSIVEEXPERIMENTAL ANALYSISAndrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU and is the Thermal-Fluids Laboratory Coordinator. He is on the ASME PTC committee on Air-Cooled Condensers.Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville Philip Gerhart is the Dean of

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Kantowski; Marc Hoit; Matthew Ohland

Session 0230 Teaching Teachers to Teach Engineering: the 19th Annual SECME Summer Institute Matthew Ohland, Marc Hoit, Mary Kantowski University of Florida, Civil Engineering/Civil Engineering/Mathematics EducationAbstractThe University of Florida hosted the 19th annual Summer Institute for the SouthEastern Consortium forMinorities in Engineering (SECME) from June 16th-29th, 1995. K-12 Teachers, counselors, and administratorsfrom the southeast participated in engineering laboratory activities. These activities were designed as part of

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nathan L. Anderson, California State University, Chico; Tiffani Anderson, California State University, Chico

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Laboratories. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Purdue University and his B.S. in Materials Engineering from San Jose State University.Ms. Tiffani Anderson, California State University, Chico Tiffani Anderson is a lecturer at CSU, Chico teaching organic chemistry. She received her M.S. degree in Organic Chemistry from Purdue University and her B.S. from CSU, Chico. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 An Interdisciplinary Glimpse into the Best Practices for Effective Student Engagement in the Virtual Laboratory Nathan L. Anderson* and Tiffani N. Anderson** * Department of

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Raluca Ilie, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Eric Shaffer, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Cynthia Marie D'Angelo, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Daniel Cermak, Illinois Informatics; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ; Mei-Yun Lin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Hsinju Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

modularized elements for hands-on antenna education in university classrooms. Now, she works with Professor Ilie on studying the impact of energetic heavy ions on the magnetosphere dynamics and as a teaching assistant for Fields & Waves Virtual Reality Laboratory. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Virtual Reality Laboratory Experiences for Electricity and Magnetism CoursesAbstractA solid understanding of electromagnetic (E&M) theory is key to the education of electricalengineering students. However, these concepts are notoriously challenging for students to learndue to the difficulty in grasping abstract concepts

Conference Session

Mechanical Design and Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Richard Harris, Sandia National Laboratories

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2502: A HOLISTIC REVIEW OF MECHANICAL DESIGNCURRICULUM IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMJyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University Jyhwen Wang joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 2001 after working 10 years as a researcher and R&D manager in steel industry. He teaches mechanical design applications and his research interest is in the areas of mechanical design and material processing technology. He received his Ph. D. degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University.Richard Harris, Sandia National Laboratories Rick Harris is Manager of Mechanical Design within the Weapons Engineering division of

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eva Graham, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Engineering Technology

2004. From 1993-2005, Dr. Howard was at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she led research efforts on various robotic projects. Following this, she joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech in 2005 and founded the Human-Automation Systems (HumAnS) Laboratory. In addition, she is actively involved in inspiring the next generation of engineers and scientists through active mentoring and training.Eva Graham, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Eva Graham is the current manager of NASA/JPL’s Minority Education Initiatives, in which she works to make sure that groups typically underrepresented in science and engineering will have a chance at success. She began

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Parisa Shokouhi, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

and preparations.Students with little or no preparation have a lot of difficulty understanding the physics andconnecting the physical principles to the methods and potential applications within the shorttimeframe each method is discussed. To address these challenges, we augment the (virtual) class by virtual laboratory sessionsin order to reinforce student understanding of the physics and operation of select NDEtechniques (ET and UT). Simulation-based virtual laboratories have long been used to increaselearning in engineering courses. For example, Kukreti et al. [3] developed simple simulationtools to teach fundamental concepts of ‘Strength of Materials’, a core engineering course whileDerks et al. [4] combined actual and laboratory

Conference Session

K-12 and Precollege Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); John Timothy Gill, Lee-Scott Academy

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10392Impact of Engineering Design Serious Game on Student Learning in a K-12CurriculumMr. Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE) Pramod Rajan got his Bachelors in Mechatronics Engineering from Bharathiar University, India in 2004 and working on his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Auburn University. He is working with the Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE) at Auburn University. His research focuses on development and testing of innovative instructional materials like case studies, smart scenarios and serious games to improve

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Cheryl Xu, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #18647ECE Teaching and Learning: Challenges in Teaching Digital Signal Process-ingDr. S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University is the principal investigator of the National Science Foundation’s research grant, National Wireless Re- search Collaboration Symposium 2014; he has published a book (with Dr. Hu of University of North Dakota) on mobile computing in 2013. Professor Mousavinezhad is an active member of IEEE and ASEE having chaired sessions in national and regional conferences. He has been an ABET Program Evaluator for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering as well as Engineering Education

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Guoping Wang

to use these tools in their future work. 2) Xilinx has an excellent university program supporting web site. This site includes lots of laboratory exercises, student projects collections and links as teaching resources. 3) An excellent step-by-step tutorial plus FAQs are available as Xilinx on-line documents8. Extensive collections of FPGA/CPLD application notes are also available on the Xilinx web site. 4) In the CPLD library of Xilinx ISE 5.2, there are lots of 74xx symbols 9. The library includes the popular logic blocks such as 74x138, 74x139, 74x151, 74x163, etc. In the lab

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Falcone, Argonne National Laboratory; Terrence Davidovits, A123 Systems; Eric Schacht, The Ohio State Univeristy; Michael Wahlstrom, Argonne National Laboratory

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-1388: INTEGRATION OF MODERN ENERGY STORAGE DESIGNPRACTICES INTO UNIVERSITY AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING PROGRAMSFrank Falcone, Argonne National LaboratoryTerrence Davidovits, A123 SystemsEric Schacht, The Ohio State UniveristyMichael Wahlstrom, Argonne National Laboratory Page 15.783.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Title of the Paper: Integration of Modern Energy Storage Design Practices into University Automotive Engineering ProgramsAbstractAs automotive technology surges forward at an ever increasing pace, Argonne NationalLaboratory works to keep the US Department of Energy sponsored Advanced

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Gross; David Clarke; David Bentler; Joseph Hitt; Janet Baldwin; Ronald Welch

self-assessments assist in fullyunderstanding the realized benefits of ETW.II. ETW OrganizationHow is ETW organized? ETW is a one-week short course (Figure 1) providing seminars on thebasics of excellent teaching (using Lowman5 and Wankat and Oreovicz6), demonstrations ofeffective teaching, laboratory exercises requiring the participants to teach lessons followed bygroup assessment, and discussions on how to apply the presented techniques in differentuniversity settings (laboratory, large classrooms, auditoriums, or seminar groups, etc.).The most critical and transformational part of ETW is the opportunity to learn new techniques,then practice them in the three classes presented by each participant. Team members assume therole of students

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2005 GSW

Authors

Aiman S. Kuzmar, City of Corpus Christi, TX

positive impact on their learning practices.The instructor himself learned many things from this new approach, and that has its pronouncedand constructive influence on his teaching abilities and skills. All of this enhanced theeducation process in this particular course. This approach seems to be useful in otherengineering undergraduate courses as well. Instructors at other institutes are encouraged to trythis new method of teaching, but they have to be careful with its limitations and constraints. References1. American Society of Engineering Education, , Washington, D. C., USA.2. Ogot, M., Elliot, G., and Glumac, N., An Assessment of In-Person and Remotely Operated Laboratory, Journal of

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masud Salimian, Morgan State University; Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University; Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #7529Theme-based Teaching /Learning: A New Approach in Teaching Manufac-turing ProcessesDr. Masud Salimian, Morgan State University Faculty at the department of industrial engineering, Morgan State UniversityMr. Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State UniversityMs. Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering Early career engagement as a systems and logistics engineer by Department of Defense contractors, Avis Ransom, applied a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and an M.B.A. in the management and development of technology and in the application of engineering to address DoD requirements. Following fifteen years

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahaa Ansaf, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Manufacturing

Course Using Design-Based Teaching ApproachAbstract: Introduction to Manufacturing Processes is one of the core courses in most mechanicalengineering, manufacturing engineering, and industrial engineering programs. The current coursecurriculum and teaching style mainly depend on the lectures for the manufacturing processes thatare aligned and synchronized with the laboratory work (project) to gain the required knowledgeand skills. According to students’ feedback for this course as well as similar courses offered at otheruniversities, the course is time intensive, involves no critical thinking, requires limited classparticipation, and is not well connected with real-world manufacturing problems

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Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies

sections of the course with a total of 34students enrolled. Of the 34 students, 24 were teaching a lecture, laboratory or recitation; and 10were non-teachers who were primarily responsible for grading, office hours and tutoringsessions. All of the students were required to do the peer observation assignment. There weresix female students and 28 male students. All of the students consented to participate in thestudy according to the university requirements from the Office of Research Protections. Of the34 students 23 were international students (4 female, 19 male). The international students camefrom a variety of countries including India, Turkey, Iran, Bangladesh, Iraq, South Korea,Ecuador, Venezuela and China. For some international students this

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimia Moozeh, University of Toronto ; Nadine Ibrahim, University of Toronto; Rahim Rezaie, University of Toronto; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Murray R. Metcalfe, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #21976Alternative Approaches to Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory Experi-ence for Low-income NationsKimia Moozeh, University of Toronto Kimia Moozeh is a PhD Candidate, graduate research and teaching assistant in Engineering Education at the University of Toronto. She received her Hon. B.Sc. in 2013, and her Master’s degree in Chemistry in 2014. Her dissertation explores improving the learning outcomes of undergraduate engineering laborato- ries by bridging the learning from a larger context to the underlying fundamentals, using digital learning objects.Dr. Nadine Ibrahim, University of Toronto Nadine

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip D. Coonley, Duke University; Gautam Sai Chebrolu, Duke University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

- lattice thin-film structures. Since 2005, he has been the Undergraduate Laboratory Manager in the De- partment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC. His interests include undergraduate engineering education, RFID, power electronics, plasma physics, and thin films.Mr. Gautam Sai Chebrolu, Duke University Gautam Sai Chebrolu received the B.S. degree in engineering from the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC, in 2017 with a dual-degree in Biomedical and Electrical/Computer En- gineering. While an undergraduate, he served as the Head Teaching Assistant for the sophomore level engineering course ”Electrical and Computer Engineering 280: Introduction to Signals and Systems

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Tracy Lee Mallette, University of New Mexico

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #25222A Writing in the Disciplines Approach to Technical Report Writing in Chem-ical Engineering Laboratory CoursesMs. Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico Catherine (Cat) Hubka, MFA, holds dual appointments at the University of New Mexico in the Depart- ments of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and Department of English. For CBE, she is em- bedded in the 300 and 400 labs where she supports curriculum redesign focused on incorporating content- based writing approaches. In the Department of English, Cat teaches in the Core Writing Program where her pedagogy incorporates creative writing

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

University Florida previously. His research interests include Mixed-signal/RF circuit design and testing, measurement automation, environmental & biomedical data measurement, and educational robotics development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition ARM Cortex M4F based microcontroller based and laboratory oriented course development in higher educationAbstractARM (Advanced RISC Machines) processors are frequently found in modern consumerelectronics products such as smartphones and tablets. The author has been teaching two courseson embedded system software and microcontroller architecture for each

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah J. Christian, Carnegie Mellon University; Chad Hershock, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Cameron Melville, Carnegie Mellon University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

likely to attempt applying IBL, which would likely be a step towardimproving the state of engineering education. Ideally, faculty will be more likely to invest theirtime in adapting particular forms of IBL to their teaching contexts if there is available data toinform those decisions.II. MethodsParticipantsWe conducted this study during the Spring 2017 semester at Carnegie Mellon University, a 4-year, highly-selective, research-intensive university. We implemented the study within a half-semester, 7-week, Civil & Environmental Engineering laboratory course (Materials Lab)examining the material properties and behavior of concrete, masonry and wood. The course isrequired for third-year undergraduates in Civil & Environmental Engineering to