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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas David, Iowa State University; Suman Debnath, Purdue University; Munadir Aziz Ahmed; Dionysios C. Aliprantis, Iowa State University; Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University

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qualified personnel and the anticipated severeworkforce shortage issue in the electric power industry.Over the past decade, many academic institutions have tried to improve their power electronicscurricula, and to include experimental-based learning. (Here, for the sake of brevity, the term“power electronics” also encompasses the technology of machines and drives.) Several institu-tions, due to budget limitations and/or to mitigate electrocution or mechanical hazards related tohigher voltages or rotating machinery, respectively, have developed laboratories with small-scalemotors 3 or “virtual” laboratory facilities 4. These are closely related to “e-learning” or Web-based approaches, such as the one developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University

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, Optimizing Student Learning, and Leadership Skills. Dr. Ater Kranov is also adjunct associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University. Page 24.933.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 NEW MECHATRONICS CURRICULUM ON MULTI-AXIS INDUSTRIAL MOTION CONTROLAbstractOver the past couple decades, mechanical engineering programs have made significant advancesin developing educational materials and laboratory exercises in controls and mechatronics1-4.However, there is an important gap remaining between the

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Weiling Cai, Rowan University; Chenchen Huang, Rowan University; Cheng Zhu, Rowan University; LuoBin Cui

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emphasis placed on microstructure characterization,LuoBin Cui ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023An Educational Game using Multiphysics Enriched Mixed Reality forIntegrated Geotechnical Engineering EducationABSTRACTTraditional geotechnical engineering education has difficulties for students to connect amongtheoretical concepts, laboratory testing, field investigation and engineering design due to thelimitation of temporal and spatial resources. Developing an educational game could providean integrated geotechnical engineering education so that students could systematicallycomprehend the process of a design for a geotechnical project from theories, experiments,and practical designs. To achieve this

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Milo Koretsky, Tufts University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico

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(c) organizational change. These studies have revealed that peersand teams unite the themes of meaningful and consequential learning and equity and inclusion.2. Meaningful and consequential learningOur focus of curriculum reform has been towards shifting activity to meaningful, consequentiallearning in activity-based studio and laboratory courses to better prepare students to connect theknowledge they are learning in school to the messy, open-ended work they will encounter aspracticing engineers (NAE, 2020). Meaningful, consequential learning centers on work thatpositions students on teams in the role of engineers where they need to identify core foundationalprinciples as conceptual tools to progress (Johri & Olds, 2011). We draw upon

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University

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taught.1.2 Web-Based Delivery of Engineering Laboratory ExperimentsDelivering the laboratory component of an engineering course online has been identified by anumber of research groups ([1], [3], [19] and [20]) as the largest barrier to widespreadpenetration of web-based courses across the curricula in higher education. The importance of alaboratory experience is often inherently accepted by instructors as a way to reinforce classroomconcepts; however, there has been a considerable amount of research as to why a laboratoryexperience is important and what students gain from it. The authors of [20] provide acomprehensive and historical accounting of the purpose of a lab experience in engineeringeducation. The authors present that a lab gives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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supported by a National Science FoundationAdvanced Technological Education3 (ATE) Grant. The goals of the grant project are to: a) createand implement a new Associate of Applied Science Photonics and Laser Technology (AAS PLT)program; b) fully equip an Optics and Photonics Laboratory for education and training; c) trainfaculty to teach core courses in the AAS PLT program; d) perform outreach activities to localhigh schools to promote the new program; e) educate 30 or more students or workers by the endof the project.The paper discusses the efforts and activities performed towards achieving the project goals, andthe results and outcomes obtained in the first year of the grant. Activities included convening anAdvisory Board with industry

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ahmad Farooq, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Relating Sociocultural Identities to What Students Perceive asValuable to their Professional and Learning Efficacy When Engaging in Virtual Engineering LabsAbstractVirtual, online, and digital learning tools can be used to provide equity in access to STEMknowledge. These tools also serve as the building blocks for personalized learning platforms. Theassessment instrument, Student Perceived Value of an Engineering Laboratory (SPVEL) wasdeveloped to ascertain the impact and efficacy of virtual and in-person engineering laboratories in21st-century undergraduate curriculum. SPVEL addresses an emerging need for assessingengineering labs that take place in a myriad of environments in higher education, i.e., in-person,virtual, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Thomas Dick, Oregon State University; Susie J Brubaker-Cole, Oregon State University; Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University; Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; John David Ivanovitch, Oregon State university; Julie Risien, Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning; Lori J. Kayes, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University; Devon Quick, Oregon State University

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physiology. Dr. Quick promotes student learning and success through incorporating evidence based instructional approaches into both the large lecture and laboratory courses, including active learning techniques that foster student interaction. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Enhancing STEM Education at Oregon State University – Year 2ESTEME@OSU and the Theory of ChangeIn this paper, we update progress through the second year of the NSF WIDER fundedESTEME@OSU Project. The ESTEME@OSU Project is summarized below, and more detailcan be found elsewhere.1 ESTEME@OSU seeks to catalyze broad institutional change throughscaling and cross-pollination of efforts utilizing two evidence-based

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Kepner, Midwest Photonics Education Center; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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curricula, surveying 950 employers to determine their educationand training needs in the photonics area, delivering outreach events to 8000+ K-12 studentsinvolving hands-on exploration of lasers and optics, providing professional development tofaculty, participating in training and subsequently developing a recruiting and retention plan forfemales and minorities into the photonics technology field, and giving presentations about bestpractices in photonics technician education at several conferences. Next steps include setting upa laser assisted manufacturing laboratory at Indian Hills Community College and developing theassociated curriculum to serve as a model for colleges in the Midwest interested in teaching thisadvanced manufacturing technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youngwoo Seo, University of Toledo; Christopher Mark Hessler, University of Toledo; Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton

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behavior of these systems.Currently, in spite of present dynamics and complexities in water distribution systems, fluidmechanics and hydraulic courses are taught to engineering students focusing only on the physicalproperties and dynamics of fluids. There is a significant need for engineering students tounderstand physical, chemical and biological dynamics, and their interrelations, in waterdistribution systems to meet the demand for both a trained work force and the maintenance of anaged water infrastructure [1-7]. This project aims to address the current lack of integrated waterdistribution system education by providing laboratory modules and kits coupled with acomputational modeling tool for hydraulics and water quality simulation in water

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiping Zhang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Deng Cao, Central State University

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Broadband, Mobile and Wireless Networking Laboratory at the Department of Electrical Engineering of Wright State University.Dr. Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University Dr. Zhiqiang Wu received his BS from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1993, MS from Peking University in 1996, and PhD from Colorado State University in 2002, all in electrical engineering. He has worked at West Virginia University Institute of Technology as assistant professor from 2003 to 2005. He joined Wright State University in 2005 and currently serves as full professor. Dr. Wu is the author of national CDMA network management standard of China. He also co-authored one of the first books on multi-carrier transmission for wireless

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET; Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET

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AC 2012-3595: INDUSTRIAL MOTION CONTROL AS A CONTEXT FORMECHATRONICS EDUCATIONDr. Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver Hakan Gurocak is Director of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University, Vancouver. His research interests include haptic interfaces for virtual reality, robotics, au- tomation, fuzzy logic, and technology-assisted distance delivery of laboratory courses. Gurocak is an ABET Program Evaluator for mechanical engineering.Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET Ashley Ater Kranov is ABET’s Managing Director of Professional Services. Her department is responsi- ble for ensuring the quality training of program evaluators, partnering with faculty and industry to

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Jinlee Kim P.E., California State University Long Beach

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Paper ID #8596Effectiveness of Green-BIM Teaching Method in Construction Education Cur-riculumProf. Jin-Lee Kim P.E., California State University Long Beach Jin-Lee Kim, Ph.D., P.E., LEED AP BD+C is an Assistant Professor of Dept. of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management at California State University, Long Beach. He is a Director of Green Building Information Modeling laboratory at CSULB. He has earned a doctorate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida, majoring Construction Engineering Management with a minor in Statistics. His research interests include construction engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dianna Newman; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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such places as Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Universities of Texas and Wisconsin in the U.S., Kyoto and Nagoya Universities in Japan, the Ioffe Institute in Russia, and Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology in Ukraine. He was ECSE Department Head from 2001 to 2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association from 2003 to 2008. He is presently the Education Director for the SMART LIGHTING NSF ERC.Dr. Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech Dr. Kathleen Meehan is presently an associate professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her previous academic positions were at at the University of Denver and West Virginia University. Prior to moving

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Development of Agent-based Tutor & Simulator System and Assessment of Instructional Modules Implemented in areas of Quality Control, Metrology and Prototyping (Year II of the Project)AbstractOne of the main goals of our project is to enhance the cognitive learning of our online laboratoryactivities. In this paper we briefly discuss the new learning modules developed during the secondyear of the project (virtual 3-D laboratory activities) as well as the status of development of ourAdvance Knowledge of How Cognitive Learning Develops in Tele-presence System, ourDevelopment of an Agent-based Tutor & Simulator System (ATSS) and our assessment andevaluation process.IntroductionThe fundamental

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melody Baglione, Cooper Union

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case studies, practical laboratories, and real-world projects into the mechanical engineering curriculum. Her current projects in- clude: incorporating the HVAC and building automation systems of Cooper Union’s new LEED-Platinum academic building into the control systems curriculum; designing interactive K-12 STEM learning tech- nology; modeling and optimizing vehicle systems; and characterizing structural dynamics properties using experimental modal analysis. Page 26.309.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Building Sustainability into Control Systems: A New

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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-worldconfirmation of the theory and concepts from lecture classes. All too often, however,undergraduate laboratory classes fall short of enhanced learning and are instead more notable forstudent dissatisfaction and/or frustration [1], [2], [3]. There are several reasons for this problem.First, organized laboratory classes are often used to meet numerous student outcomes such asthose comprising ABET student outcomes (1) – (7) [4]. Second, organized laboratory classes areoften taught separately from theory classes, leading to a disconnect from pre-requisite coursesand uneven understanding among the student cohort. Third, organized lab classes often involveteamwork, without specific instruction or guidance on how to work effectively, how to divide uptasks

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gayle Nelson Evans, University of Florida; Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida; Chelsey S. Simmons, University of Florida; Renee Natalie Simmons

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Network of K-5 Educators and Engineering Researchers in a RET Gayle Evans , Kent Crippen , Chelsey Simmons , Renee Simmons 1 1 2 1 1 School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, 2Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of FloridaIntroductionResearch Experience for Teachers programs (RET) are an established form of professional developmentfor K-12 teachers in which they are invited to work as members of a laboratory research team in order toincrease their enthusiasm, knowledge and experience in STEM fields. Historically, bringing teachers

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Stephen E. Montgomery; Yang Zhang, Rowan University; Peter John Schwalbenberg, Rowan University

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AC 2012-3299: AN EXPERIMENT TO INTRODUCE PH-RESPONSIVEHYDROGELS FOR CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERYDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Stephanie Farrell is an Associate Professor in chemical engineering at Rowan University. Prior to joining Rowan in 1998, she was an Assistant Professor in chemical engineering and Adjunct Professor in biomed- ical engineering at Louisiana Tech University. She received her bachelor’s, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Stevens Institute of Technology, and New Jer- sey Institute of Technology, respectively. Farrell’s educational interests are in laboratory development and experiential learning, particularly in the areas of biomedical and

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niaz Latif, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College; Branislav Rosul, College of DuPage

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NSF -ATE Final ExamEquations, Electronic cam using Module 3-3: 83.3 85 Project 3 92 5 2 1 0 3.50 Problemservomotor, Motion instructions Exam I(6). Design and Configuregraphical screens for HMI NSF -ATE Laboratory(Human Machine Interface) units Module 3-4: 79 84.3 Project 4 4 2 2 0 3.25

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Sam Houston State University; David E. Thompson Ph.D., Sam Houston State University; Steven L. Hegwood, Sam Houston State University

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, and a MEd degree in Instructional Systems Design Technology from Sam Houston State University. He is currently the General Chemistry Laboratory Coordinator at Sam Houston State University and has an interest in online and hybrid instruction. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Integration of research-based strategies and instructional design: creating significant learning experiences in a chemistry bridge courseIntroductionBridge courses are often designed to provide undergraduate students with learning experiences toremediate pitfalls in understanding or facilitating the practice of essential skills related to specificcontent

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Tom Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Nicholas Langhoff, Cañada College; Eva Schiorring, EduData4Action

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educational resources and develop new ones for online lecture courses, as well as coreengineering laboratory courses that are delivered either completely online, or with limited face-to-face interactions. The initial areas of focus for laboratory course development are:Introduction to Engineering, Engineering Graphics, Materials Science, and Circuit Analysis.CALSTEP will also develop alternative models of flipped classroom instruction to improvestudent success and enhance student access to engineering courses that otherwise could not besupported in traditional delivery modes due to low enrollment. The project will also evaluate theeffectiveness of the curriculum and train other community college engineering faculty in theeffective use of the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gon Namkoong, Old Dominion University

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, students are able to revisit or learn new background theoriesand principles and identify and test a hypothesis before they actually engage in physical hands-on activities. This reinforced learning strategy efficiently guided students in preparing,confronting, and tackling the open-ended, inquiry-based problem with solid theoreticalknowledge and principles. As a result, it provided better planning for the physical hands-onactivities. When engaged with physical hands-on activities, virtual laboratories were also used toidentify the disparity between theoretical and experimental results and additional activitiesdesigned to interpret the differences. This practice truly allowed students to experience the entirescientific process from solid theoretical

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Hasler, Georgia Institute of Technology

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for in-class hands-on experimental activities. Flipped classroom techniques show thatstudents watching videos before laboratory experiences generally improves student confidence,knowledge, & attitude between sections on-line lectures & control sections [31, 32]. Typicallythese laboratory experiments are fairly generic science experiments (e.g. [31]), and yet, ECElaboratory knowledge improves as measured through quizes and prework improvement [33].These results would encourage development of flipped classroom techniques to encouragehands-on laboratory experiments. And yet, how does one build these kinds of ECE hands-onin-class experiments that are integrated with class objectives?This discussion presents our efforts to utilize open

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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,  most  classes  on  heat  transfer  did  not  have  a  laboratory  section  and  therefore  it  was  particularly  challenging  to  find  time  for  students  to  complete  even  short  experiments.    In  addition  to  class  time,  set-­‐up  time  was  a  challenge  as  well.      To  address  these  challenges,  we  have  re-­‐developed  our  activities  in  the  following  ways:   • Web-­‐based  computer  simulation  of  the  activity     • Thought  experiment  replication  of  the  activity    These  specifically  remove  the  expense  of  laboratory  equipment,  and  the  second  removes  the  expense  of  web-­‐accessible  computers/phones.        We  are  testing  these  activities  through  several  implementation

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

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Paper ID #9458Interactive, Modular Experiments and Illustrative Examples to Integrate Phar-maceutical Applications in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum and K-12Outreach ProgramsDr. Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University Zenaida Otero Gephardt is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University in Glass- boro, NJ where she has served as founding Director of Engineering and Assistant Dean. Her interests are in experimental design and data analysis. She teaches fluid mechanics, process fluid transport, process dynamics and control and unit operations. She developed the laboratory operations and safety program

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sukesh K. Aghara, Prairie View A&M University; M. Golam Faruk, Prairie View A&M University; Latha Vasudevan, Texas A&M University

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). Aghara earned a master’s in environmental engineering from Vander- bilt University in 1999. He then went on to get his master’s and Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (UT) in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Upon completion of his Ph.D., Aghara was appointed as research associate at Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory in Austin, Texas and a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT prior to taking his current position at PV. He serves on the board of the Nuclear Power Institute (NPI), a multi-agency (university/industry/utilities) consortium focused on the development of the nuclear workforce of the future. Aghara has more than 10 years of teaching experience and has

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Spencer Seung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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design limits, and considered the societal impacts ofthe product on toxicity, waste management, and the environment (i.e. carbon footprint and waterusage in production).4-5 We also introduced the use of a software tool (i.e. materials and processselection software) to estimate the carbon footprint, energy usage, and durability of greenplastics in laboratory modules. Even though many new inventions and advancements in materialsscience and manufacturing technology provide useful tools to adapt alternatives, (such as nanomaterials, fuel cells, solar technology, green materials, etc.), it’s critical to infuse humanisticinquiry into the instructional model for undergraduate education.1-5, 16In the GPMT laboratory, we set up a small-scale green

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farhan Azhar, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kristofer Tite, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Alaina M Schiano; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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, either an open source program (e.g.: Universal G-Code Sender) ora custom program written using Matlab (Mathworks Inc., Natick, MA), Python or other pro-gramming language.Figure 2: (a) The Arduino Uno (left) and the GRBL GShield (right) (b) The GShield mountedon the Arduino to form the controller unit.2.1.4 Off-The-Shelf CNC Platform ReflectionThe off-the-shelf CNC platforms that were deployed in the laboratory have been found to be ef-fective tools for high volume classroom deployment. These CNC platforms have been used fortwo years in a high volume setting, with over 200 students using them per semester. Machinefunctionality and reliability have both been high. The machine maintenance and upgrades thusfar have been relatively minor, and

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Ornelas Jr., Arizona State University; John Sadauskas, Arizona State University; Sandra Houston, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye Ph.D., Arizona State University; Eddy Ramirez; Claudia E. Zapata, Arizona State University

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analytical and theoretical background in these areas, she has also significant experience in laboratory Page 23.161.1 testing and instrumentation of resilient modulus and unsaturated soil characterization. Her contributions to pavement design has allowed for practical implementation of novel and complex approaches to fluid flow theory on unsaturated porous materials. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013An Engineering and Educational Technology Team Approach to IntroducingNew Unsaturated Soils Mechanics Material into Introductory Undergraduate Geotechnical