a Multidisciplinary Mechanical Design Laboratory Sequence based on Faculty ResearchAbstractResearchers have shown that the incorporation of hands-on design projects in the first two yearsof college provides mastery that increases the likelihood of success in engineering [1-8].Integrating real world design problems, based on faculty on-going research, into the curriculumduring the freshman years is without a doubt extremely beneficial; however the process requiresa heavy commitment in faculty time and sometimes resources.This paper discusses preliminary results of introducing faculty on-going research toundergraduate students, in a form of a lab sequence, focusing on student-centered approachessuch as active cooperative
Paper ID #11589Induced Collaborative Engagement for a ”Solution-to-Question” Model us-ing Remote Experimental Laboratories as a ToolMr. Obasegun Tekena Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University Obasegun Tekena Ayodele is a student researcher in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engi- neering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. His current research interest is in new teaching paradigms with Remote Labs. He focuses on defining approaches for designing realistic and engaging remote labs.Prof. Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State Professor Lawrence Kunle Kehinde, a former
Paper ID #13903The ”Minty Boost R ” as an Exciting Laboratory Experience in Learning PowerElectronics and InstrumentationDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities
) Page 26.1305.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 122th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Seattle, Washington, USA, June 14-17, 2015 Zhang, Z., Zhang, M., Chang, Y., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C.Real-time 3D Reconstruction for Facilitating the Development of Game-based Virtual Laboratories Zhang, Z., Zhang, M., Chang, Y., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C.AbstractGame-based virtual laboratories (GBVLs) represent an important implementation of virtual realityand are often considered to be simulations of real or artificial environments. They are based
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Resistance is Futile: A New Collaborative Laboratory Game Based Lab to Teach Basic Circuit Concepts AbstractIn recent years, gamification of education has proven to be an effective paradigm in modernpedagogy. Following the success their previous work "Sector Vector”, the authors now present anew game-based laboratory to highlight the manipulation and calculation of resistors in circuits.In Game of Ohms [1] the lesson of electrical resistance is delivered as an interactive exercisebuilding an intricate circuit. As the game progresses, students are forced to make short and longterm plans to modify an evolving circuit which
Paper ID #11868Simultaneous Tracking and Reconstruction of Objects and its Application inEducational Robotics LaboratoriesMr. Mingshao Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology Mingshao Zhang is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering Department, Stevens Institute of Technology. Before joining Stevens, he received bachelor’s degrees from University of Science and Tech- nology of China. His Current research interests include Microsoft Kinect, Computer Vision, Educational Laboratories, Desktop Virtual Reality and etc.Mr. Zhou Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology Ph.D Candidate, Mechanical Engineering Department
Paper ID #12115BYOE: Student Designed Advanced Laboratories for Embedded ComputingConcepts, Hardware, and DesignDr. Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia Harry Powell is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. After receiving a Bach- elor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in1978 he was an active research and design engineer, focusing on automation, embedded systems, remote control, and electronic/mechanical co-design techniques, holding 16 patents in these areas. Returning to academia, he
Paper ID #14352International STEM Classrooms: The Experiences of Students Around theWorld Using Physical Remote Laboratory KitsMs. S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University, West Lafayette S. Zahra Atiq is a first year PhD student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore - Pakistan. Her research interests include: computer science education specifically on teach- ing computer programming to undergraduates and how to improve their learning experiences. She is also interested in looking at studying student
2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Computer Simulation Modeling of a Real System in an Undergraduate Computer Control Systems Laboratory Tooran Emami U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT 06320AbstractThis paper presents the procedures for modeling a real time DC motor based on computersimulation in a Computer Control Systems laboratory. The lab is for undergraduate junior levelElectrical Engineering students at the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). Thislaboratory enhances better understanding fundamental engineering concepts via hands onexperience. The objectives are to identify a continuous time transfer
2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) Development of Low-Cost Laboratory Experiments for Southern Arkansas University’s Engineering Program Mahbub Ahmed1, Lionel Hewavitharana1, Scott McKay1, Kendra Ahmed1, and Mamunur Rashid2 Southern Arkansas University1/ University of Massachusetts at Lowell2AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present the preliminary work and plans related to the developmentof several low cost laboratory experiments in the newly established engineering program atSouthern Arkansas University (SAU). SAU was recently approved to initiate a
Paper ID #12942Interdisciplinary Education through ”Edu-tainment”: Electric Grid ResilientControl Systems CourseMr. Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory Timothy R. McJunkin is research engineer at Idaho National Laboratory in the Energy and Environment Science and Technology Division, since 1999. He is also a adjunct instructor at Idaho State Univer- sity, teaching control systems and resilient controls system. Prior to joining INL, he was a design engi- neer at Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston Texas. Mr McJunkin is the principal architect of the GridGame developed for the multiple university
Paper ID #11826Work-in-Progress. SiLaRR: Installing, deploying on Internet, and using aRobotics Laboratory Remote or in classroom with a few clicksDr. German Carro Fernandez P.E., UNED (Spanish University for Distance Education Dr. on Electrical Engineering and Industrial Control, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain, M. Sc. on Research on Electrical Engineering and Industrial Control (Specialty on Telematics Engineering), (UNED), Madrid, Spain, Bachelor’s Degree of Computer Systems Engineering Tech.(BCompSysEng) (UNED), Madrid, Spain, M. Sc. on Financial and Tax Administration, University of
Paper ID #14083Improving student lab report writing performances in materials and manu-facturing laboratory courses by implementing a rhetorical approach to writ-ingDr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has 15 years of experience in engineering materials and manufacturing. His research area includes materials processing, structural integrity improvement, and hybrid composite manufacturing. He has been very active in
Paper ID #12906A Hardware Enclosure to Increase Access to, and Reliability of, Data Acqui-sition Hardware while Enhancing the Student Laboratory ExperienceDr. Ventzislav Karaivanov, Colorado School of Mines • Ventzi Karaivanov, Teaching Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Col- orado School of Mines. Education • PhD – Mechanical Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh, 2009. ”Life prediction modeling of thermal barrier coated turbine airfoils” Teaching and Professional societies • Teaching Interests: Mechanics of Materials, Computer Aided En- gineering, Dynamics
Paper ID #11521Development and Implementation of Interactive Virtual Laboratories to HelpStudents Learn Threshold Concepts in Thermodynamics – Year 2Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem
Paper ID #14030Development of a Laboratory set-up interfacing Programmable Logic Con-troller (PLC), Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) and HVAC ApplicationsDr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering (AE). He teaches capstone, lighting, electrical, HVAC and energy design courses. He is the ABET Coordinator for the AE Program. His research areas include airflow modeling, zonal modeling, energy modeling, and artificial intelligence modeling using the support vector machine learning approach. Dr. Megri holds a PhD degree from INSA at
Paper ID #13344Learning from the World Trade Center Collapse – Use of a Failure CaseStudy in a Structures and Materials Laboratory CourseDr. Tara Cavalline P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at UNC CharlotteDr. Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University Dr. Norbert J. Delatte, Jr., P.E., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cleveland State University. He is the author of Beyond Failure: Forensic Case Studies for Civil Engineers (ASCE Press, 2009). In addition, he is the Editor of ASCE’s Journal of Professional
asPALASM or ABEL to significantly more complex modern HDLs such as Verilog or VHDL, whichprofessional design engineers spend years to master. Second, the wide availability of high gatecount FPGAs, which enables students to create amazingly complex designs involving datapathcomponents such as adders and counters, requires the teaching of many more complex componentsin a one semester course. This two-fold increase in complexity requires a redesign of the traditionalintroductory digital design laboratory to enable students to create complex designs using a rela-tively simple design methodology.Therefore, this paper proposes the use of a minimal subset of an HDL (Verilog, in this case) com-plemented by judicious use of schematic capture and its
Paper ID #12496Test Bed for a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) Based on Integration of Ad-vanced Power Laboratory and eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol(XMPP)Dr. Ilya Y. Grinberg, Buffalo State College llya Grinberg graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute (Lviv, Ukraine) with an M.S in E.E. and earned a Ph.D. degree from the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (Moscow, Russia). He has over 40 years of experience in design and consulting in the field of power distribution systems and design automation. He has over 40 published papers. Currently he is professor of engineering technology at SUNY Buffalo State. His
Paper ID #12073Towards a T Shaped Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum: aVertical and Horizontally Integrated Laboratory/Lecture ApproachDr. Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia Harry Powell is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. After receiving a Bach- elor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in1978 he was an active research and design engineer, focusing on automation, embedded systems, remote control, and electronic/mechanical co-design techniques, holding 16 patents in these
Paper ID #14211Building the Design Competence in Industrial Engineering Junior Studentsthrough realistic constraints of the Operations and Logistics LaboratoryIng. Lina Margarita Prada-Angarita, Fundacion Universidad del Norte Education: Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, August 2014 - Universidad del Norte, Barran- quilla, Colombia. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, September 2006 -Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. Research Areas: Theory of Constraints, Education in Engineering, Concur- rent Engineering, Service Quality. Work Experience: Full time faculty member, Universidad del Norte
Test Bed for a Cyber-Physical System Based on Integration of AdvancedPower Laboratory and eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Matin Meskin Ilya Grinberg Mohammed Safiuddin PhD Candidate Professor Professormatinmes@buffalo.edu grinbeiy@buffalostate.edug safium@buffalo.edu Joint SUNY Buffalo State/University at Buffalo Smart Grid LaboratoryAbstract Microgrid ParadigmToday, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system is used widely in substations and
2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) Work in Progress: Use of Calibrated Peer Review to Improve Report Quality in an Electrical Engineering Laboratory Susan C. Schneider Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201AbstractThis paper discusses the use of a writing exercise in an electrical engineering undergraduatelaboratory class in which some of the attributes of the Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) process arepracticed. An example of a CPR assignment for an electrical engineering undergraduatelaboratory is provided to show
Paper ID #14110A Hands-On, Arduino-Based Approach to Develop Student Engineering Skillsand Introduce Cybersecurity Concepts to K-12 StudentsMr. Robert Shultz, Drexel University Robert Shultz is a 3rd year Biomedical Engineering PhD student, and a GK-12 fellow at Drexel University.Mr. Daniel Edward Ueda, GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania Daniel Ueda is the Associate Director for Education and Outreach at the GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a MS in Teaching Mathematics from Pace University. Ueda has worked as a product
using epitaxially grown super- 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. Justin Miles, Duke University Justin Miles received the M.S. (2013) and B.S. (2008) degrees in Electrical Engineering from North Car- olina State University. He has been a Research and Development engineer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2008. Justin’s primary responsibility is managing laboratory equipment and components for the undergraduate labs. Justin also
Paper ID #11423Virtual Simulations to Support Applied Fluid Mechanics Course: A Pilot Im-plementation OverviewDr. Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale Dr. Gonca Altuger-Genc is an Assistant Professor at State University of New York - Farmingdale State College in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department. She is serving as the K-12 STEM Out- reach Research and Training Coordinator at Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center at Farmingdale State College. Her research interests are engineering education, self-directed lifelong learning, virtual laboratories, and decision-making framework
the goal of hands-on experiences in system dynamics and controlexperiments in a mechanical engineering curriculum. A single-credit, co-requisite requiredlaboratory course in system dynamics and control is redesigned to effectively quadruplethroughput of student participation and credit-earning potential from prior course offerings. Thestrategy to accomplish this goal is described in this paper, as are examples of the experiments,activities related to the experiments, and the methods of assessment.IntroductionThe goal of a hands-on laboratory course in dynamic systems and control is to realize physicalsystem experiments while maintaining meaningful experiential learning. Hands-on experimentsare augmented with tightly coupled simulation
Pedagogical Best PracticesAbstractThe pedagogy of laboratory courses has been well discussed in the literature, but the extent towhich these best practices are incorporated into laboratory experiment design varies wildly. AtNortheastern University, various capstone design teams over the years have been tasked withdesigning new experimental apparatus for the undergraduate teaching laboratories along withappropriate lab handouts and other instructional material. In many cases, the students involved inthese projects have taken the lab class for which they are designing the experiment and havereported negative experiences, and therefore are motivated to try to improve the class for futurestudents. Student designed labs have the potential to reduce burden
been chosen as the teaching medium. Three main aspects of theteaching methods include: 1) In-class teaching of lecture material (i.e., casting processes) 2)Hands-on sand casting laboratory where students are engaged in conducting and assisting invarious steps of sand casting process (i.e., premixing, mold preparation, actual casting process,trimming sprues, runners, gates etc.) 3) Numerical and graphical analysis of the casting processthrough simulation. The integrated methodology would be comprised of classroom and labactivities, in which two sessions are conducted in the classroom environment, and one session isconducted in the casting lab. The first classroom lecture incorporates describing the variousaspects of the casting processes such
University’s Integrated NanoMaterials Laboratory as part of a Research Experience for Teachers in Materials for Energy and Sustainability where she developed a guided inquiry laboratory to introduce students to 2-dimensional nanomaterials. A devoted family woman and working professional, Alison has been married for 19 years and has 4 beautiful children. She is committed to her role as an educator and balances life and work by taking advantage of Boise’s easy access to outdoor activities and sports.Dale Brown, Boise State University Dale Brown earned an M.S. in Physics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. Dale also holds a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Biochemistry with a minor in Mathematics from