AC 2010-1444: EXPERIMENTAL TESTING TO ENHANCE THE DESIGN OFDAYLIGHTING SYSTEMS. A CASE STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OFLABORATORY-ORIENTED DESIGN IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONKhaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University Page 15.559.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experimental Testing to Enhance the Design of Daylighting Systems. A Case Study on the Implementation of Laboratory-Oriented Design in Undergraduate EducationAbstractThis paper addresses a timely topic, which is designing and enhancing the performance ofdaylighting systems in buildings early in the design phase. Currently in academia
de Radioelectricite de Grenoble of the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 1978. He is currently a Professor and Chair of the department of electrical engineering at UDC. He was formerly staff member at the New Products Laboratory of RCA’s Consumer Electronics Division in Indianapolis, IN (1984-86).Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of ColumbiaAmara Ukaegbu , University of the District of Columbia Senior in Computer EngineeringRoland Kamdem, University of the District of Columbia Graduating Senior in Computer EngineeringLily Kemathe , University of the District of Columbia Graduating Senior in Electrical EngineeringPawan KC, University of the District of Columbia
AC 2010-1209: NEW DIRECTIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: THEDEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUAL LAB COURSE IN ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS ATMICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYGlen Archer, Michigan Technological University Glen Archer is a senior lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological University. He received his BSEE from Texas Tech University. He brings nearly 30 years of experience as a U.S. Air Force officer to the university setting. He retired from the Air Force at his final assignment as the Commandant of Cadets at AFROTC Detachment 400 at Michigan Tech. He earned an MA in Information Systems Management from Webster University. He currently teaches Circuits and
singlethree-hour laboratory period. The working budget was US$800 for ten identical work stations.Such a small budget immediately eliminated the possibility of purchasing a significant number offractional-horsepower (~150W) motors and/or variable speed, three-phase drives.While each station in the electrical engineering laboratories at USD is equipped with a single208VAC (line voltage – 120 VAC phase voltage) three-phase outlet, these three-phase outletshave been historically unused for both safety concerns and the general lack of need. Since USDengineering students at the sophomore level have no experience working with voltages greaterthan ~30 V or power levels more than ~5W, and without time to teach and enforce appropriatesafety practices, it was
regional students serve regionalindustry. The core curriculum trains students broadly not only in science, math and thefoundations of mechanical and electrical engineering, but also in systems and industrial processengineering. Four concentrations provide advanced training in a specific discipline. These arebiomedical engineering, bioprocess engineering, mechanical engineering, and systems andindustrial engineering. The program produced its first graduates in Spring 2008, and wasawarded ABET accreditation in 2009 - the earliest point of eligibility.The motivation for attempting this project was so that, in addition to teaching new subjectmatter, students could develop independent research skills and gain experience working in teams,in a framework
research as the techniquesused are necessary to understand many aspects in bioscience.” Page 15.900.11Instructor Prep and InvolvementThis was the first time a bionanotechnology laboratory course was offered. The completely newlab exercises required new readings, new protocols, and new discussion questions. The teachingassistant completed each exercise in a trial run before the course began. The trial run determinedthe clarity of the protocols and the appropriate time points for student data collection. This typeof verification is expected for a new course but did add to the teaching assistant responsibilities.During each lab period both the
most benefit in terms of using the material later in their careers and so thesesomewhat esoteric topics were removed from the course. Based on one of the author’sexperience in teaching students at Montana State over the last eight years, and in following whatmany of the EE 433 students do after graduation, the most common tasks that align withpotential content for EE 433 include RF/microwave board layout, component selection, andcircuit-level and system-level calculations. It is interesting to note that not one student hasindicated that he/she is involved with distributed filter design. In place of the lectures devotedto the theory of distributed element filter design, time in lecture was opened for discussing thefundamentals of Doppler radar
AC 2010-48: DESIGN OF A MULTI-MODE FINITE-DIFFERENCE HEATTRANSFER PROJECTMichael Maixner, United States Air Force AcademyWilliam Parker, Air Force Research Laboratories Page 15.358.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Design of a Multi-Mode Finite-Difference Heat Transfer ProjectAbstract: The development of a comprehensive inite-difference project at the end of a heattransfer curriculum is described. The problem requires evaluation of the school’s football ieldturf heating system, incorporates all of the major heat transfer modes (convection, conduction,and radiation), and requires students to investigate both steady state and transient versions ofthe problem
. Sankar is a Professor of Management at the Auburn University's College of Business. He received his Ph.D. from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and has worked at Temple University and AT&T Bell Laboratories. His research interests focus on researching innovative practices to integrate teaching, research, and outreach both locally and globally (www.litee.org). He has published more than 150 papers in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has won awards for research and teaching from the Society for Information Management, iNEER, Decision Sciences Institute, American Society for Engineering Education, Frontiers in Education, and the Project Management
technologies across protocol layers. The evolution of wireless communication andnetworking presents such a need and a unique opportunity to integrate undergraduate educationacross the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science curricula, which trains future engineerswith a deeper and holistic understanding of and skills for current and emerging wirelesscommunication and networking technologies.In this paper, we report the development of an easily replicable model of evolvable, low cost,software defined radio (SDR)-based wireless communication and networking laboratories aswell as associated teaching and learning materials that can be adopted or adapted to impactnational engineering education practices. The SDR-based laboratories are tailored to the
,synchronous video conferencing between California Polytechnic State University (PrimarilyUndergraduate Institution) and Auburn University (Research-1 University) have been conducted.In addition, video productions have been assigned and completed by students in lieu ofconventional written laboratory reports. These activities are conducted to develop new teachingmethodologies and to investigate the pedagogical benefits of incorporating unconventionallearning styles into teaching of geotechnical engineering laboratory courses. New experimentsfor the undergraduate laboratory have been developed as part of this project. Role-playing bystudents was included. Geotechnical competitions have been held between the universitiesincorporating synchronous video
graphics. The developed layouts can then be used with process planning totrack the status of a system in real time. Figure 1 shows all of the courses which will utilize theIRAM Laboratory and how they relate to future student senior design research projects.Goal 2: Assessing the educational impact with mini-module laboratory projects for problemsolvingThe equipment utilized in the IRAM Laboratory combined with the OpenCIM software (whichaccompanies the equipment) will enable the IE Department to teach how CIM is applied tobusiness, engineering, and factory floor elements and the links between them. The softwareprovides an open software architecture that allows users to easily incorporate other applicationsand obtain data for statistical
in the capstone experience. However, there is little transition between the highlydefined problems provided in lecture and laboratory courses versus the open-ended projectstudents are asked to solve in their capstone design course. The capstone design projects for theNanosystems Engineering program is provided by faculty across a variety of disciplines.Therefore, it became evident that rather than expecting each faculty mentor to provide certainbasic skills, a more effective approach would be to have all Nanosystems Engineering students towork on a smaller open-ended project in the last quarter of the Junior year to teach all theelements that they would need to apply more deeply in their capstone project the following year.The educational
-Learning systems andvirtual laboratory experiments. The project represents an innovative approach in teaching,studying and integrating hands-on experiments, project-based teaching and learning of renewableenergy sources, power electronics and control.Our long term goal is to develop an integrated research facility in the area of renewable energy,RENSym platform24-28,30,31. The main target group of RENSym Learning Environment comprisesof undergraduate students enrolled in engineering and engineering technology programs. Otherpotential target groups are organizations offering further training courses for technicians andengineers. The developed materials, e-Learning support platform, computer simulations, virtuallaboratory, renewable energy
in 1993. As a faculty member at the University of Wyoming since 1993, Jerry has pursued research interests in applied robotics and control, signal processing, and higher education teaching and learning. He directed the University of Wyoming Hewlett Foundation Engineering Schools of the West Initiative until 2008, which is focused upon enhancing the recruitment, retention and quality of undergraduate engineering students. He now serves as Head, Department of Computer Science. Page 15.1115.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student-Created Laboratory Exercises for the Digital
located in a highly industrialized area. Our MET students arerequired to take several senior level classes such as Fluid Power, Heating, Ventilation and AirConditioning (HVAC), Robotics, and Mechanical Vibration. We started teaching Vibrationformally in the fall of 2006 and currently this course does not have a formal laboratory. We maynot be able to set up such a laboratory in the near future because of the budget cuts we are facingat the departmental and university levels. Therefore, the author decided to include two vibrationrelated hands-on activities, the Helmholtz resonator project and an industrial visit. The studentteams are required to design, build and test Helmholtz resonators, and write a formal report.They are also required to visit
AC 2010-1785: INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORY FOR VISUALIZATION ANDMANIPULATION OF NANOSCALE COMPONENTS USING LOW COST ATOMICFORCE MICROSCOPESSalahuddin Qazi, SUNY Institute of Technology Salahuddin Qazi is a full Professor at the School of Information Systems and Engineering Technology, State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT), Utica, NY. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of Fiber Optics, Optical and Wireless Communication, and Nanotechnology. Dr. Qazi is recipient of several awards including the William Goodell award for research creativity at SUNYIT and engineering professionalism by Mohawk Valley Engineering Executive Committee, and forging closer
that the automated titration experiment is more simpleand significantly faster, experimental results in this mode are more accurate because the controlis not by eyeballing. The students were very positive about automation of manual operations intheir laboratory practice. Many of the students expressed interest and motivation in studyingautomation and participation in designing and building automation devices.ConclusionOur experience of creating simple affordable automation devices, their integration with a datalogging system and teaching automated laboratories indicates the considerable potential of thistechnology for improving experiential chemistry education in high schools.Application of the developed devices enables to save time spent for
AC 2010-147: IMPLEMENTING THE DIGITAL SPEED CONTROLLER TUNINGOF A LABORATORY ROTARY HYDRAULIC SYSTEMJohn Ficken, Milwaukee School of Engineering Page 15.688.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010IMPLEMENTING THE DIGITAL SPEED CONTROLLER TUNING OF A LABORATORY ROTARY HYDRAULIC SYSTEM Page 15.688.2ABSTRACTThe objective is to give the students practical experience in tuning a digital speed controller for arotary hydraulic system starting with the Ziegler-Nichols method. Digital controller basics andthe tuning method are discussed. In using this method the critical tuning area of system operationmust first be
AC 2010-1540: A LABORATORY/DESIGN BASED, PROBLEM SOLVINGCAPSTONE HELPS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS HIT THE JOB MARKET!John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the Department at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Applied Automation Engineering, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 15.44.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Laboratory/Design Based, Problem Solving Capstone
AC 2010-2059: DESIGN OF A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT TO MEASUREFUEL CELL STACK EFFICIENCY AND LOAD RESPONSEJoshua Goldade, University of North Dakota Josh Goldade is originally from Velva, a small town in western North Dakota. Upon graduation from Velva High School in 2002, Josh enrolled at the University of North Dakota to major in electrical engineering. In the spring of 2005, Josh left for Sweden to study abroad for a year. After returning to the U.S., he continued on the path towards his Bachelor’s degree at UND. In the summer of 2007, Josh took a six-month cooperative education position at Daktronics in Brookings, SD, and he returned to Daktronics for another summer internship in 2008. Josh
video or video streaming and are connected to an http stack. The equipment typically includes HVAC trainers, conveyors, wind tunnels, and fluid trainers. F. Laboratories in Vans Driven to Distance Sites. This equipment is driven to the distance sites. Some community colleges use vans to teach labs at distance sites. The problem with this method is that it allows access to equipment for a limited time, making it difficult to accomplish more than competency based tasks. The California Distance Learning Project states that these types of mobile labs are becoming less popular as distributed learning increases. 3 G. Smaller Portable
AC 2010-2182: LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS IN THERMAL ANALYSIS OFPOLYMERS FOR A SENIOR/GRADUATE LEVEL MATERIALS SCIENCECOURSEMichael Kessler, Iowa State University Michael Kessler is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests include the mechanics and processing of polymers and polymer matrix composites, thermal analysis, fracture mechanics, and biologically inspired materials.Prashanth Badrinarayanan, Iowa State University Prashanth Badrinarayanan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests include development and characterization of
.) Developing Models in Science Education (Dordrecht: Kluwer). 3–18.2. Koretsky, M.D., D. Amatore, C. Barnes, and S. Kimura, “Enhancement of student learning in experimental design using a virtual laboratory,” IEEE Transactions on Education 51, 76 (2008).3. Kelly, C., E. Gummer, P. Harding and M.D. Koretsky, “Teaching Experimental Design using Virtual Laboratories: Development, Implementation and Assessment of the Virtual Bioreactor Laboratory,” Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2008).4. Koretsky, M.D., C. Kelly, P. Harding, and E. Gummer, "Comparison of Student Perceptions of Virtual and Physical Laboratories, “Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering
Design, Building and Teaching with a Hydrostatic and Buoyancy Apparatus Mir M. Atiqullah and Norman Russell Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA.ABSTRACT A typical Fluid Mechanics laboratory includes various laboratory equipment andinstruments to cover standard topics. However laboratories may not include a hydrostaticdevice, assuming it is so straight forward that it does not warrant a laboratory instrument or alaboratory exercise. As part of the senior design class a group of students wanted to design andbuild a Fluid Statics device that will clearly verify the static force and
AC 2010-884: TEACHING CONTROL CHARTS FOR VARIABLES USING THEMOUSE FACTORYDouglas Timmer, University of Texas, Pan AmericanMiguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan AmericanConnie Borror, Arizona State UniverstiyDouglas Montgomery, Arizona State UniversityCarmen Pena, University of Texas, Pan American Page 15.1169.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Control Charts for Variables using the Mouse FactoryIntroductionThe American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)1 defines engineering managementas “the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing andcontrolling activities which have a technical component.” Quality
methods of teaching in the lectureor the laboratory. We use a laboratory project-based approach, where the students arelearning by doing. The course is divided into two sections, lecture and laboratory session.During the laboratory session, the students work at mid-term and final projects, while thelecture the programming, numerical and computational techniques and methods arediscussed. The usefulness of this approach is evaluated by surveys conducted everysemester, and feedback from other educators is highly appreciated.I. IntroductionComputational physics is an independent way of doing physics, and an essential tool ofthe physics research. Numerical computations are essential to further understanding ofphysics problems, and computers and
Page 15.1168.2education emerged soon after that. Virtual laboratory experiments were created to supplementthe physical laboratories to teach various electronics and circuitry concepts8. Both quantitativeand qualitative results strongly supported the use of the virtual experiments as a supplementalsource of learning. Baher created a virtual laboratory to provide students with more and quickeraccess to feedback on the thermodynamic performance of their virtual and simulated designconcepts9. Studies across three universities demonstrated potential to provide valuable additionalinstruction to students using the virtual simulations. Other simulated environments have beendeveloped to enhance or replace the traditional physical instruction of a
structure of micro-controller application. Page 15.69.5technique and I2C bus communication technique. Totally 25 laboratory experiments weredesigned for hands-on practicing. These contain all the most significance principles whichshould be known by students.Teaching contents per each lab are listed in Table 2. We intended to combine the lecturingsection with the laboratory experiment as an integral unit to ease the learning experience ofstudents. The result is that 10 teaching items are addressed in each lab. Firstly, the goal ofexperiment is introduced, and then the action of the experiment is clearly described. For example,sometimes photographs are
AC 2010-23: USING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING TO TEACHMECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING COORDINATIONThomas Korman, California Polytechnic State UniversityLonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University Page 15.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Building Information Modeling to Teach Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing CoordinationAbstractThe coordination of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems has become a majorchallenge for project delivery teams. The MEP coordination process involves locatingequipment and routing Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) duct, pipe, electricalraceway