Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Avanzato

constructed within the virtualworld [5].Students in engineering classes at our campus have also designed interactiveengineering exhibits and various prototypes to support coursework. An interactive mobilerobotics virtual laboratory was developed to instruct virtual users in the basic programmingtechniques to direct a robot to successfully navigate a maze. Due to the persistence of virtualworld platforms, this virtual, interactive robotics laboratory (as well as all other virtual worlduser content) is available online at all times to an international audience [6]. In general, virtualworlds offer more immersive and powerful user (avatar) interaction, collaboration and in-worldbuilding, but may offer less in the way of accurate and precise models that

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ismail I. Orabi

Computer-Aided Experimentations usingLABVIEW. Professor Orabi has received a number of research awards from the State of Connecticut andUnited Technologies. He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing laboratory sponsored bythe National Science Foundation, and the Engineering Multimedia Laboratory funded by AT&T. He is amember of ASME and ASEE. 7

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

wellas engineering decision making concepts. Lastly our novel approach to curriculum development allowed for an earlier incorporation of theactual data into the process via ChemCad, the Chemical Engineering software that was used by eachstudent. Typically, use of this software does not occur until later in the design sequence. Background The Friedel-Crafts reaction is used in laboratory synthesis as well as in industry in the synthesis ofethylbenzene and its derivatives as an intermediate to make styrene monomers1. Therefore, this reactionwas a good choice to integrate several different courses. Laboratory experiments conducted during the second semester of organic chemistry generallyillustrate practical

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gordana Jovanovic Dolecek; Fred Harris

veryfriendly and useful for better understanding of the basic terms used in random variables andprocesses.AcknowledgementThis work was supported in part by the CONACYT under Grant No. 91013. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 344References 1. Li, S. G. and Lie, Q. (2004). Interactive Groundwater (IGW): An Innovative Digital Laboratory for Groundwater Education and Research, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 11(4), 179-203. 2. Jovanovic Dolecek, G. (1997). RANDEMO: Educational Software for Random Signal Analysis, Computer Applications in

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

wellas engineering decision making concepts. Lastly our novel approach to curriculum development allowed for an earlier incorporation of theactual data into the process via ChemCad, the Chemical Engineering software that was used by eachstudent. Typically, use of this software does not occur until later in the design sequence. Background The Friedel-Crafts reaction is used in laboratory synthesis as well as in industry in the synthesis ofethylbenzene and its derivatives as an intermediate to make styrene monomers1. Therefore, this reactionwas a good choice to integrate several different courses. Laboratory experiments conducted during the second semester of organic chemistry generallyillustrate practical

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

M. Ali Montazer

sea of everyday chores only to deepen themanager’s skepticism. To counter the trend, the University of New Haven (UNH) andthe Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) embarked on a programwhere faculty/students teams provide technical assistance on modeling and simulation toaerospace parts manufacturers in their quest to become lean.To this end, a Center for Simulation Modeling and Analysis is established at UNH withpartial funding support provided by (CCAT). The Center is fully student-centric: thestudents will be learning the concepts and techniques of modeling and simulation usingthe state-of-the-art software tool in the classroom / laboratory followed by a practicumwhere they will work on actual cases provided by area

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Peter Thomas Tkacik

with large well lit open areas and high ceilings. Five race teams have race carson display with a sixth bay for the permanent Motorsports Instrumentation Class race car. These race carbays all radiate out from a large central machine shop/fabrication area. Besides the expected shopmanager office, there is also a reinforced engine and chassis dynamometer room(s), and a laboratory witha variety of chassis and engine test machines.There is also a computer room that doubles as a study hall and meeting room located on the large storagemezzanine over some of the race team bays.A “Motorsports Instructional and Research Laboratory Manager” was recently hired to both train studentson equipment use and supply them with fabrication skills with regularly

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ismail I. Orabi

Computer-Aided Experimentations usingLABVIEW. Professor Orabi has received a number of research awards from the State of Connecticut andUnited Technologies. He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing laboratory sponsored bythe National Science Foundation, and the Engineering Multimedia Laboratory funded by AT&T. He is amember of ASME and ASEE. 7

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

wellas engineering decision making concepts. Lastly our novel approach to curriculum development allowed for an earlier incorporation of theactual data into the process via ChemCad, the Chemical Engineering software that was used by eachstudent. Typically, use of this software does not occur until later in the design sequence. Background The Friedel-Crafts reaction is used in laboratory synthesis as well as in industry in the synthesis ofethylbenzene and its derivatives as an intermediate to make styrene monomers1. Therefore, this reactionwas a good choice to integrate several different courses. Laboratory experiments conducted during the second semester of organic chemistry generallyillustrate practical

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Abdelshakour Abuzneid; Khaled Elleithy

for the people inside the building in case of any emergency. Needless to say, the instructions could be different to people in different parts of the building according to the situation at that particular location. 6. This system could work even if there is no power due to the emergency. If the condition #1 was not there, we might be able to have a fast and easy solution since cost factor is abig limitation to any project. We started by collecting information about what we have in the building.We basically have the following: 1. Great Ethernet network infrastructure where basically every laboratory / office / class-room has many data-drops (CAT-6). We have a Gig -feed to the network-room (Tech-114), so the

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai

required little encouragement to start usingthis system, many project teams quickly learned to use it productively and obtained good results. Thesystem allowed sponsor mentors to share project information with a broader audience within theirorganization. It enabled them to provide better and timelier feedback to students and faculty; therefore,the students were able to explore more realistic design solutions. The faculty advisers were also able toassess a team’s progress, problems, and individual contributions more effectively by monitoringinformation posted by the team. The system made a significant impact on the project outcome andstudents’ learning experience.IntroductionThe O. T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory (MDL) at Rensselaer

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Emin Yilmaz, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Craig Daughtry; Geoffrey Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Wallops Flight Facility; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, India with a honors in Mechanical Engineering in 1983, thereafter, he worked in a multinational industry for four years before joining Tulane University as a graduate student in the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.Emin Yilmaz, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Emin Yilmaz is a Professor of Engineering Technology at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in Nuclear Engineering. He is a heavy user of computers in courses and in his research. He developed and taught several laboratory courses in engineering and engineering

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan W. Hartman, Purdue University, Computer Graphics Technology; Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

current work assignments taking priority, change in work scope orassignment, personal reasons, and a lack of continued interest int eh program. Eventually, twelvepeople finished the entire three-course sequence to earn the PLM certificate. The laboratoryelement of the courses was delivered onsite at a Boeing training facility using a Boeinginstructor. The university faculty member was online at that time to provide assistance and to aidin facilitating the connection between the conceptual topic matter and the laboratory contentusing PLM tools. The first cohort of students finished their version of the PLMCP in March2008. However, between the end of the first cohort and the beginning of the second cohort, anumber of things happened that caused the

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Corporation; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs; Francisco Enrique Andrade, Hewlett-Packard Mexico

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College Industry Partnerships

AC 2011-296: AN INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT-ACADEMIA PARTNERSHIPTO DEVELOP TALENT AND TECHNOLOGYLueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Corporation Lueny Morell, M.S., P.E., is Program Manager in the Strategic Innovation and Research Services Office of Hewlett Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, California. She is part of the team facilitating co-innovation with government, partners and universities. From 2002-2008, she was in charge of developing engineer- ing/science curriculum innovation initiatives worldwide in support of HPL research and technology areas and former director of HPL University Relations for Latin America and the Caribbean in charge of build- ing research and education collaborations with universities throughout the

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Prafull Purohit, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

cycles as well as memoryaccess. Our laboratories are equipped with a Tektronix TLA-714 logic analyzer per bench andthus the opportunity to use this board as a teaching and debugging platform.Field programmable gate array A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is included in the board for students to expand on thefunctions of the ARM core and also as a standalone hardware platform. The concept here isabout interfacing among different hardware components. One application is for the ARM to seethe FPGA as a coprocessor that will be customized for particular application. For example:digital filtering, matrix operations, data logging and averaging, etc. The Cyclone III integrated inthe board is on a QFP package such that the student may be able to

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanjun Xian, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

teachingin the laboratory more interesting2 and engaging3. Furthermore, sensor science helps preparestudents with a foundation of instrumentation technology for the measurement and control ofindustrial processes4. Despite the above efforts to produce a prevailing culture of sensingscience, the vast majority of engineering students very rarely have access to a large number ofreal-world sensors within the classrooms. A lack of effective ways to incorporate large-scalesensor data into engineering curricula retards students’ development of problem solving skills in Page 15.1059.2a real-world contexts.In this paper, we propose a new approach to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dmitriy Garmatyuk, Miami University

AC 2010-1862: PROJECT-BASED INTRODUCTORY ELECTROMAGNETICSCOURSE FOCUSED ON INCREASING STUDENTS’ INTEREST ANDMOTIVATIONDmitriy Garmatyuk, Miami University Page 15.995.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Project-Based Introductory Electromagnetics Course Focused on Increasing Students’ Interest and MotivationAbstract This paper discusses course material being designed under the National ScienceFoundation’s (NSF) Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant # 0632842“Developing Leadership and Innovation in Engineering Students Through UndergraduateCourses in Applied Electromagnetics Built Upon Novel Educational Concept” to

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

StudyOne problem area for many engineering students has been the transition from introductoryclasses where the laboratory projects follow a set procedure to design classes where studentslearn to apply what they have learned in class to new situations and learn to create designs tomeet project specifications. This process is difficult for many students because there is not justone correct answer and the design process involves trade-offs. The traditional education processfor upper-level engineering students is based on continuous feedback to correct student errors Page 15.257.3and answer student questions. This poses a significant problem for

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

International

culminating class, involving a major designexperience. Students participating in the 1+2+1 program are assumed to arrive with thefollowing coursework already completed in their home universities: • 1 year of Calculus • 1 year of Calculus-based Physics, including laboratories • 1 quarter of Chemistry, including laboratory • Page 15.60.6 1 quarter of computer programmingWith those prerequisites, students are in line with Sophomore level students at the University,allowing them to delve directly into the technical portion of the curriculum. A sample course ofstudy is shown in Table 1. Note that students take their

Conference Session

New Instrumentation Ideas

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Dayvon Green, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

mechatronic systems, precision agriculture and remote sensing. Dr. Nagchaudhuri received his bachelors degree from Jadavpur University in Calcutta, India with a honors in Mechanical Engineering in 1983, thereafter, he worked in a multinational industry for 4 years before joining Tulane University as a graduate student in the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Madhumi Mitra is a Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Science at University of Maryland Eastern Shore(UMES). She serves as the Director of Marine Ecology and Paleontology Laboratory and the

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lesko, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

environments provide users with a new sense of 'Data-in-Depth'".16 This sectiondescribes considerations made in preparation for a series of virtual classroom designs; it alsoincorporates some of the early virtual classroom and laboratory spaces developed within a newlyestablished virtual campus. Once these spaces are built, class sessions are being conducted andthe students are surveyed. It should be noted at this point, that most of this section is based onresearch observation and will require further case analysis to validate site building trends andtendencies.The development of Web 3-D virtual world spaces for academic use presents unique challengesfor both academics and their students. To present course content in more effective ways firstrequires

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

solar-powered multifunctional adopted in MRES is that small devices cannot in the near remote laboratory. Courtesy NASA term achieve thermodynamic efficiencies of scale thatlarge, utility-scale power generators can achieve. However, efficiencies of scale do arisefrom mass production and iterative refinement, once a critical number of systems have beenadopted by users worldwide. In addition, MRES devices enjoy the immense untappedpotential of having a few billion human brains attending to them. This advantage puts MRESahead of the best “artificial intelligence” that can be programmed into space resourceextractors. In the long term, the best technologies and the vast experience of innovation fromboth application areas can help boost both

Conference Session

Track 1 - Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

D. N. Reddy, Indian Society for Technical Education

Tagged Topics

Track 1 - Student Development

learning through laboratory. Project work ,assignments and case studies Lifelong learning and continuous learning is key aspect of teacherand student.International collaborations are essential for better student development. Inview of theglobalisation and in this endeavour the role of ICT is the key enabler for enhanced studentlearning . Apart from F2F learning, Blended learning through online, web based methodologieswill provide better opportunities through International collaborations for student development.Innovative models of undergraduate and graduate students is desirable through Internationalcollaboration to enrich the students of better understanding and level of competency can bedeveloped. * Regional

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ronald J Hugo, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary; Jian Zhang; Xiaodong Niu, Shantou University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

exchange where students enrol and study for either one semester or an academic year at an institution located in another country. 2. International project refers to a senior-year capstone design project with the involvement of another (host) country, often including sponsors and co-workers from the host country. 3. International work placement involves work at a foreign firm for a duration that ranges anywhere from 4 months to an entire year. 4. International field trip is usually a short-duration visit (one to two weeks) to one or more foreign countries, often including visits to other universities, research laboratories, and industrial establishments (factories, plants, etc.). 5

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark; Tatjana Welzer, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Ian Andrew Grout, University of Limerick; Dorian A. Cojocaru, University of Craiova, Romania

Tagged Topics

International Forum

as their route to personal development. Page 19.26.5Each of these types of learner have different support needs especially in relation to developingcompetence in laboratory skills and generic, transferable competences (such as group working,presentation skills, creativity, etc.). The work package-WP46,7 explores the implications on theeducation system of students with disabilities (reference of best practice across Europe in supportingstudents with such issues, eg: Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Mental Health, Autism, Aspergers, etc.).As we are aware of the importance of technology in the educational processes and life of disabledstudents, one

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Maija M Kukla, University of Maryland, College Park; Linn W Hobbs OBE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sergey V Vasilev, Yaroslavl State University; Ivan Fedorov; Alexander S. Sigov

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

integrated customizable online equipment and adjustable virtual laboratories. To facilitate these methodologies for academic education, corporate and military training, his company developed new ground-breaking e-learning solutions, as well as relevant assessment and authoring tools. Dr. Cherner holds an MS in Experimental Physics, and Ph.D. in Physics and Materials Science. He published over 100 papers in national and international journals and made dozens presentations at various national and international conferences and workshops. Dr. Cherner has served as a Principal Investigator for several government-funded educational projects.Dr. Maija M Kukla, University of Maryland, College ParkProf. Linn W Hobbs OBE, Massachusetts

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Christie Ritter, The University of Colorado at Boulder; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jared Leventhal, University of Colorado at Boulder; David Espinoza, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Topics

Student Development

Paper ID #8277Presenting the NapoNet: Developing Global Competencies through Commu-nications Technology in the Peruvian AmazonMiss Christie Ritter, The University of Colorado at Boulder Christie Ritter is a Junior in Environmental Engineering with a focus in Engineering for Developing Communities at the University of Colorado at Boulder.Dr. Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, BoulderDr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Pro- gram and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1820: INTEGRATION OF REAL WORLD TEAMING INTO APROGRAMMING COURSECordelia Brown, Purdue UniversityYung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University Page 15.785.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integration of Real World Teaming Into A Programming CourseAbstractHistorically, teaming experiences for engineering students has primarily been found infirst year engineering courses, design courses, and laboratory courses. Occasionally,other types of engineering courses integrate teaming as a part of some of the courseprojects. In this paper, we are reporting our findings of integrating teaming into aprogramming course. This study examines team projects and team interaction in a

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patric McElwain; James Helbling; Angela Beck

. English has both active and passive voice.5.1.1 Active Voice Active voice emphasizes the performer of the action while not emphasizing the action performed: The engineer filed the report. Dr. Rudolph Lehmann conducted the experiment in the laboratory as planned. In these examples, the engineer and Dr. Rudolph Lehmann, as subjects performing an action, are emphasized by their placement at the beginning of their respective sentences; the subjects’ actions (filed the report and conducted the experiment) are, thus, not the sentences’ focus.5.1.2 Passive Voice Passive voice emphasizes the action performed by the subject, while either not emphasizing the

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

todevelopment of a new set of courses to be offered only to the Institute students on theuniversity campus by the community college faculty. For example, the Institute physicssequence is now 12 quarter (8 semester) credits. As the credits were adjusted for theInstitute in Vancouver, the content of all lower division courses were also streamlined tomatch their equivalents at the main WSU campus in Pullman, WA. The new Institutelower division courses automatically transfer to the university when students get to thejunior level.Getting faculty involved early in the development process was the key factor in oursuccess. Community Colleges provided stipends or release time for their faculty whofaced significant course or laboratory development.IV.1.a. Lower