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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Gong, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University ; Brian P. Butz, Temple University; Li Bai, Temple University; Saroj Biswas, Temple University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 24.97.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A REALISTIC INTELLIGENT MULTIMEDIA VIRTUAL LABORATORY FOR POWER ENGINEERINGAbstract Laboratory works and exercises play an important role in learning and increasing students’understanding of basic concepts in engineering. Although a laboratory practicum is oftenconsidered a key component of engineering education, a hands-on approach is often ignored forcourses involving electrical machines for various reasons, such as safety, expense, and lack ofqualified teaching assistants. In this paper, we present the on-going development of a realisticsoftware environment which simulates an electrical machines laboratory

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Bluestein

. Finally, psychrometric analysis can be done by measuring the rate of watercondensate produced.IV. Summary and ConclusionA new laboratory trainer has been developed to help teach students the basics of refrigeration andair conditioning. It is a self-contained mobile unit with all industrial components including Page 4.25.3condenser, evaporator, compressor and expansion valve. It is fully instrumented to providepressure and temperature measurements at key points in the vapor compression cycle plus outputsof air and refrigerant flow rates. The system was built at the Carrier Corporation plant inIndianapolis and is charged with R-22. A series of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Muniram Budhu

materials is also important. In textbooks, a linediagram of a production plant or an image may be shown. For laboratory testing, equipment andlaboratory space are required and the cost is often significant. For example, the cost of amachine to test the strength of steel is usually upwards of US$100,000. The question that arisesis “how can we enhance the teaching of strength of materials course and create an environmentfor active learning at minimal expense?” In this paper modern communication technologies areused to address this question. The physical, chemical and mechanical characteristics of steel forcivil engineering purposes are used to illustrate how computer technologies can be used toenhance the teaching of strength of materials.Course

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Creighton; Edward Young; Jed Lyons

, is relatively inexpensive, and is in the realm of student experience.The Laboratory DesignA major role of the laboratory is to teach students how to design experiments. The focus is onthe physical design of experiments (Figure 2). The physical design of experiments deals withidentifying a problem and solving it. It includes the determination test variables and datarequirements, the selection of sensors and the design of the instrumentation system. Details onthe approach to developing this ability have been previously published (Lyons 2000).Essentially, a scaffolding approach is followed where the amount of student input into the designof the experiment is increased with each experiment during the semester. In the first labs

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Christopher L. Reitsma

Reinvigorating Microcontroller Laboratories with Experiences and Applications of Common Devices Major Christopher L. Reitsma, Dept. of EE&CS, United States Military AcademyAbstractMany non-engineering Cadets at the United States Military Academy take a sequence of coursesin Electrical Engineering as part of their requirement to earn a Bachelor’s of Science. The finalcourse in the sequence incorporates the programming of a microcontroller, including theutilization of analog and digital circuits, and implementation of robotics as part of militaryelectronic systems. Because of the limited programming experience of these students, the courseuses the BOE-Bot containing a BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller

Conference Session

ELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; R. Roemer, University of Utah

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-2062: SPIRAL LABORATORIES IN THE FIRST-YEAR MECHAN-ICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDebra J. Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She teaches freshman design and senior-/graduate-level classes in microscale engineering and organic electronics.Stacy J. Morris Bamberg, University of Utah Stacy J. Morris Bamberg is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She received her S.B. and S.M. in Mechanical Engineering

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Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; Ramesh Chawla, Howard University

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Electrical and Computer

laboratory, and computer-aided design for undergraduate engineering education.Ramesh Chawla, Howard University Dr. RAMESH C. CHAWLA is Chair and professor of chemical engineering at Howard University. He has over thirty years of experience in teaching, research and industrial consulting in the fields of chemical and environmental engineering. His research and teaching interests include reaction engineering, separation processes, environmental engineering, and physical, chemical and biological treatment of hazardous wastes. Page 14.830.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009LABORATORY

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Materials

Outstanding Teaching, RIT’s premiere teach- ing award at RIT. Dr. Kim has directed numerous undergraduate research projects and several students won the first place in the undergraduate and graduate research competitions at the 2012 and 2013 GPEC (Global Plastics Environment Conference; Division of Society of Plastics Engineers). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 m-POGIL (modified-Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) based Plastics LaboratoryIntroductionThe higher education has strived towards reforming the undergraduate STEM education, so thattraditional lecture-based instructions and laboratory exercises shift to more student-centered,active learning methods

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Oro; J Hines

Session 2220 Development of an Inexpensive LabView-Based Refrigeration Cycle Laboratory J. Wesley Hines, Rita Oro, Youssef Sharara The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-2300Abstract:A thermodynamic refrigeration cycle laboratory was created using a window airconditioner, pressure and temperature sensors, and a LabView data acquisition system.The system measures the high and low pressures sides and the refrigerant temperaturesbetween the four major components. A National Instrument LabView data acquisitionsystem was used to acquire, transform

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Technical Session 6: Online, Remote, and VIrtual Labs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcos Jose Inonan Moran, University of Washington; Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Wuppertal; Rania Hussein, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

access.Therefore, it is essential to consider the compatibility of the lab with different types of internetand computers and to provide adequate feedback and support from the teaching staff. Theseresults underscore the importance of internet access in providing equitable access to RLs, with theneed to consider internet speed and compatibility with different types of computers. Additionally,to ensure equity in RLs for low-income students, possible solutions include providing freeresources such as internet access or developing lightweight or offline versions of RLs.DiscussionIn 2022, the research team of the Remote Hub Lab (RHLab) developed a Software Defined Radio(SDR) Remote Laboratory (RELIA) to be used in teaching signal processing and

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Dawn Spencer, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2008-2567: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY COURSE: ROBOTICDESIGN AND PROGRAMMING WITH MINDSTORMSNebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo Nebojsa I. Jaksic received the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University in 1984, the M.S. in electrical engineering, M.S. in industrial engineering, and Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Ohio State University in 1988, 1992, and 2000, respectively. From 1992 to 2000 he was with DeVry University in Columbus, OH. In 2000, he joined Colorado State University-Pueblo, where he is currently an Associate Professor and the mechatronics program director. Dr. Jaksic's interests include mechatronics and nanotechnology

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

used in ourlaboratory course. For example, a Progressive Paper was used in a chemistry capstone course,in which students wrote a large laboratory report in sections, resulting in a complete paper at theend of the semester (Van Bramer & Bastin, 2013). The students received detailed feedback aftereach section, which they could use to revise the section as well as apply it to future sections.Breaking the laboratory report into parts and spreading the work out demonstrated to studentshow to keep the project manageable. Coinciding with this, the successive draft submissionsshowed significant score improvements over time, and the students and instructors valued theexperience. In fact, teaching a process approach to writing can support students

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy A. Doughty, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Ken Lulay P.E., University of Portland; Karen Elizabeth Eifler, University of Portland; Zoë Yi Yin Hensler, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

research is in nonlinear vibrations as it applies to structural health monitoring, and assistive technology. He is currently working on grants related to teaching in STEM fields and laboratory curricular development and is active in developing international research opportunities for undergraduates.Dr. Heather Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. Her teaching focuses on thermodynamics, heat transfer, renewable energy, and optimization of energy systems. She currently leads a research team working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and fundamental heat transfer. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Biegalski P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kevin Kit, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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First-Year Programs

studentinterest, retention, motivation in upper division engineering courses, and performance incapstone design courses, and suggests that significant design content was correlated tosignificant impact on retention. 2 With today’s increased design complexities, interdependencies,and constraints, Dym suggests that experiment design is one of the skills that designers andengineering students need (along with thinking about system dynamics, reasoning aboutuncertainty, and making estimates) and teaching experiment design will enhance studentsabilities to correlate between engineering models and experimental data. Litzinger summarizesmultiple studies on inquiry-based science and engineering laboratories based on learning fromexperimentation; findings included

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Rajadas, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University

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Engineering Technology

educationalfacilities needed may be too expensive to build while research facilities are not available, or evenappropriate, for undergraduate education. In the development of the facility described in thispaper, that of a low speed wind tunnel, the approach has been to ensure that the laboratory isadequate to address representative engineering problems, and adaptable enough for the student tolearn how to solve new problems by the suitable arrangement of models and instrumentation.The Wind Tunnel Teaching Facility at ASU PolytechnicMechanical and Aeronautical engineering technology programs deal with problems that areassociated with the interactions between fluids and other aspects of engineering. For example,the performance analysis of an aircraft will need

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-edits the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education. Dr Lindsay was the recipient of a 2007 Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching. In 2005 he was named as one of the 30 Most Inspirational Young Engineers in Australia. Page 13.895.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Milestone – Based Assessment: An Alternative Strategy for Assessing Laboratory Learning OutcomesAbstractEngineering programs often feature units that contain a semester-long laboratory project, inwhich students complete an extended piece of work throughout the full duration of thesemester. The

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manar Shami, University of the Pacific; Ed Pejack, University of the Pacific; Ravinder Jain, University of the Pacific

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

structures. Threeof which are supported by hands-on labs except for the structural engineering area. The newlab will support structural engineering and integrate teaching and research in structural andconstruction engineering.This paper also summarizes the lessons learned and the innovative aspects of the planningand design phases of this laboratory. This lab facility will be providing valuable informationabout the economics and technical challenges to support its mixed use of teaching andresearch. Students will benefit from this facility by having education in an applied structuraland materials testing environment.The lab features a unique layout and spacing arrangement of anchors to fully take advantageof the limited floor area. We are currently

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi; Christopher Herrod, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Blesse, University of Southern Mississippi

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Information Systems

with faculty teaching bothday and evening courses on a Monday - Thursday schedule. Fridays and weekends wereestablished as open laboratory times monitored by student workers. While not the bestarrangement, it did allow some student access to the facility outside of normal operatinghours. Figure 2 shows the initial facility layout. Figure 2 – Original Facility LayoutIn year three, additional problems were encountered. For the first two years, only thefirst four CCNP courses were scheduled and allowed a four-day schedule to function.When the remaining CCNP courses were incorporated into the facility schedule, it wasnecessary to increase to a five-day schedule with the facility only available weekends foropen laboratory

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 11.140.2and observe its response in both time and frequency domains. Therefore, the virtual laboratorycan be effectively used to reinforce theoretical concepts introduced in an introductory class onsignals, circuits and systems. We believe that even though the virtual lab was never intended asa replacement for a hardware laboratory, it can be used as an independent tool provided thestudents had some experience with the measurement tools in a previous course. Page 11.140.3 Figure 1: Virtual laboratory home page.One can find a large variety of applets on the internet intended to teach such concepts. The maindifference

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy McLaren

Session 2663 A Microelectronics Fabrication and Packaging Learning Laboratory for Manufacturing Engineers Timothy S. McLaren Washington State University - VancouverAbstractWashington State University (WSU) has recently established a Manufacturing Engineeringprogram at its Vancouver campus. Included in a new laboratory building is a microelectronicslearning laboratory specifically for teaching this application of manufacturing engineering.Vancouver is located within the Portland, Oregon metropolitan region, sometimes referred to asthe “Silicon Forest” due to

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

CAD/CAM and Robotics Applications in Laboratory-Learning Environment R. Radharamanan and Ha Van Vo School of Engineering, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207-0001, USAAbstractIn this paper, how the design/automation hardware and software and manufacturing laboratory facilitiesare effectively integrated to teach Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing(CAM), CAD/CAM integration, and robotics with appropriate hands-on experiences in the Biomedical,Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering Programs are presented and discussed. A typical CAD moduledeveloped and taught in Biomedical Engineering includes the use of patient-specific 2D

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

CAD/CAM and Robotics Applications in Laboratory-Learning Environment R. Radharamanan and Ha Van Vo School of Engineering, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207-0001, USAAbstractIn this paper, how the design/automation hardware and software and manufacturing laboratory facilitiesare effectively integrated to teach Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing(CAM), CAD/CAM integration, and robotics with appropriate hands-on experiences in the Biomedical,Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering Programs are presented and discussed. A typical CAD moduledeveloped and taught in Biomedical Engineering includes the use of patient-specific 2D

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

CAD/CAM and Robotics Applications in Laboratory-Learning Environment R. Radharamanan and Ha Van Vo School of Engineering, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207-0001, USAAbstractIn this paper, how the design/automation hardware and software and manufacturing laboratory facilitiesare effectively integrated to teach Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing(CAM), CAD/CAM integration, and robotics with appropriate hands-on experiences in the Biomedical,Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering Programs are presented and discussed. A typical CAD moduledeveloped and taught in Biomedical Engineering includes the use of patient-specific 2D

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Nagurka, Marquette University; Fernando Rodriguez Anton, Marquette University

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Mechanical Engineering

. The 100m2 Laboratory incorporates areas for teaching and training, andstudent-centered learning activities were specifically designed to foster student exploration withreal-world hardware, machines, and physical systems. These activities promote “hands-on” and“minds-on” learning, and reflect the spirit of transformational learning that is a theme in theCollege of Engineering. The Laboratory is equipped with workbenches, tools, instruments, computers, data acquisi-tion systems, and an assortment of machines and mechanical systems to enhance creative explo-ration and investigation. The machines and systems include motorcycle engine assemblies(engines and transmissions), bicycles (including a chainless bicycle and a custom front-wheel-drive

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nasir Bilal; Harold Kess; Douglas Adams

laboratory. Experiments in the roving laboratory are to be carriedout in class, in two different on-campus facilities, and in the field. These experiments are usedby the instructor to motivate each and every theoretical discussion in class, to teach students howto plan, conduct and interpret their own experiments, and to expose students to importantemerging areas of experimental mechanics. The unique observational instructional approach ofthe course complements the roving laboratory by reversing the roles of theoretical andexperimental techniques that exist in traditional laboratory oriented classes. Instead of usingexperiments to validate theories, theories are used to validate experiments. The make-up of anindustrial advisory committee, which

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kathleen M. Hill, Pennsylvania State University; Somayeh Asadi, Penn State ; Matthew M Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Tiffany M. Lewis

Paper ID #36209Schools as Living Laboratories for Architectural Engineering ResearchExperiences for TeachersDr. Kathleen M. Hill, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Kathy Hill is the Director of the Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS) at Penn State Uni- versity. She collaborates with science and engineering faculty to bridge STEM research and precollege education. Her research focuses on building teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge through immersive professional development experiences. She received her B.A. degree in geological sciences from Lehigh University, followed by a M.S. degree in Environmental Pollution

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Gong, Temple University; Saroj K Biswas, Temple University; Li Bai, Temple University; Brian P. Butz, Temple University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

essential elementof a student’s learning process, however for courses on electric power and machines, it is oftendifficult to give students a hands-on learning opportunity due to safety issues, expense, and lackof qualified teaching assistants. It has been reported that out of 118 schools and colleges thatparticipated in a recent survey1, 26 schools that offered power-related courses had no laboratorysupport. With the development of Machine Learning technology and Artificial Intelligence, computerprograms for virtual lab environment have become more adaptive and friendly to users.Graphical User Interface based virtual laboratories have made it possible for the user to learn theconcept more naturally. Recent advances in computer technology and

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hirak C Patangia, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

as coauthors. He was the first recipient of an NSF research initiation grant (now CAREER Award) at UALR. He has a strong grant funding record and in 2011, he received funding from NSF for curriculum development in the area of Photo-voltaic (PV) Solar Energy. The project involves developing exemplary course modules and innova- tive laboratory modules for adaptation at other schools for undergraduate/graduate teaching and research. Recently, he completed three projects for Arkansas Highway and Transportation department related to highway lighting using solar energy. He established a commercial PV system with solar panels on the rooftop of ETAS building for teaching and research with funding from Arkansas Energy

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Goetz; Darin Ridgway; Ben Stuart; Valerie Young; Michael Prudich

Session 3213 Criterion-Based Grading for Learning and Assessment in Unit Operations Laboratory V.L. Young, D. Ridgway, M.E. Prudich, D.J. Goetz, and B.J. Stuart Department of Chemical Engineering, Ohio UniversityAbstractGoals for student learning in Unit Operations Laboratory are diverse. Students are to developskills in the planning and execution of experiments, the interpretation of experimental data, andthe communication of technical information. Additional goals include gaining familiarity withprocess equipment, improving teamwork skills, and developing professional habits in

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R Walk, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

prompts in this first implementation ofLtW in a laboratory setting: that students might not be ready to “put in their own words”concepts and phenomena they have yet to contemplate outside of the standard language anddiscipline of use in their electrical courses to date.As part of the author’s university quality enhancement programs, and the Learning throughWriting program specifically, the author is seeking the advice and assistance of the programleaders to review the results of this first implementation and consider extensions orimprovements based on the observed outcomes and student responses.Bibliography 1. Baren, R., 1993. “Teaching Writing in Required Undergraduate Engineering Courses: A Materials Course Example,” Journal of