AC 2012-5114: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE APPLICATION OF VIR-TUAL INSTRUMENTS AND PORTABLE HARDWARE TO ELECTRODE-BASED BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY EXERCISESDr. Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 1989 and 1991, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. Warren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. Prior to joining KSU in August 1999, Dr. Warren was a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. He directs the KSU Medical Com- ponent Design
Simulation-based Customizable Virtual Laboratories for Teaching Alternative Energy, Smart Grid and Energy Conservation in Engineering & Technology Programs Yakov Cherner 1 and Gary Mullett 2Abstract – The paper presents multilayered, highly interactive, simulation-based, integrated, and adjustablevirtual laboratories for engineering and technology education in the areas of renewable energy, sensors, smart grid,and energy conservation. These labs are designed to enhance the understanding of technical concepts and underlyingfundamental principles, as well as to help students master certain performance-based skills online. The virtual labscan be
AC 2012-5030: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN GROUND VEHICLE COAST-DOWN TESTINGMr. Zeit T. Cai, Princeton University Zeit T. Cai is a third-year mechanical and aerospace engineering student at Princeton University. Over the summer of 2011, he participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) hosted by Michigan Technological University. Under the tutelage of Jeremy Worm, he conducted research on coastdown testing and helped design a procedure to conduct coastdown testing in a classroom setting.Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University Jeremy John Worm is the Director of the Mobile Sustainable Transportation Laboratory at Michigan Tech and a Research Engineer in the Advanced Power Systems Research
freshmen, particularly those with prior programmingexperiments (about 50 % of freshmen in the program), did not appreciate the drag and dropprogramming approach adopted in Alice for learning fundamentals of object-orientedprogramming. Furthermore, students did not perceive direct engineering applications of Alice infuture engineering courses. Hence, beginning in Spring ’07, Alice was replaced by LabVIEW inENGE 1024 with approximately 180 students. The dataflow programming paradigm supportedby LabVIEW is suitable for many engineering applications and can be extended for collection,processing and communication of environmental data which in turn can be used to teachsustainability concepts [8].LabVIEW ProgrammingLabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual
Experimental DesignUsing a Virtual Laboratory", IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 51, No. 1, February 2008 Page 25.905.10
, Northridge, where he earned his bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering in 1981. Hovakemian has taken various manage- ment and business courses at the University of Texas, Austin, as well as at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind.Mr. Douglass Sugg, Naval Surface Warfare CenterElizabeth Gentry, National Conference of Standards Laboratories International Elizabeth Gentry serves as the Metric Coordinator with the National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology (NIST) Office of Weights and Measures (OWM), Laws and Metric program, where she provides information and assistance to federal, state and local government, business, industry, educational institu- tions, and the public concerning the International
the designof pressure sensors with different sets of diaphragm geometries. The design and analysisprocedures were documented and followed by students enrolled in the Nanosystems Engineeringcourse to design and analyze the sensor type of their choice.Keywords: MEMS laboratory, Nanotechnology education, Pressure Sensors2.0 Introduction The purpose of this study was to develop the procedure and streamline the steps for adesign project within an undergraduate course, focusing on an introduction to Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), combined with nanotechnology. The decisions concerning thecontent of this course faced numerous challenges characteristic of an introductory MEMScourse, as outlined by McAfee et al. [1]. These challenges
AC 2012-4917: DESIGN OF A CELL PHONE-CONTROLLED BIONICROBOTDr. Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel UniversityMr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Eric Carr is currently the Laboratory Technician for Drexel University’s Engineering Technology pro- gram. Carr assists faculty members with the development and implementation of various engineering technology courses and enjoys finding innovative ways to use microcontrollers and other technologies to enhance Drexel’s engineering technology course offerings. Carr holds an M.S. in computer engineering from Drexel University and is an author of several recent technical papers in the field of engineering technology education
directs the Kansas Wind Applications Center and teaches wind and solar energy system design, as well as undergraduate classes in electronics, electromagnetics, and engineering ethics. Page 25.456.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 DEVELOPMENT OF A POWER ELECTRONICS LAB COURSE WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONSIntroductionIt is widely accepted, and much research has shown, that laboratory experience is an essentialpart of a good education in power electronics1-6. Engineering students at Kansas State Universityhave many opportunities for hands-on learning in lab classes
ABET accreditation since the Environmental Engineering ProgramCriterion (Criterion 9) states that students must have an ability to conduct laboratoryexperiments, critically analyze, and interpret data in more than one major environmentalengineering focus area, e.g., air, water, land, environmental health. Additionally, ABEToutcome “b” states that graduates will develop the skills necessary to plan, design, execute, andcritically interpret results from experiments. Students in the Environmental EngineeringProgram at the United States Military Academy have water-related laboratory experiences inlower-level courses, such as jar testing and biochemical oxygen demand experiments, similar tothose found in many undergraduate environmental engineering
Electromechanical Devices course. Thus, the module on linear motors Page 25.64.2can be thought of as building on the scaffolding of the previous course. Scaffolding andexperimental approach to engineering education as best practices are already well established inengineering education theory and practice.Experimental Setup There are two laboratory setups used for this module. The first laboratory setup consistsof a simple linear stepper motor SL-015A-TJK from Shinko Inc. (Figure 1.) controlled by aCompumotor S6-series microstepping drive from Parker Hannifin Corporation, a parallel portinterface, and a shareware program, TurboCNC6. The complete
Academy’s FieldReadiness and Engineering Laboratory (FERL)[18], and presented as a prototype developmentand assessment exercise. Learners, working in teams of five (one team had four members), wererequired to design, build and test a water treatment system. The context of the problem wasbased on flooding events which occurred in rural Kenya. In this PBL lab a fictitious company isinterested in developing point of use water treatment units which could be used during suchemergencies. A memo was provided to each student from the vice president of engineeringservices which included the following: problem outline, basis of design criteria for the watertreatment system (Table 1), design criteria and specifications (Table 2), list of available materials
, applications, and effective classroom and laboratory instruction.Engineering and engineering technology programs must offer a relevant and validatedcurriculum that prepares students for post-graduation success. Courses that cover traditionalsubject matter in mathematics, the sciences, engineering economics and other related topicsprovide the foundation of knowledge upon which specific skill sets are added. However, it iscritical for engineering/technology to transition from theoretical work in the classroom towardsexperiential learning with applications of technology and design1-3. The main objective of seniordesign courses in engineering and engineering technology curricula is to bridge the gap betweenacademic theory and real world practice
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) including theability to conduct laboratory experiments and the ability to critically analyze and interpret data inmore than one major environmental engineering focus area. This paper discusses threeenvironmental engineering undergraduate research projects that were funded through internalgrants and completed between 2009 and 2011 by individual students under the mentorship ofenvironmental engineering faculty. At the completion of their research projects, studentspresented their research work through a variety of poster presentations at symposiums andconferences and through publication in peer reviewed technical journals. The researchexperience, research methodology, problem formulation
Department at the University of Arizona, where he established the Advanced Micro- and Nanosystems Laboratory. Enikov’s group at the University of Arizona has an ongoing research program on tactile displays, electrostatic micro-grippers for assembly of MEMS, and nano-assembly of macro-molecules using electrostatic fields, as well as development of MEMS-compatible wireless sensing platforms with biomedical applications. Enikov is a member of the professional societies of ASME, IEEE, and ASEE.Mr. Giampiero Campa, MathWorks Giampiero Campa received both the laurea degree in electrical engineering (1996) and the Ph.D. degree in robotics and automation (2000), from the University of Pisa, Italy. He has also worked at the
independent study to streamline theprocess and improve its efficiency, with the ultimate goal of incorporating the process into anundergraduate senior engineering course. The study would result in the development of anoptimized and streamlined procedure for use by students in a laboratory based course focused onthe design and production of Micro and Nano devices, like solid state devices. Based on knownissues related to this process, three specific objectives were targeted: optimizing the thermalevaporation procedure that would result in a >4000Å aluminum thin film layer, exploring theeffects of the process parameters on deposition rate, and investigating ways to extend the usablelife of the metal source holders. Several process variations were
maintain a position perpendicular to the sun’srays; 3) the experimental apparatus must be mobile. A prototype of a solar water heating systemwas constructed and tested. The solar collector rotated as the sun position/angle was changing,indicating the functionality of the control system that was design to achieve this task.Experimental measurements indicate that the water in the tank was heated by the solar energybeing absorbed by the solar collector. Moreover, the water temperature measurements atdifferent heights in the storage tank show the thermosiphon effect has been attained. Solar waterheating utilizing thermosiphon is attractive because it eliminates the need for a circulating pump.Introduction Acquiring new instructional laboratory
initiatives on college and university campuses. While thestudent selection for the summer camp was merit based and as such was restricted to selectedfewer meritorious students, the participation in environmental communication week was open toall university students and as such nearly 580 students, faculty, staff, and community membersparticipated in it. Summer camp students participated in various activities including classroomand laboratory work, talks on career and technical aspects from experts in industry and academia,and mentoring by undergraduates while participating in an undergraduate research group. At theconclusion of the camp, students demonstrated their understanding of environmental engineeringeducation through poster presentations to
2500 Hz. The second plot shows the unknown system output spectrum with the 1500 Hztone while the third plot displays the adaptive filter output spectrum with the 1500 Hz tone. It isapparent that the adaptive filter tracks the characteristics of the unknown system.B. Real-time Laboratory ContentEach adaptive filtering lab consists of two portions: MATLAB simulation and real-time DSPimplementation with a single DSP board. The MATLAB simulation must be completed prior tothe real-time implementation. We only describe real-time hands-on labs and projects. A singleDSP board setup and program segment for verifying input and output signals are shown inFigure 8a and Figure 8b, respectively, where the sampling rate is 8000 samples per second
AC 2012-4760: IMPLEMENTING A VIRTUAL LABORATORY FOR A DI-RECTED AND SYNCHRONOUS STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE;COMBINING VIRTUAL AND REAL EXPERIMENTATION: AN EFFORTTO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF FLUIDPOWERDr. Larry Alfonso Villasmil Urdaneta, Rochester Institute of Technology Larry Villasmil is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer- ing Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his B.S.M.E. in 1988 from the Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tchira in Venezuela. After graduation, he joined Petrleos de Venezuela, working in several positions as a Rotating Equipment Specialist in the E&P division. He earned his M.S.M.E. in 2002 and
., University of Maryland, Eastern ShoreDr. Terry John Teays, Johns Hopkins UniversityDr. Craig S. T. Daughtry, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory Craig S.T. Daughtry is a Research Agronomist at USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. He received his Ph.D. in agronomy from Purdue University and is a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. He actively collaborates with faculty at UMES on remote sensing and precision agriculture related efforts.Dr. Jurgen G. Schwarz, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Jurgen G. Schwarz is the Acting Dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences and 1890 Research Director at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He is also the Director
AC 2012-3977: APPLICATIONS OF ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLERIN STUDENT PROJECTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGEGeorge Tremberger Jr., Queensborough Community College, CUNYRaul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory Helio Takai is an Elementary Particle and Nuclear Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an Adjunct Professor at Stony Brook University.Prof. Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Todd Holden is an Associate Professor in the Physics Department of Queensborough Community College of CUNY. His current research interests include bioinformatics and microbial fuel cells. He also mentors student research projects.Prof. Shermane Austin, Medgar
AC 2012-4458: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN REQUIRED SCIENCECOURSES FOR NON-STEM STUDENTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGEWITH EXTENSION TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTProf. Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Todd Holden is an Associate Professor in the Physics Department of Queensborough Community College of CUNY. His current research interests include bioinformatics and microbial fuel cells. He also mentors student research projects.Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory Helio Takai is an Elementary Particle and Nuclear Physicist with interest in development of instrumenta- tion for the
technology education pathway from high school through the B.S. in engineering technology and the providing the state colleges recruitment and retention support for students within this career pathway. Page 25.264.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Bioelectrical Instrumentation: Connections Within Interdisciplinary Engineering EducationAbstractDirect learning laboratory experiences are important to the future development of engineeringstudent’s capabilities. This work explores the implementation of bio-potential signal acquisitionby students
introductory ECEclass. An appropriate laboratory exercise may support this concept and spark student interest inthe subject matter. A logical choice is to present a “wireless” project as it naturally includes theconcept of complex impedances.Building a basic radio receiver on the protoboard is a challenge due to instability of the RF low-noise amplifier within an unpredictable protoboard environment. Our numerous attempts to buildan AM station receiver on the protoboard have indicated the following difficulties:1. The circuit can be built by the instructor and by those skilled in the field from the class, but not by all class students.2. The design is difficult to debug; sometimes the flawless circuit simply does not function.3. One critical point
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 An Overview of Existing Power Electronics Courses Offered at Universities in the United StatesAbstract: This paper presents the current number and location of academic programs offeringcourses in Power Electronics at universities in the United States of America. A survey ofElectrical Engineering (EE) and Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) programs has beendone to determine the US universities that are offering courses of Power Electronics with orwithout laboratory/practicum content, within their respective EE and/or EET programs.Data was collected from each university’s on-line catalog, and has been analyzed to evaluate theextent of practicum
the Bachelors of Science degree in electricalengineering. The current undergraduate program in electrical engineering being offered atMorgan State University is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET). This paper presents the steps taken by our department to provide studentsin the Harford county area with the ability to complete the second half of an ElectricalEngineering program at their respective two year institution.Key words: Online Electrical Engineering courses, Engineering for Community College StudentsTeaching Online ECE laboratory courses I. Introduction The implementation of the federal government’s Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC)of 2005 will result in the relocation of
the Bachelors of Science degree in electricalengineering. The current undergraduate program in electrical engineering being offered atMorgan State University is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET). This paper presents the steps taken by our department to provide studentsin the Harford county area with the ability to complete the second half of an ElectricalEngineering program at their respective two year institution.Key words: Online Electrical Engineering courses, Engineering for Community College StudentsTeaching Online ECE laboratory courses I. Introduction The implementation of the federal government’s Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC)of 2005 will result in the relocation of