AC 2009-1174: EFFECTIVELY DEPLOYING DISTANCE-EDUCATION (DE)LABORATORY COMPONENTS IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SET UPRanjeet Agarwala, East Carolina UniversityAndrew Jackson, East Carolina UniversityJackson Sherion, East Carolina University Page 14.519.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Effectively Deploying Distance Education (DE) Laboratory Components in an Engineering Technology EnvironmentAbstractThe goal of the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University is to supportthe economic development requirements of Eastern North Carolina by creating professionalsto meet the general engineering and technology needs of its private and
AC 2009-732: A SOLAR-POWERED ART PROJECT PROVIDES A REMOTEGREEN ENERGY LABORATORY FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYSTUDENTSDale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Sys-tems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer.Frances Jallu, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Frances Jallu is an Electromechanical
AC 2009-1858: DEVELOPMENT OF E-QUALITY LABORATORY MODULES FORUSE IN ENGINEERING QUALITY-CONTROL COURSESRichard Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Chiou is currently Associate Professor of Applied Engineering Technology at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Dr. Chiou received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995. His areas of education and research emphasis include mechatronics, Internet based robotics and automation, and remote sensors and monitoring. Dr. Chiou incorporates real-world problems into his research and teaching. He has secured many research and education grants from the NSF, the DoED, the SME Education Foundation, and
adopted into undergraduate studies at many universities.Manseur1 developed a senior level course including teaching theoretical knowledge of robotmanipulators, such as kinematics, dynamics, and control, as well as hands-on laboratories thatbuild Lego robots with the MIT Handy Board2. Juliano and Renner3 designed an undergraduaterobotics course that emphasizes laboratory activities using two different robotics kits, LEGOMindstorms and Parallax Boe–Bots. Beer et al.4 described a robotics course that uses LEGOrobotic kits and the MIT Handy Board for both undergraduate and graduate students. In thiscourse, undergraduate and graduate students are asked to design and build a robot to compete ina final egg hunt contest; however, graduate students are
AC 2009-417: LABORATORY IMPLEMENTATION OF A SMALL-SCALECAN-BASED PM BLDC MOTOR CONTROL FOR AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORYELECTRIFICATIONGene Liao, Wayne State University Gene Liao is currently an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Division at Wayne State University. He has over 15 years of industrial practices in the automotive sector prior to becoming a faculty member. Dr. Liao has research and teaching interests in the areas of automotive components design and analysis, multibody dynamics, and CAE applications in manufacturing. He received the B.S.M.E. from National Central University, Taiwan, M.S.M.E. from the University of Texas, Mechanical Engineer from Columbia University, and the
AC 2009-1257: IMPACT OF INTEGRATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSIN AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY: A CASE STUDYAdam Ekenseair, University of Texas, Austin Adam Ekenseair is a doctoral student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in May 2005. Currently he is working in the laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Peppas on "A Fundamental Investigation of Non-Fickian Penetrant Transport in Glassy Polymers." Adam is a Department of Defense (NDSEG) Fellow and a National Science Foundation (NSF-GREP) Fellow. He is also active in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, the American Physical
laboratory skills and knowledge and their ability to apply them in basic circuitsanalysis applications. Several other factors were investigated that could have contributed to thisincrease in student performance on the final laboratory practicum exam; however, the only factorthat significantly and independently contributed to the students' laboratory skills and knowledgebase proved to be student level of participation in the laboratory exercises. The results of thisstudy indicated that students must be fully engaged in the fundamental laboratory exercises tothoroughly and properly learn the skill and knowledge required for application to basic circuitanalysis.IntroductionTraditionally, to teach basic electric circuits skills and knowledge
. Page 14.49.2A number of universities have established classes and laboratories that focus on mechatronicsystems. Khan1 highlighted the importance of international abilities in mechatronics whilediscussing micro-controllers, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), transducers, andmechanical/manufacturing engineering. Merckel and Fisher2 offered a two-week hands-on PLCexperience at Rose-Hulman with two different laboratory demonstration stations. Chiou et al.3discussed an internet-based mechatronics course created at Drexel University that featuredindustrial robots, machine vision systems, PLC modules, webcams, and sensors. Lee and Park4utilized a computer controlled robotic laboratory in an undergraduate course at PurdueUniversity to teach
AC 2009-815: USE OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL BUILDER (KSB)FORMAT IN A SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORYCharles Forsberg, Hofstra University Charles H. Forsberg is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Hofstra University, where he teaches courses in computer programming and the thermal/fluids area of mechanical engineering. He received a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic Institute of NYU), and an M. S. in Mechanical Engineering and Ph. D. from Columbia University. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in New York State. Page
involve Cyber-tools and Cyber-environments for Engineering Education, and Semantic Grids. Page 14.443.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Developing a Research and Education Laboratory for High Performance Computing and CyberinfrastructureAbstractHigh performance computing (HPC) and computational science are critical drivers of economicand research competitiveness in global science and engineering. The growth of open sourcesoftware and the universal availability of low cost, high performance computer componentsmake it possible to build powerful and inexpensive high performance computing systems
AC 2009-98: A MANUFACTURING PROCESSES LABORATORY: WHATBOOK-MAKING AND SHEET-METALWORKING HAVE IN COMMONNebojsa 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 manufacturing processes
instructions that were assignment-specific. Therefore, I started to add handouts and lecture discussion points for each labexperiment, emphasizing key points needed for each assignment. Table 1 summarizes thetimeline of teaching of graphing skills to 122 students in twelve materials classes over ninesemesters. The following discussion explains these improvements in more detail.Semester Class size ImprovementS04 10 New laboratory manual and guide for creating graphs for lab reports.F04 –S05 9F05 11 Rockwell vs. Brinell diagram in lab manual.S06 8 Rubric for grading lab reports.F06 15 Handout explaining how to set up the spreadsheet for
AC 2009-854: TEACHING AN OPERATING SYSTEM COURSE TO CET/EETSTUDENTSXuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati Page 14.1124.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching an Operating System Course to CET/EET StudentsAbstractThis paper describes the motivation for teaching an operating system course to computerengineering technology (CET) and electrical engineering technology (EET) students. It presentscourse topics and teaching approach. The accompanying laboratory exercises are also brieflydescribed.1. IntroductionAn operating system (OS) provides a well-known, convenient, and efficient interface betweenuser programs and the bare computer hardware. As a service
control. Following this, the class completes the exercisewith the PID instruction in RSLogix500. Both methods will be compared in terms of speed,complexity, and accuracy.The laboratory assignments in controlling the oven heater temperature and dimming the lamp aregiven to the students so that they experience the effectiveness of the PID control. The studentswill practice the scaling of input and output variables and loop closure through this exercise.The closed-loop control concept is emphasized through these exercises. The closed-loopPMDCM control is the last assignment of the PID teaching components. The two PMDCMs areconnected back-to-back to form a motor-generator set. The PMDCM generator works as atachometer to close the velocity loop. The
AC 2009-217: A LABVIEW FPGA TOOLKIT TO TEACH DIGITAL LOGICDESIGNTroy Perales, Texas A&M University Troy Perales graduated from the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) Program in 2007 and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Computer Science at Texas A&M University. He is graduate assistant for teaching within the EET Program and is responsible for the development and delivery of laboratories associated with digital design and analog electronic devices.Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University Joseph A. Morgan has over 20 years of military and industry experience in electronics and telecommunications systems engineering. He joined the Engineering Technology and Industrial
AC 2009-2063: UTILIZING ROBOTICS IN TEACHING MICROCONTROLLERPROGRAMMING TO MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING STUDENTSArif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University ARIF SIRINTERLIKCI is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering at Robert Morris University. He has been the Coordinator of the RMU Learning Factory and Director of Engineering Laboratories. He holds a B.S. and an M.S., both in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, and a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. He has conducted research and taught in mechanical, industrial, manufacturing engineering, and industrial technology fields. He has been active in ASEE
AC 2009-2278: DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE NETWORK SECURITYLABS WITH OPEN-SOURCE TOOLSArif Uluagac, Georgia Institute of Technology Arif Selcuk Uluagac is a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA as a member of the Communications Systems Center Laboratory. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Turkish Naval Academy and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in PA, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and ASEE. He is currently teaching the undergraduate level network security class as an adjunct instructor at Southern Polytechnic
Science CourseAbstractIn this work, we present a new teaching approach that we have implemented in our introductorycomputer science programming course. The methodology consists of team teaching, a hybriddelivery system, recorded lecture retrieval capability, readiness assessment activities, objectiveassessment of student progress, and cooperative learning through team work. The team teachingapproach consists of two faculty members being present and actively involved in lecture deliveryand classroom activities, which take place in a computer laboratory setting. The hybrid deliverysystem consists of using Centra, a real-time communication, collaboration and learning softwareenvironment, for lecture delivery, recording, and active student
at their conference. The MSC agreed to match the ASQ-MQD challenge. NCSLI has dedicated funds in the budget for this effort and is seeking additional grants to support the effort. Proposals will be reviewed in March 2009. • NCSLI continues to pursue financial support for another outreach tool that would be available to teachers and students. It is a “Virtual Physical Laboratory” and was developed by a scientist in the United Kingdom for use while teaching measurements in India where they had very few laboratories for hands-on experiments. The U.K. has distributed this product nation wide. It is an ideal resource for school districts where funding is inadequate to support laboratory experiments
AC 2009-1711: ARE SIMULATION TOOLS DEVELOPED AND USED BYEXPERTS APPROPRIATE EXPERIMENTATION TOOLS FOR EDUCATIONALCONTEXTS?Alejandra Magana , Purdue UniversitySean Brophy, Purdue UniversityGeorge Bodner, Purdue University Page 14.231.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Are Simulation Tools Developed and Used by Experts Appropriate Experimentation Tools for Educational Contexts?Abstract Simulations and visualizations can lead to significant improvements in students’conceptual understanding. This increased understanding may be due to the formation of expert-like dynamic mental models. Laboratory simulations have been used in
, Fermi National Accelerator Lab Jerzy Nogiec is the Software Development and Support Group Leader at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and an adjunct professor of Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His research interests, in addition to software engineering education, include distributed systems and data acquisition systems. Page 14.1152.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Software Development for Modern Real-Time Data Acquisition and ControlAbstractModern data acquisition and control systems, in the most demanding
environment. Others simply left for jobs in industry. Each DoD activity had itsown BRAC experience.The Navy Metrology Engineering Center and Gage and Standards Laboratory (now consolidatedinto the Measurement Science and Technology Laboratory) are located at the Naval SurfaceWarfare Center, Corona, CA (NSWC Corona Division). This Metrology Engineering Center andassociated Laboratory provide for all of the Navy and Marine Corps Test and MeasurementSystems (TAMS) research, development and engineering support. The engineering capabilitiesrequired to be sustained in order to perform this important function span a multitude ofdisciplines from electronic/electrical (both high and low power), mechanical, microwave,chemical, pressure, temperature, and
AC 2009-1001: TEACHING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES USINGDESIRE2LEARN (D2L)B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University B. S. SRIDHARA Dr. B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Sridhara has published several peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Acoustics, Vibration, finite element methods, and Engineering Education
acrossdisciplines of physics, chemistry, mathematics and manufacturing engineering. A top-down approach is described in this paper for dealing with these many complexities in aneffective manner. The innovative ideas in this approach include the extensive use ofmaterials design challenges and research tasks conducted by the students oncontemporary materials research topics. Other successful teaching methods developedpreviously such as incorporating modern web-based, multi-media resources, materialsdatabases, model building, conference participation, and hands-on laboratory experienceshave been retained. Through the implementation of this top-down approach in the Fall‘08 term, it was found that the student performance in the course and ABET
technologyprogram for their future careers in modern manufacturing companies, a new curriculum inRobotics Application Engineering has been developed and applied in the semester of spring 2008.This paper describes the course and laboratory of Robotics Application Engineering for studentsof manufacturing technology program (ITMT) in the Department of Industrial and EngineeringTechnology (IET).There are four Robotics courses offered in the IET Department spanning from 100 level to 400level to teach concepts, operation, programming, maintenance, interfacing, and applicationdevelopments of industrial robots. Robotics Application Engineering is taught as a 400 levelcourse for senior undergraduate students in the ITMT program. This course teaches
AC 2009-2193: TEACHING SOCIAL COMPLEXITY AND MULTIDISCIPLINARYTEAM BUILDING: AN EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING APPROACHCraig Laramee, State University of New York, BinghamtonShelley Dionne, State University of New York, BinghamtonHiroki Sayama, State University of New York, BinghamtonDavid Wilson, State University of New York, Binghamton Page 14.1151.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Social Complexity and Multidisciplinary Team Building: An Experimental Engineering ApproachAbstractNumerous organizations, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and the National Academy of
careers as well as the plans and suggestions to overcome those problems. The course outline along with laboratory experiments will also be discussed.Keywords: Problems and Solutions for PIC MicrocontrollerIntroduction At Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, we inducted a one-semester course on microcontrollers, obviously, for a multiple of reasons, for our undergraduatestudents doing majors in ‘Electronic Engineering Technology (EET)’. At the very start of thisventure, we found out that we were on a head-on-collision course to a number of challenging andmulti-faced problems. This was quite disappointing. But we pursued on to develop a reasonablygood course and our consistent efforts in doing-so ultimately
introductory sociology course from a remote location. Teach. Soc., 2008. 36(4): p. 331-344.3. Howard-Quijano, K.J., Huang, Y. M.; Matevosian, R.; Kaplan, M. B.; Steadman, R. H., Video-assisted instruction improves the success rate for tracheal intubation by novices. Brit. J. Anaesthesia, 2008. 101(4): p. 568-572.4. Pryor, C.R., Bitter, G. G., Using mulimedia to teach inservice teachers: Impacts on learning, application, and retention. Comp. Hum. Behav., 2008. 24(6, Spec. Iss.): p. 2668-2681.5. Takeda, N., Takeuchi, I.; Haruna, M., Assessment of learning activities using streaming video for laboratory practice education: Aiming for development of e-learning system that promote self learning. J. Pharm
4 6 8 6 behavior.8. Program nodes to send and receive 3 7 8 6 messages.Assessment of Student LearningOur teaching materials on Embedded Systems Networking were introduced to the studentsduring the Fall-2008 semester in our senior design class. Altogether 10 hours of lecture (five 2-hrlectures) were presented to cover the materials related embedded systems networking. Thestudents were divided into groups of three. The students of each group worked together toachieve the goals of each laboratory assignment. The students were required to present a demo ofeach assignment. Different student of a group was required to take the lead in showing the demoof different
AC 2009-319: TEACHING FUTURE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS LAWS,ACTS, STANDARDS, AND LIABILITIESArif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University ARIF SIRINTERLIKCI is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering at Robert Morris University. He has been the Coordinator of the RMU Learning Factory and Director of Engineering Laboratories. He holds a B.S. and an M.S., both in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, and a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. He has conducted research and taught in mechanical, industrial, manufacturing engineering, and industrial technology fields. He has been active in ASEE (American