Paper ID #13128An Educational Tool to Support Introductory Robotics CoursesDr. Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University Dr. Fernando Gonzalez joined FGCU as an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Program in the fall of 2013. Previously he has worked at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas, the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico and at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Gonzalez graduated from the University of Illinois in 1997 with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He received his Master’s degree in
. • Students thought the lab exercises accompanying the course should be included as a separate laboratory credit. • Students voiced frustration that the labs seemed untested and held the view that the CEENBoT still had some “significant technical problems with it” and it needed to be more fully ready for integration into the instructional aspects of the program. This was due to the newness of the untested platform and the experimental nature of the first
view, there are two channels labeled as CH0 and CH1, which receive the strainsignals from the incident and transmitter bars. The strain signals pass through the Wheatstonebridges and amplifiers shown in Figure 12. The signals output from CH0 and CH1ports as shownin Figure 11. As shown in Figure 12, the data acquisition module contains a screw terminalinput, Wheatstone bridge, amplifier, and BNC output for each channel. The module is poweredby a laboratory DC supply or four internal AA batteries. All the components are mounted on apanel of perfboard and placed in a recycled computer power supply case. Integrating theelectrical components into such module minimizes electromagnetic interference and short circuitoccurrence. The analog signals
vicious cycle considering that Page 26.565.2in order to increase the number of underrepresented minorities that pursue advanced degrees,there needs to be a critical mass already in place to attract more minorities.8,9Interaction with faculty is vital for all undergraduate and graduate students' development. Thisinteraction may be in the classroom, laboratory, or casually around campus. Unfortunately, agender and ethnicity gap may drive a wedge between the student and professor as studies haveshown that student behavior is heavily influenced by gender and race.10-12 The gap is moresignificant in engineering.13 Research has shown that students
, methods, and student populations.”15 One way to better understand the effect of simulatedactivities on students’ learning is to expand the research to uncommon educational areas suchlearning technical concepts related to information technology (IT). Even though for severaldecades researchers have explored the use of simulation to augment the laboratory experiences inthe areas of surgery, physics, chemistry, biology, math, and dental education, there is nosignificant study that measures the effect of students’ learning of IT matters using simulationsoftware such as Packet-Tracer. Therefore, conducting research, for finding the effects ofsimulated lab activities on students’ learning of Local Area Network (LAN) design and/ortroubleshooting concepts
systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems. Page 26.598.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO SEE THE ROLE OF SERVICE COURSES IN THEIR MAJORAbstractMany departments are involved with service courses which support both their programs andother
. Dr. Bhandari leads a multi-disciplinary team of faculty and students from several departments within the Colleges of Engineering and Science at Cal Poly Pomona for research on unmanned systems. He has also been collaborating with other uni- versities and aerospace industry. He has obtained federal and industry support for his research on UAV’s including funding from National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Northrop Grumman Corporation. He has published several papers on his UAV research. He is a senior member of AIAA and a member of ASEE, American Helicopter Society (AHS), Association for Unmanned Vehicles International (AUVSI), and Sigma Gamma Tau, the Aerospace
received a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1974 and a master of science degree in engineering science from George Washington University in 1980. In 1990, he received a doctorate in aerospace engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Upon completing his B.S. degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Camarda began work for NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, in 1974. He was a research scientist in the Ther- mal Structures Branch of the Structures and Materials Division and was responsible for demonstrating the feasibility of a heat-pipe-cooled leading edge for Space Shuttle by analysis, laboratory experiments
coursecurriculum, including the lecture topics each week and the hands-on activities worked on in thelaboratory. In order to give others a blueprint to replicate this course at their universities thelectures and activities for each week listed in this table will be summarized. Page 26.1093.4TABLE I – ENGR 1411 SCHEDULE Week Topic Laboratory Work Course Introduction, 1 Introduction to Electrical and Familiarization with Lab Instruments Computer Engineering Presentation Ohm's Law, Circuit construction on a breadboard, Resistors
, University of Michigan Kathleen H. Sienko is a Miller Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Page 26.1131.1 Engineering at the University of Michigan (UM). She earned her Ph.D. in 2007 in Medical Engineering and Bioastronautics from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, and holds an S.M. in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT and a B.S. in Materials Engineering from the University of Kentucky. She directs both the Sensory Augmentation and Rehabilitation Laboratory (SARL) and the c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015
University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair of the First Year Engineering Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team.Dr. Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University
Paper ID #14202The Flipped Classroom: It’s (Still) All About EngagementDr. Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Cory J. Prust is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Depart- ment at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He earned his BSEE degree from MSOE in 2001 and his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2006. Prior to joining MSOE in 2009, he was a Technical Staff mem- ber at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He teaches courses in the signal processing, communication systems, and embedded systems areas.Dr. Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Kelnhofer is the
Paper ID #12753The LAWA technique implemented in a course in nanomedicineLindsey Taylor Brinton, University of Virginia Lindsey Brinton is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. She received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and B.A. in French from the University of Virginia in 2009. Her dis- sertation research is in the laboratory of Dr. Kimberly Kelly and focuses on the development of liposomes targeted to the stromal compartment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. She has served as a teaching assistant for Calculus I and Physiology II as well as a co-instructor for Nanomedicine.Colleen T
were better in a larger city. After about nine months, Joe found anexcellent chaplaincy job at another hospital. Two years later, Joe was finally able to start the jobhe had always wanted, as the pastor of a church.Chris and Jon’s Story:Chris and Jon met during Chris’s final year and Jon’s first year of their common Ph.D. programat Northwestern University in Chicago. This meant that employment location challenges startedearly when Chris defended his Ph.D. dissertation and needed to find a job a year into theirrelationship. The two subsequent years involved a rewarding postdoctoral position at SandiaNational Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM and a staff scientist position at Honeywell Aerospacein Morristown, NJ. Of course both of these positions
Director of the Center for 3-D Visualization and Virtual Reality Applications, and Technical Director of the NASA funded MIST Space Vehicle Mission Planning Laboratory at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. In 2010, he joined Eastern Michigan University as an Associate Dean in the College of Technology and currently is a Professor in the School of Engineer- ing Technology. He has an extensive experience in curriculum and laboratory design and development. Dr. Eydgahi has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Tau Alpha Pi, as a member of Advi- sory and Editorial boards for many International Journals in Engineering and Technology, as a member of review panel for NASA and Department of Education, as a
underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls, linear systems, and multivariable
teaching students the fundamentalsand applications of engineering design and modeling.● dimensioning and tolerancing ● developing algorithms ● roots of equations● ANSI Y14.5 Standards ● modeling basic engineering ● interpolation● basic programming systems ● systems of linear● basic CAD ● data assimilation and equations interpretation ● design with constraintsEngineering Communication - These labs provide opportunities for students to communicatetheir findings in the other laboratories through a series of written and oral exercises.● email etiquette ● editing
progress. Some suggest that requiring students to turn in memos reporting theirprogress can reduce the amount of work left until the deadline43. In addition, the mock clientmeetings reinforce the deadline expectations, provide an opportunity for students to present theirprogress, discuss key challenges, and receive instant feedback on their progress and plans.All of the faculty working with the students are licensed PE’s or SE’s and are able to help themwith some of the engineering questions that arise while they are away from their hostcompany’s/agency’s office. Also, the University has some resources that might not be readilyavailable in some office locations (e.g., research laboratories, instrumentation, and finite elementprograms) that can be
Paper ID #13944Student Led Example Problems in a Graduate-Level Advanced TransportPhenomena CourseDr. Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michi- gan Technological University. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics, predominantly di- electrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL
. This aspect oflearning is not incorporated in many active learning procedures, but is an essential part of SBL.A drawback to the implementation of SBL in a traditional class is that it is time-intensive. Asthe title suggests, this technique has most frequently been used in studio-based classes. The classtime allotted for studio sessions is more typical of that for a laboratory class in engineering—twoto three hours. So while the SBL approach might work in a class for which an extendedrecitation section is part of the class, the time constraints inherent in a typical one-hour lecture-based engineering class would seem to be a large impediment to using SBL. With the advent ofasynchronous communication media, this no longer need be a
two courses. This paperfocuses on the honors sequence, specifically the first course in the sequence, 1281H, whichemphasizes problem solving through computer programming. Course Structure and Classroom ConfigurationFirst-year engineering students enrolled in the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors (FEH)sequence at The Ohio State University complete a two-semester sequence of classes that cover awide variety of fundamental engineering topics and laboratory exercises were eligible toparticipate in the study.The first course (ENG 1281.01H) emphasizes problem solving and computer programming inMATLAB and C/C++. All courses include a laboratory component designed to expose studentsto a wide variety of engineering disciplines and topics
collaborative or team work. Students rarely challenge the integrity ofinstruction by the instructors leading to the lack of interactive relations vital to creativity andinnovation. The curriculum is highly structured and there is little room to take liberal arts orinterdisciplinary courses to broaden their education. Not enough emphasis is placed onprofessional competencies which are important for today’s engineers competing in a globalmarket. Accreditation as a relatively new phenomenon in the developing countries face thechallenge of ensuring quality based on standards while also facilitating innovations in education.There is a lack of resources for upgrading laboratories, shortage of trained teachers to teacheffectively and make the course
-fluid areas using theoretical and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), including renewable energy (wind tur- bines), multi-phase flows, free-surface flows, ship hydrodynamics, quantitative verification and validation, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system. His teaching interests focus on integration of simulation technology into engineering courses and laboratories, developing effective formative and summative eval- uation methods, and developing innovative teaching modules toward achieving ABET learning outcomes.Dr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the
point the efficiencybegins to drop off. It has been shown in laboratory testing that the optimum performance ofsuch cells occurs at concentration levels of approximately 400 times the power of the sun. Figure 2. Efficiency of Gallium based solar cells over a range of solar concentration levels.The dimensions of the parabolic dish were chosen to produce a focal region with a concentrationof approximately 400 times the power of the sun to achieve maximum efficiency. The dish wasoversized addressing several concerns. A larger dish would help to account for losses andimprecision in the manufacturing
% completed the comments section of thesurvey. The following is a sample of selected comments. The “new demands” of the marketplace are simply the continual accelerated changes in the complexity and scope of technological change. As technologies evolve, so must those whose chosen profession is to prepare the STEM-related workforce of the future. Or risk premature irrelevance. It would be nice if our top- level administration would concentrate on increasing faculty and laboratory support as much as increasing institutional “branding” and revamping the campus to be more engaging to the social desires of undergraduate students. And football… the institution is seeking to raise $26+ million to build a new stadium—a limited use
: • In-person engagement with academic lecturers, • Practical and laboratory learning activities, • Presentations and interaction with guest speakers from industry, • Industry-based site visits, • Engagement in sole and group-based learning and assessment activities on campus, and • Social interaction with other students.After running pilot residential schools for two years, it was found that a workable formatconsisted in a two-week residential experience in the first semester, linked to two key freshmancourses, Fundamentals of Technology Management, and Engineering Physics. On-campus andonline students’ academic grades were compared for both courses over the years 2005 to 2012.We found that for physics lab
Laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Fontecchio received his Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University in 2002. He has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed publications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016The Recipe for a Gourmet Snack: NGSS, NAE, and STEaMAbstract At an urban high school in Philadelphia, a teacher-engineer team questioned if a project-based learning unit using Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), National Academy ofEngineering (NAE), and Understanding By Design (UBD) frameworks could be designed andexecuted to successfully teach students about macromolecules. Molecular gastronomy (MG) is abranch of food science that studies the physical and chemical
Competition for the team’s innovation: Assurefit- a chest tube stabilization device. Breanne found her drive for innovation and fascination with design during the development of this technology and seeks to equip students with this same drive through experiential learning.Dr. John D DesJardins, Clemson University Dr. John DesJardins is the Robert B. and Susan B. Hambright Leadership Associate professor in Bioengi- neering at Clemson University and the director of the Frank H. Stelling and C. Dayton Riddle Orthopaedic Education and Research Laboratory at CUBEInC. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Ph.D. in
; Mascaro et al. atUniversity of Utah implemented new laboratories which involve hands-on design in the first andsecond years of the mechanical engineering program7-8; Hodges and Sullivan discussed severalprojects in the Design or Mechanical Systems course, such as natural frequency analysis of acantilever beam and a buckling analysis, for which students designs were fabricated in themachine shop9; there has not been a consistent effort to provide opportunities for students totackle open-ended hands-on design problems throughout the mechanical engineering curriculum.At Arizona State University, three open-ended hands-on design projects, one in each of the threemechanical engineering courses taught during the Spring 2015 semester have been
, manufacturing, and assembly processes. Since 2010, Lo- gan has worked as a private tutor; most recently he has moved from small in-person tutoring into electronic classroom learning as a consultant for an online tutoring service. In previous semesters, he has aided the teaching of introductory design and modeling classes at Florida Polytechnic University. As the operator of the Florida Polytechnic University Robotics Laboratory, he trains students to use fabrication machin- ery, 2D and 3D design software, and analytic methods to aid in student and research projects. Logan also provides 3D modeling, prototyping, and 2D design services to various local companies, and hopes to earn certifications for 3D design in the coming