Paper ID #15515Develop a New Mobile-Optimized Remote Experiment Application for Mo-bile LearningMr. Qianlong Lan, Texas Southern University Dpt. of Computer Science Graduate StudentMr. Ning WangDr. Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University Dr. Xuemin Chen is the founding Director of Virtual and Remote Laboratory and an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Texas Southern University.Dr. Gangbing Song, University of Houston (CoE)Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University at Qatar Hamid R. Parsaei is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Academic Outreach Office at Texas A&M
with high transmission data rates.MOST applications includes the communication between devices that handle navigation, caraudio, cell networks, video, and user input. 133. ChallengesOne of the main challenges the author encountered to develop this course was the lack ofreference material in lecture or laboratory experiment formats. In the author’s online search, nosimilar course offering was found in other institutions. In addition, no textbook was found. Theauthor explored a large number of documents and books 1 – 5 in the subject that served asreference for this course. Offering an undergraduate course in intra-vehicle communication witha supplemental hardware laboratory for engineering students is not straightforward due to thecomplexity
2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference The Challenges of Teaching Engineering Labs Online Dr. Jing Guo, Dr. Kathy Kasley, and Dr. John Santiago College of Engineering, Colorado Technical UniversityAbstractThe paper presents the Engineering Department’s development and the pilot delivery of anonline laboratory experience to support the electrical and computer engineering online deliveryof a previously on campus course, “EE110: Introduction to Engineering”. The most significantchallenges in support of students in the construction, debug, and measurement of circuitparameters include the following: (1) replacing face-to-face interaction with both the
dynamics is a foundational course that forms the basis for much of the MEcurriculum in the mechanical systems area. Unlike many introductory dynamics classes whereonly planar rigid-body dynamics is covered, the class taught at Georgia Tech is relativelychallenging as it covers up through three-dimensional rigid body dynamics and work-energy,within a 3-credit-hour format. The class is required for the BSME degree and follows uponprerequisite courses on calculus-based Physics I, integral calculus, and Statics. The course is adirect prerequisite to several other classes in the curriculum including System Dynamics, and FluidMechanics, which are in turn pre-requisites to other courses such as Measurements andInstrumentation Lab, ME Systems Laboratory
. She is a graduate of the University of Hartford, where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering (2007) and Master of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering (2013). Before coming to the Coast Guard Academy, Ms. Regan worked in the aerospace industry as a Project Engineer for Air-Lock, Inc. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Design of an Economical Student-built Automatic Control SystemAbstractEconomical student-owned and built laboratory equipment is proposed as a means to increasestudent exposure to hand-on learning activities without the consumption of resources normallyassociated with offering a traditional laboratory course. The case presented
, students are able to revisit or learn new background theoriesand principles and identify and test a hypothesis before they actually engage in physical hands-on activities. This reinforced learning strategy efficiently guided students in preparing,confronting, and tackling the open-ended, inquiry-based problem with solid theoreticalknowledge and principles. As a result, it provided better planning for the physical hands-onactivities. When engaged with physical hands-on activities, virtual laboratories were also used toidentify the disparity between theoretical and experimental results and additional activitiesdesigned to interpret the differences. This practice truly allowed students to experience the entirescientific process from solid theoretical
laboratory exercises designed to incorporate electrical circuit components, circuit analysis(AC and DC), sensors and actuators, and microcontrollers. Students also learned how to createsimple electro-mechanical devices using basic components. During the latter half of thesemester, students were tasked with group projects to design, build, and test electro-mechanicalsystems. These projects aimed to bring mechanical engineering, electronics, and computercontrol together. This paper describes the first-time experience of developing the course andmanaging student projects. This paper also presents students’ feedback regarding the course andhighlights student projects with testing and fabrication results.IntroductionMechatronics is a cross-disciplinary
Technology” and “NuclearEmergency Preparedness and Exercise” at JSU as well as “Radiation Safety and Health” atMVSU) and a virtual reality training program, revising several existing courses (“Principle ofHazardous Materials Management” and “Risk Assessment” at JSU, and “Environmental RiskAssessment and Management” at ASU), as well as establishing a laboratory. These efforts canpromote and encourage undergraduate and graduate students to pursue careers in the nuclearfield as well as ensure that they will better understand the problems of dealing with nuclearsafety and problems related to nuclear/radiation emergency preparedness and response.This paper describes the nature of this project, presents preliminary results, and discusses thechallenges it
effective teamsand establishing performance goals, and 5) Applying systems thinking to solve complexproblems. The first two modules were integrated into freshman classes, the third into asophomore class, the fourth into third year laboratory courses, and the fifth into senior designcourses. This paper describes the learning outcomes and the reinforcement activities conductedin the courses into which they were integrated for two of these modules. The findings of themodule specific surveys and the assessment results are also presented.IntroductionHaving good technical skills is necessary but insufficient by itself for an engineering graduate todevelop as a leader and innovator.1 In today’s environment, engineering graduates must alsopossess an
Manufacturing o Introduction to Fabrication, Process Technology and Machining Incorporates 180 contact hours of class and laboratory work.This research takes a pragmatic approach to develop an articulation of college credit for C4Mtowards a B.Sc. degree in Engineering Technology. The paper proceeds by discussing themethod used to carry out the research. After that it provides a summary of the results. The paperconcludes by discussing how to use this articulation to recruit students and devises a datacollection plan to track the impact of implementing the articulation of certification formanufacturing on the economic development in the state of Louisiana.MethodThis paper uses a case-study approach. A faculty team of an Engineering
Paper ID #15618Collaboration between Seniors and Freshmen on Senior Capstone ProjectsProf. Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. He received his B. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Utah and a M. S. from the University of California, San Diego. His teaching responsibilities include the senior unit operations laboratory and freshman design laboratory. His research interests focus on undergraduate education, targeted drug delivery, photobioreactor design, and instrumentation.Kyle Joe Branch
Paper ID #14954Design and Development of Online Applied Thermo-Fluid Science CoursesDr. Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale Dr. Gonca Altuger-Genc is an Assistant Professor at State University of New York - Farmingdale State College in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department. She is serving as the K-12 STEM Out- reach Research and Training Coordinator at Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center at Farmingdale State College. Her research interests are engineering education, self-directed lifelong learning, virtual laboratories, and decision-making framework development for design and
. Because of its simple and inexpensive hardware requirements, the system isperfectly suitable for use in the undergraduate electronics laboratories for instruction as well asbeing a tool in industrial and research laboratories for the product testing and characterization ofhigh power semiconductor devices. The system can also adapted to measure the I-V characteristicsof solar cells [2] and solar panels, and high-power Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs), as well.1. IntroductionThis paper describes the design, operation and use of a PC controlled automated measurementsystem for the testing and measurement of the I-V characteristics of high-current high-powerMOSFET devices by employing the new inexpensive USB interfaced triple-channel benchpower
this course or the Biochemical Engineering course in order to receive their degree. Overthe last few years, there has been an increase in the number of seniors taking this class over theBiochemical Engineering course with nearly seventy students in the latest semester. In the pastdecade, undergraduate polymer processing courses have emerged across multiple engineeringdisciplines worldwide.1-3 Within these courses, very little development in promoting computersimulations have been discussed. Moreover, this work shows that students can benefit bycombining computational tools with hands-on laboratory exercises and that existing courses canreadily implement the strategies utilized in the Composite Materials Processing course.The class consists of
) was established to allow sharing of engineering studentsfrom different community colleges. Developed initially through a grant from the NationalScience Foundation, and subsequently supported by a US Department of Education grant, JEPcurrently has 27 partner community colleges from all over California. As a result of JEP and theengineering courses that are offered online, the number of community college students who areable to take these courses and be prepared for upper-division courses upon transfer has increased.A JEP enrollment survey shows an increase of 61.3% in engineering courses over the last fiveyears even though overall enrollment at the JEP partner institutions decreased slightly. However,courses requiring laboratory components are
performance between the face-to-face delivery and onlinedelivery.Significant challenges for our online delivery have been the development of laboratoryexperiences and the proctoring of exams. Our assessment of student outcomes shows thatstudents enrolled online have achieved the outcomes related to the laboratory exercises. Wehave engaged an external proctoring company to independently verify and monitor the academicintegrity of the online exam process.Another challenge is acceptance of online delivery among our constituencies. This has beenachieved to a large extent as verified by the unexpectedly large demand among our students, thewillingness of employers to fund tuition and fees, the enthusiastic participation among a growinggroup of faculty
design limits, and considered the societal impacts ofthe product on toxicity, waste management, and the environment (i.e. carbon footprint and waterusage in production).4-5 We also introduced the use of a software tool (i.e. materials and processselection software) to estimate the carbon footprint, energy usage, and durability of greenplastics in laboratory modules. Even though many new inventions and advancements in materialsscience and manufacturing technology provide useful tools to adapt alternatives, (such as nanomaterials, fuel cells, solar technology, green materials, etc.), it’s critical to infuse humanisticinquiry into the instructional model for undergraduate education.1-5, 16In the GPMT laboratory, we set up a small-scale green
learners andinstructors) is a key factor which defines the success of online education3.But unfortunately, engineering courses such as that are in need of laboratories, team works,construction site visits, field personnel’s technical presentations cannot be offered through onlinemedium. The physical interactions that are needed in the laboratories and construction sitescannot be offered by the online courses. Such collaborations of educational institutions withindustry and Government are necessary for Civil Engineering program’s success. UndergraduateEngineering students love to have hands-on experience for the most of the courses in theirCourse curriculum. The instructors who teach courses that are complemented by laboratoriesreceive high grade
, either an open source program (e.g.: Universal G-Code Sender) ora custom program written using Matlab (Mathworks Inc., Natick, MA), Python or other pro-gramming language.Figure 2: (a) The Arduino Uno (left) and the GRBL GShield (right) (b) The GShield mountedon the Arduino to form the controller unit.2.1.4 Off-The-Shelf CNC Platform ReflectionThe off-the-shelf CNC platforms that were deployed in the laboratory have been found to be ef-fective tools for high volume classroom deployment. These CNC platforms have been used fortwo years in a high volume setting, with over 200 students using them per semester. Machinefunctionality and reliability have both been high. The machine maintenance and upgrades thusfar have been relatively minor, and
Paper ID #14909Improving the Impact of Experiential Learning Activities through the Assess-ment of Student Learning StylesDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr
learning research in the STEM academic discipline of engineering education, specifically targeting the development of better teaching methods for engaging students in the applications of electromagnetic theory. This research has been culminated in the development of a laboratory component for the undergraduate engineering electromag- netics course at Penn State. The laboratory activities were designed to give students as many chances as possible to gain hands-on experience with real-life tools, measurement devices and analysis techniques.Dr. Julio Urbina, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park JULIO V. URBINA, Ph.D is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Com- puter Science at
Engineering and Chair of the Electrical Engineering Program. Prior to this appointment, he held several research and development positions in industry. From 1991 to 2002, he was a Staff Engineer with Tellabs, Naperville, IL. Additionally, in 1991, he was with AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories, Naperville; from 1988 to 1991, he was with R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Lisle, IL; and from 1985 to 1986, he was with Zenith Electronics, Glenview, IL. His interests include adaptive filtering, speech enhancement, wireless and wireline communications, and engineering education. Dr. Dunne is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu and the ASEE. c American Society for Engineering
Paper ID #16881Effective Utilization of the Analog Discovery Board Across Upper-DivisionElectrical Engineering CoursesDr. Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering Steven S. Holland (M ’13) was born in Chicago, IL, in 1984. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), Milwaukee, WI, in 2006, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in 2008 and 2011 respectively. From 2006 to 2011, he was a Research Assistant working in the Antennas and Propagation Laboratory (APLab), Department of
nanophotonics and nanomedicine, including discoveries of a plasmon explosion of nanoparticles, new dynamics modes in selective nanopho- totherapy, RF and X-ray optics of nanoparticles. A well-respected international researcher, Letfullin has authored 150 articles and conference proceedings, including 12 book chapters in 10 different books. His work has garnered many grants and awards includ- ing 4 patents in laser technology and optical engineering. He has led the development of several new research laboratories for research on biophotonics and nanomedicine, created innovative teaching tools including online video courses and webinars, and supervised numerous masters and doctoral students. For his achievements in optics
second floor of the Business Center toaccommodate the faculty and program secretary offices. All laboratory classes are taught in thefollowing rooms, all located in the first floor: BC108, 115, 117, 121, 125. EGT also uses someconventional class-rooms on as-needed basis. The Business Center Building floor plan (first floor), aswell as its location in the campus is depicted in Figure 6 and Figure 7. Student learning opportunitiesassociated with the facilities mentioned above are: Material testing (tension, compression). Material Platting. Materials hardening Rockwell hardness testers. Material processing using Milling and Turning Machines CNC programming using multiple CNC machines Materials fabrications
created, as part ofthe software termed Virtual Mechanics Laboratory (VML). We have created VML as a unifiedvideo motion and deformation analysis tool that can be used in both dynamics and mechanics ofmaterial course projects. In the project with VML mechanics of material module, first, studentswill capture a digital video image of a plate-shaped elastic object subjected to a plane-stressloading with a high-resolution digital camera that is widely available nowadays. Subsequentlyin the computer laboratory, students will select target region of interest (ROI) to “measure” thepixel displacement and material deformation within the ROI, using the digital motion trackingalgorithm termed “Digital Image Correlation (DIC)” algorithm built in the VML
Paper ID #16477Implementing a Challenge-Inspired Undergraduate ExperienceDr. Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Lecturer in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance experimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and mentoring and guiding student teams through the senior design capstone course and a translational
. 1AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY (AFRL) The Air Force’s Corporate Research and Development Laboratory AFOSR Basic Research: Hypersonics Future Future Breakthrough Bio-Inspired Breakthrough HSSW Additive 3D Microstructure Manufacturing GOTCHA ANGELS AFOSR Flexible Hybrid
student doing the laboratory experiments. Thislaboratory unit serves an ad hoc learning tool to two undergraduate courses. The developed BMSlearning tool not only enhances the advanced energy storage training and education, but alsoinspires students’ interest in the green movement of transportation and renewable energy.Keywords: battery management system; electric energy storage; electric vehicle; hybrid vehicle;lithium-ion battery pack; renewable energy1. IntroductionElectrochemical batteries are the primary choice for energy storage systems in electric-drivevehicles, uninterruptible power supplies, and renewable energies. The on-board energy storagesystems, particularly rechargeable battery packs, used for traction purposes are generally
Paper ID #15869Design and Development of Remote Testbeds Using PythonProf. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abul K. M. Azad is a Professor in the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in Control and Systems Engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering. His research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Dr. Azad has over 100 refereed journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted around $1.7 million in research and development grants from various