Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teodora Rutar, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of adevice they designed or developed in order to prove a physical phenomenon in a research setting,etc. Hence, it comes as no surprise that ABET has embraced this criterion for close to a decade.Introduction to Thermodynamics requires that students learn basic, yet complicated concepts,such as determining properties of pure substances, calculating heat and work exchanged during aprocess, and the first and second law of thermodynamics, before they can tackle complexapplications, such as thermodynamic cycles or combustion systems. These basic concepts areconducive to simple, conceptually oriented laboratory assignments that parallel the classroominstruction. Those laboratory assignments are an ideal place to implement design of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Lab material quantity is reasonable.During the end of term evaluation, 92.9% I can synthesize nanoparticles.students indicated that the course wastaught well. Some of the comments Figure 6 Mid-semester Students’ Evaluation of the Lab Component.regarding the lab component were:  Instructor used lab activities as an effective way to stimulate thinking about subject matter outside of the scope of the lab itself.  The laboratory exercises coincided with the lecture portion.ConclusionsA lab component was developed and delivered for an interdisciplinary class of engineeringstudents as part of an introduction to nanotechnology

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, State University of New York; Nizami Z. Vagidov, University at Buffalo, State University of New York; Athos Chariton Petrou; Xiufeng Liu, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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Electrical and Computer

course. Also two evaluation forms were developed before the course was offeredin 2010: 1) Formative Laboratory Experiment Evaluation Form and 2) Formative Evaluation ofJava Applets (Appendices 2 and 3). These were given to students during the course for formativefeedback. These instruments will be given every time the course is offered to validate them.Six weeks before the end of the semester, students were given two comprehensive problems(design projects) to assess their ability to apply quantum-mechanical laws to a specific problem.Thus, we could assess the conceptual understanding of the material and the ability of students tosolve the problem using the hands-on experience they acquired while carrying out laboratoryexperiments. We had four

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-842: A LABORATORY METHOD FOR TEACHINGANALOG-TO-DIGITAL AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERSIONJoseph Hoffbeck, University of Portland Joseph P. Hoffbeck is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon. He has a Ph.D. from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He previously worked with digital cell phone systems at Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T Bell Labs) in Whippany, New Jersey. His technical interests include communication systems, digital signal processing, and remote sensing. Page 15.43.1© American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology; John Fishell, STEP Conference

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

education booth (Figure 4), NIST metric educational publications and activities,National Conference of Standards Laboratories International (NCSLI) metrology career fliers,Measurement Science (Metrology) scholarship information, and several demonstrations aboutuse of SI in everyday life were available to STEP Conference participants. The primaryeducational activity at the NIST SI booth consisted of providing each student with their weight inkilograms (kg), a common measurement unit used in everyday life. A one liter (L) bottle ofwater has a mass of about 1 kilogram (kg). The measurement results were individually providedto students, teachers, and parents visiting the booth on a sticky note. Although a number ofstudents already knew what their

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Forsberg, Hofstra University

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Mechanical Engineering

Compressor Husky 1.5 gallon Air Scout Compressor $ 100III. Experimental RunsConstruction of the apparatus is complete, and experimental runs have been performed withwater and compressed air. Thus far, most runs have been done with water. The followingdiscussion outlines possible experimental runs to be done by students in the laboratory or in thelecture class:First, let's discuss the dimensional analysis for the fluid flowing through the specimen. It isdesired to determine how the pressure drop across the nozzle varies with the nozzle dimensionsand the flow rate. Following an example in the textbook by John and Haberman3 , we willassume that the pressure drop ΔP depends on the the flow area A1 at the entrance of thenozzle

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University; Albert Leroy Powell, Bowling Green State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1842: A LOW-COST LABORATORY EXPERIMENT TO GEN-ERATE THE I-V CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF A SOLAR CELLErik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University Erik Mayer received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science at the University of Toledo. His areas of focus are power electronics and embedded systems. He has a strong interest in renewable energy; he worked with the Electric Vehicle Institute and designed a course in renewable energy during his time at Bowling Green State University. In addition, he worked at Visteon designing components for hybrid vehicles. He became an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University in 2010.Albert Leroy Powell, Bowling Green State University Albert Powell is a Sophomore Undergraduate

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. Simionescu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Korinne Caruso, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Gregory R. Reuter, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-541: A METAL CASTING LABORATORY EXERCISE: COL-LABORATION BETWEEN THE ENGINEERING AND ART DEPARTMENTSAT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - CORPUS CHRISTIP. A. Simionescu, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Dr. Simionescu is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Program of the Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. He received his B.Sc. from Polytechnic University of Bucharest in Romania in 1992, a doctoral degree from the same university in 1999 and a Ph.D. degree from Auburn University in 2004. His research interests include mechanical design, CAD and computer graphics. He has authored 18 journal papers and has been granted 7 patents.Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Dr

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Matthew Nathaniel Bruer, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Relevant, Automotive-Themed Experiment that Teaches Fundamental Flow Rate Concepts and Experimental UncertaintyAbstractIt is a common experience, in undergraduate laboratories, that the students perceive the simplebench-top experiments to be boring or irrelevant to real engineering and societal problems.Without relevance, many students feel disconnected from the lab experience, lose interest inwhat they are doing and do not think while they are in the lab. If students do not think about theactual measurement, the measurement errors and how the measurements relate to an engineeringmodel or to the information that they are trying to gain, then the lab experience has failed.Described in

Conference Session

Laboratories and Projects in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Amarachukwu C Ukaegbu, University of the District of Columbia; Lily Kemathe, University of the District of Columbia

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de Radioelectricite de Grenoble of the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 1978. He is currently a Professor and Chair of the department of electrical engineering at UDC. He was formerly staff member at the New Products Laboratory of RCA’s Consumer Electronics Division in Indianapolis, IN (1984-86).Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of ColumbiaAmara Ukaegbu , University of the District of Columbia Senior in Computer EngineeringRoland Kamdem, University of the District of Columbia Graduating Senior in Computer EngineeringLily Kemathe , University of the District of Columbia Graduating Senior in Electrical EngineeringPawan KC, University of the District of Columbia

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Xu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Xiaoyan Mu, Southeast Missouri State University; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

 demonstrations in class.  The development and set­up of these demonstrations can be highly time­consuming.  The purpose of this paper is to enhance the experimental materials for demonstrating the real­world applications of electrical engineering principles.  All demonstrations can be performed easily and inexpensively.  For each demonstration, the background on the real­world application, the learning objectives, the design process and system component, and the set­up and testing of the final system are explained.  These experiments work together to expose the students to several common topics of fundamental electrical engineering classes.  The experiments have been used either as in­class demonstrations or as student laboratory exercises in required

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Inger Bergom, University of Michigan; Britton Wolfe, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-2039: USING A WEBSITE AND WIKI AS A SUPPORT TOOL FORTEACHING ASSISTANTSAlexander Ganago, University of MichiganInger Bergom, University of MichiganBritton Wolfe, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne Page 15.1317.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using a website and wiki as a support tool for teaching assistantsAbstract Employing students as teaching assistants (TAs) in laboratory sections of large coursesreduces faculty’s teaching commitments and provides valuable teaching experience for futurefaculty. However, it also presents challenges, such as inexperienced TAs and high turnoverbetween semesters. New tools are

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Marvin Abrams; Ian Lewin

experimentally available atmany schools in part due to lack of laboratory facilities.Within the photonics sub-field of illuminating engineering, facilities and technology have beenidentified as important components for student learning5, 10, 15-17.The mission of Cal Poly Pomona (CPP) University’s College of Engineering is to educateengineers and technologists to meet increasingly complex technical and socio-economicchallenges. The university’s success comes from the strong emphasis on integration ofexperiential and theoretical education. Cal Poly Pomona engineering students are educated usinga learn-by-doing model that features teamwork and a multi-disciplinary approach. Laboratoryexperiences are the cornerstone of our program; state-of-the-art

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dawson Plummer; Sheldon Jeter

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad Pourmovahed

Session 3133 Performance of a PEM Fuel Cell System Ahmad Pourmovahed, Professor Mechanical Engineering Department Kettering University Flint, Michigan 48504AbstractA PEM fuel cell system was recently added to the Energy Systems Laboratory at KetteringUniversity (formerly GMI). The educational objectives of this experiment are to familiarize thestudents with the principles and operation of a PEM fuel cell, to compare the power outputefficiency of the fuel cell with that of an IC engine, to

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yan-Fang Li; Sang-Hoon Lee; Vikram Kapila

) bus,USART ports, etc. We use an external 20 MHz high-speed crystal oscillator to supply operatingclock cycles. The PIC16F74 can be powered using a wide range of voltage sources, e.g., 2-voltdirect current (VDC) to 5.5VDC, and each of its I/O pin can sink or source up to 25mA ofcurrent. It is ideal not only for laboratory data acquisition (the application considered in thispaper), but also for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. (a) (b) Figure 1: (a) PIC16F74 (b) Pin diagram of PIC16F742.2. Personal Computer In this paper, an IBM-compatible Pentium 3 PC running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0operating system is used. As

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nikunja Swain; Mrutyunjaya Swain

Session 3550 Integration of Virtual Instruments into an EET Curriculum Nikunja K. Swain, Mrutyunjaya Swain, James A. Anderson School of Engineering Technology and Sciences South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC 29117 Email: nkswain2001@yahoo.comAbstractLaboratory exercises and computer usage are an integral part of the Engineering TechnologyPrograms. These exercises help to improve the students’ problem solving, critical thinking, andtechnical communication skills and require upgrading of laboratory and computer

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Blackham; Charles Higby; Michael Bailey

Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringProfessors desire the best for the student, which in turn places them in a constant battle ofdeveloping laboratory experiences on the cutting edge of technology.Computer labs provide both the professor and the student a viable means to learn and keep up todate with cutting edge technologies. However, financing a competitive information technologycomputer lab is a very expensive endeavor. The hardware and space needed are extremelyexpensive. Expensive laboratory IT staffing is also necessary to provide stable systems.A technique called imaging can help mitigate the expenses associated with running an IT lab byreducing labor costs, facilitating the installation of software and configuration of

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Feemster

emergence of such control orientedsoftware packages as the WINCON environment from Quanser Consulting and their associatedlinear power amplifiers, custom hardware prototypes can be easily integrated into design projectswith relative ease1 (Note: other software interfaces are available that may be successfully employedwithin an undergraduate laboratory setting2,3) thereby allowing students to test and evaluate theircontrol designs on actual hardware. This interaction with hardware also introduces more advancedtopics such as actuator saturation and other nonlinear modeling effects as static friction and loaddisturbances. Page 10.1440.1The

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bertini; Christopher Monsere

Using Custom Transportation Data Collection Software with Handheld Computers for Education, Research, and Practice Robert L. Bertini, Christopher M. Monsere, Andrew Byrd Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State UniversityAbstractIn an effort to facilitate data collection for research, give students first-hand experiencecollecting data for course projects, and generate interest in the transportation field throughoutreach, the Portland State University Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Laboratory hasdeveloped custom data collection software for handheld computers using the Palm OS platform.The software is designed to

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tilo Winkler; Rudolph Mitchel; Jose Venegas

part of the VaNTH program we have incorporated the use of computational and realisticsimulations into the teaching of respiratory physiology at the Harvard-MIT Division of HealthSciences & Technology (HST). The project is part of the VaNTH-ERC strategic plan to developmodules for a systems physiology domain. In the program of a course on RespiratoryPhysiology, we hypothesized that a hands-on laboratory using simulation would challenge thestudent's knowledge, provide insight into complex interactions, and motivate the students toexpand the material taught during lectures. We also hypothesized that improved learning wouldbe achieved by using a realistic simulator based on a computer-controlled mannequin and acomputer simulator with a

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rahul Kulkarni; Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

, real-time computing, and robotics. He has had research appointments Page 10.142.11at NASA Ames Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, and Electro Scientific Industries in Portland,Oregon. Steidley received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Eduction Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationRAFIC BACHNAKRafic (Ray) Bachnak is a Professor in the Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) at TexasA&M University-Corpus Christi (A&M-CC). He received his

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jimmy Smart

experimentation, and finally, concrete experience(feeling). We believe students learn better when "hands-on" applications (activeexperimentation) are presented concurrently with classroom theory. Traditionally, students oftenwait between 1– 2 years to apply previously learned theory to an actual application in anexperimental laboratory setting. At the University of Kentucky, we offer an undergraduatecourse in the Chemical & Materials Engineering curriculum called "Heat and Mass Transfer".Recently, our department has been making a concerted effort to bring more experimentalapplications back into the classroom. One such experiment we are incorporating into theclassroom environment is the study of heat and mass transfer and how it applies to such a

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Whitmal

Section 3432 Implementation and assessment of a studio-style laboratory course in real-time digital signal processing Nathaniel A. Whitmal, III Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MassachusettsAbstractThis paper describes the implementation and assessment of EE 3703, a new lab course in real-time digital signal processing (DSP). The goals of the course are (i) to extend DSP -relatedconcepts taught in core courses, (ii) to provide students

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Marvin Harris; Kevin Dahm

Session 3613 Introducing Students to Lab Safety in Chemical Engineering: The Safety Scavenger Hunt Kathryn A. Hollar, Kevin D. Dahm and Marvin L. Harris College of Engineering, Rowan UniversityAbstractFaculty who teach laboratories or supervise undergraduate students in research projectsunderstand the importance of adherence to safety guidelines in the laboratory. Safety training,however, often consists only of watching a few videos or relating safety rules with cautionaryanecdotes. While these exercises provide valuable background and general guidelines for safepractices

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

typically will not have a wide range of experience or intuition needed to begin theinductive process. A simple laboratory experiment or demonstration will provide the foundation(observations or data) from which the inductive process is initiated. It is interesting to note thatin elementary school the science subjects are being taught use a text written in an inductivestyle.1We have integrated inductive learning into our coverage of Freshman Clinic, fluids, heat transferand mass transfer. In heat transfer, for example, simple heat exchanger design is the first topic Page 7.1180.1addressed in the course. Discussion of the significance of the

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jerz

the ideas put forth in this paper will help you get going quickly.“Learning effectiveness” is a very hard thing to assess and it remains an open question to howmultimedia-based teaching compares with traditional methods. I plan to report some of myresults in future papers. In my limited experimentation, I found that a difficult laboratory Page 7.345.13exercise was completed by 100% of the students with multimedia, while only 12.5% of students Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering