Conference Session

Laboratory Developments and Innovations

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkata Ramana Ajjarapu; Shashank Krishnamurty; Sastry Vedula

powerelectronic applications. To achieve real-time control most modern power electronic systems areemploying new techniques such as digital signal processing. A modern power electronics labshould hence have a powerful thrust towards digital real-time control as well as hardware basics.Simulation has become an important tool in understanding any engineering system in generaland Power Electronic (PE) system in particular. In educational institutions, simulation is mainlyused as a tool for effective teaching and research. Industries extensively use simulation as aneffective tool to design new products and to trouble shoot problems. Rapid prototyping tools aimto bridge the gap between simulation and implementation and make the power electronic circuitdesign

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seunghyun Chun, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Bruce McCann, University of Texas, Austin; Ariane L. Beck, University of Texas, Austin; Eric Dean, National Instruments; Alexis Kwasinski, University of Texas at Austin

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-1249: INCORPORATING STUDENT-OWNED PORTABLE IN-STRUMENTATION INTO AN INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL EN-GINEERING COURSESeunghyun Chun, The University of Texas, Austin Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D Candidate at the The University of Texas, Austin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing. Head Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering freshman course. M.S from The University of Southern California, B.S from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. Research in digital control of dc-dc converters for renewable energy applications.R. Bruce McCann, The University of Texas at Austin Dr. McCann received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from The University

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad N. Amin, National University; Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Pradip Peter Dey, National University; Bhaskar Raj Sinha, National University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-1279: COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH PROJECT IN WIRE-LESS COMMUNICATIONMohammad N Amin, National University Mohammad Amin received his Ph.D. and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and MS degree in Solid State Physics from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and M.Sc. and B.Sc. Honors degrees in Physics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is currently working as a Professor at National University, San Diego, California. He has published and presented 60+ papers in the areas of electri- cal engineering applications, computer applications and biotechnology. He has 20+ years experience in teaching engineering, science, and math. He received an R&D award in 1996 from the R&D Magazine 100

Conference Session

Alternative-energy Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bret Bosma, California State University, Chico; Gregory Kallio, California State University, Chico

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Chico since 1988. He teaches courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and energy systems. His current research interests include building energy simulation, renewable energy systems, and air pollution control. Kallio received his B.S. in Engineering Physics from Oregon State University, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University, and the Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University. He has worked for General Electric Corporate R&D in Schenectady, NY and for Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories in Gloucestershire, U.K. as a visiting scientist

Conference Session

Design of Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Nels Wirkkala, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

”, 2004 ASEE Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20047. Avitabile,P., et al., “Dynamic Systems Teaching Enhancement using a Laboratory-Based, Hands-On Project”, , 2004 ASEE Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20048. Avitabile,P., Hidgkins,J., Van Zandt,T., “Integrating Fundamental STEM Material in a Laboratory Based Dynamic Systems Course”, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Mechanical Engineering Education – Innovative Approaches to Teaching Fundamental Topics, ASME, Anaheim, CA, November 20049. The Dynamic Systems Website, http://dynsys.uml.edu/, with assorted tutorials, graphical user tools, and online data acquisition system http://dynsys.uml.edu/tutorials.htm http

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoon Kim, Virginia State University; Shahzad Akbar

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Computers in Education

knowledgegained from computer system related courses to design a data acquisition system. Theyemployed microprocessor hardware, C programming, A/D & D/A conversion, electronics, andused modern engineering tools such as a cross compiler and a schematic entry software. Buildingthe data acquisition system provided students real-world application examples, such as a digitalthermometer and an arbitrary waveform generator.Bibliography1. IEEE Computer Society; ACM, “Computer Engineering 2004: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Computer Engineering,” IEEE Computer Society, December 20042. J. Mossbrucker, “Using Embedded Systems to Teach All Level of Programming to Electrical Engineering Students,” In Proc. of 2006 ASEE Annual

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Polly Piergiovanni

mass transfer operations worked. Theexercises are summarized below.INTRODUCTION For learning to be meaningful, students should be actively engaged in identifyingprinciples for themselves, rather than relying on an instructor’s explanations1. Inductivereasoning (the process by which a general conclusion is reached from evaluating specificobservations2) is a highly important aspect of learning. Studies have shown that when studentslearn by induction, the learning is deeper and the material is retained longer3. As an instructor,I strongly believe that this is a valuable method of teaching. Often, the learning occurs during the laboratory sessions that usually accompany a UnitOperations course. However, due to major renovations to

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Adams; Faramarz Mossayebi

almost every consumer electronic gadgets.Thus, one can argue that the field of DSP is now a mainstream field within the ElectricalEngineering discipline, and thus, it can be argued that all undergraduate electricalengineering students should be exposed to this field to gain a solid understanding of thefundamental issues. Currently our curriculum lacks this exposure. The only DSP course that we offeris not a required course and is tailored to senior/graduate level students. In order toalleviate this shortcoming a set of simple yet interesting and challenging experimentshave been developed for the junior level laboratory course, Intermediate Laboratory,which is a required one-semester hour laboratory course in our department. Theexperiments

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Elio Sancristobal, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Sergio Martin, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Alberto Pesquera Martín, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Tovar Edmundo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Martin Llamas-Nistal, University of Vigo; Gabriel Diaz Orueta, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Juan Peire; Manuel Castro, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED)

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-3227: COMMON MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROTOTYPES OF RE-MOTE LABORATORIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA OF ELEC-TRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGMr. Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) Mohamed Tawfik received a M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain, and a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Ain Shams Univer- sity, Cairo, Egypt, in 2011 and 2008, respectively. He is an IEEE member since 2009. He is a Research Associate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (DIEEC) at UNED. He is author\co- author of more than 18 publications, including conference papers, book chapters, and journal articles on remote

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

scienceshows/exhibition periods per day over a two day period. About 3,500 students from local 3rdthrough 12th grades attend the two day conference each year. In addition, a Teacher Conferenceis provided separately from the Student Conference to engage teachers in activities to help themdevelop their skills in teaching math and science. Lesson plans and example activities areprovided. About 125 teachers attend each year’s conference provided free of charge by theSTEP Program. A STEP Community Leadership Luncheon is included during the conferenceweek to renew commitment to STEP activities, review progress and obtain new and continuingsupport for the privately funded program. A keynote speaker is the center piece of the luncheonwhere speakers such as

Conference Session

ET Web Based Laboratories

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hall

troubleshooting. Multisim provides for the teaching of troubleshooting byallowing the instructor to insert faults into most components.Teaching troubleshooting using simulation software could be the topic of another paper. I willsidestep the issue in this paper with the following comments. · Our qualitative research2 indicates that unintentional troubleshooting efforts (such as discovering a broken test lead that should work properly) are unnecessary in introductory laboratory courses and frequently hinder the desired learning outcome. · Most DC laboratory courses will include exercises in open and shorted resistors. Multisim can simulate these problems, which introduces elementary troubleshooting

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuqiu You, Ohio University

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Manufacturing

manufacturing systems.Manufacturing engineers need to integrate other technologies with the objective of extractingfrom robots the flexibility they can offer. Vision systems have been introduced and implementedon industrial robots to improve productivity and flexibility of manufacturing systems. Sometypical applications with vision systems are work piece identification, work piece positioning,work piece dimension measurement, position compensation, surface painting, and visiontracking. Therefore, there is a need to introduce vision system technology to students in theManufacturing Engineering Technology program.There are three Robotics courses offered in the Manufacturing Engineering Technology programspanning from 200 level to 400 level to teach

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Andrew Hak, Rowan University

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Electrical and Computer

at SunTechnics. Have they done this type of workbefore? Not yet, but that is why they are in college. The engineering clinic was based upon themedical model for training physicians by teaching them the basics of human anatomy,physiology etc. and then make sure that before they go out in the real world to practice alonethey gain clinic or residency experience where they can be supported by other physicians. Theengineering clinic is a key component of the Rowan University student educational experienceand spans all four of the students’ years in their undergraduate training. The details of the clinicare described elsewhere1,2,3 as are the many opportunities that students at this university have hadto apply the clinic to innovative renewable

Conference Session

Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University; Brian Anderson, Kansas State University; Mina Hosni, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2008-2117: A SIMPLE EDUCATIONAL WIND TUNNEL SETUP FORVISUALIZATION OF DUCT FLOW STREAMLINES AND NOZZLE/DIFFUSERBOUNDARY LAYER SEPARATIONB. Terry Beck, Kansas State University Terry Beck is a Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University (KSU) and teaches courses in the fluid and thermal sciences. He conducts research in the development and application of optical measurement techniques, including laser velocimetry and laser-based diagnostic testing for industrial applications. Dr. Beck received his B.S. (1971), M.S. (1974), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in mechanical engineering from Oakland University.Brian Anderson, Kansas State University Brian Anderson is a recent

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-1038: COMPARING THE WALSH DOMAIN TO THE FOURIERDOMAIN WITH A LABVIEW-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TOOLKITMurat Tanyel, Geneva College Murat Tanyel is a professor of engineering at Geneva College. He teaches upper level electrical engineering courses. Prior to Geneva College, Dr. Tanyel taught at Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA from Aug. 1995 to Aug. 2003. Prior to 1995, he was at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA where he worked for the Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-on computer experiments for engineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professor at the United Arab

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston-Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; Weining Feng, University of Houston; George Pincus, University of Houston-Downtown

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-1596: AN EXPERIMENT BASED STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS COURSE FORENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSJorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston-Downtown Jorge Tito-Izquierdo is Visiting Associate Professor of Engineering Technology. Dr. Tito-Izquierdo received his Ph.D. and M. Sc. Degrees from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, in Civil Engineering with a major in Structures. He received the Civil Engineer Degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Dr. Tito has experience in teaching structural design, and construction management, and is a Registered Professional Engineer.Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown Alberto Gomez-Rivas is Professor

Conference Session

Design of Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-2314: A NANOTECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENT: DESIGN OF LOW COSTSCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPESNebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo Nebojsa Jaksic received Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University, Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1984, M.S. in electrical engineering, M.S. in industrial and systems engineering and Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio in 1988, 1992 and 2000, respectively. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University - Pueblo. His teaching and research interests include nanotechnology manufacturing and instrumentation

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Bhatti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jessica Falcone, Georgia Institute of Technology; James McClellan, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

course consists of three main instructional components:(1) a faculty led bi-weekly lecture, (2) a faculty led weekly recitation section, and (3) a weeklylaboratory section co-led by a faculty member and graduate student teaching assistants. Both therecitation and laboratory enrollment is limited to 20 to enhance the level of faculty-studentcontact during the labs and recitations.The weekly laboratory exercises consist of a simple pre-lab that the students are to complete ontheir own, a structured in-lab warm-up section examined by the lab staff, and a more in-depthexercise/project completed by the students outside of the lab section in teams of two. Theseprojects require a lab report which is sometimes a formal report as in the case of the

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-1444: EXPERIMENTAL TESTING TO ENHANCE THE DESIGN OFDAYLIGHTING SYSTEMS. A CASE STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OFLABORATORY-ORIENTED DESIGN IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONKhaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University Page 15.559.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experimental Testing to Enhance the Design of Daylighting Systems. A Case Study on the Implementation of Laboratory-Oriented Design in Undergraduate EducationAbstractThis paper addresses a timely topic, which is designing and enhancing the performance ofdaylighting systems in buildings early in the design phase. Currently in academia

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

Session 3432 Improving Technical Writing through Published Standards: The University of Texas at Tyler Electrical Engineering Laboratory Style Guide David M. Beams Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Tyler Lucas P. Niiler Department of English and Writing Center Director, University of Texas at TylerAbstractThe writing of technical reports is an integral part of the duties of practicing engineers. Theaccreditation criteria of EC2000 recognize this by placing emphasis on "soft skills

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Waugaman; Brian Self

Society for Engineering EducationLaboratoriesSeveral different laboratories were planned to provide the students with hands on experiencewith biomedical engineering. Most classes were held in an electrical engineering classroom, sobasic circuitry and oscilloscopes were readily available for smaller projects. Labs werecompleted in teams, which were assigned to maximize group diversity (e.g., one EE or Astromajor per group). It was hoped that these labs would provide the students with appropriatebackground to assist with their final projects.ECG LaboratoryThe first lab accomplished in the course was measuring andanalyzing the ECG signal from the heart. A physiologylaboratory in the Biology Department was available for ourtesting. An iWorx 214

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Chawla; Ali Pourhashemi

determination of individual (kL and kg) and overall (KLand Kg) mass transfer coefficients based on liquid (L) and gas (g) phase resistances. Two sets offour mass transfer coefficients (kL, kg, KL and Kg), determined for each process; aeration anddeoxygenation, provide a basis for comparison and discussion of results.The experiment, developed from the Masters’ thesis of one of the authors, offers the chemicaland other engineering students an opportunity to understand the theory and application of masstransfer phenomenon and can be performed in one laboratory session of three hours. Only air,nitrogen and water are used in the experiment. Use of potentially harmful chemicals is avoided,resulting in increased safety and cost savings in the purchasing and

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vance Poteat; Abdullatif Bagegni

Session #3133 A Low Cost Power Quality and Energy Savings Laboratory for Undergraduate Education and Research Abdullatif Bagegni, Vance Poteat Merrimack CollegeAbstractThis paper describes the design and implementation of a power quality and energy savingslaboratory at Merrimack College. Merrimack College is a liberal arts institution north of Boston,MA, which has a small ABET accredited ECE department with 6 faculty and about 90 students.There is strong student interest in learning about power, and local utilities seek graduates withexpertise in power. A new

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina

once started. If this were a motor in a plant, problems such as voltagedimming might be observed during the starting of the motor. A soft-starter could be employed toeliminate such problems. Figure 9Capture of switching transientsNewer power quality meters offer the student the opportunity to observe transient phenomena inaddition to harmonic analysis. Probably the most common power quality disturbance is the high-frequency ringing surge or transient that can occur with capacitor switching, lightning strikes, ortransmission line switching. Such a transient can easily be observed in the laboratory and byrepetitive operation, the student can observe how the transient varies with the time of the eventon the voltage waveform. Figure 10

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

discourage them topursue careers in the nanoelectronics field.The main idea on how to teach introductory course on quantum mechanics is in the developmentof a new combined lecture/lab course where students learn the fundamental laws and principlesof quantum mechanics by using the study of nanostructures as a vehicle. The new notions thatstudents acquire in lecture rooms can be applied when they carry out lab experiments and virtuallabs using educational Java applets. Such combination of learning tools helps students with verydifferent educational backgrounds to comprehend the novel quantum-mechanical concepts1 andapply them for the solution of problems in nanoelectronics. The developed lab manualcomplements the textbook2 written specifically for

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

Laboratory and Research Skill Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmud Hasan, University of Houston - Downtown

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

tomitigate those critical emergency situations. A propylene (C3H6) storage tank is considered forthis analysis to learn hazard involve from its leaks. The analysis reveals using the software theextent of damage to nearby neighborhoods and surroundings. This analysis also leads toscientific strategies for propylene storage leak safety management. This software is used in theclassrooms for this study over the years to teach chemical spill. Students’ comments andresponses indicate that they like this software as it is easy to use and has very user-friendlyGraphical User Interface (GUI). Classroom and training class discussions using this softwarewill save money to do chemical spill mitigation and control in house with expensive devices.Furthermore, to

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Anastasio, University of Connecticut; Aravind Suresh, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut

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Chemical Engineering

Fall2013 counterparts.Starting in Fall 2013, students were also given post-semester survey questions asking them toconsider how the inclusion of the game elements impacted their attitudes toward the laboratoryclass. The student responses from Fall 2013 through Fall 2014 to two of these questions aresummarized in Figure 5 (“The game elements made me think about the laboratory more than Iwould have otherwise”) and Figure 6 (“The inclusion of game elements made me feel like theinstructors cared about teaching this course”). Page 26.888.13Figure 5. Student responses to “The game elements made me think about the laboratory coursemore than I would have

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

improved. Since we’ve started giving them “hands-on” experiences hooking up and checking out transducers using instructions from the manufacturer (i.e., not step-by-step instructions from us), they are now less afraid to try hooking up new ones. Our technicians report that students are more likely to try to hook up a transducer, and ask for help if it doesn’t work, rather than ask the technicians to set it up for them right from the start. 2. (workshops) A colleague teaching the follow-on senior laboratory course made the unsolicited comment that the quality of the uncertainty analyses is a notch better than before. 3. (workshops) The quality of the questions our students ask us is improved

Conference Session

Design of Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Thorncroft, California Polytechnic State University; James Patton, California Polytechnic State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

support,Edward L. “Tres” Clements III for assistance in fabrication of the apparatus, and J. Matthew Page 11.936.19Patton for operational support and data collection.References1. Bloom, B.S., Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA, 1984.2. Allie, S., Buffler, A., Campbell, B., Lubben, F., Evangelinos, D., Psillos, D., and Valassiades, O., “Teaching Measurement in the Introductory Physics Laboratory,” The Physics Teacher, Vol. 41, 23-30, 2003.3. Deardorff, D.L., Introductory Physics Students’ Treatment of Measurement Uncertainty, Ph.D. Dissertation, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2001.4