to include PLC programming instruction in addition to already-utilizedArduino platform within the course.Instruction of industrial control systems (such as PLCs) are typically experienced in latercoursework of an engineering student’s undergraduate degree program, after theory andintroductory subjects have been explored. Laboratory experiences are costly both in terms ofinstructor time and money, especially in the case of damaged equipment [1]. Thus, to overcomethis, various courses have attempted to use web-based laboratories to educate engineeringstudents on electronics such as PLCs [2, 3]. However, this approach waives the inclusion ofexperience-based hands-on education, which is considered to be a crucial part of the laboratoryexperience
Paper ID #27859Observing Motor Learning and Control through Juggling and Motion Anal-ysis: A Collaboration Between Dynamics and Kinesiology StudentsMr. Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.Sonya Dick Sonya Dick is a Senior Mechanical Engineering Student at California Polytechnic State University - SLO. This is her second year working at the Human Motion Biomechanics Lab. As a research assistant, she helps create and teach interdisciplinary laboratories for undergraduate kinesiology and engineering students. Her
teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses related to mechanisms and machine dynamics, integrated product development, solid mechanics and plasticity theory, structural design and analysis, engineering analysis and finite element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His research is in the areas of remote sensing and control with applications to remote experimentation as well as modeling of microstructure changes in metal forming processes. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific journals. At the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, USA, he received the Best Paper Award for his article ’A
Technologies Office, where he managed multiple interna- tional research programs and provided strategic analysis to guide R&D strategy. He also has an ongoing collaborative appointment with the Strategic Energy Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Using campus energy system data to save energy and provide students with real-world learning experiencesAbstractA variety of engineering classes teach students how to analyze thermodynamic systems or evenprovide students with training on simplified lab models of real systems. However, relatively fewcourses provide students with exposure to actual thermodynamic
many ofthe EML objectives that are in the EML curriculum framework. Details about the analysisprocess are included so other educators can follow a similar process to analyze their own existingcourses and key lessons learned through the process.IntroductionIn response to declining retention in engineering programs, a number of large engineeringschools began incorporating first-year engineering laboratory and project-based coursework toincrease student retention and expose students to engineering disciplines outside their major [1-2]. Since then, Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML) has gained prominence and has beenhypothesized to allow students to be more versatile and solve more modern, open endedproblems. Indeed, Duval-Couetil [3] found
distanceor online education, there are many challenges to overcome in that space. In Mechanical Engineering, manytraditional courses depend on hands-on laboratories in addition to the face-to-face classes. Some researcherswere able to offer the laboratories as online for appropriate subjects such as control (Duan et al. 2005)however, this might be more challenging in other topics within mechanical engineering. Use of experientiallearning, i.e., projects designed with often low-cost kits for physical activity is also found to be beneficialin an online Mechanics course (Dittenber & Ironside 2017).A major challenge in determining the online course quality is student’s engagement and motivationcompared to the face-to-face courses. Online courses
significant coverage on the rationale of the workforce development andeducational need in robotics education and the details of this in-depth research can be found inour previous publications 2-15, 18, 20-25The overall goal of the project is to help meet the nation’s forthcoming need for highly trainedIndustrial Robotics workers. Strategies include developing, testing, and disseminating anupdated, model curriculum, laboratory resources, and simulation software package suitable foruse in both 2- and 4-year EET programs. To complement this effort, outreach to K-12 studentsand teachers will work to enlarge the pipeline and diversity of students interested in careers inrobotics. Programs will also be offered to students at other institutions and to
learners.Societal MotivationSpectrophotometers are commonly used to measure the concentrations of a wide variety ofchemicals in hospitals, public health laboratories, and manufacturing. For example, they areused to measure the concentrations of glucose (C6H12O6) in the serum and urine of people withtype 1 diabetes [7], the concentration of total arsenic (As) in drinking water [8, 9], and theconcentration of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) generated by the catalytic cracking of crude oil [10].Unfortunately, many hospitals, laboratories, and factories in the developing world cannot affordthe approximately $2,300 United States Dollar (USD) minimum cost for a commercialspectrophotometer. For example, a 10-to-15-year-old Hach DR/3-analog spectrophotometer wasthe most
unsuitable soils areUnion relied on certifications revolving found. While engineers in the office are oftenaround laboratory testing and not actual field (but not always) consulted, they often rely onwork. This is in a large part due to the fact the information relayed to them by the fieldthat the in the field evaluation of soils there is technician to give a recommendation. It isnot a trade organization acting as governingbody (such as the American Concrete therefore paramount that the training aInstitute, American Institute of Steel technician receives is adequate so that theyConstruction, or the American Welding can properly
application.Previous Course Content:Since 2012 the content of the Introduction to Composites (PCE 372) course consisted of lecturetopics, a prescribed laboratory exercise, and two projects. The lecture content covered a largevariety of topics but had its focus in room temperature materials and processes. An AdvancedComposites course was (and is) also part of the curriculum and focused more on classicallamination theory and elevated temperature materials and manufacturing process.The prerequisite for the introductory course is an introduction to polymers and processing thatmainly focused on the basics of polymer chemistry and thermoplastic materials. The goal of theintroductory composites course is to enable the students to understand the basics of
Paper ID #25896Teaching Mechanics Concepts Using a Motion Analysis SystemDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of
constraints and administrative procedures, the updated curricula areyet to be implemented. GIZ also helped to provide relatively comprehensive lab facilities andequipment in the past one and a half years for the faculty of Geology and Mines though againdue to some security challenges and constraints, summarized below, we are still waiting for theinstallation and inauguration of this laboratory.Moreover, some other MoUs helped KPU to equip the laboratory of other engineering faculties.For example the KPU and Slovak University of Technology MoU resulted in the equipping andmodernised the laboratory of the faculty of Chemical Engineering in KPU. Beside these,laboratories in different disciplines, e.g. department of Organic Substances Technology
flipped. Videos and other online materials were made forthese lectures. Lectures notes, homework assignments, and laboratory materials were developedto support the flipped classroom effort. Virtual help sessions on eCampus using BlackboardCollaborate Ultra were created to help students learn the material. Based on the results in thetwo-year period, it will be determined how much of the lectures will be flipped. Challenges andlessons learned during the first semester are discussed, these include: What if students do notspend time prepare for the flipped class? What if it takes longer time to cover the materials usingthe flipped classroom approach? Is there an impact on the faculty teaching load or the actual timethey spend in teaching the course
laboratory classroom. Thus, the hands-onexperiments could be conducted in traditional lecture classes, or even remotely in student dormsand apartments. The goal of this research effort was to extend the pedagogy of hands-on learninginto the ME and AE curricula, tackling mechanical and thermal applications. This paper gives anoverview on those activities as well as efforts to assess the effectiveness of the learningenhancements. Furthermore, because the hands-on experiments are often used in a collaborativeway in student teams, the research has also studied the role of gender and ethnicity in the studentteams, developing best practices for building effective teams formed from diverse students.1. IntroductionLaboratory experiments form one of the
. Background on VAWTsAccording to the Minnesota Department of Commerce, “wind is an increasingly significantsource of energy in Minnesota” [1]. The majority of growth in wind energy has beenaccomplished with horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs), typically in large arrays or “windfarms” that produce utility scale amounts of power. However, small-scale systems have also seenlarge growth, 35% in 2012, with particular attractiveness for rural and agricultural areas [2]. TheNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) suggests that greater use of small wind turbinesin the built environment can positively affect the public perception of wind energy [3].An alternative to the HAWT design is the vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). A VAWT spinsaround a vertical
Table 2. Achievement of each outcomewas assessed by the course instructor using exam problems and excerpts from lab projects. Inmost cases, the assignments that were assessed were the same for both years, however therewere some differences caused by changes in the laboratory assignments between years.Four statements from SAI surveys were considered; these are included in Table 3. These statementswere selected because they pertain to student engagement and their self-impressions of learning.In order to obtain more detailed information regarding student engagement, interest, and self-assessment of learning, a second end-of-semester survey was created and administered at the end ofFall 2017 and Fall 2018. Questions in this survey were focused on
(a) (b) Figure 1 (a) 3D Model of Water Pump Designed and (b) Prototype of the 3D Model Fabricated by Students [8] 33.3 Enable Digital Thread Learning Laboratorial EnvironmentTo aware students on “digital thread" in product design, manufacturing, quality and inspection,equipment performance and health, across the product lifecycle, the novel integration of datainformation from product lifecycle cradle-to-gate stage (idea, design, manufacturing, andinspection) has been deployed in the VSU labs and Makerspace with the help of Siemens NX PLMsoftware. The data information framework design addresses the
development of theDSTR robot as a collaborative design developed by theMobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL) at TexasA&M University and ASEP 4X4 Inc. Texas Instruments hasbeen a major partner in the integration of the controlelectronics, and Texas Space Technology Applications andResearch (T STAR) LLC has played a significant role in thepropagation of the DSTR robot as an adaptable appliedresearch/education/STEM outreach platform. The paper willpresent examples of the strong industry-academic Fig. 1 DSTR Computer Modelrelationships that allow the DSTR robot to be utilized in amultitude of experiential learning environments. In addition The DSTR Robot was designed by a number ofto a number of STEM
returned to his boyhood home and is teaching as a full professor at Northern Michigan University. He is a member of HKN and IEEE, a Registered Professional Engineer in California, and is a past chair of the Energy Conversion and Conservation Division of ASEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Teaching Power Transformer Testing to UndergraduatesAbstractMany educational electrical power laboratories do not have any access to utility-sized three-phase and single-phase power transformers, voltage regulators, and utility-grade instrumenttransformers. At Northern Michigan University, a local consortium (Lake Superior CommunityPartnership, The Upper Peninsula Power Company, American
design course. Thegoal is to ensure student learning outcomes consistent with the Accreditation Board ofEngineering Technology (ABET) criteria involving knowledge, skill, tools and techniquespractices in the subject area. Specific learning outcomes are: Understanding of fluid power theory, application, circuit, and function Ability to analyze behavior, simulate function of a fluid power system Understanding of engineering design process with system approach Ability to implement and test a laboratory prototype of a designed fluid power system Understanding of process sensor and data acquisition method in performance testingThe topics were divided into six modules, each running for a period of two weeks. Specific topicsto
sub-disciplines (Intradisciplinary) as well as with professionals from other fields(Interdisciplinary). One of the learning outcomes of the two-course capstone design sequence atWentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts is an intradisciplinary team designexperience.In the first course of the capstone design sequence (CIVE4000), teams of five students developand initiate the design of their original project with each project covering five different civilengineering sub-disciplines. Each student on the team is responsible for one of the technicalareas of their project. During the laboratory sessions, the students must work together with thedifferent civil engineering disciplines on their team as well as meeting with the
Paper ID #25660Work in Progress: Building the Mechatronics and Robotics Education Com-munityProf. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michael A. Gennert is Professor of Robotics Engineering, CS, and ECE at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he leads the WPI Humanoid Robotics Laboratory and was Founding Director of the Robotics Engineering Program. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the University of California Riverside, PAR Technology Corporation, and General Electric. He received the S.B. in CS, S.B. in EE, and S.M. in EECS in 1980 and the Sc.D. in EECS in 1987 from MIT
programs embed the use of virtual reality application for the purpose ofsimulating the welding process in a safe environment and with fewer resources needed than thereal welding laboratory [1]. Industry training systems in welding also use virtual reality for trainingof their workforce in virtual environments in which trainers and students can interact andtroubleshoot possible problems that can happen during the manufacturing process such as in engineassembly and car body assembly [2]. Some facilities offer collaborative approach to use andmaintenance of welding facilities [3].Research has shown that being male and having agricultural mechanical courses in both highschool and college were positively associated with having competency in welding and
-learning techniques in electrical engineering (EE) labcourses. These techniques range from simple to more-involved techniques, and my objectivesranged from increasing interactivity during class to tailoring class time to students’ needs andquestions. These various techniques include think-share, think-pair-share, observe and comment,group discussion, and the flipped classroom. Active learning has been shown to be more effectivethan passive learning within a traditional lecture setting. In my courses, these methods have shownincreased student understanding of the differences between mathematical models and physicalrealizations of systems. Adding active learning exercises to these laboratory courses has alsoincreased interactivity among the students
research assistant at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, TU Berlin. He finished his doc- toral thesis in physics in 2011. Dr. Schmitt holds a series of scientific awards, the Chorafas award for extraordinary scientific results (2009), the Stifterverband Fellowship for excellence in teaching (2015) and the award for excellent teaching at TU Berlin (2018). 80 research papers, 2 patents, 1 book and 200 partially invited talks on international conferences summarize his results in photosynthesis research, en- vironmental spectroscopy, and didactic research. Dr. Schmitt educates students for more than 16 years. From 2002-2005 he was tutor in the project laboratory of physics, from 2005-2010 he supervised the advanced
observers and how to provide collegial and useful feedback. Later in thesemester, after all members of a group have completed their observations, each group meets toprovide feedback to one another. Finally, each participant submits a reflection paper at the endof the semester. Eleven faculty (including three from Hillsborough Community College)participated during year three and thirteen more are set to participate in spring 2019. Participantsare provided a stipend of $500.(d) Training for graduate assistants in laboratory coursesPrior to the start of a fall semester, three to four days of training are provided to graduatestudents who are assisting in laboratory courses. The morning sessions are led by STEERpersonnel who model active learning
is reached.The second shortcoming is that labs are limited to three-hour-long experiments conducted in astrictly controlled environment due to safety concerns, leaving little room for exploration andindependent trial-and-error.One attractive complement to the lecture/lab approach is simulations. Simulation software allowsstudents to operate realistic power electronics circuits on their own time, and hence gain a morethorough understanding of the concepts they are exposed to in lectures at their own pace.There have been multiple reports of simulations being successfully used to augment teaching inengineering courses. Butterfield and coworkers developed browser-based simulations for a first-year-level chemical engineering laboratory course
-fold: to produce a working load detection algorithm forpurely resistive, inductive, or capacitive loads, and to use this experience as the basis for creating a newlaboratory assignment for undergraduate students. The NILM algorithm was developed in MATLAB andtested with both simulated data and real data collected in the Electric Systems Power Lab (EPSL) at theUniversity of Pittsburgh. Using voltage and current sensors and testing its functionality such that students canreplicate the results of this paper as a laboratory assignment. From a pedagogical perspective, this projectcombines knowledge of power systems, signal processing, and coding – providing students with a relevantassignment that relates to modern day challenges in smart grid and
Paper ID #28119Board 11: Instrumentation Division: Student’s Participation to Improve For-mula SAE CarDr. Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Northwest Masoud Fathizadeh – PhD, PE Professor Fathizadeh has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University Calumet since 2001. He has worked over 15 years both for private industries and national research laboratories such as NASA, Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories. Dr. Fathizadeh has established his own consulting and engineering company in 1995 spe- cializing in power system, energy management and automation systems. During
and BA in Spanish language & literature from North Carolina State University, and a MS/PhD in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Interactive Physical Experiments in an Advanced Undergraduate Structural Dynamics CourseAbstractThis paper describes a number of physical models and hands-on lab activities incorporated in anadvanced undergraduate structural dynamics lecture and laboratory course pairing offered withinthe Architectural Engineering department at California Polytechnic State University – San LuisObispo. These course modifications were designed and implemented in the Winter