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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Ivan L Guzman P.E., New York City College of Technology; Sara Gómez Woolley, New York City College of Technology

completionof an OER textbook was entirely altruistic. It is also a personal quest. As former students andnow educators, we have seen the cost of textbooks spiral out of control. We have also observedhow textbooks that were used as part of the education of the first author in the 1990’s, are stillmarketed several editions later with very little change in content, while still rising in cost. Withthat said, I immersed myself in this project to create an OER textbook with a sense of duty, assomething that needed to be done in order to help ease the burden of my students. What startedas a humble approach to publishing an OER soil mechanics laboratory manuscript, has flourishedinto a much more engaging and complete textbook by using commonly available

Conference Session

Computers in Education 5 - Online and Distributed Learning 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

-inmultimeter also will not be damaged or have a fuse blown if used incorrectly. Additionally,circuits in Tinkercad can be named, saved, and shared. Figure 3: Using the multimeter in Tinkercad.3. Assignment DescriptionsThe Tinkercad environment was employed in ENGR 111 for two course meetings in Spring 2021for the purposes of circuitry instruction: “Laboratory Preparation” and “Introduction toCircuitry”. Both classes were taught in previous iterations of the course utilizing physicalcircuitry components. However, in the transition from typical to remote instruction, these labscontinued to include the same circuit-building activities. Regardless of iteration, these classeswere both performed by students in groups of 3-4.The

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Sergio Chacon; Mequanint Moges

campus wide network that connects five research laboratories of the Engineering Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationTechnology Department that includes the Wireless and Optical Networking Laboratory (WON) andthe new UH AT&T Technology Laboratory, serves as our learning environment. Throughdemonstrations, experimentation, research and design procedures, and interaction withtelecommunications and networking experts, students are provided with a real workingenvironment that enhances the learning experience and promotes teamwork and

Conference Session

Reassessing Your Teaching Through Turmoil

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Kristen N. Wyckoff, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Sarah J. Mobley, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

: thetechnical communications course, laboratory courses, and a series of project-based courses. Thetechnical communications course was changed to a rotating face-to-face model, for which lecturevideos and assigned activities were performed on out-of-class days and in-class days were reservedfor workshops. Workshops replaced the traditional guided learning activity approach with activelearning in a think-pair-share format. Students were given strong and weak examples of writing tobe able to give feedback to their peers and improve their own writing prior to submission. Studentsworked on improving their formal written assignments, and therefore improved their capacity fortechnical writing, during class rather than submitting their first writing

Conference Session

Design Courses 2, Aerospace Assets

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

core engineering skills in mid-career (second- and third-year) students.This strategy is implemented in a 200-level lecture/laboratory course entitled Introduction toAerospace Engineering for 23 mid-career students. The DBF experience (rocket flight) isscaffolded, leveraging traditional systems engineering and integrated vehicle design approachesdetailed in lecture with hands-on laboratory experiences utilizing experimental measurement,computational simulation, scale flight tests, and prototyping. These experiences foster skills whichnecessarily build upon each other giving the students sufficient tools to design and build their ownrocket in the final six weeks of the course. Each of the individual laboratory projects culminate ina laboratory

Conference Session

Supporting Successful Progression From First-year Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University Vancouver; Ken Lulay, University of Portland; John D. Lynch, Washington State University Vancouver; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

classroom demonstrations and illustrative laboratory and field experiences. He has served as an ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop mentor for five years as well as the founding coordinator for the Oregon Tech Excellence in Teaching Workshop.Dr. Dave Kim, Washington State University Vancouver Dr. Dave Kim is Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineer- ing and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. His teaching and research have been in the areas of engineering materials, fracture mechanics, and manufacturing processes. In par- ticular, he has been very active in pedagogical research in the area of writing pedagogy of engineering laboratory courses. Dr. Kim and his

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3: Education Track

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

twenty years.The program of instruction includes a laboratory program that uses appropriate laboratoryequipment, kits, and a hands-on project to design, build, fabricate, populate, test, and iterate aDC/DC converter. Assessment summarizes nearly twenty years of successful instruction.IntroductionAlmost all electrical power in industrialized societies now is processed through at least onepower electronic stage. As such, electrical engineers (EE) often encounter power electroniccircuitry and systems when performing their routine duties. A knowledge of how these systemswork gives an EE an advantage in understanding and working with power of a nature that isprovided to every electrical system. As part of an innovative sequence of courses at

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Sam Houston State University; David E. Thompson Ph.D., Sam Houston State University; Steven L. Hegwood, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and a MEd degree in Instructional Systems Design Technology from Sam Houston State University. He is currently the General Chemistry Laboratory Coordinator at Sam Houston State University and has an interest in online and hybrid instruction. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Integration of research-based strategies and instructional design: creating significant learning experiences in a chemistry bridge courseIntroductionBridge courses are often designed to provide undergraduate students with learning experiences toremediate pitfalls in understanding or facilitating the practice of essential skills related to specificcontent

Collection

2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

Authors

Kevin R. Anderson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nolan Tsuchiya P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Zechariah Alan Maynard, Cal Poly Pomona

Paper ID #35157Teaching PLCS and PID Tuning Virtually using DoMore SoftwareDr. Kevin R. Anderson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Kevin R. Anderson is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic Uni- versity, Pomona. Dr. Anderson obtained his Ph.D. and MSME degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder and his BSME at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dr. Anderson has over 100 technical publications. He was the previous director of the Control Systems Laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Department California State Polytechnic University, Pomona focusing on

Conference Session

Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christine Delahanty, Bucks County Community College ; Susan Herring, Bucks County Community College; Tracy Timby, Bucks County Community College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and laboratory curricula including online course platforms, and integrated technologies. She has been involved in both private and government grants as author and project director, and is currently PI of an NSF ATE grant, ”Increasing the Number of Engineering Technicians in Southeastern Pennsylvania.” A major goal of this collaborative effort with Drexel University is to connect for-credit, occupational technician education to workforce development certification programs. She was the faculty advisor to two student teams that made the final round of the NSF AACC Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) in 2016 and 2017. She and her students have been involved in STEM related outreach to local community groups

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

R. Nelson; J. Bumblis; C. Liu; A. Turkmen; N. Zhou; D. Olson; R. Rothaupt

toapproximately 100 students in the last three years, a student Branch of the IEEE (Institute of Electricala E c c E ) a ,a a a c Ma 2012. Sof the issues and considerations encountered during the early development phase were described in aprevious ASEE paper1. In this paper thorough description will be provided regarding programdevelopment, course and laboratory development, student and faculty recruitment and development andaccreditation issues with the goal of providing a clear picture of what is involved in establishing a newengineering program.BackgroundThe University of Wisconsin Stout has a rich history of preparing students for professional careers ina variety of applied fields

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2008 GSW

Authors

Walter W. Buchanan

alternative energy producers, as well as a staticdisplay solar panel and a second wind turbine, will be part of the public exhibit. Foranother part of the exhibit, seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (ME Lab)course built a wind turbine display complete with LED lights to show the magnitude ofthe power produced when a fan was operated at various speeds. Another team of seniorsin ME Lab instrumented wall simulations to measure the temperature drop acrossdifferent insulation materials. A similar display on the effects of window treatments(single pane, double pane, and double pane with low E) was also developed. The desiredresult of these efforts is an energy display which will educate the general public onrelevant energy issues. The display

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session - Robotics and Manufacturing

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #34895Lessons Learned from Hosting Workshops on Remote Control of AutomatedSystemsDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session - Online and Remote Learning Communities

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Regina Ruane Ph.D., Temple University

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Manufacturing

mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Dr. Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University Michael Mauk is Assistant Professor in Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program.Regina Ruane Ph.D., Temple University

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session - Robotics and Manufacturing

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #33029Design and Evaluation of Collaborative Lab for Robot ProgrammingDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Pedagogy 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

engineering technology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Prior to joining the UTB (A legacy university) faculty he was a visiting professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and an associate professor of production engineering at the PSG College of Technology, Bharathiar University, India, where he served as the director of the Computer Vision Laboratory and National Cadet Corps – Engineering Division Director. With over 33 years of teaching and research ex- perience in manufacturing/mechanical engineering and engineering technology, he currently teaches in the areas of CAD/CAM/CIM, robotics and automation, product and process design, materials and man- ufacturing processes, machine design

Collection

1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Arnold M. Flikke

. China is now rebuilding the undergraduate programs back to the levelsof pre-revolution standards. This past summer, most reopened institutionsgraduated their first class since the cultural revolution. Simultaneously,the Chinese are trying to complete the interrupted training of theirmiddle level faculty and to rebuild the basic infrastructure of itsbuildings and laboratories. It is important to recall that the Chinese have been heavily in-fluenced by the Russian model in the development of its universitiesand research institutions. China currently has rather rigidly separated 98institutions for teaching and for research. This bureaucratic struc-ture of the Chinese system creates problems in reaching

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Nathan Johnson

experimentaldesign[1]), the ABET general criterion for all engineering programs must nonetheless bedemonstrated.Towards this end, the new Department of Civil Engineering (CE) at the University of MinnesotaDuluth has chosen to implement the assessment of ABET Outcome B (ability to design andconduct experiments) in its Hydraulics and Hydrology laboratory course. The department hasfour sophomore-level courses with significant laboratory components that give students hands-onexperience. This paper outlines the curriculum setting for assessing the ABET experimental Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conferencedesign outcome, introduces the experiment on which the assessment is made, and describes theassessment process from

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Victor S. Frost

Carrier (DSB - LC) - Commercial AM9 Single and Vestigial Sideband Modulation (SSB and VSB)10 Frequency and Phase Modulation (FM/PM)11 Superheterodyne Receiver12 Communications Channels, Noise and Link Budgets13 Performance of Analog Modulation with Noise14 Performance of Digital Modulation with Noise15 Multimegabit/sec Terrestrial Wireless Communication Systems: Impairments andImplementation16 Introduction to Error Detection and Correction TechniquesAppendix: net*TIMS FreeWire Laboratory ExperimentsExamples of Student Driven Interactive Graphics and Dynamic Performance MetricCalculationsThe purpose of this section is to provide a flavor of the student driven interactive graphics anddynamic performance metric calculations included in the ebook

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida

evaluated via student's participation in thefabrication of an autonomous robotic vehicle facilitated through practical hands-on activities, groupdiscussions, and laboratory modules. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this previously in-person courseadopted a synchronous teaching model and used online instructional tools for lectures, group activities,and project support. The robotic project helped introduce students to engineering principles byemploying multi-developmental phases for creating a robot. The teaching approach also providedstudents an engineering design experience while working in interdisciplinary teams with membersserving unique engineering roles such as design, hardware, software, project, or testing lead. Studentswere required to design

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Marvin Gayle; Danny Mangra

Tagged Topics

Diversity

. Concerns include how instructors are able to teach at a high level andconduct quality laboratory experiments remotely. Instructors were also mindful of the socialisolation of our students and the need to create a community remotely as we isolated physically.Changes to the assessment strategies also had to evolve, from the traditional multiple-choiceexam to other effective methods.KeywordsSTEM, Remote Learning, Learning Management System [LMS], Synchronous, Asynchronous.IntroductionThe rapid transition from in person to online modality was a necessary and swift response to theglobal pandemic. For educator accustomed to in-person learning the switch was jarring. A rapidtransition offered little time to thoroughly prepare for such a move. Educators

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2008 GSW

Authors

Michael Sheyka; M.M. Reda Taha; T. Khraishi; I. El-Kady; Mehmet F. Su

Microsystems Sandia National Laboratories AbstractPhotonic crystals (PC) are synthetic materials that can be used to control lightpropagation. PC have a frequency bandgap where light is forbidden to propagate. Thisbandgap is strongly tied to the microstructure of the photonic crystal. Three-dimensionalTungsten photonic crystal in a Lincoln-log microstructure has been suggested as a strongalternative filter in photo voltaic cells with significantly high power efficiency.Mechanical characterization of Tungsten PC can be performed using means of micro-indentation.Here we present a three dimensional finite element simulation of the structural responseof a Tungsten photonic crystal under

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2008 GSW

Authors

Laura J. Suggs; James Tunnell; Kenneth Diller; Richard Crawford

taken the first semester of the two-semester BME Senior Design Course. The initial phaseof the first semester is comprised of a smaller scope, internal project. We report here our experiencewith a pre-defined uniform project for all student teams (2005) versus a self-selected Redesignproject (2006 & 2007). The pre-defined uniform project (mini-project) consisted of the design andimplementation of an electronic stethoscope and the intent was to bridge the perceived gap betweenproscribed laboratory experiences and the larger scope, open-ended sponsored project. While manystudents performed exceptionally well with this assignment, a number of drawbacks were noted.Specifically, the timeline of prototyping did not match with the didactic portion

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Oludayo Samuel Alamu, Morgan State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathy Ann Gullie, Gullie Consultant Services LLC; Dean T. Spaulding , Gullie Consultant Services LLC; James William Brown Ph.D., School of Professional Studies, City University of New York; Krishna Bista, Morgan State University; Mulugeta T. Dugda, Morgan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #34049Global Impact of Experiment-centric Pedagogy and Home-based, Hands-onLearning Workshop at a Historically Black UniversityDr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University Dr. Oludare Owolabi, a professional engineer in Maryland, joined the Morgan State University fac- ulty in 2010. He is the assistant director of the Center for Advanced Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engineering. His

Conference Session

Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; Maria Javaid, Indiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

laboratory components. The null hypothesis is that there existsno difference between the course grade outcomes of pre- and post- pandemic. The hypothesis hasbeen tested using Chi-square goodness of fit test at p=0.1. Engineering Economics on-campuspost-unplanned pandemic section in Spring 2020 is found to be significantly different from thepre-pandemic in Spring 2019. However, in the online section, there is no difference between thepost- and pre- because the online section is planned for virtual mode. Similar finding is reachedfor DC Circuits and Design that the post-unplanned pandemic section in Spring 2020 is found tobe significantly different from the pre-pandemic in Fall 2019; but the post-planned in Fall 2020is found to be statistically same

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Aurenice M. Oliveira

to the industry with the latest technologies in their fields.Most of the instructors, however, face the challenge of teaching both non-majors and majors,sometimes even in the same classroom. The aim of this article is to discuss the main challengesand to share teaching methods that the author has used to encourage active learning andengagement among major and non-major students in an Electrical Engineering Technologyprogram. The author addresses the use of technology for teaching, the use of lecture timeeffectively, the importance of well-designed laboratory experiments, and use of simulation tools.Assessment tools have indicated that the teaching methods used have been successful in meetingthe teaching goals.Keywords: engineering education

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicolas Ivanov, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto; Nhien Tran-Nguyen, University of Toronto; Neal Callaghan, University of Toronto; Theresa Frost, Toronto District School Board; Jose Luis Cadavid, University of Toronto; Huntley H. Chang, University of Toronto; Ileana Louise Co; Patrick Diep, University of Toronto; Guijin Li, University of Toronto; Nancy T. Li, University of Toronto; Corinna Smith, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto; Joshua Yazbeck; Locke Davenport Huyer, Johns Hopkins University; Dawn M. Kilkenny, University of Toronto

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, Undergraduate Programs (IBBME) and the Associate Chair, Foundation Years (Division of Engineering Science), she is currently the faculty advisor for the Discovery Educational Program. Dawn is a recipient of the 2017 U of T Early Career Teaching Award and was named the 2016 Wighton Fellow for excellence in development and teaching of laboratory-based courses in Canadian UG engineering programs. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Discovery: Transition of an inquiry-focused learning program to a virtual platform during the COVID-19 pandemic (Evaluation)AbstractThe shift to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has presented teachers

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Pedagogy 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mert Bal, Miami University; Farnaz Pakdel, Miami University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

manufacturing scheduling, systems control and automation, distributed control of holonic systems and integrated manufacturing, agile manufacturing, virtual reality and remote laboratory applications in edu- cation. He has authored or co-authored various journal and conference publications in these areas. Mert Bal is currently the Chair and Associate Professor at the Miami University, Department of Engineering Technology, Ohio, United States of America.Dr. Farnaz Pakdel, Miami University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Integrating 3D Printing into Engineering Technology Curriculum1. IntroductionThree-dimensional (3-D) printing has witnessed

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bradley Lane Kicklighter, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Logic Controller (PLC) trainerthat can be assigned to a student for the semester. The portable PLC trainer allows students tohave a satisfactory laboratory experience across various modes of instructional delivery.PLCs are used to automate industrial equipment and processes and are frequently used inlaboratory activities in an automation course. At a minimum, a portable PLC trainer should becompact, have protection for the trainer components, provide user interface input and outputdevices, and the PLC programming software should be available for students to install on theirown personal computers.This paper presents the design and development of a portable PLC trainer including therequirements for the trainer, component selection rationale, and

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yanmei Xie, North Dakota State University; Huojun Yang, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering

Engineering Education, 2021 Virtual lab modules for undergraduate courses related to building energy systemsAbstractBackground: In engineering education, hands-on laboratory experience is essential to enhancingstudents’ practical skills such as conceptual understanding and problem solving skills. However,many students are not able to participate in practical activities (e.g., laboratory experiments) dueto inaccessible or unavailable “brick and mortar” laboratories, especially when most universitieshave currently adopted online instruction while students are sheltered at home due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic. Purpose: This paper presents a library of virtual laboratory modulesexpanded and enriched from our