attractingpotential new professionals to the field. The user-friendliness and appeal of the WaterMobilesystem make it a pathway to guide more individuals into the water treatment industry. Additionally,in light of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to regular laboratory courses [5], wehave also introduced virtual simulation laboratories [6] and Raspberry Pi technology, allowingstudents to remotely participate in practical operations and experiments without the need to bephysically present on-site. This provides valuable hands-on experience to students without theconstraints of limited laboratory equipment, thus promoting and enhancing the accessibility ofwater treatment education.Project Approach and System DesingWaterMobile is an innovative
students to gainknowledge during the step-by-step project performance from beginning to completion. Thiswould allow them to build confidence, a sense of accomplishment, and ownership and makesthem prepared and ready for taking the next design course in the following semester.The highlight of this paper demonstrates challenges and accomplishments of students andfaculty performing a hands-on design project during the COVID-19 pandemic. As manyengineering and technology courses rapidly transitioned to online or distance learning modality,the struggle to generate the same active learning environment online was challenging. Afterstudents returned to on-campus courses in hybrid or socially distanced laboratories, the learningenvironment was modified to
Colorado Boulder. Scott’s research relates to accessible and inexpensive engineering equipment for laboratory education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Teaching Industrial Control with Open-Source SoftwareAbstractThis paper presents an innovative approach to teaching Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)using open-source software and low-cost hardware in an engineering curriculum. The OpenPLCsoftware and a variety of affordable hardware platforms, such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi, areemployed to provide students with hands-on experience in programming PLCs. Theincorporation of PLC content in the second year of the curriculum prepares students for summerinternships, better satisfying
Manufacturing CourseAbstractHands-on learning is the core of Engineering Technology programs, and a high number of thecourses is taught with the laboratory sections. This paper presents the service learning basedenhancements made in one of the Engineering Technology courses. Course students learnmanufacturing the complex machined workpieces using the G-code simulators. Teaching theapplied milling and turning practices is the main deliverable of the course with a required termproject which is focused to service learning concept. Student teams formed in the middle of thesemester design, simulate, and machine a functional service learning product using thedepartmental computers, simulators, and CNC machines for their project. The feedback providedby the
• Additive Manufacturing for Industrial Applications • Additive Manufacturing for Research Applications 3.2.3. EM 3200 Advanced Additive Manufacturing This course will be developed with technical support from EOS North America [7] and will focus the direct metal laser solidification (DMLS) technology. It will cover the following areas • Application Engineering Metal • Data Preparation technology.3.3. Equipment and FacilitiesThe laboratory equipment for the programs is being acquired with funds from the EDA grant [5]awarded to Indiana Tech as well as a donation from a graduate of the mechanical engineeringprogram. The equipment selected is representative of the most
, University of California, Davis. He performs research in sensors and nonlinear oAkash Kashyap ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 KarmaCollab: A Communication Platform for Collaborative Learning Damitu Robinson, Nicholas Hosein, Andre´ Knoesen, Akash Kashyap Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has forced universities to transition to a fully online format, resulting in a renewed interest into how technology can aid learning while physically apart. While many courses can easily transition to video streaming, others such as STEM laboratory classes, require hands-on training
educational videos introducing theunit content and additional educational resources through Canvas. During class, students meet tolearn more about the class content and participate in discussions and other classroom activities. Students also meet weekly in the laboratory to work in teams to solve clients’ concerns byapplying what they have learned in class.Based on the findings of Keshwani and Keshwani [3], students place interpersonal relationshipsas one of their biggest successes during their first year of college. Students also discussed theimportance of connecting with others to overcome challenges and acknowledged thatacclimating to the university plays an important role in keeping themselves motivated. Studentsconnected community with “knowing
13 114. Discussion and ConclusionOne-semester virtual REU and two-semester virtual REU had higher perceived learning gains thanthe 10-week summer in-person REU. These higher gains can potentially be attributed to five mainfactors.First, the participants worked directly with the advisors during the virtual program. Compared tothe in-person program, participants mostly worked independently or with graduate students.Second, the virtual program had limited laboratory time on the part of the participants. As a result,students completed more research-oriented tasks (beyond data collection within the labenvironment). In contrast, in the face-to-face summer program, students focused more on datacollection in the laboratory than on
devices, thereby promoting active participation during classroom teaching.Much of the current literature on hands-on pedagogy suggests that its interactive nature increasesstudents' engagement in engineering disciplines. Ikiriko et al. [9] investigated the impact of ahome-based measurement of strain experiment. They found increased student motivational levelsin the civil engineering discipline following a pre- and post-experimental survey. According toChowdhury et al., [10] most engineering programs require hands-on workshop facilities toconduct educational laboratory activities to achieve academic objectives. Hands-on pedagogyachieves better learning outcomes using portable multifunction instruments to substitute largerlaboratory instruments [7
successful teaching strategy.It can be used in a virtual environment or regular college classroom settings. Active learningteaching approaches have been found to improve student learning, raise retention rates, and closethe achievement gap between various student populations in college science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses [4]. Beyond the subject of electrical engineering,active learning pedagogies have been applied extensively in industrial engineering [5-7].For STEM students, in particular, who learn best in courses with hands-on laboratories, aneffective online instructional practice uses a variety of active learning pedagogies as shown inFigure 1. There is a considerable level of discontent with online engineering
Paper ID #40566Pedagogical aspects of teaching nuclear fusion engineering basicsProf. Martin Nieto-Perez, Pennsylvania State University Martin Nieto-Perez got his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Aut´onoma Metropolitana in 1997. He obtained a Fulbright Scholarship for postgraduate studies for the 1998-2000 period, which enabled him to get his Master’s (2001) and Docotral (2004) degrees in Nuclear Engineer- ing, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He was a postdoctoral associate at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory from 2004 to 2006. From 2008 to 2021
. ● Renewable Energy education towards integration in traditional powering grids.These technical areas also allow one to discuss two delivery methods that use software and aphysical setup. Our Renewable Energy courses best emphasize the application of physical systems,while our Mechatronic courses best show the use of simulation software for SustainableEngineering Education.Mechatronic Education. Resources for SAET’s mechatronic laboratory were previouslycharacterized as physical training systems and software enabling process simulation [11].Regarding the sustainable engineering learning objectives, both choices provide excellentresources. However, the fundamental benefit of the software-based method is that it is bothaffordable and accessible to
the Pacific and has held visiting faculty positions at Purdue University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Use of Simscape in an Introductory Power Electronics CourseAbstractUniversity of the Pacific was a member of an 82-university consortium led by the University ofMinnesota (UMN) that was supported by a three-year Department of Energy grant to “revitalizeelectric power engineering education by state-of-the-art laboratories.” Hardware developed atUMN served as the core of a new power electronics course developed in conjunction with thisgrant. UMN hardware labs were complemented using PSpice for circuit simulation. The PSpiceexercises
distance learning tools. These papers not only address experienceswith more traditional classroom formats, but also with laboratories and other activities that werethought to require a face-to-face setting [1-5]. Authors have documented lessons learned andhow to profitably apply these lessons to improve instruction when used with face-to-faceinstruction [6-18]. Several authors have addressed the student perspective [9-11]. The searchresults presented here are by no means exhaustive.While the need for video and other distance learning technologies diminished at someinstitutions, at others a need existed both before and after the pandemic. There is a long-recognized need for programs to reach students who cannot attend classes in a traditional
instructors at a concentration of 5% (w/v) and cyanoacrylate was used at themanufacturer concentration. Students used these two bioadhesives to adhere leather chamois strips.Leather chamois strips were chosen because they have a rough, protein-rich surface, which couldallow for adhesion through chemical interactions or mechanical interlocking. Since we did notconduct the activity in a laboratory space, we did not include a crosslinking agent with our gelatinbioadhesive; thus, gelatin and cyanoacrylate adhered through a mechanism of mechanicalinterlocking. Prior to distributing chamois, instructors threaded them with a plastic safety tie formechanical testing. Students then marked the chamois with a horizontal line 0.5 cm from thebottom of the strip
access to necessaryhardware for laboratory assignments. Many students from lower-income and underrepresentedminority backgrounds begin their college journey through community colleges [3]-[5] and seekto transfer to a four-year college to obtain a computer engineering degree. However, communitycolleges may face challenges in providing appropriate engineering coursework to align withfour-year university curriculums [6], such as a course on digital logic that is typically completedduring freshman and sophomore years. This is due to the extensive breadth of the topic and thecost of supplying lab equipment to the community college and their students [7]. BEADLEintends to tackle this challenge by creating a series of laboratories that progressively
in Robotics and Automation AbstractThis paper describes the experience of implementing virtual reality (VR) project activities forteaching robotics and automation for students in engineering and engineering technology. Thiswork provides an innovative solution for optimizing learning effectiveness and improvingeducational outcomes through the development of virtual reality models that can be used andintegrated into the existing robotics laboratory. The project activities provide students withopportunities to work with industrial robots. Students complete structured laboratory activitiesthat introduce them to different aspects of applied robotics, including the design of end-effectortooling and
the changes to metals that welding canproduce, they can make educated decisions about how to prevent any negative consequencessuch as failure of materials.Introduction As the supply of usable materials depletes, one of the goals of the manufacturer is toelongate the life of products. One of the factors that influences the lifespan of products iscorrosion. Corrosion and its negative effects are often discussed in education, but processes toprevent or reduce corrosion are rarely integrated into laboratory classes. A good understanding ofcorrosion-prevention techniques is critical for being prepared for careers in the manufacturingindustry and its related fields. Corrosion causes significant reduction in mechanical propertiesand can lead
Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Dr. White has been a faculty member at UC Davis since 2015, and he teaches process design and economics, process safety, bioseparations, and senior laboratory courses. He has helped lead the creation of the CHEM E CAD and Industrial Automation club at UC Davis, and he has sought to develop authentic, project-based learning experiences for his students in his courses. Dr. White also serves as the accreditation lead for the chemical engineering program at UC Davis. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Impact of The Design of Coffee, A General Education Chemical Engineering Course, on Students’ Decisions to Major in STEM
pathwaysand make decisions about engineering positions. To this end, we investigate how minorityundergraduate engineering students conceptualize engineering career pathways based on anorganization’s website content. We, a team of minority undergraduate engineering students, led a qualitative analysis ofthe websites of two national labs: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Kansas CityNational Security Campus (KCNSC). The website content was analyzed by extracting excerptsthat matched keywords related to engineering careers. Each excerpt was annotated with ourimpression of the company as a potential employer. In collaboration with other researchers, acodebook was developed based on contemporary career frameworks and was used to
abilities crucial for success in theengineering field.IntroductionThis review article explores the impact of design-based projects, commonly known as "designchallenges," on enhancing student engagement and their retention in engineering programs. Thisstudy also targets to understand engineering students' preferences concerning design-basedprojects compared to traditional classroom and laboratory experiences.The emerging global trend in education involves integrating professional competencies into thecurriculum, complementing the technical aspects of engineering. Engineering education shouldbe complete with technical knowledge in addition to the development of professional skills.Starting this process from freshmen engineering ensures students are
effectiveness ofremote laboratories and by providing opportunities for student-to-student interactions in theremote learning environment. These recommendations seek to increase the resilience ofengineering education by enhancing its preparedness for natural disasters, pandemics, energycrises, wars, or other unexpected circumstances.Keywords: engineering education, remote learning, survey1. IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an expedited adaptation of engineering higher educationprograms to alternatives to the in-person classroom, usually by adopting some form of onlineteaching and learning. There are three main types of online-learning environments: synchronous,asynchronous, and hybrid. In the synchronous online environment, instructional
interaction with the students. These industry sessions, therefore,provided a general, real-world contrast while students were also doing a deep dive into one specificarea to complete a laboratory research project in six weeks.A third reason, as we discussed in a previous paper [1], is consistent with some general designelements known to inspire and increase inclusion. For example, an Industry Energy Program willhelp deepen the REM student’s understanding between theory, research, and application; of howwhat they learn in class relates to what companies may be doing. For students with morecommunity-minded orientations (i.e., altruistic cultural values), this bigger picture of what ishappening in the different energy sectors, and learning about real
engineering.The learning outcomes of the course are that a student should be able to: • Break down engineering problems into logical steps and code those steps in computer code. • Write programming code from scratch and problem solve errors until a goal is achieved. • Program in the C++ programming language in the context of Arduino microcontrollers • Program in the Matlab programming and numeric computing platform • Apply programming methods to the solution of engineering problems including recording data and solving mathematical problems.The course has three major components, a 1-hour weekly lecture, a weekly laboratory session(currently 2 hours), and a weekly discussion section for project team meetings (Figure 1
Paper ID #39288Board 36: Case Study: Sequential Development of Sensing Skills in aCivil and Environmental Engineering CurriculumDr. Sarah Jane Christian P.E., Carnegie Mellon University Sarah Christian serves as an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She is interested in curricular innovation including integrating applications of emerging technology into projects and laboratory experiences, project-based learning, cur- ricular content threading, methods for instilling teamwork skills, and implementing pedagogical methods that help students to
, we present the development of the focus group questions.Table 1 lists the focus group questions that were developed based on the initial evaluation by theexternal evaluator last year and this year. The questions are intended to measure how studentsnavigate their experiences within their graduate programs and research laboratories, how self-advocacy is utilized, and the impact of social justice on a student’s perspective as academicprofessionals. We also expanded the research to include how advisors support student’saccumulation of social capital in the survey. Social capital probes were added after externalfeedback from the engineering education research community as a possible salient factor in theacademic supports of graduate students from
, due to COVID-19 concerns, it was unclear whether in-person laboratories weregoing to be allowed. As the semester drew closer, it was determined that we could have in-person labs, but we could only have one person per lab bench. Due to high voltages and rotatingmachinery on the benches, this would be a safety hazard. A compromise was reached and wewere allowed to have two students per bench, but the students were required to wear face shieldsin addition to the required face mask and gloves. When running the lab in the past, all lab data,calculations, and discussions about the lab assignment were written on engineering data sheets(similar to industry). With the possibility of touch transmission of COVID-19, we switched toelectronic forms. To do
aspecialization in optics and photonics. This was attempted through hands-on experimentsdemonstrating basic concepts in optics, and tours of laboratories on campus that demonstrate thewide range of applications of electrical and optical engineering. Experiments included aligningfiber optics, building telescopes, building pinhole cameras, experiments with fluorescencespectroscopy, transmission spectroscopy, and demonstrations of polarization. In addition to thefirst year seminar, the following semester a senior level experiment-based course on appliedspectroscopy was offered as well. In addition to experiments, the senior level course includes peerinstruction. While the audience for the two courses differ, the goals are much the same to recruitand retain
hand drafting andsketching, (ii) to learn the application of such standards to solid modeling and orthographicdrawings (iii) to understand the basic principle of product design, manufacturing process andinterpret the terminologies in job shop drawings and (iv) to participate in a group engineeringactivity, and understand what it takes to be a team playerAt Georgia Southern University, ENGR1133 is a semester long course (16 weeks) and meets twotimes a week for 50 minutes each meeting with a required 170-minute weekly laboratory. Mostinstructors teach the course using a mixture of short lectures and in-class exercises illustratingthe concepts and applications of the concepts. The laboratory time is primarily used for furtherpractice with free
concept to show how GFCIs and ACFIs function during an episode thatoriginally aired in January 2023 [11]; that demonstration board was made to look like what ahomeowner might find at home with a circuit breaker panel neatly installed and surrounded bydrywall. These demonstration boards differ in scope from the one developed for use by studentsof infrastructure and discussed herein. This power demonstration board is specifically designedto be presented by a trained and certified laboratory technician who, in concert with theinstructor, can show students what the system looks like behind the drywall. Beyondunderstanding how to properly wire a system, this board uses measurements of voltage, current,power, and resistance to show, in real-time, how