Paper ID #12117Influence of Boundary Conditions on Building BehaviorMr. Joshua Michael Raney, California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo Josh is currently a Master’s student studying Architectural Engineering at Cal Poly: SLO with the inten- tion of working for a design firm on the west coast.Dr. Peter Laursen P.E., California Polytechnic State University Dr. Peter Laursen, P.E., is an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytech- nic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems including laboratory
andrelationship of individual course components in the inverted model (recorded lecture videos,concept quizzes, problem sets, laboratory exercises, and design projects) are presented. Impactson faculty planning and preparation are discussed. A review of the changes made between eachsuccessive course offering based on lessons learned is also provided.In addition to the authors’ (faculty) perspective, the students’ perspective is also addressed basedon the results of extensive end-of-the-semester surveys asking students for feedback on theinverted model. Student responses to numerous multiple choice “rating” questions about courseformat and course components are provided. Student performance is also addressed through abroad comparison of examination grades
Paper ID #12946Curriculum Exchange:Framing Engineering – Templates to aid in instruc-tional designDr. Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida Director of Undergraduate Laboratories, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Materials Science and Engi- neering Page 26.434.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Target Grade Level: K-12Designed for: Teachers, Content Coaches, Instructional Specialists, CTE leaders, CurriculumDesignersBackgroundFraming routines are a widely used literacy strategy to support
problem. Presentations include an outline of how theEDP was applied and a demonstration of the prototype. In addition to classroom lessons, studentsparticipate in hands-on activities, laboratory experiments, team-building exercises, and go onfield trips. Incorporating engineering principles, including the Engineering Design Process, intoscience and mathematics instruction through a problem-solving, inquiry pedagogy of this typestimulates students and helps them discover links between their lessons and engineering in thereal world. Students need to recognize that scientific inquiry answers questions about the worldas it exists while engineering develops solutions to problems people encounter in everyday life.Results of pre-post evaluations
550 Work-In-Progress: Enhancing Students’ Learning in Advanced Power Electronic Course Using a USB Solar Charger Project Taufik, Dale Dolan California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CAAbstractIn order to improve students’ design and hands on skills in power electronics at Cal Poly San LuisObispo, a new hardware project has recently been added in the advanced power electronic course.The new project requires students to design and construct a USB solar charger as their finalhardware project in the laboratory
efficiency, renewable energy, and fundamental heat transfer. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Dr. Timothy A Doughty, University of Portland Dr. Timothy A. Doughty received his BS and MS from Washington State University in Mechanical and Materials Engineering and his Ph. D. from Purdue University. He has taught at Purdue, Smith College, and is now an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. From 2009 to 2001 he served as a Faculty Scholar with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and has served as the Dundon-Berchtold Fellow of Ethics for the Donald. P. Shiley School of Engineering
students. Each week, the students aresubject to (2) 50-minute classroom lectures and (1) 115 minute laboratory experience in TheFactory for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) laboratory at Penn State UniversityPark. The objectives of the course are to introduce industrial engineering students to the theory,principles, mechanisms, and concepts of solidification/ additive manufacturing processes formaterials, emphasizing process selection and the effects of process capabilities and limitation ondesign, costs, and quality. The course includes lectures, laboratories, demonstrations, videos,extension readings, and homework problems. The main course topics covered in the course aremechanical testing and properties, metal casting processes, welding
our course. Weinclude results and analysis from a student focus group, an anonymous exit survey, and includeour own observations.IntroductionIn the Fall 2011 semester when CPLDs were adopted for our introductory logic circuit course we Page 26.1252.2used an integrated approach, including the use of CAD tools and a hands-on experience with abreadboard. Our students first used discrete logic devices in two laboratory experiments and thena used CPLD module. Based on our research4 we found that in using this module, students caneasily identify the CPLD and with modest wiring they can construct circuits that they feel areboth satisfying and
to the different engineering disciplinesand principles associated with engineering design. Consequently, by the end of the course, itwas our expectation that students would be able to: 1. Articulate the fundamental differences between the engineering disciplines 2. Work in a team environment to solve engineering problems 3. Write technical communications for various audiencesWe used a combination of laboratory worksheets, laboratory reports, quizzes, concept maps, anda final paper assignment to evaluate student learning.The course was taught by six faculty and was comprised of five modules (engineering topics andpanel sessions) that introduced students to the various engineering degree programs. The fivecourse modules
includes sensor based condition monitoring of CNC machining, machine tool accuracy characterization and enhancement, non-invasive surgical tool design, reverse engineering and bio materials.Mr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Mr. Eric Carr is a full-time Laboratory Manager and part-time adjunct instructor with Drexel Univer- sity’s Department of Engineering Technology. Eric assists faculty members with the development and implementation of various Engineering Technology courses. A graduate of Old Dominion University’s Computer Engineering Technology program and Drexel’s College of Engineering, Eric enjoys finding innovative ways to use microcontrollers and other technologies to enhance Drexel’s Engineering Tech
Education, 2015 MAKER: Design and Create with Natural DyesDyeing with natural dyes is a combination of science and art. The science dictates that apermanent bond requires a metal ion – a mordant – to bridge between the fabric and thedye. The art allows a multitude of colors. By varying the combination of dye andmordant, and the purity and concentration of each, a nearly infinite number of shades canbe obtained.A course open to all students, both engineers and nonengineers, explored the history andtechnology of dyes and the dyeing process1. Simple exercises allowed students to extractdyes, discover the colors obtained by combining different mordants and dyes, and notehow fabric type contributed to the shade. Other laboratory exercises
. Page 26.1464.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 “Teaching an Electrical Circuits Course Online”AbstractDue to the increased demand for MOOCs, online, flipped, and hybrid courses, it is becomingmore important to identify techniques to also teach engineering courses virtually withoutcompromising standards. This paper will present a comparison of teaching an electric systemscourse for non-majors online and in a face to face classroom. It will provide a motivation forthis transition and examine the related literature for teaching engineering courses online. It willalso detail the challenges and lessons learned in transitioning an engineering course with anintegral laboratory
Paper ID #12013Chua’s Circuit for Experimenters Using Readily Available Parts from a HobbyElectronics StoreMr. Valentin Siderskiy, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Valentin Siderskiy received his B.Sc. degree from the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering and M.Sc. degree from Columbia University. He conducts research in the Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory, where his interests include controls and chaos. Siderskiy is also the CTO of a technology startup.Mr. Aatif Ahmed Mohammed, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Aatif Mohammed is currently enrolled in his second year of B.S. Mechanical Engineering at NYU Poly
legal issues related to water resources management(WRM); 4. Many students were inclined to think of the course as an imposed GeDC rather thantaking the opportunity to connect it to their major field of study for creating unique expertise; 5.They lacked simple laboratory experiences to visualize the concepts and field trips to provideknowledge about how water works and how related careers develop; and, 6. The assessmentmethods did not facilitate the students to develop enough inquiry, research and communicationskills.Connect2U was developed on a collaborative instructing-learning concept to minimize thesedrawbacks and implemented in gradual steps for six years. The success of the approach wasassessed based on student performance indicators.In
Award from the University of San Diego in 2014, and Best Paper Awards from the Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies of the American Society for Engineering Education in 2008 and 2014.Dr. Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego Ernie Kim received his BSEE from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and MSEE and PhD in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University. He has been an electronics engineer at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) at the Boulder CO labs where he performed research on precision optical fiber metrology, staff engineer with the Advanced Systems Group of Burroughs Corporation, Manager of Electro-Optics at Ipitek Corporation where he developed early fiber optic
implement a SCADA systems securitycourse within a systems engineering program8. The goals of this paper were to illustrate the roleof SCADA in Australia’s critical infrastructure and demonstrate the need for SCADA systemssecurity in their curriculum. In their approach, the technical details of SCADA systems, theconcepts of cyber-security, and the implications for critical infrastructure installations andsociety are all studied in concert.For some time, the Idaho National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory have collaboratedon the National SCADA Testbed Program9 to provide workshop-style training in ICS cyber-security for students and professionals. While this program continues to be of high value, it isdifficult for some students to attend
and laboratory materialdevelopment, 3) Establishment of an open development community environment. This paperprovides an overview of the MISL partnership, the educational and research activities that havebeen successfully conducted to date, the lessons learned, and the move forward plans for thespace qualified rack-and-stack hardware development platform. IntroductionThe rapid product development demands on hardware prototyping tools continue to increase.These tools need to accommodate a diverse selection of embedded intelligence, sensors,actuators, communications and data storage technologies to create fully functional prototypesquickly and with higher levels of integration. In addition, the turn
high schools.Providing students with enhanced opportunities for collaboration, social engagement, andresearch, the program’s model of integration requires networking across disciplines and physicalspace. Students participate in real-time, in-person and virtual lectures, as well as week-longsummer camps and Saturday experiences for hands-on activities, team-building, interaction anddiscussion, and problem-solving. Science courses meet two Saturdays a semester to completehands-on laboratories. These are complemented by in-class laboratory demonstrations andonline, virtual laboratory activities. Presently, instructors are developing an integrated set ofdesired outcomes and assessment tools informed by ABET accreditation standards. Areas
Paper ID #13772Analysis of Student Interactions with Browser-Based Interactive SimulationsKyle Joe Branch, University of Utah Kyle Branch is a second-year graduate student at the University of Utah Department of Chemical Engi- neering. He has helped develop and teach a freshman laboratory course using the methods described in this paper. His main research interest is in engineering education, focusing on the creation and analysis of interactive simulations for undergraduate chemical engineering courses.Prof. Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the
manufacturers are used on appropriate 3D-printed objects to show the above-mentioned processes. Creation of free-hand 3D plastic objectsis also illustrated. Two laboratory exercises using 3D pens for welding plastic and forpersonalizing 3D-printed objects are described.IntroductionExperimenting with physical models is a well-documented advantage of engineering educationas justified by the Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle Theory1. The 3D-printing technologybased on inexpensive 3D printers and inexpensive plastic materials is at a stage of enablingstudent designers in creating quick, inexpensive, and functional design iterations in support ofexperimentation in engineering education2,3. However, more complicated designs and/orassemblies sometimes fail
on the bigger picture.2Current CE Materials Course AssessmentTo redesign the course, the baseline curriculum was dissected and lesson delivery methods werecategorized based on tacit (experiential) or explicit (articulated) knowledge. Once all theactivities were defined, an evaluation of the current course schedule revealed that 23 out of the29 classroom instruction, not including laboratory, were primarily delivered by the instructor andfocused on explicit knowledge (Table 1). This analysis indicated an absence of tacit knowledgein the course, indicating a potential area for improvement. Five years ago, when one facultymember retired, the course underwent its first iteration of change. Prior to this change, tacitinstruction existed solely
for their equivalent degree programs where theprogramme aims are equivalent to program educational objectives (equivalent to ABET Criterion2) and the intended learning outcomes are similar to student outcomes (equivalent to ABETCriterion 3)6.There are several major differences in the courses required for graduation at the University of Page 26.153.3Glasgow and other universities in the United Kingdom as compared to in the United States. First,there are no required liberal arts courses. Lectures may touch on issues related to proper formatsand writing styles for laboratory report and technical paper, examples of such documents maybe
courses from a wide range of institutions and curricula, a more complete picture ofboth the difficulties and solutions to help students get past them is formed. For example, severalnew hands-on activities were developed by workshop attendees during the extended summerofferings. Several new perspectives with regard to conceptual learning theories were derivedfrom offering the workshop and were used to steer a Ph.D. dissertation study [5]. Discussions Page 26.921.2have promoted and influenced a redesign of the hands-on laboratory sessions at Rose-Hulman.Workshop DescriptionThe workshop is presented in three major phases: analysis of student
Instrumentation and Control Laboratory Coordinator since 1992, as Academic Senator (1995-2001), Faculty Represen- tative at the Administrative Board of the UPRM (2000-2001), Controls Area Committee Coordinator, Departmental Personnel Committee (1996-1997), and Liaison Officer for the Puerto Rico Louis Stoke Alliance for Minority Participation (PRLS-AMP) Project (August 1995 – December 1999).Dr. Aidsa I. Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Page 26.66.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Methodology To Teach Students To Implement Digital
methods of assessmentto be used. Being a manufacturing systems engineering degree, a number of courses in theprogram involve laboratory experiments or hands-on simulations. The challenges involved andapproach used to transition these activities to the virtual environment for use in online courseswill also be covered. While fully online courses were launched in spring 2015, faculty in the program taughtcourses in a blended format during the fall 2014 semester, with considerable portions of coursecontent provided online and utilizing the Echo 360 technology for lecture recording. Resultsfrom surveys conducted during the fall 2014 semester and, how the findings are to beincorporated into future courses will be presented. In addition
the Internet. Virtual labs have been shown to be effective inimproving student understanding of important engineering concepts17-19. For example,researchers at UCLA found that students perceived learning gains when using the Interactive SiteInvestigation Software (ISIS) to perform virtual field work such as constructing wells, collectinggroundwater samples, submitting samples for laboratory testing, and executing hydraulictransport experiments10. Applications of remote labs in engineering education have also beenshown to improve student understanding of engineering concepts20-21 and are comparable tohands-on labs8-9,22. For example, researchers at Rutgers University found that there was nodifference in educational outcomes between students
performance. Traditional assessment instruments 3 Proceedings of 2015 St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Educationsuch as homework assignments, laboratory reports, quizzes, mid-term exams and final exams areuseful in determining an overall course grade, but do not quantify the educational contribution ofa robotic teaching tool when it comes to student learning.A study performed by McGrath, Lowes, Lin, Sayres, Hotaliing and Solkin explains how middleand high school level students learned about science and engineering by designing and buildingunderwater robots 33. Student and teacher attitudinal surveys were used to evaluate the perceivedeffectiveness of each of the
Paper ID #11459DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A BIOMETRIC IRISVERIFICATION SYSTEMDr. Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University Ravi P. Ramachandran received the B. Eng degree (with great distinction) from Concordia University in 1984, the M. Eng degree from McGill University in 1986 and the Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 1990. From October 1990 to December 1992, he worked at the Speech Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. From January 1993 to August 1997, he was a Research Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. He was also a Senior Speech Scientist at T-Netix from July 1996 to August 1997
kits involvedthe use of a light sensor and a microprocessor that the students programmed. Surveys of thestudents from the beginning of the semester have shown that only one of the five female studentsrated themselves as confident in their abilities to create an electronic circuit. The results ofpreliminary and final surveys were used to explore the success of the wearable electronicsproject to increase the confidence the students have in their abilities, and whether it encouragesfemale student engagement in its introduction of electrical engineering.IntroductionCurrently, Rowan University’s female student body represents only 15% of the total populationof engineering students. The impetus behind the creation of this laboratory project was
Paper ID #11806Constructionist Learning for Environmentally Responsible Product DesignProf. Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University Dr. Kyoung-Yun Kim is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Wayne State University, where he directs the Computational Intelligence and Design Informatics (CInDI) Laboratory. Dr. Kim’s research focuses on design science; design informatics; semantic assembly design; transformative product design; product life-cycle modeling; design and manufacturing of soft products. Dr. Kim has received external funding from several U.S. federal agencies including NSF