Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Holmes, AcuityEdge, Inc.; Hisham Massoud, Duke University; Steven Cummer, Duke University; John Board, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Michael Gustafson; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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Electrical and Computer

. In addition to technical concepts, student will learn skills related toproject and team management, whole-system integration, budgeting, and technicalcommunication.As the laboratory exercises were being designed, team members referred to and modified the Page 11.1074.6original course syllabus. Given the integrated approach to teaching ECE concepts, it was clearthat the course could not be taught by sequentially introducing circuits and devices, followed bysignal processing, electromagnetics, and digital logic. In other words, the syllabus could not bedetermined by simply lifting a quarter of the syllabi of existing core courses and

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricio Tapia, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

forinternational students receiving a TA appointment [1].Financial SupportAt the CCE at UF, a TA receives a tuition waiver as well as financial support in terms ofsalary based on 10 or 20 hour per week. The salary varies from $14/hour to $15/hour.Depending on the type of subject and the number of students being taught, the TA ishired for 10 or 20 hours per week [2].At the CE at UCN, TAs do not receive any tuition waiver. However, they teach twice perweek and their hourly rate varies from $9 to $12, depending on TA’s experience and thetype of course they teach. For example if the TA activity is to teach a laboratory, then thehours assigned to the activity is increased based on TA’s required time to preparematerial and equipment used in the

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

gregory zieren, Austin Peay State University

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International

anyone teaching science or technical courses today. Inthe late 19th century, however, engineering educators in the U.S. and elsewhere werecompelled to justify to university administrators the additional equipment cost, upkeepand personnel necessary for the laboratories themselves and justify the greater good inthe relatively inefficient student-teacher ratios such instruction necessitated.4Robert H. Thurston and Laboratory InstructionThe father of instructional laboratories for engineering students was Robert H. Thurston,the first chair of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken,New Jersey. Thurston was an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis whenthe first president of Stevens, Henry Morton persuaded him

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

basic thermodynamic principles and assumptions.This experiment has several safety and operation concerns that make it very time consumingduring the laboratory. The nonlinear and transient response of the system to user control makesit difficult for the students to initially operate, at least within safety margins. While exposure tothis nonlinear nature is very educational for the students the amount of time taken to get a “feel”for the system limits what can be accomplished experimentally. In addition, the previousapparatus used for this experiment experienced a catastrophic failure when the students used itimproperly, making safety and supervision during this learning phase a primary concern.Through a MSU Presidential Teaching Scholar

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University; Alexandru Belu, Wayne State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

.2.1 Web-based Learning and Instruction Support System.A web-based learning and instructional support system and materials will be developed forthese two courses. The support system for these courses will include course materials, remotedata acquisition modules, and simulations/laboratory experiments1,2. The course materials arein a HTML format and accompanied with text, diagrams and images, simulation programs,and computer aided analysis and design tools. This Web-based learning and instructionsupport will be used to assist with the instruction, distance learning, laboratory practice andhybrid power systems, computer aided analysis and design. There are many reasons to use theInternet as a support in teaching this course. First, the

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

2006-1957: SIMULATION LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN ENERGYCONVERSION WITH SIMULINK AND SIM POWER SYSTEMSDavid McDonald, Lake Superior State University David McDonald has over thirty years of teaching experience in electrical engineering and engineering technology. Recent teaching has been in electrical machines, signal processing, and control systems. Page 11.1131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 SIMULATION LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN ENERGY CONVERSION WITH SIMULINK AND SIMPOWERSYSTEMSAbstractThe paper discusses introducing simulation into

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Muff, Iowa State University; Theodore Heindel, Iowa State University; Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University

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Instrumentation

laboratory exercises. He is currently teaching thermal science courses, including fluid mechanics and heat transfer. He also has an active research program in multiphase flow characterization and visualization and gas-liquid mass transfer enhancement, and is the director of a one-of-a-kind X-ray facility used for flow visualization in large-scale opaque and multiphase flows.Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University Sriram Sundararajan is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. Currently, he is teaching ME 370 and is continuing to update the course and associated laboratories to include contemporary issues in engineering measurements. He has also taught

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Rousche, University of Illinois-Chicago; Michael Cho, University of Illinois-Chicago; Yang Dai, University of Illinois-Chicago; Hui Lu, University of Illinois-Chicago; J Hetling, University of Illinois-Chicago; jie liang, University of Illinois-Chicago; Susan McCormick, University of Illinois-Chicago; David Schneeweis, University of Illinois-Chicago; Richard Magin, University of Illinois-Chicago

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

industryfacilities. In camp year one (CY1), senior students were targeted. In CY2 and CY3,sophomores and juniors were targeted. Each day began with a special-topics lecture in amixed student/teacher setting. Lectures were typically followed by group tours of universityor commercial medical/bioengineering facilities. A group lunch for all participants includingthe camp faculty was provided each day. Mid-week, a separate lunch was arranged for thehigh school teachers and university faculty alone. In CY1 , students were assigned to a singlelaboratory to complete a project (a vote was used to try and match students to their preferredlaboratory). In CY2 and CY3, students rotated throughout the laboratories in small workinggroups of 4-8 students. Teachers were

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Parten, Texas Tech University

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Computers in Education

a new system to meet this need forBEST has become a project for the TTU ECE second project Laboratory.II Project LaboratoriesThe laboratory structure in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at TexasTech University is somewhat different than most university laboratories [1-10]. There arefive, 3-hour credit required laboratory classes. Although all of the laboratories have pre-requisites, they are not associated with any one class. All of the laboratories requirestudents to work in teams on long term projects. The student teams each have a projectadvisor, separate from the lab instructor and teaching assistant associated with each labclass and section. All of the teams report on their progress and answer questions on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenshen Pong; Tim Le, San Francisco State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

/EX Structural Engineering Teaching Laboratory, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1994).7. Issa, R.R., Cox, R.F., and Killingsworth, C.F., Impact of Multimedia-based Instruction on Learning and Retention, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 4, 281-290 (Oct. 1999).8. Stahl, D.C. and DeViries, R.A., Structural Engineering Workshop; a curriculum of real and virtual experiments, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1526 (2000).9. Stahl, D.C., Capano, C., McGeen, M., Hassler, J.M., and Groser, L., Implementation of Project Specific Web Sites in a Capstone Design Course, 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1606 (1999

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

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Instrumentation

grant on designing remote laser laboratory for teaching techniciansDon Engelberg, Queensborough Community College Don Engelberg is a Professor of Physics at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. His research interests include nuclear physics, laser physics, and education. He was awarded several NSF grants and is currently serving as PI on a NSF grant in laser physics education.Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College Alex Flamholz is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. His research interests include bio-physics, electronics, and education. He worked in photonics research and

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Pankaj Sen, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

offer power engineeringcurriculum at the undergraduate level, commonly use computer aided simulation techniques toenhance laboratory teaching. The use of a computer aided simulation package like PowerWorldis very effective at helping students learn the complex processes involved in power systemplanning. PowerWorld Simulator is a powerful visualization tool; the animation capabilities helpthe students understand the complexity of the power-flow problem.Students, in general, lose interest in a course that focuses entirely on computer simulationtechniques and computer software. Consequently at CSM, we have taken a very differentapproach to developing our Advanced Energy Systems Laboratory. A special feature of ouradvanced laboratory is the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

ClassroomAbstractThis paper will describe recent innovations in the Fluid Mechanics course (CE3300) at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Platteville. The innovations include learning activities and feedbackmechanisms. Specifically, the innovations are: “Challenge Problems”; in-class “physicalmodels”; a “Create-A-Lab” exercise; and an effective grading rubric for laboratory reports.Significant Learning ExperiencesIn “Creating Significant Learning Experiences” (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003) by L. Dee Fink,guidelines are provided to help instructors create significant learning experiences for theirstudents. The basis of Fink’s model is the concept of “integrated course design.” In anintegrated course, the Learning Goals, Teaching and Learning Activities, and Feedback

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

capacitor are explained. Thisknowledge is then applied to analysis of first order RC circuits. Equations for capacitor chargingand discharging are derived using the circuit laws introduced in the previous chapter. Thesolution to the differential equation is given and verified without teaching the techniques used tosolve differential equations. Similar to the first chapter, the primary objective of this chapter isto emphasize the fundamental concepts such as understanding of the RC time constant asopposed to analysis of complex RC circuits, which are covered in the next course on circuits.In the laboratory, the students use the same experiment box used in the previous experiment.The experiment begins with measurements performed on a simple, first

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-130: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARYMANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAMFrank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla Dr. Frank Liou is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). He currently serves as the Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Program at UMR. His teaching and research interests include CAD/CAM, nano-technology, rapid prototyping, and rapid manufacturing. He has published over 100 technical papers and has research grants and contracts over $7M. Page 11.384.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Michael Miller, Michigan Technological University; Kirk Opella, Michigan Technological University; Julia King, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Chris Green, Michigan Technological University; Geoff Gwaltney, Michigan Technological University; Scott Bradley, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

MichiganTechnological University (MTU). A particular emphasis will be placed on themultidisciplinary education of chemical engineering undergraduate students in alternativeenergy. Experiences can involve enrollment in an interdisciplinary design project, anelective fuel cell course, a hydrogen fuel cell “electrochemical engineering” laboratory,or performing basic or applied research with university faculty and staff. Teaching andmentoring opportunities are also available to doctoral students.The major aspect of the experience is the Alternative Fuels and Fuel Cell Enterprise(AFE). This is a multidisciplinary, research-oriented undergraduate research projectwhich is run as a business with student management and faculty / staff oversight. Thestudents are

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider, University of Texas-Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Kendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas

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Nuclear and Radiological

as part of their mission to prevent and track such events. In the 1990’sthe Department of Energy set up the Radiochemistry Research Award Program (REAP)to help universities develop more active educational and research opportunities in a widevariety of areas. In August 2005, the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program at theUniversity of Texas received its second three-year REAP grant largely due to the successof both traditional radiochemistry and more advanced nuclear chemistry teaching andresearch. Increased interactions with national laboratories, placement of students inradiochemistry careers, and significant pedagogical improvements all contributed to thesecond REAP award.Educational ActivitiesThe cornerstone of the educational

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, Ohio Northern University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

handsketching process and its role in early stages of the design and development process.Industrial Design examples were presented in this stage informed the student about theaesthetics and human factors on use and ergonomics of products.Figure 2. Preparing for the Concept DevelopmentParticipant body as a whole was asked to brainstorm on developing and marketing a toythat will teach toddlers. This activity allowed them to understand the importance ofideation and concept development. After this activity, the students were asked to designindividual mechatronic toys or robots. The initial theme was designing hybrid beings orhybrids of beings and inanimate objects. They started with brainstorming generatingdesign briefs on how their toys will appear and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

) is ready for the thirdphase in its Learning Spiral. This third phase, Application, takes place in the laboratory(or field). In this phase, the students are asked to put the Theory to use. By doing so,students will better understand How? An effective strategy to use in this phase isproblem-based learning. Laboratories serve this role well. Students work on thelaboratories in groups of 3-4 to elevate mastery through cooperative learning where thestudents are essentially teaching each other. Typical laboratory topics are presented inTable 2. The laboratory experiences are designed with the data analysis technique inmind. Datasets appropriate for application of the companion statistical topic must becollected, for example. Each laboratory

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qian Du, Mississippi State University; Judy Schneider, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) facultyto improve the teaching and learning effectiveness in ECE3183. The ME department wasselected because they provide the largest student population to ECE3183 (40% of the class).Based on the experience and lessons learned from this initial effort, this concept will be extendedto other departments in the near future.II. Current ECE3183 at MSUECE3183 at MSU consists of three hours of lecture with no supporting laboratory. The loss of atraditionally dedicated laboratory results from the reduction in credit hours to obtain abaccalaureate degree in the various engineering disciplines. Student population in ECE3183includes, approximately, 40% Mechanical Engineering, 30% Chemical Engineering, 10%Aerospace Engineering, 10% Civil Engineering, and 10

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for Reform in Teaching in Engineering and Technology: With a Focus on Prospective Elementary Teachers; in Research in Science Education: Reform in Undergraduate Science Teaching for the 21st Century; D.W. Sunal, E.L. Wright, & J. Bland (Eds.); Information Age Publishing Inc., Greenwich, CT, to be published spring 2004, ISBN 1-930608-85-3.10. Jordan, W., Elmore, B., Introducing Materials Science and Chemistry to the K-12 Community, presented at Session 2364, 2003 A. S. E. E. Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, June, 2003.11. Jordan, W., D. Silver, and B. B. Elmore; Using Laboratories to Teach Engineering Skills to Future Teachers, presented at the Summer ASEE national meeting, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001, CD-based proceedings

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Cleary, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

physically observe thetypes of failures in reinforced concrete that were being studied in the course. The testing was toprovide hands-on experience with the failures to supplement the reading and lecture material.This provided an opportunity for alternative patterns of teaching and learning. The physicaltesting is especially valuable in providing opportunities for visual vs. verbal, inductive vs.deductive, and active vs. reflective learning – patterns that may be less emphasized in atraditional lecture format9, 10.Specific goals include: • Students are able to classify service and failure load behavior in reinforced concrete beams based on observed and recorded data • Students are able to collect and analyze of laboratory data

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qingli Dai, Michigan Technological University; Zhanping You, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

numericalproblems and generate charts and graphs using MATLAB. This course is designed to givestudents opportunities for hands-on practice through the lab work and project studies. The authoralso instructed senior students to use MATLAB for experimental data analysis in course MEEN4131 (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory). In this paper, these successful teaching experiencesare summarized and some additional suggestion is also addressed.IntroductionMATLAB has been largely used in many engineering schools, because it provides a friendlyinteractive system that incorporates numeric computation, symbolic computation, and scientificvisualization [1-2, 4-10]. Authors taught a sophomore course to help the students apply theMALAB tool for engineering problem

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, reviews assessment data for eachelement, and offers recommendations to engineering schools wishing to establish their ownprograms for new and future faculty members.I. IntroductionThe default preparation for a faculty career is none at all. Graduate students may get sometraining on tutoring, grading papers, the importance of laboratory safety, and the undesirability ofsexual harassment, and new faculty members may hear about their benefit options, theimportance of laboratory safety, and the undesirability of sexual harassment, but that’s about itfor academic career preparation at most universities. This is an unhealthy state of affairs. Being a college professor requires doing a numberof things that graduate school does not teach you to do

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso

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Mechanical Engineering

integrity of a concurrent lab, a semester project wasintroduced in the class period. For the most part, the project seems to help in the class butassessment results are mixed but tend to show that the students still want (and probably need) thehands on component of a laboratory. Once the materials are decoupled however and the projectis used in the class, it may indeed be possible to dedicate the laboratory to issues of interfacingsensors and actuators rather than trying to teach control design and/or analysis principles. Based on the tentative assessment results, it appears that the control class has benefited fromthe use of a semester long project integrated into the class “lecture” materials. The integrationcauses students to test theory

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Learning and Education,”“Course Curriculum, and Laboratory Innovation12-13.” This is “educational scholarship”at its core. It is just as rigorous as traditional research in Topic X, Y, A, or B, although itmay be a good idea to talk with your Department Chair or Dean before submitting one ofthese proposals.Tip #2: Teach to Your Strengths, then to Your Goals – When you start your facultycareer, you are an expert in Topic X and have a broad view of your discipline as a whole.However, as research continues to add increasing depth, it may be very difficult for a newfaculty member to teach certain courses. Go through your department curriculum andplan out what courses you would like to teach and which you would like to avoid.The author was fortunate to

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jason Blough, Michigan Technological University; Henry Sodano, Michigan Technological University; Harold Evensen, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Avitabile, P., Goodman, C., Hodgkins, J., Wirkkala, N., Van Zandt, T., StHilaire, G., Johnson, T., "Dynamic Systems Teaching Enhancement Using a Laboratory Based Hands On Project", Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Paper 2004 – 6085. Van Karsen, C.D., Zenner, P.F., “Experiential Engineers:Developing an Integrated Mechanical Engineering Laboratory”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Page 11.722.10

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

package thatallows data collection and control systems to be constructed very quickly for industrial applica-tions. Unfortunately the high cost of the system (> $2000) made it unsuitable for laboratory envi-ronments where students commonly damage the DAQ boards. Moreover, the software hides manyof the implementation details which is very convenient for professionals, but makes it very diffi-cult to teach the fundamentals. Based upon these observations the use of LabVIEW was reduced(not eliminated).In 2003 we began to use Axiom development boards5 based upon the Motorola 68HC11. Theseboards have a price of $89 and allowed students to program systems in C. This shift was very suc-cessful and allowed students to implement control systems that

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youssef Allam, Ohio State University; David Tomasko, Ohio State University; John Merrill, Ohio State University; Bruce Trott, Ohio State University; Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; Paul Clingan, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

first-yearengineering curriculum. The lab project was piloted during Winter and Spring Quarters of 2004,with one section offered in each quarter for a total of 127 students then expanded to 3 sections in2005 with an enrollment of 190 students. This alternate project is currently being revised andwill be fully integrated into the program by Winter and Spring of 2006. In addition, an honorsversion of the project was offered in Spring 2005 to a single section of 32 students. A revisedhonors version will also be offered in Spring 2006. A three-pronged approach was employed indeveloping the project involving on-campus nanotechnology research laboratory tours hosted byfaculty and researchers, nanotechnology teaching modules, and hands-on lab