Conference Session

How We Tackled the Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ashley J. Earle, York College of Pennsylvania; Alison R. Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

artsinstitution with four-year engineering and computer science programs that include three co-operative (co-op) experiences (for the engineering students) or an internship (for the computerscience students). Our engineering and computer science student population is approximately90% male, 85% white, and 38% of our students are commuters. Because of this, demographicdata beyond major and course year was not collected as it would have prevented the anonymityof our student’s responses. Beginning with the summer following sophomore year, theengineering curriculum will alternate a full-time co-op with a semester of full-time coursework;ending senior year with consecutive spring and summer semesters of full-time courses,graduating in August. As a result, we

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susantha Herath, St. Cloud State University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University ; Suvineetha Herath

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

areas compared to biological sciences and physical sciences.Minnesota has a large number of academically-talented and financially-needy students. In 2008,only 6.9% of bachelor’s degrees awarded in Minnesota were in STEM according to theMinnesota Office of Higher Education. The financial burden is a significant obstacle for studentsconfronting a challenging curriculum that needs more time commitment.Saint Cloud State University (SCSU) is the second largest in the system of public MinnesotaState Colleges and Universities (MN State). SCSU’s mission is to prepare students for life, workand citizenship in the twenty-first century to positively transform students and the communitiesthrough the discovery, applied knowledge, and creative interaction

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

deliverchallenging and technically relevant capstone design courses.Finding relevant industrial power systems design and energy management projects is particularlyimportant for two reasons. In the past fifteen years, the electric power industry underwent aneconomic restructuring that reduced the number of employed engineers. Engineering schools de-emphasized or eliminated power systems curriculum in response to reduced industrial demand.The electric power industry now faces an aging engineering workforce with a large number ofindividuals near retirement.5 The current electric power engineering workforce must transferpractical knowledge to students and novice engineers before leaving the workforce so that thepower grid can grow reliably.Volatile electricity

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Peter Rogers; Clinton Martin

instructional delivery with traditional one-on-one classroominstruction. Whereas the online content provides students with information in a manner that isflexible in time, place, and pace, the classroom element provides them with an opportunity to getinstructor guidance, collaborate with peers, practice applying concepts, and exploring topics ingreater detail. The online and classroom portions are blended through their integrated andsynergistic nature.This paper summarizes the results of a project in which a “blended learning” model was used fortwo different required courses (taught by two different faculty) within the Constructiondepartment. One course was a sophomore level “Introduction to Structures” course and the otherwas a senior level course in

Conference Session

Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julianna Sun Ge, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to understand cognitive and noncognitive factors related to success for undergraduate engineering students. Prior to Purdue, she received dual bachelor’s degrees in Industrial Engineering and Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her prior work experiences include product management, consulting, tutoring, marketing, and information technology.Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014. He has been teaching mechanics for over 20 years, and has worked extensively on the integration and assessment of specific

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 3 Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Sarah Trainer, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Jean M. Jacoby, Seattle University; Jodi O'Brien, Seattle University

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

institutional policies (or lack thereof), professional and personal networks, interactionswith colleagues and students, and articulated (or not) expectations all combine to createparticular climates and experiences for faculty at institutions of higher education throughout theUnited States in 2020. Those show gendered and race-based patterns. Many of the activities thatare integral to the reputation and function of an organization are often performed by women andfaculty of color. These activities, especially administrative and curriculum-based ones, tend torequire time and expertise but are not typically rewarded in traditional academic promotionstructures [1, 33, 6, 34, 31, 35]. In fact, research indicates that women faculty overwhelminglyare tasked

Conference Session

Best Paper, Best Diversity Paper

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeroen Pruyn, Delft University of Technology; Edwin van Hassel, University of Antwerp

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Ocean and Marine

,before committing to a new game design, the Consistent Maritime Macro to Micro Economic(C3ME model) was developed to create a realistic and balanced data set from macroeconomiclevel down to freight rates and cargo movements. This would support both a simplification of thecontext while maintaining realistic relations [23, 24]. The output of this model forms thefoundation on which the current game was developed.Figure 1: Timeline of the maritime business game developmentThe current game is provided in different programmes in slightly different forms. In allprogrammes, the Maritime Business Game performs an integrating role [23]. In most cases at theend of a set of supporting courses, but in two cases it is provided at the start to provide a frame

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Technology; Robert C. Decker, Mohawk Valley Community College

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Engineering Technology

AFM at both the institutionshelped improve our engineering technology curriculums. It also helped to enhance students’understanding of nanoscale phenomena and teaching effectiveness of the instructors. Theauthor’s participation in various conferences/workshops organized by NSF-ATE centers helpedin the professional development and development of instructional material. The use of remoteaccess of AFM by the students was an important resource in helping them understand theconcept of scanning probe microscopy as applied to visualization of nanoscale components. Theauthors’ participation in manufacturer’s webinars, and workshops was instrumental in selectingthe AFMs at both the institutions.In our investigation it was found that there are a number

Conference Session

Visualization tools, modeling abilities and grading models

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Alister Fraser, Parametric Technology Corp.

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Education,pp. 132-138, 2004.13 Elrod, D. & Stewart, M. D. (2004). Assessing student work in engineering graphics and visualization course.Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Salt LakeCity, Utah, June 20-23, 2004.14 Baxter, D. (2002), Evaluating Student Performance in a Freshman Graphics Course to Provide Early Interventionfor Students with Visualization and/or Design Intent Difficulties, ASEE Annual Conference, 2002.15 Branoff, T., E. Wiebe and N. Hartman (2003). Integrating Constraint-Based CAD into an IntroductoryEngineering Graphics Course: Activities and Grading Strategies. ASEE Annual Conference 2003.16 Wiebe, E., T. Branoff, and N. Hartman (2003). Dynamic Modeling with Constraint

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Akcali, University of Florida; Saron Getachew Belay; Elayne Colón, University of Florida; Jade Williams

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

curricula to make education more all-inclusive and effective is too important to ignore [1].To enhance imaginative and creative thinking skills of undergraduate students in industrial andsystems engineering, poetry-writing assignments were incorporated into a required upper-levelcourse that focused on the modeling and analysis of inventory and supply chain systems in alarge public university’s industrial and systems engineering curriculum [4]. An assessment ofstudent perceptions of these assignments revealed that poetry writing not only provided thestudents with an opportunity to practice their imaginative and creative thinking skills as expectedbut strengthened their conceptual understanding of the technical material as well [5]. To this end

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Laboratory Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Sahar Tariq, Northeastern University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

0.46-0.48: ‘describe calculation methods’, ‘estimate uncertainties in results’, and ‘explain routine data processing such as calibration corrections’. Weak positive correlations were seen with ‘justifying adjustments or corrections’ and ‘examining data for consistency’. An interesting result is that there was almost no effect for the behaviors ‘anticipate results from theory’ and ‘compare data to previous work or literature’. This may point to either a weakness in the curriculum in reinforcing these behaviors, or a lack of maturity and understanding on the part of the students at this point in their academic careers. One lab that stands out is Lab 6. This had a very low positive correlation for the total number

Conference Session

Knowing Ourselves: Research on Engineering Education Researchers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hanjun Xian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phillip C. Wankat, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1873: UNDERSTANDING THE ENGINEERING EDUCATION RE-SEARCH PROBLEM SPACE USING INTERACTIVE KNOWLEDGE NET-WORKSKrishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Krishna P.C. Madhavan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is also a member of the Education Research Team of the NSF-funded Network for Com- putational Nanotechnology (nanoHUB.org). Prior to his arrival at Purdue, he was an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the School of Computing and the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Dr. Madhavan also served as a Research Scientist at the Rosen Cen- ter for Advanced Computing, Information Technology at

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Biomedical

engineering student to find the functions thatmost apply to their course and hence a better organization is needed to help teach and understandconcepts. In this paper, we will explore a new Startup kit that has been developed to address thisconcern. We will explore the current environment and the areas that can be improved upon andpresent the free biomedical startup kit and discuss the pros and cons of this approach1. INTRODUCTIONBiomedical Engineering education has evolved significantly in the recent years to encompassadvanced areas from the life sciences, as well as electrical and mechanical engineering such asadvanced signal and image processing, data acquisition and instrumentation. With the inclusionof such areas in the curriculum comes the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Tappan, Eastern Washington University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Paper ID #17110Experiencing Real-world Multidisciplinary Software Systems Engineering throughAircraft Carrier SimulationProf. Dan Tappan, Eastern Washington University Dan Tappan is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Eastern Washington University. He has been a professor of computer science and engineering for 11 years, before which he spent a decade in the defense industry as a software and systems engineer, mostly involved in the modeling and simulation of weapon systems. His main research areas are software and hardware systems engineering, especially for aviation and military applications with embedded

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University; Philip Bell, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Bayta Maring, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University

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Educational Research and Methods

concentrated on understanding design knowing and learning (particularly iterative cycles in design), multidisciplinary thinking, building capacity in engineering education research, and strategies for connecting research and practice.Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington Cheryl Allendoerfer is a research scientist at the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education at the University of Washington. She holds an MA in cultural anthropology and a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research areas include ethnic identity construction, second language acquisition, and qualitative studies of engineering education.Philip Bell, University of

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Anderton, Middle Tennessee State University; Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

project management. Thedepartment’s concern for safety is very legitimate in today’s litigious society, as liability wouldbegin with them. Neither the students nor the Engineering Technology department would wantto shut down any of the projects, but that would likely be the result if there was a significantaccident. This paper, therefore, is an attempt to discuss the problem of safety as related tostudent-led engineering projects and propose a plan that addresses the areas of concern.The Engineering Technology department takes pride in the amount of hands-on learning itsstudents receive as a part of the curriculum. Extensions of this hands-on learning environmentare the student-led engineering projects. Student teams design, build, and race

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mase

(formerlyGMI Engineering & Management Institute), various software and data files are also availablefrom the author (tmase@kettering.edu). It is hoped that this information will allow the project tobe used at other institutions promoting engineering design using advanced CAE tools such asLS-DYNA.Several engineering topics are used in this virtual golf ball laboratory, or golf ball V-lab, whichis delivered from the course web site2 (Fig. 1). These topics range from freshman to senior levelsubjects. In spite of this span over the curriculum, the V-lab is meant to be able to work well Page 4.45.1with freshman in an introductory engineering course or

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 5

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mercy Folashade Fash, North Carolina A&T State University; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

academic excellence and contributions to research have been recognized through several prestigious awards. In 2022, she was honored with both the CoST Graduate Rising Scholar Award and the NC A&T Graduate Rising Scholar Award. These accolades highlight her outstanding scholarly achievements and her commitment to advancing knowledge in her field. In 2024, Mercy’s dedication to education and her exemplary performance as an instructor were acknowledged when she received the Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. This award underscores her effectiveness as an educator and her ability to inspire and mentor students. In addition to her academic and teaching roles, Mercy has significantly contributed to the broader

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Vipin Kumar; Scott Grove; Rajendra K. Bordia; John E. Weller

in Table 3. When considering the other benefits this lab brings to the course and theentire curriculum, we believe they far outweigh any negative effects from any science content that mayhave been lost.Future DevelopmentsAfter improving the labs for four quarters, we feel that some topics that were covered in the original labsare still missing. These include a welding demonstration, and a sheet metal forming lab. Although theseprocesses could be integrated into the Stirling engine project, they would probably be best coveredseparately. To show these processes would require shortening of the Stirling engine project. In Page

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

imperative that there is buy-in throughout the organization for a successful marketing plan tobe implemented.13Librarians have been implementing marketing approaches in increasingly systematic ways. Inrecent years, several libraries have attempted to integrate marketing into library work flows.Hallmark Kennedy et al. provided a brief overview of the development and implementation of amarketing plan in an academic library. The resulting plan included a separate budget of $10,000to carry out activities to market the library.7 Conley and Tucker described the process of creatinga marketing plan beginning from a strategic plan and presented tools that may be helpful to thepractice of marketing in an academic library.8Other libraries have approached

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 2: Postcard Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Davor Copic, United States Coast Guard Academy; Nathan Barnes, United States Coast Guard Academy; Joshua Pennington, United States Coast Guard Academy; Alexandria Bass; Joseph Camean, United States Coast Guard Academy; Richard Freeman, United States Coast Guard Academy

prototypical design for each vessel type was discussed briefly and evaluated in agroup setting to provide additional insight into specific design and performance aspects.In 2015, the Prospective Commanding Officer and Prospective Executive Officer School (PCO/PXO),required for Coast Guard officers and enlisted members who are selected to fill high responsibility afloatpositions (ranging in military paygrade up to E-6 or O-6), integrated a modified version of the above-described boat build exercise into its course curriculum. The boat design and build exercise was deemedappropriate due to its inherent review of stability fundamentals. The exercise has since been embraced bythe faculty as well as the PCO/PXO students and remains a popular module within

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Technical Session 6: Online, Remote, and VIrtual Labs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Vinicius do Rego Dias

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Paper ID #39226A Framework for the Development of Online Virtual Labs for EngineeringEducationDr. Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educac¸a˜ o, Ciˆencia e Tecnologia da Bahia Genisson Silva Coutinho is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials at the Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Brazil. Genisson earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. His specialties are engineering education research, ed- ucational innovation, laboratory education, product design and development, finite element analysis, ex- perimental stress analysis, product

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Randall L. Kolar; David A. Sabatini

course paradigm described herein isa step in this direction. By using an unstructured, project-driven, interdisciplinary team setting,we are developing the students' oral and written communication skills, preparing them to work ingroups, and teaching them how to teach themselves. By centering the pedagogical steps around"real-world" projects, we are developing valuable technical skills as well. We feel that thismethodology is an important contribution to re-engineering the engineering curriculum, both atOU and beyond.BIBLIOGRAPHY1. C. C. Bonwell and J. A. Eison, "Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom," 1991 ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 1, The George Washington University, School of Education and Human

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence L Geyer, Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Loendorf, W. R., 2012: “Using Stories to Promote Technological Literacy,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 10-13, 2012.11. Loendorf, W. R., & Geyer, T. (2008). Bridging the Historical Technological Gap Between the Past and the Present in Engineering Technology Curriculum. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 22-25, 2008.12. Loendorf, W. R., & Geyer, T. (2009). Integrating Historical Technologies and their Impact on Society into Today’s Engineering Curriculum, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Austin, Texas, June 14-17

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Yogi Goswami

and energy-efficient house construction.North Carolina Solar http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/edu/eduprog.htm Offers teachers an energy curriculum package "Energy, High SchoolCenter Email: ncsun@ncsu.edu Technology and Society," wide range of concepts and are interdisciplinary easily used in science, ecology/environment or social studies curricula.University of http://www.ecs.umass.edu/mie Courses in solar energy and wind energy conversion. Students

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Forance Barry, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alfred A. Donatelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

nanolithography and supported the development of a high-throughput, integrated monolith catalyst reactor system, the Monolith Loop Reactor. I spent the next three years in CSTC as the Project Leader for the High Refractive Index Fluids for 193nm Lithography Program where I was responsible for invention, implementation, and support of advanced immersion fluids for 193nm Immersion Lithography. I also lead and coordinated the Stage Gate of this program, including the development and feasibility efforts between Electronics R&D, Corporate R&D and Electronics Business Development team members. In 2006, I was awarded an International Network of Emerging Science & Technology (INEST) Fellowship from Phillip Morris USA

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles T. Jahren

(1996). “Consensus! Students Need More Management Education,” Jounalof Manament in Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 12, No. 6. pp. 17-29.2. Eschenbach, T. G. and J. W. Ra. (1997). “Shift from Lecture/Exam Paradigm in EngineeringManagement Education,” Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 42-49.3. Lamancusa, J. S., Jorgensen, J. E. and Zayas-Castro, J. L. (1997) “The Learning Factory—A NewApproach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum,” Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, 103-112.4. Sullivan, F. J., and R. Baren, (1998) “Simulating the Workplace in an Engineering Technology Course:A Rhetorical Model,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp.279-284.5. “Engineering Criteria

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Soda

) basedamplifier is one of eight executed in our two semester required course sequence inelectronics. Laboratory exercises are integrated with lecture and classroom exerciseswith the same faculty member responsible for both forms of instruction. Laboratoryexercises throughout our curriculum follow a cycle of theoretical analysis or designfollowed by computer based simulation which are subsequently compared with hardwarecircuit performance. The first course in the electronics sequence, Electronics I ( El Engr321 ), covers semiconductor physics and the theory of operation of the junction diode,bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor(MOSFET). Circuits involving small numbers of these active devices are used

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where she earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering, in 1988. In 1991 she was awarded the Master of Engineering degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998. She is the recipient

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Perry Li; David Waletzko; William Durfee

Session 1526 At-Home System and Controls Laboratories William Durfee, Perry Li, David Waletzko Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of MinnesotaAbstractWe are piloting the concept of distributed laboratories in the form of kits that students take homeand work on much like a problem set. The kits have an embedded microcontroller andcommunicate to the student’s home PC over a serial port. The home PC provides the neededcomputational horsepower for experiment control, data collection, data analysis and reporting.The microcontroller handles real-time control tasks. Two kits have been developed