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Benjamin D. McPheron; Devin J. Goodrich; Michael Q. Mullinix

Mechanical,Electrical or Mechatronics Engineering. Unfortunately, outfitting a laboratory with PLC systemsfor a few lab experiences is resource intensive and thus infeasible for many smaller engineeringprograms. In the area of industrial control, a single training station may cost upwards of $8000or more. This motivates the development of low-cost laboratory experiences for teachingindustrial control topics.This paper details the development of lab apparatuses and lab documentation for severallow-cost PLC labs for an undergraduate control systems course. To assess the efficacy of theselabs, pre- and post- quizzes were used. In addition, students were surveyed to self-assess theirunderstanding of and comfort with industrial control concepts. Initial

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Julie Mendez

-determined “bundles” of assignments [18].The last several years have seen an increase in the use of specifications grading in highereducation courses in STEM, including examples in chemistry [19], biology [20], physics [21],mathematics [22], first-year engineering [23], [24], engineering computer applications [25],engineering mechanics [26], thermodynamics [27], fluid mechanics [28], biomedical engineeringstatistics [24], a chemical engineering laboratory [29], a biomedical engineering elective course[30], and capstone design [24].This paper will describe the implementation of specifications grading in two offerings of anundergraduate fluid mechanics course, one with lecture and laboratory components and a lecture-only course the following year

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Thomas J. Dobrowski

acorresponding 7.9 percentage point increase (10.3% increase) for the homework. CEMT 33100 - Properties and Behavior of SoilsCourse Descriptions - Identification and properties of soils with emphasis on laboratory and fieldtesting. Behavior of soils relating to design and construction of structures and highways.Let me start by saying that the Exam I is, statistically, the hardest exam that the author gives(followed closely by Exam 1 of Strength of Materials). Over the twenty plus years that theauthor has taught this course, he has tried everything. More homework, less homework, threelong problems on the exam, 7 short problems, running the lectures straight through, breaking thelectures up with a laboratory. Nothing has helped

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Purno Ghosh; Frances Harackiewicz; Omer Elsanusi

. Incandescent LED Figure 4: Pictures of heat dissipation from different lightbulbs.Survey resultsThis laboratory was tested in an introduction to electromagnetic fields course required for electricalengineering students. These students would typically have had a course in electric circuits and beable to understand the schematic diagram of figure 3. Students of other engineering courses suchas thermodynamics may find it useful as well. A survey was taken among undergraduate studentsin the introduction to electromagnetics course. The goal of the survey was to usefulness of thedemo in the student's learning process. The total number of participants from three consecutivesemesters was 38. Students were

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Ryan Fries; Chaya Gopalan; Ravali Vennu

– Advantages and Challenges," in ASEE Annual Conferenace & Exposition, Atlanta, GA, 2013. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings[39] J.-M. I. Maarek and B. Kay, "Assessment of performance and student feedback in the flipped classroom," in ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Seattle, WA, 2015.[40] S. Luster-Teasley, S. C. Hargrove-Leak and C. Waters, "Transforming undergraduate environmental engineering laboratories for sustainable engineering using the case studies in the sciences instructional method," in Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.[41] S. C. Chetcuti, J. T. Hans