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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo

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robotics course is a senior-level design-basedcourse dealing with robotic topics such as robotic kinematics, dynamics, robot controls andsensors. It is intended to enable students to design, control, and maintain robots and robotic-based systems. One of the course outcomes is to enable students to design and implement smallrobotics projects using laboratory robots, sensors and interfaces. This outcome is in line with theABET Criterion 3, student outcomes a, b, c, d, e, g, and k 14. The robotics laboratory curriculumincludes hands-on experiences where students design, build, and control various robots.Programming of industrial robots is accomplished with industrial grade robots extensively usedin automation for material handling applications. In

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto; Jason Kereluk, University of Toronto

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] −V (2)where V̂1, V ̂2 and V ̂3 are the unit vectors for the preceding z-axis, the current x-axis, and the nextz-axis respectively. Next, the scalar c is found in (3). Page 23.97.8 a [b] = [V]−1 [P3 − P1 ] (3) cThe point that describes the x axis is then computed in (4) ̂3 P2 = P3 + cV (4)where P3is the

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 137-149, May 20113. Yao, J. and Limberis, L., “A project-driven approach to teaching controls in a general engineering program,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 20084. Ahmed, B. and Alsaleh, K., “Robotics: its effectiveness as a tool to teach engineering design and computer programming,” Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pp. 1018-1021, 20115. Dym, C. L., et al., “Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning,” Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 103-120, Jan. 20056. Denayer, I., Thaels, K., Vander Sloten, J., and Gobin, R., “Teaching a structured approach to design process for undergraduate

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A Beardsley PE, Central Washington University

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Page 23.1287.10the R134a experiment was a good exercise in analyzing the energy balance of a thermodynamicprocess. Survey Statement Score / Standard Deviation A. Lab 1: Finding the cost of electricity for lighting and a shower was a good 4.58 / 0.51 way to practice energy conversion calculations B. Lab 1: Calculating the cost of a shower is not relevant to engineering 1.79 / 0.85 thermodynamics C. Lab 2: Measuring the outputs of the thermocouple & RTD at different 4.21 / 0.63 temperatures gave me a better understanding of how temperature sensors work D. Lab 3: Using the dead weight tester with the pressure gauge and electronic 4.21 / 0.79

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University

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least 15 years old, with some dating back as far as 1986 in essentially thesame form. In Fall 2010 the course was taken over by instructor B, but otherwise retained thesame format, lab experiments, and project.It was clear at the end of Fall 2010 that the lab handouts were extremely dated and confusingto the students. For example, the handouts instructed students to bring a floppy disk to lab,despite the fact that this technology is clearly out of date and no longer used. Because of thisand in response to student feedback, instructor B kept the same lab experiments for Spring2011, but completely rewrote and updated the lab handouts in order to clarify objectives andanalysis questions. Instructor B also increased the number of active lecture

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Paper ID #7647BYOE: Mobile Experiment for Signals and Systems - Analysis of a GuitarStringDr. Bonnie Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology Bonnie Ferri is a Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. She received her BS in EE from Notre Dame, her MS in MAE from Princeton, and her PhD in EE from Georgia Tech. She spent two years working for Honeywell, Inc. as a controls engineer. She has spent 10 years working on hands-on education and has won several awards including the Harriet B. Rigas Award from the IEEE Education Society.Dr. Aldo A

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew G Feemster, U.S. Naval Academy

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    s s approximately 30  deg  . separate speed control loop implemented on the vehicle. Table 1: Model parameter values for the Traxxas EMaxx vehicle  The students are then required to design a controller to achieve the following control objectives: a) Closed-loop stability. b) Steady state error is zero for a step heading reference command of  ref  90 . c) The vehicle must exhibit a settling time of approximately Ts  5.0  sec  and an overshoot of approximately %OS  2% for a step heading reference command of  ref  90 . d) The control algorithm must not request more

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Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison L. Sieving, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Marcia Pool, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Trisha Eustaquio, Purdue University; Rajtarun Madangopal, Purdue University; Alyssa Panitch PhD; Kate Stuart, Purdue University; Ann E Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Scott Alan Jewett

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410200008000042143 from the NationalInstitute of Health and Grant Number 52006937 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.References:[1] R. F. Gunstone, "Reconstructing theory from practical experience," in Practical Science, B. Woolnough, Ed., ed: Open University, 1991, pp. 67-77.[2] P. A. Kirschner, "The laboratory in higher science education, problems, premises, and objectives," Higher Education, vol. 17, pp. 81-90, 1988.[3] T. Litzinger, L. R. Lattuca, R. Hadgraft, and W. Newstetter, "Engineering Education and the Development of Expertise,"Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 100, Issue 1, pp. 123-150, 2011.[4] W. C. Newstetter, E. Behravesh, N. J. Nersessian, and B. B. Fasse, "Design principles for problem-driven

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech

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Transforming Undergraduate Education inSTEM Award NSF DUE-1226114, 1226087, 1226065 and 1226011. Photographs in Figure 2were taken by Mr. John McCormick (Virginia Tech).References1. B. Ferri, S. Ahmed, J. Michaels, E. Dean, C. Garvet, S. Shearman, "Signal Processing Experiments With LEGOMINDSTORMS NXT Kit for Use in Signals and Systems Courses," Proceedings of the American ControlConference, St. Louis, June 2009, pp. 3787-3792.2. G. Droge, B. Ferri, and O. Chiu, “Distributed Laboratories: Control System Experiments with LabVIEW and theLEGO NXT Platform,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, June 2012.3. B. Ferri, J. Auerbach, “A Portable Finite State Machine Module Experiment for In-Class Use in Lecture-BasedCourse, ASEE Annual

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Avik Dayal, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; A. A. (Louis) Beex, Virginia Tech

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. from the University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign under the direction of Prof. Nick Holonyak, Jr. Her areas of research include design of optoelectronic materials, devices, and systems; optical spectroscopy; high heat load packaging; and electrical engineering pedagogy.Dr. A. A. (Louis) Beex, Virginia Tech A. A. (Louis) Beex received the ”Ingenieur” degree from Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 1974, and the Ph.D. degree from Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, in 1979; both in Electrical Engineering. His research interests lie in stochastic, digital, and adaptive signal pro- cessing, including algorithm analysis and design for applications involving acoustic, wireless, speech, and

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Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R Veazie P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University

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A B C CathodeFigure 3. (Left) A Si wafer containing five electrodeposited Ni80-Fe20 test specimens; and (Right) an actual Ni80-Fe20 test specimen (top) with schematic drawing (bottom) of a reference ASTM dog-bone shape Ni80-Fe20 test specimen depicting dimensions (in millimeters).Mechanical Properties and TestingIn this study, electrodeposited Ni80Fe20 test specimens were fabricated for mechanical, magnetic,and composition testing. Sharpe7 states that tensile tests have the advantage of uniform stress andstrain fields, which is why they are used to determine mechanical properties at larger scales.However, they have disadvantages at smaller scales in that larger forces are required

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego

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C gs m gs r V C g V r v r v gs d o π π π m π o − − − Figure 1. (a) BJT small signal hybrid-π model (b) FET small signal modelTo accurately simulate transistor amplifier frequency response, good approximations of theintrinsic BJT capacitances Cπ and Cµ, and FET capacitances Cgs and Cgd must be obtained. Inorder to evaluate and use Cµ and Cgd, Miller’s theorem must be used in conjunction withmeasured

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy ; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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complex frequency domain data, thereby computing real-time complex frequency response.Students then choose to display the magnitude as one trace, and the phase as the other trace, andthen transfer data to Matlab via an IEEE-488 to USB connection between instrument andcomputer.A. Measure the frequency response (both magnitude and phase) for Sallen-Key design#1(with desired resonant frequency of 72.3 kHz and Q= 2). Students design and build the Sallen-Key low-pass filter shown in Figure 1 using a µA741 op-amp, and assuming thatC=1 C=2 220 pF , and using equations (2)-(4), they found R = 10k Ω, Ra = 2k Ω , andR= b 3k Ω .The measurement magnitude and phase results are shown in Figure 4. The frequency responseof this circuit shows that the

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Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent C Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William C Farrow, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hope Leigh Weiss, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Page 23.798.8 b. Impulse delivered using experimental test data from a typical A8-3 Estes rocket motor [obtained in the senior thermodynamics course – described below]; and5. Determination of model prediction sensitivity to assumptions regarding rocket payload weight including: a. Assuming constant rocket weight, or b. Accounting for mass fuel burnFor their baseline model, students assume constant rocket mass and constant step input (squarepulse) thrust for the rocket. Using Newton’s second law, the governing differential equation is dv m  T  W  FD  v  (2) dtwhere m is

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgia L Harris, NIST

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Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office ofWeights and Measures (OWM) - has been providing train the trainer and adult education coursesand opportunities to our subject matter experts to help them better analyze, design, develop,implement, and evaluate our technical training content. The goal has been to enable students toachieve a higher level of cognition on the Bloom’s Taxonomy scale (e.g., application versusknowledge). Highlights of the key resources that have been incorporated into the instructionaldesign process are presented as potentially useful for the professional development of instructorsthis is particularly useful for instructors without a background in educational theories andmodels. Some highlights of instructional design

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Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jodi Reeves, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Mohammad N Amin, National University; Arthur Strum Davis

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engineering program to electronics classes and embedded systems classes. Furtherwork is also planned in Computer Science to expand and extend these laboratories to on-lineclasses. Page 23.757.12Bibliography[1] Jeff Tjiputra (University of Maryland University College, US) “Hands-on Lab Projects in an Online IT Course: Virtualization or Simulation?” Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. November 2011, Orlando, FL.[2] Giambattista, A., Richardson, B., and Richardson, R. (2004) College Physics: Virtual Circuit Lab, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Retrieved on 12/02/2012 fromhttp://highered.mcgraw- hill.com/sites/0070524076

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); David S Martins, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #8120Getting More Learning From Labs - Six Principles to Build Understandingand SkillDr. Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)Prof. Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Richard C. Cliver is an Associate Professor in the department of Electrical, Computer and Telecommu- nications Engineering Technology at RIT where he teaches a wide variety of courses both analog and digital, from the freshman to senior level. He was the recipient of the 1998 Adjunct Excellence in Teach- ing Award, the recipient of the 2002 Provost’s Excellence in Teaching Award and a finalist in the 2009

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Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central; Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central

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Paper ID #5984Teaching Speech and Audio Processing Implementations Using LabView Pro-gram and DAQ BoardsProf. Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central DR. JEAN JIANG is currently with the College of Engineering and Technology at Purdue University North Central in Westville, Indiana. Dr. Jiang has taught analog signal processing, digital signal pro- cessing, and control systems for a number of years. Dr. Jiang is a member of the Institute of Electronic and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Her principal research areas are in digital signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and control systems. She has published a number