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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Tracy Lee Mallette, University of New Mexico

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, using prompts that involve explaining aspecific concept, problem, or involve defending a choice, and streamline and standardize gradingby adapting existing rubrics [20]. Faculty have also observed that WAC assignments mayultimately reduce the grading burden of final versions, which are higher quality and easier tograde [19].Feedback and revision support learningA fundamental observation from research on learning is that students can benefit from feedbackand revision [21-23]. Teaching writing in laboratory courses through feedback and revision canjointly improve student learning and writing [2, 3, 5, 24, 25]. However, when instructors providefeedback but do not require revision, any feedback is rendered inert, as students commonly donot review

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia; Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Tom McDonald, University of Southern Indiana

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discussion each student was given the National Society of Professional Engineers(NSPE) Code of Ethics for Engineers. Each student group was then asked to discuss and brieflypresent on one of the six fundamental canons. An out of class assignment was for the studentsto research the code of ethics for a professional society within their engineering discipline (e.g.,ASCE, ASME, IEEE, IISE) and determine how they compare to the NSPE Code of Ethics forEngineers.To prepare students to write the essays required for the Ethics Module, a handout on what is con-sidered scholarly writing is disseminated and discussed. The handout includes information onpublications, authors, and articles. The instructors discuss aspects such as audience, publishers,reading

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; John D. Lynch, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Paper ID #29040Perspectives and practices of undergraduate/graduate teaching assistantson writing pedagogical knowledge and lab report evaluation inengineering laboratory coursesDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is Associate Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has been very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and his research interests include writing transfer of engineering students and writing pedagogy in engineering lab courses. His

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lijun Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology; Dongxiao Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology ; Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Zhonglian Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology; Hai Lin, Beijing Institute of Technology

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elective experimentation courses before graduation. The course reported in thispaper is redesigned as an exemplar of the elective experimentation course which can supportaccreditation in multiple programs.Prior to the redesign, the course had highlighted engineering operational skills, includinghands-on making, experiment, and test and technical communication skills, especiallytechnical writing skills, and it had been highly praised by students, who felt they achieved alot in this course, and the course portfolios—including the articles written by students and theartifacts completed in the class—were very helpful in job search or applying for theenrollment of a graduate school.The newly designed course was implemented for the first time in the

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

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Mapped I/O. Laboratory #6: The purpose is to introduce an assembly program that can do a simple task using an ARM Cortex M4F board. Laboratory #7: The purpose is to introduce an assembly program to perform simple S/W button tasks. Laboratory #8: The purpose is to introduce an assembly program to control a bar LED and S/W buttons. Laboratory #9: The purpose is to introduce simple parallel communication between the FPGA board and TM4C123G Launchpad. Laboratory (Extra): The purpose is to write an assembly program and FPGA implementation that can generate a hamming code. Term project: This term project is an extended lab of two weeks. For the term project, students will create a

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Panel Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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ContextBeginning in the Fall of 2014 we instituted a major curriculum update in Electrical andComputer Engineering at the University of Virginia. Our basic three-course sequence of"Circuits," "Electronics," and "Signals and Systems" was replaced by a new sequence,"Fundamentals 1,2, and 3". Our approach focuses on a learning studio technique with highlyintegrated laboratory and lecture components [3],[4]. In each successive course, many of thesame topics are covered, and at an increasing depth of understanding. This approach has beenshown to increase learning of complex topics while minimizing the cognitive load at each phase[5].A substantial portion of this approach is a tightly integrated lecture-laboratory approach, i.e., alearning studio; our

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia

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fundamental principles to higher level skills of synthesis and creativity. For example, writinga full detailed lab report requires a synthesis of knowledge about the principles involved in anexperiment, mastery of experimental design and analysis techniques, and effective writing skill.This is a tall task for students working with new principles and concepts for the first time. Byadding another semester to the experimental lab sequence, there is time to build upon studentexperimental skills incrementally. In the Mechanics Lab, students focus on concepts and how touse tools and sensors for mechanical measurement; there is minimal writing, but students regularlypresent and interpret graphical results. The Thermal Fluids Lab expands upon

Conference Session

Bring Your Own Experiment: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mark Trudgen, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Georgia

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. Before describing thisthe description, the STAND is presented.Apparatus Design and HardwareOne of the hallmark characteristics of the STAND is the versatility. It is expected with small labfee contributions each semester, sensors can get upgraded and/or changed for variety. Figure 2shows the sensors and actuators on the STAND. The STAND was built in-conjunction with theuniversity machine shop. Fundamentally, the STAND is assembled sheets of acrylic. Acrylic iseasily machinable and has suitable yield strength and dielectric properties. In the STAND thereare three areas as shown in Figure 2. The design was intentionally partitioned so that a ‘wet’area would be secluded from the electronics. Figure 2: Fundamentals of the

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emine Celik Foust, York College of Pennsylvania

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others have only laboratory time assigned to the class during the semester. Thispaper summarizes the common practices used at various schools and explains the details of theclass that is being offered at the current institution. Finally, the outcomes of student surveys, gradedistributions and the recommendations for future offerings of this class are included.INTRODUCTION In many institutions, an instrumentation and measurements class is being offered in themechanical engineering core curriculum. Most of the schools have a format of combination oflecture and laboratory. The class is typically offered during third year of their study. During thelectures, students learn the fundamental topics in the areas of measurement systems

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian M. Wood, Keysight Technologies; Alexander O. Ganago, University of Michigan

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calibration is good.This experiment is easy and fundamental: it trains the students to perform measurements, andintroduces several key concepts, which relate to all measurements with sensors. In our opinion,this and similar experiments are necessary for the growth of a hobbyist to a professional.Lab Experiment 2: Use square waves. Figure 4. The background of this photograph is the screen of a computer, which is connected to VirtualBench ® – modern instrument for field engineers, equivalent to power supply, DMM, function generator and oscilloscope all in one box that fits in a briefcase. The white plastic rectangle with many holes is a solderless prototyping board, on which circuits are built. RedBoard ® microcontroller on the right is connected to

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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(Arduino or Raspberry Pi), boards, costeffective sensors, actuators, and transducers. The class is structured to have six experimentationmodules and an open-ended experimentation project. The contents of the experimentationmodules are designed to educate the student on the most essential and fundamental skillsnecessary to construct complex experimentation setups. These experiments involve integrationof several measurement sub-systems. In each formative module one experimental technique isaddressed. Module one teaches students the fundamentals of microcontrollers and dataacquisition with these cost effective devices. Module two focuses on temperature measurementsthrough the use of a variety of temperature sensors. Students also learn about the

Conference Session

Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lamyaa El-Gabry, Princeton University

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structureThe course consists of one 50-minute lab lecture a week with all enrolled students (~50 in Fall2021); students are divided into four smaller sections for a weekly 3-hr lab. The lab lectureintroduces the week’s lab, covers theory needed, offers feedback on previous submissions, teachestopics such as Error Analysis, Lab Report Writing or Preparing a poster presentation. In lab,students work in groups of no more than 4 students. The instructor formed the groups at the startof term and the groups were fixed for the duration of the semester.The lab was divided into three modules or kits. Kit 1 is the fundamentals kit and teaches basics ofelectronic circuits, pressure and temperature measurement and culminates in a study of thepressure, volume, and

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Anderson, Montana Engineering Education Research Center; Tariq Akmal, Washington State University; Phillip Himmer, Montana State University

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visualization technique.Their students noted positive comments about how ‘seeing’ the boundary layer was helpful.At Montana State University, the Chemical and Biological engineering department hasapproximately 600 students with laboratory experiences occurring in the freshman year and thenboth semesters of the senior year. The goal of this work is to report on the implementation and aninitial assessment of a brief laboratory-like experience in a Fluid Mechanics course. Thisiteration substantially improves upon a previous exploration focused on a single-day in-classexperiment [8]. This course is a good test-bed as it is a “fundamental” course common inchemical and biological engineering curricula. It was hoped by pushing this activity closer to

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Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Parisa Shokouhi, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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simulation results in lightof their initial predictions. In the latter case, the videos are shown once before teaching each testto introduce the method and inspire students’ curiosity. The video is shown a second time afterteaching the test for students to gauge their learning (since the first screening) and develop(partial) test protocols. The assessment includes pre- and post-surveys as well as quiz problemson the test fundamentals. The student performance when answering targeted quiz questionsshows a significant increase in their learning of fundamental physical principles. The results ofthe post-survey are overwhelmingly positive alluding to a positive course experience by anoverwhelming majority of students, independent of their background and

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Bring Your Own Experiment: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bobby F. Hodgkinson, University of Colorado Boulder; Trudy Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder

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developed throughlecture based instruction [1], [2]. This particular experiment was based on similar modulesdeveloped when CU Smead Aerospace dramatically changed to include extensive hands-onlearning and teaching in the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory [3]. The pedagogicalpurpose is to enhance students overall understanding of fundamental engineering conceptsthrough experiential learning while using up to date hardware and software in order to maintainpace with current technology. The use of this particular experiential learning apparatus in alecture/lab connected environment builds upon an extensive amount of literature in activeexperiential learning [4], [5] and has repeatedly been shown as an effective strategy to enhancelearning

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Spencer Rosen, Harvey Mudd College; Sabrine Griffith, Harvey Mudd College; Eli Byrnes, Harvey Mudd College; Steven Michael Santana, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College ; Matthew Spencer, Harvey Mudd College

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group and 89 in thenon-specific-instruction, treatment group. Results show that more treatment students thancontrol students learned to scale a signal on an oscilloscope screen , while control studentslearned to use an oscilloscope’s built-in save/recall feature more effectively. There is also weakevidence that shows greater affective gains in the treatment group. This shows that there ispotential for increasing student learning by studying how best to write laboratory manuals, andthat increasing reflection is a way to achieve that goal. However, it also shows that there aremany ways to increase reflection, and further research is required to identify them thoroughly.1​ IntroductionLevel of inquiry refers to the specificity of instructions and

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Vincent Bartolomeo, The Cooper Union; Amanda Lombardo, The Cooper Union; Michael Colella, The Cooper Union; George J. Delagrammatikas, The Cooper Union

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, fabrication, and use of a bench-scale hybrid automotive powertrain.Although not a competition per se, students in this project were immersed in a hands-onengineering project and developed a test stand for use by subsequent students.Senior capstone projects are a natural fit for these types of projects, as the courses attempt tobring together all the fundamental learning into one design exercise. Earlier experiences are alsorelated to this work and provide a proving ground and student recruitment tool for senior projectselection. Such work is performed by Singh Chawla and Leonhardt [5] who describe a projectthat links junior and senior work to the optimization of an FSAE chassis. Previous experimentalwork in the context of a junior-level

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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lab reports providing the working designs, theproblems they encountered, and the solutions they devised. In addition, each student had to includeat least two self-reflection paragraphs to close the experiential learning feedback loop. Student labreports and designs were used as evaluation and assessment instruments.The final lab report written by a student pair had to include the lab design solution and thedescription of problems encountered with corresponding solutions. Also, there were two general,reflection-based, open-ended questions asked of each student. 1. What did you learn from this lab experience? 2. What is it that you liked the most about this lab experience?Students were instructed to write at least one paragraph for each

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Coleman D. Floyd

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Paper ID #21898Using Mechatronics to Develop Self Learners and Connect the Dots in theCurriculumDr. Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel Robert Rabb is an associate professor and the Mechanical Engineering Program Director at The Citadel. He previously taught mechanical engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy and his M.S.E. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching interests are in mechatronics, regenerative power, and multidisciplinary engineering.Dr. Nathan

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimia Moozeh, University of Toronto ; Nadine Ibrahim, University of Toronto; Rahim Rezaie, University of Toronto; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Murray R. Metcalfe, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto

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Paper ID #21976Alternative Approaches to Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory Experi-ence for Low-income NationsKimia Moozeh, University of Toronto Kimia Moozeh is a PhD Candidate, graduate research and teaching assistant in Engineering Education at the University of Toronto. She received her Hon. B.Sc. in 2013, and her Master’s degree in Chemistry in 2014. Her dissertation explores improving the learning outcomes of undergraduate engineering laborato- ries by bridging the learning from a larger context to the underlying fundamentals, using digital learning objects.Dr. Nadine Ibrahim, University of Toronto Nadine

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Yu, Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Diane D. DiMassa, Massachusetts Maritime Academy

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connect isolated knowledge toimprove student performance [1-5]. One example is a project in an electromagnetic course whichenriches students to understand multiple fundamental concepts and results in their overallsatisfaction of the course [1]. Another example is an aviation project in an electrical andelectronic course. It helps students to develop an integrated understanding of multiple aviationconcepts to solve flight tracking problems [2]. Further evidence from [3] shows a race car projectin an electronics course can prompt students to dig into over 10 concepts learnt earlier to producehigh knowledge understanding of all the concepts.Inspired by the advantage of project-based learning to link multiple concepts to improve studentperformance

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Assessment in Laboratory and Project-based Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bradley Lane Kicklighter, University of Southern Indiana

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program.Each rung of the program must have a descriptive comment to document its behavior.Demonstrate your program to your instructor. Note: It is recommended that you create a DataView with all variables used in your program so that they may be easily monitored.Create a PDF (Microsoft Print to PDF) of the ladder logic program named “Lab9.pdf”. Use the“letter” size and “portrait” orientation.Problem StatementYou are to write a ladder logic program that uses subroutines to perform math functions(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) on two numbers read from analog inputs andoutput the result to an analog output. Pressing a button copies the current values of the analoginputs into data registers so that the values of the two numbers can be

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology; Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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: “Engineering programs required science and mathematics, but drafting and laboratory and fieldwork remained integral parts of the curriculum through the end of the Second World War [4].”It is worth noting that this is one of the few references to “fieldwork” in the engineeringeducation literature. Where it does appear, the term tends to refer to surveying.The changes in engineering education that flowed from the Grinter report in the mid-1950smeant that laboratory instruction, like the curriculum more generally, took on a more theoryrather than practice orientation. The ascendancy of the fundamentals and theoretical knowledgemeant that engineering graduates did not acquire the practical understanding of how thingsworked, something that

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

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Paper ID #21904Voice of the Students: Continuous Lab Course Improvement Using StudentFeedbackDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is an Associate Teaching Professor and the Lab Director of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Voice of the Students: Continuous Lab Course Improvement using Student FeedbackThe educational benefits of laboratory courses are well established, but their high infrastructureand equipment needs can be a barrier to innovation, causing the courses to stagnate over

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David MacNair, Georgia Institute of Technology; David Edward Torello, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

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the LDV sensor.Using the LDV is not easy for novices; it requires the students to practice new skills, as usefulresults require integration of the output sine wave, which relates to velocities, to determine theposition of the beam over time. This skill is important for us because the same type ofintegration is again needed in the IC Engine progression to determine energy over time as thecrankshaft rotates under torque. The conclusion of this LDV experiment also provides studentswith the first challenge of writing a complete technical narrative report; having practicedpresenting displays in the Mass-Spring-Damper laboratory worksheet, we now press them toconsolidate their results display their understanding in a brief report that asks students

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Mentis, United State Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy; April Dawn Miller, United States Military Academy; Enoch A. Nagelli, United States Military Academy

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his doctoral studies, Dr. Nagelli worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Electrochemical Engineering and Energy Laboratory at Case Western Reserve University. In this role, he worked on the performance diagnostics of flowable slurry electrodes for redox flow batteries and electrochemical flow capacitors. His research interest includes the fundamental understanding of the influence of surface chem- istry of carbon nanomaterials in electrochemical applications, flowable slurry electrodes, development of flow-assisted electrochemical energy systems (fuel cells, flow batteries, flow capacitors), and mass/charge transport phenomena and reaction kinetics in electrochemical systems. He is a member of the American

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Developing Teamwork, Student Attitudes, and Hardware Solutions for Laboratory Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Erin A. Henslee, Wake Forest University; Kyle Luthy; William N. Crowe; Lindsey J. Gray, Wake Forest University

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tackle the GrandChallenges put forth by the National Academy of Engineering, the NSF’s Big Ideas, or TheEngineer of 2020[2], [6].Against this backdrop, the authors’ new B.S. in Engineering program was established. Thecurriculum is grounded in the principle that fundamental engineering concepts span acrossdisciplines, connect, and build upon one another in engineering design. Further, for thesefundamentals to be put into practice in meaningful ways critical analysis, stakeholderengagement, and a reflective, iterative process are crucial skills for students to develop in ourcourses. An outcome from this paradigm is a four-credit course structure in which each year hastwo “core” courses that cover a subset of engineering fundamentals increasing in

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Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Valerie B. Smedile Rifkin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kimberly Lechasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Caitlin A. Keller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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experimental measurement is taken. The module required students to perform some fundamental soldering. It also required the introduction and use of an analog to digital converter (ADC). Prior modules could all be done with digital signal information.Module 5: Temperature. This module introduces the fundamentals of temperature measurements. Several temperature measurement sensors were introduced including, resistance temperature detectors (RTDs), thermistors, infrared temperature sensors, thermocouples, and silicon bandgap sensors. The students selected a minimum of two sensor experiments. For remote safety considerations, the thermal testing was restricted to temperatures between the limits of ice-water to boiling water. This module required a

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Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

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the US has been impacted by the 2020 COVID epidemic, resulting in amassive shift to online instruction. Although some universities have managed to keep somenumber of students on campus on a rotating basis, many courses had to switch with little noticeto a virtual format. While this is reasonably easy to do for a lecture-only course, laboratorycourses by their nature are difficult to switch to an online only version. Past research has manyexamples of attempts to deliver laboratory experiences in a remote or virtual format, but theselabs may fall short of providing a thorough laboratory experience and are not designed to allowremote and non-remote students to collaborate.Feisel and Rosa established the fundamental goals of engineering teaching

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

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picture” oftypical EMAG applications that support learning objectives. Additionally, assigning conceptquestions [7] during a class period better engages students via the peer instruction activities ofgroup discussion and polling for self-assessment to sharpen their understanding of the key ideas.However, when EMAG is offered as a non-lab theory-oriented course as it traditionally has been,assigning a single hands-on semester-long project [8] captures students’ attention morecompletely by involving their tactile senses and focusing on a specific application. A suitablecourse-project also offers ample opportunity for construction, testing, experimentation, andcreative modification. As a work-in-progress, this paper presents results of a metal