AC 2011-1194: MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OFPLC CODES IN A ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS COURSERichard Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Chiou’s background is in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on manufacturing. Dr. Chiou is currently an associate professor in the Goodwin School of Technology and Professional Studies at Drexel University. His areas of research include machining, mechatronics, and internet based robotics and automation. He has secured many research and education grants from the NSF, the SME Education Foundation, and industries.Yongjin (James) Kwon, Ajou UniversityRobin Kizirian, Drexel University Robin Kizirian completed his M.S. degree in Computer Engineering at Drexel University
3. Moylan, William Alexander. “Learning by Project: Developing Essential 21st Century Skills Using Student Team Projects.” International Journal of Learning15.9 (2008).4. Barron, Brigid, and Linda Darling-Hammond. “Teaching for Meaningful Learning: A Review of Research on Inquiry-Based and Cooperative Learning. Book Excerpt.” George Lucas Educational Foundation (2008).5. Das, Shuvra, Sandra A. Yost, and Mohan Krishnan. “A 10-year mechatronics curriculum development initiative: Relevance, content, and results—Part I.”IEEE Transactions on Education53.2 (2010): 194-201.6. Ruzzenente, Marco, et al. “A review of robotics kits for tertiary education.” Proceedings of International Workshop Teaching Robotics Teaching with Robotics
in microcontrollers, digital signal processors, programmable logiccontrollers, and embedded systems design. We provide education on embedded systemsconcepts starting with middle school enhancement programs through graduate level coursework.A common thread through these programs is heavy emphasis on design. The curriculum allowsa student to become an expert in embedded systems or allows them to selectively choose certainportions to enhance and augment their chosen area of expertise. Much of the design exercisesand laboratories have been developed by student engineers. As a case study, we will discussrecent efforts to expand our course and laboratory coverage of programmable logic controllers(PLCs). We made these modifications in response to
Engineer- ing from Clarkson University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah, and Director of the Biorobotics Lab. Page 26.194.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 An Integrated Project-Driven Course in Computer Programming for Mechanical Engineering StudentsAbstractThis paper describes the implementation of an integrated, hands-on, project-based approach toinstructing Mechanical
enhancing corporate support for design courses, managing design, and fabrication/prototyping facilities, coordinating the design competitions/expo and teaching design courses, with a strong focus on creating and enabling multidisciplinary educational expe- riences.Ms. Jenny Wang, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMr. J. Auston Ferrarer, Georgia Institute of Technology I am a 4th year Mechanical Engineering student at Georgia Tech; and I love designing and building projects that help make the world a better place. The first project team I was a part of worked on design- ing a self sustaining fuel source for rural residents in Uttar Pradesh, India who suffer from respiratory related ailments linked to air pollution. In 2018
,” Education Column, IEEE Computer Society’s Computing in Science and Engineering, Nov/Dec 2010.3. S.F. Barrett, A. Wells, C. Hernandez, T. Dibble, Y. Shi, T. Schei, J. Werbelow, J. Cupal, L. Sircin, G. Janack, “Undergraduate Engineers for Curriculum and Laboratory Equipment Development,” Computers in Education Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 4, 2003, 46-58.4. S. F. Barrett, D.J. Pack, P. Beavis, M. Sardar, A. Griffith, L. Sircin, G. Janack, “Using Robots to Teach Complex Real Time Embedded Systems Concepts,” Computers in Education Journal, Oct-Dec, 2006.5. S. Barrett, C. Hager, M. Yurkoski, R. Lewis, M. Jespersen, Z. Rubel, “Undergraduate Engineers for Curriculum and Laboratory Equipment Development: A Freescale S12 Microcontroller Trainer
access to advanced, hands-on, project-based education inintelligent manufacturing and Industry 4.0.1.0 Introduction and backgroundRobot Operating System (ROS) is an open source, Linux-based robotics development anddeployment system which supports many commercial and research robots, including mobilerobots, underwater robots, aerial robots and robot arms (manipulators) [1]. ROS provides astructured development and deployment software architecture, with a distributed model, across avariety of sensor and hardware platforms. Although software development in ROS is primarilyimplemented in C++ and Python languages (other languages are supported), the MATLABRobotics System Toolbox also provides a ROS interface. This MATLAB interface enablesengineering
. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. He teaches courses in engineering design, and is interested in integrating the use of design projects and active learning throughout the curriculum to improve engineering education. Page 15.778.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integration and Reinforcement of Engineering Skills Beginning in the First-Year Design ExperienceAbstractAs the first step in implementing a Student-driven Pedagogy of Integrated, Reinforced, ActiveLearning (SPIRAL) throughout our Mechanical
controls R&D and manufacturing. She has used her indus- try background to foster industrial partnerships at the University, and to develop courses and supervise students in projects that support educational robotics.Mr. Jose M. Santos, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mr. Santos is an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Omaha Campus) where he’s currently earning a double-major in Computer Engineering and Mathematics. He also holds a Bach- elor’s Science degree in Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) from DeVry Institute of Technology (now DeVry University). He is the creator and lead software architect of the CEENBoT-API (Application Programming Interface) presently in use in various
than Type I or Type II cement. The finer grind (which costs more to produce)allows the water to penetrate the cement quicker which speeds up the reaction. The strength weobtain in one day normally takes three to four weeks.We obtained the following breaks [11]:” Table 1. Concrete sample break points Day one 162,000 lb 5,730 psi Day three 172,000 lb 6,080 psi Day five 199,400 lb 7,050 psiFor those familiar with accreditation requirements, the ABET implications are quite dramatic. In“Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” Criterion 5 -- Curriculum states “Students mustbe prepared for engineering practice through a curriculum culminating in
technology. One ofthe educational goals in MET is to cultivate future technologists rather than researchers. Therefore,the traditional manufacturing-based classes dominate the degree pathway of the MET program. 125th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 24 - 27, 2018 Zhang, Z., Zhang, A., Zhang, M., Esche, S. K.Therefore, this configuration impairs the students’ deeper understanding of the concepts andtheories required by robotics.(2) The limited number of robotics class hours constrain the extended application and practice ofthe knowledge related to robotics. Since the knowledge related to the control and electrical
sectors. Back- ground in engineering, program and project management, managed manufacturing and industrial engi- neering departments and teams in the aerospace, electronics and telecom industries. Educator, with ex- perience managing departments, programs, research and teaching undergraduate and graduate, business administration and general education courses. Authored, published and presented research papers in con- ferences, peer reviewed journals, with multidisciplinary interests in technology, business, quality systems, organizational leadership and education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 AN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER STARTUP KIT FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF
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power utility. Such outreach increases the visibility of the engineering program toaid in the recruitment of new students and exposes current students to more industrial companieswho may hire them upon graduation.References[1] L. Gomes, J. J. Rodriguez-Andina and S. Bogosyan, "Current Trends in Industrial Electronics Education," IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, pp. VOL. 57, 3245 - 3252, 2010.[2] F. K. Can Saygin, "A Web-based programmable logic controller laboratory for manufacturing engineering education," The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 24, no. 7 - 8, p. 590–598, 2004.[3] P. Y. H. SHENG-JEN (‘‘TONY’’) HSIEH, "Web-Based Modules for Programmable Logic Controller
Paper ID #8576Please Play with your Phones – Using Student-Owned Personal Electronics toEnhance In Class ActivitiesDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Assistant Academic Specialist and Lab Director Page 24.986.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Please Play with your Phones – Using Student-Owned Personal Electronics to Enhance In Class ActivitiesSmartphones, laptops, and tablets are ubiquitous among students of the current generation.Although there has been a movement toward
courses,” in Proceedings of IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 1 – 6, 2009.[5] S. Guzelgoz and H. Arslan, “Modeling, simulation, testing, and measurements of wireless communicationsystems: A laboratory based approach,” in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference,pp. 1 – 5, 2009.[6] L.S. Nagurney, “Software defined radio in the electrical and computer engineering curriculum,” in Proceedingsof IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 1 – 6, 2009.[7] C. H. G. Wright, T. B. Welch, M. G. Morrow, and G. Vinyard, “CommFSK: A hardware approach to teachingFSK,” ASEE Computer Education Journal, vol. XVIII, pp. 38 – 45, April–June 2008.[8] T. B. Welch, C. H. G. Wright, and M. G. Morrow, “Teaching rate conversion using
interest as other games and robotic projects have done.References[1] Tyran, C. K., & George, J. F. (1993). The implementation of expert systems: A survey of successful implementations, Database 24(1): 5-15.[2] Aiken, R. M. (1991) “The New Hurrah: Creating a Fundamental Role for Artificial Intelligence in the Computing Science Curriculum”. Education & Computing. 7(7): 119-134.[3] Soloway, E. (1986), "Learning to Program = Learning to Construct Mechanisms and Explanations", Communications of the ACM, 29(9):850-858, September 1986. Page 15.1045.7[4] Almeida, L. A., J.; Cardeira, C.; Costa, P.;Fonseca
characterization of ceramic/piezoelectric materials and carbon nanotube based magnetic/piezoelectric nanomaterials. He is being mentored by Prof. Malshe under Teaching Experience for Research Faculty program.Mr. John Lee, University of Arkansas John Lee is a doctoral candidate at the University of Arkansas. He graduated from Oklahoma Christian University in 2008 with a BSME.Dr. Douglas E. Spearot, University of Arkansas Page 23.852.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013LEARNING HOW TO LEARN AND TEACH: MENTOR AND MENTEE TEAMVishwas N. Bedekar, John Lee, Douglas E. Spearot, Ajay P
Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationthe undergraduate level, as well as discern the requirements for the Air Force Academy’s uniquesystems engineering program.Conceptual Design of the Systems Engineering Curriculum: Conceptual Design USAFA Systems Engineering Curriculum Engineering Systems Disciplines Systems Engineering Engineering
; Processes 180 and Engineering Materials 381 courses have used Kalpakjian &Schmid's Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials [5] for many years. This textbookis a good fit for a curriculum designed to educate future manufacturing engineers and processengineers.I had very little time to select a book for the Steelmaking course, so I compared Steel Metallurgyfor the Non-Metallurgist [6] with Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance by GeorgeKrauss [7]. The Non-Metallurgist text seemed too basic for this class, while the Krauss text wasperhaps too advanced for undergraduate mechanical engineering technology students.Nevertheless, we used the Krauss text, and students learned how to read a more advanced bookthan they were accustomed
verification, and teaching with new educational methods, which includes peer instruction, personal response systems, video games, and state-of-the-art CAD tools. Page 23.1288.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Use of a CPLD in an Introductory Logic Circuits CourseAbstractIn the 2011 Fall semester we successfully adopted a complex programmable logic device(CPLD) for use in our introductory logic circuits course at the University of Hartford. Whilethe adoption of the corresponding CAD tools is an important element, we have been
to allow studentsmore personalized paths towards different careers [5]. One critical aspect of a chemical engineering program is course(s) on process/plant design. Processdesign is often treated as the culmination of the undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum. Thiscourse draws on knowledge from previous chemical engineering courses including transport, balances,controls, and more. Students are often reminded of what they learned in previous courses and are firstrequired to pull knowledge from multiple previous courses. This means students are likely to see the in-terconnectivity of the curricula for the first time at the very end of their education. Additionally, processdesign tends to focus on the design of a single process
]. Page 9.769.3 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” The recent growth in SEAS has created a need and opportunity for a reform ofundergraduate engineering education at Miami. This broad reform is focused on the followingtwo activities: firstly, create a new first-year curriculum to replace the current department basedcurricula and to provide a unique, integrated first-year experience; secondly, an integration of askill set throughout the four year curricula in all engineering majors. The goals of this projectare: Goal I. Plan, design, create and assess an integrated first year curriculum
AC 2010-799: INVOLVING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CONSTRUCTINGAND USING DEVICES FOR AUTOMATION OF CHEMISTRY LABORATORYIgor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Igor M. Verner is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Technology Education at the Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He received the M.S. degree in Mathematics from the Urals State University and the Ph.D. in computer aided design systems in manufacturing from the Urals State Technical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia. His research interests are in engineering education with emphasis on experiential learning in technological environments, educational robotics
andfemales, thus improving technology education and the technological capabilities of our futureworkforce. Furthermore, by building upon the belief that students grasp a better understandingof concepts when given an opportunity to teach them to others, the mini-enterprise experienceprovides undergraduate students an opportunity to help with the development and delivery ofeducational materials to the pre-college students, thereby strengthening their own level ofunderstanding.To date, this concept has been piloted with several of our enterprises ~ Aqua Terra Tech,Consumer Product Manufacturing and Wireless Communication, with great success. This paper
. Tutty, J., & White, B. (2006). Tablet classroom interactions. Proceedings of the 8th Australian Conference on Computing Education (Vol. 52, pp. 229-233). Hobart, Australia: Australian Computer Society, Inc.8. Brodie L. & Loch B. (2009). Annotations with a Tablet PC or typed feedback: does it make a diff erence? In: AaeE 2009: 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education: Engineering the Curriculum, 6-9 Dec 2009, Adelaide, Australia.9. Phillips, P.J. & Loch, B.I. (2011), “Building Lectures and Building Bridges with Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Students,” Educational Technology and Society, Forthcoming.10. Jordan, C., Arrowsmith, G., Lowe, T., &
their teachers with teaching strategies and technologies each summer. Oscar enjoys teamwork, believes in education as a process for achieving life- long learning rather than as a purely academic pursuit. He currently works on maintaining, upgrading and designing new computer classroom systems. Mr. Perez is inspired because he enjoys working with people and technology in the same environment.Mr. Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas - El Paso Pedro worked in the manufacturing industry as a Quality Control Engineer for some years before acquir- ing his current position as an Instructional Technologist at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). For over ten years in this role, he has worked with a team of
research interests include systems and controls, manufacturing and machine vision. She is also very interested, and actively engaged, in engineering education research, particularly as it relates to hybrid learning and the use of computers in education.Dr. Stephen L. Canfield, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Stephen Canfield is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech- nological University. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech in the field of parallel architecture robotics. His research interests include robot kinematics and dynamics, topological optimization of compliant manipulators, in-space mechanisms and engineering education.Dr. Sheikh Khaled Ghafoor
and synchronize the various IP blocks. In Course Curriculum, I discuss bothhow I train the students to implement system designs on their PSoCs and the open-ended project-based course structure I use to motivate the students to build their own functioning SoC-basedembedded systems. Finally, in Project Results and Student Feedback, I discuss the results of thepilot class, including overall student feedback for the course.Enabling TechnologySelecting a suitable development platform is key to providing students with a “representative”SoC design experience. The flexibility and limitations of the platform determine which aspectsof SoC design students are able to experiment with. My goal with CPE 439 is to expose studentsto how SoCs are architected
. Douglas, M. E. Koro-Ljungberg and D. J. Therriault, "Indispensable Resource? A Phenomenological Study of Textbook Use in Engineering Problem Solving," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 269-288, 2013.[8] S. M. Samuel, N. H. Nicholls, L. N. Lalwani, D. S. Carter and P. F. Grochowski, "Students, Vendor Platforms, and E-textbooks: Using E-books as E-textbooks," in 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, GA, 2013.[9] T. Adams, S. Rios and K. McDonald, "Textbook Weight in California: Data and Analysis," California Department of Education, 2004.[10] A. Post and T. Narayan, "A Design for Manufacturability Workbook," in 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, 2006.[11] Y.-C. Wong