Conference Session

ME Laboratories and Undergraduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven P Marra P.E., Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Page 24.408.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Development and evolution of a new mechanical design laboratory courseAbstractA new sophomore-level mechanical design laboratory course was developed two years ago atJohns Hopkins University to support a required lecture course entitled Mechanics Based Design.The laboratory course was created because students requested more instruction about machinecomponents and they desired additional hands-on design experiences. The laboratory course isstructured into three components which build on each other throughout the semester. Lectures,given every one to two weeks, introduce the students to various machine

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Melvin Cooke, GE Aviation

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Page 13.367.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Design of a Hardware Platform for Analog Communications LaboratoryIntroductionIn the typical electrical engineering curriculum, analog communications is usually ajunior or senior year elective. Such a course typically focuses on analog radio, coveringthe topics of amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM). Also includedis the study of noise effects in communication systems and other related concepts insignals and systems. Increasingly, the laboratory portion of an analog communicationscourse has migrated to simulation-based experiments using MATLAB1 or to quasi-simulation methods based on the capabilities of LabVIEW2. The

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Rajadas, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

addressingthis area. The student is introduced to the basic concepts of how wind tunnels operate, thetunnel design process, and the associated measurement systems2,3. Then the student designs andcarries out a set of experiments that reinforce these concepts.A key requirement for this process to be successful is the availability of a wind tunnel facilitythat is capable of addressing the engineering tasks developed in the classroom. Making use oftheir applied engineering background, the MMET students designed, analyzed and built aninstructional scale wind tunnel. The funding support for the tunnel fabrication was obtainedfrom external sources with the provision that the tunnel would be used to address a specificproblem faced by the industrial entity

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oxana S. Pantchenko, University of California, Santa Cruz; Daniel Scott Tate, University of California, Santa Cruz; Daniel O'Leary, University of California, Santa Cruz; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ali DUPE Shakouri

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Isaacson, University of California, Santa CruzProf. Ali Shakouri Page 22.621.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Enhancing Student Learning through Hands-on Laboratories on Renewable Energy Sources Page 22.621.2AbstractA theory based renewable energy sources course was complemented with seven hands-onlaboratory experiments. The course was designed for engineering and non-engineeringundergraduate students and did not require any advanced mathematics or physics background.Each laboratory experiment

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pape, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

progressfrom “cookbook” experiences to somewhat more open ended labs and finally to asignificant experimental design process. In the first series of six straightforward“cookbook” labs, students have one week in which to perform pre-lab work, do theexperiment, and write a short technical report documenting their results. Next, there aretwo somewhat more open ended “two week labs” where students extend the knowledgeand skills obtained earlier in the course to answering slightly more difficult experimentalquestions, with slightly increased reporting requirements. Finally, the last quarter of thesemester is devoted to a four week experimental design laboratory, requiring students toformulate a question, select equipment, construct or modify an apparatus

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

P. J. Shull; K. Vescovi

networks using currenttechnologies. Consequently, our laboratory is designed around existing off-the-self equipment. In this paper we detail the design of a new laboratory that emphasizes the pragmaticaspects of data communications and networking systems. The equipment and its setup isintroduced and discussed along with the associated laboratory experiments.DISCUSSION The general sequencing of the laboratory experiments, Table 1, is designed to looselyfollow the seven layer OSI model as shown in Table 2. Because the emphasis of program is onimplementation and maintenance of a network, the first laboratory exercises will introduce thestudents to connectivity and the associated problems in addition to point-to-point transfer.EXPERIMENT

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Salvatore Marsico

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationAnd I would like to say that this was unintended. Overall the students enjoyed workingtogether in designing and fabricating, but the most fun for them was during thedestructive testing phase. Here the students witnessed how well the data correlated totheir theoretical calculations.ResultsThis lab course as presented at Penn State/Wilkes-Barre focused a segment of thesemester on integrating multimedia software into the laboratory experience. The studentswere exposed to the traditional aspects of any lab exercise while at the same timelearning how new technologies could be used to enhance the learning experience.Students became deeply

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-2251: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A VIRTUALLABORATORY IN NANOELECTRONICS PROCESSINGDanielle Amatore, Oregon State University Danielle Amatore, a PhD candidate in chemical engineering at Oregon State University, has a research focus on engineering education, with a special interest in applying qualitative research to assess learning in the engineering classroom. In addition, she has developed curriculum built on active learning for nanoelectronics at the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as for K12 level. She obtained experience in the semiconductor industry while working at Intel and LSI Logic.Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-2661: TESTBEDS CONNECTING SPACE TECHNOLOGY TOTERRESTRIAL RENEWABLE ENERGYNarayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering Page 22.1423.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Testbeds Connecting Space Technology To Terrestrial Renewable Energy AbstractTechnologies to exploit resources beyond Earth bear great relevance to the problem ofdeveloping cost-effective solutions for terrestrial micro renewable energy systems. This papersummarizes the approach taken in a course-curriculum-laboratory initiative to

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John T. Tester

electiveManufacturing Processes lecture. As enrollments increased in the program, the laboratory was re-designated as a separate offering from the lecture and optional—a student could enroll in the lecturefor 3 hours of credit and choose not to enroll in the additional 1 credit hour (3 calendar hours) oflaboratory. The lecture/lab combination was only offered every other year, as was typical for mostME electives in the small programs. Enrollments continued to swell to the point that an ongoing,annual lecture/lab could be offered starting in 2013. With an ongoing annual offering, the authorconsidered a more product-realization experience for the manufacturing lab than was historicallypresented.Other universities have shown a similar emphasis, from a curriculum

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy A. Doughty, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Ken Lulay P.E., University of Portland; Karen Elizabeth Eifler, University of Portland; Zoë Yi Yin Hensler, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students interacting with the newmodule. Results indicate the new laboratory experiment has been very successful in improvingstudent awareness of the ethical charge engineers have to perform quality work.IntroductionThis paper provides an overview of a laboratory course in the mechanical engineeringcurriculum that has been designed over several years to enhance student awareness of ethics inengineering.A specific laboratory module described in detail is also part of a larger effort by severalmechanical engineering faculty to enhance the entire laboratory curriculum and scaffoldprofessional development (including ethics) with technical skills. The laboratory curriculumenhancement includes two facets: (1) Modernize and improve the technical skills

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mir Atiqullah; Norman Russell

andsimulated annealing, parallel supercomputing, engineering education.Teaching a broad range of engineering courses including machine design, materials science,engineering mechanics, manufacturing, and fluid mechanics.Professional experiences include 10 years of industrial and 17 years of teachingengineering and technology areas.NORMAN RUSSELLPhD in Chemical Chemical Engineering from Institute of Paper Chemistry in 1965.PE from Alabama.Research areas include paper chemistry, engineering education.Teaching a broad range of engineering courses including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics,and laboratory courses.Has 29 years of industrial and 17 years of teaching experience. 41 Development of a

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Williams, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

began consideration of a mechanical properties laboratory in 1992. Thestudy of the mechanical behavior of materials was an important part of many departmentalcurricula; however, departments did not have the resources to finance instructional facilities withfirst-class equipment. Typically, experiments were conducted in facilities that were heavily used,did not allow hands-on experience, and incorporated equipment that was old or borrowed fromresearch programs. The usual format was a teaching assistant conducting the experiment while agroup of students watched. Equipment was often located in a research setting and the tests weredifficult to observe. The primary need was an introductory laboratory that would allow studentsaccess to quality

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

is the nature of the experimental design process that students apply in the virtual laboratories? 2. How does students’ tolerance for ambiguity change while completing the virtual laboratories? 3. In what ways do students perceive the virtual laboratories as an authentic experience that is reflective of real-life engineering? How do the ways that students perceive virtual laboratories compare to physical laboratories? 4. What types of knowledge structures and cognitions are demonstrated by students when engaging with the virtual laboratories?Three measurement tools are being used to collect data for analysis in this project: 1. Talk -Aloud Protocol: The cornerstone of the data collection utilizes the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

gives information about the approach that students are adopting in the laboratory. In the present instructional design used at OSU, students are required to complete the following task components: a design memorandum and instructor coaching session that is completed prior to the students performing virtual experiments; a project update memorandum; a project journal; a written report; and an oral presentation. These assignments form records of the student thought processes as they engage in the project. For example, the number of high cognition statements in student reports was counted and correlated to the performance of their final process “recipe.” 3. Student Survey: Finally, a student

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Robert Doty

are discussed. Finally,results of an alumni assessment survey are presented. The goal of the practice-based seniordesign experience at Baylor University is to produce engineering graduates who have the self-confidence and practical knowledge necessary to become immediately productive in today’sproject-oriented workplace. Interpretation of these assessment results supports the conclusionthat this goal has been met.I. IntroductionEngineering design is integrated throughout the curriculum at Baylor University, and meaningfuldesign work is required of students in many courses beginning with the introductory freshmancourse and progressing through the senior electives and laboratories. However, EGR 4390Engineering Design II is the capstone design

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Yee

Session 2238 Significance of Mechanical Design Laboratory on Student Projects, A Preliminary Study Raymond K. Yee San Jose State UniversityIntroductionEngineering courses emphasize analysis and problem solving abilities a great deal. Many of thehomework assignments are designed for developing these analytical skills. However, besidesanalytical skills, creative thinking, communication, and teamwork skills are also very importantfrom the university’s perspective. Design projects for engineering classes can complement thedevelopment of these skills in

Conference Session

ET Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

work involving the structural analysis of the existing Clear CreekPedestrian Bridge, as well as the design, construction, and laboratory testing of a bamboo bridgemodel as part of the Project Capstone course. The existing bridge conveniently located near thecampus with easy access, comprises two pony trusses supporting the floor beams and concretedeck, forming a U-shaped cross-section, with dimensions of 130’-0” in length and 8’-0” in clearwidth. RFEM6® software is used for structural analysis and stability assessment, ensuringcompliance with applicable codes.The bamboo bridge model is designed and constructed using glued bamboo sticks for laboratorytesting under ultimate loads to observe buckling behavior. The model, resembling the ClearCreek

Conference Session

Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MURAT OKCAY; BILGEHAN UYGAR OZTEKIN

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

From the Proceedings of the 2008 meeting of the American Society of Engineering Education Session 3426 Educational Particle Image Velocimetry Interactive Experiment Suites Murat Okçay PhD and Bilgehan Uygar Öztekin PhD Interactive Flow Studies Abstract: Laboratory experience is an essential component of teaching Fluid Mechanics. Hands-on teaching methods provide a lasting understanding of the fluid flow principles. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) has become a very powerful technique for studying fluid mechanics. Unfortunately very high price

Conference Session

New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Michael Petersen, Grand Valley State University, Graduate School of Engineering; Bogdan Adamczyk, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-967: LABORATORY DRIVEN EMC EDUCATION - DESIGN OFA POWER SUPPLYThomas Michael Petersen, Grand Valley State University Graduate School of Engineering Thomas Petersen received his M.S.E. degree with an emphasis in electrical engineering from Grand Valley State University in 2010 and his M.B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1991. He is currently a consultant to the electric power generation industry. As a recent graduate student his electrical interests include electromagnetic compatibility, and his business interests include project management, quality management, and process optimization.Bogdan Adamczyk, Grand Valley State University Dr. Adamczyk has developed EMC laboratory at GVSU to support EM

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Norman D. Dennis

Distributing the Capstone Design Experience Norman D. Dennis University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, ArkansasAbstractThis paper describes a curriculum change that does away with a dedicated four-semester hoursenior level “capstone” design course, which has been a part of the civil engineering programsince the late 1980s. This course has historically satisfied the ABET "Capstone DesignExperience". The course is being replaced with a series of elective courses, which have beenmodified to serve as independent capstone design experiences. An elective course has beendeveloped for each of the sub disciplines for which the department claims to have "depth

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moriarty

product design and development problemsincluding team dynamics. This paper describes the details of the design experience,discusses efforts that were found to be successful, presents sample team prototype results,and discusses student comments and feedback. I. INTRODUCTIONWestern New England College has a long history of incorporating engineering design intoits laboratories and courses. This year marks the College’s 41 st annual capstone designeffort. In addition, interdisciplinary team efforts are initiated in the freshman year andcontinue for all four years [1]. This paper describes one such interdisciplinary lab exercise,performed in the fall of the student’s senior year. This focused effort brings together

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Speakman; Joel Perlin; Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

Session 2793 Senior Capstone Design Experience: Hovering Robot Joel P. Perlin, Daniel J. Pack, Barry E. Mullins, and Richard E. Speakman Department of Electrical Engineering United States Air Force Academy, COAbstractThe paper describes the collective experience of a student and three mentors in creating ahovering robot in a year-long senior design project course. We present the tasks involved inidentifying requirements, generating specifications, designing the overall system, implementing thedesign, and testing and integrating subsystems. We consider the system

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in the Laboratory

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

preparative ultracentrifuge experiment for the advanced undergraduate laboratory. J. Chem. Ed 59, 1076-1078.3 Savery, J.R. and Duffy, T.M. (1996). Problem based learning: an instructional model and its constructivistframework. In B. Wilson (ed.), Constructivist Learning Environments: Case Studies in Instructional Design,Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Educational Technology Publications.4 Brooks, J.G. and Brooks, M.G. (1993). In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms.Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.5 Osborne, R.J. and Freyberg, P. (1985). Learning in Science: The Implications of Children’s Science, London, UK,Heinemann

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Stanley Berger PhD, University of Washington, Bothell

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

class. The explanation given was that the extended time provided the student with a deeperunderstanding of the material in the lab.One of the sponsors of the REV2009 conference, National Instruments (NI), demonstrated theirELVIS© Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) modular platform,designed to deliver hands-on lab experience for engineering curriculum. ELVIS is an impressivesystem. It consists of a base unit with an integrated suite of instruments, including a 1.25 MS/soscilloscope and other instruments for analog and digital measurements. Experiments can beplugged into the unit, and it is fully integrated with NIs Labview® and Multisim®.3 Although they complained about having to haul13 Kg of electronics around

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 5 Design Teams

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Paul Leidig, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrew Pierce, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

. He currently consults on learning and talent development programs within the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. Mr. Leidig has focused on community-engaged engineering and design for over fifteen years.Andrew Pierce (Laboratory Manager) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Assessing Multidisciplinary, Long-Term Design ExperiencesIntroductionCommunity-engaged design experiences offer many benefits to engineering, the designcommunity, and higher education in general. These experiences offer opportunities for studentsto engage with real users and to see how designs can positively impact people

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Willey; Ralph Buonopane; Deniz Turan; Alfred Bina; Guido Lopez

equipment agrees with established references in both the laminar and turbulent regimes. 5. The static mixer promotes turbulence at lower Reynolds numbers.AcknowledgementEquipment support for this experiment came through the donation of the pH control system bySolutia, Inc. (formerly the Monsanto Company) and by LMI Milton Roy of Acton, MA for thedye pulsation pumps. Laboratory Technologies Corporation of Andover, MA is acknowledgedfor the software used for data acquisition (LABTECH CONTROL PRO). Practical Applications,Inc. of Boston donated dye tablets. Paul DellaRocca is acknowledged as the first graduatestudent to undertake the initial design and set-up of the pH control experiment. Finally,Northestern University Department of Chemical

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey LaCombe; Eric Wang; Chris Rogers

Session 2756 Using LEGO® Bricks to Conduct Engineering Experiments Eric Wang, Jeffrey LaCombe, and Chris Rogers University of Nevada, Reno/ University of Nevada, Reno/Tufts UniversityAbstractWhen developing a new laboratory experience for undergraduates, the primary logisticalrequirements tend to be low cost and high availability. One popular method of meeting thesesomewhat conflicting requirements is to create on-line laboratory experiments. This paperexplores another method that utilizes the LEGO® programmable brick (RCX) as a portable dataacquisition system. Students both design and conduct the

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects II - General

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University; Jeeyeon Hahn, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, which is rooted in the concept of providing a hands-on learning experience tostudents. As hands-on learning is the prevalent way of education in ET programs throughout theworld, a majority of the courses taught in the programs have a laboratory component. On theother hand, capstone design projects (senior design projects) are a common hands-on course forfinal year undergraduate students across all engineering and technology disciplines.The capstone design courses provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to get involvedin open-ended real-world problems. The courses help students explore the societal need to applytheir knowledge gained over the years of undergraduate engineering or engineering technologyeducation. Starting with the

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Nick AuYeung, Oregon State University; Trevor Kenneth Carlisle, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette P.E., Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

University of Florida in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Currently, I teach in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. I am responsible for teaching ”Sustainable Engineering”, a course open to all majors at all levels, as well as the senior design sequence in Chemical Engineering. I was fortunate to take part in a 60 hour Difference, Power, and Discrimination Academy at Oregon State University, which led to the development of our current Practitioner Learning Community centered around Inclusive Teaming. I am enthusiastic about incorporating best practices in teaming and teaching to improve the student experience in our School.Trevor Kenneth