Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

’ understanding ofexperimentation and by designing the projects as a two-term scaffolded sequence.Experimentation and CurriculumThe core mechanical engineering (ME) instructional laboratories are Experimental Methods (ME3057) and Systems Laboratory (ME 4056). Each course aggregated a number of independentand unrelated 1-week laboratory experiences; as a sequence they did not clearly serve aneducational goal. As instructors rotated through teaching the lab course, they would redesign asingle laboratory experience that was related to their research area, and they would thenimplement that lab within the single semester they taught the course. The first challenge ofredesigning the two-course progression was to refocus the courses on their original

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg; Bruce A. Muller

MechanicalEngineering. Following three years of turbine design experience at Westinghouse Electric, he attendedgraduate school at Penn State completing a Masters degree in both Mechanical Engineering and IndustrialEngineering by 1986. He currently teaches at the Penn State Altoona Campus with specialties in design,manufacturing, automation, and computer-aided drafting. Bibliography1. Tomovic, Mileta “A Manufacturing Laboratory to Prepare Technology Students for the 21st Century” Proceeding of 1994 ASEE Annual Conference PP 300-3012. Fabiano, Phil “An Engineering Technology Course Responsive to the Needs of Industry” Proceeding of 1994 ASEE Annual Conference PP 2087-2091

Conference Session

Issues in Mechanical Engineering Technology I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; Qiuying Zhao, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

hands-onopportunity for the students to better understand the forces exerted on surfaces by moving flowsusing the momentum theory.This current work presents the laboratory setup and the implementations of the two laboratoryexercises, the designed Q&As, as well as the students’ performance before and after theintroduction of the two laboratory exercises.1. PhET Buoyancy Online Simulation Laboratory ExerciseAn object is subject to the buoyant force whenever it is floating on or is completely submerged inthe fluid. Buoyancy is the tendency of a stationary fluid to exert a supporting force on a bodyplaced in the fluid [2]. Based on the authors’ teaching experiences, many MET students havedifficulties to solve buoyancy related problems

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William F. Horton; Thomas Agayoff; Saul Goldberg

laboratory computer program to providerealistic operating characteristics. All of the device models have been designed to accuratelyproduce the same results as actual equipment, which have been extensively tested in thelaboratory. The virtual power laboratory contains a set of electrical instruments, (voltmeters,ammeters, wattmeters and oscilloscopes) and a set of mechanical instruments, (a dynamometerand tachometer). The virtual power laboratory text describes 15 experiments (laboratoryexercises) utilizing the power conversion devices and instruments in a completely realistic way;each one designed using an actual laboratory experiment as a guide. Each experiment directs thestudent to exercise the device under study; collect and record data; and

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 9: Student Experiences in Laboratory Courses

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Crockett, University of Virginia; George Prpich, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

role in laboratory experiments. Anticipating students might be afraid of making amistake or failing to execute an experiment correctly, the facilitators allowed students to reportlessons learned for grading purposes if they did not complete the lab. Part of the authors’ goal intaking this approach was to normalize mistakes and help students to prepare for the true iterativenature of design (and troubleshooting) in industry.We are unaware of any studies explicitly testing a link between troubleshooting and ESE, butEstrada and Atwood [9] suggest there may be an interaction between these variables. The authorssurveyed students in an introductory physics course and found that the most common source ofstudent frustration centered around equipment

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Jundong Liu, Ohio University; Trevor Joseph Bihl, Air Force Research Laboratory; Daniel Masami Nagura, Ohio University

Human Experience(RLHE) to address the limitations of RL and enhance race car motion planning. Our methodincorporates human players as supervisors in the imitation learning phase, providing expert inputto the RL agent. To implement this, we designed a human player data stack that records humanaction data, car states, and reward information. This human experience data is then combinedwith RL agent-generated experience to jointly train the model, creating a more efficient learningparadigm. We conducted experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of RLHE in improving race carmotion planning. The results demonstrate that our approach significantly accelerates training andenhances the overall performance of RL agents in navigating and planning motion

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

George Tjilos; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Hardware Design,and ET 4999 Senior Project.Prior to the enhancement of this digital laboratory, the experiments in these courses wereperformed with traditional bread-boarding using commercially available standardintegrated circuits (ICs) of the TTL type. In this context, the laboratory usually involvedthe construction of digital circuit with standard TTL small-scale integrated (SSI) andmedium-scale integrated (MSI) circuit modules on a printed breadboard. This processhowever is, by its very nature, prone to wiring errors. The use of many different ICs tendsto create massive interconnecting wires. It is very difficult to visually trace the path of awire in a circuit. Most modern digital circuit designs require the use of computer-aideddesign

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

Session 3133 Weaving a Theme of an Engineering Firm through the Projects of Thermal Design Courses Craig W. Somerton, Laura J. Genik Michigan State University/University of PortlandIntroduction “The Rhino Thermal Engineering Company has recently received a contract to provide a residential construction company with technical support for the mechanical aspects of their projects, including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and plumbing. One of the first tasks …”This statement serves as the

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan M. Lord

design projects. Due to its small size,this room was not used for the freshmen lab. No special facilities are needed for the freshmenlab although one or two sinks are desirable.COURSESEG100 Exploring EngineeringExploring Engineering (EG100) is a class of approximately 200 students, mostly first yearengineers and some interested students from Arts and Sciences.1 In addition to lectures, studentsperform one lab from each of the five represented engineering disciplines: Chemical, Civil,Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering as well as Computer Science. As a senior design projectin the Spring 1996 semester, Carrie Goldwein (EE’96) designed an optoelectronics laboratory forthe EE lab portion of EG100. This project aimed to develop experiments that

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Srboljub R. Masala; Kevin W. Biggar; Colin Geissler

exercises. For example, the consolidation test procedurerequires one to two weeks to test a single specimen. Few laboratories have enough space toaccommodate the equipment and enough time to permit such a long test. This experiment is,thus, usually limited to a single load increment, with readings taken only for the duration of aregular laboratory class – about 3 hours. Another example is the triaxial test, a crucialexperiment for the understanding of soil stress states and strength. The apparatus is expensive forteaching purposes and, also quite complicated to operate and comprehend in a limited timeavailable for laboratory classes. Therefore, this test has been omitted from the undergraduatelaboratory program

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Burnham, University of Texas, Austin; Jules Campbell, University of Texas, Austin; Surya Santoso, University of Texas, Austin; Arturo Compean, University of Texas, Pan American; Jaime Ramos, University of Texas, Pan American

turbine, reactive power Basic 3 Turbine design, pitch control Basic 4 3 Rotor resistor control, real power control Int. 5 4 Self-excited wind turbines Int. 6 Doubly-fed induction generators Adv.200 W, but the systems are not identical.5−6 A sample list of equipment is given in Table 1. Mostuniversities offering laboratory courses in electrical machines will have similar equipmentavailable. Thus, the experience gained by transferring laboratory experiments from UT Austin toUTPA will be beneficial to other universities adapting the materials to their own

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology; Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-535: VIRTUAL AND DISTANCE EXPERIMENTS: PEDAGOGICALALTERNATIVES, NOT LOGISTICAL ALTERNATIVESEuan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology Euan D. Lindsay is a Lecturer at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. He has recently completed a PhD in Engineering Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia, investigating the effects of remote and virtual access to laboratory hardware upon students’ learning outcomes. His research interests include engineering education, telecontrol (particularly internet-based telecontrol), animatronic puppetry, and technology-mediated interfaces for deaf-blind communication.Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne Malcolm C. Good received the

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Mary Cardenas

-Level Undergraduate Engineering LaboratoryDuring the 2011-2012 academic year, we implemented a transition from paperbound laboratorynotebooks to electronic laboratory notebooks in an undergraduate experimental engineeringcourse. Experimental Engineering (E80) at Harvey Mudd College is a sophomore-level,semester-long course, involving multiple experiments covering a number of engineeringdisciplines. The objectives of the course are to teach basic instrumentation and measurementtechniques; good lab notebook practice; technical report writing; analysis and presentation ofdata; the usage of experimental results for engineering design purposes; and the beginnings ofprofessional practice. The course explicitly requires learning in multiple

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paolo Tamayo; David Florida; Ramakrishna Gottipati; Janos Grantner

HS12 Family of microcontrollers that have been a dominant choice for automotiveembedded systems. In addition, the HS08 Family that has a quite similar architecture has beenused in household appliances made by Whirlpool. Active industrial and academic Web sitesalong with a user group mostly from industry provide strong support. Debugging the programs is done by using the MicroBDM12SX Module byTechnological Arts along with the NOICE12 debug software by NoICEDebugger [7]. Studentsdevelop C programs for almost all lab experiments. Initially, the programs are loaded into the on-chip RAM memory to facilitate debugging. The finalized code is programmed in the on-chipFLASH area and is demonstrated again. The laboratory experiments include

Conference Session

Using Laboratories for Instruction in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Matthew Raman Fulton, Oral Roberts University; Brennan T. Harrup, Oral Roberts University; Meagan N Case, Oral Roberts University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Roberts University A senior student in Mechanical Engineering at Oral Roberts University, about to graduate. Interested in manufacturing/design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Space Air Diffusion LaboratoryAbstractSpace air diffusion systems are an integral part of many HVAC systems1-2. The design of thesystem includes finding the best location for introduction of air into the room. This paperexpounds on the designing, building, and testing of a space air diffusion laboratory setup forundergraduate engineering students. The laboratory will enable students to conduct hands-onexperiments that involve visualization and measurements of laminar, transitional, and turbulentceiling wall air-jets

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-1570: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND DESIGN EXPERIENCESIN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING COURSES ASSESSING AN IN-CREMENTAL INTRODUCTION OF ENGINEERING SKILLSAndrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, director of the LTU Thermal Science Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate in Energy & Environmental Man

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sluss

Session # 1332 The Telecommunications Interoperability Laboratory J. J. Sluss, Jr., S. V. Kartalopoulos, H. H. Refai, M.J. Riley and P. K. Verma Telecommunications Systems, College of Engineering The University of Oklahoma - TulsaAbstract The University of Oklahoma has developed a Telecommunications Interoperability Laboratory to enhance the educational and research experience of students in the Telecommunications Systems program. The Interoperability Lab is a collection of five interconnected technology islands: the Internet

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Herz

Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering” Fig. 2Pavia5 listed 24 high priority elements that should be exhibited by a laboratory simulation. TheReactor Lab currently incorporates 23 of these elements. The exception is: "charge students morefor the use of expensive tests than cheap tests." Currently, all experiments in Lab quizzes chargethe same virtual dollar cost for an experiment.Fig. 3 shows the quiz section of a lab module that has animation, with the pressure gauge dialmoving and the color of the reactor contents changing from blue (reactant) to red (product) as thereaction proceeds

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark G. Thompson, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; James Gover, Kettering University; Allan R. Taylor, Kettering University; Michelle R. Pomeroy, Kettering University; Kevin (Hua) Bai, Kettering Univ

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Electrical and Computer

computer controls system models. Allan has been selecting equipment for the Green Mobility Laboratory and aiding the design of experiments and simulations for the lab.Michelle R. Pomeroy, Kettering University Michelle Pomeroy attained her BSEE from Kettering University in June 2002 receiving the Presidents Medal given to only 2% of each graduating class for professionalism in the workplace, community in- volvement and participation in professional societies. Since graduation Michelle has received her MS in Engineering Management from Oakland University, a Masters Certificate from Villanova University in Project Management and is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science in Engineering with a concentration in Electrical

Conference Session

New ECE Laboratories

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mark William Thoren, Analog Devices Inc.; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

exercises while enforcing a deeper understanding ofconcepts learned in class. More assessments will be conducted in future workshops and long-term assessments will also be conducted based on student course selection in subsequentquarters, and ultimately, students’ choice of technical elective courses.IntroductionAnalog Devices Inc. (ADI), like many other power semiconductor companies, employs electricalengineers with a broad spectrum of skills for roles in semiconductor design, applications, testing,and support roles. These positions are filled with a high percentage of new college graduates, andhands-on experience is weighed heavily when interviewing. To this end, the company has longprovided a free and open-source curriculum of “Active Learning

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Fogler; John T. Bell

web, either in the form of simulations runnable directly from the web or inthe form of downloadable packages. A second goal is to explore and experiment with thedifferent viable formats, to determine which is/are most applicable for this type of application,and also to reach a wider audience through multi-platform support.The Virtual Reality Laboratory Accident project is currently being implemented by students inthe Virtual Reality Undergraduate Projects Laboratory ( VRUPL ) at the University of Illinois atChicago in conjunction with students from the Department of Chemical Engineering at theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor. This work extends and continues previous work done bythe authors under the Virtual Reality in Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Emre Bahadir, Murray State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, and solidmodeling, drawing interpretation.TTU--MIT3301 CAD for Technology: This is a junior level design course covering CADtechniques for industrial applications with laboratory experiences. It is delivered fully onlineusing D2L (desire2learn) course management system7. Students use AutoCAD software topractice their lab assignments. Course students use the RRPL lab extensively for their finaldesign projects. Student teams come up with 2D and 3D part designs. These parts are prototypedusing the RRPL calendar, communication tools, and facilities.Student PracticesMSU: For research purposes, course students requested assembly prototypes for the hitch designproject. Assembly consisted of a drawbar, a hammer-strap, a pin and a lock pin. The best

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Frommer, US Coast Guard Academy; Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Education, 2016 Lasting Laboratory LessonsAbstractAs stated by Alexander Pope, “A little learning is a dangerous thing.” Scientists and engineerswill readily attest, a superficial knowledge of the theory can make us think we have moreexpertise than we really do, and thus at best will make us to look foolish and at worse causetragic consequences. This paper describes the experience of a student who is able to performwell in courses in the physical sciences and engineering as indicated by grades, but whocompletes this education with only a shallow understanding of the subject. For the student, thereremain gaps between theory and practice, and numerous assumptions necessary for a deepunderstanding are missing. We offer a

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Platform, where students are able to design, simulate, and program a chip. Eventough the integration of Web-based learning brings added value to distance education,managing the laboratory portion of this class is still a challenge since the laboratory is inthe main building on campus.This paper presents the conversion process and summarizes the challenges on how toaddress the laboratory setup.COURSE/LAB SETUPTwo sections of EET 3100 is taught face-to-face on campus and at the same time isdelivered to another campus for our distance learning students, where they see the facultyon a big screen. The faculty is able to adjust the settings of the communication system sothat the students can see and hear each other as well as the instructor. PowerPoint

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael J. Brandemuehl; Lawrence E. Carlson

Session 3226 A LIVING LABORATORY Lawrence E. Carlson, Michael J. Brandemuehl Integrated Teaching and Learning Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at Boulder“BUILDING-AS-LAB” CONCEPTThe College of Engineering and Applied Science has recently built a new laboratoryfacility designed to facilitate hands-on, team-oriented learning across all of its sixdepartments. The three-story, 34,400 sq. ft. Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL)Laboratory opened its doors in January 1997. Its curriculum-driven

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

rigorous experimental testing of scale models as a design-assistingtool to enhance the design of daylighting systems in buildings, while still in the early designphase. According to the author’s experience, laboratory-testing proved to be both an effectiveand a transparent educational tool.2. Simplified Design Methods Page 15.559.2The rules of thumb currently used to integrate daylighting into architectural design can only offergeneral speculations such as: (1) within a depth of 15 feet from the window wall system daylightis sufficient, and up to 30 feet from the window wall system daylight provides 50% of requiredillumination levels, (2) within a

Conference Session

Developments in the Energy Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

connect theory andpractice. The purpose of this paper is to share our experiences of offering a laboratory-basedCombustion course and to encourage a discussion among instructors on this topic. The followingare experiments discussed in the paper:• Calorimetry, based on a comparison of petro- and biodiesel;• Internal-combustion engine performance, based on small- and large-engine test cells;• Exhaust analysis, which compares engines with and without catalytic aftertreatment;• Laminar and diffusion flames, flame speed of laminar stoichiometric flames, liftoff, blow-out, diffusion flame length, all based on a propane-fueled Bunsen burner;• Droplet evaporation, based on a comparison of evaporative rates of petro- and

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 6: Bring Your Own Experiment!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Weeks, University of Maine; Raymond Kennard, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

stock solution of green food colordye with a concentration of ~250 µM, along with basic laboratory equipment, was available inthe classroom. Students were expected to design an experiment to accomplish their experimentalobjectives. Some parameters they had to consider were the number of concentration points usedin their calibration curves, the range of agar percentages, and the duration of the experiment. Forthe time-lapse run, they needed to determine how long to run the experiment, the number ofimages to record, what concentrations of agar gels were used, and the number of replicates.This laboratory course is one of the two required writing-intensive classes in the curriculum.There is an emphasis on both written reports and oral presentations

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 13: Lab Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

wee sing Yeo, University of Cincinnati; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati; Azrul Abidin Zakaria; Zubaidi Faiesal Bin Mohamad Rafaai

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

National Engineering Education Research Colloquies” and ”The Research Agenda for the New Dis- cipline of Engineering Education.” He has a passion for designing state-of-the-art learning spaces. While at Purdue University, Imbrie co-led the creation of the First-Year Engineering Program’s Ideas to Inno- vation (i2i) Learning Laboratory, a design-oriented facility that engages students in team-based, socially relevant projects. While at Texas A&M University Imbrie co-led the design of a 525,000 square foot state-of-the-art engineering education focused facility; the largest educational building in the state. His expertise in educational pedagogy, student learning, and teaching has impacted thousands of students at the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeid Moslehpour

Session 2548 Distance Computer Architecture Laboratory Saeid Moslehpour, Patrick Keene, Thomas Eppes and Peter Schuyler University of HartfordAbstractWorking in a laboratory environment is vital for students to master the technological concepts inscience and engineering. Besides re-enforcing what is covered in lecture, lab time allowsstudents to engage in experience-based learning. The educational community largely uses onsiteexperimentation for electronics/computer engineering laboratory experiments. How can we offerdistance laboratory activities in computer engineering technology? The objective