Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Asad Esmaeily

, bar development length, serviceability in terms of crack width anddeflections.Students are divided into 4 groups to do the “formwork”, “caging”, “pouring”, and “testing” in 4different 2 hour laboratory sessions.All of the students participate in the first session for introduction to the laboratory and generalprocedure; the third session to observe the pouring process and making concrete sample; and the lastsession for testing concrete samples and beam specimen.The project provides students with a real-world design and hands-on experience to enhance theirunderstanding of reinforced concrete structures.In the survey conducted at the end of semester, students consistently and unanimously stated that theproject effectively provides them with a

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

laboratories have no directly associated lecture course, they dohave pre and co-requisites. In addition, the first 3 labs have general areas of specialization. In thesenior labs, a student may have only one project for 2 semesters. The objectives of the ECElaboratories include the ability to: 1. Identify, formulate, and solve practical electrical engineering problems. This includes the planning, specification, design, implementation, and operation of systems, components, and/or processes that meet performance, cost, time, safety, and quality requirements. 2. Communicate effectively through oral presentations and group discussions. 3. Communicate effectively through written reports and other documents. 4. Design and conduct

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 6: Bring Your Own Experiment!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University; Suleiman M Obeidat, Texas A&M University; Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University; Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui, Sam Houston State University; Joe Nervis Jr, Sam Houston State University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

targetsstudents, researchers, and professionals who need to learn how to use underwater robots. Theapplication can be used in a variety of settings, including classrooms, training laboratories, andresearch facilities. Some features included are interactive controls, guided tutorials, and progresstracking. The software and tools needed for this V.R. part are Unity game engine, environmentaland character assets, AI voice generators, Oculus Quest 1 Headset, Blender, and Polycam 3DScanner.Knowledge Context and Skills Honed a. Mechanical Engineering: - Designing the ROV's structure and hull to withstand the crushing pressures of the deep. - Meticulously selecting materials for buoyancy, durability, and weight distribution. - Ingeniously

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Davari; Amir Rezaei

. The Laboratory experiments are designed to provide insight into thevibration control system principles through theoretical as well as practical demonstration andexperimentation. The laboratory experiments are designed in such a way that the theoreticalprinciples can be demonstrated. Page 10.1237.10i. Structure of the laboratoryThe four vital Educational Control tools used extensively are: ECP Model 210 (Rectilinear “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Control System)[8], ECP Model 205

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Schmidt

undergraduate students generally take. It is a prerequisite tothe BME laboratory course required during the senior year, so that students are prepared to dostatistical analysis of data from lab experiments. The BME laboratory course is then acorequisite for the senior design course sequence, which requires some experimentation. SomeBME graduates later take additional statistics courses in their M.S. degree program.Most BME undergraduate students have little or no prior training in statistics, so this courseintroduces the subject in depth. Topics include probability, graphing of raw data, discrete andrandom variables, probability distributions (Binomial, Geometric, Poisson, Normal, Student’s t,Chi-Square, and F), joint probability distributions

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Approaches in ECE Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ojonugwa Oluwafemi Ejiga Peter, Morgan State University; Oluwapemiisin Gbemisola Akingbola, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Md Mahmudur Rahman, Morgan State University; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, York ; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

instrumentation and breadboarding approach, these assessments involve conventional methods such as written tests or quizzes, focusing on theoretical knowledge and problem-solving skills. Conversely, in the PCB-based approach, the pre-test assessments included questions tailored to assess familiarity with PCB design and usage and specific theoretical and problem-solving questions. The goal is to measure the student’s level of understanding with regard to digital electronics before the experiment. The post-test evaluations measure any advancements or modifications in ’”’ comprehension and utilization of digital electronics concepts after the laboratories are finished. These tests reviewed the same topics covered in the pre-test under the

Conference Session

Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas R. Consi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Mechanical Engineering

between free-form and set-piece projects to maximizeexposure to core mechatronics concepts while minimizing peripheral tasks and, importantly,preserving a good measure of creativity. Students in the author's mechatronics class were givenpremade motorized XYZ platforms and challenged to "do something" with the machines for theirfinal projects. While the basic platform is prebuilt it is of such general nature as to permits awide range of original projects. The results of one semester of this new course design will bepresented and compared with the author's earlier experience teaching the same course but with arequired free-form final project.Introduction Mechatronics is most often taught with a substantial laboratory component to

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

and practice for senior projects. In our campus, senior students are required topresent and demonstrate their senior projects in the senior project fair, in which those projectswere evaluated by the engineering technology faculty members and other senior students.V. Future Improvement Based on our experiences from teaching DSP courses, we felt that in Portion 1, all thelectures containing well-established topics including the digital spectrum, the FIR and IIR filterimplementations and developed laboratories are suitable. Even though the topics of DFT, FFT,bilinear transform method and optimum design seemed challenging to our technology studentsdue to the demand of their math proficiency to understand certain subjects, we still

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan De Vries; Gillian Saunders-Smits

andsomething they have great difficulties coming to grips with, as many of us experience on a day-to-day basis. This problem is becoming more and more apparent with the ever-changing focus ofhigh schools. The challenge for Mechanics lecturers is to overcome those shortcomings and tokeep students motivated and interested in Mechanics.This paper reports on the introduction of a laboratory exercise in the second year of our BSccurriculum at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology in theNetherlands aimed at improving the understanding of the mechanical behavior of structures aswell as increasing the student’s motivation.Mechanics education in the BSc Aerospace EngineeringAt the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Dimitrios Stroumbakis P.E., City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; John Migniuolo, Mig-Tech Fluidics Design; Bernard Hunter

delivery.Mr. John Migniuolo, Mig-Tech Fluidics Design John Migniuolo received his BSME from Manhattan College (Riverdale, NY) , and has extensive industry experience in the design and development of thermal-fluidic-pneumatic system designs and components during his 25 year tenure in automated medical diagnostic instruments and ultra-centrifuges for vaccine production. Consulting to domestic and international corporations in industries such as IVD/biotech and analytical instrumentation, water quality instruments, beverage dispensing/inline carbonation systems, and other medical fluidic processing systems. The vast majority of his experience has been in the devel- opment of automated medical diagnostic instruments within a

Conference Session

LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana; Sean Brophy; George Bodner, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

educational contexts forinquiry learning by allowing learners to perform experiments as they would in a laboratory. Thegoal of this research study is to describe the way in which an instructor and his students perceiveand experience computational tools in the context of a semiconductor devices graduate course.To accomplish this, a case study research design is presented. The case study consists of twolevels of qualitative and quantitative data collection. An instructor and 19 graduate students inhis course participated in this study. The initial study uses a student survey administered in thefall semester of 2008. The results of these survey help to identify instructors utilizing effectiveinstructional methods by the students. The second part of the

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

other senior students.V. Future Improvement Based on our experiences from teaching DSP courses, we felt that in Portion 1, all thelectures containing well-established topics including the digital spectrum, the FIR and IIR filterimplementations and developed laboratories are suitable. Even though the topics of DFT, FFT,bilinear transform method and optimum design seemed challenging to our technology studentsdue to the demand of their math proficiency to understand certain subjects, we still havesuccessfully delivered the course materials with an emphasis on principles and hands-onapplications instead of theoretical development. On the other side, based on the DSP industrialtrend, we could improve the course by introducing additional

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 1: Course Design

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federica Aveta, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R. McCusker Ph.D., Wentworth Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

curriculumAbstractComplete Research Paper: Engineering programs nationwide have redesigned their first-yearengineering curriculum to improve retention rate and to foster students’ success. WentworthInstitute of Technology has revised the first-year engineering curricula, for 8 engineeringprograms, in 2021. This paper presents the designing process of a first-year laboratory course inelectrical and computer engineering that was offered for the first time in Fall 2022 as part of theredesigned first-year engineering curriculum. The course aims at providing engaging, active, andhands-on academic experience and at exposing first-year students to their chosen engineeringdiscipline to enhance first year students’ performance and motivation to continue in anengineering

Conference Session

Technology for Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Riesbeck; Joseph Walsh

thestudents, asking questions about their process and progress. A significant challenge was thedevelopment of the rule-based system’s dialog paths to responded appropriately to studentresponses. The system was tested in a dialysis laboratory class of 52 students. Survey data,student user tests, in-lab videos, and the captured computer-student interactions indicate theeffectiveness of the system as well as opportunities for further system improvement.Background Improving a biomedical engineering laboratory courseThis work is part of a VaNTH ERC† initiative to develop technology to improve bioengineeringeducation. Specifically our goal is to improve a Biomedical Engineering Laboratory course atNorthwestern University that is designed to give

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Charmane V. Caldwell, Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering; Roxanne Hughes, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

; Engineering Liv- ing Learning Community (LLC), Educating Engineering Students Innovatively (EESI) and Peer-Assisted Study Sessions (PASS). Dr. Caldwell also serves as the activity director for the Title III program Engi- neering Learning Community. Those collective programs have nearly doubled the first-year retention of underrepresented minorities at the college.Dr. Roxanne Hughes, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dr. Roxanne Hughes is the Director of the Center for Integrating Research and Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab). She has also directed the MagLab’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs from 2014 to 2019. She brings a breadth of experience in science teaching and infor

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Brett Blackman, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

andconcepts poses a significant educational challenge in providing the students with sufficient depthof experience in experimental design and hands-on laboratory skills spanning all facets of BME.3Many core curricula in undergraduate BME programs offer a semester- or quarter-long labcourse which is split into roughly 5-6 modules, each of which covers a different subject areawithin BME.4 Additionally, some core courses may include a lab component that focusesspecifically on the material in that course.A large body of educational research indicates that hands-on, active participation by students issignificantly more conducive to learning than traditional lectures and rote memorization ofmaterial, thus prompting the National Academy of Science to issue

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kai Li; Xin Tang

cannot ensure a secure environment. Reliable networksecurity depends on well-educated professionals who can adapt IDS to practical networksettings.Typically, information security technology education is delivered to students throughclassroom learning and hands-on laboratory experiments. However, with the steady increase inInternet use in recent years, we have witnessed a rapid maturation in remote technologyeducation. The trend toward online information security technology education is inevitable, andshows a likelihood of becoming essential.In online technology education, significant efforts have been made to design and develop user-friendly Web-based learning environments, such as Blackboard and the virtual learningcommunity, which mainly

Conference Session

Learning about Electric Energy Conversion

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert O'Connell; Michael Moore; Kevin Zimmershied

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Engineering Education, 2008 Using Student Projects to Develop Laboratory Experiments for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bowles, University of South Carolina; Gang Quan, University of South Carolina

FPGA based embedded systems provides students with skills and experiences thatcan be readily applied when they begin to compete in the global labor force.The primary focus of this project is the development of FPGA-based materials and practices foran undergraduate embedded system design laboratory. The laboratory platform uses an FPGA asthe hardware substrate onto which students configure and subsequently reconfigure IntellectualProperty (IP) core modules using modern embedded system development tools and processes.The course materials are based on exemplary materials presented in recent Xilinx XUP ProfessorWorkshops on embedded system design and are engrained with state-of-the-art concepts andtechnology applied to emerging methodologies for

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Ghulam H. Bham PhD, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3909: USE OF A DRIVING SIMULATOR TO ENHANCE LEARN-ING EXPERIENCE OF UNDERGRADUATES IN HIGHWAY DESIGNDr. Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dan Cernusca is Instructional Design Specialist in the Department of Global Learning at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in information science and learning technologies in 2007 from University of Missouri, Columbia. He also holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Sibiu, Romania, with a specialization in manufacturing technologies and respectively cutting-tools design. His research interests include design-based research in technology-enabled learn- ing contexts, technology-mediated problem

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Prins, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-445: A TEAM-BASED DESIGN COMPETITION FOR FRESHMANENGINEERING STUDENTS THAT EMPHASIZES SUSTAINABLE DESIGNRobert Prins, James Madison University Robert Prins received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2005; he is currently an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at James Madison University (JMU). Prior to joining JMU, Dr. Prins was a faculty member at Virginia State University. Dr. Prins' industrial experience includes one year as a suspension engineer at Visteon, Inc. and five years as an engineer at Perceptron, Inc., a machine vision company. Page

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vibhuti Dave, Colorado School of Mines; Tyrone L. Vincent, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

experiment, to troubleshoot and fix problems, to recover from failure, and toreflect back on previous work to improve future performance.Project-based learning and inductive learning methods have been shown to be effectivepedagogical methods to target such skills and provide a motivating experience for students [3],[4], [5], [6]. Several universities across the country have moved away from a traditional labenvironment by restructuring and redesigning their laboratory courses to incorporate project-based learning and teamwork. Examples of such efforts include an interdisciplinary course insemiconductor processing [7], a class focused on the design of a solar racing car [8], andembedded systems courses developed for a range of student levels [9], [10

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Computer Engineering University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22904 hcp7ad@virginia.eduSummaryTo broaden our curriculum in electrical and computer engineering, we have expanded our upper-level elective offerings to include a series of 1.5 credit hour laboratory courses that are designedto complement existing courses, or to encourage students to reach out into a subject area withwhich they are not previously familiar. These courses have generated great interest, and virtuallyall of our 3rd and 4th-year students are engaged with them.This presentation will focus on our development of low-cost laboratory experiments that coverthe design and analysis of the most common switching

Conference Session

Engineering and Math Potpouri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Fong, National Institute of Standards and Technology; James Filliben, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Alan Heckert, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Roland deWit, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

AC 2008-2725: DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS APPROACH TO VERIFICATIONAND UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION OF SIMULATIONS BASED ON FINITEELEMENT METHODJeffrey Fong, National Institute of Standards and Technology Jeffrey T. Fong was educated at the University of Hong Kong (B.Sc., Engineering, First Class Honors, 1955), Columbia University (M.S., Engineering Mechanics, 1961), and Stanford University (Ph.D., Applied Mechanics and Mathematics, 1966). From 1955 to 1963, he worked as an engineer in powerplant design and construction at Ebasco Services, Inc. in New York City, and earned a professional engineer's license to practice in the State of New York (P.E., 1962) and the British Commonwealth (A.M.I.C.E

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technology-III

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ergezer, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Bryon Kucharski, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #22725Work in Progress: Designing Laboratory Work for a Novel Embedded AICourseDr. Mehmet Ergezer, Wentworth Institute of Technology Mehmet Ergezer (S’06) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, USA, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He received the D.Eng. degree in artificial intelligence from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA, in May 2014. From 2003 to 2005, following his internship with U.S. Steel, he was a Graduate Assistant with Youngstown State University. In

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 1 - Fluids, Wind, and Flow

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

modular water bench and fountain design project for an undergraduate fluid dynamics laboratoryAbstractA laboratory pedagogy that values inquiry-based instruction is under development at theUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to satisfy ABET Outcome 6: An ability to develop andconduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment todraw conclusions. To do so, there is a need for laboratory equipment that provides flexibility forstudents to experiment with an array of flow devices such as pipes, elbows, pumps, valves, andmeasurement devices such as differential pressure transducers and flowmeters.A modular water bench has been developed with a design project in mind whereby student

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel McCarthy, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

Systems Design Course Using HDL and PLDs Abstract The concepts presented in an introductory digital systems design lecture are often difficult for students to comprehend fully. In order to aid in this understanding, laboratory exercises are often assigned in order to reinforce the concepts introduced in lecture. These lab exercises also expose students to hardware, software, and hardware description languages used by indus- try professionals. We have been experimenting with a new paradigm for lab exercise creation, whereby previous students of a course are recruited to create new lab exercises for the course, a method we call “By Students, For Students” that we

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy S. Peng, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Brian Eickhoff, Sentera, LLC; Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Liang Zhan, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Robert M. Nelson, University of Wisconsin - Stout

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Design in Engineering Education

small-scaleprojects, however, are very suitable to be undertaken by students in their last academic year. Thestudents can apply knowledge learned from the engineering curriculum to real-world projects intheir senior capstone design class. This paper focuses on discussing our classroom experiencesin integrating industry sponsored projects from a startup company into a senior capstone designcourse in a computer engineering program. The capstone design course builds uponfundamentals of an ABET-accredited computer engineering curriculum. The design coursesimulates real-world project experiences and offers an opportunity for students to learn new skillsets including the design, debug, build, and test of prototype systems as well as

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Giacomo Nannicini, SUTD; Roland Bouffanais, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Elica Kyoseva, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Jean Wan Hong Yong, SUTD; Dario Poletti, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Robert E Simpson; Aditya Prasad Mathur

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

solving industrial problems.Chesler et al.9 report on an introduction to design course where they make use of virtualepistemic games focused on design trade-offs and client conflict management. In groups of 5,they solve the design projects in 11 hours. Page 24.763.3The approach here is less ambitious in curriculum coordination and planning structure than anyof these efforts; rather this paper discusses a multidisciplinary experience targeting a single term,orchestrated in the courses offered during that term. This is simpler in scope, requiring morelimited coordination of four courses rather than an entire sequence of courses.Introduction

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald V. Richardson

these steps are onlyimplied. Instruction delivered by computer simulation frequently ignores most of these steps.I. INTRODUCTIONWhile computer simulations of experimental processes can be valuable because they save timeand allow greater progress in limited class time, both professors and students must recognize andunderstand the essential steps of an experiment as detailed below. Class discussion should ex-plore these steps at the beginning of a course.The seven essential steps of any experiment are: a.) PROBLEM: Recognizing a need to either find answers to a new situation or further de- velop a field of study. b.) DESIGN: The experimental apparatus and procedure visualized to accomplish the desired result whether using standard