standard definition for virtual reality, depending on theirbackground scientists, researchers, and computer users have had a different definition for virtualreality. Pimentel and Teixeira [1], defined virtual reality as an immersive, interactive experiencegenerated by a computer. The more recent definition of VR is described by Dionisio and Gilbertas “computer-generated simulations of three-dimensional objects or environments with seeminglyreal, direct, or physical user interaction” [2]. From the definitions, it can be derived that VR hasan experimental nature with the main elements of the virtual world, immersion, interactivity andmulti-sensory feedback. The first virtual reality system was introduced in the 1960s, and the first Head
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measurement of variations in size between objects of the same type in a large stack of images. Although labor intensive, this project should be reasonable for a novice student to complete during a semester. I would provide weekly training for students to introduce them to computational techniques and image analysis, while you provided students with guidance on the research project within your discipline. The goal for these manual projects would be to help students gain research skills while also helping you work on a small research problem/project of interest to you. As students gain skills, they may work with you to extend the projects to further automate and accelerate your research.”All of the
, in the US and alsoresource-limited areas of the world where is little healthcare infrastructure.Virtual Manufacturing Science Laboratory with Robotic Ultrasonic WeldingIn the process of animating this process in SolidWorks, the various positions of the robot weresetup so that it can trace the robotic motion and complete the ultrasonic welding process. Figure 4shows the screenshots from the simulation of ultrasonic welding process. Students learn how toplan the animation for welding parts and further perfect the 3D models in SolidWorks. These 3Dmodels can be used in the virtual environment to create the entire ultrasonic welding process invirtual reality with a similar simulation where the user can interact with the process by setting upthe
using the softwareand hardware. A custom-built control box (shown in Figure 10) with a stepper motor driverboard links the actuators to a Labview© digital I/O board. The flow is measured using a Pitottube and a Dantec Dynamics miniature boundary layer hot wire anemometer probe. Theanemometer feeds data back into the Labview© program which writes the data into a spreadsheet.Figure 9 The Pitot tube in the model room Figure 10 Stepper motor drive board boxANSYS Fluent Flow SimulationsSimulations of the Space Air Diffusion laboratory were performed using ANSYS Fluentsoftware. These simulations also covered different flow rates through the model room. Thecontours function in the graphics and animations windows were used to provide x
of staffing requirements. A possible way to overcomethese limitations of the traditional physical laboratory is to use alternative modes of delivery,such as virtual laboratories. In a virtual laboratory, students do not interact with real equipmentto obtain data, but rather with computer simulations of laboratory or industrial processequipment, obscured by pre-programmed statistical variation. The virtual laboratory is intendedto allow future engineers to practice the skills they will need in industry, in much the same way aflight simulator is used for training pilots. This learning environment is compelling not onlybecause it can alleviate resource constraints, but also because it can address learning outcomesnot possible with a physical
intentional scaffolding of the entrepreneurial mindset [19]. In their ElectricCircuits course, Question Formulation Technique (QFT) and Entrepreneurially Minded CircuitDesign-Build-Test with Value Proposition method are used to implement EML [19]. The authorsof the paper “Entrepreneurial Mindset and the University Curriculum [20]” applied technology-based and a dynamic live case-study with color graphics animated computer simulation in theirentrepreneurial course. The live case-study involves multiple student visits to companies.Students construct a company supply-chain under the professor’s guidance. Bilen, et al,suggested providing students with multiple exposures to an entrepreneurial mindset [21].Chasaki described a seven-week mini-project “Cyber
topics such as production design and, mechanics,engineering material, finite element analysis, mold design, enterprise CAD managementand others.As one example, first-semester students initially learn CAD techniques in a basic servicecourse taught by the Computer Graphics department. They subsequently migrate toProduction Design and Specifications where they polish 3D skills as they learn about fits,tolerances and other aspects of design for manufacturing and design for assembly.In Applied Strength of Materials and Experimental Mechanics, students utilize the sameCAD application to initially construct 3D models and then analyze those models using avariety of analytical techniques.Similar to capstone experience, students later in CAD in the
from reading a book.Model - The engineering concepts we expect students to know may be abstract or require a highlevel of understanding that may even include other high level domains such as chemistry,physics, and mathematics. The concepts may not be viewable or have an actual physicalrepresentation. For example in computer science, algorithms and data structures have nophysical or tangible representations. Visualization tools give students an illustration, animation,or other visual metaphors to work with in scaffolding their understanding of the concepts. Suchmodels are used to illustrate the concept in action and engage the learners in discussions.Application - Applications are simulated concepts, which are differentiated from models in
. Prior to that he was a Technical Staff Member (researcher) for the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Dr. Gonzalez was also a faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Central Florida. Dr. Gonzalez graduated from the University of Illinois in 1997 with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He received his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Florida International University in 1992 and 1989. Dr. Gonzalez research interest includes the intelligent control of large scale autonomous systems, autonomous vehicles, discrete-event modeling and simulation and human signature
andrapid prototyping machinery, nor of computer systems, networks and software — although agood dose of these will be required — but first and foremost it requires a rethinking and redoingof our objectives, and a reform of content — the stuff we teach — and of context, —the way weteach and relate to students. These are tightly coupled. The second part of the argument is thatone way to achieve this transformation is through the infusion of open-ended exercisesthroughout the curriculum.“Open-endedness”What do I mean by “open-ended”: Productdissection is open-ended in that, althoughthe object is real, “hard”, and apparently allthere, faculty must constrain the task,suggest, if not prescribe, certain questions toask, and limit the extent of
and laboratories are improved upon. Another study tested howcomputer simulations and animations can aid instructors and students learning [9]. It also showedhow additional online examples can aid students with higher cognitive understanding andsubsequent problem solving [9].There are many related articles that focus on at least one of the domains of learning for engineeringstudents; however, most have different focuses or are not directly applicable to this paper’sresearch. For example, many related studies were testing or creating a tool used to evaluate a class'sability to teach with one or more of the domains, versus testing how to better teach one or all ofthe domains or discover how students learn with each domain [6-7], [13-16]. One
the second module in Calculus III instruction will follow a similarapproach.5. Current StatusThe module on cost and revenue curves has already been developed and tested in theclassroom. A run-time version of the module has been generated and installed in severalcomputers in a PC lab in Marteena Hall of Physics and Mathematical Sciences forstudents to view. The module was presented in one Calculus I class in the week ofNovember 16-19, and the first computer lab was conducted in the week of November 30-December 4. A survey of students was conducted simultaneously. Out of 27 participatingstudents, 15 students answered “yes” to the question: did the application examples helpyou learn calculus better? 7 answered “no” to the question, 5 answered
AC 2012-5114: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE APPLICATION OF VIR-TUAL INSTRUMENTS AND PORTABLE HARDWARE TO ELECTRODE-BASED BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY EXERCISESDr. Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 1989 and 1991, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. Warren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. Prior to joining KSU in August 1999, Dr. Warren was a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. He directs the KSU Medical Com- ponent Design
, length and time scales, and the solutions are generally obtained bysophisticated experiments and computations that are difficult to explain. However, when theresult of a fluid flow simulation is presented as a visualization of the calculated flow field, itbecomes a powerful educational tool, giving students an idea of how the fluid behaves undermany different conditions. Although many Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software packages such as CFXand Fluent are available in the market, their availability to undergraduate engineering curriculumhas been limited due to the following reasons1: ‚" The software is targeted towards industrial users and the cost tends to be high ‚" The users must have access to powerful, high speed
bioengineering definitionsincluded: I defined bio-engineering as applying engineering techniques in developing biological compounds. Bio-engineering is the enhancement or alteration of a person or animal's physiology Page 15.788.14 through engineering and the design of devices that can interact with or become part of a person, animal, or plant body for the purpose of healing or enhancement of functioning. It is a new field between biology and engineering. It uses mechanical and life sciences to improve health and medical care. Bio-engineering is the manipulation of molecules and materials to determine
Architecture System Performance Characterization and Evaluation Collective Behaviors (Computer Simulation) Advanced Agent-based Swarm Added Mass and Drag Interplanetary Model ExplorationTable 2: Mini-Lesson titles as mapped to curricular areas and level of difficulty. Lessons withoriginal videos embedded in support of learning are indicated with italics.For the interested reader, the curriculum is available at [8], and while no longer linked to the mainwebsite, the original ten lessons are available at [9].Figure 3
equipped with 18,000vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubesand perhaps weigh 1 ½ tons." 5. InspirationAncient Roman Saying: "While there's life, there's hope."Bacon, Francis (1561-1626): "So let great authors have their due, as time, which the authorof authors, be not deprived of his due, which is further and further to discover truth."Barker, Joel A.: "The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it." 6. PhilosophyAcheson, Dean (1893-1971): "Always remember that the future comes one day at a time."Anonymous: "The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up."Anonymous: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get."Anonymous: "Time is nature's
course (ChE211? Chemical Process Simulation), and regularly teaches the junior-level thermodynamics course. He is participating in development of a new freshman-level course (ChE110 ? Introduction to Chemical Engineering), which he is now teaching. He has been selected by students as the outstanding teacher in chemical engineering six of the past ten years since stepping down as dean. He has been active in ASEE and attended numerous workshops on improvement of instruction. He has implemented collaborative learning activities and writing assignments in his classes. Page 11.918.1© American
① 54.1% Animations, video clips, or simulations related to course material ① 50.8% Articles from scientific literature ① 27.9% Practice or previous year's exams ① 24.6% Student wikis or discussion boards with little or no contribution from you 21.3% ⓪ Student wikis or discussion boards with significant contribution from you 14.8% or TA ①A majority of instructors provide lecture notes (78.7%), worked examples (67.2%), other notes(63.9%), and homework solutions (54.1%). About half (50.8%) provided related animations,video clips or simulations. Less commonly provided were wikis or discussion boards, practice
spreadsheet used to check your design.For all cases you will have to determine the experience that you want the jumper to have. Doesyour company operate on a “have a nice jump we are not going let you get anywhere near thebottom” safety philosophy, a “let’s see if you can touch the water at the bottom” full thrillsphilosophy, or somewhere in between? Establish your philosophy and apply it to all of theabove design scenarios that you choose to complete. NOTE: All students are expected to havedifferent design philosophies!Computer Simulations – For this project, the computer simulation tasks are: a) (5 pts) Use MathCad to solve problem (a) above. b) (5 pts) Use MathCad to create a plot that shows the g’s experienced as a function of
to tell what exactly was happening in the film, but it looked like the leg was being pushed on from the top and was being smashed into the ground. If this was what was happening, I would probably use K=0.5 to represent having 2 fixed ends. • 1, because the leg's support simulates 2 pins, one at the ground and the other at the pelvis. • The K value would be 2, because it is most like a fixed and free end. • We would use a K=1 because both ends are would be pinned (knee joint and ankle joint). • It would be K=0.5 because the ends would be fixed. • Both ends would essentially be fixed. The foot would be fixed against the ground due to the forces being applied to it, and the knee would be fixed to something
eachcategory and subcategories are presented in Tables 2 and 3. 4 Table 2: Categories for Images Image Description Animal Photo of animals Buildings Photo of structures, buildings, campuses, bridges, aerial views Selfies Photo, a self-portrait taken at arm’s length Nature Trees, rivers, mountains, outdoor spaces Torn up clothing, no shoes, poverty-stricken/exhibiting low socio-eco- Low SES/ nomic status Engineering/Engineer
andreading, the reflective writing of peers can be an effective method for producing conceptualchange in college students (Zhang, 1999). There are several elements common to these approaches to conceptual change. Initially,students make a prediction about a given situation. Then, either through direct experience,simulation, reading, or discussion, they engage with the outcome from that situation. Then,through reflective writing, peer or faculty discussion, or adaptive computer interface, they revisittheir original prediction and reassess their thinking in light of the new experience. Key to theeffectiveness of these processes are that: a) students must experience conflict, in which they seetheir previous conception fail, b) they must deeply
Credits Semester ECE 210 Introduction to Electrical Engineering 3 FS ECE 241 Introduction to Computer Engineering 3 FS ECE 431 Microcontrollers 3 FS ECE 410 Circuit Theory I 3 FS ECE 511 Circuit Theory II 3 FS ECE 647 Digital Filtering 3 F Additional Technical Electives 8
Engineering and a President’s Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published more than 225 papers and has 12 patents in the areas of zeolite membranes, heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, and atomic and molecular deposition. He has directed the effort at the University of Colorado to prepare screencasts, ConcepTests, and interactive simulations for chemical engineering courses (www.LearnChemE.com).Dr. Will Medlin, University of Colorado, Boulder J. Will Medlin is an associate professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the ConocoPhillips Faculty Fellow at the University of Colorado. He teaches courses in kinetics, thermodynamics, and ma- terial and energy balances. His research
Seattle facilitating collaboration among project participants. Information Technology in Building delivery and project management improvements through the Design and Construction, use of computer applications are explored, including scheduling Virginia Tech software, BIM tools, and VDC simulation software and their corresponding theories and concepts the integrate design and construction.DISCUSSIONS AND SUGGESTIONSBased on the findings from this survey of industry BIM experts, the demand for BIM operationsemployees to have extensive BIM knowledge is concentrated in four topic areas: clash detection,constructability review, site planning and utilization
differentsections of the lesson “scenes”. Thestudent can go directly to the desiredsection of the lesson (i. e., scene) ifhe/she is reviewing the VR lesson. The student is encouraged to select the first panel that takesthe students to the scene containing details of a physical system modeled by a 2nd order ordinarydifferential equation (Fig. 2).Then, activities are provided to understand how the system behaves when various combinationsof the system parameters (such as mass, damping) are chosen (Fig. 3).The lesson has dynamic components such as an animation video of the suspension system andanimated graphs corresponding to the selected parameters of the problem/activity (Fig. 4). Inaddition, the lesson allows students to test their understanding by
technology development….I would attribute it to an enlightened attitude in the computer science department and in the engineering college at [the] University... I don't know if I would have been able to do as well at other universities doing the types of things that I've done around educational technology.”The award also seems to provide faculty members with a symbol of prestige. Those facultymembers more advanced in their careers have so far expressed that they were proud of the awardand have over the years, displayed it prominently. – “…from a personal point of view, I'm proud of it, very proud of it. In fact, I still have the award in our display case…. It's been in there for what, 12 years now
it makes more sense, so I like it Page 15.721.6 more.≠ It's good to see how this fits in to every day life. More of this is good≠ I really enjoyed the second (biology) presentation. I would like to see more 'real world' applications. zeno's paradox [math presentation] is super interesting≠ The Computer Science presentation was most interesting.≠ I suggest having the topics to be presented printed on the postings. Elliptic functions talk was interesting.≠ Very good Presentations. Informational on how derivatives are utilized in different fields. Actually, the biology presentation helped me figure out a homework problem from