Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Holly T. Frederick

phase also includes the execution of the set the bar for the laboratory project and the instructor mustexperiment. Two lab weeks are allotted for the lab work. The work to keep them grounded and help them to identify thebetter prepared students are for the work, the more significant right questions to ask. The instructor acts to facilitate thethe results. The instructor must sometimes work in creative project by helping the student to take their ideas and developways to assist the students in designing experiments to meet the testable components and coordinating and orderingthe time and results criteria. supplies to accomplish the purpose

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eva Graham, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

difficulties, but without anexperienced and knowledgeable robotics instructor, the full benefit of this infrastructure cannotalways be exploited. Yet, the field of robotics provides an ideal educational platform toencourage and excite undergraduate students. To capitalize on these benefits, we havedeveloped human-robot interaction modules that combine human-robot interaction technologyand space exploration problem sets into an intense design experience, in which emphasis isplaced on the non-traditional skills needed for addressing challenging technical problems of the21st century. In this paper, we discuss our intense “boot-camp” learning process that uses thesemodules for training diverse populations of undergraduate students. The underlying model is

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2009-2205: ASSESSMENT OF REMOTE “OPTICAL CIRCUITS”LABORATORY USING EMBEDDED MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESDriss Benhaddou, University of HoustonAlan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder Page 14.259.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Assessment of Remote“Optical Circuits” Laboratory using Embedded Measurement Techniques1 AbstractThis paper presents the result of a embedded assessment technique used to evaluate student learn-ing outcome of online laboratories in an optical circuits course. The laboratories are remotelycontrolled experiments using actual optical equipment controlled using labview. Students conductthe experiments remotely and collect

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Charles Riley, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

conductappropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to drawconclusions” [1]. These analyses, interpretations, and conclusions are usually communicated in alaboratory report.Unfortunately, most faculty have little training or instruction in how to develop effective labreport assignments nor how to instruct students on how to write laboratory reports. This isespecially problematic for new faculty who additionally have little or no experience designing,assigning, and grading laboratory reports. Some engineering programs, such as the Writing-Enriched Curriculum program at the University of Minnesota and Engineering CommunicationProgram at Cornell, offer resources to support engineering faculty in writing pedagogies [4, 5

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Learning Tools (Hands On)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Benjamin Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

lab classes often experience dissatisfaction not because they dislike hands-on learning, but because they are overwhelmed by other components and deliverables of the labclass.At the other end of the spectrum, some hands-on learning has focused on very simplemanipulators that are designed to provide a qualitative reinforcement of concepts. One of thegoals of this NSF IUSE project is to create simple hands-on experiments that can be highlyportable for use in lecture rooms, laboratories, or even dorm rooms but can still go beyondqualitative demos and yield quantitative confirmation of engineering models. Due to advances inportable data acquisition devices, laptop computers, and affordable sensors, there is anunprecedented opportunity to make

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Tanuj Oruganti; Peter Schuyler

to run experiments nearly identicalto the ones that they now perform in onsite laboratory.Much of the early work that used the Internet to remotely deliver experiments began in 1998with Esche and Chassapis.[3] It was followed by a series of work reported in 2000 by both Escheand Gurocak.[4]-[6] Each year, additional work has appeared that has further validated the viabilityof distance labs and their effectiveness in delivering a worthwhile laboratory experience.[7]-[12] Page 10.1000.1The quality of the architectures and designs of distance labs has steadily improved including thelatest presented at the 2003 ASEE National Conference.[13

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Oro; J Hines

. Thispredictive modeling exercise was a useful experience for the undergraduate designers.Future work with the user interface will include presenting the thermodynamic properties,processes, and cycles in the form of P-v, T-v, and T-s diagrams. This will visually allowthe students to recognize works being performed, heats being transferred, and other vitalfunctions of the refrigeration system.5. Conclusions:The air conditioner laboratory system described in this paper is a simple, real lifeapplication for demonstrating basic thermodynamics processes and principles. The dataand GUI is accessible over the web, which allows the system to be used for at homelaboratory experiments and classroom demonstrations. It was fairly inexpensive, ascompared to $25,000

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick J. Nefcy, Oregon State University; Philip H. Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

are not readily available foruse by undergraduate students, but are more representative of industrial systems. In this study, avirtual chemical vapor deposition laboratory is used. The instructional design of the virtuallaboratory project is intended to complement the physical laboratory projects in the curriculum.Students interact with a three-dimensional computer simulation to gather data. In the virtualmode, there is lower cognitive demand required to physically perform the actual experiments,affording students the opportunity to build a rich experimental design based on interpretation anditeration. Previously, we have reported a graphical method that has been developed, termedModel Development and Usage Representations. These maps

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josue Orellana, Washington State University; Fabiola Quiroa, Washington State University; Ala' Ibrahim Abu-Lail; Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

ofreal experimental data collected by all groups. The four modules were designed to: 1) reinforce and illustrate basic principles in the mindsof students with regards to cellular functions and operations through hands-on experiences; 2)provide students with necessary skills needed to work with cells safely, 3) familiarize studentswith available equipment in cellular engineering laboratories as well as familiarize them withcommon measuring and calibration techniques 19, improve students’ troubleshooting skills; 4)elevate students design skills; 5) train students in technical report writing; 6) improve students’critical thinking skills via analysis of the design and assumptions of the experimental module,theoretical modeling of their results

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adnaan Jiwaji, MIT; James Hardison, MIT; Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa, Makerere University; Alfred Mwambela, University of Dar-es-Salaam; V. Judson Harward, MIT; Jesús A. del Alamo, MIT; Bryant Harrison, MIT; Samuel Gikandi, MIT

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

design, comprehensive support materials and strongfaculty support are fundamental issues in the development of any classroom technology. This isa concept that can benefit iLab partner institutions regardless of how established they are.V. Conclusions and Future WorkIn developing iLabs based on the National Instruments ELVIS, the iLab Project has established acommon platform upon which a variety of remote laboratory experiences can be derived at alower per-user cost than similar traditional labs. Each African partner university started out withthe initial version of ELVIS iLab software and modified it to fit its own specific needs.Similarly, through the ESyst Project, MATEC has influenced the design of a specific ELVIS-based iLab that is tailored

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Nielsen L. Pereira, Western Kentucky University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Jerry-Daryl Fletcher, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

instrumentation. Astatke has more than 10 years’ experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous web-based ECE courses in the USA and abroad. He is the recipient of the 2012 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section’s Distinguished Teaching Award.Mr. Jerry-Daryl Fletcher, Morgan State University Page 25.402.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Design Swapping as a Method to Improve Design Documentation Design educators are often challenged with motivating students to generate detaileddesign documentation and provide constructive feedback to peers. However, due

Conference Session

Focus on IE Principles and Techniques

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Nambiar, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Dale Masel, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

taught in otherISE courses and demonstrated how these methods related the concept of a lean system. Thelaboratory approach was taken to enable students to gain hands-on experience in lean principles.The laboratory course met one day a week, which also made fitting the course into theirschedules easier for the students.This paper provides an overview of the activities that were conducted in the laboratory sessionsto demonstrate lean principles. The paper also discusses the supporting materials, includingintroductory lectures and out-of-class work. Observations from the instructor of the course andthe students participating in it are also included.IntroductionInterest in the topic of Lean Manufacturing (or, more generally, Lean Systems) has

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Jacques

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

level Digital Signal Processing class.Introduction:Student-Centered Instruction (SCI) is an approach to learning that has been gaining ground in theeducation literature for the past ten years. Using this technique, teachers provide students withopportunities (usually in the form of exercises) to learn independently or in small groups. SCItechniques include substituting active learning experiences for lectures, holding studentsresponsible for material that has not been explicitly discussed in class, assigning open-endedproblems or problems requiring critical or creative thinking, and using self-paced and/orcooperative (team-based) learning.2 The literature suggests that SCI leads to increasedmotivation to learn, greater retention of knowledge

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schulz; DeRome Dunn; Abhijit Duraphe; Samuel Owusu-Ofori; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai; Richard Layton

Session 2520 Vertical Integration of the Undergraduate Learning Experience Devdas Pai, Ajit Kelkar, Richard A. Layton, Mark Schulz, DeRome Dunn, Samuel Owusu-Ofori and Abhijit Duraphe North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NCAbstractIn progressing through an engineering curriculum, students acquire familiarity with the use ofmodern computational tools for modeling, analyzing, and designing physical systems.Instructors put a lot of effort into identifying and implementing appropriate software packagesfor augmenting classroom material. Students undergo steep learning curves, often

Collection

CoED

Authors

Mario Perhinschi

Analysis of Aircraft Actuator Failures within Published 1 Dec 2020 an Undergraduate Experiential Learning Laboratory Mario Perhinschi1* 1 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia Universit, 1374 Evansdale Drive | PO Box 6070, Morgantown, 26506-6070, West Virginia, United States ORIGINAL RE SEARC H Abstract The design and implementation of an undergraduate laboratory is presented for the analysis of aircraft actuator

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin I. Tyler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica A. Krogstad, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

campers were able to make connections between each moduleand the materials science tetrahedron. Over 98% of responses were either a 4 or a 5. Enjoymentand general opinion of the camp were also high (>90%). Creativity was lower, most likely due tothe intro lecture and other laboratory activities that did not allow for much choice from thecamper due to the nature of the experiment. Overall, these results show that the comprehensionof materials science, over all activities, was achieved via our transfer of learning methods.Looking at the individual module responses gives a more detailed look into how well the girlscomprehended each module, as well as how much they enjoyed it.Figure 8 shows the Likert responses for the Design project module. Based

Collection

Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Enrico Martinez; Shelby Mullen; Brent Rogers; Haley Worman

ChE laboratory THE DRYING OF APPLES IN A LABORATORY TRAY DRIERShelby Mullen, Brent Rogers, Haley Worman, and Enrico N. MartinezTPurdue University • West Lafayette, IN 47907 he Chemical Engineering Laboratory is a senior-level laboratory equipment and experiments designed for today’s course at Purdue University. Looking back, the need industrial reality. The Allan H. Fox Unit Operations Labora- for the laboratory first emerged in the summer of 1935 tory now provides an industrial setting for seniors in chemicalwhen a required set of two unit operations laboratory courses engineering to sharpen their skills and apply their theoreticalwas introduced by Prof

Conference Session

Experinces in Manufacturing Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J Cox, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

for the Robotics Research Group at the University of Texas at Austin for three years. In 2016 he became the Founding Chair of Manufacturing Engineering at Georgia Southern University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Development of Hands-on Laboratory Resources for Manufacturing Engineering AbstractIncreasing student enrollments with a demand on instructional resources poses significantchallenges when attempting to meet the goal of hands-on experiences in a manufacturingengineering curriculum. The modern manufacturing engineer requires a spectrum of skills andknowledge in materials, manufacturing processes, production engineering, systems

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott R. Short

support of funding from the National Science Foundation’sInstrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant Program and the State of Illinois, a laboratory sectionhas been added to the materials science course. Our students will now gain direct, hands-on, laboratoryexperience about the relationship between the processing, structure, properties, and performance ofengineering materials. This paper discusses the requirements of the laboratory, the equipment procured, theoverall laboratory layout, and the experiments to be performed.Introduction A fundamental knowledge of materials science and engineering is critical to the success of industriesthat are important to the strength of the U.S. economy and U.S. defensel. American industry has noted

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyn Marie Turner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Shirley Dyke, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of a pendulum that can be adjusted to ‘tune’ it to the naturalfrequency of the primary system. The mass and length of the pendulum can be varied within awide range of values. The students are provided with some information about the building beforethe lab, and are instructed to email their designs (length and mass) to the instructor prior to thelaboratory time. The instructor sets up the pendulum according to their designs so that when theyconnect remotely the experiment is available for them. The students are expected to build anumerical model of the system and compare the experimental behavior of the system to thetheoretical model. The students prepare a laboratory reports documenting their efforts during thetwo modules

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zeshan Hyder, Virginia Tech & UET Lahore; Zulfiqar Ali, Virginia Polytechnic State University; Janis P. Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

and Assistant Department Head of the Department of Engi- neering Education at Virginia Tech. He is the Director of the multi-University NSF I/UCRC Center for e-Design, the Director of the Frith Freshman Design Laboratory and the Co-Director of the Engineering First-year Program. His research areas are design and design education. Dr. Goff has won numerous University teaching awards for his innovative and interactive teaching. He is passionately committed to bringing research and industry projects into the class room as well as spreading fun and creating engage- ment in all levels of Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott Shepard

, research grade, fiber opticskits – developing the requisite mechanical skills and diligence, while emphasizingthe application of component assembly to the design of specific experimentalsolutions, as pioneered by Swenson [6]. Another innovation that we build upon isthe use of advanced experiments utilizing optical spectrum analyzers, Erbiumdoped fiber amplifiers, and WDM components, as developed by Donnelly [7].In these areas the coursework and the corresponding laboratory componentswere primarily developed for engineering students, thus these require lessadaptation to meet our Engineering Technology needs. Nevertheless, we dointend to make some innovative contributions to this area as well. These includeexperiments on fusion splicing and free

Collection

2020 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian

Portland Cement Concrete mixtures. Thismaterials laboratory component includes all types of hands-on experiments on stones and sand(aggregates) and concrete. Portland Cement Concrete is widely used in buildings, especially in high-risestructures. High Strength Concrete (HSC) and Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) are the two latesttechnologies of Portland Cement Concrete being used in concrete structures for two important reasons. 1.For pumping concrete to higher floors of the high-rise structures, the SCC should be used due to itsflowing nature. 2. Higher strength is needed so that the bottom floors can have slim sections for thecolumns and beams that have to support the entire high-rise structure and therefore HSC is being used.The Accreditation

Conference Session

Remote and Network-based Laboratories

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria; Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

anessential part of the educational process, particularly in the sciences and engineering. Synchronousinteraction is also important because it provides immediate feedback so that students can interactwith experiments in real-time, thus obtaining numerous potential results, instead of running oneexperiment and waiting for the results at a later time.Online (Remote) laboratories make all this shared use available via the internet and are becomingincreasingly important applications in the new domain of Online Engineering.Online Engineering can be defined as an interdisciplinary field utilizing the areas of engineering,computing and telematics, where specific engineering activities like programming, design,control, observation, measuring, sensing, and

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian D Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Darrell R Wallace, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

asolution that maintains the original design intent while economically and safely solving theproblem.4. a clearer direction for their career interest was realizedThe students were able to see the aspects of the technology field that they liked and had the bestaptitude for. Some saw that they liked manufacturing aspects, others likes the design side. Theyalso looked into different industries such as automotive, defense, entertainment, automation andproduction.5. pursuit of practical experience (internships, co-ops or part-time jobs) opportunitiesThis became very important for each participant. All of the participants started looking for careeropportunities on their own as their interest in technology increased. Each student that completedthe class

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alexander Ganago

makeslaboratory activities less effective than they should be.With the goal to create an atmosphere of active learning in the lab, I designed and developed so-called Lab Lecture experiments, which help students separate learning from earning pointsand make sure that the newly learned laboratory procedures are correctly performed. During LabLecture experiments students learn new skills, perform measurements, and make accuraterecords of lab results according to step-by-step instructions given in the Lab Book. Only after thestudents completed the Lab Lecture experiment they begin doing the Lab experiment on thesame topic, for which they earn grade points.The sequence of Lab Lecture experiments followed by Lab experiments has been successfullyused in

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College; Alexander Genis, G I I, Inc.; Tony Midora, PMT, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

careful consideration and discussions with the largest employers inthe Atlantic region, representatives of the ANST, and based on our research, educational, andengineering experience, we came to the conclusion that the creation of a unique ultrasound NDElaboratory would significantly benefit our students and working engineering personnel. Theestablishment of a state-of-the art laboratory for NDE purposes will allow Drexel and itscommunity-college partners to develop training options for technicians located in the region’skey industries. NDE curriculum will be designed to fulfill Levels I & II NDE in theory andtraining requirements, according to ASNT Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A (2001)2

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard A. Pitts Jr., Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

, final course grades, and example laboratory assignments reveal aconsistent focus on hands-on, laboratory experiences. Students received separate laboratory ormini-project grades which were factored into overall grades. Laboratory grades comprised 40%of IEGR 478 and IEGR 488 overall course grades and were the largest single grade component.Examples of laboratory assignments include using CNC programming skills to design parts to be Page 25.715.9milled on the eXpertMILL 0600 CNC milling machine. At the end of the course studentsmanufactured parts and also displayed them for other IE students. Students also designed andcreated parts using the

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

, University of Florida Lilianny Virguez is a Instructional Assistant Professor at the Engineering Education Department at Uni- versity of Florida. She holds a Masters’ degree in Management Systems Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. She has work experience in telecommunications engineer- ing and teaches undergraduate engineering courses such as engineering design and elements of electrical engineering. Her research interests include the intersection of core non-cognitive skills and engineering students’ success. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Combining a Virtual Tool and Physical Kit for Teaching Sensors

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session 3: Energy and Multidisciplinary

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacques Belanger, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andrew Davol, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Huy A Duong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Trent Hamilton

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #30174Development of a Multidisciplinary Renewable Energy Laboratory forResearch and EducationProf. Jacques Belanger, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jacques Belanger is a mechanical engineering educator with 20 years of private sector experience in con- sulting and renewable energy. He was a co-founder of Cool Earth Solar, a photovoltaic solar company pursuing solar energy concentration approach. He worked at Cool Earth Solar for 10 years where he was in charge of solar tracking and thermal management. He’s joined Cal Poly in 2017, specializing in ther- mal sciences, renewable and nuclear