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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Shang; Michael Jurczyk; Hongchi Shi; Anupam Joshi

Session 1526 Laboratory-Oriented Teaching in Web and Distributed Computing∗ Hongchi Shi, Yi Shang, Michael Jurczyk, and Anupam Joshi♣ University of Missouri-Columbia AbstractIn this paper, we present our experiences in teaching two laboratory-oriented courses in the Weband distributed computing area using our NSF-sponsored Distributed Systems Laboratory (DSL).The DSL consists of one Sun Enterprise 3500 server and 12 Sun Ultra 10 workstations connectedthrough fast Ethernet and ATM networks. The computer systems in

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Monroe L. Weber-Shirk; Leonard W. Lion

could be used by students with minimal additional training. Ideally the software wouldsignificantly decrease the amount of time students required to learn how to use a new instrument. Given the time constraints for development of data acquisition software we initially considering a gradualimplementation after the course was underway. However, experiments performed with and withoutcomputerized data acquisition are often designed differently and thus gradual implementation ofcomputerization would have required an additional effort to convert experimental designs. In addition, theinstruments chosen for use in the laboratory needed to be selected carefully to ensure compatibility withcomputerized data acquisition. Thus, we chose to

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Jones; Rebecca K. Toghiani; Hossein Toghiani

Session 2213 Supercritical Fluid Extraction in the Undergraduate Laboratory l Rebecca K, Toghiani, Hossein Toghiani, and Jay Jones Department of Chemical Engineering Mississippi State University P.O. Box 9595 Mississippi State, MS 39762Introduction Thermodynamics experiments are often an overlooked component in

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Julia Williams

Session 2213 Incorporating Peer Review in the Chemical Engineering Laboratory David C. Miller, Department of Chemical Engineering Julia M. Williams, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyThe Unit Operations laboratory represents an important site for the development oftechnical and non-technical skills in chemical engineering students. Coming in the finalyear of students’ course work, the projects of UO lab give students the opportunity tocombine experimental experiences with team work and communication, a combinationthat chemical engineering educators would agree is

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilya Grinberg

on the physicalpanels by more accurate digital meters on the computer screen. Moreover, such parameters, asspeed, torque, power factor, apparent power, and a number of programmable meters, which werenot readily available before, can be easily displayed.Excellent recording and graphing capabilities, virtual four-channel oscilloscope, and phasoranalyzer allow time allocated for typical experiments in Electric Machines course to be reducedtwice, e.g. twice as many laboratory exercises can be done during the coursework.Typically, electromechanical equipment that can operate separately from an array of otherdevices and installations does not exist. This includes motor control apparatus(electromechanical and digital), programmable logic

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Bruninga; Dave D. Myre

experiment uses a commercial GPS receiver and a parabolicdish. The GPS unit acquires the satellites in view which are recorded along with azimuth,elevation and relative signal strength. The GPS receiver is then placed near the focal point ofthe dish to observe the drastic change in signal strength between GPS spacecraft inside andoutside of the antenna beam width. Students are required to compare estimates for gain andbeam width using design equations and receive power using the link equations available in theclass text (Space Mission Analysis and Design1) as well as satellite location based on predictionsmade using Satellite Tool Kit®.2. Receiving Systems LaboratoryAfter the antennas, the next laboratory examines the remaining portions of the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

V. Waheed; V. Nallaperumal; S. A. Chickamenahalli

Session 2259 LABVIEW BASED ELECTRIC MACHINES LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION S. A. Chickamenahalli, V. Nallaperumal, V. Waheed Wayne State University/Wayne State University/Patti EngineeringAbstract This paper presents an innovative instrumentation project that consisted of interface of adc motor-generator set to an IBM PC using National Instruments Data Acquisition (NIDAQ)tools and display of experimental data using LabVIEW software. The goal was to achieve real-time measurement and display of experiment waveforms on the PC screen and store thesewaveforms for later use in reports, illustrations

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth E. Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

for Engineering Education, 2013 Portable Photovoltaic Laboratory for In-Service Teacher WorkshopsAbstractThis paper describes the design and development of a sustainable energy workshop that featuresa mobile photovoltaic laboratory for the purpose of providing an outdoor learning resource. Theportability of this laboratory was achieved by the design and construction of custom utility cartsused for the mounting of the photovoltaic panels and the supporting instrumentation. Theworkshop also included a demonstration fixed solar thermal system used to generate hot water,as well energy auditing techniques.The instrumentation outlined in this paper was used in the delivery of two separate workshopsthat were offered to 8 -12 grade teachers as

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

designing and running of real manufacturing processes, and the design and analysis ofexperiments, the appendices in the developed book become extremely valuable to the user. Thecasual practitioner can quickly locate the necessary design material without having to re-learn orre-do each of the laboratory experiments. After completing the lessons, the most powerful featureof this book is its use as a reference.The idea was conceived when a local division of a multinational corporation contactedNortheastern University’s Corporate Education regarding the teaching of a data acquisitioncourse to technicians, technologists, and design engineers. Simultaneously with this inquiry, thedivision was considering the adoption of the Hewlett Packard (HP) software

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Youssef, San Diego State University; Enrique A. Ainsworth, University of California - Los Angeles; Casey Ann Shapiro, UCLA Center for Educational Assessment; Hannah Whang Sayson, UCLA Center for Educational Assessment; Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, University of California - Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

experience through supplementalworkshops and seminars. Considering previous research, the Translational Application ofNanoscale Multiferroic Systems (TANMS) research center designed, implemented and assesseda comprehensive REU program to engage students in research during both the academic year andsummer months. TANMS’s REU is an eight-week research experience for undergraduates frommultiple 4-year universities and community colleges. The program components include researchin one of TANMS laboratories, seminars on ethics and diversity, workshops on entrepreneurship,and social events. These activities are woven into an experience to instill sixteen specific skillsthat were grouped into five core categories: I) communication (2 skills); II

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Carroll

toattempt to display a typical web page off the internet, only a portion of the page can be viewed ata time, and scrolling around on the page to see other portions is clumsy. Audio and infraredinput/output, although included in the iPAQ, are not easily interfaced to custom software. Theconclusion is that the iPAQ certainly is a powerful computing tool and meets the needs ofapplications that can be designed around its limited input/output capability. The iPAQ will not,however, replace a desktop, laptop, or tablet PC for general purpose computing.How is the iPAQ used?Through the experience of trying to incorporate iPAQs into engineering curricula, three types ofuses have emerged for the devices. First, they make excellent data storage devices. With64

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2023 CIEC

Authors

Gregory Lyman; Jeffrey Wilcox

ETD 365 Implementing Renovated Robotics Platforms in Engineering Technology Laboratories Gregory Lyman and Jeffery Wilcox Central Washington UniversityAbstractAs an update to the introductory paper submitted at the 2019 CIEC conference [1], data will bepresented as to the implementation of the retrofit project regarding acceptance within thecurriculum. In 2018, the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) team at Central WashingtonUniversity (CWU) started a renovation project on seven ATLAS robotics platforms built in the1980s. From consultation with

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regena Scott, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

activities are one way of giving students some of the experience necessary tohelp students gain a competitive edge when entering the job market.Project DescriptionThis IT/ID Supply Chain Management Technology (SCMT) lab project focuseson the enhancement of a traditional classroom format by tying the informationdelivered during class lectures with hands-on laboratory activities that reinforcethe lecture materials. These activities give students the opportunity to evaluateproblems then identify and implement solutions. Student lab-activities addressreal-world problems such as those that occur in manufacturing and logisticsenvironments.Principles of learner-centered teaching are key elements in the effectiveimplementation of these lab exercises. The

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Baraniuk; Ray Wagner; Patrick Frantz; Lee Potter; Hyeokho Choi; Douglas Jones

Computer Engineering department offersa senior-level DSP lab course (www.dsp.rice.edu/courses/elec434) based on the TITMS320C6211 DSP processor. When the course was first offered in Fall 2000 there were notextbooks available for this processor, and so Hyeokho Choi developed a text from scratch. Theinitial set of notes adapted the UIUC ECE 320 lab materials to the new processor (in LATEX). Overthe last two years, Rice has added more material covering the C6x processor architecture and C6xassembly language programming for students less familiar with microprocessor programming. Inaddition, since a DSP theory course is not a prerequisite to ELEC 434, the basic theory necessaryfor the lab experiments (such as filter design) is taught in the lecture

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddalena Fanelli, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Dennis J. Miller, Michigan State University; Martin C Hawley, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

course, students have direct, hands-on experience with representativechemical engineering processes of varying complexity, putting to practice the theoreticallearning of the first two academic years. The course is particularly well suited to demonstratingthe importance of safe operating conditions, since students find themselves on the front line incase of an accident. Although the laboratory experiments have been designed to minimizeextreme hazards associated with toxic chemicals, high temperatures and pressures, students doneed to deal with steam and flammable species and chemicals (ethanol, propanol, kerosene,hydrogen peroxide, acetone, etc.). Proper attention to these risks is required.Experimental units in our teaching laboratory include

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2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

Authors

Arthur Densmore, California State University, Long Beach; Hen-Geul Yeh, Cal State University, Long Beach

Tagged Topics

Diversity

c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Necessity Brings Out a Welcomed Laboratory Change Arthur Densmore and Hen-Geul Yeh California State University Long Beach Electrical Engineering Department 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted much of the education community1-6. Engineeringlaboratory courses are particularly hindered by the students being denied access to theinstitutional equipment in the university laboratories. This puts into question how to best providethe hands-on laboratory experiences during the pandemic that the laboratory classes are intendedto

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo

Testing Jigsaw Learning In a Freshman Laboratory CourseAbstract:In Jigsaw Learning,1 a peer-to-peer teaching method developed by Elliot Aronson and hiscolleagues, every student in the class is placed in 2 sequential groups – an “expert” group tolearn a section of a course topic (a jigsaw puzzle piece) and a jigsaw puzzle group where theyjoin with different course topic “experts” to share and learn from each other,– thus completingthe course topic as a whole in a group (the completed jigsaw puzzle). The class is then tested onthe complete course topic. In prior research2, which was part of a Students First grant to improvestudent retention, the author tested Jigsaw Learning against traditional individual studenttraditional

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

theimportance of a high quality first year engineering experience. Both of these changes have beenmotivated by several factors including calls for improved undergraduate education and increasedtechnological literacy for all students. Another unfamiliar challenge is the increasing need forengineering departments to maintain stable levels of enrollment. Two year or communitycolleges are faced with additional demands to maintain an affordable and academicallyappropriate gateway into higher education and a viable means of transferring into four yearprograms. In achieving an effective engineering course, laboratory projects are universallyidentified as a key component. However creating and operating laboratories for large enrollmentclasses is a demanding

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher G. Braun

Session 2532 An Electronics Prototyping Facility for Undergraduate Electronics Laboratories Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesIntroduction - Why an Electronics Prototyping Facility Most electronic laboratory projects require building simple circuits that are tornapart as soon as the lab is over -- resulting in a limited opportunity for the students toconstruct anything useful. Students are often frustrated in electronics courses andlaboratories as they never quite get to the level where they can design and build

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

provide guidance andmentorship in capstone experiences that reflect these changes.However, notwithstanding the changes mentioned above, one thing that remains unchanged isthat small engineering departments, particularly departments housed in small liberal artscolleges, are faced with additional challenges. These challenges include working with limitedresources (budget, laboratory space, equipment) and the necessity for the instructor to superviseprojects outside of his or her area of expertise. Thus, it can be difficult to develop capstoneproject ideas that are realizable in this setting.Thus, for faculty members working in small engineering departments housed in small liberal artscolleges, it is a central goal to offer or help develop an array

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Education, 2017 Incorporating Metrology Concepts into an Engineering Physics Measurements LaboratoryWe restructured an existing required, two-credit advanced laboratory course around the subjectmatter of metrology and design of experiments. Here, we present a significant extension fromwork that was presented in 2013. The course now uses international standards and terminologyas set in documents from the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) to guide studentsin the description and execution of experiments. Students learn to use appropriate vocabulary asdefined in the International Vocabulary of Metrology (“VIM”) and handle uncertainty using theprocess described in the Guide to the expression of

Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Alfred State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

systems design and applications. The first exposure that our students have to the area ofembedded systems is during their freshman year, in the Digital Logic course. In this coursestudents learn the basic of digital systems design, and use Altera Quartus II software for creatingand simulating their projects, and by the end of the semester students experiment withprogrammable logic devices using the Altera UP1 board, exposing them to the basics ofreconfigurable logic resources. In the sophomore year, a sequence of two courses in embeddedcontrollers is offered. Embedded Controller Fundamentals and Embedded Controller Applications.Both courses are based on the Motorola 68HC11 microcontroller. The present paper describes theactions that have been

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Cox; Janice Bordeaux; David Caprette; Beth Beason; Ann Saterbak

. Without a primary focus on generic capabilities, it is especially difficult to holdstudents to the expectation that as they advance in a laboratory program the quality of their workshould advance as well.Many interdisciplinary capstone design courses in engineering implicitly emphasize genericcapabilities. Generic capabilities such as teamwork, communication, critical thinking andmaturity, together with content-specific knowledge, are important to a design group’s success [3-4]. To facilitate this type of interdisciplinary learning environment, students from differentdepartments may be grouped to work on capstone design or laboratory projects [5-8]. Studentsmay also be required to work on projects or experiments requiring knowledge across

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phil J Sealy Jr., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; John R Goomey, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

recently web-based discussionforums have been added allowing students to more easily communicate with other students in thecourse.On-site lab offeringsLaboratories play a major role in our electrical engineering curriculum. All but one of our EEcourses (Electric and Magnetic Fields) have an integrated laboratory component. Faculty teachboth the lecture and the laboratory portions of the class (no teaching assistants). We feel thathands-on application of theory is a strong component of good learning. Most of our courseshave significant design projects. In our entry level courses, laboratory experiments are used toverify theoretical concepts and to teach the students how to use basic lab equipment. Facultytake an active role in the lab and are

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Ortiz, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

transistors, MOSFETs, SCR’s Diacs, Triacs, and optoelectronic devices.New experiments have been added to the electronics lab to enhance understanding of basicanalog components. This project investigated the effects on the students’ learning of analogelectronics by having them develop an FM transmitter and an FM receiver circuit much earlierthan they are prepared to handle them. Electronic communication circuits are studied in detail asemester later in the second electronic course and RF theory is introduced a year later in thecommunication courses. The objective for the student was to discover how the electroniccomponents studied in class can be placed together in an FM transmitter to work as: a signalamplifier, local oscillator, FM modulator

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. John W. Nazemetz; Dr. John B. Solie; Dr. David R. Thompson

Peer Evaluation Form Laboratory 6 Layout and Design of Investigative Experiments Laboratory 7 Entity Transformation/Rotation and Experimentation Laboratory 8 Analysis and Refinement of Design Concept - Take Home Portion of Final Exam Design Package Preparation I Grading Sheet for Take Home Portion of Final Exam Laboratory 9 Design Release Package Preparation II Laboratory 10 Design Release Package Preparation III Laboratory 11 Design Release Package Critique and Device Appendices Construction I Laboratory 12 Device Construction II A.1 A Program for Success in Academia Laboratory 13 Device Construction III

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic StateUniversity in San Luis Obispo is the only college in the nation that has departments ofArchitecture, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management and LandscapeArchitecture in the same college. The institution has a 60 year tradition of collaborationbetween the engineering, architecture and construction disciplines, particularly at thelower division level. To enhance this collaboration, the college committed to providingan upper division, interdisciplinary experience to every student in the form of a projectbased, team oriented five unit studio laboratory that every student would take. Thecourse is now in its third year and requires small teams of architecture, engineering

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nickolas S. Jovanovic

Session 2633 The Virtual Classroom and Laboratory for Thermodynamics Education Nickolas S. Jovanovic University of Arkansas at Little Rock1. IntroductionMechanical engineering technology (MET) students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock(UALR) are using World Wide Web Course Tools (WebCT) and CyclePad software to enhancetheir understanding of the thermodynamic cycles employed in important technologies such asrefrigeration equipment, automobile engines, and power plants. WebCT is a commercial, web-based software package for designing and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Goodmann

withengineering. DSP laboratory experiments should be designed to enhance student understandingof basic DSP concepts which many students find difficult to grasp. Experiments should alsoexpose students to real-world design limitations such as processor throughput in order to teachthem the need to write efficient code. The required lab equipment should be affordable. Ifpossible it should be so affordable that individual students can purchase it themselves if they sochoose, so they can work on lab experiments outside laboratory sessions.One common approach to DSP lab experiments is to use DSP hardware, usually in the form of an Page 10.1417.1“evaluation

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

addition, the first 3 labs have general areas of specialization. The objectives ofthe ECE laboratories, which closely follow some of the ABET suggested “outcomes”10, include theability 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 scientific and engineering experiments, and to analyze and interpret the resulting data. 5