Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice F Aburdene; Jaskeerat S. Baweja; Richard J. Kozick

Session 1620 Interactive Signals and Systems Laboratories Using Notebooks Maurice F. Aburdene, Richard J. Kozick, Jaskeerat S. Baweja Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents three interactive signal processing laboratories that use Matlab programslinked to a Microsoft Word document (a “notebook”). The active filter analysis and design,convolution and concert halls, and spectral analysis labs are designed for third-year students in asignals and systems course. These labs engage the students in the learning process by providingthem with the opportunity to experiment and ask “what if” questions

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Kuder, Seattle University; Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the lab report content for the two courses arepresented in Table 1. Because Mechanics of Materials is the first laboratory course that all CEEengineering students take, it required shorter reports with focus on the basics of technical writingand presentation of experimental results in graphical and tabular forms. The Soil Mechanicsreport outline was built upon the skills developed in Mechanics of Materials. Soil Mechanicsreports simulated engineering report preparation in the industry. Each lab experiment found asolution to an engineering problem experienced by a fictional client. In addition to the sections inMechanics of Materials, the Soil Mechanics reports included a cover letter, table of contents andrecommendations and appendices. No

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Kuester, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

describes the development of the fluid mechanics laboratory class for a newly establishedmechanical engineering program. The course is a one-hour supplement to a three-hour lecturecourse. The primary objective of the course is to reinforce key fluid mechanics concepts throughpractical and engaging applications. Secondary objectives include emphasizing uncertaintyquantification (both in measured and calculated quantities), and providing students experience indata analysis and experimental design (aligned with ABET Student Outcome #6), and technicalwriting.The paper outlines the evolution of the course over five iterations in a four-year span. Due to thesmall size of the program, the class was developed in a budget-conscious manner. In the most

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Benjamin Hawkins, Cal Poly, SLO; James Eason, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

Obispo c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Laboratory Course Development for Biomedical Signals and SystemsAbstractWe have developed a MATLAB-based set of laboratory experiences for junior levelundergraduate students in Biomedical Engineering that focuses on integrating foundationalknowledge outside the discipline in to a systems analysis focused set of exercises. BiomedicalEngineering curricula tend to focus on a breadth of topics and require the development ofsignificant foundational knowledge outside of core program courses. This often leads to programsequences where students don’t interact with major specific courses until their junior year.Students, at

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Oxtoby

external controller to handle the acquisition and scaling of data and theappropriate handshaking for slower I/O devices along with relaying data to and from the DSPprocessor via direct memory access. Simple circuitry to implement the data transfer andhandshaking has been developed and is now included in selected laboratory exercises. This wayone can extend the interfacing options in the course, take advantage of a wider range of I/Odevices such as push buttons, LCD displays, multi-channel ADCs etc. and provide a direct link toearlier micro-processor courses. Student projects can also take advantage of this technique.Microprocessor HardwareThe DSP course uses the ADSP-2181 based EZ-Kit Lite, an inexpensive yet versatiledevelopment system from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University; Jianchu Yao, East Carolina University

• Cognitive Domain: Instrumentation, Models, Experiment, Data Analysis, and Design • Affective Domain: Learn from Failure, Creativity, Safety, and Ethics in the Laboratory • Psychomotor Domain: Psychomotor and Sensor AwarenessHigher-level learning3 will be planned into each module (see Section III.C.). The ‘Learn fromFailure’ area will be addressed via built-in failure experiences, where students will be providedjust-in-time help to address a problem. Audio/visual elements will be added to target theSensory Awareness area and therefore positively increase the impact of these experiences o theaffective and cognitive domains.49 Biomedical applications will be emphasized to increasestudent interest, optimize module re-use in ECE 772, and maximize

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg; Peter Shull

disadvantage of the DeltaV-Fieldbus system is its complexity.If students become lost, there is a tendency to just try things. Under this scenario, theprogram configuration can become very difficult to correct quickly enough toaccommodate a laboratory setting. Thus the students become frustrated with theassignment. Additionally as the equipment is not designed specifically for teaching, issues such as how to teach the concepts without too much focus on the DeltaV program details can be difficult to resolve. Conclusions Fieldbus is beginning to find a broad use in manufacturing control for the following reasons: it

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Adam Farmer

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

large classes without compromising class standards.This paper presents an integrated approach to teach a large manufacturing class that combineshands-on group cell laboratory with Clicker assessment and online resources. Page 26.580.2II. Literature ReviewII.1. Group CellHands-on laboratory practice is the key to effective learning. "I hear and I forget. I see and Iremember. I do and I understand" was preached by the famous teacher and philosopherConfucius (551–479 BC) during Spring-Autumn period of Chinese history. Leighbody and Kiddalso concluded "learning requires active experiences" in their survey1.Nowak2 ranked teaching strategies and

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard J. Reid

, students encounterthe math, science and engineering of real (virtual) devices and are able to work with themconveniently.Having these virtual devices available gives more of a “real world”-like experience in performingthe required experiments. Of course it is still virtual, but it is a practical laboratory encounter forcourses that must enroll so many students.Other virtual devices that have been developed and used include a ball falling in a gravitationalfield, a satellite orbiter and a Bungy Jump simulation.Course materials can be found at the URL: http://www.cps.msu.edu/~cps131References1. S. B. Niku, "Teaching Mechatronics to First-Year Engineering Students," Computers in Education Journal, Vol.VII, No. 3, pp. 6-9, July-September 1997

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; E. Prasad Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy; Gary P. Hillebrand, University of Detroit Mercy; Meghann Norah Murray; Matthew Gonderinger, Wayne State University, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Results of a Multi-Year Assessment of Inquiry-Based Second Semester General Physics Laboratory ActivitiesIntroductionFifteen years ago the second-semester general physics laboratory courses at the University ofDetroit Mercy began to implement an inquiry-based, active-learning curriculum. Thiscurriculum utilizes the results of many years of physics education research, especially thepioneering work of McDermott’s group at the University of Washington.1,2,3 The secondsemester general physics laboratory courses are designed with a constructivist approach tolearning. We believe that students learn best in an environment where

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hildreth, Virginia Tech; Michael Vorster, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Construction

pre-planned project to one on which pre-planning waspassed over. It is noted that the pre-planned project produced profits 80 percent greaterthan budgeted.Laboratory Exercise A laboratory exercise was designed to demonstrate the principles and value ofoperations pre-planning to students in an undergraduate construction means and methodscourse. The students were formed into groups of 4 students and each group constructed areplica of the Tower Bridge in London using the K’NEX Real Bridge Building Kit. Sixof the groups constructed the bridge without any pre-planning, while the remaining sixgroups used the prior class session to pre-plan the unique and complex operations andconstructed the bridge during the subsequent session. The pre

Conference Session

Best of Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #44396Impact of Satellite Campuses on Undergraduate Student Experience in Comparisonto Big University CampusesDr. Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University Dr. Surupa Shaw has been associated with Texas A&M University since 2015, most recently as the Assistant Professor at the Texas A&M University, Higher Education Center. Prior to this, she was a faculty member at Ocean Engineering Department, TAMU.Dr. Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University Dr. Kristi J. Shryock is the Frank and Jean Raymond Foundation Inc. Endowed Associate Professor in Multidisciplinary Engineering and Affiliated Faculty in Aerospace

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip Coonley, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, students often did not encounter a design project until their senior year,they now have their first team design experience in the introductory course, Fundamentals ofElectrical and Computer Engineering.5 Subsequent core courses, usually taken in thesophomore year, emphasize design and circuit development in the laboratory. Both theMicroelectronic Devices and Circuits and Introduction to Digital Systems core curricular coursesrequire students to complete a project from initial concept to complete fabrication in onesemester. The result has been a dramatic transformation from theoretical courses withtraditional, closed-ended laboratory experiences, to courses where the theory is put intoimmediate practice through hands-on design. Integration of

Conference Session

Radiation and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Jessica Rosinski, University of Texas-Austin; Paul Buckley, Lewis-Clark State College; Dan Dugan, Washington State University; James Elliston, Washington State University; Roy Filby, Washigton State University; Jeremy Lessman, Washington State University; Alena Paulenova, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

Page 12.519.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 DEVELOPMENT OF A RADIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 99mTc USING NEUTRON ACTIVATIONAbstractMany health care professionals increasingly rely on the use of radiopharmaceuticals in diagnosisand therapy. 99mTc is the world’s most widely used radioisotope in nuclear diagnostic imaging.A small amount of 99mTc is incorporated in a carrier molecule and injected into the patient’sblood stream which is then used for imaging. Selective accumulation of the 99mTc in specificallytargeted internal organs is achieved through the design of the carrier molecule. Traditionally it isproduced from fission of uranium to produce 99Mo which then decays to 99mTc. The goal of thiswork is to

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Schreiner, United States Military Academy; Leang Tri, Missouri S&T

design evolutions.Examples include internships, fellowships, and volunteering services outside of the classroom.Research has shown that learning by doing is superior to other types of learning when engaging inskill-based activities. According to the cone of experience by Edgar Dale in Figure 1, after twoweeks, the human brain tends to remember 10 percent of what it reads, 20 percent of what it hears,but 90 percent of what it does or simulates [18]. Figure 1: Cone of Experience by Edgar DaleExperiential learning allows learners to reflect, think outside of the box, invest emotionally, andstep beyond their comfort zone [19]. These attributes distinguish experiential learning from thetraditional method, allowing learners to

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

. Herprofessional experience at General Electric, the Ford Motor Company, and severalNASA Laboratories and the US Navy SPAWAR Center help her blend real worldexperience into her teaching. She has won two teaching awards in the College ofEngineering. She has developed distance-learning classes. She has been serving onthe Curriculum Committee of the NSF-funded Greenfield Coalition, and through thatexperience, has worked with the design and implementation of reality-based learningactivities. She is responsible for curriculum development in the digital and networkingcurricula of her Division, and is an IEEE/TAC ABET program evaluator. Dr. Lisa Anneberg, an Associate Professor of Engineering at LTU, has developedand teaches a computer networking course. She

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore E. Fahlsing

Session 3226 Monolithic Integrated Circuit Function Generator Lab Procedure Theodore E. Fahlsing Purdue UniversityAbstractThis laboratory exercise will use the XR2206 monolithic IC function generator. Theapproach will place emphasis on the evaluation of specifications from Exar’s data sheetsin comparison to laboratory measured data. The exercise will explore the parameters forsetting frequency, amplitude, and waveform shape. The use of the function generator toproduce amplitude modulation and frequency modulation signals will

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Guvench

, Page 2.87.2function generator, and a DC power supply. The GPIB interfaced instruments are controlled by apersonal computer which serves for data acquisition and data processing as well as control. Suchcomputer-integrated-electronics laboratory setups are replacing non-computer-interfacedequipment in electrical engineering laboratories. Guvench has shown that such laboratoryequipment can be used to serve not only as electronic test bench but for in-situ tools forelectronic design automation, design verification, device characterization, and SPICE modelparameter extraction as an integral part of undergraduate electronics/ microelectronics/VLSIcurriculum [1,2,3]. Figure 2. The C-V Measurements SetupWith the addition of

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Beverly Woolf; Enid Sichel; Mark Floryan

between student action less time for analysis of student learning. Faculty are oftenand focused feedback, students often make the same type of absorbed checking student data and have little time to add newerrors week after week. Additionally, engineering laboratories student experiences that might be important and relevant todo not typically use efficacious forms of teaching, such as industrial practice. This problem is shared by most science anddiscovery-methods or project-based learning [1]. technology curricula and delays integration of new topics andUnderstanding how people think and learn has forced a

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam McGough; Coral Nocton; Ken Patton; Ismail Fidan

experience. There have been several attempts to revise engineering curriculumto improve understanding and foster creative thinking3. RP laboratories and practices maybridge lecture based education and laboratory execution in design and manufacturing Page 9.659.1courses, and then increase students’ comprehension. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright©2004, American Society for Engineering Education” In July 1999, TTU’s Technology Access Fund provided a computer laboratory tosupport many of the software needs for CAD, CAM and CNC practices. Fifteen DELLOptiPlex

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Jones; Robert Wright

lab as the vehicle. In the wireless and networking disciplines,for example, the lab offers students the technical capability to design, configure, and testnetworks based on the IEEE 802.11b protocol within a “live” network. The lab also gives thestudent the opportunity to more fully realize the utility of topics and applications includingoptical networking, AFSK (Audio Frequency Shift Keying), and PSK (Phase Shift Keying)techniques. Generally speaking, curricula offered students in the higher education arena aresubject to several “delays” in the system relative to course development, preparation for delivery,and timeliness and applicability to state-of-the-technology in business and industry. The adventof the convergence laboratory

Conference Session

Alternative Methods of Teaching and Learning Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Education, 2020 Structuring Student Success: Incorporating a Genre-Based Pedagogical Method to Improve a Strength of Materials Laboratory ManualIn this research study the authors incorporated a pedagogical technique to improve a strength ofmaterials lab manual. The conceptualization and subsequent development of a student friendly labmanual resource emerged from students’ difficulty in understanding the following areas:introduction to experiment, procedures, calculations, and relevancy to class content. Based on asurvey conducted before lab manual improvements and modifications, mechanical engineeringstudents expressed high dissatisfaction with the written structure of the manual and felt they spenttoo much time understanding lab

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Testing Jigsaw Learning In a Freshman Laboratory Course Orla LoPiccolo, M Arch, RA, Assistant Professor Department of Architecture and Construction Management State University of New York - Farmingdale State CollegeAbstract: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

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen P. DeWeerth; Clinton D. Knight

matrix. Measurement data is fed back to the user in a continuous stream. The appletsupports both manual measurements and looping constructs and can display data graphically,enabling the user to generate and interpret test results quickly. The state of the system may besaved and restored later so that a specific test may be easily repeated.System Design IssuesThe principal goal of this work is to create a “distance laboratory” by providing access toelectronic test equipment to a remote user. The remote lab concept is not new3,4,5, but previousimplementations have suffered various limitations. Several problems must be overcome indesigning a remote lab3: availability of widely used operating systems and programminglanguages, laboratory scheduling

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hesham Shaalan; dulal kar; Rafic Bachnak

microcontrollers. The rest of this paper presentsthe laboratory equipment and describes some of the experiments that were developed infall 2003 to support teaching the microprocessors and microcontrollers course..1 Page 9.464.1 This project is funded in part by the US Army Research Office, award # DAAD19-03-1-0099 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationLaboratory EquipmentComputers, logic analyzers, development boards, and software form a basic set of toolsrequired to teach advanced digital design techniques

Conference Session

Projects & Laboratories in Mechanical ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Kumar, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Suren Dwivedi, University of Louisiana-Lafayette; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-2782: MEASURING AND MODELING OF A 3-D ROAD SURFACEPramod Kumar , University of Louisiana at LafayettePavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan UniversitySuren Dwivedi, University of Louisiana-LafayetteAlamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan UniversityJorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University Page 13.875.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Laser Scanning and Modeling of a 3D Road SurfaceAbstractThe aim of this research is to create 3D model of an existing road surface and build with specialdeviation features used for vehicle testing. For the purpose of this project a special scanningsystem using two laser measuring scanner was designed and built. Data

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Muratore; Jeannette Russ

the semester. Another example involves a biomedicalengineering laboratory course taught by one of the authors, in which she devoted one full classperiod to a discussion of current events. Students selected a topic of choice from the BMEnetwebsite news page and gave a report to the class on the particular engineering development theyhad researched. These successful experiments not only stimulated student interest, but they alsogave the students practical experience in finding information for themselves – an idea closelyrelated to the ABET directive of promoting life-long learning.Another form of supplementing the text during your lecture is to provide the students withrelevant handouts. For example, if you are presenting a long list of

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

David F. Ollis; Ann Brown

Session 1 2 6 1 Team Teaching: A Freshman Engineering Rhetoric and Laboratory Ann B r o w n ( C o l l e g e o f E n g i n e e r i n g W r i t i n g A s s i s t a n c e P r o g r a m ) and David F. Ollis (Chemical Engineering) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 Abstract Team teaching usually involves the back-and-forth trading of lecturing between two instructors. The present example illustrates a looser side- by-side collaboration consisting of a first year rhetoric, based upon readings, poetry, and videos in technology, literature and history, and a “hands-on” laboratory centered around consumer

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Anderson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

topologies. Our current goal is to prove Xen Worlds’ potential as an instructional tool,and demonstrate its lower cost compared to commercial solutions such as VMWare. A milestonetowards this goal is to provide 1000 virtual machines continuously operating for an entiresemester to 200 students in a variety of classes using less than $10,000 in commodity hardware.IntroductionPractical experience through lab work has long been recognized as an important part of anengineering education. Familiarity with various software systems and equipment is critical to thefuture success of computer science and engineering students. However, in some areas such asoperating systems, networking and information assurance, the ability to access the desiredfunctionality

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

laboratory data collection and report writing,team forming and experiences, improved (technical) writing skills, and designexperiences. Table 1. Course Objectives1. Explain the engineering profession and engineering ethics.2. Use technical communication skills to explain the results/analysis of introductorylaboratory exercises in Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering and ComputerScience.3. Explain engineering analysis and design.4. Analyze data collected during laboratory exercises.5. Analyze the impact engineering has had on the modern world.6. Design a simple engineering device, write a design report, and present the design aspart of team