Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth B. Pidugu, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Ashokkumar Misarilal Sharma; Cody Capocelli

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

put considerable effort todesign and develop lab equipment as a cost-saving measure [1,2]. As part of faculty researchactivity, a hydraulic ram pump was designed, built, and operated successfully. The mechanicalengineering technology program faculty proposed to utilize the ramp pump experimental researchset up in the fluid power lab to conduct a few experiments as part of the fluid power lab. Thispaper presents a description of lab equipment and experiments currently used, followed by thedesign, construction, and operation of the ram pump, and proposed experiments using the rampump.Summary of Current ExperimentsStudents conduct about ten experiments during the semester as part of the fluid power course.Over the years, faculty revised these

Conference Session

Learning Outside the Classroom

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida; Divya Bhati, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

”. She has collaborated with optical scientists from the Australian Defense, Science, and Technology Office on experiments in Adelaide Australia and Kennedy Space Center, Fl. In 2005 she did a sabbatical at the Naval Research Laboratory in which both theoretical and experimental studies were conducted with NRL scientists and engineers. In 2007 Dr. Young was named a fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineers. Dr. Young has received the UCF Research Incentive Award, Teaching Incentive Award, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning award. Dr. Young is currently the co-director of the UCF EXCEL program.Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida Dr. Cherie Geiger is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell department of Mechanical Engineering; Christopher J Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

product development cycle. Students and practitioners that possess adeeper appreciation of the manufacturing process can often design parts that consider the capa-bility of the manufacturing method. In many schools, colleges and universities the availability ofpractical, hands-on interaction with computer numerical controlled machines (CNC machines) islimited due to the expense and operational complexity of these machines. Many of the higher endCNC machines are reserved for expert machinists. As a result, students do not experience mod-ern manufacturing beyond the “black-box” interactions with a machinist. The goal of this paperis to present the implementation of a CNC laboratory comprising inexpensive, hobbyist CNCmachines.This paper presents

Collection

ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Sharif IM Sheikh, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ahmed Hassebo, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Inclusion of PCB Fabrication and Testing within Lab experiments Sheikh, S.I.M., Hassibo, A., McCusker J.R. Wentworth Institute of Technology , Boston, MA-02115Extended Abstract:It is essential for practicing engineers to know the printed circuit techniques to design and analyzethe PCB boards within electronic devices. Circuit tracing and troubleshooting experience are alsoessential for engineers to maintain electronic circuits. To facilitate this training, this paper proposesto include PCB fabrication and testing as the final part of the laboratory experiment associatedwith junior/senior-level electrical and computer engineering courses. In this paper, the PCB designprocess is included

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-262: BENEFITS OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDER-GRADUATE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSWei Zhan and Alan Lam, Texas A&M University Dr. Wei Zhan is an Assistant Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Zhan earned his D.Sc. in Systems Science from Washington University in 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he worked at University of California, San Diego and Wayne State University. From 1995 to 2006, he worked in the automotive industry as a system engineer. In 2006 he joined the Electronics Engineering Technology faculty at Texas A&M. His research activities include control system theory and applications to industry, system engineering, robust design, modeling, simulation

Collection

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dominique Savage; Trent Porterfield; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

developments in the use of virtual teaching labs, which has led to arguments on thepros and cons of using virtual labs in place of physical labs. Korestky et al. [2] note that virtuallabs are better for experimental design, critical thinking and dealing with ambiguity, whilephysical labs are better for understanding lab protocols and specific content.Penney and Clausen [3] developed several inexpensive fluids and heat transfer exercises thatcould be used in the classroom as physical demonstrations or as laboratory exercises. Many ofthese experiments illustrated correlations from the literature using equipment that could easily beconstructed at low cost in a departmental machine shop. One of these experiments was a simplesharp-edged orifice

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

R. A. Davis; K. B. Lodge; D. N. Baria; Dianne Dorland

laboratory-services coordinator’s time.The ExperimentsThe basic approach is to design experiments that teach the principles of hazardous wasteassessment and processing; these principles should also be fundamental to chemical engineering.For the assessment of pollution we have designed experiments for the measurement ofbiochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and for the analysis of flue gases. We introduce ideas forminimization of pollution and for recycling in the experiments on continuous distillation, ionexchange, reverse osmosis, and ultrafiltration.Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)To run this experiment, we use an incubator (Fisher low temperature), a refrigerator, 2 dissolvedoxygen measuring units (YSI 50B meter with YSI 5907 probe), 300-mL BOD bottles

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, Gonzaga University; Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Sue L. Niezgoda P.E., Gonzaga University; Matt Zarecor, Spokane County Stormwater Utility

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #8598Expanding the Presence of Stormwater Management in Undergraduate CivilEngineeringMs. Aimee S Navickis-Brasch P.E., Gonzaga University Aimee Navickis-Brasch is a registered professional engineer with over twenty years of practitioner experi- ence in Hydraulic and Stormwater Engineering. The majority of her career was spent working for WSDOT Headquarters Hydraulics and Stormwater Office where she was responsible for providing statewide sup- port including; design, research, training,and policy development. Aimee is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Idaho with an emphasis in

Conference Session

Pedagogy in Physics Education, Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Baishakhi Bose, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

settings [2].Naturally, prior to the pandemic many courses in STEM were designed and taught with theexpectation of face-to-face interactions. The many physics and STEM laboratory-based coursesare but one obvious example. These courses tend to rely heavily on the classroom presence ofboth faculty and students. However, during the pandemic, as all classes and laboratories quicklyshifted to remote environments, the courses offered by physics and other STEM departmentsquickly became vulnerable to a host of new issues. Within the higher education communitymany faculty and students were naturally unprepared to deal with these new issues and thechallenges they created. Of course, there were a few faculty and students that had a limitedamount of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

William W. Durgin

resulted in a competitive robot, excellent high schoolteam, and successful performance. The highest place finish was a second place and one honor,the Creative Design Award, was achieved. Integration of the FIRST effort into the universitycommunity, especially faculty and student involvement, has proved difficult. Many of thedifficulties have been overcome so that the WPI experience may provide useful experience forother universities.IntroductionWPI entered the first competition with a robot designed and built by research engineers from themanufacturing engineering laboratory along with students from a nearby high school. Onefaculty member was involved and provided overall guidance. The laboratory was a self-supporting research activity and was

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Visser, South Dakota State University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

laboratory. A delineated project was assigned with the goal of developing bio-basedcomposite materials using biofillers and adhesives. After receiving appropriate training, the firsttwo weeks were essentially an open-ended investigation by the student to become accustomed tothe laboratory techniques, processes to be employed, and typical behavior of the materials. Atthis point in time, the student and research advisor, who was an ARS research scientist,developed a formal experimental design. The following eight weeks were then devoted toexecuting this experiment, collecting data, and writing a report. In fact, this report is currently inpreparation for submission to a peer-reviewed scientific journal – which in itself is an excellentopportunity for

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

included a laboratory and a manufacturing course thatcontained a laboratory. As part of this activity, we decided to increase the design activity andmaterial selection within the new course. Starting in fall 2002, we made a copy of a materialsselection program, CES-4œ (Granta Design Limited) available to each student taking the course.A number of activities were devised to help the students become familiar with the program. Theculminating activity was for each laboratory group to design a children’s playground. They wereto select the materials and the manufacturing processes for a playground that could handle 20 to40 children from the ages of 2 or 3 to about 12 to 13 years old at one time. The Parks andRecreation Departments of both communities

Conference Session

Intra-college Graduate Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Martha J. Molander; Josh Corra; Bethany Konz; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller; Abdeldjelil Belarbi

and a novel composite construction approach.4· Smart Truss Bridge for Education:5 An instrumented laboratory-sized truss bridge was designed and constructed. It demonstrated sensing technologies and structural analysis. Laboratory experiments were written for the interdisciplinary course. Page 7.726.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education· Smart Health Monitoring using Neural Networks: The analysis and measurements for selected configurations of the Smart Truss Bridge

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Nelson Fumo, The University of Texas at Tyler

into STEM - The Second Experience Dr. Nelson Fumo Mechanical Engineering Department The University of Texas at Tyler AbstractThis paper presents the journey of participating in the JUMP (Join the discussion, Unveil innovation,Make connections, Promote tech-to-market) into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) competition for the second time. The initial experience was presented at the ASEEGulf Southwest Conference 2023, highlighting that the JUMP into STEM is a dynamic buildingscience competition organized by national laboratories with the support of the Department ofEnergy. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer S. Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT); Sunday O. Faseyitan, Butler County Community College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

  activity  by  writing of  the report LAB  POGIL   CRITERIA worksheet  Design  of  the  experiment Figure 1: Instruction model for GPMT labFigure 1 shows the instructional model to develop the lab-practice modules; the POGIL lab-activity in each module contains the context of the POGIL experiments. Students worktogether in small groups at the laboratory; each group begins lab work recognizing the need

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Nelson Fumo

1 Session 2023 The JUMP into STEM Experience Dr. Nelson Fumo Mechanical Engineering Department The University of Texas at Tyler AbstractThe JUMP into STEM is an online building science competition for undergraduate and graduatestudents at U.S. colleges and universities launched by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Theprogram recognizes the need of increasing the number of graduates from building science programsto cover

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn

Session 2202 Meeting the Challenge of the Undergraduate Space Lab Experience Dr. Rachel Shinn, Dr. Ronald Madler Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZAbstractGiving undergraduate students hands-on experience for space-related subjects is challenging. Theinstructor must create a lab experience that familiarizes students with the concepts used in testingspace vehicles and hardware, allows for comparison of test results with analysis and illustratesimportant principles used in spacecraft design by using a ground-based experiment.In industry, the tests done for thermal vacuum

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Audrey Pang, Sandia National Laboratories; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

foster friendships, support networks, andcooperative experiences that can positively impact student attitudes and overall satisfaction[13,14]. FIRE is also consistent with more immersive curricula that have been found to increasestudent satisfaction and retention rates at various universities [7,8,15-17]. Project-basedexperiences, like FIRE, that expose students to real-world engineering challenges and practiceshave also been shown to promote a broader understanding of basic concepts and synthesis ofvarious related disciplines and skillsets [18-20]. Most FIRE projects include an element ofcreativity, problem-solving, and design and/or fabrication to provide an opportunity for studentsto create something tangible, an important part of the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; Linda Head

laboratory experiences. Finally, the National Science Foundation’s meritreview criteria plan is designed to fund more projects emphasizing two areas believed toencourage academic reform: the integration of research and education, and interdisciplinaryresearch (ASEE Prism 1997). The field experiences initiative will improve the ability ofundergraduate students to work in multidisciplinary teams and solve open-ended problems.Rowan University and its Innovative Engineering ClinicsFounded in 1923, Rowan University has evolved into a comprehensive regional state universitywith six colleges, including a new College of Engineering initiated as a result of a majordonation in 1992 from the Rowan Foundation (Rowan and Smith 1995). The EngineeringCollege is

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Myat Hla; Samuel Lakeou

Session: 1532 Remote Monitoring and Control of GPIB-based Electronic Experiment Myat Hla, BSEE, Samuel Lakeou Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of the District of Columbia slakeou@udc.edu, (202) 274-5834 I. Introduction This work presents a novel approach in the implementation of a remote laboratory foran electronic experiment using LabVIEW’s remote panel technology. In the past, a numberof remote labs have been tried and tested 1,2,3,4

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

, co-op programs, or internships.Therefore, an upper division class may include many students who can be classified as workingengineers.Research projects conducted by engineering technology educators will definitely enhance thefaculty member’s knowledge about his/her chosen topic, and have been shown to add to the depthof class lectures and laboratory experiences. Research topics, however, are typically narrow intheir scope and may not expose the faculty to the numerous changes in many facets of anindustrial operation. Sabbaticals, on the other hand, may be organized for the sole purpose ofexposing the faculty member to new trends in industry. The major disadvantages of using asabbatical to accomplish the objectives mentioned above are; 1

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Erin Cole, Acute Systems, LLC; Walter E Thain, Southern Polytechnic College of Engr and Engr Tech; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic College of Engr and Engr Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

equipment (UPSes, console switches, etc.) withseveral client- and server-class workstations. The client workstations are dual-bootable with bothLinux- and Windows-based operating systems. Each workstation is configured with severalopen-source, network-related applications for data traffic generation and analysis, networkdesign simulation, network security exercises, network management research, etc.Although some laboratory exercises, and research, are conducted using network simulation tools,such as IT Guru OpNET and GNS3, the majority of the lessons are performed using actualhardware-based networking devices. Newer versions of OpNET, such as Riverbed Modeler,allow for the high-level design and simulation of some state-of-the-art technologies, such

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

interactioncapabilities among the designers. Specifically mentioned in the paper are the ability to addressdesign issues related to buildings, steel structures, bridges, highways, and dams. A 3D virtualworld ties all of these elements together in one environment.Finally, there are real-world (living) laboratories where the students can see full-scale civil systemsin operation. Chinowsky and Vanegas [6] describe how they used the 1996 Olympic Games togive students a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study the expansion and redevelopment” of anurban center.3.0 What to Include, When and HowThe review of existing experiences presented above leads to the following questions: what hands-on experiences should be included in a given undergraduate curriculum, when

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

University of Hartford began in 1991 - 1992 with only 6 students. Theprogram has grown to close to 100 students. Its mission is “to prepare students for a variety ofprofessional careers in the design and building industries”.The AET program’s goals are to: • provide a proper foundation in mathematics and the basic sciences. • retain the hands-on laboratory and studio features that are the hallmarks of all engineering technologies. • provide a broadly based education that will go beyond the bounds of technical competence. • enhance the graduates’ capacity for upward mobility within and beyond the profession.The objectives of the AET program are to provide students with the opportunity to developtechnical and professional competence

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Roth; Fredrick Nitterright, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

. Nitterright, and Robert S. Weissbach The Pennsylvania State University - Erie, the Behrend CollegeAbstractIn many engineering situations, load-bearing members are exposed, either intentionally orunintentionally, to electrical currents. This topic, the effect of electricity on the mechanicalproperties of a material, has not been investigated. Furthermore, laboratory set-up andprocedures designed to investigate these effects have not been designed and published forincorporation into typical material science courses. Therefore, in order to begin to identify theseeffects and to broaden the scope of the traditional laboratory experiments associated withstandard materials science courses, a test apparatus was developed that allows

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Parisa Shokouhi, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Fall 2020.The proposed curriculum changes aim to address two key challenges associated with teachingthis course: (i) students’ difficulty in learning the theoretical principles behind disparate testmethods taught in one semester and (ii) students’ widely different backgrounds and preparations.The virtual laboratory experiences include hands-on simulation of various test scenarios using acommercial software. This is accomplished by student groups meeting in break-out rooms. Inaddition, video demonstrations are used to show operational principles of each testing method. Inthe former case, the students are asked to first predict the outcome of a test scenario based ontheir understanding of the theory, run simulations and then discuss the

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

electronics course at Penn State Harrisburg.Although the course is a 3.0-credit technical elective some students opt to enroll in anadditional 1.0-credit independent study course. The independent study course formatpresents both students and instructors the opportunity to explore a wide variety of options forenhancing students’ understanding of the subject. While the course could be structured as aseries of laboratory experiments in power electronic circuits and components, the preferenceover the last two years has been towards research and modeling studies. This option givesthe student far more control of the learning process than occurs in typical laboratory courses. A meaningful learning experience in power converter analysis, simulation

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lauren Seabury, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Lee; Gregory Alan Payne; John A. Hoopes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

initiated the fluid mechanics course, as the principles of hydraulics were Page 22.373.2needed in the curriculum and no one was available to teach this course in the EM Department.Fluid mechanics courses are also offered in the Mechanical Engineering (ME) and the Chemical& Biological Engineering (CBE) Departments.As a basic, introductory course to the phenomena, concepts, principles and methods of fluidflow, CEE 310 is organized with two lectures and one two hour discussion/lab each week, threeexams, weekly homework and quizzes, and laboratory experiments. After defining andillustrating the nature and properties of fluids, the concepts and

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathan L. Anderson, California State University, Chico; Tiffani Anderson, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

. 611. Van Nuland, S.E., Hall, E. and Langley, N.R., STEM crisis teaching: Curriculum design withe‐learning tools. FASEB BioAdvances, 2: 631-637. https://doi.org/10.1096/fba.2020-00049,2020.12. P. Kane, "Exploring the Experiences of Faculty Teaching an Online, Hands-on EngineeringLaboratory Course." Order No. 13901753, University of Phoenix, Ann Arbor, 2018.13. Stieff, M.; Werner, S. M.; Fink, B.; Meador, D. Online Prelaboratory Videos ImproveStudent Performance in the General Chemistry Laboratory. J. Chem.Educ., 95 (8), 1260– 1266, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00109, 2018.14. https://zoom.us/15. https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html16. https://corp.kaltura.com/17. https://www.blackboard.com/teaching-learning/learning-management/blackboard

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Orabi

used to analyze the results.This work demonstrates that instrumentation experience is greatly enhanced by integrationLabVIEW into the Laboratory. The incorporation of computer data acquisitions into theundergraduate laboratory provides students with a valuable tool for data collection and analysis.IntroductionThe use of a computer to imitate an instrument or device is known as virtual instrumentation.One software development package used to create virtual instruments is LabVIEW (LaboratoryVirtual Instrument Engineering Workbench). LabVIEW is a graphical programming languagethat, when used in conjunction with a data acquisition device and personal computer, allows theuser to control devices, collect, manipulate and display data. Written code is