Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Leonid Revzin, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

that the automated titration experiment is more simpleand significantly faster, experimental results in this mode are more accurate because the controlis not by eyeballing. The students were very positive about automation of manual operations intheir laboratory practice. Many of the students expressed interest and motivation in studyingautomation and participation in designing and building automation devices.ConclusionOur experience of creating simple affordable automation devices, their integration with a datalogging system and teaching automated laboratories indicates the considerable potential of thistechnology for improving experiential chemistry education in high schools.Application of the developed devices enables to save time spent for

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Business Meeting

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University; Olutola Jonah; Olusoji Ilori, Obafemi Awolowo University; E.O.B. ajayi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Oladipo O. Osasona, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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Instrumentation

the most basic equipmentcould sometimes be beyond the budgets of educational institutions. VLs then offer a viable wayfor an institution to expose its students to far more laboratory experiment by sharing resourcesand equipments of other local or foreign institutions.The role that VLs can play in addressing the weak experimentation component of education in Page 13.426.2developing countries has only recently become a research problem of interest. Consequently,very few VL architectures are designed or optimized for the low bandwidth environments thatcharacterize educational institutions in countries like Nigeria. One of the few VL

Collection

2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Tooran Emami Ph. D.

frommeasurement of either the frequency or step response data. This lab allows students to make theconnection between the concepts of first order modeling in the control system classroomlectures2 and ultimately, apply them in the laboratory to the real world systems.Students in this lab demonstrate achievement of numerous a-k ABET criteria. The followingABET outcomes can be assessed in this lab:a. “An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.”b. “An ability to design and conduct experiments as well as interpret data.”d. “An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.”e. “An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.”g. “An ability to communicate effectively,” by preparing a formal report.k. “ An ability

Conference Session

ELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Huettel, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

providecontext for the exercises, requires some sacrifices and tradeoffs in course content. Performanceon the other criteria was roughly similar in the two sets of courses, suggesting that both theprevious projects and the new Grand-Challenge projects significantly contributed to students’understanding and ability to apply course material.We emphasize, however, that this particular set of outcomes would be unlikely to capturepositive contributions results of the changes made to the laboratory projects. In other words, thefive criteria to which the MOs and LOs are mapped – a) apply knowledge of science,mathematics, and engineering, b) design and conduct experiments and analyze and interpretdata, c) design a system, component, or process to meet desired

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

simulation skillsare covered. Emphasis is on the design and simulation of proportional, derivative, and integralcontrollers for improving the dynamic responses of feedback control systems.There is a laboratory component for this course. The lab experiments include characteristics ofDC motors, tachometers, brake loading, signal conditioning circuits, implementation ofproportional, integral, and derivative controllers as C programs running on microcontrollers withapplications to position and speed controls.The students are also required to complete embedded control projects in this course. The projectsgive the students the opportunities to solve practical control problems and to be creativeindependently

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 4: Bring Your Own Experiment (BYOE)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iftekhar Basith, Sam Houston State University; Paul Paschal, Sam Houston State University

will send a display signal to the LCDvia DPI(RGB888). The speaker system consists of two 16x9mm rectangular micro speakers. Thesound system is still a work in progress, driving micro speakers requires special attention tofiltering out low frequencies. Perceived audio will be low if this is not done.Pedagogical ContextHandheld gaming consoles comprise multiple systems. For this reason, it is recommended that thisproject be split into various experiments and teaching opportunities. For example, this projectcould supplement a related course, or extracurricular activity. The design and components are fordemonstration and are completely subjective. It is encouraged to personalize and or deviate fromthe demonstrated design in order to foster

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac L. Howard P.E., Mississippi State University; Braden T. Smith, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

volumetricproperties of an asphalt concrete mixture than it is to get them to write a report regarding thesame mixture and related concepts. When assignments contain words such as calculate, design,or draw students tend to have approving body language while the assignment is being handedout. Replace one of those words with format, write, or present, and body language often changesto indifference, concern, or overall lack of interest/approval.Laboratories are an opportunity to interface what are often less desirable activities (e.g. writingand presenting) with physical experiments and calculations. Laboratories can also be anexcellent venue to maximize active learning opportunities, as it is well known that activelearning can be beneficial to students. As such

Conference Session

Robotics, Automation, and Product Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; James O. Frendewey, Michigan Technological University; Mohsen Azizi, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

materials, and provide state-of the-art knowledge and experience to students utilizing the facility. This knowledge and experiencewill result in a well-educated graduate with practical hands-on experience designing,configuring, and troubleshooting industrial control systems, with an obvious benefit toemployers of these graduates.Newly Equipped Industrial Control and Automation LaboratoryGenerous gift of Nucor provided to Michigan Tech made it possible to equip the new IndustrialControl and Automation Laboratory with state-of-the-art Programmable Logic Controllers andMechatronics stations integrated with FANUC robots. The authors conducted significantresearch on the type of equipment, as well as vendors producing this equipment to ensure thatnewly

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

students are exposed to normally-open, normally-closed contact types, relays and ladder diagrams. Therefore, we designed and built custom pieces of hardware and mailed them to each remote site. This is the only experiment that does not require remote control and programming of hardware over the Internet. Students explore the contacttypes with the built-in multimeter and wire the board to implement the control logic. Laboratory 2: This laboratory session was designed mainly to provide a transition from a

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford; Paul E Slaboch, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, University of Hartford Dr. Slaboch is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hartford. His main research areas are experimental fluid mechanics and aeroacoustics in turbomachinery. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Enhancement of a Thermo-Fluid Laboratory Course: Focus on Technical WritingAbstract— Enhancements to laboratories and the courses which facilitate their use is importantto better preparing students for course work, research experiences, and future contributions in thefield of engineering. The thermo-fluids lab course offered by the Department of MechanicalEngineering in the College of Engineering Technology

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

W.G. Steele; M. H. Hosni; H. W. Coleman

and precisionerror sources, obtain estimates of the bias and precision limits for each measured variable, and illustrate how themeasurement errors propagate into the experimental result.INTRODUCTION Uncertainty analysisl is a technique for determining an estimate for the interval about a reported resultwithin which the true result is expected to lie with a certain degree of confidence. The uncertainty analysis is anextremely usefil tool for all phases of an experimental program from the initial planning (general uncertaintyanalysis) to detailed design, debugging, testing, and data analysis (detailed uncertainty analysis). The undergraduate laboratory experience usually includes experimentation with several previouslydesigned

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mazloomzadeh, Florida International University; Mustafa Farhadi, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

were gained including wind turbine and generatorsystem behavior as well as the speed control of motor-generator sets through the inverter-driveelectronics. We also gained experience in the design and control of power sharing controlprogram using Matlab/Simulink. The control of the dc-bus voltage and the evaluation of thebidirectional dc-dc convertors performance were important knowledge gained. We have alsoutilized advanced power electronics techniques for distributed generation and demand sidemanagement. Finally we have utilized renewable energy resources for secure operation ofislanded micro grids.References[1] V. Salehi, A. Mohamed, A. Mazloomzadeh, and O. A. Mohammed, “Laboratory-Based Smart Power System, Part I: Design and System

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Darko Korain, Desert Research Institute

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, shown in Figure 1, whichmay operate as a stand-alone or a grid-connected system. The power generation devices areinterfaced with the DC and AC buses through appropriate power conversion devices. This is partof a larger project at our university in renewable energy technology, sustainability, education,and research. The aims of this projects is to develop novel concepts for learning communitiesand inter-site cooperation in which the stake-holders can share resources and use in place ofcostly laboratory equipment and facilities virtual and simulation laboratory experiments via theInternet. A major component of this project is to design, implement and evaluate virtual learningenvironment system. The system will consist of training platforms, e

Conference Session

Programming, Simulation, and Dynamic Modeling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University; Luis E. Monterrubio, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

also allowsfor the majority of class time to be used on the exercises themselves, rather than in the lab setupas with some laboratories that rely on complex equipment. Because toys are used in the labs, theease and timeliness with which lab configurations can be changed has provided the opportunityfor professors to cover multiple experiments in a single class period. This also allows thestudents to rapidly change lab configurations when trying to solve a problem.Dynamics Course LayoutThe topics covered in lecture portion of this course are based on the text book Dynamics:Analysis and Design of Systems in Motion, 2nd Edition.10 The subjects that are covered in thiscourse are as follows: ● Motion of translating bodies ● Inertial Response of

Conference Session

Activities for the Materials Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Michael Condren; Ken Lux; George C. Lisensky; Donald Stone; Arthur B. Ellis; Anne Bentley; Amy Payne; Robert Carpick; Wendy Crone

nanostructured materials. These and other nanotechnology concepts areillustrated with video demonstrations in a web-based resource called the “Nanoworld Cineplex,”which contains movies of experiments and demonstrations that can be brought into theclassroom. Numerous experiments are also available in the “Nanotechnology Lab Manual,”which can be used as either a virtual laboratory or as a web-based video lab manual. Theseresources for using nanotechnology to teach fundamental materials science and engineeringprinciples are available at .IntroductionNanotechnology touches our everyday lives. Its impact is growing in magnitude every day. Anew industrial revolution that some predict will rival the development of the automobile and theintroduction of the

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 5: Remote, Hands-On Laboratories

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Hicks; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; G. Beate Zimmer, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

students to analyze the instructor’s lab data, this did not provide thestudents with hands-on practical lab skills and experience with the associated equipment. Wedecided to develop a lab kit that students can borrow to work on lab-based assignments off campusto address this issue.Raspberry Pi and IoT AssignmentsA basic IoT learning kit that uses a Raspberry Pi board (or similar basic processor board) alongwith a collection of sensors will be utilized for IoT-based applications and projects as part of thesenior design capstone courses in computer science and electrical engineering at Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville. The initial offering of these assignments will be in two senior designcourses with a total enrollment of about 30-40 students

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabil Lehlou, University of Arkansas; Nebil Buyurgan, University of Arkansas; Justin Chimka, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

whichstudents at different locations can greatly benefit by accessing remote laboratory equipment andobtaining hands-on experience [1-7]. Not only that, but Web technology is also able to providenew teaching techniques that are appealing to students [5]. On the other hand, RFID is one of the new technologies that is more visible than ever and hasa high potential of being used extensively in the near future. The existence of RFID laboratoriesin educational environments will serve the purpose of providing testing results and conclusions,as well as giving the involved students the opportunity to obtain hands-on experience, making Page 14.209.2them

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

would aid them in this. Figure 1. Interest in employment in field of participation. Figure 2. Belief participation will aid in employment upon graduation.Students were also asked to identify the benefits that they sought, and which benefits they hadobtained through program participation. Their responses are presented in Table 5. All of therespondents indicated that they had hoped to obtain knowledge about cyber-physical system andcybersecurity design and improve their technical skills. Ten of the 11 reported obtaining thecyber-physical system / cybersecurity design knowledge and 9 of the 11 reported improving theirtechnical skills. Students also indicated interest in gaining real-world project experience and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jenelle Piepmeier; Kenneth Knowles; Bradley Bishop

Session XXXX The Use of MATLAB for Robotic Control in an Undergraduate Robotics Laboratory Jenelle Armstrong Piepmeier, Kenneth A. Knowles, Bradley E. Bishop U.S. Naval Academy 105 Maryland Ave (Stop 14A) Annapolis, MD 21402 ABSTRACT An effective undergraduate robotics course will have strongly coupled laboratory and classroomcomponents. It is important that the students experience the application of classroom theory. Often,this application is transparent when using the

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Robert H. Caverly, Villanova University

University CourseVillanova University has a two-semester senior track elective in the high frequency systems areathat is a follow up to the required second semester junior year electromagnetics class. This classuses the textbook 'Microwave Engineering' by David Pozar (4th ed) [2]. Both courses have asignificant laboratory component where the students learn to design, fabricate and test variousactive and passive microwave circuits including matching networks, filters, amplifiers, andmixers. The Cadence Microwave Office suite of tools is used under their university program [3]for the CAD portion of the design flow, and, for the first time in the 2020/2021 academic year,the students were provided a nanoVNA as part of their laboratory kit.Because of the

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin; Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

,students use the wind tunnels only for classical experiments using off-the-shelf models such as acylinder in a cross-flow and airfoils, and for flow visualization demonstrations. The objectsbeing tested are simple shapes and offer limited opportunity for creative experimentation. Wewish to enhance this experience by offering our students the opportunity to design and testoriginal aerodynamic models, such as automobile body shapes. This has motivated aninvestigation of alternative methods for rapidly producing wind tunnel models of originaldesigns. Two fundamentally different approaches are considered: (1) molding/casting of modelsstarting from a rough physical prototype and (2) creation of functional physical models from adigital image.Molding

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a natural frequency of 1000 Hz. The FFT results showed a well-defined peakconsistently at the same but lower than the calculated value for all cases. This means thesoftware is reliable and that some damping was present in the resonator. The damping could bedue to the viscosity of air or the fabrication techniques used. We wanted to investigate thismatter further. In the fall of 2009 each student team was asked to design three resonators torespond at 1000 Hz, for consistency and comparison with the earlier results, using differentmetals. The students learned to use SpectraPlus as part of the laboratory activity. They wereable to obtain several time domain data and generate the frequency response and 3-D surfaceplots. Each team submitted a

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodrigo Cutri, Maua Institute of Techonology; AIRTON EIRAS; Octavio Mattasoglio Neto Neto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

electricity and magnetism from a Physics journal.These papers were pre-selected by the tutors. The students were required to read andcomprehend the proposed physical model and experiment procedure outlined in the originalpaper. They then had to adapt it to the available equipment in our university laboratory. Oncethe teams had collected data, they were to analyze and compare it with the physical modelingof the observed phenomenon. Finally, they were to create a self-explanatory videopresentation, limited to 10 minutes, where the student teams explained the physicalphenomenon, the modeling, the experiment conducted, and the analysis and conclusionsdrawn. The PBL approach allows students to have a better understanding of importantphysical theories

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanqing Gao, Oregon Institute of Technology; Fei-Yue Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology; Xisong Dong, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; Xiwei Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; ShuangShuang Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2007, 2010 and 2013, respectively. His research interests include recommendation of multi-agent control systems, high-performance computing, traffic flow prediction, 3D printing, social manufacturing and data mining. Contact him at shuangshuang.li@ia.ac.cn. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A CDIO-based Social Manufacturing Laboratory: Prototype for CPSS-based Production ProcessesAbstractCDIO is an innovative educational framework for producing the new generation of engineersby providing students with engineering and business fundamentals in the context ofConceiving-Designing-Implementing-Operating real-world systems and products

Conference Session

Issues in Mechanical Engineering Technology II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Dai Vian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nancy L. Denton P.E., Purdue Polytechnic Institute's School of Engineering Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

experienced an intentionally designed group laboratory project on polymer’shardness and tension tests at the Purdue University Kokomo campus. The students arecommuters, and the typical engineering technology class includes 6-15 students. Courses areoften taught in a studio format. The campus culture tends to emphasize the efficient completionof all educational tasks performed by students.IntroductionThe objectives of the hardness test on polymers were to explore the overall hardnesscharacteristics of polymeric specimens and interpret the relevant standard method. A Rockwelltest stand, indenter, Rockwell Hardness scales, and test specimens were introduced to studentsfor experimental work based on ASTM D7851. This form of hardness testing determines

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nolan Tsuchiya P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Zahira H. Merchant

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

equivalent course contains a laboratory element designedspecifically to bridge the gap between theory and practical application. Cal Poly Pomona doesnot contain such a laboratory element, which may be part of the culprit. To study the effects ofwhether or not a laboratory component would help students taking ME340 a mobile laboratoryexperiment developed at San Francisco State University was implemented in ME340 at Cal PolyPomona.This paper presents the results of implementing a remote laboratory assignment ME340 over twoquarters. Student survey data was collected before and after the completion of the mobilelaboratory assignment. In these experiments, the authors intended to assess the effectiveness ofthe San Francisco State University mobile lab

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alec Steven Bowen, Oregon State University; Daniel Robert Reid, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

design basis for developmentof Interactive Virtual Laboratories in thermodynamics. Thermodynamics is a difficult subject forchemical and biological engineering students to master. One reason for the difficulty is thediverse and challenging set of threshold concepts that they must coherently synthesize and beable to apply in a diverse range of contexts. Based on our experience and from reports in theliterature, we have identified a set of threshold concepts we propose are critical for mastery ofthermodynamics. To help students better learn these concepts, we have been developingInteractive Virtual Laboratories. This paper describes the development and initial investigationof two such laboratories. They are available for instructors to use through

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Experiments and Labs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey; Shou Rei Chang, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-2248: COMPARISON OF THE STRENGTH TO WEIGHT RATIO OFVARIABLE SECTION BEAMS WITH PRISMATIC BEAMSBijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at TCNJ and currently serving as the chairman of the department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science. He is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. He served as the Program Chair of ASEE Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies (DELOS) in 2005-06 and is currently chairing

Conference Session

MET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

T. Sean Tavares Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

experiments that are economical enough to allowstudents to take repeated data sets and also to allow the sources of experimental uncertainty to betangible enough to be easily understood. This is particularly important as it is common inengineering practice.This paper describes a laboratory exercise in which students measure the performancecharacteristics of small water pumps. The principal measurements are the variation of head rise(as manifested in the pumping height of water) and the corresponding volume flow rate whileoperating at a fixed rotating speed. Experiments based on this apparatus can be employed in avariety of courses and with students at various levels. The author developed this experimentwhile teaching a graduate level course on

Conference Session

ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

hall to optimize students seeing, hearing, and physically experimenting brieflywith the goal of improved retention of knowledge [2]. The demonstration design process andrelated flow chart can be used by faculty for demonstration construction within a variety ofengineering service courses. Students in the lecture course are surveyed for qualitative andquantitative feedback on the impact of the hands-on five-minute demonstrations.Demonstration Creation Flow ChartA series of five progressive questions are used in the demonstration design process to createbuilds to complement each traditional lecture. Demonstrations are created maintaining keycharacteristics of: a) ease of build by faculty using inexpensive parts, b) portability to the lecturehall