Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhaohong Wang, California State University, Chico; Jing Guo, California State University, Chico

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Computing and Information Technology

statistics, research methodology in nutritional science, and research methods for healthcare education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Journey from End Systems to Backbone Routers - A Virtual Lab Environment for Online Computer Networking Courses Zhaohong Wang∗ Jing Guo†AbstractCarrying out purely online laboratory for the computer networking course is challenging in a fewaspects. Students lack tangible interaction with the physical user interface of physical networkingequipment, and for the instructor, setting up a virtual environment precisely matching the realphysical lab is

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky; Samira Azarin; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland; Chris Barr, University of Michigan

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #26380Work in Progress: Utilizing Change Strategies and Chemical Process SafetyResources to Incorporate Process Safety Education in the Unit OperationsCourses in Public and Private UniversitiesDr. Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University Tracy Carter earned her PhD in the Chemical Engineering department at Northeastern University in the summer of 2018 and is currently an instructor in the Unit Operations Laboratory at NU. She earned the M.S. degree in 1998 and the B.S. degree in 1993 from Northeastern University. Dr. Carter previously worked in the biotechnology field for CytoTherapeutics, designing medical devices

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Curriculum Development for an Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering ProgramAbstractThis paper outlines the curriculum development effort for improving the interdisciplinaryengineering program at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). UMR currently offerstwo BS degree option programs in manufacturing, one in Mechanical Engineering andthe other in Engineering Management, and MS degree programs in manufacturing arealso offered. As the manufacturing engineering program is relatively expensive to run,especially the manufacturing laboratories, a strategy to integrate various campusresources in materials and processes on campus to improve the curriculum has beenimplemented. The collaborations with manufacturing companies and

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mathematics

2006-728: INNOVATIVE TEACHING OF FOURIER SERIES USING LABVIEWPeter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Peter Avitabile is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME and SEM.Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Jeff Hodgkins is a Graduate Student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts. He is currently working on his Master’s Degree in the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Dibella, Northeastern University; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

contain both lecture andhands-on laboratory design work in the same course time period. Its format was coined the“lecture-laboratory venue.” The folks at this luncheon meeting all agreed that it was a uniqueidea that had merit. At that moment the College of Engineering dean happened to walk into thismeeting. As he inquired as to what was going on, one of the folks at the meeting explained thatProfessor Tapper had a new idea that had merit and would be an excellent way to help revitalizethe electrical engineering technology program. Interestingly enough, the first words from thedean in response to this was, “What is it going to cost me..?” This seemed like an interestingcomment in that the dean had no idea of the details of our preceding

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

his work in engineering education at the university and national levels.Prof. Audrey Briggs ChampagneMs. Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University Debra Gilbuena is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. She currently has research focused on student learning in virtual laboratories. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial experience including a position in sensor development. Sensor development is also an area in which she holds a patent. Her dissertation is focused on the characterization and analysis of feedback in engineering education. She also has interests in the diffusion of effective educational interventions and

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

Session 3120 Software and Hardware for Web-based Education Carl Steidley and Rafic Bachnak Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractInstitutions of higher education are actively seeking new methods to complement theirscience and engineering distance education programs with online experimentation. Thispaper describes the design and development of a virtual laboratory environment thatallows students to perform laboratory experiments from remote locations through a webbrowser. A front panel in LabVIEW displays the results and allows

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Jantzi; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

Session 2558 Creating and Testing VLANs using Network Switches Maurice Aburdene, John Jantzi, and Xiannong Meng Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a hands-on undergraduate computer network laboratory exercise inconfiguring a network switch to create and test four virtual local area networks (VLANs). Theobjective is to familiarize students with layer 1 (physical layer) and layer 2 (network interfacelayer or data link layer). The exercise is designed to allow students to discover the need for layer3 (internet or network) and, in particular, routing protocols to

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Saldivar; Ighal Mehmedagic; Siva Thangam; Richard Cole

Session 1520 Computers in Education Division Design and Implementation of a Computer-Aided Instrumentation System for a CFR Engine Test Facility Siva Thangam, Jose Saldivar, Richard Cole, Igbal Mehmedagic Stevens Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe design and implementation of a computer-assisted instrumentation system for a Cooperative FuelResearch (CFR) engine test facility as part of modernization and development of the thermalengineering laboratory was carried out at Stevens Institute of Technology. The

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for the Global Workplace

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Crowell Sanders, Salt Lake Community College

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International

in the First Two Years of Engineering EducationAbstract   There is a world-wide demand for smaller and faster electronic devices. As a result, thereis an increasing need for a global workforce familiar with the basics of micro- and nanoscalefabrication and characterization. This workforce will come primarily from post secondaryinstitutions. For this reason, it is important for nanotechnology instructors at non-research basedpost secondary institutions to provide laboratory exercises that introduce students to thefundamental concepts associated with fabrication and characterization on the micro- andnanoscale. Additionally, these laboratory exercises need to encourage student understanding andappreciation of differences that

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

machine shop or they can take advantage of the features of the Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (RP & M) Laboratories. They also need to select the power train components like gears, belt and chain drives for their mechanisms. Electrical Design: This stage is about adding the appropriate sensing and actuation elements to the designs. Electrical motors including servo or continuous DC, and associated sensors and switches are chosen. Wiring system has to be designed at this stage as well. Radio Controls/Programming: Students need to select between radio controls and autonomous microcontroller based designs. C programming may still be required in RC controls since students may want to

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul Weber, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Anh Phan, Utah Valley University

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Engineering Physics and Physics

Education, 2020 A Virtual Reality Simulation and Experiment for Sputter Deposition and Vacuum TrainingMatthew Meyers, Anh Phan, Daniel Rodriguez, Marty Clayton, Afsaneh Minaie, and Paul Weber Utah Valley University, Orem, UT 84058 USA AbstractWe have developed a laboratory exercise that teaches students the method of RF sputterdeposition for coating both metals and dielectric materials onto silicon wafers. Since thesputter system involves the rather complex structure of two-stage vacuum system including adiffusion pump, we have created a virtual reality (VR) simulation that reproduces the operatingsequence of the system with high fidelity. This simulation requires students to perform

Collection

Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Lynn Heasley

. Wankat ASSOCIATE EDITOR  Graduate Education Donald P. Visco, Jr. 52 A Graduate Class in Research Data Management ASSISTANT EDITOR Lawrence O. Schmidt and Joseph H. Holles Joseph H. Holles  laboratory MANAGING EDITOR 9 The Drying of Apples in a Laboratory Tray Drier Lynn Heasley Shelby Mullen, Brent Rogers, Haley Worman, and Enrico N. Martinez PROBLEMS EDITOR 44 Pressure Swing Adsorption in the Unit Operations

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Student

Paper ID #20516EEGRC Poster: Experimental Design and Measurement of Internal and Ex-ternal Flow Convection Coefficient Using 3D Printed GeometriesMr. Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and teaches part-time at two other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massoud Moussavi, California Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

androuting in cheap designs. While optics has become a vitalpart of electronics, it has unfortunately been absent in mostfour-year college/university engineering technologyprograms. The Electronic and Computer EngineeringTechnology (ECET) program at California StatePolytechnic University - Pomona (CalPoly-Pomona) hasrecognized this deficiency and in order to help alleviate thisproblem joined the NSF funded PHOTON2 project (1). ThePHOTON2 project is a New England Board of HigherEducation (NEBHE) sponsored program (2). By workingclosely with NEBHE, ECET program developed a seniorlevel photonic course using modified PHOTON2 materialsand laboratory experiments. This course uses optical andlaser components and equipment supplied by PHOTON2project. This

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen McNally, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

electrical characterization of nanomaterials. Guest speakers in the fieldson nanophotonics and nanomedical systems introduced these commercial applications and theelectronic contributions of each were reviewed. The ethics of nanotechnology was alsodiscussed. This course challenged the students to think on a new level and develop their skills incommunications, teamwork and life long learning. Laboratory exercises were conducted in ournew Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratory within ECET as well as the Birck NanotechnologyCenter (BNC). Hand-on experience included atomic force microscopy and use of the NanoHubsimulations. This course represents a new direction in engineering education with many ideasand challenges to consider.Course DesignAs an emerging

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Rafic Bachnak P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

Laboratories and employment with Koch Industries. Dr. Bachnak is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, a senior member of IEEE and ISA, and a member of ASEE. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Incorporating Software Simulation into Electric Circuit ExperimentsAbstract- A number of laboratory experiments in a sophomore electrical engineering course,Circuits and Devices, were revised to accommodate students’ needs during COVID-19. Thiswas accomplished while ensuring that a reasonable level of hands-on experience with electricalcomponents and basic laboratory equipment still took place. During the semester, studentscompleted three hands-on

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angel Gonzalez-Lizardo, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Serrano-Salvat, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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Instrumentation

AC 2009-530: AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA ANALYSIS FORPLASMA DIAGNOSTICS IN PUPR-MC PLASMA MACHINE WITH WEBCAPABILITIESAngel Gonzalez-Lizardo, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Born in Maracaibo Venezuela in January, 1958. Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad del Zulia in 1984. Master in Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 1994. PhD in Engineering, University of Dayton, 2003. Assistant Professor at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico from 1995 to 1999. Associate Professor at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico from 2004 to present. Director of the Plasma Engineering Laboratory since 2007. Director of the Sponsored

Conference Session

Hands-On Skills in BME

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Kathleen Bucholz, Duke University; Matthew Brown, Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

laboratories/experiences associated withthem. For the first experience, students developed and printed a 3D imaging phantom to use inall subsequent imaging modalities. This required students to familiarize themselves withFusion360 and the 3D printers, which satisfied both learning objectives 1 and 5. During the Xraysection of the course, the students brought their phantoms to a research imaging facility wherethey were able to create Xray images and CT images of their phantoms. For the CT portion ofthe course, students used visible light and simple backprojection to reconstruct a wooden block.For the ultrasound unit, students arrived in the lab to their phantoms obscured by milk and had touse the ultrasound images to identify which phantom was which

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Campbell University

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Mechanical Engineering

Integrated Class-Lab Approach to a Mechanics of Materials CourseIntroductionA Mechanics of Materials course offers rich opportunities for new theoretical understandings,development of laboratory skills, and small design projects. The three-year old Campbell Schoolof Engineering is promoting a class-lab approach in most of its courses. A traditional four creditlaboratory course might meet for three hours per week of lecture/recitation in a large section and2-3 hours per week of lab in smaller sections. In contrast, the class-lab meets for the sameamount of time but does not distinguish between lab and lecture time. In our case, we meet insections of 24 students in a room with six four-person tables surrounded by laboratory

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Introductory Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany L. Hesser, University of New Haven; Stefanie R. Bunyea, MacDermid Enthone

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

place of formal laboratory reports, students create technical memos, written by rotating teamleaders, that includes their recommendations or responses to the presented problem. Allrecommendations must be based on their devised experimental approach and the actual data thatwas obtained. Students are also required to complete an error analysis by considering changes toimprove data acquisition, should the experiment be run again. The technical memos are gradedagainst a defined rubric that assesses the work with a focus on the designed experimentalapproach, data reporting and presentation, and recommendations based heavily upon thoseresults. The grading is designed to allow students a level of academic freedom from right andwrong answers, focusing

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

A Modeling and Controls Course using Microcontrollers Hugh Jack, Associate Professor School of Engineering, Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractMicrocontrollers are being used to support the laboratory and project components of a junior levelmechanical/manufacturing engineering course in system modeling and control. Previously thecourse primarily used Labview and Data AcQuisition (DAQ) cards with Personal Computers.However, upon completion of the course students were not able to design and implement practicalcontrol systems. Recently the course has been evolving towards low cost commodity hardwarefound in mass produced consumer products. This past year the course used

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Nikki Adams, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen Cardinal, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Matthew Burd, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Trevor Cardinal, California Polytechnic State University

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Biomedical

Engineering, Biological Sciences, or AnimalScience.After completing their coursework, students complete a nine-month internship in a stem cellresearch lab at one of our partner institutions. The nine-month internship, which addresses all ofour programmatic learning goals, allows students to further develop their laboratory and criticalthinking skills in a research-intensive environment with a rigorous and independent project.Upon completion of their research internships, students return for one final quarter ofcoursework. During the quarter, students complete a Master’s Project Course that allows them toapply the skills gained during the research internship to existing research efforts at ouruniversity. This Master’s Project provides students with

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hirak Patangia

thecurriculum. The course has a heavy emphasis on laboratory activities with an equally strongfocus on ‘just-in-time’ theory relating to the concepts central to accomplishing the project goal.The prerequisites for the course have been kept at a minimum to make the course accessible toany university student who wants to explore engineering as a career.IntroductionIn a traditional engineering curriculum, students devote their freshmen year to taking math andscience courses to prepare them for the engineering courses to come later in the curriculum. Suchan approach is often dry and not motivating to the freshmen since they don’t see any applicationcourses. In addition, the students have to wait a year or more to know if the major they havechosen will meet

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Steffen

Session: 1449 Teaching Local Area Networking Using Samba Instead of Windows Gary D. Steffen Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Indiana University – Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractThe increasing cost of computer server software, such as Windows NT/2000, can prohibit its usein laboratory settings. Furthermore, the system hardware requirements for these softwarepackages can far exceed current institutional laboratory computer hardware. The same principaltechniques for local area networking can be taught using Linux with

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob Twiggs

StanfordUniversity there was a need to give students in the graduate programs in Aeronautics andAstronautics ‘hands-on’ experience to learn systems engineering. To provide this experience,the Space Systems Development laboratory was started in 1994 to take students through the fulllife cycle of a project. In this case it was designing, building, launching and operatingmicrosatellites in space. The program now is finishing the third generation of microsatellites andstarting a new program concentrating on building picosatellites called CubeSat (10 cm cube,weighting 1kg).Although the program has successfully launched two of their microsatellites and have launchesfor three more, it was determined that the best education value could be obtained by building

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Stewart; William Lin

noise. D. In qualitative terms, discuss typical applications of AM and FM communication systems.Course objectives were drafted under the constraint of the limited electronic and calculusbackground of AAS-level students as compared to BS-level students. Details of thecourse flowchart are discussed in the next section. Perhaps the most challenging task wasthe design of laboratory exercises. With their limited experience, students were not agilein designing and/or implementing the necessary circuits. So starting with the firstimplementation, we took advantage of the "user-friendly" features of the graphicalprogramming language LabVIEW and designed lab exercises using computer simulation.That approach saved a considerable

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ruane

creation of a modernteaching laboratory, curriculum design, and growth in faculty and students.The new MS program follows the structure of our existing MSEE and MSCE degrees, andrequires little additional university investment. Specific course offerings will be described, alongwith their laboratory components and the set-up of the Photonics Instructional Laboratory.Curricular overlap with senior electives and with graduate students from other disciplines will alsobe presented. Connections for research and entrepreneurship in photonics have been created,allowing students to undertake MS thesis work, MS projects, or prepare for Ph.D. level study.Recent connections to distance learning will be described.This paper also will describe the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory M. Dick

Session 2520 Economy Sized DSP: Signal Processing Instruction on a Budget Gregory M. Dick University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractInstruction in Digital Signal Processing can be a very expensive proposition. The cost of asingle PC based DSP laboratory station can easily exceed $4,000. Financing a complete lab canbe a financial impossibility for some institutions. The benefits of a strong laboratory componentto a DSP course are obvious. However, the use of several generally available resources canfulfill some of the functions of the

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John N. Berry; Thad Welch

approach to teaching severalelectrical power distribution and usage topics can also be very effective. Our course includesseveral laboratory experiments and demonstrations designed to involve the student in thelearning process. A locally designed and manufactured three-phase, low-voltage, variable-frequency power supply is used to teach parts of this Electrical Power Systems course. The three-phase low-voltage system enhances student safety while allowing for student involvement in thelearning process. Additional laboratory time also leads to numerous other learning opportunitiesfor the student. This paper discusses the utilization of the three-phase low-voltage power supplyas a teaching tool. A discussion of several laboratory experiments and