Paper ID #38622Board 216: Areas of Improvement and Difficulty with Lab Report Writingin the Lower-Division Engineering Laboratory Courses across ThreeUniversitiesDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave Kim is Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineer- ing and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. His teaching and research have been in the areas of engineering materials, fracture mechanics, and manufacturing processes. In par- ticular, he has been very active in pedagogical research in the area of writing pedagogy in engineering laboratory
AC 2008-2925: DISTANCE LEARNING DELIVERY OF A WEB-BASED DEGREEIN ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, WHICHINCORPORATES HANDS-ON LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND REAL TIMEVIDEOCHITRA RAJAGOPAL, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus Ms Chitra Rajagopal is Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at the Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus, where she teaches electrical and electronic engineering technology courses in in-person and on-line formats. She is currently researching on embedded system design, microcontrollers and control system. Page 13.443.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008
Paper ID #18898No More Death by PowerPoint! Using an Alternative Presentation Model ina ChE Unit Operations Laboratory CourseDr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University Dr. Matthew Cooper is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he teaches Material and Energy Balances, Unit Operations, Transport Phenomena and Mathematical / Computational Methods. He is the recipient of the 2014 NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award, 2015 ASEE ChE Division Raymond W. Fahien Award, and currently serves as the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division’s
, component, or process to meet desired needs within realisticconstraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,manufacturability and sustainability), there are some activities that the students can do fromfreshmen to senior. A more self-directed and self-determined approach is needed, in whichstudents reflect on what is learned and how to learn, and in which educators teach studentshow to learn for themselves 6,7 .A suitable learning environment facilitates the development of skills in the students andtheir ability to learn8,9 . The role played by the laboratory practices is vital to the training ofengineering professionals and the development of their professional skills. Theimplementation of new laboratory
Paper ID #15868Toward a Comprehensive Online Transfer Engineering Curriculum: Assess-ing the Effectiveness of an Online Engineering Circuits Laboratory CourseMr. Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College Tom Rebold has chaired the Engineering department at Monterey Peninsula College since 2004. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT, and has been teaching online engineering classes since attending the Summer Engineering Teaching Institute at Ca˜nada College in 2012.Dr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of Engineering and Mathematics at Ca˜nada College in
, educators are moving towards preparing students whom are well equipped with conceptsand applications of sustainability.Current engineering curricula face several challenges to effective undergraduate education inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The National ResearchCouncil (NRC) outlines these challenges to include providing engaging laboratory, classroomand field experiences; teaching large numbers of students from diverse backgrounds; improvingassessment of learning outcomes; and informing science faculty about research on effectiveteaching3-5. Several Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET) criteriaadditionally require engineering programs to demonstrate that students attain the ability
teams. The deliverablefor each module was a laboratory report graded for mastery of the aforementioned problemsolving skills.Here, we will describe our assessment of SBG implementation in terms of student attitude andstudent achievement. We measured student attitude through the use of reliable and validatedsurveys that 1) assess the value of SBG based on motivation theory and 2) confidence inscientific literacy.5,6 Student attitude was assessed at the end of the term. The student valuesurvey measured interest, utility, and cost of SBG. The scientific literacy survey measuredstudent confidence levels on a scale of “1-not at all confident” to “5-very confident”. The surveywas administered at the beginning and end of the quarter. To understand
Paper ID #22649Work in Progress: Developing Assignments to Reinforce Process Knowledgefor a Medical Equipment Troubleshooting Laboratory CourseDr. Renata Fortuna Ramos, Rice University Renata Ramos is an Associate Teaching Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the De- partment of Bioengineering at Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005: rfr1@rice.eduMiss Kathryn Kundrod, Rice University Kathryn Kundrod is pursuing her PhD with Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum at Rice University. She works toward the development of low-cost HPV tests for cervical cancer screening. c American Society
semi-controlled learning environment thuspracticing critical thinking, knowledge integration, and application skills.Laboratory teaching is resource intensive, especially in chemical engineering Unit Ops Lab(UOL) courses where projects, equipment and expectations often resemble industrial operationalenvironments. The Unit Operations Laboratory is a place where students gain hands-onexperience while applying fundamental chemical engineering concepts and principles to solveand investigate problems associated with pipe, pump and valve systems, chemical reactorsystems, heat and refrigeration management, water treatment, solid-liquid/vapour-liquidseparation, and process equilibrium. Due to large size and complexity in design, there are usuallyonly
) Department at the University of Texas atArlington and is offered as CSE 4356 System on Chip Design for computer engineeringundergraduates, as CSE 5356 for computer engineering graduate students, and as EE 5315 forelectrical engineering graduate students. It is taught as one course combining all numbers. Allstudents are given the same lectures, course materials, assignments, and projects. Gradingstandards and expectations are the same for all students as well. The course in its current formwas first offered in fall 2020 and was taught online due to COVID-19 restrictions. The coursewas offered again in fall 2021 in a traditional on-campus, in-person mode of delivery. Twoseasoned educators, with more than eighty years of total teaching experience
instructors carrying out the hands-on laboratory asstudents observed them along with the equipment. Students also often interacted with each otherand the lab instructor via chat and orally through a virtual conference communication systemsuch as WebEx or Zoom. Some scholars have highlighted the perceptions of students (during theCOVID era) as they engaged in virtual labs highlighting the robustness of the laboratory designand instructor preparation (as evidenced by student course evaluations), along with severalshortcomings of the virtual learning environment [9]. Some shortcomings noted by theseresearchers included: the lack of interaction between the teaching assistant and students andstudent-to-student interactions and teamwork, intense
Paper ID #23078Work in Progress: Developing a Multi-dimensional Method for Student As-sessment in Chemical Engineering Laboratory CoursesDr. Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Daniel Anastasio is an assistant professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2009 and 2015, respectively. His primary areas of research are game-based learning in engineering courses and membrane separations for desalination and water purification.Dr. Heather Chenette, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Heather Chenette is an
Project Management Institute (PMI). Dr. Parris is actively involved in curriculum design, introduction of innovative pedagogies of engagement and the practice of engineering education through teaching several courses across the department. He is integrally involved in the design and delivery of the Pre-Freshman and Cooperative Education Program and others of that ilk at OSU, as a part of his specific interest in soft skill development, diversity, recruitment and retention initiatives.Dr. Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio
AC 2007-2433: RICH LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR MINORITYUNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGH INQUIRY-BASED PROJECTACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD AND LABORATORY SETTINGSAbhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is currently a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Dr. Nagchaudhuri is a member of ASME, SME and ASEE professional societies and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of engineering mechanics, remote sensing and precision agriculture, robotics, systems and control and design of mechanical and mechatronic systems. Dr. Nagchaudhuri received his bachelors degree from Jadavpur
Session 1526 Development of an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Laboratory for a Course on Design and Manufacture of Surface Mount Printed Circuit Board Assemblies Maher E. Rizkalla, Carol L. O’Loughlin, and Charles F. Yokomto, Department of Electrical Engineering Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indianapolis Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisAbstract:This paper describes a new interdisciplinary undergraduate laboratory experience that wasdeveloped for an existing electronic manufacturing course for senior electrical and
Paper ID #41758Climate Change and Kinetics in an Undergraduate Laboratory: Injectionand Tracking of CO2 in a 7 Gallon TerrariumDr. Clint Guymon, Brigham Young University Clint Guymon is a new Associate Teaching Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Brigham Young University. There he has developed multiple educational modules for undergraduate chemical engineering students. He previously worked for 15 years as an engineering consultant in the defense industry.Joseph R Tuft ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Climate Change and Kinetics in an Undergraduate Laboratory: Injection
Engineering Education, 2014 An Implementation of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN) Using a Course Management System Platform in an Undergraduate Experimental Engineering CourseAbstractExperimental Engineering at Harvey Mudd College is a sophomore-level, semester-long course,involving multiple experiments covering a number of engineering disciplines. The primarypurpose of the course is to teach basic instrumentation and measurement techniques; good labnotebook practice; technical report writing; analysis and presentation of data; the usage ofexperimental results for engineering design purposes; and the beginnings of professionalpractice. During the 2011-2012 academic year, we implemented a transition from
was a squadron commander for the 746th Test Squadron at Holloway Air Force Base where he directed developmental test activities for GPS and Inertial Navigation Systems. Col Neff is a 2007 graduation of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School and continues to be adjunct faculty there, teaching Fundamentals of Electronic Warfare and Electro-Optics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 µSAFABOT: A Robotics Learning Platform for a Hands-On Laboratory Based Approach in an Introductory ECE CourseAbstract This paper focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of an introductoryelectrical and computer engineering course
. Analyze timing of logic circuits and be able to derive a responses "on the fly" while referencing the student set-ups. logic circuit timing diagram (B). As a test of the rubric, ungraded questions were provided to undergraduate teaching assistants (TAs) for grading. BothIII. Overview of Similar Pedagogies TAs and the instructor graded the questions identically,In the new (EDA) laboratory sequence from Spring 2016 proving the robustness of the created rubric. Each questionand the revamped "hybrid" implementation, we used scaf- was individually timed and no students were allowed to exitfolding to
flexible, both in configurabilityand multipurpose use, the layout for this laboratory is shown in Fig. 2. The undergraduatelaboratory (EL) has six stations, the research lab (RL) has three stations, and the instructional lab(IL) has one station. The EL has six fully functional power workstation benches (PWBs) that aremounted on locking-type castors, whereas the RL has only one fully functional PWB, with theother two stations provided with basic benches. The primary use of the IL is for teaching lecturecourses, but has a station equipped such that a PWB can be moved from the EL allowing for in-class demonstrations. PWB PWB DC Sources 480
’ performance in concept tests more than any other form of instruction[3]. This has encouraged further creative hands-on active learning solutions for the field ofengineering education. Hands-on learning modules have been developed and have been shown to engageinterest, teach concepts, and improve knowledge retention for students [4, 5]. These modulesmake concrete what may have been abstract concepts, allowing students to connect theory withexperience. This paper describes the concept, design, implementation and results of a novel HeatExchanger Module (HEM) used in a junior-level thermal/fluids laboratory course.Concept The HEM is designed to enable students to experiment with, and to validate heat transferconcepts in a portable and cost
contract engineer at Engineer Inc., a Gainesville education enterprise that designs and distributes STEM laboratory kits to remote learners. She is currently working as an intern in an effort to expand her scope to the aerospace field.Dr. Sean R. Niemi, University of Florida Sean R. Niemi is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UF, and founder of the MERGE (MEchanical engineeRing desiGn pEdagogy) Lab focusing his research and teaching efforts on Capstone Design, Mechanical Design, Design for Manufacturing, and Instrumentation Design. Sean co-advises the UF Rocket Team (Swamp Launch), mentoring a group of interdisciplinary students in developing a 10,000 ft. apogee rocket for the
Paper ID #31537Work in Progress: Design and Implementation of CollaborativeProblem-Based Learning Laboratory Modules for Engineering andNon-Engineering StudentsProf. Youngmi Kim, University of Wisconsin, River Falls Dr. Youngmi Kim, an assistant professor in Ag Engineering Technology department at University of Wis- consin, River Falls, holds a B.E. and M.E. both in Biological Engineering from Inha University in South Korea. Her Ph.D. is in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University. After earning her doctorate, Dr. Kim continued her affiliation with Purdue for 8 more years as a Bioprocess Research
, Garrison, T.J., “A Laboratory Structured to Encourage Thoughtful, Task-Based Experimentation.” Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. [7]. Dym, C. L., Agogino, A. M., Eris, O., Frey, D. D., & Leifer, L. J., “Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning.” Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 103-120, 2005. [8]. Figliola, R.S., and Beasley, D.E., "Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements”, 5th ed., ISBN 978-0470547410, Wiley, 2011. [9]. National Instruments, “Learn NI: Begin Your LabVIEW Training – Getting Started Module”, http://www.learnni.com/getting-started, last accessed 2/4/2017. [10]. National Instruments, “Self-paced
Paper ID #20575Work in Progress: Curriculum Revision and Classroom Environment Re-structuring to Support Blended Project-Based Learning in First-Year Gen-eral Engineering Laboratory CoursesProf. Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University Dr. Terranova is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Drexel University. In his current role, he is the lead instructor for the freshman engineering program, and oversees activities in the Innovation Studio, a large-area academic makerspace. He has taught and developed courses in general engineering and mechanical engineering at Drexel. Prior to Drexel, he has taught
Paper ID #27353Retrospective Multi-year Analysis of Team Composition Dynamics and Per-formance within a Yearlong Integrative BME Laboratory SequenceDr. Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Associate Professor and Interim Undergraduate Program Director in the De- partment of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of Cal- ifornia, San Diego. Dr. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the core undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design
that can be integratedinto a traditional lower-division electric circuit laboratory course for both EE and non-EEstudents. The paper includes the implementation of this module into a sophomore level circuitdesign course for electrical and computer engineering majors, EE 242, and in a junior levelelectronics laboratory course for non-EE majors, EE 361. The feedback and assessment data ofthe PCB module are presented in this paper.Development of the PCB ModuleThe PCB module includes a tutorial and two separate PCB projects. The first project is gearedtowards teaching the students how to use the PCB Design tool called DipTrace and how toassemble a printed circuit board using soldering stations in the lab. The second project allowsthe students to
Paper ID #33650Work in Progress: Creative Biomechanics Project Using an InteractiveDigital Experience as an Alternative Laboratory (IDEAL) – Phase 2Dr. Elizabeth Mays, Michigan State University Elizabeth earned her BSE and MSE in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. She then earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Elizabeth is currently a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Michigan State University, with a focus on Engineering Education research, specifically with using creative teaching methods to encourage student engagement, learning, and
Paper ID #24450Work in Progress: A Novel 2D Vectors Hands-on Lab Exercise for a FirstYear Engineering Mathematics LaboratoryDr. Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi is a University Lecturer in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Work in Progress: A Novel 2D Vectors Hands-on Lab Exercise for a First Year Engineering Mathematics Laboratory Jaskirat Sodhi and Max Roman
(TMS320C30 and DSP56001) are very useful for applications such Page 4.438.1as mathematical modeling, noise analysis, and linear filters. However, if computers are used in 1the classroom/laboratory, then the instructor can increase teaching efficiency, and is allowed theuse of innovative teaching techniques.Course DescriptionThe course, “Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Applications”, introduces various hands-ontopics and applications such as biomedical signal processing, digital audio, and process control.The DSP course is offered to seniors and