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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Yingxiao Song, Muskingum University

that is usually open to most engineering students in their junior or senioryear, which means they have completed their introductory courses like physics and chemistry.Students who are at this stage are usually eager to solve more realistic problems than laboratorywork. This paper shows the integration of sustainability concepts with the Fluid Mechanics classthrough lectures, laboratory work, simulations, and projects. Educational objectives, assessmentmethods, and sample problems are presented in this paper.IntroductionEnhancing problem-solving skills in engineering students, particularly in the latter half of theirundergraduate studies, is paramount. This is acutely relevant in applied engineering courses suchas Fluid Mechanics, typically

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Instrumentation

EducationAbstractMicrocontrollers have become a mainstay of mechatronics laboratories. For example, theArduino boards, and shields, are low cost flexible hardware that can provide substantialcapabilities. At Grand Valley State University all engineering students learn to programmicrocontrollers using Atmel ATMega processors, the same processors used on the Arduinoboards. In the mechatronics course, EGR 345 - Dynamic System Modeling and Control, thestudents use Parallax Propeller based hardware. The alternate, Parallax Propeller, hardwareplatform broadens the students’ knowledge and gives them access to a multiprocessingenvironment.The paper objectively outlines the hardware/software platform and how it can be used in amechatronics course for Manufacturing Engineering

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bryan Dallas; Parsaoran Hutapea

The Mechanics of PEM Fuel Cell Stack Compression Bryan Dallas Composites Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering Temple University Parsaoran Hutapea Composites Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering Temple University 756The Mechanics of PEM Fuel Cell Stack CompressionBryan Dallas and Parsaoran HutapeaComposites LaboratoryDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringTemple UniversityThe decreasing performance of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells can be caused by changes instack clamping pressure (i.e., compression). When the stack is compressed, the membrane electrodeassembly (MEA) typically deforms 50 to 200 nm. Lee

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

R. Barat; G. DiBenedetto; T. Boland

Self-Rating Scale (0 = none, 5 = a lot)Course Objectives and StructureThe overall objective of our ChE FED course is to give freshman and transfer students an introductoryengineering design experience combining experimental and computational tools that is FUN!Specifically, the students will learn to work successfully in a team; to plan effectively; to design,engineer, and construct a working system that uses available resources, meets required objectives, andoperates within stated constraints; and, finally, to report on their results.The chemical engineering FED course meets three hours per week for fourteen weeks (one semester). Itis divided into laboratory and computer components. Each week, the students typically spend 1-2 hoursworking in

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Zhiyong Gu; Bridgette Budhlall; Hongwei Sun; Carol Barry; Alfred Donatelli; Jill Lohmeier

-onlaboratory exercises, demonstration experiments, and a final design project. In this presentation, we will discuss thelecture topics and eight hands-on laboratory experiments or activities that have been developed into modules tocomplement respective lectures, including fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mixing, reaction engineering,electophoresis, and manufacturing methods for micro and nanoscale devices. Figure 2 shows a lab module focusedon the thermal conductivity measurement of nanofluids. We will also show the final project designs for thenanodevices or nanosystems that have been finished by student teams at the end of the course. Finally, we willshow results of the pre-post student surveys as well as faculty interviews.This new interdisciplinary

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Room IS 105Worcester Polytechnic InstituteTeaching laboratories is an essential component of chemical engineering education. They are designed to help students think criticallyabout chemical engineering principles and practices by planning and execution of experimental work followed by reflection, analysis, andinterpretation of data. However, operating teaching laboratories with social distancing measures poses significant logistical and safetychallenges, and alternative modes of delivery could be a realistic way forward in adapting engineering curricula to the post COVID-19world. This paper is aimed at identifying common approaches and strategies implemented in transforming hands-on labs into hybrid, virtualor remote operation to achieve

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Hector Ochoa; Chandra Pappu, Union College

Paper ID #36943Adapting Chaos Theory for Undergraduate ElectricalEngineersBenjamin C. Flores (Professor)Hector A. Ochoa (Assistant Professor) Dr. Hector Ochoa is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he develops curriculum and laboratories in engineering physics. Dr. Ochoa graduated with his doctorate and M.S. from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a Bachelor’s degree from The University of Guadalajara, Mexico. His current research interests include Radar Image Processing, Compressive Radar, and Engineering Education.Chandra S. Pappu (Assistant Professor

Conference Session

How We Tackled the Pandemic

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amir Karimi P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jose Francisco Herbert Acero, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

undergraduatecourse in Measurements and Instrumentation (ME 3113). This course has an average enrollment of90 students per semester. The course was taught by the same author during spring 2020 (50% face-to-face, and 50% online), summer 2020 (100% online), fall 2020 (100% online), and spring 2021(100% online). The course has a lecture component that comprises 60% of the course (twoindividual midterm exams and eight individual homework assignments are considered as evaluationmethods), and a laboratory component that comprises the remaining 40% of the course (five teamlaboratory assignments and one individual laboratory assignment are considered as evaluationmethods). Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, both components were taught in a face-to-faceenvironment with

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Jose Salinas, United States Military Academy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

critical concepts, the most recentevolution of ME450 incorporated four new laboratory exercises intended to challenge 60new students to delve into specific aspects of the assigned EDPs and, by doing so, derivea better appreciation of the complexity of the technical problems involved.In order to facilitate student learning, a crawl-walk-run methodology was employed forthe four new laboratories. This approach was based on United States Army TrainingDoctrine.2, 3 While this may at first seem to be an unlikely source of inspiration forteaching in an academic environment, the Army has, in fact, been focused on effectivelyteaching complex subject matter to college-aged students for literally hundreds of yearsand therefore has a wealth of institutional

Conference Session

First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa M Wille, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Dalton James Hess; Jake Mitchell Levin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Biomedical

take sevensemesters of required team-based design courses. Historically, students would develop technicalskills as needed based on their project. Through engagement with our constituents we developeda more direct instructional approach at delivering essential engineering tools early in thecurriculum. We previously reported on the creation of this new required second semestersophomore lecture and laboratory course with a guided design project: BME 201, “BiomedicalEngineering Fundamentals and Design” (to replace one of the client-based experiences). Sincethen, this course has evolved to cohesively combine all three components into modules thatrepresent the breadth of BME, including: electronics, programing (MATLAB, LabVIEW, andArduino

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Solid and Structural Mechanics in Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Fleming, Florida Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Aerospace

received the Kerry Bruce Clark award for Excellence in Teaching, Florida Tech’s highest teaching award, for the 2013-2014 aca- demic year. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Fatigue Life Experiment for Aerospace Engineering UndergraduatesAbstractThe importance of fatigue in aerospace structural design suggests the need for this topic to beaddressed as part of aerospace engineering undergraduate curricula. This paper describes asequence of laboratory experiments for upper level aerospace engineering students thatemphasizes stress concentrations and their role in quasistatic and fatigue loading. The fatigueexperiment is conducted with a

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

engineering.Introduction Research is an important component of many engineering students’ undergraduate educationand it is generally believed to enhance the student’s interest in pursuing graduate education andmarketability in their chosen profession1. Undergraduate research experiences are usuallymentored by individual faculty and are highly dependent on the availability of space and ongoingprojects in faculty research laboratories that may be suitable to undergraduate studentparticipation. With increased engineering enrollment at many universities and colleges, includingours, the availability of undergraduate research opportunities within individual faculty researchlaboratories can become a limiting factor in placing all undergraduate engineering students

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU and is the Thermal-Fluids Laboratory Coordinator. He is on the ASME PTC committee on Air-Cooled Condensers.Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University Bruce L. Cain is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University. He teaches courses in laboratory techniques and experiment design, and traditional courses in energy conversion, system dynamics and automation, and materials engineering. His

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; Jabulani Nyathi, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

22.507.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Distance Education Program in Electrical Engineering AbstractTraditional engineering programs are taught in a class setting, accompanied with laboratoryexercises that complement lecture and reinforce theory. This is the ideal format, as students haveeasy access to both faculty and laboratories. Many times, however, students are place-bound inlocations where they do not have access to institutions offering engineering programs.Furthermore, engineering degrees are expensive degrees and opening one requires a significantinvestment from the organization and/or the state. On the other hand, many community

Conference Session

Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; David Quintero, San Francisco State University; Fatemeh Khalkhal, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang, San Francisco State University; Zhuwei Qin, San Francisco State University; Jenna Wong, San Francisco State University; Yiyi Wang, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong, P.E., San Francisco State University; Robert Petrulis

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Paper ID #37276Development and First-Year Outcomes of a NSF-Funded Summer ResearchInternship Program to Engage Community College Students in EngineeringResearchDr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Dr. Xiaorong Zhang is an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She is the Director of the Intelligent Computing and Embedded Systems Laboratory (ICE Lab) at SFSU. She has broad research experience in human-machine interfaces, embedded systems, and engineering education. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award to develop the next

Conference Session

Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Tzu-liang Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Michael Mauk; Irina Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Tam Phi, Drexel University

development of the Green Energy and Sustainability minor.Tam Phi © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com- Exploring Virtual Reality for Student Learning Enhancement on Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing with Renewable Energy AbstractThe paper presents a green energy manufacturing laboratory course that engages both hands-onlaboratory and virtual reality activities in renewable energy. The objective of the project is toimprove student learning outcome by incorporating environmentally sustainable manufacturingwith virtual reality (VR) experience. The green energy manufacturing laboratory

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mert Bal, Miami University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

wireless sensor networks, intelligent agents, agent-based manufacturing scheduling, systems control and automation, distributed control of holonic systems and integrated manufacturing, agile manufacturing, virtual reality and remote laboratory applications in edu- cation. He has authored or co-authored various journal and conference publications in these areas. Mert Bal is currently the Chair and Associate Professor at the Miami University, Department of Engineering Technology, Ohio, United States of America. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Developing Robotics Engineering Technology Program to Address the Workforce Skills Gaps in

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Don L. Stuehm

not having a general understanding of power systemapparatus. Students will be involved in the program initially to assistthe instructor in screening and evaluating the visual aids. The longterm objective is to minimally use the visual aids in lectures to illus-trate compatibility between theory and practice. Most of the visual aidswill be used as homework or laboratory assignments to illustrate powersystem technology. Power apparatus is, in general, too large and too expensive to becompatible with a university laboratory. An alternative is to allowstudents to study visual aids of the apparatus. The benefits of usingwell designed visual aids in teaching and for learning is well estab-lished. The visual aids are to be used by the

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2020 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Samuel C Lieber PE, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Delivery to Support the Industrial Role of a Mechanical Engineering TechnologistAbstractThe COVID-19 Pandemic has created widespread disruption in higher education. This has beenespecially felt in the engineering field, which has traditionally relied on applied laboratories todeliver course material effectively and efficiently. In particular, courses in the Mechatronicdomain that integrate mechanical components, electrical systems, and programing rely heavilyon applied labs to instruct students on this interdisciplinary topic through hands-on activities. AtNew Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), these applied labs have been facilitated in theMechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program by using a

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2017 EDI

Authors

Thomas Russell

Surgical Research Aeromedical Laboratory Research Lab HQ, Army Research RDECOM Institute for the ARL – Simulation &S&T Commands U.S. Army Materiel

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2014 EDI

Authors

Joseph Helble

Thayer School of Engineering PhD Innovation Program Training PhD-level Engineering Entrepreneurs Joseph J. HelbleDean, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College ASEE EDI Annual Meeting Scottsdale, AZ April 2014 THAYER SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AT DARTMOUTH background – STEM challengeCHALLENGE • National need for STEM-education for global competitiveness • Reports issued 2004-2006 cite need for STEM funding, lead to COMPETES • Less noticed, also cite need for better translation of invention out of laboratories • “Entrepreneurship” programs developed by engineering schools –UNDERGRADUATE • PhD programs remain focused on producing faculty as

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2014 EDI

Authors

Balaji Narasimhan

interdisciplinary Immunology Economics• Systems approach encompassing bench-to-bedside considerations Pharmaceutical Science and Device Design from the earliest stages of conceptualizationCompetitive Edge and Differentiators • Systems approach to vaccine design - Design, delivery, and deployment • Technology niche - Needle-free - Single dose - No refrigeration - Combination therapies • Bench-to-bedside • Partnerships with universities, government laboratories, and industry Images: Courtesy Johns Hopkins, Ideo, Ohio State, Mystic Pharmaceuticals, and Atlantis OnlineRoom Temperature Nanovaccines• Today’s

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FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University

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First-Year Programs

mutually exclusive, an optimal firstengineering course would benefit from adopting the best characteristics of each. By balancingthese different philosophies, it may be possible to design a course that is more effective than anyone philosophy could be. We have attempted to design such a balanced course, modeled afterwork done at Purdue University9, which helps students to learn the fundamentals of severalengineering disciplines and build interdisciplinary connections among those disciplines, and wedo so through a balance of traditional classroom and hands-on laboratory and design experiences. Page 13.63.33. GE 100 OverviewValparaiso University’s

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Tools for Teaching

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

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Educational Research and Methods

classes. The space wasdesigned for using multiple modes of instruction and for moving a class quickly from one modeof learning to another. The facility allows for quick small group activities, simple laboratoryexperiments, computer work and simulation, and mini-lectures. It was particularly designed withthe needs of our first-year program in mind.The space was renovated from a 30 by 24 foot Computer Engineering laboratory. The renovatedspace consists of four clusters designed to seat six students each. One wall of the room has alaboratory bench and storage. Each cluster consists of a fixed trapezoidal center for computersand services. On three sides of this central core are three trapezoidal tables where students work.Two computers are included

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2008 GSW

Authors

Matthias W. Pleil

Mechanical Engineering Department University of New Mexico Thor D. Osborn Sandia National Laboratories AbstractThis paper will showcase an innovative approach to creating interest in microsystemsengineering processing and design at the community college undergraduate level. Thisproject based curriculum begins to address some of the economic competitiveness issuesraised in the recent National Academy of Sciences report “Rising Above the GatheringStorm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future,” and theNational Academy of Engineering’s “Engineer of 2020.” Common points raised includethe students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

biological compound.2 In many of the later stages ofpurification, over 50% use some type of chromatography.3 Exposing students to Page 13.685.2biochromatography provides an introduction to bioseparations and the underlying biochemistryconcepts. As separation processes are based on the physical and chemical properties of theproduct and chief impurities, a wide range of concepts can be included, such as overall cellcomposition, protein biochemistry, recombinant protein production techniques, and bioprocessoptimization.These concepts can be introduced by improving undergraduate courses and laboratories throughthe development of exciting, visually-appealing

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

being implemented to ensure that students will becompetitive in the working world. Activities are being orchestrated to give students not only the chance towrite but to practice their speaking skills. Beginning with a junior year fluids’ laboratory students will begiven the chance to perform informal self and fellow-student introductions. At this early stage in the takingof engineering course, the coupling of engineering skill acquisition and the means to convey the informationis evident. The importance of being able to stand up and speak becomes an integral part of a student’s life.Since laboratory courses require group work, the process of presenting information to one’s own small groupwill also be part of the presentation schema. Brief

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University; David Machado-Aranda, Northwestern University Medical School; David A. Dean, Northwestern University Medical School

. He continued his education at Nothwestern University in Chicago, IL, USA as a research post-doctoral fellow in David A. Dean’s laboratory. Currently he is a resident for the Department Page 11.962.1 of Surgery at Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Southfield, MI.David A. Dean, Northwestern University Medical School Bio of David A. Dean, PhD David A. Dean is an Associate Professor in the Division of© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. His clinical and research interest revolves around gene therapy

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenan Hatipoglu, West Virginia University Insttitute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Yogendra M. Panta, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Steven Kent Blevins, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Instrumentation

research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with the Department of Elec- trical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to 2012. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 2012, and he is currently an associate professor. His current research interests include wireless power transmission, radar systems, microwave remote sensing, antenna design, and computational

Conference Session

Experiences in Manufacturing Engineering Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Pervej Jahan, Miami University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

assignments. The assignmentshave been designed based on the real life ergonomic problems in different areas ofergonomics. The students were challenged with five different assignments coveringdifferent sections of ergonomics, work design and safety. In addition, each student needsto submit a term paper or case study focusing on any specific application area ofergonomics towards the end of the semester. For each assignment, the students wereasked to study and investigate the ergonomic issues from their daily life accessories,classrooms and laboratories and offer possible solutions for the non-ergonomic designsand issues. For each assignment, the students need to prepare a report including the imageand brief description of the non-ergonomic design