and 3D computer models. However, few classes were usingnumerical simulation models in teaching at that time. PE faculty members continued using traditional teachingmethods, such as backboard and PowerPoint presentations including graphs and sketches. In 21 century, tremendouschanges have been made in teaching PE classes. Almost every petroleum engineering program started developing andusing laboratories to conduct experiments that help students’ attainment of course objectives, such as core, fluid, anddrilling labs. Since 2014, Bob L. Held department of petroleum engineering has adopted the use of visualizationmodels in teaching. More than seven lab-scale models were built and used in multiple PE classes. In this section ofthe paper, only
the Architectural Engineering Division and is the Construction Division Chair.Carisa H Ramming (Associate Professor)Sanjeev Adhikari Dr. Sanjeev Adhikari is faculty from Kennesaw State University. Previously he was faculty at Morehead State University from 2009 to 2016 and faculty at Purdue University – Indianapolis from 2016 to 2019. He completed a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering, focusing on construction management, from Michigan Technological University in 2008. He has an extensive teaching background with 20 years of the academic experience at five different universities. Students and departments have always praised him for his outstanding teaching and research excellence. He has been involved in numerous
Paper ID #37736MATLAB Curriculum Based in Experimental Setups withAuthentic Data Collection and Analysis ExperiencesBrian Patrick O'connell (Associate Teaching Professor) Brian O'Connell is an Associate teaching professor in the First-Year Engineering program at Northeastern University. His undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering came from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2006. He then worked for Kollmorgen Electro/Optical as a mechanical engineer developing periscopes and optronic masts. In 2011, he returned to academia at Tufts University, earning his MS and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering for
, introductory lab courses play a crucial role in exposingstudents to the breadth of topics, experimental techniques, and apparatuses in the field. They haveplayed a long-standing role in rounding out the practical portion of an engineer’s education [1].These introductory courses are active, collaborative, cooperative, and problem-based in their verynature [2]. Students are in a hands-on laboratory space, working to collect data necessary to testan experimental hypothesis. Prince [2] defines active learning as “any instructional method thatengages students in the learning process." Laboratory classes certainly fall under thatumbrella.The goal of active learning in a mechanical engineering laboratory context is multi-fold. Thecourse should teach students
toengineering laboratory education. They claimed that virtual and remote experimentation couldact as concrete experiences, as well as abstract conceptualization and active experimentation.This would seem to indicate that virtual, simulated, or remote laboratory experiments are equallyas valuable in teaching hands-on skills as traditional physical laboratories. Shekoyan et.al. foundthat videos could act as concrete experience as in Kolb’s framework. They conceded that it wasimperative to study the literature on pedagogy and adjust assessments prior to the online courseand design the course purposefully around the virtual experiences [6]. However, other researchhas shown that virtual experiences are often not as effective as in person experiences
of systemsand final assembly, test, and validation, the laboratory usage rose significantly and remainedrelatively constant week-to-week for both number of students using the lab and average time perstudent spent in the lab. Figure 2: student lab usage during Covid (data collected Fall 2020)With respect to ability to use and well as access to equipment needed for remote teaching (i.e.laptop, camera, remote proctoring software etc.) students indicated that they have a goodunderstanding of what is needed, but nevertheless, accessibility in some cases was limited(Figures 3 and 4).Figure 3: Familiarity with remote classroom technologyFigure 4: Access to technology for remote learningFurthermore, access to faculty (due to lack of in
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
source. This is aunique approach to high school science laboratory activities.All watershed data is collected and organized using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and graphingsoftware. Students are able to form conclusions using technology that is used in today’sworkplace. Initial findings regarding student response to this innovative teaching approachindicate that the actual application of molecular technology methods, employed to solve aproblem with an unknown conclusion, is very meaningful to students. Unlike other traditionalclassroom labs, neither the teacher nor the students know what the results of the watershed testsare before-hand. This type of innovative teaching approach, supported by research on inquirylessons, provides a more memorable
textbook learning and to amplify tactilelearning experiences needed to produce the next generation of engineers.Citations[1] Dalton, J.S., Stutts, D.S., & Montgomery, R.L. (2003). Mini-Lab Projects in the Undergraduate Classical Controls Course.[2] Henry, J. (1996, June). Controls laboratory teaching via the World Wide Web. In 1996 Annual Conference (pp. 1-123).[3] Huang,C.,Cheng,C. & Kuo,J. (2015).Enhancing Engineering Education via Physical Experiments: The Case of Learning Energy Storage with a Flywheel System. Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education,1(1) 49-56. https://doi.org/10.1515/cplbu-2015-0006[4] Lindsay, E.D., & Good, M.C. (2005). Effects of laboratory access modes upon
of Science and Technology, Beijing and Beijing Key Laboratory of KnowledgeEngineering for Materials Science Xiong Luo received the Ph.D. degree from Central South University, China, in 2004. He currently works as a Professor in the School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. His current research interests include machine learning, cloud computing, and computational intelligence. He has published extensively in his areas of interest in journals, such as the Future Generation Computer Systems, Computer Networks, IEEE Access, and Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.Prof. Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Chaomin Luo received his Ph.D. in Department
. Keeping material costs low was part of this consideration andset-up descriptions are provided as well as parts lists.IntroductionInstructors of required undergraduate engineering courses do well by providing examples ofwhere course content is applied in the real world. Such examples allow students to connectmaterial with personal experiences, potentially spark further questions or curiosity, andimplicitly demonstrate both the importance and ubiquity of a subject. Without the instructorexplicitly pointing out connections, students can struggle to see the applicability of the topic.When teaching a technical engineering course it is easy for an instructor to focus on theequations, assumptions, theories, problem solving algorithms and similar
Paper ID #38482Panel: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Perspectives onAdvancing Women and Gender Equity in Engineering - for the Next 130YearsDr. Baishakhi Bose, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Baishakhi Bose is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL). Her cur- rent research focus is on life cycle assessment of novel polymers, building materials and plastic recycling processes. She obtained her PhD. in Materials Engineering from Purdue University in 2021. Since 2014, she has taught courses in Civil, Materials and First Year Engineering to undergraduates, and mentored
Paper ID #27844Incorporating Six Pre-Defined Experiments Using Motion Analysis into En-gineering Dynamics CoursesSonya Christine Dick, Cal Poly Human Motion Biomechanics Laboratory Sonya Dick is a Senior Mechanical Engineering Student at California Polytechnic State University - SLO. This is her second year working at the Human Motion Biomechanics Lab. As a research assistant, she helps create and teach interdisciplinary laboratories for undergraduate kinesiology and engineering students. Her work also involves creating simulations of a wide range of devices for the use of educational modules.Mr. Jay Tyler Davis II
AC 2012-3861: UMES STEM FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND STAFF COL-LABORATE TO ADDRESS CONTEMPORARY ISSUES RELATED TO EN-ERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTUREDr. Abhijit 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. Nagchaudhuri is a member of ASME and ASEE professional societies and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of robotics and control, remote sensing and precision agriculture, and biofuels and renewable energy. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.Dr. Madhumi Mitra Ph.D
fourgroups who completed the FCI, two groups before and two groups after the curriculum change,were drawn from lecture and laboratory sections with different instructors and different styles.All four sections’ normalized gain is typical for teaching methods using traditional lecture ratherthan interactive engagement in the lecture hall. Both sections after the curriculum changeproduced lower gains on the FCI than the sections before the curriculum change, but this mayindicate that many factors are involved in student conceptual knowledge beyond the scope of thelaboratory curriculum. A successful lab curriculum, facilitated artfully, would contribute toimprovements in the normalized gain on the FCI, but it might not cause much effect on its
Laboratories Page 22.1615.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Experiential Learning to Inspire, Educate, and Empower Underrepresented Undergraduates in STEMAbstractThe vision of the Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center (QoLT ERC) is totransform the lives of people with reduced functional capabilities due to aging or disabilitythrough intelligent devices and systems. Through the ERC mechanism, a comprehensiveeducation and outreach program has been developed to inspire, educate, and empower
Analysis (FEA) and 2) biomechanics of body motion that requires themotion tracking system. However, setting up these two types of experiments can lead to asignificant financial investment in the laboratory. Worst of all, it is often very challenging tosynchronize data collected from different types of experiments. Without the properlysynchronized data collected from tissue mechanical test and body motion analysis, the studentswill have difficulty understanding the causality between the biomechanics of body motion andtissue mechanics A successful example of the implementing FEA simulation in tissuebiomechanics lecture1 or the introduction of a digital image motion analysis in the lecture tocover biomechanics of body motion2 were reported in the
toward implementation on a broader scale.This introductory paper outlines the WEI framework as a work in progress vision consisting of aVirtual Classroom, Virtual Laboratory, and Virtual Studio as three pillars of the Virtual LearningEnvironment. At the time of the authorship of this paper, the Virtual Classroom model has beenlaunched and student assessment has been conducted at California Polytechnic State Universitiesat both Pomona and San Luis Obispo. Presented herein are details of the WEI framework, thepedagogy of the packaged curriculum with the available online streaming teaching modules,details of the launched pilot program, and students’ perceptions of the pilot program coursecontent and its delivery through the NEESacademy powered by
complete instructional strategy that seeks to address student conceptual understanding.Dr. 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 courses. Dr. Kim and his collaborators attracted close to $1M in research grants to study writ- ing transfer of engineering undergraduates. For technical research, he has a
experiment.At RHIT, the Physics Department was the first to incorporate the “studio” style of teaching in the SpringQuarter of 1997-98. This teaching concept was introduced earlier by Professor Jack Wilson6 atRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and has since been implemented in many institutions6-10. In thisformat, the teacher spends less time at the blackboard, and the lectures are broken up by mini-experiments. The separate lecture/laboratory format of teaching is eliminated. At RHIT it was found thatthe students under this new format outscored those in the traditional method by 15% in the finalexamination, even after the examination was independently graded by three different instructors, thusproving that this teaching method to be superior
computationalanalysis were compared to students who only participated in the computational research project.The initial results indicate that there was no significant difference between the survey responsesof the two groups and that a computational CURE may have similar impact without including atraditional lab component. Further study of the project design and impact on students is plannedfor future semesters.IntroductionMost CUREs have been designed for laboratory courses or for joint lecture and laboratorycourses. This model works well for investigations in molecular biology or chemistry, but manycomputational research tools are taught in a lecture course only. There is evidence that lecturecourses can also be improved with the CURE model. The Genome Solver
& Exposition, Louisville, KY, (2010).15 Materials physics: A new contemporary undergraduate laboratory. H. Jaeger, M.J. Pechan, and D.K. Lottis, Am. J. Phys. 66(8), 724-730 (1998).16 Using Organic Light-emitting Electrochemical Thim-Film Devices to Teach Materials Science. H. Sevian, S. Muller, H. Rudmann, and M.F. Rubner, Journ. Of Chem. Ed., 81(11), 1620-1623, (2004).17 Two examples of organic opto-electronic devices: Light emitting diodes and solar cells. J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos-Ortíz, M.L. Miranda, S Vázquez-Córdova, M.A. Meneses-Nava O. Barbosa-García, M. Ortíz-Gutiérrez, Am. J. Phys. 76(12), 1130-1136 (2008).18 Absence of Diffusion in Certain Random Lattices. P.W. Anderson, Phys. Rev., 109, 1492-1505
. The time spent comparing numerical methodsalways seemed less valuable than giving students time to use the methods, particularly whencomparing to a measured structural response. Thus, the inquiry-based approach to teaching blastloads was developed and is described here.Assessment of the impact of this innovation was performed by scrutinizing performance on anexam question involving blast load response of a hypothetical steel frame structure during thisyear, when the blast loading lab was performed, and a prior year when a different lab wasincluded. Student laboratory reports for this year, when the lab was conducted, were examinedqualitatively for the intervention group, but no control group was available since a blast loadinglaboratory had
questionwhether or not the module content best represents the BOK.As this step is the most practical part of the methodology to develop a curriculum, manyquestions about the details of teaching a course like this arise. Some of the modules may not bein accord with the traditional way the topics within the module have been taught. Thus, there arequestions about which examples to use, which textbooks or supplemental material should beused, and which professor(s) will teach the modules. Questions may also arise when combiningtopics in a module that have been taught individually either in a lecture or laboratory setting.This step requires time, patience and communication with those responsible for teaching thematerial and making the semester schedule
AC 2007-1121: A FOUR-YEAR PROGRESSION OF OPEN-ENDED PROJECTS INAN UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDaniel Cavanagh, Bucknell UniversityJoseph Tranquillo, Bucknell UniversityDonna Ebenstein, Bucknell University Page 12.40.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Four Year Progression of Open-Ended Projects in an Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering CurriculumAbstractOne of the important instructional goals of our Biomedical Engineering Program is to providestudents with the opportunity to develop strong, independent project skills in both the classroomand the laboratory. To accomplish this goal, the Program has developed a
process that is used extensively to removecontaminants from water and air. Environmental engineering faculty typically teach this topic bydescribing mathematical models that are used to quantify adsorption. This approach, by itself,may result in students having an incomplete understanding of adsorption because studentsfrequently have difficulty visualizing scientific phenomena such as the mass transfer process thatoccurs during adsorption. A hands-on laboratory experiment (cf. Speitel, 2001) where studentscollect and analyze adsorption data, may enhance students’ understanding of adsorption.Undeniably, hands-on experiences help students develop a deeper understanding of principlesstudied in and out of the classroom (Butkus et al., 2004; Pfluger
corroboratemuch of what is known through widespread WAC (writing-across-the-curriculum) practice.Writing proficiency within a given discipline is created by writing within that discipline.Participants reported that they learned and are learning to write like engineers by makingmistakes; by following outlines and formats; and by using specific style guides. To the follow-up question of what engineering professors might do to improve the teaching and learning ofwriting, participants unanimously agreed that standards for good writing must be clearlyarticulated. Asked if courses in other disciplines might have prepared them to write forEngineering classes, participants were in general agreement that such writing had little bearingon their coursework. This
Session Number 3159 Revision and Translation of Existing Programs as a Tool for Teaching Computer Data Acquisition and Control Systems Design and Implementation Thomas Hannigan, Keith Koenig, Bryan Gassaway, Viva Austin Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State UniversityAbstractKeeping data acquisition and control systems (DACS) used in a graduate and under-graduate laboratory current in a rapidly evolving technological environment is anexpensive and time-consuming task. Computer architecture and software have evolvedmore rapidly than the curriculum repeats, and the interfaces commonly used for
to acontinued funding commitment which can survive the departure of any critical individual oneither side of the partnership.MEDITEC (Medical Engineering Development and Integrated Technology EnhancementConsortium) is an industry/academic partnership that matches multidisciplinary teams ofundergraduate and masters-level engineering students with the project needs of biomedicaldevice developers. Industry provides the project topics and technical mentors, while projects areself-selected by students based upon a match with their background skills and educational goals.Reconfigurable project space, with physical isolation between the confidential projects ofcompeting companies, is provided on campus. This physical laboratory serves as the focus
by utilizing affordable, safe, and portable electronic instrumentation devices invarious educational situations (classrooms or laboratories).ECP is a teaching method that integrates with multiple stem disciplines while measuring studentsuccess outcomes. ECP integrates technology with curriculum creation and innovativepedagogies to enable hands-on activities, experiential learning, and group work [13]. Overall,hands-on pedagogy utilizes portable multifunction instruments to substitute larger laboratoryinstruments to achieve interactive learning and long-term knowledge retention [8]. ECPincorporates problem-based activities and constructive learning methods with a hands-on,portable multifunction instrument intended to substitute for larger