Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

alsogives the student a head start for success in courses that come later in the curriculum with the expectationthat early exposure to various topics in engineering will lead to improved student success and retention.The course has a heavy emphasis on laboratory activities with an equally strong focus on ‘just-in-time’theory. The learning platform of the course is a magnetic ball levitator, and the course prepares thestudents to be able to design and construct the levitator system by the end of the semester. Theengineering topics have been selected in a way that they are central to accomplishing the project goal, andthe laboratory exercises provide them with the hands-on experience necessary to complete the project.The course has been offered six

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

programoutcome on mathematical modeling. These outcomes were developed concurrently with thecourse, and were used to guide the selection of content. The outcomes of the instrumentationcourse in the junior year and the senior capstone laboratory course were also considered.The first five weeks of the course are focused on vibrations. Topics range for single degree-of-freedom (DOF) to multiple DOF systems. Some coverage of continuous systems is given, butonly to a limited degree. Various traditional forced problems are reviewed, includingtransmission and isolation. Students work a range of problems, beginning with assignmentsfrom their sophomore dynamics text and moving into instructor provided sets.The primary focus of this section is the creation of

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Steffen

simplify management. • VMware tools- This adds a 32-bit display and high display resolution, grab and release of the mouse cursor, copying and pasting between virtual machines and host, and improved mouse performance. • Snapshots- VMware Workstation 4 lets you make a point-in-time copy of the running system state, saved to disk, and allows the user to revert back to a previously saved state at any time. This is excellent for student use in the laboratory environment. • Tab Between Virtual Machines- In the Quick Switch mode, you can tab between virtual machines with a mouse click. • Drag and Drop and Shared Folders- You can easily share files between guest and host virtual machines by a shared

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

Session 3666 Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Excite Undergraduate Students about Fluid Mechanics David Pines College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of HartfordAbstractComputational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been included in the junior-level Thermal-FluidsEngineering course at the University of Hartford. The laboratory modules consist of analyzingentrance length region of a pipe, a sudden contraction, and an orifice using Fluent 6.1. Two-dimensional mesh files are given to the students

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

/GIS Laboratories and Equipment at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD)The GPS/GIS Laboratory at UHD has excellent GPS equipment that is used for educationalpurposes. Figure 1 shows a partial view of the laboratory at UHD. The GPS equipment consistsof the OMNISTAR DGPS receiver. This receiver has the capability to collect signals from 12satellites and at the same time a signal from a stationary satellite that applies all necessarycorrections. This system has sub-centimeter capabilities defined as the ability to determinelatitude and longitude of a point with errors of less that one-centimeter. The system is used in astationary manner to teach GPS in the laboratory where a stationary antenna was installed at thetop of the building. This GPS

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Li; Jiang Li

the reach of laboratory facilities, addconvenience, and integrate with the wired network. In the present paper, the design of thewireless networking system is discussed from two perspectives: 1) the hardware necessary inwireless networking, 2) the software necessary in wireless networking. An effort is made in thispaper to illustrate the utility of a wireless network in teaching engineering. It is clear that thisconvenient and powerful implement will aid teaching, research, as well as learning Geomechanicsor Engineering Mechanics by removing previously restrictive boundaries of physically linkednetworks.I. IntroductionWith the advancement of computer technologies, the personal computer has become integratedinto nearly ever aspect of our lives

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

realistic reaction engineering systems. Nearly all of the reactionengineering experiments, reported in the literature, employ simple systems that can be describedusing a single overall reaction. In addition most laboratory experiments do not examine theprocess fluid mechanics of the reactor and how this effects the product distribution. As a result,students only visualize reactors through theory and do not experience realistic reactor systems intheir undergraduate courses. This lack of experience eliminates a major engineering challenge indesigning and troubleshooting a reactor in which the yield and selectivity are optimized alongwith the process economics.Using funding obtained through an NSF-CCLI grant, the Rowan University department ofchemical

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Liu; Fazil Najafi

planning.The program incorporates Information Technology (IT) to facilitate students’ creativity andindependent thinking. Lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions, design projects, practical training,industrial visits and seminars are employed to equip the students with principles and practicalaspects of CE.In both institutions, students typically complete the degree course requirement in four years. Atthe UF, a bachelor degree study is divided into two phases: general education and upperdivisions. In the first two years, students take: Writing for Engineer, Humanities, Social &Behavior Science ,General Chemistry, General Chemistry Laboratory, Analytical Geometry &Calculus, Physics with Calculus and Physics Laboratory (see Table 1).In the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ray Bachnak

Session 3649 Experiments in a Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Course Ray Bachnak Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractLaboratory experimentation is an essential component of a comprehensive learningexperience in engineering technology programs. In fall semester 2000, we developed andtaught Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, a required junior-level course in theControl Systems Engineering Technology program, by employing a set of software andhardware experiments. The purpose of the laboratory exercises is to introduce students tothe practical aspects of microprocessors and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Stephen E. Montgomery; Yang Zhang, Rowan University; Peter John Schwalbenberg, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3299: AN EXPERIMENT TO INTRODUCE PH-RESPONSIVEHYDROGELS FOR CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERYDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Stephanie Farrell is an Associate Professor in chemical engineering at Rowan University. Prior to joining Rowan in 1998, she was an Assistant Professor in chemical engineering and Adjunct Professor in biomed- ical engineering at Louisiana Tech University. She received her bachelor’s, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Stevens Institute of Technology, and New Jer- sey Institute of Technology, respectively. Farrell’s educational interests are in laboratory development and experiential learning, particularly in the areas of biomedical and

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

panels was distributed to the local extension services for further dissemination with the opportunity to secure further input in the design. (3) the operation and implementation of a prototype system at a local extension farm and (4) the communication of the process to government and industry stake holders through annual participation of the team at the P3 competition meeting.In order to determine optimum process operating conditions, three laboratory scale reactors wereoperated throughout the first year of Phase 2 project. Three hydraulic residence times (HRT)were tested, 10 days, 15 days, and 20 days all using 5 liters of liquid volume mixed reactorsoperated at 37 ºC. As expected the 20 day HRT digester had the highest volatile solids

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Plumb; Jerry Fong; Arnold Peskin

Session 3647 A Next Step in Distance Delivery Jerry Fong, SUNY College of Technology Alfred/ Arnie Peskin, Brookhaven National Laboratory/ Marie Plumb, Jamestown Community CollegeAbstractAlfred Tech, Jamestown Community College, Brookhaven Lab and Corning haverecently been funded by the NSF to pursue a unique arrangement to create an accessible,self-perpetuating, ‘real-world’ capstone experience for students in isolated, rural two-yearcolleges. The four institutions are developing lead teams composed of student and facultycollaborators via summer internships at Brookhaven

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis J. Doyle III; Ferhan Kayihan

Page 3.277.1environment. They were developed to allow educators to strike a proper balance betweentheory and practice using a computer-based control laboratory. Such a laboratory can addressa variety of issues in process control: modeling, identification, simulation, analysis, anddesign. The students can deal with realistic problems in the form of benchmark problemmodules, and this will not only reinforce the concepts presented in the lecture notes(primarily theory) but will also make the process more interesting.Such an approach to education will allow for fundamentals to be stressed in the lectureswhile enabling the interaction with complex, practical process problems via softwaremodules. The software tools that we have chosen for the

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott A. Starks; Reza Torkzadeh; Michael E. Austin

Session 3280 Implementing a Satellite Design Experience Scott A. Starks, Michael E. Austin, Reza Torkzadeh and Bryan Usevitch University of Texas at El PasoIntroductionThis paper describes the planning effort behind the implementation of a satellite designexperience for students. This effort has been conducted by faculty at the University ofTexas at El Paso (UTEP) working in cooperation with counterparts at California StateUniversity, Los Angeles and North Carolina A&T State University and scientific andtechnical staff from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To date

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

David E. Clough

Session 2513 A New Multipurpose Fluid-flow Experimental Module David E. Clough Department of Chemical Engineering University of ColoradoIn 1996, we designed and implemented a mobile fluid-flow apparatus that has found immediateand wide application at various levels of our undergraduate and graduate programs. The reasonsfor the success of this module are its ease of use and breadth of application.The fluid-flow experimental module is built into a standard mobile cart that can be wheeledconveniently to different classroom and laboratory sites, both

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Z. Chambers; Terry H. Walker; M. B. Taylor; A. J. Baker

applicationof conservation principles to steady-state and unsteady conditions for one-dimensional and n-dimensional systems. The final topic in the course covers an unsteady convection-diffusionproblem of n-dimension solved with the application of varying non-uniform meshes. Theability to alter the uniformity of the solution meshes allows for greater computational speedfor demanding problems where mesh refinement may be efficiently applied. Fundamentalheat transfer phenomena is covered in great detail to introduce n-D steady and unsteadyapplications. This course was developed over several years with increasing emphasis on convertinghomework and laboratory assignments via html documentation. This led to the recentcomprehensive effort to create a

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

Electrical Engineering curriculum, and its concentration in Computers,requires at least two student written computer projects for all o its major courses. Word-processed technical reports and oral presentation have now became a norm in our program. Atleast two laboratories are equipped with latest model computers with major higher levelprogramming language compilers, and application software such as Matlab, LabVIEW,LabWindow and other simulation and modeling software. Students have access to Internet viaNetscape browser for information retrieval and use of resources that are available elsewhere.Computer-based data acquisition experience is acquired in the Control Systems, Circuits, andElectrical Systems Design Laboratories. Additionally many

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

Electrical Engineering curriculum, and its concentration in Computers,requires at least two student written computer projects for all o its major courses. Word-processed technical reports and oral presentation have now became a norm in our program. Atleast two laboratories are equipped with latest model computers with major higher levelprogramming language compilers, and application software such as Matlab, LabVIEW,LabWindow and other simulation and modeling software. Students have access to Internet viaNetscape browser for information retrieval and use of resources that are available elsewhere.Computer-based data acquisition experience is acquired in the Control Systems, Circuits, andElectrical Systems Design Laboratories. Additionally many

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain, South Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 22.1402.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Teaching Spreadsheet-Based Numerical Analysis with Visual Basic for Applications and Virtual Instruments AbstractLabVIEW, EXCEL and VBA are currently used in a number of engineering schools and industries forsimulation and analysis. By introducing virtual instrumentation (LabVIEW) and EXCEL/VBA to theexisting laboratory facilities and course(s) the students can be well trained with the latest designtechniques and computer aided instrumentation, design and process control used throughout industry.This will also allow the students greater interaction with the subject matter and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

K. A. Korzeniowski; J. L. Rice

. IntroductionThis paper describes how an automatable platform, the Khepera robot, has been integrated into partsof the curriculum at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). The Khepera robot is a smallmicroprocessor driven device.1 The device is shown in Figure 1. It is a convenient platform forinvestigating each element of an autonomous system; namely data acquisition, signal conditioningand microprocessor control. This device is flexible enough to be used for a full range of purposes,from pre-college recruiting to laboratory design projects.This paper discusses how the Khepera robot is used in engineering recruiting and integrated intodesign projects. Code fragments are offered in this paper. The code is written primarily in Procommscript.2 This enables

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Libert; A. G. Enright

roles:Information, Discovery, Interaction, and Administration. We show how many web pages are"static", and provide the student only with an information stream. Other pages that includeitems such as Java and CGI are "dynamic," and allow students to perform self-discovery oftopics at their own pace. Other web features such as e-mail and ftp allow the student andinstructor to interact more readily. One potentially useful item is to use these same features toadminister the course, posting assignments and answers, as well as to conduct business withcolleagues and students remotely.We present several examples from our own courses, which are part of a four-year ComputerScience program that stresses a closed-laboratory environment6. Yet, all four techniques

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard E. Pfile; William R. Conrad

twenty or thirty years, consulting and applied research arenecessary to keep up with the many changes that take place in technology. Skills learned fromprojects can be applied as case studies in the classroom or as exercises in the laboratory. Severalmodels for successful applied research centers are presented. Introduction The mission of a technology program is to produce graduates who are ready to beproductive in the workforce when they graduate. Besides teaching general principles andconcepts, it is imperative that students are introduced to technology used by industry. This isfundamental to the mission of technology. Although industrial experience is a precondition for technology faculty

Conference Session

Demonstration and Project Enhancements in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Page 15.804.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Introducing Freshman Engineering Students to Experimental Design: Coffee BrewingAbstractAt Rowan University, we have introduced experimental design throughout the ChemicalEngineering Curriculum, in all levels of Engineering Clinics (freshman through senior) as well asthe senior Unit Operations Laboratory. This paper describes a module used in our FreshmanClinic which introduces students to experimental design through a hands-on coffee brewingexperiment and Statgraphics computer laboratory. Students perform a 2x2 experimental designto prepare coffee using a French press coffee maker, and the effects of water temperature andbrewing time on the

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Meader Woo; John M. Watkins

output signals at the different frequencies as they are beingmeasured. The input and output signals in the time domain and the magnitude and phase of thefrequency response are plotted in real time.To run the virtual DSA in simulation mode requires only SIMULINK. However, if combinedwith the Quanser WinCon software and hardware input/output board, it can be used formeasuring the frequency response of experimental apparatus in the laboratory. If the linearsystem is mechanical, the students can compare the system’s movement with the responses theyare seeing on the screen. 2Other authors have used SIMULINK to create a virtual DSA. Wang

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Donald D. Joye

Now That Computers Are Here, What Do We Do In Lab? DONALD D. JOYE Department of Chemical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085DONALD D. JOYEDr. Joye has been at Villanova for 30 years and counting. He graduated from PrincetonUniversity (B.S.E. 1967) and did graduate work at Lehigh (M.S. 1969, Ph.D. 1972). Hismajor interests are in Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Polymers andRheology. He has five years industrial experience with Sherwin-Williams Chemicals,Engelhard, and Hercules, Inc. doing process engineering, patents, and process R&D. He hasheaded the laboratory program in chemical engineering at Villanova

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Atin Sinha

facility. He is a licensed professionalengineer. 622 A Reverse Engineering Project for an Introductory Engineering CourseAbstractA reverse engineering project is used as a part of the laboratory class of the introductory levelundergraduate engineering course every fall since 2007 to train students attending transfer engineeringprogram conducted by Albany State University with Georgia Institute of Technology. In earlier yearsstudents scanned their teammate’s face which proved to be a challenge. The new reverse engineeringproject introduced in 2009 allowed students to scan a part in NextEngine and rebuild it in RapidWorkssoftware that proved to be significantly easier and guarantees project

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Suxia Cui; John Fuller; Pamela Holland-Obiomon; Warsame H. Ali

(NNSA) withinthe Department of Energy specifies its national security missions including increasing publicawareness of nuclear security and reducing the threaten of global nuclear proliferation. Alignedwith the above mentioned NNSA missions, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) launched acollaboration project to conduct research on the sensor and detector applications to nuclearmaterials sponsored by the Department of Energy. PVAMU is the second oldest institution ofhigher education in the state of Texas and an HBCU (historically black colleges and universities).With the support from national research laboratories, this collaborative project brings togetherseveral departments within the College of Engineering at PVAMU, which include

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Paul B. Crilly

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Teaching an Undergraduate Electromagnetics and Antennas Course Using A Hand-Held RF Analyzer - Engaged Learning Paul B. Crilly Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT 06320AbstractThis paper describes an experiential learning concept to teach undergraduate electromagneticsand antenna theory using a hand-held RF analyzer and other basic laboratory apparatus. Theanalyzer contains both an RF source and spectrum analyzer. The RF source serves to enableSWR measurement for stub matching, measuring cable losses, detecting cable faults, cablelengths, and such

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University; Nathan Howell, West Texas A&M University; Emad Manla, West Texas A&M University

the students’enrollment, number of students dropping the courses, students’ satisfaction with their courses, andtheir access to the laboratories, machine shop, and technology resources. Students were surveyed atthe end of each course. Problem-based and project-based courses from third and fourth-yearengineering are selected for this study. Courses include select junior and senior level courses andcapstone senior design from the mechanical, civil/environmental, and electrical engineering programs.The pandemic situation with its challenges has provided the faculty with a unique opportunity to learnbest practices in promoting students learning and engagement in such situations.Keywords: COVID-19; face-to-face, hyflex, and online instruction

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pranshoo Solanki, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

at Illinois State University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Learning Concrete in Construction Management Course Through Bowling Ball ProjectAbstractConstruction Management programs usually offer a Materials course which includes hands-onconcrete technology laboratory involving series of experiments (e.g., compressive strength,flexural strength) to obtain strength of concrete specimens. However, Materials course lackshands-on activity discussing concrete forming, and effect of mix design and ingredients on thefresh and hardened properties of concrete. In this study, a fiber-reinforced concrete bowling ballproject was implemented in a Construction Material