to teach students the basic principles ofdrone aeronautics through laboratory programming.This course was designed by professors from Vaughn College of Aeronautics andTechnology for high school students who work on after-school and weekend programs duringthe school year or summer. In early 2021, the college applied for and was approved to offer acertificate program in UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) Designs, Applications and Operationsto college students by the Education Department of New York State. Later that year, thecollege also received a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to providetuition-free early higher education for high school students, allowing them to complete themajority of the credits in the UAS certificate
Electronics and Motor Drives EducationABSTRACTThis paper presents a new Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at the Ohio StateUniversity (OSU). The laboratory implemented an alternative style of teaching referred to as an“Open Space Laboratory.” In this approach, students are provided with all the facilities to dotheir laboratory work in an openly available work space that can be accessed at a time that isconvenient for them. However, due to safety considerations, the implementation at OSU stillincludes one instructor and at least one lab-monitor to manage potential personnel and equipmentsafety issues.This lab course is designed for college seniors and graduate students. It includes a unique set ofexperiments
electronics applications," in Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE), 2012, 2012, pp. 359-364.[12] M. Tawfik, E. Sancristóbal, S. Martín, C. Gil, A. Pesquera, S. Ros, R. Pastor, R. Hernández, G. Díaz, J. Peire, and M. Castro, "Towards a Better Deployment of Remote Laboratories in Undergraduate Engineering Education," in Using Remote Labs in Education: Two Little Ducks in Remote Experimentation, J. G. Zubía and G. R. Alves, Eds., ed Bilbao: University of Deusto, 2011.[13] M. Tawfik, E. Sancristobal, S. Martin, R. Gil, G. Diaz, J. Peire, and M. Castro, "On the Design of Remote Laboratories," in Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), IEEE, Marrakesh, 2012, pp. 1-6.[14] M. Tawfik, E
developing a good workethic. If done properly, these courses can teach students the importance of acquiring a conceptualunderstanding rather than rote memorization of how to plug into equations. When successful,these courses teach students how to digest a problem, sort out the relevant concepts, makeassumptions, and reflect critically on their analyses. Conversely, if done poorly, students begintheir engineering education unprepared, either in conceptual/technical knowledge, problemsolving skills, or both.Throughout its long history, physics has been taught in nearly the same manner – via lectures,often supplemented by a laboratory experience. Several decades ago physics educatorsrecognized the need for change; students were not learning the
Paper ID #22013Creating New Labs for an Existing Required Biomedical Engineering Imag-ing CourseDr. Elizabeth Kathleen Bucholz, Duke University Dr. Bucholz is an Assistant Professor of the Practice for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and has served as the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering for the past four years. She has been teaching for the department for 7 years, and graduated from Duke University with a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engi- neering in 2008 from the Center for In Vivo Microscopy under the guidance of
on pre- and post-test performance of integrated sectionsonly (collected during the process of course revision as a formative evaluation) shows thegreatest improvement in laboratory safety skills, with data on mastery of course content varyingfrom discipline to discipline. While this likely reflects the fact the differing rates ofimplementation of the course revisions in each of the disciplines during the time frame this datawas collected, differences in use of graduate teaching assistants in the labs and the varyingdegree of training they receive also may be contributing to this behavior. Data collected thisyear, after full implementation of content revision, should provide a clearer picture of studentperformance.ConclusionTraditionally
Session 1526 The CSM Electronics Prototyping Facility Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesWhy an Electronics Prototyping Facility is NeededMost electronic laboratory projects require building simple circuits that are torn apart as soon asthe lab is over -- resulting in a limited opportunity for the students to construct anything useful.Students are often frustrated in electronics courses and laboratories as they never quite get to thelevel where they can design and build anything practical.[1] The CSM Electronics PrototypingFacility (EPF) provides students with
Session # 1413 A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CHEMICAL PROCESS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Richard D. Braatz, Mitsuko Fujiwara, Eric J. Hukkanen, J. Carl Pirkle, Jr., Timokleia Togkalidou, and Rudiyanto Gunawan Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 braatz@uiuc.eduAbstractThis paper describes a combined lecture-discussion-laboratory course for teaching students asystematic approach to process design and development. This course intends to providestudents with a
. Curriculum DevelopmentThe following sequence of courses are offered Optical Science and Engineering 301--Introduction to Optics Principles--offered Fall 96, Spring 97 Optical Science and Engineering 402--Applications--offered Spring 97 Optical Science and Engineering 601--Advanced Topics--offered Fall 96The following is an overview of the three courses including contributions from all five facultyparticipants. Updated course outlines and laboratory procedures may be accessed through theOPSE web page URL http://www.njit.edu/Directory/Centers/OPSE.The curriculum development focuses on the theme of teaching optical science and engineering asan enabling technology. Students will learn not only the fundamental principles of
Paper ID #42983Board 94: Work in Progress: Development of Lab-Based Assessment Tools toGauge Undergraduates’ Circuit Debugging Skills and PerformanceAndrew J. Ash, Oklahoma State University Andrew J. Ash is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering in the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OSU and he is a research assistant in Dr. John Hu’s Analog VLSI Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University. Andrew’s research interests include hardware security of data converters and engineering curriculum development.Dr. Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Oklahoma State University
Safe Science: Promoting a Culture of Safety in WATERAcademic Chemical SCIENCE AND Research TECHNOLOGY BOARD Douglas Friedman Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology Briefing to the ASEE National Meeting of Engineering Research Deans BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY March 9, 2016 The Task at Hand• Examine laboratory safety in chemical research in non- industrial settings.• Compare practices and attitudes in these settings with knowledge about promoting safe practices from the
, methods of coal preparation experimental research, design and management ofcoal preparation plant, mechanism of mineral processing. And a teaching group withhigh-level teaching faculty gradually forms by the teaching reform and specialty constructionof discipline of mineral processing engineering, so as to perfects the course development ofother disciplines, and improves qualities of teaching faculty. The faculty, laboratory andscientific research conditions of the discipline are introduced, and the personnel trainingscheme of the subject, and the courses system are also discussed in the paper. Recently, thediscipline of CUMT focuses on the practice of innovation teaching of the college students andconstruction of engineering application
, teaching and assessing upper-level Biomedical Engineering laboratory courses, with particular interest in improving student technical communication skills. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Improving Biomedical Engineering Students’ Technical Writing through Rubrics and Lab Report Re- SubmissionsIntroductionGraduates from ABET accredited engineering programs are expected to demonstrate an ability tocommunicate effectively [1-2]. Technical writing skills are particularly difficult to teach andeven more time consuming to assess [3], often limiting the number of opportunities students aregiven to practice and improve throughout their
present in textbooks.11 Page 23.780.2The current investigation has aimed to integrate some aspects of research into a geotechnicalengineering laboratory course with limited impact on the existing content of the course (i.e.,maintaining emphasis on conventional geotechnical engineering testing). This experience is notintended to be production-level research, but instead an introduction to research methodologyand perspective for undergraduate students. Various teaching methodologies have beenincorporated to the introductory geotechnical engineering laboratory at California PolytechnicState University, a primarily undergraduate institution. The
, information technology, and libraryresources) as well as enhanced faculty skills and competencies. Specific goals include: A. Rehabilitate the physical infrastructure B. Equip laboratories, offices, libraries, and classrooms C. Raise the quality of the faculty D. Reform the curriculum E. Improve teaching F. Increase access to information technology and library resources G. Raise the level of English proficiency H. Improve management I. Establish relationships with external constituenciesResources for pursuing these goals come from three sources: The Partnership funds, the SHEPBlock Grant Funds, and other resources and funds from other donors and agencies. ThePartnership administration seeks to
is proposed by involving engineering and biological sciences students andfaculty in collaborative teaching and research. This objective will be accomplished primarily bydeveloping an integrative course in “Biomechanics and Biotransport” that incorporatescomputational, demonstrational, and experimental laboratories and secondarily, by involvingstudents in sustained semester research projects. Students will first study the fundamentalprinciples of Biomaterials involved in biological systems through a prerequisite introductorycourse, “Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissues”. Next in a sequence the proposed“Integrative Biomechanics and Biotransport” course comprises (i) biomechanics of solids thatincludes static and dynamic force and moment
mentored teaching activities applied the conceptslearned in the PFF courses. The individualized mentored teaching experience included teachingundergraduate and graduate courses, giving talks at research seminars, and mentoring seniorprojects and REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) students in the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at UC. Various methods of active learning, motivatingstudents, problem-based active laboratory learning, and peer tutoring were explored and appliedto mentor students. The paper also includes feedback from the PFF program coordinator and theacademic research mentor.I. IntroductionPreparing Future Faculty (PFF) is a national initiative to better prepare Ph.D., M.S., andpostdoctoral students to
. Learnersexpressed various active teaching methods such as on-line reading materials, posted lectures,video demonstrations, hands-on laboratories, and various communications means (relay chats,forum discussions) help them engaged the workshop more. As some of the feedbacks shownbelow:Overall, fantastic! I enjoyed it. The readings helped. We could do more programming if therewere more time. I never learned so much in just 3 days. Please send my thanks to all of thepresenters and helpers who made it work so well.I enjoyed the class. Instructors were well prepared. I want to try conducting an on-line labmyself in the future.I wish there were more workshops like this available. I learned a lot without needing to travel.It was not just a bunch of fluff and waste
Paper ID #20504MAKER: Using 3D Printed Experimental Design and Measurement of Inter-nal and External Flow Convection Coefficient Using 3D Printed GeometriesMr. Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and teaches part-time at two other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean
. In addition to technical concepts, student will learn skills related toproject and team management, whole-system integration, budgeting, and technicalcommunication.As the laboratory exercises were being designed, team members referred to and modified the Page 11.1074.6original course syllabus. Given the integrated approach to teaching ECE concepts, it was clearthat the course could not be taught by sequentially introducing circuits and devices, followed bysignal processing, electromagnetics, and digital logic. In other words, the syllabus could not bedetermined by simply lifting a quarter of the syllabi of existing core courses and
measurement and instrumentation course within the department.Joy Uehara, University of Southern CaliforniaHaylee Mota, University of Southern CaliforniaEmma Katharine Singer, USC Viterbi School of EngineeringMatthew R Gilpin, University of Southern California Dr. Gilpin teaches upper division laboratory courses in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering de- partment at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering and has been involved in laboratory instruction at USC for over a decade. He is also the faculty advisor to USC’s Recumbent Vehicle Design Team (RVDT) and the USC Advanced Spacecraft and Propulsion and Energy Laboratory (ASPEN). In addition to teach- ing, Dr. Gilpin is the PI for the In-Space Propulsion Research (InSPR
challenge when designing the students to reconnect their lab setup and to remembera first-year engineering course. It is increasingly difficult where they were in the lab procedure.for first-year students to maintain their focus throughout Instead, we propose that students be given the supporta 150-minute laboratory session. An alternative is to necessary to complete a substantial laboratory experience increate laboratory experiences that provide students with just one academic period of 50 minutes. This can beself-contained hands-on experiences that can be accomplished using a combination of four strategies:completed within a traditional 50-minute window. Inelectrical and computer
AC 2008-2024: USING MICROTUBULES TO ILLUSTRATE POLYMERPROPERTIESYoli Jeune, University of Florida Yoli Jeune is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Florida. She has received a Bachelors degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences (1999) and a Masters degree in Secondary Science Education with a concentration in Biology (2002) from the University of South Florida. She worked for 3.5 years at the Hillsborough County School District in Florida teaching Biology and Chemistry to High School students. She is a recipient of the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan, and Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
theoretical foundation intelecommunications.The five technical courses in the BSTCET degree are designed to teach students about suchtopics as communication protocols, wide- and local-area networks, managing network resources,Internet-related concepts and development, and network security issues. These courses aresupported by numerous hands-on laboratory experiences. The four management courses providestudents with the principles necessary to manage people and projects. This paper discusses issuesconsidered during the development of the program, classroom and laboratory curricula, problemsconfronting the program today, and assessment.I. IntroductionTremendous growth in the telecommunications industry has inspired a similar growth ineducation
in class. In thisproject, supported by a NSF TUES type II grant, Collaborative: TUES: Software Defined RadioLaboratory Platform for Enhancing Undergraduate Communication and Networking Curricula,we explore the possibility of applying the SDR as an education tool to teach fundamental signalprocessing concepts. To achieve this goal, we developed SDR based laboratory exercises.Although students are still required to develop analog/digital communication systems, the majorfocuses of these exercises are to illustrate fundamental signal processing concepts such asfrequency-shift, spectra of real and complex valued signals, etc. The target students are juniorlevel undergraduate students who have taken “Signals and Systems” but are not necessary
“experiment first” approach. It is believed that depending on the course type and thestudent learning style, learning could be affected by the teaching approach. Further studyon the lecture-laboratory timing that could lead to an effective pedagogy isrecommended.IntroductionLaboratory exercises are an essential part of engineering technology education. In mostof the mechanical and manufacturing engineering technology courses, hands-on labs aredesigned to help student to acquire the knowledge and skills taught in the class. Sincepositive effects of lab activities on student learning have been recognized, engineeringand engineering technology professors continue to develop and incorporate laboratoryexercises into various courses.To introduce science
. Page 14.703.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Improving Construction Management Course Comprehension through Experiential LearningAbstractWhile lectures are the most common way to teach students, they are not necessarily the best wayto convey some types of information. Consider the famous quote by Confucius: “I hear and Iforget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”This paper discusses a hands-on experiential learning laboratory, which complements the lecturein a Construction Management (CM) materials and methods course. Many CM programs avoidhands-on experiences due to the vocational/technical stigma. However, experiential learningtransforms construction concepts that are often
Paper ID #23512Guided Modules Emphasizing Process-Based Troubleshooting Techniques HelpBelow-Average Performing Students Improve Instrumentation SkillsDr. 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.edu c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Guided Modules Emphasizing Process-Based Troubleshooting Techniques Help Below-Average Performing Students Improve Instrumentation SkillsAbstractInstrumentation laboratory
Paper ID #40503Assessment methods and students’ expectations: A SurveyDr. Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Rajarajan Subramanian is currently serving as an Assistant Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction (SDCET) programs at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. Previously, he worked as Transportation Engineer at Maryland State Highway Administration. He has a total of 25 years of teaching experience (Annamalai University, India, Linton Institute of Technology at Ipoh, Malaysia, and Penn State University at Harrisburg U.S.A) plus 10 years of
also the home of many classrooms. This setting allows the facility to be accessible withconvenience for both research and teaching applications. Thus, this facility provides a uniqueopportunity to allow students to observe and integrate their use into student laboratories tofacilitate not only a greater understanding of the principles of the coursework, but also acommand of the technology that translates these principles beyond the classroom. This modelwas applied to the course Biological Principles for Engineers (BEN 301) and included surveys, alecture, and a laboratory portion. Materials and MethodsStudent evaluations. In order to gauge student learning outcomes related to the knowledge offunction and