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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Robert W. Williams; Salam F. Rahmatalla

and results.One way in which to help streamline hands-on laboratory education in terms of objectives,equipment, and products is to make the lab activities as relevant as possible to their interests,goals and future careers. This involves giving the students ownership of their lab experience.The concept of student ownership has many facets, including letting students plan educationalobjectives and activities, select educational materials, teach other students, and reflect criticallyon their expectations and experiences (Fletcher 2008). One of the objectives of the civil and environmental curriculum at The University ofIowa is to produce graduates who have a strong foundation of scientific and technical knowledgeand are equipped with

Conference Session

Development of Technical and Soft Skills in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University; Tanya M. Nocera, The Ohio State University, Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical

Paper ID #20019Electronic Lab Notebooks Impact Biomedical Engineering Students’ Qualityof Documentation and Technical CommunicationMs. Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University Monica Okon, a current graduate student in biomedical engineering at Ohio State University, became in- terested in engineering education when starting as a graduate teaching associate (GTA) for the Engineering Education Department at Ohio State University. She has had the opportunity to teach the Fundamentals in Engineering laboratory component for the standard courses sequence as well as served as a lead GTA for this department for two years

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University

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Biomedical

. Page 22.135.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Active and Cooperative Learning Activities for Introducing Undergraduate Students to BiomaterialsAbstractBiomaterials science is a relatively new interdisciplinary field. Because of the increasingprevalence of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases, there is anecessity to engineer biomaterials that can be used to treat these painful and debilitatingdisorders. The overall objective of this initiative is to teach our undergraduate studentsconcepts in the research, development, and clinical application of biomaterials. Twoopen-ended laboratory activities, one developed for freshman and the other

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alim

. Unfortunately students have been unable to utilize thosefacilities, as it is not directed toward student usage. Representatives of MEMS Opticalproposed senior projects and invited students to work in their facilities during 2000-2001academic year. Unfortunately, the organization had production goals to meet, while theDepartment needed a teaching facility. In any event, the support of MEMS Optical has beencritical to the success of the program thus far.FACILTY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - LOWELLThe laboratory at the UMass - Lowell has a long history of success in the VLSI andMicroelectronics technology. The list of the instruments acquired for the fabrication andcharacterization laboratories (distributed instructional processing laboratory

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

John Attia; Mahamadou tembely; Lisa Hobson; Pamela Obiomon

Hands-on Learning in Multiple Courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering John Attia, Mahamadou Tembely, Lisa Hobson, and Pamela Obiomon Prairie View A&M University 520 Anne Preston Street, Prairie View, TX 77446 USA E-mail: joattia@pvamu.edu Abstract classrooms to more engaging teaching pedagogies. Hands- It has been reported that persistence rate of engineering on learning has proven to be an effective approach forstudents is relatively low. Several new pedagogical improving retention by making learning

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen L. Jones PE, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

multiple laboratorysections. Laboratory sections were taught by the same Teaching Assistant to avoid epistemicvariation. The laboratory data was collected the first week by the students and subsequentlyanalyzed in a second week of the laboratory. The students’ reports were submitted for gradingone week after that. Thirty three laboratory reports were evaluated with a resulting average scoreof 2.0 and a standard deviation of 0.9. Therefore, the student outcome for 2007 was achievedand a baseline for future evaluation was established. Although the cutoff was met, the classaverage was exactly at the cutoff score and enhancements were qualitatively deemed advisable toaddress the level 1 performer. Therefore, selected technical aspects of the lecture

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reardon

2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education2. Course OverviewThe semester-long course consisted of one lecture section and four laboratory sections, and wasteam-taught by two tenured faculty members. One professor acted as lead instructor, organizingthe course and teaching 80% of the lectures. Each professor directed two of the laboratorysections, and four graduate teaching assistants aided with the laboratory sections and homeworkgrading. Students enrolled in this course attended two 50-minute lectures each week and one100-minute laboratory section. Since the laboratory sections had a maximum enrollment of 19,the course

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon M. Schlossberg

ofgram details, such as typical laboratory exercises and changing what I want to be in life.”design projects, staffing, funding, and cost-benefits,are considered next. A brief summary of experiences “The facilities and faculty are su-with the program concludes the discussion. perb and I learned a lot.” TC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES “I had a great time. Not only did it teach me many things, like how toFor students, the goal of Technology Connection is to make a web page – which I will em-encourage studies in mathematics, science, computers, ploy at home as soon as I get a weband engineering. Naturally, the hope is that this

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Huggins; Winfred K Anakwa; Gary Dempsey

-project as a formalcurriculum assessment tool by the authors. The design case formulated the following questions regardingour curriculum:(1) Are we teaching our students to consider product schedules in their design cycle?(2) Are we providing the necessary laboratory equipment and supplies for a short design cycleproduct? Equipment and supplies include instrumentation, software and hardware developmentsystems, microcontrollers, programmable logic devices, etc.(3) Are the junior laboratories and lecture courses providing the students the proper background fortight product schedules?(4) Should we direct our students to one type of implementation? For example, should the focus be ona microcontroller, programmable logic array, or VLSI approach.(5

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Reversing Table 7- Summary of the Student Lab SurveyConclusionsIn this paper, we described our experience teaching a multidisciplinary course in an EngineeringTechnology program. We described how the redesign of the laboratory component has greatlyenhanced the student learning experience independently of their majors of studies. It wasobserved that activities relating concepts to real world applications were most appealing. Forinstance, students enjoyed performing experiments involving the use of transducers.Assessments results including direct and indirect measurements to meet certain accreditationcriteria were also discussed in this paper. Several lessons learned from this course revisionprocess for in future

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ford

offered on a regular basis. Meanwhile the Physics/Geophysics Department at TAMUK has developed a laboratory-based course in nuclear physics. This is the first upper division laboratory course offered atTAMUK in over a decade. The faculty members in the Department of Nuclear Engineering atTAMU are assisting TAMUK to ensure that the lab equipment is tailored to enhance the successof the students in their preparation for graduate studies. The courses provided at TAMUK andvia the TTVN network allow the students entering the graduate program at TAMU to follow thesame plan of study as students from TAMU or comparable nuclear/health physics programs

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Daniel Llamocca, Oakland University

of a new embedded curriculumtargeted to powerful embedded processors. This includes the design of a brand-new seniorundergraduate course along with a comprehensive tutorial on high-performance embeddedprogramming. We provided students with carefully designed activities that emphasize theoptimal usage of powerful microprocessors for embedded applications. The students becameproficient in techniques to maximize the performance of an embedded application by optimizingthe use of computer resources via techniques such as parallelism and pipelining. The embedded curriculum was deployed in a classroom and a laboratory setting. The learningmaterials (course notes, assignments, laboratory experiments, step-by-step tutorials) are madefreely

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akhter Hossain, University of South Alabama; Kevin White, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

concretehas been added to Topic 7, which discusses the common properties of concrete and the standardtests to assess these properties. In addition, a discussion on shrinkage cracking of concretestructures, a common problem that affects the durability of bridge decks and pavement structureshas been added to Topic 10, which discusses the durability of concrete structures.CE 315: Civil Engineering Materials LaboratoryCivil Engineering Materials Laboratory (CE 315) is a co-requisite of Civil Engineering Materials(CE 314) course, and the two courses are taught as coordinated courses. While the lectures (CE314) introduce the students to the useful properties of common civil engineering materials, thelaboratory (CE 315) teaches them how to evaluate those

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Joseph Wilck, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

processes, polymerprocesses, solid state deformation processes, advanced manufacturing processes, andmanufacturing process costing.There are two full time technicians for the manufacturing lab, who help prepare the teachingassistants, teaching interns, and the faculty member, to the layout and use of machines in themanufacturing lab, if necessary. The technicians also help from time to time with the instructionportion of the labs. Typically, the technicians mainly train the teaching assistants or teachinginterns in the laboratory; so that they can be the primary teachers during the laboratory period.For this particular course, this course instructor is heavily involved with the technicians intraining the teaching assistants and/or teaching interns

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robbins; Rajapandian Ayyanar; Paul Imbertson; Ned Mohan; Ben Oni

inFig. 4. Figure 4 Homepage of the Website for Developed Laboratories.Publication of TextbooksIn parallel with the laboratory development supported by the NSF CCLI-EMD, it was recognizedthat the success in teaching these courses required textbooks that students can follow. This hasled to writing of four textbooks, shown in Figs. 5 and 6, that have been published. (a) Undergraduate (b) Graduate Page 9.1135.5 Figure 5 Power Electronics Textbooks. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Nuclear Waste and the Environment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Katz; Donna O'Kelly; Sheldon Landsberger

Engineering Groundwater Nuclear and Radiation Eng. Program Nuclear Engineering Teaching Lab Soil Leaching National Laboratories Dynamics Radiochemistry Lab Techniques Figure 1. Overview of Interdisciplinary Graduate Radiochemistry ProgramSpecific objectives of the proposed program include: 1. Develop an integrated curriculum that offers courses within three programs and exposes graduate students to a variety of technical areas in nuclear and radiation engineering, environmental and water resources

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Alex Wong, Digilent Inc.; Derek W. Edens

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

the price of a textbook,students can purchase a low-cost analog hardware development platform and components, withaccess to downloadable teaching materials, reference designs and lab projects to design andimplement analog circuits as a supplement to their regular laboratory exercises.Colleges have traditionally had to build and maintain centralized teaching labs. These labs, withtheir specialized equipment and trained lab assistants, are expensive and hard to maintain. Withthe Analog Discovery design kit, can help to build distributed labs - labs that can be found indorm rooms, cafeterias, and libraries - anywhere students want to work. However, theimportance of working with real laboratory equipment cannot be ignored. The Digital

Conference Session

K-12 and Graduate Experiences in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Andria Shyjka, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Paper ID #18138Bioengineering Experience for High School Science TeachersMr. Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago Sam Dreyer is a Masters student researching ocular therapeutic hypothermia and Brain-Computer Inter- faces. He is also passionate about engineering education, teaching high school students and teachers about bioengineering concepts and methods.Dr. Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago Miiri Kotche is a Clinical Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently serves as Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W. Goodman, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Robert J. Durkin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

from the laboratory work. 3.57 4 4 3.32 3.5 4Overall, this laboratory instructor was effective at teaching this course. 3.67 4 4 3.49 3.5 4 However, student comments revealed something quite unexpected. In both casesstudents voiced a strong affinity toward lab exercises that were unstructured. These unstructuredlab assignments that simply stated a system requirement were preferred to those that included thesequence of steps necessary to complete the lab. Some examples from the unstructured ControlSystems labs included: • “Probably one of the better labs I’ve had with the amount of equipment and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; John C. Lusth, University of Alabama; Sushma Kotru, University of Alabama

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

non-formulaic manner.These objectives helped to drive the evaluation activities for the project. Evaluation efforts werecoordinated by faculty in the university’s Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR). Theydeveloped a set of surveys to be given to students after each laboratory and a set of surveys forthe graduate teaching assistants at the end of the semester.Laboratory ModulesTo date, three laboratory modules have been created and offered in the following semesters: fall2009, spring 2010, and fall 2010. The fourth module will be created and offered in spring 2011.The design of lamps from musical instruments was the first lab to be offered. This lab wasrepeated from the pilot since it had not ever been formally evaluated. The second

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Surya Kalidindi; Philip Perdikaris; John Lannutti; John DiNardo; Gary Ruff; Charles McMahon; Jed S. Lyons; Alan Lawley; Linda Schadler

teaching Materials Science and Engineering fundamentals and laboratory principles. The modular approach facilitates technology transfer to variety of schools and teaching settings. The “modules” include multi-media computer programs, videotaped Page 3.571.1 demonstrations and hands-on laboratories. One objective of this paper is to describe the multi-media and video-based modules thatwere developed for introductory engineering materials courses. Detailed descriptions of thehands-on laboratory experiments are not included here but can be obtained from the web sitecited below. A second objective is to disseminate the results of

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Roy W. Melton

., “A laboratory approach to multidisciplinary freshman computer engineering,” 2006 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference, Ithaca, N.Y., USA, Nov. 17-18, 2006, available from http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Conferences/ASEE2006/ASEE%20Papers/Session%203/Paper_Melton.pdf.ROY W. MELTONDr. Roy Melton received B.E.E., M.S.E.E., and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from theGeorgia Institute of Technology. He is currently Lecturer of Computer Engineering at the Rochester Institute ofTechnology. During his graduate studies he worked as a teaching assistant as well as in Georgia Tech’s CERL andEASL laboratories. In addition, he has worked for AccuSentry and for IBM.

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow; Dayra Fallad-Mendoza; Benjamin Fetrow; Christopher Fetrow; Vanessa Svihla

University of New Mexico Introduction and MethodsIn STEM education, educators and industry leaders alike emphasize hands-on laboratory researchexperience during undergraduate education as a way for students to gain skills as technicians andresearchers​1,2​. Undergraduate research promotes retention in STEM fields and serves as a pathway tograduate school and science careers​2,3​. For some undergraduate students, however, the process ofengaging in research can be chaotic, confusing, and discouraging, which limits the value of theirexperiences [2]. However, positive undergraduate research experiences can be a key to studentgrowth and success. Effective mentorship and guidance can impact outcomes of undergraduatestudent

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Richardson

ET program have laboratories and the Power Systems course does not have alaboratory. Four of the ECT site courses have laboratories. Students enrolled in thesecourses travel to a site or RIT to do the laboratory experiments weekly or three timesduring a ten week quarter. These are the same laboratories that day and evening studentscomplete when they take the courses on campus. Adjunct laboratory instructors at thesites teach the laboratories. Many of the sites are community colleges and the laboratoryinstructors are often faculty member of the college. This method has limited enrollmentsin these courses as students need to be within driving distance of a site or RIT to take thecourse. ET departments at RIT have started development of

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Prudich, Ohio University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Robert Y. Ofoli, Michigan State University; Robert B. Barat, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Norman W. Loney, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ali Pilehvari, P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton; Robert J. Wilkens, University of Dayton; Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington; Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington; William B. Baratuci, University of Washington; Jim Henry, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Bridget R. Rogers, Vanderbilt University; John F. Sandell, Michigan Technological University; Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Jason M. Keith, Michigan Technological University; Horacio Adrian Duarte, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David W. Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Charles Nuttelman, University of Colorado, Boulder; Pablo LaValle, University of Michigan; Naoko Ellis, University of British Columbia; Sergio Mendez, California State University, Long Beach; Arne Biermans, University of Washington

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Chemical Engineering

Jason Keith is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. He received his B.S.ChE from the University of Akron in 1995, and his Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame in 2001. He is the 2008 recipient of the Raymond W. Fahien Award for Outstanding Teaching Effectiveness and Educational Scholarship as well as a 2010 inductee into the Michigan Technological University Academy of Teaching Excellence. His current research interests include reactor stability, al- ternative energy, and engineering education. He is active within ASEE.Horacio Adrian Duarte, Texas A&M University-KingsvilleDavid W. Caspary, Michigan Technological University David Caspary is the Manager of Laboratory

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

the Bachelors of Science degree in electricalengineering. The current undergraduate program in electrical engineering being offered atMorgan State University is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET). This paper presents the steps taken by our department to provide studentsin the Harford county area with the ability to complete the second half of an ElectricalEngineering program at their respective two year institution.Key words: Online Electrical Engineering courses, Engineering for Community College StudentsTeaching Online ECE laboratory courses I. Introduction The implementation of the federal government’s Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC)of 2005 will result in the relocation of

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

the Bachelors of Science degree in electricalengineering. The current undergraduate program in electrical engineering being offered atMorgan State University is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET). This paper presents the steps taken by our department to provide studentsin the Harford county area with the ability to complete the second half of an ElectricalEngineering program at their respective two year institution.Key words: Online Electrical Engineering courses, Engineering for Community College StudentsTeaching Online ECE laboratory courses I. Introduction The implementation of the federal government’s Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC)of 2005 will result in the relocation of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Caldwell; Ronald D. Earley; Thomas G. Boronkay

. Page 4.86.7Bibliography1. Cole J. Brooking, Daniel A. Smith, “Simulation and Animation of Kinematic and Dynamic Machinery Systems with MATLAB, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference,2. George H. Staab, “An Interactive Computer Tutorial for Strength of Materials”, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference.3. William E. Cole, “Using CAD Analysis Tools to Teach Mechanical Engineering Technology”, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference.4. Thomas G. Boronkay, Ronald D. Earley, ”Simulation Software in a Dynamics Laboratory”, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference.5. Working Model User Manual, Knowledge Revolution.6. Packaging/Converting Machinery Components, 6th ed., Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Arlington, VA. 1996.7. Robert L. Norton, Design of Machinery, McGraw-Hill

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Eichinger; Mark Wilson; Anton Kruger; Marian Muste; Tao Xing

could bridge thegap between simulations and conventional “hands-on” physical experiments is remoteexperimentation via the Internet. Remotely accessible laboratories for teaching are becomingmore common, but most of them are fostered by educational areas where the Internet and relatedinfrastructure were developed (i.e., computer science, robotics, telecommunication engineering).Fluid mechanics, as well as other engineering courses where a “hands-on” approach is essential,could greatly benefit from remote experimentation. Attempts to develop real-time controlledexperiments in fluid mechanics instruction are scarce and those finalized to date (e.g.,http://beam.to/welafi) are essentially flow visualization rather than participative

Conference Session

Visualization and Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Baxter

teaching assistant anda grade of 0 or 1 for each criteria can be assigned. Again, during laboratory, students mayask questions and wait until the assignment is worth full marks before submitting. Havingthe criteria available as they do the assignment helps them to focus on the importantaspects of the assignment. Furthermore, if the assignment is handed in late and incorrect, Page 7.530.8there is a clear grading guideline for point reduction. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”As a second example, an