Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

even growth into a greater geographical area.Institutions seeking higher student enrollments in technical degree paths may wish toconsider replicating this simple and exciting programmable logic controller module. Thisstrong recruiting tool has provided us a pipeline of talented new students into theuniversity program.The ProgramThe University’s relationship with a local high school began with a simple invitation totheir technology education teacher. When asked if he would be interested in bringing aclass to tour our Industrial Power Transmission and Control laboratory, our phone callwas answered with a slightly skeptical – perhaps. The teacher wanted to visit us first anddetermine the usefulness of bringing a class to campus.His skepticism

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Rehg; Bruce Muller

Teaching PLCs with the IEC 61131 Standard Languages James Rehg, Bruce Muller Penn State AltoonaAbstractProgrammable Logic Controllers are the de facto standard for sequential control of discreteautomation systems and are fast becoming the system of choice for control of analog processsystems. The new languages introduced in the IEC 61131 PLC standard will increase the numberof applications suitable for PLC control. This paper provides a description of the new standardand describes a laboratory at Penn State Altoona that supports a two course sequence for PLC.The laboratory has 16 student stations and 4 automated assembly systems linked by an

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kemi Ladeji-Osias

Planning and Teaching an Undergraduate Course Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Morgan State University Baltimore, MD 21251AbstractPlanning a course involves many issues including choosing the objectives, scope and content,preparing a syllabus, developing lectures, laboratories, projects and assignments, and evaluationof students. Teaching the course is the implementation of the plan while developing a rapportwith the students and monitoring classroom dynamics. Teaching requires adapting your plan toyour current group of students and to the changing educational

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Keller; Jeff Frolik

Experience course (EE/ME 001) is offered during theSpring semester as a follow-on to ENGR 2: Graphical Communication (CAD). EE/ME 001consists of a 1-hour weekly lecture and a 2.75-hour laboratory session. There is a single lecturesection for all students and several labs sections (capped at 20 students each). Both ECE and MEfaculty and staff are closely involved with this course ensuring a balanced, interdisciplinaryflavor. Teaching assistants from both departments mentor students during the laboratory portionof the course.Lecture Component The once a week, one hour lecture component focuses on topics related to theengineering profession, engineering design, electrical-mechanical systems, and wireless sensorsnetworks (Table 1

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran

engineering curriculum at Rowan University emphasizes:(i) "hands-on" and team oriented education; (ii) inter and multi-disciplinary education;(iii) use and incorporation of state-of-the-art technologies; and (iv) improving technicalcommunication skills. To achieve these objectives, the four engineering programs ofCivil, Chemical, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering include a common engineeringclinic throughout their eight semesters of study.In the Engineering Clinic, students and faculty from all four engineering departmentswork side-by-side on laboratory experiments, design projects, and research. The solutionof these real-world problems require not only a proficiency in the technical principles,but, as importantly, require a mastery of written and

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Steif

available for study by students throughdigital images and other electronic means. In the rest of the paper, we described theseenrichments and the experience of implementing them in statics class of approximately 100students.Physical counterparts to basic conceptsA series of laboratories was devised which offered physical counterparts to the following basicideas: (i) the moment about a single axis due to a force in three dimensions, (ii) the relativemotions permitted at standard connections, (iii) free body diagrams of a body for which studentssupply all loads necessary to maintain equilibrium and (iv) the motions of, and forces actingbetween, bodies constituting simple mechanisms. Two of these experiments are described indetail.To address the

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jefferson Lindsey; Frances Harackiewicz; Lizette Chevalier

frequency of operation. The advanced students learnabout efficiency, directivity and gain, and have time to study the practical concepts of creating alow loss match. Graduate students find the building and creative aspect of the contest quitedifferent from many of their computationally intensive antenna assignments. Over the years,someone in the senior class has tried nearly every antenna type. Most students walk away with atleast a working antenna they can use in their home.IntroductionHands-on and laboratory experiences are highly emphasized in the SIUC Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering as well as in the Department of Technology. Both of thesedepartments teach senior-level and/or graduate-level courses on antennas or on

Conference Session

Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Powell; Richard Mines; Laura Lackey

Session 2002-781 Encouraging High School Students to Learn about Bioremediation Richard O. Mines, Jr.1, Janet Carlson Powell2, Laura W. Lackey1 Mercer University1, Department of Environmental Engineering, 1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, GA 31210 / BSCS2, 5415 Mark Dabling Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 808919AbstractThis paper presents a laboratory activity for high school students used to stimulate their interestin environmental engineering and the role of bioremediation in cleaning up the environment.The proposed laboratory activity utilized six, 2

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price, Texas A&M University

) Education website [5] which is meant to provide acomprehensive source of information for NDI technical education. This website was created in the2000’s by NDI professionals and educators from Iowa State University and five regional communitycolleges. It is currently maintained with funding from the American Society of NondestructiveTesting (ASNT) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education(ATE) Program.Within the College of Engineering at TAMU, the MMET program houses an ABET-accredited 4-year engineering technology degree that imparts a hands-on approach to education, whereby ~80%of the courses are accompanied by complementing laboratory sessions. The majority of these labshave been developed over the years with

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Barbara Silver Thorn, Marquette University; Karla Bustamante, Itesm chihuahua

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

engineering technical electives, one participated in a capstone designproject, and nearly all students conducted research in a faculty laboratory; no studentsparticipated in an engineering service project, industry internship, or formal clinical rotation asyet.The program supports eight (two at each of the four institutions out of country) studentexchanges per institution, 48 student exchanges total over the 4 year project duration. Theprogram is in its third year; none of the partner institutions have met this target allocation as yet.This may be attributed, at least in part, to the delayed completion of the MOU, personnelchanges affecting incoming student placement as well as recruitment of outgoing students,curriculum revisions affecting

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Landon Mott, University of Kentucky; Jeffrey R Seay, University of Kentucky; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, exploration, conclusion,and reflection. The four inquiry activities are designed to explore key relationships in batchdistillation involving pressure, heating rate, column internals, and reflux ratios, and to alsoconsider the safety and economic factors in batch distillation design and operation. The tutorialand activities (complete with suggested solutions) will be made available to faculty membersupon request while in the refinement and testing stages during fall 2013.IntroductionAs computers have become more capable of accurately simulating complex physical activity,traditional engineering laboratories have moved away from the laboratory and towards the virtualrealm. Using simulation, an exploratory approach to learning is not hampered by

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

Zero WastePittsburgh. Furthermore, we discussed the topics continuously as a class. Some of the suggestedtopics are given below.Research Project TopicsStudents were allowed to choose any topic (subject to approval), but possible topics included 1) UPMC: Analyze laboratory equipment energy usage, determine energy efficiency upgrades and develop an economic feasibility study for the upgrades. 2) Phipps Conservatory: Energy model of the conservatory and warehouse to create a baseline. Students will compare the baseline to technologies that increase envelope efficiency to determine payback times. 3) Phipps Conservatory: Research technologies to improve energy efficiency on historic portion of the conservatory (Insulation

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; Mark L. Kuss; Ernest Heymsfield; Hanna Sheppard

which neither parent holds acollege degree. The overall objective of this program is to increase enrollment for students inhigher education institutions. This program involves a six week summer program in which thestudents are engaged in “hands on” activities in the areas of math, laboratory sciences,composition and literature. The Department of Civil Engineering assists in the laboratory scienceportion of the program. Since the Department’s involvement, students have become involved ininnovative ongoing research. Research the students perform is practical and experimental andincludes topics such as field permeability of asphalt, in situ permeability of concrete, andtheoretical specific gravity of asphalt mixtures. At the end of the six week

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Megan F. Dunn; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

Bernoulli Balance Experiments Using a Venturi Megan F. Dunn, W. Roy Penney and Edgar C. Clausen Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of ArkansasAbstractTwo simple and inexpensive venturi experiments were developed for use in either the laboratoryor classroom. The purpose of this paper is to present the equipment, procedures andexperimental results for these experiments, as used in a junior level fluids laboratory. In the firstexperiment, a shop fabricated venturi was employed to determine the experimental minor losscoefficient, K, in an unsteady-state system. The throat velocity determined by the Bernoullibalance was about 16

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Walter O. Craig

advisory board can serve as a powerful tool to help the school or department in theaccreditation process. The board can also serve as a fund raising mechanism by having itsindustrial partner give grants for scholarships for incoming freshman, or monies to help purchaseequipment and supplies to maintain a laboratory of the department. The industry advisory boardmembers can also serve as mentors on an industry sponsored project. Another important purposeis to advise the department in the area of curriculum development. Industry participation incurriculum development will ensure that ET students are taking the necessary classes to givethem the industry skills to compete globally with other engineering technology graduates.The Industry advisory board

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hassan A. Kalhor; Mohammad R. Zunoubi

minimum efficiency standards for electricalequipment. Legislatures now require the manufacturers of electrical equipment to design,manufacture, and sell only the equipment that meet these minimum standards. They cannot go bythe minimum cost criteria of old times. Many national laboratories and research institutions areexperimenting with new techniques to make conventional equipment such as generators,transformers, transmission and distribution lines, electric motors, and electric lights moreefficient. Many states now subsidize the purchase of high efficiency equipmentThere are many ways by which loss can be controlled and the efficiency of electrical equipmentcan be raised. The objective of this talk is to introduce the engineering students to

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; David Sanchez; Jonathan Bach; John Walker

thinking (e.g. analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in teams while building a culture gearedtoward energy technology innovation. The students were introduced to concepts from traditionalengineering curricula such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and dynamics, while workingwith principles of renewable and non-renewable energy technologies used in industry, such asthe photovoltaic effect. The students were given a pre-test and post-test to evaluate the success ofEnergy Week in developing their awareness and understanding of energy and engineering,measure their level of engagement with the activities, and evaluate their attitudes towards teamwork. This presentation will cover the energy curriculum, hands-on energy laboratories, designand fabrication

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian; Grady F. Mathews IV

learners andinstructors) is a key factor which defines the success of online education3.But unfortunately, engineering courses such as that are in need of laboratories, team works,construction site visits, field personnel’s technical presentations cannot be offered through onlinemedium. The physical interactions that are needed in the laboratories and construction sitescannot be offered by the online courses. Such collaborations of educational institutions withindustry and Government are necessary for Civil Engineering program’s success. UndergraduateEngineering students love to have hands-on experience for the most of the courses in theirCourse curriculum. The instructors who teach courses that are complemented by laboratoriesreceive high grade

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Vasco D. Polyzoev; Eniko T. Enikov

242 Teaching Classical Control to Mechanical Engineers via Take-Home Experimental Setup Based on Microcontrollers Vasco D. Polyzoev, Eniko T. Enikov Advanced Micro and Nano Systems Laboratory, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of ArizonaI. IntroductionSupplementing a control systems class with a hands-on experience for students by working on areal dynamical system helps in better understanding the classical control theory and emphasizesthe importance of its applications. For a small size class this could be

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Basile Panoutsopoulos

Enhancing Lectures with Calculations, Simulations, and Experiments. Basile Panoutsopoulos1Technology is widely used today in all places of human endeavors. Both academia and industry use varioustechnological tools to perform calculations and simulations before the experimentation. These powerful toolseffectively assist the professional to curry on calculations is short time, and simulate virtual prototypes avoiding theexpensive and long manufacturing and testing times. Both approaches allow investigations using the “What if”approach. These tools supplement and complement the Lecture and the laboratory. In this work, an integratedapproach of all four aspects, lecture

Conference Session

Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Amro Khasawneh, Mercer University; Sarah K. Bauer, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

in a session where an interactive survey was administered to capture feedback on theeducational areas identified for future projects. Participants were asked to provide their input,suggest additional areas of need, and rank the proposed educational initiatives on a scale from 1to 5, with 1 being the highest priority. Study results indicated that the most critical needidentified by CJC participants was higher education and scholarship training, as well as hands-ontraining of laboratory/field equipment. These findings will guide future MOM Belize programefforts, ensuring that the program continues to meet the needs of CJC and its community.Key Wordsneeds assessment; focus group; service-learning project; international partner

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Loukas Lazos; Elmer Grubbs

240 Student Engagement, Learning, and Retention in a Freshman, Large Class Setting at the University of Arizona Loukas Lazos and Elmer Grubbs University of ArizonaAbstractThis paper describes a new approach to teaching a large lecture C Programming class (ECE175)in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. Theapproach demonstrates a method of increasing student engagement, student learning and studentretention by using Undergraduate Laboratory Assistants (ULAs) in conjunction with GraduateTeaching

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farhan Azhar, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kristofer Tite, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Alaina M Schiano; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, either an open source program (e.g.: Universal G-Code Sender) ora custom program written using Matlab (Mathworks Inc., Natick, MA), Python or other pro-gramming language.Figure 2: (a) The Arduino Uno (left) and the GRBL GShield (right) (b) The GShield mountedon the Arduino to form the controller unit.2.1.4 Off-The-Shelf CNC Platform ReflectionThe off-the-shelf CNC platforms that were deployed in the laboratory have been found to be ef-fective tools for high volume classroom deployment. These CNC platforms have been used fortwo years in a high volume setting, with over 200 students using them per semester. Machinefunctionality and reliability have both been high. The machine maintenance and upgrades thusfar have been relatively minor, and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry G. Cooke, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); M.D. Abdullah Al Faruque, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

26.892.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Impact of Upgrading Equipment for Strength of Materials Labs on Student Perceptions, Motivation, and LearningAbstractAn important component of teaching introductory Strength of Materials (Mechanics ofMaterials) concepts to undergraduate engineering and technology students is the inclusion oflaboratory experiments, which give the students the opportunity to conduct tests and collect dataon the materials to obtain relevant properties. These laboratory experiments also allow studentsto observe firsthand the behavior of materials under different loading conditions, thereby givingthem a greater physical feel for these different behaviors. The

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Andrew Clark

environment andculture for the establishment of student driven companies, improvement of commercialization ofuniversity intellectual property, enhancement of the ability to attract technology-basedbusinesses and provision of a living laboratory for student to work within the entrepreneurialenvironment. Just as is the case for the traditional research universities, business incubators atregional universities provide the supporting infrastructure that permits the university faculty totake advantage of SBIR and STTR programs to launch businesses and move university IP towardcommercialization. In addition, the formation of a university-managed business incubatorprovides an excellent environment for non-university established technology businesses

Conference Session

AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Irving Buchwald, Clarkson University; Michael C.F. Bazzocchi, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

Paper ID #38299Advancing Engineering Education through University Ground StationsMichael Irving Buchwald, Clarkson University Michael I. Buchwald, Aerospace Engineering BS, a 2023 honors graduate of Clarkson University. At Clarkson University he graduated with a pre-teaching minor. He pursuing a master’s degree and will be going to graduate school in the fall for aerospace engineering.Prof. Michael C.F. Bazzocchi, Clarkson University Dr. Michael C.F. Bazzocchi is an Assistant Professor at Clarkson University and Director of the Astronau- tics and Robotics Laboratory (ASTRO Lab). Previously, Dr. Bazzocchi held positions at

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aisling Coughlan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David R. Johnson; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Materials

concerning the atomicmechanisms of plastic deformation within the context of a laboratory exercise. Sophomorematerials engineering students performed, analyzed, and compared results from both a traditionaltensile test of metals and a molecular dynamics simulation tensile test of a nanowire. The latterwas performed using the Nano-Materials Simulation Toolkit on nanoHUB.org. Students’responses to in-lab worksheet questions, their written lab reports, and their responses to a relatedexam question were qualitatively analyzed. Recommendations are made for better integration ofthe simulation and traditional tensile test components of the lab.IntroductionThe atomic mechanism of plastic deformation of metals is a difficult concept1,2. Studentsstruggle to

Conference Session

Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Mirim Kim, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Myeongsun Yoon, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #14909Improving the Impact of Experiential Learning Activities through the Assess-ment of Student Learning StylesDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students in authentic, ill-structured engineering tasks facilitates the development oftheir engineering skills.1-3To facilitate students’ authentic practice of these skills we have developed a learning systembased on virtual laboratories. In this learning system, student teams take on the role of processdevelopment engineers. They are tasked with finding suitable input parameters to be released tohigh volume manufacturing through experiments that are completed virtually. When studentsperform experiments, the lower cognitive demand affords them the opportunity to build a richexperimental design. While not instructed to do so, most student teams inevitably resort tomodeling as a tool to progress towards completion.Student team modeling practices are

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Tillison; David Hand

by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF), by industry partners of Dow, DuPont, Fisher-Rosemount, andPepperl+Fuchs, and by MTU. The purpose of this paper is two-fold; it seeks to explore andevaluate assessment techniques and to determine if the EPSC course does indeed smooth thetransition of graduates into the workplace.The EPSC is a Unit Operations Laboratory (UOL) containing the following laboratory- or pilot-scale processes: (1) activated carbon adsorption, (2) advanced oxidation, (3) air strippingutilizing a packed tower, (4) ion exchange, (5) jar testing for coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation system optimization, (6) activated sludge treatment using sequencing batchreactors (SBRs), and (7) a drinking water treatment plant (Table 1