university efforts in green technologyleadership. This includes bringing a hydrogen fueling station on campus. The comprehensivenature of the university, its strategic location in the hydrogen and fuel cell abundant industrialregion and a historically minority-serving charter make it an ideal candidate to carry out theproject. The approach used is multidisciplinary and a combination of full fledged courses andlecture modules. The latter is applied to both hard core engineering courses as well as to ageneral education course reaching wider university audience. The funding is also used toestablish a “Zero Emissions Laboratory” with both purchased and custom built experiments.Curriculum, Course, and Laboratory DescriptionsTwo full-fledged courses
emerging technology has been some of the University’sresearch laboratories. This paper will describe some of these projects and how the entireclass, as well as all engineering students, are introduced to the emerging technologyassociated with these projects. IntroductionIn episode 1410 of the “Engines of Our Ingenuity,”1 John Lienhard states, “The Greek word tecnh (pronounced techne) describes art and skill in making things. Tecnh is the work of a sculptor or a stonemason, a composer, or a clock-maker. Ology is the study or the lore of something. Technology is the knowledge of making things. Some argue that we shouldn't call our species Homo sapiens or the-wise-people, but rather Homo technologicus
) share some of the best practicesadopted by the instructors to ensure rigor and consistency of the coursework at the regionalcampus.The curriculum for the two courses covers the fundamental concepts and provides an opportunityfor students to explore the applications of circuits in the real world. In a normal learningenvironment, these courses tend to be difficult due to higher expectations for problem-solving,math, and scientific concepts, and adding external factors such as the pandemic adds morecomplications. The focus of this research work is to study the first- and second-year engineeringcourses and present the challenges associated with the delivery of the course content, teachingengineering concepts and applications and laboratory
engineering faculty to improve teaching skillsand to increase the teachers’ use, understanding and application of selected laboratory exercises.The Partnership Program consists of three parts: classroom/laboratory instruction at theinstitutes using a number of hands-on activities that can and will be used in the classroom;follow-up activities at the middle school/junior high schools; and evaluation, both during andafter the summer institutes.Introduction The essence of the University of Arkansas Science Partnership Program (UASPP) is theword “partnership.” The genesis of this partnership occurred during discussions between facultywho work in vastly different areas of the campus. Despite their apparent dissimilarities, itbecame clear that there
before. It’s time to come up with some new ideas to revolutionize that corecourse in ways that will amaze students and maximize learning, right? Or perhaps themaxim about “an hour in the library is worth a month in the laboratory” might bemeaningful in the context of teaching. This paper summarizes the authors’ selection ofthe most effective, innovative approaches reported recently in the literature or discussedat previous conferences for lower-division core courses in chemical engineering, aspresented at the 2007 ASEE Summer School for Chemical Engineering Faculty. Thechallenges associated with particular courses and solutions successfully applied toaddress those challenges will also be described. Courses covered in this paper
concepts and developindependent student thinking by gradually incorporating design into laboratory activities; byexposing students to systems and applications before developing all of the relevant theoreticalconcepts; and by motivating students to appreciate the importance and relevance of the theory bydirectly applying it in projects.This curriculum incorporates three principal educational strategies. First, our laboratory classesprovide a steady progression of skills and independence, from freshman through junior year.Second, many concepts are taught in a top-down framework, which exposes students to relevantphysical systems and practical applications before they have been taught the specific theoreticalconcepts. Third, lecture material is
as a technical course that requires a labcomponent. The underlying thought being that engineering students will have numerouslaboratory experiences within their engineering academic career and being able to get acourse on the history of modern engineering which counts toward a core requirementearly in their career will provide them an unique insight into engineering. Additionally,the creative hands-on laboratory experiences and associated data collection willencourage some of the non-engineering students to consider switching to engineering!The presentation of engineering in the modern world within ENGR 1200 at UT Tyler alsoincludes laboratory experiences for the freshmen engineering students. These laboratoryexperiences come from the Summer
Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. His research interests include mechatronics, dynamic systems, and control with applications to piezoelectric actuators, hysteresis, and perception. He serves as the faculty advisor for the LTU Baja SAE team. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 From Industry to the Classroom: A Low-Cost Hardware-In-Loop Simulator for Classic Controls ExperimentsAbstractControl system design and validation can be a frustrating experience for many students. Thesestudents benefit from the inclusion of a laboratory component that provides a hands-onexperience to complement lecture. However, physical space and funding for educational labs arealways
learning research in the STEM academic discipline of engineering education, specifically targeting the development of better teaching methods for engaging students in the applications of electromagnetic theory. This research has been culminated in the development of a laboratory component for the undergraduate engineering electromag- netics course at Penn State. The laboratory activities were designed to give students as many chances as possible to gain hands-on experience with real-life tools, measurement devices and analysis techniques.Dr. Julio Urbina, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park JULIO V. URBINA, Ph.D is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Com- puter Science at
Engineering and Chair of the Electrical Engineering Program. Prior to this appointment, he held several research and development positions in industry. From 1991 to 2002, he was a Staff Engineer with Tellabs, Naperville, IL. Additionally, in 1991, he was with AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories, Naperville; from 1988 to 1991, he was with R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Lisle, IL; and from 1985 to 1986, he was with Zenith Electronics, Glenview, IL. His interests include adaptive filtering, speech enhancement, wireless and wireline communications, and engineering education. Dr. Dunne is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu and the ASEE. c American Society for Engineering
supplements an individual course lecture series withhands-on laboratory exercises. These laboratory exercises tend to deal solely with the materialbeing addressed in the lectures for the particular course. Consequently, not only are theselaboratories limited to one Civil Engineering sub-discipline but also limited to the material beingtaught in the specific course. The Civil Engineering Department at our Institute developed andimplemented a Design Studio Lab (DSL) for use in the 2014-2015 school year. This experientialstudio linked several of the Civil Engineering sub-disciplines in a series of two-two hourstudios/labs and one lecture per week (three credits). Four Civil Engineering sub-disciplinesparticipated in this experiential studio with the
Paper ID #16881Effective Utilization of the Analog Discovery Board Across Upper-DivisionElectrical Engineering CoursesDr. Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering Steven S. Holland (M ’13) was born in Chicago, IL, in 1984. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), Milwaukee, WI, in 2006, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in 2008 and 2011 respectively. From 2006 to 2011, he was a Research Assistant working in the Antennas and Propagation Laboratory (APLab), Department of
nanophotonics and nanomedicine, including discoveries of a plasmon explosion of nanoparticles, new dynamics modes in selective nanopho- totherapy, RF and X-ray optics of nanoparticles. A well-respected international researcher, Letfullin has authored 150 articles and conference proceedings, including 12 book chapters in 10 different books. His work has garnered many grants and awards includ- ing 4 patents in laser technology and optical engineering. He has led the development of several new research laboratories for research on biophotonics and nanomedicine, created innovative teaching tools including online video courses and webinars, and supervised numerous masters and doctoral students. For his achievements in optics
second floor of the Business Center toaccommodate the faculty and program secretary offices. All laboratory classes are taught in thefollowing rooms, all located in the first floor: BC108, 115, 117, 121, 125. EGT also uses someconventional class-rooms on as-needed basis. The Business Center Building floor plan (first floor), aswell as its location in the campus is depicted in Figure 6 and Figure 7. Student learning opportunitiesassociated with the facilities mentioned above are: Material testing (tension, compression). Material Platting. Materials hardening Rockwell hardness testers. Material processing using Milling and Turning Machines CNC programming using multiple CNC machines Materials fabrications
analytical and theoretical background in these areas, she has also significant experience in laboratory Page 23.161.1 testing and instrumentation of resilient modulus and unsaturated soil characterization. Her contributions to pavement design has allowed for practical implementation of novel and complex approaches to fluid flow theory on unsaturated porous materials. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013An Engineering and Educational Technology Team Approach to IntroducingNew Unsaturated Soils Mechanics Material into Introductory Undergraduate Geotechnical
of appropriate technologies from an engineering device dissectionlaboratory in order to enhance achievement of course and student learning objectives infour courses with substantial technical content: Spanish: Language, Technology, and Culture (CHASS) (Fall, 2004) Design Studio (Design) (Fall, 20054) Communication Technologies (Education)(Spring 2005) Computer Technologies (Education)(Spring 2005) The overarching objective of the collaboration is to demonstrate the utility of ashared, central campus engineering laboratory as an enhancing and enriching agent fornon-engineering courses with appreciable technical themes or components. The particular technologies available for our collaboration were
systems. The positions of each of the degrees of freedom are acquiredusing optical linear encoders and a National Instruments data acquisition board using aLabVIEW interface. The experiment uses the theoretical values that are calculated during thepre-laboratory section for comparison purposes. The uncertainty behind the measurementsystem is analyzed. Plots of input force vs. output amplitudes and phases are generated for thevarious operating frequencies of the system. These results are finally compared to thepredicted results and conclusions are drawn. A sample laboratory handout is presented. Page 9.927.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American
within the context of the fundamental skills of thediscipline. To this end, we are developing curricular and experimental modules from selectedunit operations common in the microelectronics industry, and are integrating these into theclassroom and the laboratory. Unit operations include: plasma etching, spin coating, chemicalvapor deposition, electrodeposition and chemical mechanical planarization. The curricularmodules are intended to reinforce core ChE fundamentals with examples from microelectronicsprocessing. The lab modules provide students with hands-on learning in this area as well asmore open-ended problem solving experiences. The incorporation of these microelectronics unitoperations into core engineering science classes, into senior
Fontalvo Page 25.1403.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 CHEM E Sustainable Energy Demos, Workshops, Town Hall Meetings and Other Stakeholder Engagement: Working the Pipeline José A. Colucci-Ríos, Miriam Fontalvo, Efraín O’Neill-Carrillo University of Puerto Rico-MayagüezAbstract – A Sustainable Energy Laboratory in the Chemical Engineering Department has beeninstrumental in the effective incorporation of sustainability into chemical education targetingaudiences (hundreds per year) from the whole spectrum: K
of two learning spaces more conducive to cooperative learning. Those spacesare: Page 6.814.3Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2001, American Society for Engineering Education• A general cooperative learning studio that is designed for 36 students - including an instructor computer station with projection and 40 laptops running on a wireless network. The studio allows flexible instructional activities including traditional lectures, computer laboratory instruction and team-based active learning.• A computer networking and systems studio that has double
Engineering Education, Cross-Cultural Collaboration, Engineering DesignThinking, Global Context, UAEAbstract:Engineers have the ability and responsibility to design and develop solutions that can improvepeople's lives, solve pressing problems, and make the world a better place. Real-world challengesare becoming increasingly complex and global, and engineering projects often requirecollaboration between people from different cultures.Global engineering is a general engineering course required by all engineering students. Thecourse focuses on designing and developing engineering solutions to real-world problems in aglobal context. In spring 2024, the course was offered in an innovative way, with a lecture-basedpart and a hands-on laboratory part. The
perceived by students as reinforcing rather than redundant. Examplesof such experiences include field trips, hands-on laboratory exercises, modeling, technicaldesigns, experimental designs, independent laboratory research projects, and research papers.This paper links the U.S. Military Academy Environmental Engineering curriculum, ABEToutcomes a-k, and ABET Environmental Engineering Program Criteria to selected noteworthyexperiences. Assessment results are presented, which attempt to evaluate the effectiveness ofsignificant experiences. The drawbacks associated with omission of several desired experiencesfrom the curriculum are also addressed.Introduction Besides providing a discipline-specific undergraduate education, the United
opportunities that cannot be taught in a class or laboratory. Cost andspace issues can be addressed by the current trend in engineering for miniaturization and micro-scale systems, systems that can be readily designed and prototyped by students.This paper discusses the development and implementation and educational outcome assessmentof two student projects using micro fluidic devices, involving a number of junior and seniorundergraduate students at our engineering technology program. The goal of the design projects isto explore and enhance students understanding of the fundamental engineering principles, andhands-on demonstration of system prototyping. Here we report two micro-fluidic projects whichexplore the principles of heat transfer as well as
, based on the concept of digital twins,to create an identical model of the physical object, which can communicate wirelessly.Findings from a comprehensive analysis of multiple studies suggest that the integration of digitaltwins has the potential to significantly enhance learning motivation and retention in engineeringeducation. Notably, leveraging strategies such as game-centered learning, personalized learning,and virtual prototyping can effectively promote these outcomes. Of particular significance is theobservation that digital twins can diversify the range of laboratory options within engineeringclasses without entailing additional equipment costs. Consequently, this expansion of resourcesmitigates barriers for students, providing them with
wireless connections to machines; (LO3) identifyingproper sensors for measurement of desired data; (LO4) implementing data analytics and machinelearning tools for extraction of desired information; and (LO5) demonstrating personal andprofessional development in communication and management in the context of smartmanufacturing. The course was coupled with laboratory reports, written reports, and oralpresentations to achieve these objectives and capture evidence of students' learning and skillsdevelopment.Of particular relevance for this course was the integration of ELT principles to coordinate andorchestrate the laboratory assignments that built the necessary skills and practices so studentswould successfully complete their semester-long projects
modeling instructional pedagogy and system thinking. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Embedding Sustainable Design into a Sophomore Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory: Use of Materials Selection, Screening and Life Cycle Analysis.Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gainesville, FL 32611Abstract: This paper explores the use of materials selection, screening, and Life Cycle Analysis(LCA) processes as part of a sophomore laboratory course at a large R1 university within thedepartment of materials science. This laboratory course is focused on design engineering
Circuits CourseAbstract As engineering instructors, we continue to review and test novel pedagogical ideas thatcan better engage engineers in learning the challenging fundamentals of our very often rigorousengineering curricula. This paper explores one significant change to the laboratories of ourfundamental circuits course (ECEG 210) at Bucknell University. After students completed manycore laboratories during the first half of the semester, we challenged student teams to considernew applications of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology to provide reliable electricity to variouselectrical end-uses at the residential level (off-grid). The students derived with many creativeapplications and developed and tested minimum viable product (MVP
experience in an effortto improve university recruiting and retention. Within the College of Engineering and AppliedSciences, the goal is to focus the Honors experience on undergraduate research with an aim ofbroadening research opportunities and competitiveness of student applications for summerresearch programs, NSF REUs, internal/external research funding applications, participation inundergraduate research conferences, and preparing the students for graduate school. Historically,many students (inside and outside of the honors program) have received credit for completingundergraduate research, but this is often a “stand-alone” course with no additional preparation andill-defined outcomes. While this approach may provide a laboratory experience
the parallel REU program will foster a community withinthe program that will lead to increased confidence in STEM research among the REU students. Itwas also hypothesized that experiences in laboratory and professional environments wouldstrengthen the desire of the REM students to transfer to the University of Arkansas and pursueSTEM careers. Finally, the program will also increase the visibility of the Membrane ScienceEngineering and Technology (MAST) Center (a National Science Foundation Industry andUniversity Cooperative Research Center) and careers in science and engineering amongundergraduate students at NWACC and the Northwest Arkansas region. MethodsThe program was structured such that the program managers consisted of two faculty
Paper ID #34049Global Impact of Experiment-centric Pedagogy and Home-based, Hands-onLearning Workshop at a Historically Black UniversityDr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University Dr. Oludare Owolabi, a professional engineer in Maryland, joined the Morgan State University fac- ulty in 2010. He is the assistant director of the Center for Advanced Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engineering. His