Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #24888Lessons Learned from Remote Access 3-D Printing Machine for Manufactur-ing EducationDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Nicole Elfer, Tulane University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

enrolled students from 16 different states and 2different countries, allowing for a mixture of cultural and education levels. Each course is aperiod of 2-3 weeks where the students attend lessons Monday-Friday. Students have the optionof enrolling in multiple courses as scheduling of the courses permits. Each course costs $1,250which pays for the instructor’s time, laboratory supplies, teaching assistants, and a fee to theprograms maintenance and support.The 2016 summer program has a total of 8 courses being offered with a maximum enrollment of16-20 students depending on the course: • CENG 1015: Princples of Chemical Engineering with Lab • CMPS 1005: Python Programming: Introduction to Computer Science • EBIO 1231: Exploring Animal Behavior

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suranjan Panigrahi, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

image processing” book starts with the assumption that the reader hasaccess to an image. It generally does not cover on how to select/develop an imageacquisition system for a given application. This gap was addressed in this course.In summary, this designed course designed was to cover the four key segments ofcomputer vision systems, i.e. a) image acquisition, b) image processing, c) imageanalysis, and d) image understanding (pattern recognition). Table 1 illustrates thefour learning objectives of the course and their associated Bloom’s taxonomy. Toachieve these learning objectives, active teaching and learning techniques alongwith modified conventional lectures and hands-on laboratory activities were used.In addition to the assignments, and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William G. Rosenblatt, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University; Cole C. McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Architectural Engineering at the California Polytech- nic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems including laboratory courses.Dr. Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Graham Archer, P.Eng., is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems.Dr. Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Cole McDaniel, P.E., is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Gordon, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

instruction and twohours of laboratory per week. This paper presents the design of the course, including anassessment-based approach for selection and rotation of supplemental instruction work groups,explores results of the pre- and post-assessments for two semesters of Engineering Physics I, andpresents implications for this course as well as for interfaces with subsequent courses inengineering curricula.IntroductionEngineering programs in the School of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsvillerequire two semesters of University Physics, a calculus-based sequence with associated labs.These courses are taught in the Department of Physics and require a pre-requisite of Calculus Iwith a grade of C or better and a co-requisite of Calculus

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

been instrumental in acquiring, through various grants, computers, and software for the physics laboratory at FVSU. Some of his funded grant proposals are as follows: 1) Establishing a Nuclear Science and Engineering Minor at Fort Valley State University 2) Establishing an Undergraduate STEM Teaching and Research Laboratory at FVSU 3)Establishing an Interdisciplinary Bioinformatics Laboratory at Fort Valley State University 3) Computer-based Instrumentation Laboratory for Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Programs at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Fort Valley State University. 4) Developing an Undergraduate Minor in Computer-based Mea- surement and Instrumentation at Fort Valley State

Conference Session

Issues in Mechanical Engineering Technology II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Students learned aerodynamicsconcepts in the course and how it affects wind turbine energy extraction. In labs, thestudents subsequently mount a 3D printed wind turbine blade in a wind tunnel to evaluateits aerodynamic effectiveness.Wind tunnel instrumentation and 3D printer augmented fluid dynamics instruction andlabs were examined. It was hypothesized the technology could be used to rapidlygenerate designs of energy extraction components in laboratory-based fluid dynamics andaerodynamics education. As a result, in addition to ensuring that learning was at least aseffective, the instructional process would be more efficient, than the non-augmentedinstruction. This paper presents the results of student performance and comparisons of theaugmented

Conference Session

Instructional technologies - Simulations, VR, Remote Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #29830Remotely Accessible 3D Printer for Teaching CNC Programming: LessonsLearnedDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M

Conference Session

Electrical Technology Projects and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Ayush Bhardwaj, Savannah State University; Crystal Reeves, Savannah State University; William Lehman, St. Mary School; Sylvester Chukwukere, Savannah State University; Shinemin Lin, Savannah State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

called a lecture-and-labenvironment. This environment traditionally uses lectures on subject matter and is supplementedby laboratory experience. If the laboratory experiments are not generating the expected results,very often the whole experiment needs to be repeated. The unexpected results could be due tofaulty components, incorrect design specifications, or improper connections. Nonetheless,implementing a circuit in the lab with undesired output might be time consuming. However,having an electronics simulator will enable the students as well as the instructor to analyze theperformance of a circuit prior to implementing the actual hardware components.This paper investigates design, simulation and implementation of a decade counter using

Conference Session

Diversity and K-12 Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Thomas Brackman, Northern Kentucky University; C. Dale Elifrits, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

its efficiency in terms of theprogram’s educational contents, its target audiences, and its outreach impacts.IntroductionInterest is growing in the reorientation of educational programs to make them moreoutcome-based and results-oriented [1-4]. Outreach programs, as parts of recruitmentefforts of educational institutions, are especially appropriate for outcome assessment. Theresults of such assessment allow evaluation of the accomplishment of the objectives andprovide for fine tuning of outreach activities leading to the improvement of the quality ofthe educational programs.Assessment tools used to evaluate the accomplishment of the outcomes of conventionaleducational programs that include class and laboratory activities may not be

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

quarter of AY 2006-7 to a 4-quarter credithour upper-division technical elective course on Micro- and Nano- Characterization of MaterialSurfaces. The course was first offered in the Spring quarter of AY 2005-6, and has 3 hours/weekof lectures and a 2 hours/week laboratory segment. The course is now a part of a concentrationprogram in Nanotechnology and MEMS being developed under a department-level reform grantfrom the National Science Foundation to the department of microelectronic engineering. Toaccommodate brief reviews of differential equations and materials science concepts, the coursenow covers only two families of experimental techniques: x-ray diffraction and scanning probemicroscopy. At the end of each of the eight experiments, each

Conference Session

Creating 'Materials' Awareness

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

AC 2007-2288: EXPOSING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE ROLE OFENGINEERING AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IN DEVELOPINGALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCESGukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University Gukan Rajaram is a Post-doctoral research scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University. His research is in the area of electrode and electrolyte synthesis and characterization for solid oxide fuel cells. He also teaches senior level mechanical engineering laboratory and actively involved in K-12 outreach activities.Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University Devdas M. Pai is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Vernal Alford, North Carolina A&T State University; Elaine Vinson, North Carolina A&T State University; Venetia Fisher, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

: engineeringprofessors who serve as directors that oversee the programs agenda; otherengineering faculty who teach some engineering courses; Guilford Countyteachers, who served as instructors for the mathematics and science; one (1) highschool counselor who facilitates the career explorations and invites otherprofessionals as guest speakers; technicians who conduct the laboratory sessions;six (6) engineering undergraduate students who served as student teachers andmentors; and one (1) engineering undergraduate who serves as the photographerand mentor. The funds for the director come from the College of Engineeringoutreach and specific sessions such as the CAMSS nanotechnology programis funded by the specific research center. Once the Guilford

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qingli Dai, Michigan Technological University; Zhanping You, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

numericalproblems and generate charts and graphs using MATLAB. This course is designed to givestudents opportunities for hands-on practice through the lab work and project studies. The authoralso instructed senior students to use MATLAB for experimental data analysis in course MEEN4131 (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory). In this paper, these successful teaching experiencesare summarized and some additional suggestion is also addressed.IntroductionMATLAB has been largely used in many engineering schools, because it provides a friendlyinteractive system that incorporates numeric computation, symbolic computation, and scientificvisualization [1-2, 4-10]. Authors taught a sophomore course to help the students apply theMALAB tool for engineering problem

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Frederic Sansoz, University of Vermont; Donna Rizzo, University of Vermont; Adel Sadek, University of Vermont

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

configuring system and displaying data.Mechanical Engineering Laboratory This laboratory course is a requirement of ourmechanical engineering juniors and has an annualenrollment of ~40 students. Wireless sensors are beingutilized to study the deformation of beams and their modesof vibration. To illustrate the use, Fig. 5 shows an Vertical beamsexperiment in which the response of a small structure to Excitation motorvibration is being analyzed. A small electric motor with aneccentric drive induces vibration into the structure. The Strain gageflexible vertical beams will exhibit different modes ofvibration depending on the motors

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Hallacher

laboratories that are advancingunderstanding of this new field of science and engineering. The Pennsylvania NMT (Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology) partnershipwas established in 1998 as a state government response to the nanotechnology workforceand research needs of industry. Its guiding principle, since its inception has been thesharing of the Penn State Nanofabrication Facility, a NSF National NanofabricationUsers Network (NNUN) site, with educational institutions across Pennsylvania. TheNMT Partnership has grown into a unique team effort involving over 30 institutions ofhigher education, secondary schools including vocational-technical schools, and privateindustry. The NMT Partnership has firmly established Pennsylvania as the

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori Cirucci; Joseph Santoro; John Coulter; Herman Nied; David Angstadt; Charles Smith

, material deformation processes,molding processes, and joining. A large range of material types is discussed including metals,polymers, composites, glasses, and ceramics. In addition, other critical areas such asmeasurement and inspection, quality control, product quality optimization, production systems,and manufacturing economics are explored. The lectures are provided to the students in anelectronic format that enables significant student discussion and active participation in theclassroom, as opposed to note taking. Short in-class quizzes are routinely given during lecture toensure that students are keeping up with the subject matter.The classroom learning is augmented by hands-on laboratory experiences that students completeeach week during

Conference Session

Evaluation of Teaching Methods for Mechanics Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

tool in its ability to determine the principalstresses and the associated principal directions. The features of proportional and non-proportional loadings have been exemplified in this paper by studying the stresses in a shaftunder combined bending and torsion using Mohr’s circle.INTRODUCTIONThis study constitutes a laboratory component of the Mechanics of Materials courses taught toengineering students at the sophomore or junior levels. It is important that the students learn howthe external loads combine to produce stresses in a critical location of a structure or acomponent. This is fundamental to the understanding of the response of a structural componentto a combined system of loads that result in normal and shear stresses. Mohr’s circle

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John Mativo, The University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

within a senior level manufacturingengineering elective, ENGR 4801 – Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering. Otherengineering majors and forensics minors can also take this course as a technical elective with theapproval of their academic advisors. The ENGR 4801 is a 3 credit course, with two 50 minutelecture and one 2 and ½ hour laboratory time weekly. It is also offered as a graduate elective forthe MS in Engineering Management program.Literature ReviewA literature review conducted by the authors indicated the various ways reverse engineeringmethodology and its tools utilized in engineering education. Following is a brief summary of theliterature review. Goss presented a non-educational project where he used the CADKEYgeometry generation

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Easton; John Stratton

mode was significant. The moresuccessful the program became, the more pressure there was to add additional courses, and themore it cost to run the program. The cost per student taking a course via the distance mode wassignificantly greater than the cost for a student sitting in a classroom taking the same course.More students, but at greater cost, doesn’t necessarily improve the balance sheet. Luckily thesolution was just around the corner, for the nation was moving rapidly toward a “wired”economy based on the spectacular advances in the field of microelectronics. The computer agewas dawning. There will be more about that later.Where’s The Lab?Engineering Technology prides itself on the emphasis placed on laboratory experiences.Through the

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kellen Maicher; Patrick Connolly

inthe current user interface and navigation components.The interactive drawing and response tool portion of the tutorial was presented separately toapproximately eighty students in an introductory engineering graphics course at PurdueUniversity. These students had some basic experience with multiview drawing and had completedseveral simple problems of this nature in course laboratory exercises. The students were asked tocomplete ten problems in the interactive drawing and response module and were asked tocomplete a short survey regarding the interactive tool. From these responses, the followingoverall opinions were noted: • The students consistently found the tool to be easy to use. • The error messages were not clear or were somewhat

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

Graham Bell patented the “photophone”, an opticaltelephone system. Although telephone traffic was carried primarily by wire through most of thetwentieth century, investigation of optical communication continued. By 1960 optical fibers werebeing used in medical imaging, but their attenuation was much too high for long distancecommunication. Around 1970, however, researchers at Corning developed optical fiber withattenuation of less than 20 dB/km and Bell Laboratories demonstrated a point-to-point fiber optictelecommunication system in 1975. Thanks to further improvements of optical fiber as well as inlaser diodes and photodiodes, the performance of fiber optic telecommunication systems hascontinued to improve. Currently available optical fibers

Conference Session

Real World Applications

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark French

outside speaker – an engineer from a racing team – discussed his duties andresponsibilities on an actual team, both in preparation for and during a race. He brieflytouched on tire pressure, recording, adjusting wing angles, ambient conditions and theireffects on the car.12. Develop an understanding of the role of the “factory” in the manufacture of the engine, chassis, tires, etc.No activity in initial course offering. We are seeking a guest lecturer for the next courseoffering.Dynamics ModuleIt is not possible to present details on from all the modules in this paper, so we will usethe vehicle dynamics module and the engine module, as representative examples.Approximately three weeks of lecture and four weeks in the laboratory were devoted

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Narciso Macia

programming. This feature makes it veryattractive since our control classes and laboratories are populated by students from mechanical,manufacturing and electronic backgrounds. In addition, this particular PLC has built-in dataacquisition capabilities, making it ideal for comparing theoretical responses (obtained bysimulating a SIMULINK-based model) with that of the actual hardware. Further, PLCs areextremely common in industrial and manufacturing environments, and the student’s familiaritywith them can serve as an added bonus in seeking employment. This paper presents themodeling, parameter estimation, and simulation procedures. The setup can also be easilymodified so that it is controlled by other types of controllers (microcontroller-based, PC

Conference Session

Innovation in Continuing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Cala; Jaymin Patel; Ganesh Kudav; Burke Davis

courses, to sophomore laboratories, to junior co-operativeeducation experiences, to the capstone experience in the senior year. Therefore, this center has catalyzed the collaboration of multiple participants withinterests in a variety of curricular features. Innovations are proposed in the form of new ordifferent content, new delivery methods, and expanded points of delivery. This center is alsohelping to redefine interactions with institutional entities such as the Office of Grants andSponsored Programs, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, the UniversityAssessment Council, and the Office of Professional Practice. This center will createdopportunities to streamline the undergraduate curriculum and share resources more

Conference Session

Trends in BAE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chenming Zhang

Unit Operations for Bioprocess Engineers Chenming (Mike) Zhang Department of Biological Systems Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061Abstract Unit Operations in Biological Systems Engineering was introduced into thecurriculum at Virginia Tech in 2000. It is a lecture and laboratory combined course. Thelectures and experiments covered in the course had a narrow focus before the author tookover in 2002. To broaden the education for students selecting the BioprocessEngineering option within the curriculum, the author has revised the content of the courseto give the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sluss

, the study of telecommunications systems is today recognized as an academicdiscipline in its own right. The University of Oklahoma (OU) - Tulsa is one of a select few thatoffers a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Systems under the aegis of the Schoolof Electrical and Computer Engineering. The degree has been designed with a common set ofcore courses: Telecommunications Industry Overview, Telecommunications Technology,Network Design and Management, Telecommunications Laboratory, and Professional Project.In addition, students may choose technical electives from among electrical and computerengineering, computer science, mathematics, and telecommunications systems courses. Studentsmay also choose up to six credit hours of approved

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Joseph Hoffman; Gary Pertmer; Chandra Thamire

equations course), 12 credit hours of physics courses with a lab component, and7 to 8 credit -hours of chemistry. The chemistry requirement is flexible and varies dependingupon the chemistry background of the student. All students must take Chemistry I, which has alab component, for gaining the associated experimental skills. Students then may take the secondcourse in the sequence with or without the lab component. The latter option is for those, who areinterested in acquiring more laboratory skills. Further, as the courses with lab component areoffered every semester as opposed to the limited offering of the course without the labcomponent, several students prefer the latter sequence.Several courses in the major also contain the basic-sciences

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

N. M. Ravindra; Jr., Anthony Culpepper; Henry McCloud; Howard Kimmel

school year studying in state-of- the-art science,mathematics, computer laboratories and smart classrooms. The program goal is toenhance the participants' academic ability and interest in technology by providinghands-on opportunities to work on research projects with university faculty andmentors. We will also examine the influence of incorporation of Technology on bridging theDigital Divide and Computer Equity for groups under-represented in science,technology, engineering and mathematics. A review of the effects of technology on ourparticipants in their educational attainment at the secondary and post-secondary levelsis presented.2. Introduction The Center for Pre-College Programs at the New Jersey Institute of Technologyhouses an Upward

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

University of Hartford in 1999 byadding a community sponsored environmental engineering research project. Semester longgroup projects on a relevant environmental topic typically include fieldwork, sample analysis,design and construction of laboratory bench scale tests, computer modeling, oral presentation,and written report. An important aspect of these studies is for the students to meet the sponsor sothat they clearly understand how their results will benefit the community. This helps to reinforcethe student’s appreciation for the importance of a life-long commitment to civic responsibility.Assessment tools used in evaluating service learning have been student surveys, informalfeedback from project sponsors, and acceptance of abstracts at