Conference Session

Robotics and Automation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

CourseAbstractWith an increasing emphasis on student learning outcomes and assessment, educators constantlyseek ways to effectively integrate theory and hands-on practices in inventive course designmethodologies. Critics of engineering education argue that educational programs focus too muchon the transmittal of information through static lecture-discussion formats and routine use ofoutdated laboratory exercises. On the other hand, that active learning, learning that involveshands-on experience, significantly improves student comprehension and proficiency. It is clearthat understanding and retention are greatly enhanced when students engage in active learning.While theoretical knowledge remains a fundamental component of any comprehension process,the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres L. Carrano, Auburn University; Wendy A. Dannels, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID); Matthew M. Marshall, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2002. He is director of the Human Performance Laboratory at RIT and his research interests include the biomechanics of sign language interpreting and the ergonomic design of consumer products. Page 24.786.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integration of experiential learning to develop problem solving skills in deaf and hard of hearing STEM students AbstractA

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationfirst day of the fall semester, as an eager group of students watch their instructors removerandom objects from a box and call the class to order…The Semester BeginsOn the first day of materials science class, students in the Paul Revere: Tough as Nails courseblock were given a challenge. They were asked to form three-person teams; select a commonconsumer product; design laboratory experiments to analyze technical aspects of materials usedin the product; explore the cultural, environmental and political values embedded in the product;identify an approximate “ancient

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karel Stryczek; Bryan Griffen; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

temperature rise time and overshoot, and the steady-state disturbancerejection capabilities of each strategy.The test results showed that the MPC strategies controlled the sugar cooking process better thanthe traditional PID control method in regards to the target parameters. The tests also showed thatthe PLC-based MPC strategy was comparable to the PC-based commercial MPC applications.This strategy has several benefits such as requiring no external hardware, software, andcommunications protocols, which may result in a less expensive implementation than thecommercial MPC strategies. This is of particular interest for implementation in an educationalsetting due to the lower cost, use of standard laboratory equipment, and relevance to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

fashion, Bissey and Wipplinger [3] have devised physical models that can be used toteach structural analysis to architectural engineers.Examples also exist in other areas. Fiegel and DeNatale [8] have created physical models that helpteach basic geotechnical engineering concepts. Penumadu [11] has a trixial test set-up that letsstudents conduct experiments that demonstrate an engineering principle or to determine materialcharacteristics. Brizendine [4] has a computer-controlled data acquisition laboratory where civilengineering technology students can learn how to acquire and process of geotechnical data.Then there are hands-on experiences that use mathematical models to teach civil engineeringconcepts. Barton and Wallace [2] use MATLAB to help

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Pavlic; Prabal Dutta; Michael Hoffmann; Jeffrey Radigan; James Beams; Erik Justen; John Demel; Richard Freuler

courses for first-year engineering fundamentals to a framework that involves two coursesequences with tightly coupled courses. Engineering orientation, engineering graphics, andengineering problem solving with computer programming are now offered in each of two coursesequences,1 one called the Fundamentals of Engineering and the other the Fundamentals ofEngineering for Honors. These course sequences retain part of the traditional material but nowinclude hands-on laboratory experiences that lead to design/build projects.2 Teamwork, projectmanagement, report writing, and oral presentations have assumed important roles in bothsequences. This paper describes the administrative and teaching experiences with a design/buildproject course in the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay Joshi; Richard Wysk; D.J. Medeiros; Amine Lehtihet; Timothy Simpson

CAD/CAM,rapid prototyping, electronic assembly, and the Facility for Advanced Manufacturing Education(FAME). Together, these laboratories offer a broad range of manufacturing capability, whichallows the students significant flexibility in product design. IE students on the teams will havealready completed a laboratory course in the FAME lab during which they learn basic safetyprinciples and operation of some of the equipment. Course faculty and department technicalstaff work with the student groups to develop their skills with other laboratory equipment asneeded. Once they have demonstrated a reasonable level of proficiency, the students are allowed

Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

0 23 3 1quarter3rd 9 3 3 0 0 0quarterQuantity of InstructionOf the sixty institutions reporting, fifty-five indicated they offered a single course in KRD. Theremaining 5 offered two courses. Of those institutions, 3 were on the quarter system. Those 60institutions reported 3.7 h/wk total devoted to the course, broken up into an average 2.9 h/wk onlecture, 0.6 h on problem solving, and 0.2 h/wk on experimental laboratory. When only thoseprograms reporting course specific laboratory activities are counted, an average of 2.2 h/wk isspent in laboratory.In 1971, 3.06 h/wk of lecture and problem laboratory were reported, with 0.40 h

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Williams; James Hedrick

the mini-courses; (4) two local high school science teachers, who livein the dormitory with the students, assist with teaching in the laboratory, and accompany studentson field trips; and (5) five student counselors (including one administrative counselor) who contactstudents prior to their arrival, oversee evening and weekend recreational activities, and, like theteachers, live with the students and assist them with their classwork. The latter are selected fromour undergraduate science and pre-health students on the basis of applications, interviews, andletters of recommendation from college faculty. We schedule monthly meetings prior to theworkshop, frequent informal meetings as needed during the workshop, and a debriefing

Conference Session

Perspectives in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oerther

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

engineering collaboration have been proposed [18, 19].Previously, we reported on educational innovations to teach students of engineering aboutdevices with biomedical applications [20, 21, 22]. These teaching efforts included thedevelopment of devices in the laboratory [23], the deployment of these devices to the field (inthis case, the community environment) [24], and the ongoing improvement of devices to promotehuman health [25]. These efforts incorporated high school teachers as well as historicallyunderrepresented student populations to learn about and become involved in device development[26]. These prior efforts targeted long-standing problems of sustainable development includingsecure access to safe supplies of food and water [27, 28, 29, 30

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 4: Innovation in Engineering Education Methods

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Maria Muller-Karger, Florida International University; Luis U. Medina Uzcategui, Universidad Austral de Chile

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

, and UniversidadAustral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile, named as Institution 2. In each institution, students enrolled inMechanical Vibrations courses were tasked with conducting the virtual laboratory experiment aspart of their assignment. At Institution 1, 33 students participated, while 47 students participatedat Institution 2.The present paper is structured as follows. Firstly, the paper explores the educational advantagesof introducing virtual labs in engineering major classrooms. Secondly, the VRK Project isintroduced, please note that a previous publication describes the tool extensively [1], thereforeonly a brief overview will be provided in this document. Following this, a rotor balancingexperiment is demonstrated using a single-plane

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

seven year review and assessment of Lawrence Technological University’s Alternative Energy Engineering Program initially funded through grants from the State of MichiganAbstractLawrence Technological University applied for and received two funding grants from the Stateof Michigan in 2003 and 2004 to develop curriculum and to establish courses in the field ofAlternative Energy Engineering. Lawrence Tech in 2003 was one of five schools in Michigan toreceive these initial funds. This paper reviews the decision making process originally used toestablish the curriculum, the engineering courses developed through these grants, theestablishment of an Alternative Energy Engineering laboratory, and the subsequent evolution ofthe

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ani Ural, Villanova University; Joseph Robert Yost, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University; Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

. Lecture notesare posted on WebCT before class and students are required to come with paper copies of thelecture notes. Lectures are delivered interactively using PowerPoint during class. Meetings takeplace in a variety of locations including the home-base classroom, electrical engineeringlaboratory, and structural engineering teaching and research laboratory (SETRL). The classschedule and course overview as delivered in fall 2010 is provided in Fig. 3 Day Week Monday Wednesday (#) Location Lecture # T

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

meet the needs of general engineering students and not those ofmaterials scientists. The subject matter is presented in an order consistent with the "chain"pedagogy - that processing changes structure and structure determines properties. By presentingthe structure and processing fundamentals early in the course, we are able to spend the last halfof the term enabling students to make electrical, chemical and mechanical design decisions basedon experimental data. Doing so allowed us to fully incorporate polymers into the course, ratherthan as an "add-on". The course concepts are taught through a studio-based recitation whichincludes simple laboratory experiments and demonstrations, supplemented by lecture. AtVirginia Commonwealth University this

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Jiayue Shen; Daniel Jones; Kazi Imran; Xiang Wang; Weiru Chen; Lanju Mee

fundamental concepts of control systems and automation. Several studieshave shown the benefits of incorporating mechatronics into the MET curriculum. [1-3] .However, due to the complexity of mechatronic systems, students can struggle to grasp theconcepts through theoretical lectures and traditional laboratory experiments.The Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized the field of mechatronics by enablingconnectivity between various mechanical and electronic devices. The integration of IoT inmechatronics systems has led to enhanced automation and control, improved monitoring andmaintenance, and increased efficiency and productivity. The application of IoT in mechatronicshas become an active research area in recent years, with numerous studies

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Abramowitz, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Fall semester, which is the first semester for a typicalfreshman entering college directly from high school, will have two to three sections. Eachsection can handle 25 students, so for the Fall a maximum of 75 students can take the course.For the Spring semester, the course is scheduled for late afternoon or evening to accommodatestudents who work full time. One to two sections are usually on the schedule, so up to 50students can fulfill the requirement in the Spring.For many years, the laboratory projects were strictly mechanical in nature: a basswood bridgeand a mousetrap spring driven car. Since the projects were in a single discipline, the course wastaught by a single instructor for both the lectures and laboratories, with additional

Conference Session

Hands-On Projects and Demos

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Ryan A Koppes, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

industrial-scale system that operates based on theconcepts previously introduced. Design then allows for the broadest application of experientiallearning. This stage drives students to create an experiment answering a specific problem, or finda solution to a specific challenge dealing with fundamental properties; Design effectivelyincorporates inquiry, discovery, experimental methods, open-ended problem identification, andsolution. Overall, the 3-D approach integrates hands-on experiences with lecture learning,laboratory courses and in-class demonstrations/projects to give students the knowledge andexperience necessary to be strong problem solvers with a grasp on curiosity and the importance oflife-long learning.1-4At Northeastern, the two semesters

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

and textually on class-laboratory worksheetsincreases engagement with the content. In addition, ways of memorizing the content may beintroduced visually, along with strategies that aid the long-term recall process.Keywords:boardnotes, diagrams, networking, switching, routing, electronics, systems, visual learning,illustrations, notesIntroductionIn the ever-increasing data-centric environments we live and work in, understanding andexpressing ideas visually as well as verbally is part of a critical skillset. Providing students withstructured opportunities for class and laboratory activities to sharpen these skills will allow themto better navigate their way in the workforce.According to [1] experts notice patterns and features in information

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Devasia, University of Washington; Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Jae-Hyun Chung, University of Washington; Jiangyu Li, University of Washington; Amy Shen, University of Washington; Nathan Sniadecki, University of Washington; Junlan Wang, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

2002-2007. Amy Shen’s research program concerns complex fluids and the processing of these fascinating materials to create morphologies and structures that can find application in the nanotechnology, biotechnology, and energy related materials. Within this broad area, her laboratory takes advantage of the coupling of complex fluid microstructures with the spatial confinement that is possible by using microfluidic flow methods, to offer exquisite morphological control of soft materials.Nathan Sniadecki, University of WashingtonJunlan Wang, University of Washington Junlan Wang has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Washington since Dec. 2008. Before joining

Conference Session

Track 5: Technical Session 4: Fostering an Inclusive Community Among Electrical Engineering Students with Mixed-Reality Technologies at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Preeti De Maurya, New Mexico State University; Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University; Theoderic Thomas Platt, New Mexico State University; Cristina Miriam Esparza, New Mexico State University; REDWAN UL HAQ CHOYON, New Mexico State University; Bill Hamilton, New Mexico State University; Marshall Allen Taylor, New Mexico State University; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

. During this session, to orient participants’ design efforts, we brieflydiscussed the concept of MR [21] and six popularly used definitions of MR [6] to theparticipants.The designer-research team synthesized the results of sessions 1 and 2, specifically focusing onthe needs of ECE students for both social and academic activities that encourage collaboration,and created fictional scenarios for laboratory and social activities that required teamwork in bothFigure 3: Screenshot of participants using the prototype MR system. A virtual classroom wascreated in Gather.town based on the classroom in which session 3 took place. Both remote andin-person students’ presence is represented by virtual avatars.in-person and online settings (see Figure 3). The

Conference Session

Remote Pedagogy in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Paper ID #36669Remote Machine Vision Lab Design and Evaluation using AIbased Mobile RobotSheng-jen Hsieh (Professor) 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 manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuan Li, University of Florida; Peyton Turinetti, University of Florida; Sarah Furtney, University of Florida; Chelsey Simmons, University of Florida; Renee Simmons

nation that incorporate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). NGSS developedtheir standards based on A Science Framework for K-12 Science Education which emphasizesthe importance of integrating science and engineering practice, crosscutting concepts, anddisciplinary core ideas. We hope our program will provide K-5 educators with the tools andconfidence to create and publish curricula to TE to improve STEM education locally andnationally.MethodsIn the three previous offerings of our program, we followed a decentralized Scientist-TeacherPartnership (STP) model in which the individual teachers are embedded in research laboratories,paired with a graduate student scientist mentor, and participate as contributing members of theresearch group

Conference Session

ETD - STEM Issues in ET I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Kennesaw State University; Cyril Okhio, Clark Atlanta University

Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Virtual Problem-Based-Learning Instruction in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic – What Could Possibly Go Wrong & What Can One Do About It?AbstractEven under normal conditions, it can be challenging to utilize online or distance learningenvironments to offer technical degree programs such as Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE) or Electrical Engineering Technology (EET). These programs normally require hands-on-laboratory expositions (albeit in 2D) to help students grasp the complex concepts and to developtheir practical skills and competencies.The COVID-19 Pandemic has exposed teaching institutions and faculty in some of these

Collection

2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Eric Bogatin; Mona ElHelbawy

thecircuit elements’ values is an important way of thinking of all voltage sources.We observed that students in our upper division courses assumed that power supplies behaved likeideal voltage sources. They lacked conceptual understanding of why a real power supply mighthave a limited output current. Even though a power supply might have a specified current rating,students did not know where this came from or what it meant.The motivation behind this paper is to increase the undergraduate students’ understanding andretention of the Thevenin circuit model and its practical application through the introduction oflow-cost, simple, and remote laboratory experiments.We found that the implementation of the proposed experiments enhanced the

Conference Session

PCEE Session 3: Robotics and Design Competitions

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Jason McKenna, VEX Robotics; Lauren Harter, VEX Robotics

robot arm (shown in Figure 1a), changing the end-of-arm-tooling (EOAT),and adding multiple conveyors and sensors (shown in Figure 1b). This gives students experiencein not just building the robot arm itself, but the entirety of a small sized manufacturing workcellmodel. Figure 1a: The Lab 1 Build (the robotic arm), 1b: The Lab 11 Build (the robotic arm as well as the conveyors and sensors)The different builds are provided in Build Instructions that guide the user through step-by-stepbuilding (shown in Figure 2). This makes the barrier of entry low for those that may not have anyexperience building in general, building with metal, or using tools. Table 1 below summarizesthe 12 laboratories associated with VEX V5

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Michael Kim, Duke University; Charles Wallace; Margaret Wacera Gatongi

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

future of modern medical treatment. Advances in tissueengineering, computational protein design, and high-throughput bioanalyticaltechniques across academia and industry motivate the need to develop curriculathat provides opportunities for students to interact and design early in theirundergraduate careers. To meet this need, we created two new junior-level courses:Molecular Engineering (BME305L) and Cellular Engineering (BME306L) thatwere offered in the Fall and Spring of 2022, respectively. We have emphasizedstudent-centered experimental and laboratory practice as the backbone of thesecourses to prepare students for authentic research experiences in any industry.Molecular Engineering integrates computational and experimental learningoutcomes

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Chap, University of Washington; Marcos Jose Inonan Moran, University of Washington; Zhiyun Zhang, University of Washington; Pablo Orduna, LabsLand; Payman Arabshahi, University of Washington; Rania Hussein, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Computer Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research is centered on developing remote laboratories with a lens of equitable access to engineering education, and driven by his commitment to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM education. In addition to his research on remote laboratories, Marcos has expertise in digital communication theory, signal process- ing, radar technology, and firmware engineering. Additionally, he has extensive experience in teaching embedded systems and senior design courses.Zhiyun Zhang, University of Washington Zhiyun Zhang is an undergraduate research assistant in the Remote Hub Lab at the University of Wash- ington. He is a graduating senior and an

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breanna Michelle Weir Bailey, P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohammad Motaher Hossain; Larry Peel, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

), AISC (American Institute of SteelConstruction) and/or ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards are usedextensively for these purposes. However, the significance of standards may not be immediatelyapparent to students in a classroom or laboratory setting. Generally, in laboratory courses,students are asked to follow a given set of procedures without understanding the criteria ormethod by which the procedures were selected. Similarly, mechanical or structural designcourses emphasize code requirements without providing a comprehensive picture of thedevelopment of codes and the relationship to core mechanics of materials concepts. Thispresentation leads to students who can perform calculations without understanding why. Hence

Collection

ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

Authors

Oluwadamilola Ajayi, Penn State Harrisburg; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

combinesphysical instruments with real-time digital simulated model to create a test environment with real-time response to various faults on the power network. A three-bus model of a physical 50 kVAmicrogrid testbed is used as a test system featuring effective data communication between physicalautomation controller, overcurrent relay, and a real-time simulator. Coordination of relay tripsignals was achieved for various locations within the microgrid system network throughcommunication protocols linking the automation controller, relays and digital simulator. Throughthis hardware-in-the-loop automation and control setup, students were able to study importantconcepts of protection coordination in a safe laboratory environment and obtain performance