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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard R. Johnston

), and pay for all the materials.I. IntroductionAt Lawrence Tech we teach a senior elective course “Process Control” in which students learnhow to control various processes with a PLC using ladder logic. One of the biggest challengesof teaching the associated laboratory is getting the students to visualize the process they aretrying to simulate. This is complicated by the fact that the only inputs our simulator panelsmake available to the PLC are toggle switches, and the only output from the PLC consists oflamps. (There is one switch and lamp simulator per student group in the lab.) For example tosimulate filling a tank, a switch is chosen to represent the on / off selector, another switch ischosen to represent the low-level float switch, a

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; Stephanie Farrell

relatively few textbooks that are written usingan inductive approach; this makes implementation of the inductive method a challenge. Anotherchallenge is that students typically will not have a wide range of experience or intuition neededto begin the inductive process. A simple laboratory experiment or demonstration will providethe foundation (observations or data) from which the inductive process is initiated. We have integrated inductive learning into our coverage of heat transfer and masstransfer. In heat transfer, for example, simple heat exchanger design is the first topic addressedin the course. Discussion of the significance of the overall heat transfer coefficient provides ameaningful framework for introduction of topics such as

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P Hesketh; Kauser Jahan; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

Session 1526 8VLQJ 0HPEUDQH 3URFHVV ([SHULPHQWV LQ D 3URMHFW2ULHQWHG (QYLURQPHQW C. Stewart Slater (1), Kauser Jahan (2), Stephanie Farrell (1), Robert P. Hesketh (1), and Kevin D. Dahm (1) (1) Department of Chemical Engineering (2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 Abstract This paper describes a NSF-funded Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) project onmembrane process

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy C. Shelton

modify the manner in which the principles, concepts and ideas that affecttechnology transfer and competency building are expressed and conveyed. These institutions needto produce an environment in which location and distance are removed as learning inhibitors by areal-time, hands-on, learner-centered, virtual-reality, computer-driven, next generation distancelearning platform (NGDLP). In order to migrate to this environment, the capability forlearner-centered teaming must exist across all selected learner node sets, thereby producing thevirtual laboratory. Today’s learners are rapidly loosing interest in the bulk-packaged educationalextravaganza deals offered in the mass production lecture-centered teaching environment of thepast and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John D. Cremin

Session 2548Generating Low Cost Serial Waveforms For Global Positioning System (GPS) Applications John D. Cremin Parks College of Engineering and Aviation Saint Louis UniversityAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present a number of techniques for generating serial waveformsassociated with the Global positioning System (GPS) in a laboratory environment. The incentivefor this project was the need for simulating GPS data in a lab environment. The waveforms ofinterest are the output data signals provided by GPS receivers and used

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lyn Mowafy

-ROMcombination.The delivery system is being developed using commercially-available applications (e.g.,MacroMedia AuthorWare) and is available to subscriber institutions through the MATECInternet Home Page (http://matec.org). The system is designed to be accessible by any computerplatform using either a Netscape or Internet Explorer browser. Module "templates" containbackground information, lesson plans, and resource materials, including laboratory activities,student handouts, a performance assessment task and scoring guide. In addition, the templateprovides references, a glossary and hyperlinks to related Internet sites. The templates are created Page

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhuwei Qin, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; David Quintero, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Yiyi Wang, San Francisco State University; Jenna Wong P.E., San Francisco State University; Robert Petrulis

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Paper ID #42760Engaging Community College Students in Artificial Intelligence Researchthrough an NSF-Funded Summer Research Internship ProgramDr. Zhuwei Qin, San Francisco State University Dr. Zhuwei Qin is currently an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). His research interests are in the broad area of deep learning acceleration, interpretable deep learning, and edge computing. Dr. Qin serves as the director of the Mobile and Intelligent Computing Laboratory (MIC Lab) at SFSU. Dr. Qin’s research endeavors are dedicated to addressing the inherent challenges related

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon M. Jeter; Jeffrey A. Donnell

Session 1566 Classification of the Written Reports Used in Experimental Engineering Sheldon M. Jeter and Jeffrey A. Donnell Georgia Institute of TechnologyINTRODUCTION Laboratory instructors strive continuously to improve the writing of undergraduate labreports, and success requires a communal effort by several instructors and many students. Toallow coordinated instruction, the faculty must define the learning objectives and agree on acommon instructional strategy. Students can then be guided in a consistent fashion towardproficient technical

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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Mechanical Engineering

problems4.3. Lab work structure One of the components that integrates the Mechanics I course that needed deep reformwas the laboratory, mainly concerning lab classes. Former written protocols were abandoned. These were produced by the instructor whogave a rigid orientation, leaving no room for students’ creativity. Quite often students did notprepare their work properly and were passively following protocols. Although being 1st yearstudents with little lab experience, the new learning-teaching paradigm clearly pointed inanother direction. A new challenge was being proposed to the students. They would have to Page 15.237.7create and implement

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Manufacturing Processes Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Jeffrey Butler, United States Military Academy

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Manufacturing

equipment are introduced briefly in a hands-on laboratory setting, and then thecourse moves to five two-hour sessions devoted to a safe, hands-on experience working in amachine shop. Students have an opportunity to work with machines such as mills, lathes,grinders, belt sanders, drill presses, bandsaws, and a laser cutter in preparation for their finalproject. (This five-session machiningportion of the course is the focus ofthis paper.) The course culminateswith a team-based project thatrequires students to design andconstruct a water turbine using thetechniques, tools, machines, andequipment that were developed andtaught throughout the course. Theteams then compete during the finallesson of the course to see whichteam can lift the most weight

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Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerry Marekova, Drexel University; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College

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Engineering Technology

particular community college. The transfer students can also takeclasses on a full- or part-time basis. Since the majority of courses in the AET program are fullyintegrated with training and laboratory experience, the transfer students participate in hands-onlaboratory activities using Drexel’s state-of-the-art laboratories. These laboratories also utilizedduring the nine-credit, three-term Senior Design Project sequence.IntroductionThere are more than 1,500 higher education institutions in the United States that offerengineering programs.1, 2 The demand for engineers and engineering technologists continues togrow while the percentage of U.S. undergraduates studying the profession is remaining low.3, 4, 5In 2000, American higher education

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sirjana Dahal, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H. Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Glenn Morrison, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Seth Paul Lamble, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Environmental Engineering

overall effectiveness of the module,identify the factors that mediate the effectiveness, and to determine ways in which the modulecan be made more effective.Data were collected from 56 students, 28 in an experimental group and 28 in a control group.Students in an experimental group participated in a laboratory session, which utilized themodule, to solve a problem on urban ozone events and census tract analysis; whereas students ina control group attended a class lecture covering the same information. Students in theexperimental group completed a questionnaire and students in both groups completed a quiz overthe material.Quantitative analysis was carried out on the quantitative portion of the scale for theexperimental group, and for both groups on

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

L. Brent Jenkins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

the lecture and lab activities described herein assisted their learning.IntroductionIn 1975, an MIT study published by ASEE1 noted that "educational experience in design shouldbe promoted as early as possible...and should be available as an integrated part of the engineeringcurriculum." A subsequent push to "integrate design throughout the curriculum"2 led programsto add design content in lower-division (e.g., freshman engineering) courses3,4 and augmentdesign activities in upper-division courses.Instructional laboratories are a natural setting for design5, but meaningful exercises in lower-division courses pose a challenge. Several efforts have been reported which involve the addition ofelectronics topics to an introductory circuit analysis

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Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Finlayson

course their freshman year, so the new course concentrated onchemical engineering applications. This paper describes the course and gives a quantitativeassessment of its impact in the Chemical Reactor Design class.Course Description The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington uses Excel,Matlab, Simulink, AspenPlus, and FEMLAB. This paper describes a course introducing studentsto these programs, except for Simulink that is introduced in Process Control. For each topic (seeTable I), a lecture hour outlined the method used to solve a class of problems and demonstratedspecific techniques to do so. A handout gave the details each week. Then in the laboratory hourfollowing, students worked in pairs to solve problems

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Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Schurmann; C. Stewart Slater

torr (mmHg) vacuum gauge. Downstream or V-9 FT-1 permeate-side pressure is maintained with a V-12 V-10 V-4 vacuum source. A laboratory vacuum pump VT-1 VC-1 VC-2 (~0.1 torr capability) is connected to the Zenon

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Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Clancey; Anton Pintar; Jason Keith

Laboratory. The test will measure fundamentalknowledge, design skills, and problem solving skills.” The metric is “60% pass rate (>70 out of 100score).”A multiple-choice test with 22 questions was given late in the Spring Quarter, 2001 to eighty-threegraduating seniors. This test was different than the previous year, when the test was composed of 13questions. The students were bribed to take the exam by offering free pizza. However, many took itseriously when told it helped with accreditation. The questions covered the following areas:Fundamentals (basic definitions, unit conversions, mass balances, and energy balances); TransportPhenomena (fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer); Thermodynamics; and Kinetics/ReactorDesign. The overall

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University; Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; Jeffrey Joseph Cook, Villanova University

facilitate understanding of moment of inertia, stress-strainrelationships, flexural behavior, electronic sensors, and coding. Teaching methodologiesimplemented in the course include inquiry-based learning, flipped classroom, hands-on activities,laboratory experiments, and brainstorming in group design sessions. The course supports thefollowing seven ABET program Outcomes with italicized objectives assessed with an end ofsemester survey. 1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics. 2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Skromme, Arizona State University; Qiao Wang, Arizona State University; Paul Rayes, Arizona State University; John M Quick, Arizona State University; Robert Kenneth Atkinson, Arizona State University; Tim Frank, South Mountain Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

corresponding matrix equationas well as numerical answers, and the addition of pedagogical features to explain the origin ofvarious terms in node and mesh equations. We further describe three tutorials that coveridentification of series and parallel circuit elements, and writing of node and mesh equations.Finally, we discuss initial utilization of the software in a circuits class and the results of acontrolled laboratory trial comparing the impact on student learning of software usage to that ofconventional homework exercises.2. New Software Features2.1. New Features of Circuit Generation AlgorithmsOur basic circuit generation algorithms were described previously.1 We now include optionalspecification of the number of floating supernodes (i.e

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Hands-On Learning in ET I

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gang Sun, Northern Kentucky University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

of a series of laboratory assignments and course projects. A total of two hundredfifty boards were procured and populated. These boards have served as major lab equipment forfive courses in the Electronic Systems Engineering Technology (ESET) program at Texas A&MUniversity (ESET 349 - Microcontroller Architecture and ESET 369 - Embedded SystemsSoftware course) as well as in the Electronic & Electronic, and Mechatronics EngineeringTechnology (EEET and MET) programs at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). This paperprimarily explores students' experiential learning in two microprocessor courses at NKU: EGT367 (Microprocessor) and EGT 467 (Advanced Microprocessor). Before enrolling in theseclasses, students are required to complete the

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adebayo Iyanuoluwa Olude, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, P.E., Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Hannah Abedoh, Morgan State University; Frank Efe; Petronella A James, Morgan State University; Celeste Chavis, P.E., Morgan State University; Eazaz Sadeghvaziri, Morgan State University ; Di Yang; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Mulugeta T. Dugda, Morgan State University; Krishna Bista; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

devices, thereby promoting active participation during classroom teaching.Much of the current literature on hands-on pedagogy suggests that its interactive nature increasesstudents' engagement in engineering disciplines. Ikiriko et al. [9] investigated the impact of ahome-based measurement of strain experiment. They found increased student motivational levelsin the civil engineering discipline following a pre- and post-experimental survey. According toChowdhury et al., [10] most engineering programs require hands-on workshop facilities toconduct educational laboratory activities to achieve academic objectives. Hands-on pedagogyachieves better learning outcomes using portable multifunction instruments to substitute largerlaboratory instruments [7

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale

” has been a success, andit will continue to introduce HPC to new students every semester.IntroductionStructural Materials, CVEG 2113, is a sophomore level class that is required of all civilengineering students at the University of Arkansas. The class schedule consists of two fifty-minute lectures and a three hour laboratory each week of the semester. The laboratory is used toreinforce the information presented during the class lectures. Concrete materials account foralmost 60 percent of the course material. In an effort to create interest in the class and inconcrete materials, the “Concrete Contest” began in the fall semester of 2003.Concrete ContestThe “Concrete Contest” is divided into three sections; cost, performance, and a written

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale

been a success, andit will continue to introduce HPC to new students every semester.IntroductionStructural Materials, CVEG 2113, is a sophomore level class that is required of all civilengineering students at the University of Arkansas. The class schedule consists of two fifty-minute lectures and a three hour laboratory each week of the semester. The laboratory is used toreinforce the information presented during the class lectures. Concrete materials account foralmost 60 percent of the course material. In an effort to create interest in the class and inconcrete materials, the “Concrete Contest” began in the fall semester of 2003.Concrete ContestThe “Concrete Contest” is divided into three sections; cost, performance, and a written

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

George E. Meyer

course.During the first five weeks, there is a concurrent and intensive introduction to LabVIEW alongwith fundamental instruction of instrumentation electronics. LabVIEW Instructional modules andexamples are available at various web-sites for demonstrating and simulating electronic circuitsand responses. Most instrumentation textbooks cover analog and digital principles forinstrumentation but in different orders and formats (e.g. Johnson, 2006, Northrop, 1997).Reinforcement of principles and introduction to practical instrumentation and control examplescan only be offered through hands-on laboratory exercises, demonstrations, and preparation of afinal team project. Laboratory exercises for this course include experiments with temperaturesensing, fluid

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

W. Roy Penney; Kendal J. Brown; Joel D. Vincent; Edgar C. Clausen

transfer problems7, the use of a transport approach in teaching turbulentthermal convection8, the use of computers to evaluate view factors in thermal radiation9,implementation of a computational method for teaching free convection10, and the use of anintegrated experimental/analytical/numerical approach that brings the excitement of discovery tothe classroom11. Supplemental heat transfer experiments for use in the laboratory or classroomhave also been presented, including rather novel experiments such as the drying of a towel12 andthe cooking of French fry-shaped potatoes13. Suggestions for the integration of heat transfercourse material into the laboratory and classroom were described by Penney and Clausen14-19,who presented a number of simple

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon G. Davis; Carol S. Gattis; Edgar C. Clausen

laboratory exercises. ThePartnership Program consists of three parts: 1) instruction at the institutes using a number ofhands-on activities that will be used in the classroom; 2) follow-up activities at the middle andjunior high schools and; 3) evaluation, both during and after the summer institutes.In evaluating Year 1 of the program, several important lessons were learned:• Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks are structured with minimal overlap from grade to grade, making it difficult to structure activities that fit equally well in each middle school grade levels.• Despite the imperative to directly align experiments with the Curriculum Frameworks, teachers and students thoroughly enjoyed experiments with an engineering theme.• None

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

KENNETH WADE JACKSON

Engineering Education for the 21st Century-Balancing Engineering Science, Information Technology and Multidisciplinary Studies Kenneth W Jackson Ph.D., P.E. Southern Polytechnic State UniversityKENNETH WADE JACKSONDr. Ken Jackson holds a Ph.D. in ME, an MSME, MSIE-OR, BSME and is a RegisteredProfessional Engineer. Prior to academia, he worked 31 years for AT&T, including 15 yearsat the Bell Telephone Laboratories on the design of fiber optic products. He also worked onthe SAFEGUARD ABM System, and in product development and manufacturing. Dr. Jacksonhas authored 17 patents and 24 technical papers, and is a member of the ASME, ASQ, andASA. 373Engineering Education

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WIP: Classroom Innovations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Fernando Mérida, University of Florida

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Engineering Department at University of Florida. He is the Director of the Unit Operations Laboratory, currently working on the development platforms to enhance the instruction of Unit Operations Laboratories ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work-in-progress: Elevating Chemical Engineering Outreach Through Collaborative Efforts Showcasing Fluid Flow ExperimentsABSTRACTThe Summer Enrichment Academy (SEA) is a summer program at the University of Maryland,Baltimore County (UMBC), which introduces pre-college students to science, engineering, arts,and humanities fields. Students participate in engaging, informative, and interactive week-longworkshops to gain a preview of the college

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Fernando Altamura; Alice Cherestes; David Titley-Peloquin

statement is true or false. Many of them find this particularly challenging. Toreinforce the importance of this type of critical thinking process, additional True/Falseconceptual questions requiring justification are included in subsequent class tests.Problem-solving sessions on horizontal and vertical surfacesWe have implemented various forms of problem-solving sessions in numerous program courses.A laboratory-based course was designed to provide mathematical support to students in large(~150 students) first-year calculus courses whose background is deficient in precalculusmathematics. Every week, the lab focused on a specific precalculus topic of particular interest foruniversity calculus, ranging from algebra to analytical geometry to functions

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ludovic V. Grivault; Matthew J. Gualdoni; Daryl G. Beetner

Testing the Susceptibility of a High-Speed Integrated Circuit Ludovic V. Grivault, Matthew J. Gualdoni, Daryl G. Beetner Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, Missouri University of Science & TechnologyAbstractHigh-speed integrated circuits (ICs) can be very sensitive to electromagnetic interference. If theresponse of the circuit to electromagnetic interference can be quantified and understood, thecircuit – or the system it goes in to – can be made more robust and reliable. The following paperoutlines the development of hardware to allow testing of an SRAM module againstelectromagnetic noise. The ultimate goal of the work is to develop models which predict thesusceptibility of digital ICs.MotivationModels of

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Abdullah Konak; Jungwoo Ryoo; Sadan Kulturel-Konak

; however, we have also hands-on learning experiences in a virtual computeridentified significant problems with the overall effectiveness of laboratory (VCL)?team collaboration in the completion of hands-on activities. 2) Which aspect of the online delivery model does have the Index Terms—Distance learning, virtual computer laborato- most positive impact on student learning experience?ries, hands-on learning, collaborative learning. 3) In asynchronous hands-on distance learning, if collab- orative learning strategies are