Conference Session

ETD Design I: Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Mark D. Rynders, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, The Behrend College; David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

frequency demodulation. Generally, the study of phaselock loops focuses on their implementation in communication systems using an LM565 chip orequivalent. However, phase lock loops can also be analyzed as a control systems problem. Thispaper presents the theory and analysis of phase lock loops and provides a description forshowing how the frequency signal can lock into the reference signal. Simulation andexperimental results validate the theoretical development, which allows for other instructors ofcontrol systems courses to incorporate a laboratory experiment in phase lock loops.IntroductionThe phase lock loop (PLL) is used extensively in electronic systems. For example, digital signalcontrollers use a PLL with an external oscillator to achieve a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Kaye, Baltimore City Community College; Yun Liu, Baltimore City Community College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

, manufacturing, and/or electronics technicians; (b) set up a state ofthe art robotics laboratory at the urban community college to offer students an abundance ofhands-on, practical experience that prepares them for immediate entry into the workforce uponcompletion of the program; (c) increase the success rate of the electronics, computer informationsystem, and computer aided drafting & design technician programs at the urban communitycollege by incorporating robotics-related activities and instruction into those curricula; (d)introduce robotics concepts to 11th and 12th graders in select high schools in the city’s publicschool system and improve their math problem solving skills through hands-on roboticsexercises; (e) develop an articulation

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Gopal Mohan; J. Michael Jacob

thelaboratory. Rather, circuit simulation is used to support and verify the results obtained bymanual calculations and those from laboratory experiments. Many courses require PSpicesimulation verification of calculated and experimental results to be included in the laboratoryreport. The students analyze and explain any variations among the manual calculations,experimental measurements, and simulated results.Freshman YearPurdue's Electrical Engineering Technology students are introduced to PSpice simulation in thesecond semester of their freshman year. In the Electronics Circuit Analysis (EET 157) course,students learn analog simulation. PSpice simulation is done to support laboratory findings.Simulation involves transistor circuits and operational

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ruane

Session 3353 Racing to Understanding: Instrumentation Lab with Radio-Controlled Cars Michael Ruane Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston UniversityAbstractFreshmen engineering students are being introduced to electronic measurement and instrumentcontrol using radio-controlled cars in a new Introduction to Engineering module. The seven-week module is conducted as a hands-on laboratory experience using HP VEE, a commercialsoftware package for instrument control and graphical programming. Engineering contentincludes basic descriptions of signals, simple

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Recayi Pecen

power concepts will be introduced in required major core coursesand this change will provide students the core background in power along with additionalbreadth in digital systems, signal theory, and basics of modern control theory. Students will alsobe introduced to power quality issues of grid-connected solar and wind powered systems in bothclasses. Real-time power monitoring studies will be part of the laboratory sessions of the PSAcourse. The PSA course will be dealing with mostly the complete system and related topics,while the IAPE course will be concentrating on individual devices and drives. Since the EMSprogram does not have a physical power system simulator yet, a well-known power systemsimulation program PSCAD/EMTDC developed by

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz

requiredthem to use their mathematics, machine design, computer programming, engineering analysis andreasoning, and dynamics knowledge.This paper conveys our experiences with the project, shares my experiences in how to guidestudents towards a common goal in a systems design course and how to lead them to finish theproject on time.II. IntroductionStudents in Mechanical Engineering Technology program at the University of Maryland EasternShore are required to take a senior level "ETME 475 - Mechanical Systems Design" course duringtheir last semester. This course is 3 credit hours. Two hours are used for lecture and two hours areused for laboratory. Depending on who is taking the course and the type of projects planned, either

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kara B. Wright; Charles T. Wright; Christine L. Collier; Lawrence Genalo

in a gentle, non-threatening manner by developing a collection of hands-onlaboratory experiences based upon simple systems constructed out of LEGOs and controlled bysmall microprocessors. These laboratory experiences are designed to lead students, literally bytheir hands-on experimentation, through the use of technology in support of many everydayactivities.Laboratory experiences, inspired by work done at MIT1,2, typically involve the design andconstruction (out of LEGOs) of simple models of familiar real-world systems, including anelevator and its controller, a garage door and its opener, a computer-controlled car, and a homesecurity system. The supporting instructional material includes a laboratory manual andlaboratory kits appropriate to

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Arnie Peskin, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, Excelsior College DR. JANE LECLAIR is currently the Dean of the school of Business and Technology at Excelsior College in Albany, New York. Following a 20 year career in the nuclear industry in various management positions with Constellation Energy, in addition to her position at Excelsior College, she continues to consult in the nuclear industry.Arnie Peskin, Excelsior College Arnold Peskin is retired from Brookhaven National Laboratory where he was a Senior Scientist and Head of the Information Technology Division. He also served on the Faculty of Columbia University and Stony Brook University and is currently on the Engineering Technology Faculty of Excelsior College. He is a Fellow of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Krchnavek Robert, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Vladimir DeDelva, Rowan University; Michael Glasspool, Rowan University; Muhammad Iftikhar, Rowan University; Keith McIver, Rowan University; Katherine Ross, Rowan University; Kathryn Whitaker, Rowan University; Tatsiana Sokal, Rowan University

withundergraduate and graduate students. The following sections provide a summary of the ongoingactivities in the various projects under the Rowan University / ERC-SOPS Center partnershipumbrella. There are two major sections in this paper. The first section highlights the educationallaboratory modules and outreach experiences, and the second section highlights the textbookproblems developed as part of this work. More detailed examples of the outreach/educationalmaterials and problems will be presented in the final poster presentation.Educational laboratory modules and outreach experiencesSynthesis of nano-scale particles:A series of laboratory experiments, suitable for high school students, is beingdeveloped. These laboratory experiments will introduce

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Shubo Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology

sized microrobot navigating inthe human’s GI tract. In particular, we built a simulation module in Webots 3D simulator, wherethe microrobot navigates along the GI tract and detects abnormality through an onboard camera.Using the case study and the laboratory module, we teach students building components of amicrorobot, and basic behaviors for robot navigation and detection.IntroductionIn the same way MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies provided new medicaldevices in the 80s, recent development in nanotechnology is enabling the manufacturing ofnanobiosensors and actuators to improve cell biology interfaces and biomolecular applications.As a consequence, nanorobotics and nanomedicine have evolved from pure science fiction to arapid

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Elisa P. Goulart, Texas A&M University; Chris Corti, Ph.D., Cisco Systems, Inc.; Matthew Robert Hawkes, Cisco

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

been working to build a VoIP telephone system in thetelecommunication laboratories – a new “VoIP initiative” 2. The idea is to use simple strategiesto adapt undergraduate laboratories on computer networks to the teaching of VoIP protocols.New laboratory experiments were created to introduce our junior-level undergraduate students to Page 22.21.3VoIP protocols, such as the session initiation protocol (SIP) and the real-time transport protocol(RTP).However, industry support is essential to the success of this VoIP initiative and the creation ofnew laboratories, in terms of industry - donating equipment, - funding student workers and

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Levine, University of North Carolina; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ivan Howitt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.Ivan Howitt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ivan Howitt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests are wireless networks, adhoc networks, and wireless technology applied to industrial environments Page 15.452.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Embedded Wireless Networks Laboratory InstructionAbstractWireless sensor networks are now considered commonplace in the

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; MirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western Afghanistan; Alnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

International

Hartford, Connecticut, USA,and Herat University (HU) in Herat City, Afghanistan was initiated in August 2007 to developand implement a modern program to strengthen and modernize engineering education at HU.The program includes a number of activities such as curriculum review and revision, facultydevelopment, and laboratory upgrading.Under the partnership, junior HU faculty members, who currently have only a bachelor’s degree,applied to enroll in the master’s degree program at the UH and are working toward obtainingtheir master’s degree. Earning this graduate degree will enable Herat faculty to be better teachersas well as better prepared to implement curriculum revisions. More qualified faculty also willattract better students and will provide the

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Esmaeily, Kansas State University; Anil Pahwa, Kansas State University; J Thompson, Kansas State University; Donald Watts, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

International

Kabul wherethe curriculum included engineering, geology, mineral, oil and gas exploitation, roads andindustrial construction, hydroelectric networks and city planning. Later, Balkh University (1986),Herat University (1988), and Kandahar University (1991) were established. In the mid-1990s,institutions were opened in Baghlan, Takhar and Bamiyan. Most higher education institutionswere still functioning in 1996, albeit in severely damaged physical facilities, with next to notextbooks, libraries or laboratories, and hampered by under-qualified staff. The Taliban excludedwomen from universities in areas under their control6.Due to the lack of technical facilities in the country, the development of Technical VocationalEducation was slow compared to

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

electronics course at Penn State Harrisburg.Although the course is a 3.0-credit technical elective some students opt to enroll in anadditional 1.0-credit independent study course. The independent study course formatpresents both students and instructors the opportunity to explore a wide variety of options forenhancing students’ understanding of the subject. While the course could be structured as aseries of laboratory experiments in power electronic circuits and components, the preferenceover the last two years has been towards research and modeling studies. This option givesthe student far more control of the learning process than occurs in typical laboratory courses. A meaningful learning experience in power converter analysis, simulation

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Benjamin Brannaka

Session 3247 Using Signal Express to Automate Analog Electronics Experiments B.D. Brannaka, J. R. Porter Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843Introduction It is well known that many undergraduate students, especially in engineering technologyprograms, learn best through hands-on experience. Thus, when teaching analog electronics, it iscritical to provide the students with a meaningful laboratory experience. While this soundsstraightforward, it is often difficult to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

Session 3247 Electrical Fundamentals - Make Them Come Alive for Students Walter Banzhaf, P.E. College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117IntroductionMany laboratory experiments we ask students to perform in electrical fundamentals laboratoryclasses are unnecessarily unexciting. Such tasks as determining the current through R7 of aladder network with eight resistors (does a first-semester student really care about R7, or itscurrent?), or verifying Kirchhoff's Voltage Law in a circuit with only resistors

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley; Terrence O'Connor

the authors designed lecture-style laboratory exercisesfor a range of high school and college student classes in order to assess its ability to improvelearning of fundamental thermodynamics over current approaches to which the students hadpreviously been exposed.This paper discusses the most important design modifications required for proper functionality ofthis slow-speed engine system, the data it generated during testing, laboratory exercises that weredeveloped to test its impact on student learning, and the results obtained from these assessments.DesignThe system began as a commercially available 5 horsepower Kohler engine with a horizontalcrankshaft and overhead valves. From this starting point the final design would have; a self

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Burchett

damper. The actuator is a direct current servo-motor which is rigidly attached tothe first mass through a rack and pinion. The position of each mass is detected by a high-resolution optical encoder with a precision of 2196 counts per centimeter of travel. Open loopand closed loop control of the plant is facilitated by A/D and D/A interface with a desktoppersonal computer. ECP supplies a Windows based software interface with a wide assortment ofcontrol architectures, including implementation of continuous time transfer function controllers,direct digital designs, and state feedback.This laboratory upgrade provided the author with an opportunity to rethink the introductorycontrol theory course taught to mechanical engineering seniors. The course

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Turner; Joseph Hoffbeck

thencompile it and run the program on an actual hardware platform without any low levelprogramming. This process converts the model into an actual system that runs in real-time. Forsubjects such as DSP, where the system can be constructed in a laboratory setting, the studentcan then use real inputs to the system and observe the results of the actual system running in real-time, which is more engaging and realistic than working with a simulation. This process alsogives the students immediate feedback and tests their understanding of the theory behind thesystem. The experience with the real system should help them understand the context of thetheory and further motivate them to learn the material. Most of the topics in DSP can be supported using

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Guoping Wang

to use these tools in their future work. 2) Xilinx has an excellent university program supporting web site. This site includes lots of laboratory exercises, student projects collections and links as teaching resources. 3) An excellent step-by-step tutorial plus FAQs are available as Xilinx on-line documents8. Extensive collections of FPGA/CPLD application notes are also available on the Xilinx web site. 4) In the CPLD library of Xilinx ISE 5.2, there are lots of 74xx symbols 9. The library includes the popular logic blocks such as 74x138, 74x139, 74x151, 74x163, etc. In the lab

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

andMathematics) material fits into all of their engineering courses. Because they have no clear-cutreason to embrace these concepts, the students hit the “reset button” after each and every course.This often comes back to haunt the students in subsequent upper level classes which require afirm understanding of this material.A new multisemester interwoven dynamic systems project has been initiated to better integratethe material from differential equations, mathematical methods, laboratory measurements anddynamic systems across several semesters/courses so that the students can better understand therelationship of basic STEM material to an ongoing problem. This paper highlights the overallconcept underlying the new approach. A description of the project

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yasuhisa Komura; Tien-I Liu; Stefan Setiadharma; Akihiko Kumagai

thestudents with an excellent opportunity for exposure to mechatronics technologies as well as theexperience of being a part of a real-world engineering product development.IntroductionIn engineering education, it is essential for both students and faculty members to experiencesolving real world technical problems through industry sponsored projects. The key fordeveloping successful industry-sponsored projects is to identify clear mutual benefits for both theeducational institution and sponsoring companies1,9,11. This paper describes the activities at theComputer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Laboratory at California State University,Sacramento for generating industry-sponsored student projects especially for master’s degreestudents. The most of

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Mayhew; Richard Layton

produced by others.The main objectives (“bird” #2) for the faculty as customers of these mini-projects are: 1. Enhance the wind tunnel lab experience for our students. 2. Improve our knowledge of wind tunnel performance.Students performing the experiments (or mini-projects) described in this paper are enrolled in arequired senior laboratory course in mechanical engineering. The course has one hour of lectureand three hours of lab per week for ten weeks for 2 credit-hours. In this course, ME421, studentsperform two lab experiments over six weeks plus one 10-week project involving some aspect ofexperimental design. The mini-projects described in this paper were assigned as one of the twoexperiments, not the project.We think the way we supervised

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

Session # 2793 A Senior Capstone Project in Pump System Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractHofstra University recently received a grant from the American Societ y of Heating,Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for students to design and build apump system demonstration unit for the mechanical engineering laboratories. The grant wasawarded through ASHRAE’s Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. Senior mechanicalengineering students designed and built the pump system as their capstone design

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rabb; Ronald Welch

PDJ Components Battlebots Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science AIAA Aero Design, Build, Fly AOG SAE Aero Design, Build, Fly AOG IEEE MicroMouse AOG MAGIC - Autonomous Unmanned Ground AOG Vehicle Competition Baja - SAE Off Road Vehicle Competition AOGResearch projects give the students an excellent opportunity to further existing research at anArmy laboratory or assist a faculty member at USMA with research. Many of these projectsallow students to have access to data and computing facilities not

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Clay Barbee; Brian Lenahan; Michael Warren; Joseph Morgan

providean infrastructure that would be used by Engineering Technology students and faculty for educational andresearch purposes. The Wireless Infrastructure Project (WIP) became a real worldclassroom/laboratory environment for the team members to learn about wireless communications,networking, and authorization and authentication security and to gain practical experience in projectmanagement, technical communications and presentation skills.Additionally, the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Program is developinginnovative ways to leverage the new infrastructure that depart from traditional administrative uses.Professors and students are developing coursework that utilize the infrastructure for the monitoring andcontrol of

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Basil Baltzis; Dana Knox

most common concern was that freshmanstudents already are required to take several one-credit courses. These include laboratory classesin both physics and chemistry, two freshman engineering design classes, physical educationcourses and the freshman seminar course, discussed below.“Too much work is required of freshmen”. Freshmen come to college used to the workloads ofhigh school. It is a big adjustment, and there should be a reluctance to add to that load. The Page 7.756.3 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

Teaching Ceramic, Polymer, and Electric Materials

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Andrew Hoff; Marilyn Barger

processes that were originally developed to fabricateelectronic devices. This new course aims to develop students’ materials process skills andknowledge. We intend to enroll students from the entire science and engineering universitycommunity so that they may be prepared to contribute to the many exciting nanometer materialsand systems discoveries that are possible as they pursue their careers.There are many challenges to the success of this endeavor. Principle among these deals with theissues to be addressed if a hands-on laboratory instruction component is to be integral to thecourse. The resources needed for such instruction, in for example thin-film material deposition,can be significant. We discuss the approach of applying a graphical icon or

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

basedon a specific assessment problem or task.3. Examples of Classroom Assessment in Engineering Technology RUBRIC and MATRIX, EET Logic Circuits Course The main objective of this course is to provide students with the fundamentals of digitalelectronics. Students gain the necessary skills to design and implement projects in the digitalsystems. This course also allows students to have hands-on experience with variouscombinational circuits, as well as sequential circuits. Finally, the ultimate objective of thiscourse is to broaden students' understanding and appreciation of computer hardware. The following information will be used to evaluate homework, laboratory assignments,and exams for the Logic Circuits