Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos Sun

instructionaltechniques. A course management tool named Blackboard 5 (BB5) was utilized tomanage course logistics such as acting as the project data server, providing solutions,updating and personalizing grade reports, and posting announcements. A wirelessPersonal Address (PA) system worn by the instructor was utilized in laboratory sectionsto enhance the instruction in a team setting where discussions among group memberswere encouraged during class. Teaching techniques using computer laboratoriescompletely transformed the course. Four projects, each requiring significant computermodeling and engineering, were implemented to replace and augment homework sets.The four projects were (1) geometric design with AutoCAD, (2) traffic flow analysis withCORSIM, (3

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Eugene Simmons; Michael Doran

Session 1520 Using Mobile Robots to Explore Intelligent Behaviors: The Obstacle Course Challenge Michael D. Ward, Michael V. Doran, W. Eugene Simmons University of South Alabama School of Computer and Information Sciences Mobile, Alabama 36688Abstract: A recently concluded NSF-ILI grant provided equipment to create hands-on laboratoriesfor CIS students. The goal of this laboratory environment was to provide a setting to reinforcecourse concepts. One of the target courses was the Artificial

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yves Mercadier; Pierre Vittecoq; Patrik Doucet; Jean-Sébastien Plante; Francois Charron; Yves Van Hoenacker

). • 40 students (a typical cohort is just over 100 students). • 3 design projects (a Formula SAE, a bicycle trailer, and a dismountable catamaran). • Development of new laboratories (a design studio and a manufacturing workshop). • Development of new evaluation tools (e.g. logbooks, grading templates for presentations, reports, project exhibition, etc.).The major problem with our pilot program was inadequate student preparation (e.g. no trainingin project management) for carrying out a design project of this scale. On the other hand, theresults obtained were so conclusive that our department decided, a few months before the end ofthe pilot program, to develop an engineering design option. 2.2 1995 to 1999

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waleed K. Al-Assadi; Mandar V. Joshi; Sagar R. Gosavi; Daryl Beetner

Incorporating Altera FPGA Demo boards in Computer Engineering Labs Waleed K. Al-Assadi, Mandar V. Joshi, Sagar R. Gosavi, and Daryl Beetner Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65401 {waleed, mvjvx8, srggz3, daryl} @ umr.edu Abstract Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are widely used as teaching tools in universitycomputer engineering laboratories. Numerous computationally intensive applications such as IPcores, ASICs and microcontrollers are prototyped on FPGAs to reduce the number of cycles andthe time to market. This paper

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

M.G. Guvench

fact the junior electronics courses (ELE342and ELE343) constituting prerequisites for this course also emphasize design but at a smaller scale andusing discrete BJT and off-the-shelf ICs rather than at the chip level using CMOS technology. Thisemphasis on “design” in our electronics sequence of courses has been implemented starting with an NSFgrant to establish and develop a “Computer-Integrated-Electronics” Laboratory (C.I.E. Lab) in the early1990’s. The concept of “Computer-Integrated-Electronics Laboratory” simply brings computers into theelectronics lab where designs implemented are tested for verification. Availability of PC-basedcomputational and graphics software along with inexpensive circuit simulation tools like “PSpice

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bassem Alhalabi; M.K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

Distance Education: Remote Labs Environment Bassem Alhalabi 1 M. K. Hamza 2 Ali Abu-El Humos3Abstract – Since the invention of the Internet, research for [capable] virtual lab experiments has been thetarget of higher education’s distance learning research; however, the very nature of real experimentation(real elements and real instrumentation) was not possible or missing from much of the acclaimed virtual labexperiments. Nonetheless, in the past decade or so, countless scholarly writings asserted the availability of[real] or virtual laboratories that mimic real laboratory experimentations. Within these virtual experiments’infrastructures, the elements of real experimentation- in comparison to conventional laboratories

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James W. Boggs; R. Chris Williams; Kris G. Mattila; Todd Scholz

environment uses collaborativelearning in an entirely team-based course which utilizes the faculty more as mentors thandeliverers of information. Students focus on social interaction to foster development of theseskills.Pavement Enterprise and ScholarshipThe Pavement Enterprise was created in conjunction with the Thompson Scholars Programwithin the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Michigan Tech and is part of theEnterprise curriculum (http://www.enterprise.mtu.edu/students/minor.html). Bob Thompsonestablished the Thompson Scholars program with a generous gift of $3.6 million to fundundergraduate scholarships, graduate scholarships, laboratory improvements, and support todevelop, manage, and operate the Pavement Enterprise2. Bob

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew R. Stein

A Mechatronics Course at Roger Williams University Matthew R. Stein Assistant Professor of Engineering Roger Williams University Bristol, Rhode Island, 02809 mstein@rwu.edu AbstractThis paper describes the Mechatronics course developed at Roger Williams University and offered in theFall 2010 semester to juniors and seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Specialization. The course is anovel combination of lecture and laboratory experiences conducted in an electronics teaching

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Bassem Alhalabi; M.K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

Distance Education: Remote Labs Environment Bassem Alhalabi 1 M. K. Hamza 2 Ali Abu-El Humos3Abstract – Since the invention of the Internet, research for [capable] virtual lab experiments has been thetarget of higher education’s distance learning research; however, the very nature of real experimentation(real elements and real instrumentation) was not possible or missing from much of the acclaimed virtual labexperiments. Nonetheless, in the past decade or so, countless scholarly writings asserted the availability of[real] or virtual laboratories that mimic real laboratory experimentations. Within these virtual experiments’infrastructures, the elements of real experimentation- in comparison to conventional laboratories

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

M.G. Guvench

fact the junior electronics courses (ELE342and ELE343) constituting prerequisites for this course also emphasize design but at a smaller scale andusing discrete BJT and off-the-shelf ICs rather than at the chip level using CMOS technology. Thisemphasis on “design” in our electronics sequence of courses has been implemented starting with an NSFgrant to establish and develop a “Computer-Integrated-Electronics” Laboratory (C.I.E. Lab) in the early1990’s. The concept of “Computer-Integrated-Electronics Laboratory” simply brings computers into theelectronics lab where designs implemented are tested for verification. Availability of PC-basedcomputational and graphics software along with inexpensive circuit simulation tools like “PSpice

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Bassem Alhalabi; M. K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

Distance Education: Remote Labs Environment Bassem Alhalabi 1 M. K. Hamza 2 Ali Abu-El Humos3Abstract – Since the invention of the Internet, research for [capable] virtual lab experiments has been thetarget of higher education’s distance learning research; however, the very nature of real experimentation(real elements and real instrumentation) was not possible or missing from much of the acclaimed virtual labexperiments. Nonetheless, in the past decade or so, countless scholarly writings asserted the availability of[real] or virtual laboratories that mimic real laboratory experimentations. Within these virtual experiments’infrastructures, the elements of real experimentation- in comparison to conventional laboratories

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Robert Edwards; Gerald Recktenwald

try to increasetheir interest in the material. A traditional lecture is then presented on the material. The studentsshould be more prepared for the lecture, and may have questions they may not otherwise have.Finally, the students go into the lab and run a more extensive test using the same equipment. This paper presents a pedagogical framework for these types of exercises and an overviewof the seven experiments that are under development.Introduction This paper outlines a suite of seven laboratory exercises intended to be used in undergraduateclasses in thermal and fluid sciences. The exercises are designed to make the students confronttheir misperceptions about the core principles involved, and to ultimately improve the

Collection

2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Corinna Fleischmann; Elizabeth Nakagawa; Tyler Kelley

on the bigger picture.2Current CE Materials Course AssessmentTo redesign the course, the baseline curriculum was dissected and lesson delivery methods werecategorized based on tacit (experiential) or explicit (articulated) knowledge. Once all theactivities were defined, an evaluation of the current course schedule revealed that 23 out of the29 classroom instruction, not including laboratory, were primarily delivered by the instructor andfocused on explicit knowledge (Table 1). This analysis indicated an absence of tacit knowledgein the course, indicating a potential area for improvement. Five years ago, when one facultymember retired, the course underwent its first iteration of change. Prior to this change, tacitinstruction existed solely

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Paul B. Crilly

and Pinder [3] addresses the inherent difficulty of teachingtheory, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and interference EM, and Crilly[1], Xie, Liang and Wang [4] present(EMI), transmission lines, antennas, phased arrays, and laboratory based EM instruction methods. Rao [5], Iskanderwireless propagation. Projects range the prosaic EM [6], and Raida [7] addresses EM instruction using technology;experiments to more open ended design with multiple possible Zhou [8] uses the seminar approach to EM education.solutions. Index Terms – experiential learning, laboratory This paper will present a project oriented approach to teachingdevelopment, electromagnetics education, antenna and EM

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

M.G. Guvench

fact the junior electronics courses (ELE342and ELE343) constituting prerequisites for this course also emphasize design but at a smaller scale andusing discrete BJT and off-the-shelf ICs rather than at the chip level using CMOS technology. Thisemphasis on “design” in our electronics sequence of courses has been implemented starting with an NSFgrant to establish and develop a “Computer-Integrated-Electronics” Laboratory (C.I.E. Lab) in the early1990’s. The concept of “Computer-Integrated-Electronics Laboratory” simply brings computers into theelectronics lab where designs implemented are tested for verification. Availability of PC-basedcomputational and graphics software along with inexpensive circuit simulation tools like “PSpice

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Amanda Zielkowski; Melody Baglione; David Wootton

students connect course theory to real-world systems. energy considerations and head loss calculations. Faculty andThe time constant of a fluid system consisting of a tank, inlet undergraduate research assistants are redesigning theflow, and outlet flow through a valve is determined by the Feedback Control Systems course to include a significantresistance and tank area. The valve resistance is non-linear and laboratory component.depends on the flow rate and tank level. Both the time constantaround an operational point and the average time constant This project is part of a larger initiative that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cassondra Wallwey, The Ohio State University; Tyler Milburn, The Ohio State University; Brooke Morin, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

of a faculty instructor,a graduate teaching associate, and undergraduate teaching assistants. The classrooms arearranged to encourage groupwork, with students seated at four-person tables with individualcomputers and a collaborative workspace [33]. These four-person groupings extend to thelaboratory experience, where students rotate groups approximately weekly. The facultyinstructors take primary responsibility for delivery of the classroom experience, while thegraduate teaching associates develop and lead the laboratory component under the guidance ofthe instructors.The first course in the honors sequence provides instruction in problem solving, computerprogramming, engineering design, and technical communication. The classroom portion of

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Bucknell University; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

is offered as co-requisite to the laboratory portion of the firstgeotechnical engineering course in both day and evening programs in the spring semester. Dayclasses meet three times a week (50 minutes each) and are populated by students of traditionalage. Evening classes meet twice a week (75 minutes each) and are populated with students wholive in the community, many of whom work full or part-time.Merrimack College is an independent college in the Catholic tradition with undergraduate andmaster’s programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, science, and education. This institutionhas a total enrollment of approximately 3,800 (3,200 undergraduate and 600 graduate students);in Civil Engineering, there are approximately 100 undergraduate

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Juan Manuel Garibay, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Page 14.305.2IntroductionUniversidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higherlearning committed to first-class teaching, public service, research and learning in a wide rangeof academic disciplines including business administration, the physical and social sciences,engineering, humanities, and the arts. The studied course, Introduction to Engineering Design(EI-100) is a first-semester 3 credit required course for almost every engineering program ofUDLAP since spring of 2001. Course content and classroom activities are divided into three,two-hour sections (Modeling, Concepts, and Laboratory) per week. Students have six differentEI-100 facilitators (an instructor and teaching assistant for each section). EI-100

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow

Tagged Divisions

International

for their equivalent degree programs where theprogramme aims are equivalent to program educational objectives (equivalent to ABET Criterion2) and the intended learning outcomes are similar to student outcomes (equivalent to ABETCriterion 3)6.There are several major differences in the courses required for graduation at the University of Page 26.153.3Glasgow and other universities in the United Kingdom as compared to in the United States. First,there are no required liberal arts courses. Lectures may touch on issues related to proper formatsand writing styles for laboratory report and technical paper, examples of such documents maybe

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sugg, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division; John V Fishell, Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) ; Arman Hovakemian, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

so long.With this backdrop, Congress signed the National Defense Education Act into law in 1958 whichauthorized DoD to increase the flow of talent into science and engineering, fund enrollment inhigher education, and enhance public understanding of science and technology. 2 For the past 52years, DoD has used this authorization to help the United States advance science, engineeringand technology through various efforts and programs. DoD has continued to encourage it‟smany Commands and Laboratories to support Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) initiatives at local, regional, and national levels. Scientists and engineersat DoD laboratories and military installations have proactively supported local STEM initiativessuch as

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maya Place; Markus Flury; Jennifer Shaltanis; Geoff Puzon; Brent M. Peyton; James Petersen; Candis Claiborn

engineerswho not only have depth in a single discipline, but also have a strong interdisciplinarybackground and a strong desire and ability to work with experts in other disciplines. The WSUprogram is thus highly interdisciplinary, with participants drawn from six academic programs inthree colleges. In addition to the student’s major disciplinary classes and intensive researchwork, the program includes interdisciplinary course work; laboratory rotations; internships;experience mentoring younger professionals in both classroom and laboratory settings; a seminarseries; and discussions of professional ethics. Here the program is described in general, withdetailed descriptions of the series of three interdisciplinary courses. In all these courses

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Curriculum and Design - June 24th

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kelsey Nicole Warren, Kansas State University; Charles Carlson, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University (KSU) in 1989 and 1991, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994. Dr. Warren is a Professor in the KSU Department of Electrical & Computer Engi- neering, and he serves as the Program Coordinator for the KSU Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Degree Program. Prior to joining KSU in August 1999, Dr. Warren was a Principal Member of the Tech- nical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. He directs the KSU Medical Component Design Laboratory, a facility partially funded by the National Science Foundation that provides resources for the research and development of

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S.M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Sonia Mary Chacko, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

biomedical scientist in Immunology, Dr. Borges balances the world of what STEM professionals do and brings that to STEM education in order to provide PD that aligns to The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Since 2008 she has provided teacher PD to science teachers in the tri-state area, including international visiting teachers and scholars. Dr. Borges’ research interests include: building STEM professional-teacher relationships, diversity and equity, and enhancing urban science teaching and learning.Dr. Vikram Kapila, New York University Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

distance learning tools. These papers not only address experienceswith more traditional classroom formats, but also with laboratories and other activities that werethought to require a face-to-face setting [1-5]. Authors have documented lessons learned andhow to profitably apply these lessons to improve instruction when used with face-to-faceinstruction [6-18]. Several authors have addressed the student perspective [9-11]. The searchresults presented here are by no means exhaustive.While the need for video and other distance learning technologies diminished at someinstitutions, at others a need existed both before and after the pandemic. There is a long-recognized need for programs to reach students who cannot attend classes in a traditional

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 8: Lab Module Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher James Panebianco, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai; Neharika Bhadouria; Olivia Saebyul Kim; Jillian R. Frost, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; Angela Huang; Poorna Dutta; Andrea Vernengo; Jennifer Weiser, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

instructors at a concentration of 5% (w/v) and cyanoacrylate was used at themanufacturer concentration. Students used these two bioadhesives to adhere leather chamois strips.Leather chamois strips were chosen because they have a rough, protein-rich surface, which couldallow for adhesion through chemical interactions or mechanical interlocking. Since we did notconduct the activity in a laboratory space, we did not include a crosslinking agent with our gelatinbioadhesive; thus, gelatin and cyanoacrylate adhered through a mechanism of mechanicalinterlocking. Prior to distributing chamois, instructors threaded them with a plastic safety tie formechanical testing. Students then marked the chamois with a horizontal line 0.5 cm from thebottom of the strip

Conference Session

Broadening Participation through Access, Equity, Inclusion in ECE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rania Hussein, University of Washington; Riley Connor Maloney, University of Washington; Luis Rodriguez-Gil; Jon Ander Beroz; Pablo Orduna, LabsLand

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

access to necessaryhardware for laboratory assignments. Many students from lower-income and underrepresentedminority backgrounds begin their college journey through community colleges [3]-[5] and seekto transfer to a four-year college to obtain a computer engineering degree. However, communitycolleges may face challenges in providing appropriate engineering coursework to align withfour-year university curriculums [6], such as a course on digital logic that is typically completedduring freshman and sophomore years. This is due to the extensive breadth of the topic and thecost of supplying lab equipment to the community college and their students [7]. BEADLEintends to tackle this challenge by creating a series of laboratories that progressively

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emine Celik Foust, York College of Pennsylvania; Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

motivation. The class materials were delivered using powerpoint slides and recorded on cloud viaZoom. Each class contained many multiple-choice questions. Before the pandemic, instructorsused clicker questions in-class to collect prompt feedback and clarify any misconceptions. Eachclass section shares the clicker remotes and because of that, clickers were not used during thepandemic. Instead, Canvas quiz platform was used for questions.Fluid Mechanics Fluid Mechanics is a junior level engineering class. In Fall 2020, there were 48 studentsenrolled. The class has 3 lecture credits and 1 laboratory credit. The lecture portion of the class ison Tuesdays and Thursdays while there are laboratory sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays

Conference Session

Hardware Descriptive Language Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

CarAbstractThis paper describes the development of the Motor Controls Toolkit (MCT) for a series ofcontrol system experiments. We intend to eventually use the MCT with an off-the-shelf hobbytype car type chassis. This combination of hardware provides a portable, relatively inexpensiveplatform that can be used for high school or college level classroom demonstrations or for anundergraduate laboratory or independent study in control and automation. The kit providesopportunities to study controls principles, signal processing, and simple power electronics.The MCT consists of a Xilinx field programmable gate array (FPGA) development boardinterfaced with a daughterboard that contains drive electronics for the motor, interface logic foran optical encoder, a

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA; John A. Christian, University of Texas, Austin; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

will most likely receive the same answer – systems engineers.Recognizing this future need for systems engineers in the aerospace community, an aerospaceengineering department at a major US university, The University of Texas at Austin, partneredwith NASA’s ESMD to sponsor the development of a systems engineering curriculum. Thecurriculum includes an undergraduate course focusing on systems engineering for aerospaceengineers with an accompanying laboratory course that introduces students to the spacecraftsubsystems and methods for assessing their performance. This course and lab combination isintended as a prerequisite to the senior-level capstone spacecraft /mission design course and as atraining ground for students involved in UT’s student